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51. Sakura
[The aftermath of the Fourth Holy Grail War - a 'hidden plot' in the original work that few people probably know about]

[At this moment, in the evil dragon in front of Shirou and Sukuna, what is the girl's soul inside? (The content in brackets is a note for the reader, not visible from Shirou's perspective)]

[1. A soul without appearance]

[2. A soul that looks like Sakura (not her real self)]

[3. A soul that looks like Sakura (that’s her)]

【1D3=3】

Shirou tried to use the 'mind's eye' he had just realized to observe the soul of the evil dragon in front of him - the soul of the little girl.

Some scattered fragments of images flooded into Shirou's mind.

Shirou roughly sorted out the causes and consequences of the current situation.

The source is Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald.

He was a participant in the Fourth Holy Grail War and one of the Twelve Monarchs of the Clock Tower, the Magicians' Association.

Of course, the key to the problem is not him, but what he brought to the Holy Grail War - the Three-Base Magic Furnace.

The El-Melloi family's supreme ceremonial garment, although its effect is simply to provide magic power, but because the magic power that can be drawn from it is inexhaustible, it is praised by the El-Melloi family as an "all-powerful" treasure.

Then this thing was blown up by the magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu.

In the Fourth Holy Grail War, Kenneth set up a twenty-four-story magic arena at the Hyatt Hotel, thinking that he was about to engage in an elegant magic battle duel with the Masters and Servants who came to challenge him, but he unexpectedly encountered the magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu.

Ignoring the barrier of the magic field, the entire building was blown up by Emiya Kiritsugu using explosives, and along with the magic field, the three-base magic furnace that provided magic power was also destroyed.

But there is a small problem.

The essence of this magic furnace that the El-Melloi family is so proud of is the 'flesh and blood' of the strongest species of dragon that is immortal and indestructible.

It is said that in the distant mythological era, there was a star dragon with a lifespan of 4.6 billion years, the same as that of the Earth, and it died deep underground in what is now the city of London.

The dragon's name is 'Albion'.

It is so terrible that even though one dies, the body does not die.

Its body became a living maze that continues to grow underground in London, constantly giving birth to all kinds of fantasy monsters.

The El-Melloi family accidentally obtained a portion of the flesh and blood of the Albion Dragon.

This piece of flesh and blood has vigorous vitality and can be called the 'primitive state of life'. It has no consciousness itself, but in the process of coming into contact with other creatures, it will gradually absorb their data and gradually transform into their appearance - even the spirit, soul, and personality are also imitated.

It is the ultimate fake.

The El-Melloi family did not need this power, but instead made it into a 'magic furnace' that could absorb infinite magic power.

For this piece of flesh and blood, this is equivalent to endless blood drawing - torture that extracts life and soul.

This went on for a hundred years.

But fortunately, this piece of flesh and blood was constantly being exploited for its spirit and soul, so the soul had never been able to hatch, let alone the spirit forming a personality.

It's just in pain, it's always in pain.

Emiya Kiritsugu's explosion not only increased the financial debt of the El-Melloi family, but also freed the flesh and blood of this nameless dragon.

An existence like this would not be able to remain in the mysterious and rarefied environment of the modern world without special preservation treatment.

Therefore, the moment Emiya Kiritsugu detonated the magic reactor, it disappeared from the surface world of Fuyuki City and fell into the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City.

It just so happened that it was the flesh and blood of the star dragon Albion, and the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City also melted another dragon from the universe. The two sides were adaptable, and this mass of ugly flesh and blood that ended a hundred years of torture began to drift irregularly in the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City.

That's all Shirou knew.

Shirou knew this because Kotomine Kirei mentioned this: after Kenneth's death, his family and people related to the Magician's Association came to Fuyuki City to search for the relics. Kotomine Kirei accompanied them as a priest of the church to supervise, but they never found the piece of flesh and blood.

But Kotomine Kirei - the Dragon Demon in Kotomine Kirei's skin, of course, knew it.

Because he is also a dragon.

If left alone, what will be the final fate of this piece of flesh and blood?
A: As it drifts, it gradually accumulates knowledge about humans, then changes into the appearance of a girl, gets the name "Sajo Ayaka", and lives an ordinary life in Fuyuki City.

The issue of identity was not a problem, because so many people died or went missing in the Fuyuki fire, and Japan's household registration system was not perfect. She could have lived her whole life as an ordinary person until she found out that she could not die when she died of old age, and realized that she was not a human.

Of course, in some world lines, she would be involved in the Holy Grail War held in the United States and forced to become a Master.

But that's not the story of this world line.

Because this mass of flesh and blood in this world line was discovered by the Dragon Demon.

The Dragon Demon grabbed it and refined it in an instant, intending to use it as the content of the 'exam' he was preparing for.

If there hadn't been the accident with Sesshōin Kiara, if Shirou, Rin, and Musashi could all pass, the Dragon Demon would have used this mass of flesh and blood as a sacrifice to create a star dragon as part of the 'extra test'.

But something unexpected happened.

It wasn't just the accident with Kiara Sesshōin, there was also an accident that the Dragon Demon didn't expect.

This immortal lump of flesh floating in the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City, without even a personality of its own and an unformed soul, actually met a 'neighbor'!
This neighbor is - Sakura Matou!

After the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Dragon Demon picked up the contaminated Holy Grail fragments destroyed by Emiya Kiritsugu and his Servant King Arthur, integrated the Holy Grail fragments into his own power, and transformed them into the 'Small Holy Grail of Azdahaka'.

Then, this small Holy Grail that could induce and infinitely magnify people's evil thoughts was handed over to Matou Zouken, who "should have picked up the Holy Grail fragment in the original history."

Zouken Matou regarded it as a treasure, so he canceled the transformation project that was originally planned for Sakura Matou, and instead implanted the Evil Holy Grail into her body, merging it with Sakura Matou's flesh.

Matou Sakura's body was transformed into a living Holy Grail, but her soul became 'unnecessary'.

Zouken Matou removed Sakura Matou's soul and planned to turn her body into a puppet in preparation for his "Holy Grail War of Evil".

Sakura Matou should have died at that moment, leaving behind only the body of a living dead.

However, Sakura Matou's soul, having come into contact with the evil Holy Grail, was also tainted with traces of the dragon demon's power.

The abandoned soul failed to enter reincarnation, but was attracted by the nameless piece of meat that was also tainted with traces of the dragon demon's power while drifting in the underground dragon veins.

The two sides are attracted to each other.

In the end, Sakura Matou's soul was absorbed by her flesh and blood.

They merged - no, that's not right, that's not right.

It should be said that the nameless flesh and blood was like an 'egg'. After Sakura Matou's soul entered it, it did not behave as normal: the flesh and blood did not imitate Sakura Matou to form a soul, body, and personality similar to Sakura Matou.

Instead, it was used directly as an egg for Matou Sakura to 'rehatched' in.

The flesh and blood of the Albion dragon will become Matou Sakura's new body, and Sakura's soul will be strengthened and reborn from it.

There's just one problem.

The time required for re-hatching is also comparable to that of dragon species. In other words, it would not be surprising even if the hatching takes hundreds or thousands of years!
The Dragon Demon didn't even notice this tiny change, and when he did, it was already done - but given his personality, he would probably just be 'delighted' by this bizarre development.

But due to a series of coincidences, she was forcibly summoned by Kiara Sesshōin, and now appeared in front of Shirou.

Shirou actually had no idea of the incredible things going on here, as if the 'plot' was made up on the spot by rolling dice.

Although he could see the narration, all Shirou saw were the contents of options 2 and 3, both of which were 'souls that looked like Sakura'.

The appearance of that soul is definitely that of Toosaka Rin's sister - the girl who used to be called Toosaka Sakura, but should now be called Matou Sakura.

Toosaka Rin is now concentrating on weaving a technique to take back Shirou's body and destroy the Demonic Bodhisattva, so she has no time to spare and doesn't even know what is happening here.

During the month of training before this, Shirou heard Kotomine Kirei and Toosaka Rin discuss this thing and knew its characteristics.

Shirou didn't know whether the soul of this evil dragon was just imitating Sakura Matou, or was really Sakura Matou - considering the rationality, the possibility of imitation is more likely, right?

The choice is left to Shirou.

choose?

No, actually you don’t have to choose at all!
Even if there is the slightest possibility that Rin's sister will die, Shirou will do his best to prevent that from happening. It's not that he has any deep feelings for Sakura.

After all, Shirou doesn't know Sakura at all now.

But——for Rin, to save Sakura, this reason is enough!

Shirou came up with the answer: "--Sukuna! You cut open the soul! Make a cut, and I'll pull her out!"

Sukuna immediately understood Shirou's choice: it was easy for Sukuna to do so, but Shirou had to find a way to save the girl's soul under the heavy weight of Kiara Sesshōin's malicious obsession, which had turned into a real curse.

Who is most at risk?
Of course it's Shirou himself!
In response, Sukuna could only sigh helplessly: "It really seems like a choice that a righteous partner would make--"

Unexpectedly, Shirou immediately added: "If I fail, then don't hesitate! Kill them both! Be careful not to let Rin know the specific situation here! Put Rin's safety first, don't let her know and take risks impulsively!"

Sukuna complained speechlessly: "You really are a righteous partner that only belongs to Toosaka Rin! Little brat! If you succeed, don't tell them this now!"

Sukuna aimed at the target: "As you wish! Target: The gap in the soul - [Eight]!"

The crack was torn open, and Sukuna pushed Shirou's soul into it at the same time.

As soon as he entered the evil dragon's body, Shirou felt an extremely heavy pressure.

This pressure comes from all directions, and the emotions contained in it are so intense!

Fierce and crazy, persistent and terrifying, the twisted possessiveness seems to want to crush Shirou!

Invisibly, it seemed that there were countless hands trying to grab Shirou, dragging him into the darkness and into the terrible and heavy love of Sesshōin Kiara!
Those hands were constantly cut off by Sukuna!
But it keeps pouring out endlessly, and its force is getting stronger and stronger.

Shirou's eyes were fixed on the figure in front of him, on the egg in front of him that was emitting pure white light, and on the soul of the girl curled up inside it.

Moving forward, every step is so heavy and painful. This is a spiritual feeling. The mushroom man's physique is useless now. Shirou can only overcome it with his will.

Closer, closer to Sakura's soul——

Cut off Kiara Sesshōin's obstruction, ignore her curse-like whispers, and keep moving forward!
Shirou stretched out his hand.

"【untie】!"

Keep using the new spell skills you've just learned!
[Shirou breaks through Kiara Seshouin's evil thoughts and tries to approach the soul that looks like 'Sakura']

[Difficulty: 50]

[Shirou's solution: 1D100=62]

Just barely met it!
Shirou came to the egg and touched its surface. The touch of flesh and blood reminded Shirou of the touch of the meat he had prepared this morning.

This is not the point!
"【untie】!"

Useless.

"Sukuna!" Shirou called out the name of his summoned gold medal fighter.

"No!" Sukuna knew what Shirou meant, "If I come, the soul inside will also suffer!"

Shirou: "Then how do we do it!?"

Sukuna: "Heart! Call with your heart! Spells are the power of the heart, even lies are fine. You must make yourself absolutely convinced that you must rescue her, and see if you can convey it to her mind!"

Heart.Heart?
To be honest, Shirou was not familiar with the Sakura in front of him, not to mention, Shirou was not even sure if she was Sakura.

The other party might just be a monster imitating Sakura's soul.

but--

(for.)

Shirou has realized it!

(.cold!)

will!

Try your best to reach your hand in, into this pure white egg——

"Wake up! Sakura! Toosaka Sakura!"

[Shirou tries to save the 'Sakura-like soul'——]

[Difficulty: 50]

[Shirou's 'will' to rescue Sakura (for Rin): 1D100=100]

[Minus the impact of Sesshōin Kiara's evil thoughts on Shirou: 1D100 = 32]

['Extra Luck Correction' brought by the Smoke Mirror (not included in the difficulty)': 1D100=28]

【Total: 100-32+28=96】

【96＞50】

【success! 】

"——Put your hand here!"

The calling voice reached the girl's ears.

The soul of the girl who was in the process of being reborn seemed to have really heard the call of Shirou's "will" and opened her eyes in a daze.

Bewildered, I looked at the stranger in front of me.

"Who are you? Come to save me?"

"cherry!"

Shirou tried his best to reach out to the girl's soul, "Reach your hand here and grab me! I'll get you out of here!"

Get out of here?

Leaving the cage? Have you been saved?

In the past days, I had called out the names of my father, mother, and sister so desperately, but got no response. But now, there actually was someone - a strange boy whom I didn't know at all, who came to save me?

Who is he? Is he really here to save me? Or is he a liar? He lied to me just like my new "brother" named Matou Shinji. I clearly said that I would be his sister in the future and he would protect me as a brother, but I didn't see him coming. That liar
"Sakura!!!"

Shirou yelled out the girl's name.

Sakura subconsciously held his hand.

——The next moment!
Shirou suddenly pulled the girl out of the white flesh and blood egg!

It worked!
"Sukuna!!!"

"Great! Emiya Shirou!"

Sukuna pulled the souls of the two out! Seeing this scene, even a killing god like him couldn't help but feel excited!

"Leave it to me from now on! Watch me cut it in half in one go!"

After pulling the two souls back, the incarnation of Guanyin, the Lotus King Sukuna, clasped his hands together with his index fingers and pinkies bent in his palms, formed the Flame Demon Heavenly Altar Seal, pointed at the increasingly crazy evil dragon in front of him, and chanted the mantra loudly:

"Dragon scales, backlash, twin meteors—"

←to be continue!
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Fuck, speaking of which, according to the comic extra pages at the end of Jujutsu Kaisen, Itadori's grandfather is the good side of Sukuna's soul, so the Renge King that Shirou and the others met here should look like this:

The Sakura that Shirou fished out here probably looks like this (her hair turned white due to the influence of the Albion Dragon)
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