On how PhDs become human evil

There are three major sacred sites in Fuyuki City: the church, the Tohsaka residence, and Ryudouji Temple.

It should have been one of the four sacred sites, but because the Fuyuki Civic Center was completely destroyed ten years ago, the dragon vein where it was located was also affected, so its function as a sacred site was greatly weakened.

Among the three sacred sites today, the Church has fallen to the status of a city hall after the battle between Haku and Gilgamesh. The Tohsaka residence is protected by a barrier maintained by the Tohsaka family for generations, while Ryudouji Temple is located on Mount Enzo on the outskirts of Fuyuki City.

Actually, it's more accurate to say that Mount Wonjang is a sacred place than Ryudong Temple. It's said that a divine dragon once lived in Mount Wonjang. Although we don't know if it's true or not, Mount Wonjang is indeed a sacred place with a great magical effect.

Inside Mount Enzo lies a hidden underground cavern, the closest point in Fuyuki City to the dragon vein, practically located directly above the dragon vein's node.

This place should have been a hidden location, unknown even to the people of Ryudouji Temple. The only people who knew about the Great Hollow were the magicians in Fuyuki City, such as the Tohsaka family and Kirei Kotomine. Even Hakuge was unaware of its existence.

However, now, several uninvited guests have arrived here.

"Buzzing—!"

Ripples spread through the space, and a silver gate composed of countless rhomboid blocks appeared inside the large void. After this gate, which was as tall as a person, appeared, a foot stretched out from the other side of the gate, followed by three figures walking out of the gate one after another.

It was a group of one boy and two girls. The boy in the lead was wearing a school uniform, his black hair was a bit messy, and he had very dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept for several months.

As for the two women standing behind the boy, the one on the left had extremely long golden twin ponytails and wore highly revealing golden armor with red patterns on her body. The one on the right had red hair and wore clothes that resembled those of an ancient hunter, with animal fur and a belt casually draped over her body. But what was most striking was her right arm, a thick right arm taller than her entire body, covered in silver armor, and wielding a strangely shaped giant hammer.

Looking around at the large, empty space, the boy seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Looks like the transfer was successful. I really didn't expect we could escape under those circumstances. Thank you for covering for me, Angelica, Beatrice."

Angelica, Beatrice. These seem to be the names of the two girls.

"As long as it can help Lord Julian, I don't care if I have to die." The red-haired girl, Beatrice, forced a smile, and the moment she finished speaking, she collapsed, covered in blood, and her armor turned into a purple light, forming a card that fell to the ground.

“I’ve reached my limit… Me too.” Beside Beatrice, Angelica could no longer bear the pain and collapsed to her knees. Like Beatrice, her armor turned into cards and fell to the ground.

Seeing the two of them fall to the ground, Julian couldn't help but sigh: "Thank you for your hard work in blocking that monster for me. Now let's rest in this parallel world for a while."

parallel world.

Julian, Angelica, and Beatrice are all from another parallel world. For some reason, an extremely powerful magical beast suddenly appeared in their original world. The three of them were defeated by it with almost no power. Helpless, Julian could only use his family's substitution magic to take the three of them to another world for refuge.

but--

"Didn't Shirou Emiya and Miyu Emiya come together? Or did they come together but aren't here?"

Julian remembered clearly that there were four people who came with him. Besides Angelica and Beatrice, there were two others. If it weren't for their help, he really wouldn't have been able to switch between parallel worlds.

"Anyway... let's find a place to settle down first, and we can think about the rest later."

With this in mind, Julian helped Angelica and Beatrice up and walked toward the only path in the great void.

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In front of Fuyuki Hotel.

"Genius Finish!"

With a burst of seven-colored light, Bai Jie's kick slammed into Hercules' chest, shattering his upper body one last time!

Since the start of the war, through Excalibur, Invincible Player, Godspeed Six-Kick Combo, Dismemberment Kick... all the way to the current Genius End, all twelve of Hercules' lives have been consumed by Bai Jie and Artoria. This time, it is Hercules' last life, and this life will be taken away by Bai Jie's feet.

The belt around his waist and the Genius Bottle turned into specks of light and vanished. The armor Bai Jie wore also disappeared at the same time. He came to stand in front of Ilyasviel and laughed, "Alright, you have no servant left. You lost, Ilyasviel."

"Impossible... Berserker actually... Who are you?! You managed to kill Berserker with twelve different attacks in a row..."

Ilya simply couldn't believe that Hercules, who had eleven chances to revive and was immune to most attacks, had been so easily defeated by Whitebeard. What kind of Noble Phantasm were those strange outfits?!

"Just a former Kamen Rider who happened to be passing by." Bai Jie shrugged.

To be fair, Berserker is definitely a formidable opponent, among the strongest of all Heroic Spirits. However, unfortunately, his almost unbeatable Noble Phantasm is practically useless against Berserker.

Immune to attacks below level B? Bai Jie has as many powerful attacks as he wants.

Resurrect eleven times? It's just a matter of killing a few more times.

Immunity to attacks that have killed him? Bai Jie has countless ways to kill him!

That's why Hercules was completely helpless against White, suffering eleven knight kicks before being forced to retreat.

"Alright, now that your Servant is gone, the Holy Grail War has nothing to do with you anymore. Go wherever you want."

“Where else can I go?” Ilya gave a bitter smile. “The Einzbern has been destroyed by you, Liz and Sera are gone, and the Berserker is gone too. Where else can I go?”

As Ilya said, she has nothing left. Bai Jie destroyed everything she had, and now she is all alone. With her childlike nature that never grows up, if she were to go out and live alone, it would basically be a doujinshi plot unfolding. Japan is a chaotic place.

"Ha, I brought this on myself, I'm getting myself into trouble again..."

With a self-deprecating laugh, Bai Jie scratched his hair, grabbed Illya's clothes and tossed them to Artoria: "Saber, take her to our floor and pick out a room for her. I'll fix up the road here."

The ravines blasted by Excalibur, the craters kicked out by knights, the craters cleaved by Berserker's axe... Bai Jie felt like he really enjoyed creating trouble for himself.

Section 488, Chapter 42: That Man, Stronger Than a God

Three days had passed since the battle with Illyasviel. Having lost all his family members, Bai Jie had no choice but to let Illyasviel stay on his floor, where Artoria would take care of her.

Although Bai Jie had no obligation to take her in, she had become homeless because of him, so even if Bai Jie was heartless, he couldn't bear to leave her outside.

Bai Jie, Kiana, Mostima, Artoria, Bai Liya, Athena, Rin Tohsaka, Hajime Nagumo, Yue, and Illyasviel—before anyone knew it, ten people had moved into Bai Jie's floor. Luckily, Bai Jie had booked the entire floor, otherwise, it might have caused quite a stir.

By the way, Rin Tohsaka was brought here by Athena. Although she is a god, Athena needs a Master to exist in this world. If Rin Tohsaka is secretly killed, she will return to her original world in two or three days at most. She doesn't want to leave so soon.

With so many people staying there, meals became a major problem. Although they could eat the dinner provided by the hotel, Kiana said she was already tired of it, so—

"Bro! Bro! I want to buy this!"

In a supermarket not far from the Fuyuki Grand Hotel, Kiana tossed several boxes of beef that looked ridiculously expensive into her shopping cart. In addition to the beef, the cart also contained tripe, enoki mushrooms, lamb, and even a bag of hot pot base.

At the suggestion of Kiana and Artoria, two foodies, everyone decided to have hot pot at the hotel that night, while Bai Jie and Kiana were responsible for going out to buy ingredients.

Of course, these ingredients cannot be brought into the hotel openly, so Bai Jie will transfer them all over the space later.

Seeing the shopping cart getting fuller and fuller, Bai Jie reached out and stopped Kiana, who was about to grab more items: "Kiana, are you sure you can eat all of this? This meat is almost enough for ten people."

"What are you talking about, bro? I feel like Saber and I could handle all this meat on our own."

Kiana's words silenced Bai Jie. He could forgive Artoria, but he had completely forgotten that Kiana was also a big eater. Kiana hadn't shown her love for food much lately, and Bai Jie had overlooked that. If he took that into account, Kiana could probably eat all the food in the shopping cart by herself.

(Oops... my wallet...)

Bai Jie mourned for his wallet. Even though he was not short of money and could easily buy the entire supermarket, he still wasn't used to spending money lavishly.

What? You're asking where the money came from? Please don't forget that Fujimaru Ritsuka is a rich woman. She gave Bai Jie plenty of money because she said she wanted him to come to the Type-Moon world to play. Anyway, the Type-Moon world is now like Fujimaru Ritsuka's backyard, so a little money is just a drop in the ocean.

"Oh right, bro, drinks!" Kiana, who had just brought back a few more boxes of meat, suddenly remembered the most important thing for eating hot pot. "I'll go get some cola, bro, hurry up and come with me!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

With a helpless smile, Bai Jie looked at the shopping cart in front of him, which was already overflowing, added a weight-reducing magic trick to it, and pushed it towards Kiana.

A row of vegetable sections separated the freezer and beverage section, just as Bai Jie was pushing his shopping cart past—

"boom!"

Suddenly, someone bumped into Bai Jie's car, and the two large bags of vegetables he was holding immediately scattered all over the ground.

"Ouch... Sorry, I bumped into you."

"No, I am... Emiya Shirou?"

Bai Jie looked at Shirou Emiya lying on the ground with some surprise. Shirou Emiya was startled when he heard someone call his name. He looked up and stared at Bai Jie for a while: "Excuse me, who are you? Do you know me?"

"Huh?" This time it was Bai Jie's turn to be surprised. "You don't remember me? I thought I left a pretty deep impression on you."

The first time they met, Bai Jie chopped off Shirou Emiya's hand. The second time they met, Bai Jie tormented Shirou Emiya to the point of near death. Logically, Shirou Emiya shouldn't be unfamiliar with Bai Jie. However, judging from the unfamiliar look in Shirou Emiya's eyes, he didn't seem to be pretending to be stupid.

Could it be that this guy has amnesia?

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Bai Jie noticed a tuft of white hair on Shirou Emiya's forehead. In his memory, Shirou Emiya had completely red hair, without a single white hair. But this one...

"Brother? Have you bought the vegetables?"

A soft little girl's voice rang out from the other side. Before Bai Jie could look over, Shirou Emiya walked over and said, "Sorry, Miyu, I bumped into someone by accident. But I've bought all the vegetables, so we can have a good meal tonight."

Miyu? A younger sister? Shirou Emiya has a younger sister?

Looking at the black-haired girl standing next to Shirou Emiya, Bai Jie frowned deeply.

(What on earth is going on? Is this guy really Shirou Emiya?)

From any perspective, the Shirou Emiya before him was far different from the Shirou Emiya that Bai Jie knew. What was most outrageous was that Bai Jie sensed an extremely powerful magical energy from the Shirou Emiya before him, a magical energy that surpassed that of Servants and Heroic Spirits and was almost equivalent to that of the Holy Grail!

In other words, Shirou Emiya's magical power is enough to rival the Holy Grail, but how is that possible? Humans in this world can't achieve that level!

Seeing that Bai Jie was staring at him and Miyu, Shirou Emiya subtly moved aside to shield Miyu behind him: "Excuse me, is there anything else? If not, my sister and I will take our leave now."

"No, it's just that you look somewhat similar to someone I know, but he doesn't have a sister." Bai Jie shook his head. "Sorry, it was rude of me to keep staring at you and your sister."

After saying that, Bai Jie pushed the cart toward Kiana.

After Bai Jie left, Shirou Emiya breathed a sigh of relief: "That was close. I didn't expect to encounter such a strong person here. It seems we've really come to an extraordinary world, Miyu."

"Does that person...know the older brother in this world?" The little girl called Miyu asked, clutching Shirou Emiya's clothes tightly.

"That should be the case. It seems we'll need to make contact with the version of myself in this world when we get back. We don't know when that monster will catch up. If possible, I hope that powerful person from earlier can help us then."

Even Shirou Emiya, who had obtained the Holy Grail and was able to defeat the Holy Grail War overnight, had a bitter look on his face when he mentioned that monster.

That was a true monster, an existence that he alone could not defeat, even with the Holy Grail to power him and the King of Heroes joining forces.

Section 489, Chapter 43: The author's backend is crashing, it's so frustrating.

"We're back."

With Miyu and Shirou carrying large bags of groceries, Shirou returned to his current residence. Both he and Miyu were from a parallel world, and this place should have been Miyu's residence. However, he was fortunate enough to encounter a family with whom he had a significant connection, and with their help, he had a temporary place to live.

"Ah, welcome back. I'm so sorry to have sent you to buy groceries."

"I can help with this small favor, Emiya."

Emiya Shirou—Emiya the Great Hero—speaks to his alter ego, who peeks out from the kitchen, that two days ago, he and Miyu arrived in this world through Julian's substitution magic. While they were still unsure of their current situation, Emiya the Great Hero encountered his counterpart in this world, Emiya Shirou. Although their first meeting was filled with awkwardness, Emiya the Great Hero eventually brought Miyu to live with him at Emiya Shirou's house.

After putting all the groceries that Emiya had bought into the refrigerator, Emiya Shirou asked, "By the way, did you encounter any trouble on the way? Fuyuki City has been quite chaotic lately. A hurricane even swept through the city a couple of days ago, splitting it in two."

"...This is beyond chaotic, isn't it?" Emiya sighed. "There's no real trouble, but we ran into someone you know who mistook you for someone else, even though we are the same person."