Honkai Summoning.

After stroking his chin and thinking for a moment, Su Mo stretched out a hand and made a wiping motion from left to right. The thick fog in front of him gradually dissipated, and everything around him began to become clear.

However, even if it's not clear, it doesn't make a difference. There's no scenery around, just a large expanse of white, and Irisviel floating in the distance.

Just like Su Mo, Irisviel was also naked, but a small Holy Grail floated above her head, a special force linking the two together.

As Su Mo dispelled the mist, Irisviel opened her eyes. Looking at Su Mo, she smiled, a smile full of allure, like a witch: "Little Irisviel, are you really going to eat me?"

"Where is this place?" Su Mo asked.

“Our final battlefield…” Irisviel stretched out her hand. The surrounding mist began to swirl and gather towards her hand, spreading down her fair arm and forming a thin, veil-like dress around her body.

However, the clothes provided almost no coverage; the fact that her beautiful body was partially obscured only made her more alluring.

"The final battlefield?" Su Mo frowned.

"Yeah, actually I don't really understand either. Let's just call it our mental world for now. If I were to have a showdown here..."

You mean this?

Before Irisviel could finish speaking, Su Mo appeared behind her and grabbed the Holy Grail above her head.

"...Can't you just listen to what the other person has to say?"

After holding it in for a while, Irisviel said in a somewhat helpless tone.

"No, thank you."

Su Mo nodded, reached out and grasped the not-so-large Holy Grail, which shattered into fragments in his hand. The fragments then disappeared into his palm, as if they had been eaten.

"That's it?"

Behind Su Mo, three fragmented pages of the Heavenly Dao appeared, followed by a corner of a fourth fragmented page. They began to slowly develop towards completeness, soon reaching half the size of the other three fragmented pages.

"Ai-chan is really more ruthless than Kiritsugu."

Irisviel turned around and looked at Su Mo, smiling brightly as she spoke.

Feeling his power increase once again, Su Mo looked at Irisviel and raised his hand again, seemingly wanting to attack again.

"Xiao Ai, don't be in such a hurry..." Just then, Irisviel's voice appeared in Su Mo's ear.

She was just in front of Su Mo a moment ago, but now she's behind him.

"That's a bit strange. I did consume the Holy Grail. Why are you still here?" Su Mo turned his head slightly and asked Irisviel, who had her head resting on his shoulder.

“Because I’m no longer the vessel for the Holy Grail.” Irisviel shook her head, gently bumped Su Mo’s cheek, and said with a smile, “It feels so good to be free. I should have let Little Ai eat me sooner.”

Irisviel von Einzbern, the homunculus of the Einzbern family, the vessel for the Holy Grail. It could be said that her "birth" was destined to be a tragedy, a tragedy that would continue through her own daughter.

If Su Mo and Li Yunlong hadn't interfered, Irisviel would have lost her ability to act due to the death of her Heroic Spirits in the later stages of the Holy Grail War, and would eventually have been killed by Kirei Kotomine.

Now, due to the intrusion of Su Mo and Li Yunlong, things have changed drastically—of course, the unlucky spearmen who were destined to die still died, even the fifth-ranked warriors were dragged out and died once, and the berserkers didn't fare much better.

This incident teaches us that we should never choose the Gunner or Berserker classes in games. These classes, which charge into battle, are destined for tragedy. Instead, we should play ranged classes like the Archer Knight or Mage.

The witch mage in the Fifth World War was a true winner in life, while the mage in the Fourth World War was just asking for trouble by rushing in front of Su Mo and getting instantly killed. Otherwise, if he had kept his distance, he could have made some headlines.

The biggest impact of Su Mo and Li Yunlong's intrusion was none other than Irisviel. Not only did she turn evil herself, but she also corrupted Artoria, feminized Gilgamesh, and turned the entire Fuyuki City into a monster, truly creating a major scandal that left Su Mo utterly humiliated.

Now, Irisviel seems to have changed a bit. Originally the vessel of the Holy Grail, she is still alive and kicking after the Holy Grail was swallowed and absorbed by Su Mo, as if she has been unaffected.

"Madam, what's wrong with you now?" Su Mo suppressed his desire to devour Irisviel. The current Irisviel gave Su Mo a feeling that was far more dangerous than before.

At least, the moment she disappeared and reappeared behind him made Su Mo somewhat wary. If Irisviel hadn't spoken up, Su Mo really wouldn't have noticed that she had come behind him... Okay, first of all, let's ignore the faint fragrance on Irisviel's body.

"I don't know, but I feel like I'm free, and I'm also a little tired." Irisviel's voice began to soften, and she closed her eyes. "Can I lean on you and sleep for a while, little Ai?"

"...Madam, you're on the verge of dying!"

Su Mo grabbed Irisviel's shoulders and shook her several times, forcefully waking her from her drowsy state.

So, although Su Mo named himself Wang Aiguo (meaning "Love the Country"), it's useless. With his messy and chaotic behavior, if he wants to become an old Wang (a legendary figure in Chinese mythology), he'll need to live for at least several million more years to hone his skills.

"nonsense!"

Irisviel retorted, "I'm just simply tired and want to get some sleep. I still have to fulfill Kiritsugu's dream when I wake up next time."

"You haven't given up on this dream yet?" Su Mo was speechless.

“Of course we can’t give up. Only in this way can everyone be saved.” Irisviel nodded and said earnestly.

"Yes, it's broken." Su Mo nodded seriously.

"How annoying!" Irisviel said with a shy smile.

"I'm not praising you, your worldview has completely collapsed... Never mind, it has nothing to do with me." Su Mo waved his hand. After absorbing the Holy Grail, the four fragments of the Heavenly Dao he had accumulated lost their initial "excitement" and fell silent.

This means that the broken page of the Heavenly Dao should not need to rely on consuming Irisviel to complete itself.

Since that's the case, Su Mo certainly wouldn't choose to confront Irisviel head-on, whose strength is currently impossible to discern. The life and death of the people in this world are actually not of much concern to Su Mo.

"That's it, I'm going to sleep now."

Irisviel looked at Su Mo and said.

"and many more."

Su Mo suddenly remembered something, "Since the Holy Grail has disappeared and you've exhausted all the magic power of the Fuyuki City ley lines, isn't this Holy Grail War already over?"

“That seems to be the case.” Irisviel nodded.

"Then why haven't I gone back yet?" Su Mo's eye twitched. Although this Earth was very similar to that Earth, it was not the world he lived in. Of course, he wanted to return to his original world.

“Hmm, let me think…” Irisviel frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled, “I see.”

"What do you mean?" Su Mo asked.

“It’s complicated to explain, and I can’t really say for sure, but I can send you all back,” Irisviel said. “Besides, the Holy Grail War can’t be said to be completely over.”

"As expected, the Holy Grail War is something that collapses on its own without us even needing to intervene," Su Mo muttered. In his memory, the Holy Grail War had never been normal. There was always something wrong here or there.

"Never mind all that, just take me back first," Su Mo said.

"Let me try—this is too much trouble, I really need to go to sleep this time." Irisviel stretched out a hand towards Su Mo, and the pure white space around them shattered instantly.

The two reappeared on the devastated battlefield of Fuyuki City.

"Ok?"

Upon seeing the two appear, Kiritsugu Emiya's eyes widened. Just minutes earlier, Wang Aiguo had been enveloped in a chaotic blackness, which had swallowed him and Irisviel.

Then, Li Yunlong and Artoria vanished in a flash of light, leaving only Gilgamesh. Before disappearing, Li Yunlong said that his mission was complete.

Does this mean the Holy Grail War is over?

Did Wang Aiguo and Irisviel perish together?

Chapter 102 The Relevant Departments Are Not Mysterious at All

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A gentle breeze blew by, causing Kiritsugu Emiya's hairstyle, which required a whole bottle of hair wax to maintain, to shake rather illogically. He silently took out a cigarette, pulled out a lighter from his pocket, and lit it.

Kiritsugu Emiya watched the cigarette burn in his hand without saying a word, as if he were offering a sacrifice.

"The wind is a bit noisy today..." A thought inexplicably flashed through his mind, and Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly felt his heart filled with sadness—or rather, he had always been filled with sadness.

However, at this moment, it suddenly surged up completely and could not be suppressed.

However, Kiritsugu Emiya was an absolute man, so his sadness remained only in his heart and was not shown at all. His face remained as indifferent as ever, only with a hint of weariness.

Maya Busujima looked at Kiritsugu Emiya for a while, then suddenly said, "Are you alright? You seem to have suddenly turned into an artsy young man."

This girl possesses a terrifying ability to see right through things.

Just as Kiritsugu Emiya was about to say something, Su Mo and Irisviel appeared before him, the two people he had thought were dead.

The artsy young man, Kiritsugu Emiya, was stunned. Shouldn't you two perish together?

If not, where were you all running off to and what were you doing for the past few minutes? Give me back the sadness I was feeling!

The artistic young man, Emiya Kiritsugu, decisively pulled out a pistol and instantly transformed into the assassin, Emiya Kiritsugu.

However, before he could pull the trigger, the body that had just appeared in Irisviel's suddenly blurred and began to transform from a solid to an ethereal form.

The space around Su Mo began to distort, forming a vortex like the surface of water, forcing Kiritsugu Emiya and Maya Busujima to retreat several steps.

As Irisviel's figure faded into a blur, she turned and opened her mouth towards Kiritsugu Emiya. She seemed to be saying something, but no sound came out; her figure grew fainter and fainter, more and more transparent, until she disappeared from Kiritsugu Emiya's sight.

Kiritsugu Emiya's eyes widened, but he could only barely make out the meaning of "goodbye" from Irisviel's lip movements. He couldn't understand what she said after that.

"Um..." Su Mo's voice was clearly audible. He opened his mouth, seemingly about to say something to Emiya Kiritsugu. But just like last time, he didn't have time to leave any important information before disappearing along with the spatial vortex behind him.

Is it over?

Maya Busujima asked.

"ended."

Kiritsugu Emiya silently put the cigarette in his mouth, took a deep drag, and exhaled a wisp of white smoke, saying, "I still have some things to do."

“I’m fine with nothing either, let’s go together,” Maya Busujima said.

"It might take quite a while," Kiritsugu Emiya said as they walked through Fuyuki City, which was now mostly ruins.

A few minutes later, Kiritsugu Emiya pushed open the door of a small building that had luckily remained intact and said, "It's safe now. Come out."

After a while, a small head peeked out from inside, and a little red-haired child walked over timidly.

He had just finished his battle with Kirei Kotomine and found this child in the vicinity. Now that the Holy Grail War was over, or at least Kiritsugu Emiya believed it should be over, Kirei Kotomine had lost his immortality along with Irisviel's disappearance and died. Kiritsugu Emiya then came and found this child.

Looking at the child, a hint of a smile seemed to appear on Kiritsugu Emiya's usually cold face...

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"call--"

Su Mo let out a long breath, then smiled at the woman in front of him and said, "Now you believe I'm from the future, right? I told you I'm here to save the world. I failed last time, so I'm coming again."

It's the same place, the same spot. The same bathtub, the same pretty girl without clothes.

It's the same familiar product, the same old taste—no, Su Mo doesn't really know what the taste is.

The only difference is that Su Mo is now wearing clothes... Of course, he is no longer a Heroic Spirit, but he has successfully retained his ability to "change clothes" as a Heroic Spirit. Mom no longer has to worry about me running around naked during battle!