The world I hear is completely different from yours.

"Alright! We agree to form an alliance with you!" Seeing that Tianqing was about to kill him at the slightest provocation, Sora quickly made up her mind and said this. After all, the situation was beyond her control. She didn't have the Magic Workshop or Command Seals, and the magical power in her body wasn't enough for Lancer to fight at full strength. Therefore, even though she didn't trust Tianqing who had suddenly appeared before her, she had no choice but to take it one step at a time and agree first.

“Very good! Then, to show my sincerity as an ally,” Tian Qing said with a slight smile, and casually tossed a CD to Lancer, “This contains a very important torrent, which contains a lot of comic book information about the Holy Grail War, which can fill in your previous intelligence gaps.”

"Information on the Seeds and the Holy Grail War?" Sora took the disc from Lancer's hand and muttered to herself. She and Lancer had always been puzzled as to why all the enemies they encountered seemed so familiar with their intelligence. At first, she thought it was leaked by rival faction mages in the Clock Tower, but now it seemed there was more to the story.

Seeing Sora and Lancer looking thoughtful, Tian Qing continued, "Now that I've shown our sincerity, I have a small favor to ask of our allies..."

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Meanwhile, in the center of Fuyuki City, a large number of fire trucks had gathered near the hotel, and water jets from the trucks were continuously extinguishing the fire on the hotel ruins. Forty minutes after the explosion at the hotel in the city center, the Fuyuki City fire department finally assembled enough rescue personnel near the fire scene and began emergency firefighting and rescue operations.

Around the bustling disaster relief site, several reporters from different media outlets had gathered, speaking eloquently to their cameras and vying to report on the largest fire in Fuyuki City in recent years. They had also found several passersby who were nearby at the time to tell the citizens watching on television what they had seen and heard.

"Could you please describe what happened?" the pretty female reporter asked, while handing the microphone to a passerby.

"Of course! I was standing right next to the hotel and saw it all clearly! It was that woman, that's right, that woman caused the hotel to collapse and catch fire!" The passerby said excitedly, gesturing wildly.

"Oh? Was this disaster caused by a woman? Could you describe that woman in detail?" the female reporter continued to ask with great interest.

"Although the woman was wearing a black mask, so I couldn't see her face, I saw very clearly that she was sitting on an excavator with the Lanxiang Vocational School logo prominently displayed on it! And that woman used that excavator to attack the hotel building and cause it to collapse!!"

Huh? The female reporter looked completely bewildered: "An excavator?"

At this moment, another passerby quickly squeezed through and loudly retorted, "What excavator! That's not right at all! I saw it very clearly, that woman was clearly driving a Transformer! That's right, I saw it for sure, that metal shell and that face that looked like it was wearing a mask, it was definitely Optimus Prime!"

"No! She was clearly riding a coin-operated machine shaped like a lion!!" a third passerby interjected, and then several passersby began arguing loudly, getting into a heated argument that eventually escalated to the point where they started fighting in front of the camera.

"Hey? Everyone, let's talk this out! Don't fight!!" The female reporter rushed over to mediate, but was shoved hard by a passerby and fell to the ground! "You bastard, how dare you push me?!" The female reporter was no pushover either, and immediately charged forward in a rage, her long, polished nails viciously scratching at the other person!

Chaos erupted at the scene! No one noticed that the bystanders who witnessed Saber's attack had all become abnormally agitated, easily prone to outbursts of rage and physical violence. A skilled magician could immediately recognize this as a classic aftereffect of having one's memories forcibly altered by some substandard suggestive magic.

Kirei Kotomine stood silently in the crowd, staring blankly at the passersby wrestling together. A priest from the Holy Church beside him, looking extremely embarrassed, repeatedly said with a forced smile, "I'm so sorry, Father Kotomine, the priest responsible for altering the witnesses' memories is a novice, his skills aren't quite there yet. I'll definitely give him a good talking-to when I get back!"

As the overseer of the Holy Grail War, the Holy Church, while acting as the arbiter, is also responsible for cleaning up the traces left by the war to prevent any supernatural signs from being exposed to the public, thus maintaining the mystery of magic. Father Kirei Kotomine is the Holy Church's person in charge of this aspect.

"Alright, as long as the secret can be kept, it doesn't matter if the eyewitnesses' memories are a little absurd. After all, in that critical moment, it's inevitable for humans to have some hallucinations," Kirei Kotomine said calmly, then turned and left amidst the priest's repeated thanks.

Meanwhile, amidst the hotel ruins, several Assassin clones swiftly located Kenneth's already stiffened corpse and, without anyone else noticing, quickly carried it away.

Chapter Thirteen: The Magical Girl Who Had Wiped Out Her Entire Family Countless Times

In the early morning, in the basement of the Matou family's residence, Matou Zanken, looking like a wicked old man, leaned on his cane, looking at Matou Kariya, who was drenched in sweat and pale-faced, with a hint of sneer in his eyes: "Truly worthy of being a young man. After just one night's rest, you've already gradually adapted to the magical energy required by the Heroic Spirit Barserker! Before, you were just a low-quality mage with completely inadequate magic circuits!"

Kariya Matou, a descendant of the Matou family, a lineage of mage magicians, lacked sufficient magical circuits to meet the requirements of becoming a Master. Therefore, in order to successfully control a Heroic Spirit in the Holy Grail War, he had to undergo extreme modifications to his body by his great-grandfather, Zoken Matou, who implanted numerous Crest Worms into his body and integrated them into his nervous system. This unorthodox modification severely damaged his body. Furthermore, because Berserker-type Heroic Spirits require significantly more magical energy than other classes, simply maintaining their physical form caused Kariya excruciating pain from time to time.

"You did all this just to save that little girl?" Matou Zanken continued, his tone full of mockery. "You're willing to risk your life for a little girl? You're quite the rare person with a sense of justice in our Matou family! Or is it simply because that little girl is the daughter of the woman you love that you're so willing to risk your life to protect her?"

With a pained expression, Matou Kariya didn't answer, as if he hadn't heard anything. He just kept breathing heavily, enduring the immense pain within his body. After a long while, he finally managed to raise his head and ask, "Now... what time is it now?"

"It's morning now, just as the sun is rising," Matou Zangen replied calmly. As a mage skilled in insect-based magic such as Crest Worms, he transformed his own body into a Crest Worm and parasitized the bodies of others. By constantly changing his parasitic host, he had successfully survived for centuries. However, because Crest Worms prefer damp, dark environments and dislike bright sunlight, Matou Zangen harbored a deep-seated hatred for the sun.

"Oh? It's already this late?" Matou Kariya muttered to himself, glancing at the Heroic Spirit Barserker, who was shrouded in black aura, standing to the side, his eyes flashing with an inexplicable light.

Matou Zanken, who was still relentlessly making sarcastic remarks, suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation for no apparent reason. Then, the cunning old magician quickly sensed the traps and guards he had set up outside the Matou family compound. After confirming that there were no external enemies invading, he came back to his senses and looked suspiciously at the calm Matou Kariya.

"What do you want to do? Don't forget, I will only let that little girl named Sakura go if you obtain the Holy Grail!" Matou Zanken sensed something was wrong and quickly threatened.

"Barserker, listen to my command! Kill Matou Zanken immediately!" Matou Kariya shouted without any regard for Matou Zanken's threat!

Whoosh!! In an instant, the Heroic Spirit who had been standing blankly to the side, completely encased in armor, moved. With a swift stroke, he severed Matou Zangen's head and dismembered his body into eight pieces!

"Next, Barserker, go outside and kill everyone in the Matou family, except for that little girl named Matou Sakura!" Matou Kariya issued his second order with murderous intent, his face revealing a completely different bloodthirsty aura than before. "Then destroy the entire Matou family!"

Boom! Under Matou Kariya's command, Barserker kicked open the door and rushed out, followed by a chorus of screams from outside!

Amidst the screams outside, Matou Zanken's evil voice echoed once more in the empty room: "You think you can kill me like this, Kariya?" As a magician who transformed his true form into a Crest Worm, merely slashing at this parasitized body was completely insufficient to kill Matou Zanken.

"Later, I will not only completely destroy the underground worm nest, but also pour gasoline on it and burn everything belonging to the Matou family. Not a single worm will be left," Matou Kariya coldly replied. "In that case, you'll only be able to reside in the Crest Worm in Matou Sakura's heart, won't you? You've really made quite a few preparations to get closer to the Holy Grail!"

"You...you actually knew! You've read those comics? No, I've been watching you the whole time, you shouldn't have read them at all!!" A hint of panic crept into Matou Zanken's voice. After a moment of silence, Matou Zanken seemed to understand something, and his voice rang out again, filled with anger: "No! You're not Matou Kariya!! Who are you?!"

"Oh? Why do you say I'm not Matou Kariya?" Matou Kariya said calmly. "My body is clearly Matou Kariya's body, isn't it? Didn't you repeatedly confirm it when you transplanted the Crest Worm?"

"Because given Matou Kariya's personality, he would never do such a thing! No matter how much he hates the Matou family, he would never lay a hand on them!" Matou Zangen said coldly.

The screams and cries for help outside continued. Clearly, Barserker had faithfully carried out Matou Kariya's orders, slaughtering all the Matou family members outside except for Matou Sakura, including Kariya's father, brothers, and other blood relatives.

"I see. Is it because our styles of doing things are completely different?" Matou Kariya looked down at the God Watch on her left wrist, which was invisible to everyone else. "But it's no wonder. After all, for us magical girls, wiping out our entire families is as common as pouring water or drinking tea!"

For a kind person like Matou Kariya, he would never and dare not kill the Matou family. Therefore, in the original work, he could only blame Tohsaka Tokiomi for Matou Sakura's tragedy, believing that it was all Tohsaka Tokiomi's fault, and thus launched many attacks on Tohsaka Tokiomi in a frenzy.

But for the magical girl sent to this world by the God of War and replacing Matou Kariya, the Matou family is nothing! In all her missions in the God of War's space, I've lost count of how many times I've wiped out my entire family! As long as there's no mission from the God of War in the way, I wouldn't hesitate to wipe out not just my entire family, but my entire clan!

Chapter Fourteen: The Man in the Magical Girl Costume

"You damned bastard!" Matou Zanken cursed angrily. He wasn't angry because of the disappearance of "Matou Kariya," but simply because he felt deceived.

With Matou Zangen's roar, the remaining Crest Worms within Matou Kariya's body began to writhe wildly, tearing at his flesh and blood. An excruciating pain, comparable to being sliced ​​a thousand times, instantly filled Kariya's body! As the one who performed the modification surgery on Kariya, Matou Zangen had naturally tampered with the Crest Worms within Kariya's body, capable of taking his life at any time!

The fact that Matou Kariya was replaced by a stranger right under his nose enraged Matou Zangen, especially since he had never thought much of Kariya and didn't value his life. Therefore, he decided to destroy Kariya's body, even if it meant immediately withdrawing from the Holy Grail War, since he had no hope of winning anyway!

"Crest Insects, bite them all!!" Matou Zangen continued to vigorously activate the Crest Insects within Matou Kariya's body, desperately destroying Kariya's life force. He would show no mercy to those who had deceived him like this!

"It seems you're still not giving up!" Matou Kariya said calmly, as if the terrible pain in his body didn't exist at all. He simply reached into his God Watch and took out a beautifully decorated, egg-sized transparent gem.

"Our existence as magical girls is rather special. All our magic and life force are compressed into this Soul Gem, and our external humanoid bodies are merely our 'clothes.' Therefore, no matter how much pain our external bodies experience, I myself feel nothing, and I will not die from damage to my external body. Thus, your Crest Worms are meaningless to me. Correspondingly, eliminating your Crest Worms is a piece of cake for me!"

This is why Matou Zanken hadn't noticed anything unusual before; it was indeed Matou Kariya's body, only the inner thoughts and personality had been replaced by the Reincarnator! The Reincarnator's power and physical body remained within the Soul Gem, awaiting the Reincarnator's activation!

"Magical Girl Transformation!!!" Amidst a flurry of flowers and music appearing out of nowhere, Matou Kariya's clothes transformed into magical girl gear. Simultaneously, the Soul Gem unleashed a massive surge of magical power, wiping away all of Kariya's flesh, nerves, and Crest Worms! After all, the outer body is just clothes, so isn't it easy to cleanse the clothes and the parasites inside? After all, no matter how much pain the "clothes" feel, the real body feels nothing!

"You!!!" Matou Danken's voice abruptly stopped!

Two hours later, the Matou family, one of the three founding families of the Holy Grail War and possessing a rich heritage, was wiped out. This ancient family of mages, who migrated from the West and had even developed the Command Seals system for the Holy Grail War, was completely exterminated.

Not only were all the people living in the Matou family's stronghold torn to pieces, but even the insects in the underground magic workshop were doused with gasoline and burst open in the flames.

"The underground worms have all been cleared out, now only that old codger Matou Kariya remains!" The former three-star reincarnator, the Phantom Assassin-type magical girl Yoru, now Matou Kariya, tossed aside the gasoline can in her hand and muttered to herself, "That old codger is incredibly difficult to kill. Although his true form is parasitized by the Crest Worm in Matou Sakura's heart, even if we kill that worm, he can still continue to linger on! After all, he has already implanted Crest Worms in the bodies of many ordinary people across the country as backup bodies for himself!"

"Speaking of the original story, that guy probably created the Holy Grail War with the noble goal of 'abolishing all evil,' but after turning into an insect, he completely fell into depravity over a long period of time." Matou Kariya scratched his head. "What a cruel twist of fate!"

Boom! A loud explosion rang out, and then the entire Matou family's stronghold was engulfed in flames!

Amidst the billowing smoke, Barserker emerged silently, his armor, shrouded in black mist, clanging loudly. Regardless of the type of Heroic Spirit, anyone appearing as the Berserker Barserker class will lose their sanity while simultaneously increasing their combat power. Therefore, Barserker at this moment was completely devoid of his own consciousness, only able to act according to Matou Kariya's commands.

"What a fine henchman! He didn't carry out my orders at all, killing the whole family without hesitation. He's truly impressive!" Matou Kariya said with admiration. "Looks like my hard work in pretending before paid off!"

Young Matou Sakura followed behind Barserker, her face blank with disbelief. From the very first day she was sent to the Matou family, she had been thrown into a worm-infested hole by Matou Zangen and suffered endless abuse from everyone in the Matou family. She was no longer the innocent and carefree little girl she once was. Therefore, she couldn't believe a word of the kindness Matou Kariya had shown her before.

However, upon seeing Matou Kariya's current attire, even the vacant-eyed Matou Sakura couldn't help but experience a surge of emotion.

"Haha, I never expected to be stuffed into a man's body!" Matou Kariya awkwardly touched his magical girl outfit. The girlish bubble skirt, pink boots and gloves, and the gorgeous top and ribbons that highlighted his girlishness looked completely out of place on Matou Kariya's male body, making him look like a cross-dressing pervert.

"Alright! Appearances and gender don't matter at all. I am now Matou Kariya!" The former Phantom Assassin magical girl, Yoru, now Matou Kariya, waved his hand boldly and led the way outside: "Sakura, listen to me! The most important thing in the world is not appearance, but your own strength! Only with enough strength can you change your destiny! Now follow my lead, it's time to show the true power of us magical girls!"

Although as a veteran reincarnator, Matou Kariya has always been a realist who doesn't act without benefit and doesn't act without seeing the benefits, he doesn't mind helping Matou Sakura, who has a tragic past, as long as it doesn't conflict with his main mission.

And so, the dark, muscular magical girl Sakura began her first morning run training session.

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PS: A reader's cameo appearance

Chapter Fifteen: Today I'm a Teacher

Tokiomi Tohsaka was awakened today by his wife's urgent knocking on the door.

"What happened, Aoi?" Tokiomi Tohsaka scrambled to his feet and quickly dressed. Despite having stayed up late the night before, Tokiomi still appeared incredibly energetic. During this critical period of the Holy Grail War, he had been casting spells that amplified his physical and mental abilities to ensure he could give his all every single day.

"It's Kirei. He came to see you. Apparently, something happened to the Matou family." Aoi Tohsaka's expression turned grim when she mentioned Kirei Kotomine and the Matou family. As people who had read the manga and knew the future plot, Aoi Tohsaka and Tokiomi Tohsaka had completely different attitudes towards Kirei Kotomine and the Matou family.

The intrusion of time travelers and reincarnators has significantly altered the plot, resulting in considerable discrepancies between the details in the manga and reality. As a result, Tokiomi Tohsaka remains somewhat skeptical of these manga and does not fully believe them. Therefore, he still holds some hope for Kirei Kotomine and the Matou family, since how can one judge present criminals based on crimes that have not yet occurred in the future?

Aoi Tohsaka completely believed the description in the manga. She hated Kirei Kotomine, who would betray her husband in the future, and loathed the Matou family for abusing her daughter. As a result, Aoi Tohsaka, who always followed her husband's lead, even took the initiative to suggest to her husband for the first time that he immediately take their daughter back from the Matou family.

After careful consideration, Tokiomi Tohsaka once again extended an invitation to the Matou family, hoping to have a proper talk with Matou Zanken about Sakura, but Matou Zanken did not respond.

After a quick wash, Tokiomi Tohsaka entered the living room and asked Kirei Kotomine, who was sitting there waiting, "What happened, Kirei?"

"Master Tokiomi, I just received news from Assassin's clone that the Matou family was completely wiped out this morning, and their entire stronghold was reduced to ashes!"

"The Matou family is extinct?! How could this be?" Tokiomi Tohsaka stared wide-eyed in shock. Before he could say anything, Aoi Tohsaka, who was standing to the side, hurriedly interjected, "Then what about Sakura? Have you found my daughter?"

Kirei Kotomine shook his head expressionlessly: "The bodies have been completely burned, making it impossible to identify their identities before birth."

*Crack!* The teacup in Aoi Tohsaka's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces!

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At this moment, Rin Tohsaka was completely unaware of what was happening at home. She was happily walking to school with a backpack on her back. The tsundere girl who would later wear pigtails and a miniskirt and dare to jump around among skyscrapers without any fear of exposing herself was just a seven-year-old elementary school student at this time.

In the original work, Tokiomi Tohsaka never seemed to worry about his daughter's safety during the Holy Grail War. He still made Rin Tohsaka go to school every day, without considering what would happen if his daughter were attacked by other mages participating in the Holy Grail War. As a result, when the school was actually attacked, Rin Tohsaka had to run for her life on her own.

This time, following hints from the story manga, Tokiomi Tohsaka initially kept his daughter at home instead of sending her to school. However, after Ryunosuke Uryu was killed, Tokiomi felt that since the Heroic Spirit who might attack the school in the future would no longer appear, he decided to let Rin Tohsaka return to school. Therefore, today is Rin Tohsaka's first time back at school after being away for many days.

Rin Tohsaka just felt something was off. After missing several days of school, people she knew suddenly started looking at her with strange eyes. Was there something wrong with the clothes she was wearing today?

As Rin Tohsaka passed by the shopping street, she glanced at her reflection in the glass window and checked her clothes: the ever-present red top, the habitual short skirt, and the twin whips that always graced her hair. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Everything was exactly the same as before. She figured she would still dress like this when she grew up.

Filled with questions, Rin Tohsaka walked into her classroom.

As soon as she sat down in her seat, a large group of classmates rushed towards Rin Tohsaka with shining eyes, surrounding her and chattering incessantly with questions: "Rin Tohsaka, do you really know jewel magic?" "Is your family really looking for that Holy Grail right now?" "Please make me prettier!!! Rin-sama!"

Huh? What's going on? Rin Tohsaka suddenly found herself a little confused.

Fortunately, the teacher, who had just entered the classroom, came to Rin Tohsaka's rescue: "Classmates, please don't let Rin Tohsaka get too troubled. No matter what, always remember that manga is manga, and life is life. Don't confuse manga with life! Okay, everyone, please sit down now, we're going to start class!"

Yes, that audacious time traveler not only described the future plot in manga form, but even used the original characters' names, and even drew the elementary school that Rin Tohsaka attended exactly as it appeared. Many readers of the manga were so curious that they followed the trail to find the school. Of course, given that they dared to depict a magician's life and family so openly, it's no wonder this time traveler met such a swift and tragic end.

Although the time traveler who committed such a feat is now completely dead, with even the grass on their grave overgrown, and most of the comics have been banned and destroyed, the hype surrounding the event won't die down so easily. As a result, Rin Tohsaka has become the school's "number one star," boasting a huge fan base. While most ordinary people don't believe Rin Tohsaka actually possesses any magic, this overlap between reality and the comics has certainly piqued the curiosity of many.

"Speaking of which, when did we get a new female teacher?" Rin Tohsaka asked her classmate in a low voice, looking at the girl standing on the stage with a puzzled expression.

"You mean Teacher Tianqing? I heard she's a foreigner traveling in Fuyuki City who was invited to be a 'one-day teacher' at the school!" a classmate whispered in response.

Tianqing looked at the little girl Rin below the stage and smiled slightly: "Rin Tohsaka, you haven't been to school for the past few days, so you've fallen behind on your studies and homework. Remember to come to the office to see your teacher later, and I'll give you a private lesson."

Chapter Sixteen: The Demon's Egg and the Feast of the Three Kings

"I never expected that by using my teacher's identity to sneak into this school today, I would actually run into Rin Tohsaka!" Ame thought to herself.

For Tianqing, sneaking into the school to work as a temporary teacher for a day was not a difficult task. Using her fabricated identity as the niece of a wealthy businessman, along with a little illusion magic, she could easily do it. However, what surprised Tianqing was that Tokiomi Tohsaka actually dared to let his daughter come to school so brazenly, and coincidentally, it happened to be the very day she was teaching at the school.

"As expected of my Lady! The timing was perfect!" Rong Momo flattered Tian Qing from the shadows. "To think that you could come up with such a despicable method as using hostages to threaten other ladies is truly amazing! If Her Majesty the Empress had had such a scheme, she probably could have kept Xiao Yanzi and Er Kang under control, right? I wonder if you're interested in palace intrigue? Would you like me to introduce you to Her Majesty the Empress? Although you're not a Manchu, I'm sure with your abilities, becoming a concubine would be no problem at all!"

Tian Qing's face immediately darkened. "Pah! Who wants to go to the palace to become some kind of empress?" she thought. She truly couldn't understand what charm that emperor with his three thousand concubines possessed that made so many time-traveling women cry and beg to become his concubines. These women, who in modern times vehemently despised mistresses, suddenly became obsessed with becoming someone's concubine after arriving there?

Moreover, as modern women deeply influenced by modern civilization, they spent their days crying and scheming in palace intrigues to please the emperor after entering the palace, obsessed with bearing his children, without any thought of contributing to social progress. What happened to the promised successors of socialism? Did they never think of killing the emperor, seizing power, ruling from behind the curtain, and finally leading the people to build a modern society?