Magical User Aozaki Aoko Case Files

However, this sound did not come from any corner, but came from all directions around Matou Kariya.

Matou Kariya struggled to find where the old monster was, but he was soon stunned by what happened next.

The black liquid had already spread to Matou Kariya's abdomen. And in that abdomen covered by the black liquid, an inverted human face gradually formed.

Matou Kariya will never forget this face even in his dreams, because that is the face of his "father" Matou Zouken.

“Kariya, I was a little annoyed by your escape at first,” Matou Zouken said in a joking tone, “but now, I have to say that your escape was indeed a brilliant move.”

“Go to hell! You old monster!” Matou Kariya cursed the old monster that was entrenched in his abdomen with all his might, “I won’t help you in any way!”

“That’s not important, that’s not important,” Matou Zouken’s face was mumbling something, but Matou Kariya’s consciousness was a little fuzzy at this time. The only thing he could hear was that what Matou Zouken said was not Japanese. “It’s good that you’re back, Kariya. It seems that the backup plan I left in advance has worked.”

"What did you say?" Matou Kariya seemed to have heard something unbelievable.

"Why do you think you returned to Fuyuki?" Matou Zouken's malicious voice drilled into Matou Kariya's ears, "Of course it was the suggestion spell I planted in your body in advance."

“‘Activate when all descendants of the current generation of the Matou family have died’, that’s how the ritual works, Kariya,” the face in the abdomen showed a creepy smile, “Do you think you decided to return to Fuyuki out of your sentimental free will?”

“This, this is impossible…” Kariya felt extremely distressed. He had been resisting this twisted family and this old monster for his entire life, but he never expected that in the end his free will was all an illusion?

"My technique pushed your mind, and then you, who love fantasy, made up a set of reasons to convince yourself to return to Fuyuki and the Matou family."

"Damn that Tousaka Tokiomi, he suddenly went crazy and took out all the gem magic stored in his house for years to attack me..." Matou Zouken's voice had an emotion similar to "anger" for the first time, "But it doesn't matter... He still couldn't kill me in the end... Or rather, he thought he had killed me, so he left..."

Matou Kariya was unable to speak at this time, but for the first time in his life, he cheered for marrying his childhood rival. However, Matou Kariya was very dissatisfied that Tōsaka Tokiomi, who always failed at critical moments, did not completely kill the old monster.

"Forget it, forget it..." After saying the last two words, Matou Zouken's face sank into the black liquid in Matou Kariya's abdomen and no longer spoke.

At this moment, the liquid has spread to Matou Kariya's neck, and his consciousness is almost gone. The last memory in his mind is the smile of Zenjo Aoi looking at him in the sunlight.

The figure in the ruins has been completely covered by black liquid.

The liquids flowed and surged, reflecting a faint light on their surface, like some kind of thick grease.

At a certain moment, a crack suddenly appeared on the chest of the human body covered by black liquid, revealing a blood-red eyeball, and the pupil of the eyeball was in the shape of a black cross.

As soon as the eye opened, it began to move rapidly, checking the surroundings. As the first eye opened, eyes opened one after another on the dark human body, and all of these eyes were exactly the same as the first one.

Control tower lighting

All the scarlet red eyeballs moved in unison at the same time, emitting dazzling red light. A huge magical storm blew away the surrounding debris, and changes gradually appeared on the dark figure.

The first thing to appear was the head that had been covered in black liquid—that was not the face of Matou Kariya.

The man has short, slightly naturally curly dark blue hair, a determined look in his eyes, and a face with tough lines like those chopped by a knife or an axe, giving him a very three-dimensional look.

But he doesn't have the rough appearance of a white man. Instead, he has a delicate look in his flamboyant manner. He is undoubtedly a very charming and handsome man.

The black liquid on the man's body gradually faded away, and his blood-red eyes closed one after another, revealing an unusually muscular body with clear yet streamlined muscle lines, giving people the feeling of a cheetah.

The man clenched his hands and smiled. It was a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.

He waved his hand gently, and the remaining black liquid on his body turned into mist, swirling around the man's body. After the mist dispersed, an elegant and slim-fitting dress appeared on the man.

He was wearing a pair of neat suit trousers, a pair of shiny black leather shoes, a white shirt with a floral collar, and a black suit vest.

The man clenched his right hand, and a black Victorian-style men's trench coat appeared in his hand.

While carefully putting on his windbreaker, he looked around, as if looking for a suitable place.

"It's nice here." He murmured to himself.

He walked to the selected open space and stomped his feet slightly. The complex summoning array was drawn in an instant and injected with enough magic power.

The man stretched out his right hand, and a cut appeared on his palm. Dark "blood" spilled out of the wound and onto the summoning circle.

Then he pulled open the shirt on his chest, and Matou Kariya's cheek appeared on the position of the man's heart.

The difference from before was that at this time, Matou Kariya no longer had his own will and was just mechanically chanting the spell under the control of the man.

"...From the Wheel of Restraint, Guardian of the Libra!"

Magical lightning surged, and a black Servant wearing gorgeous black armor and shrouded in mist appeared from the summoning circle.

Machiri Zorgen smiled confidently, and the Command Seal on the back of his hand shone brightly.

Chapter 95: Heroic Spirit Summoning Part

"Won!"

When Toosaka Tokiomi saw the golden figure appear in the summoning circle, he sighed from the bottom of his heart and clenched his right fist tightly.

"Brother Risei, Kirei, this war is undoubtedly our victory!"

Seeing Tōsaka Tokiomi's happy expression, Father Kotomine Risei, his ally, was undoubtedly genuinely delighted.

"It seems that we are one step closer to success, brother Shichen." Kotomine Risei said with a sigh, "Unfortunately, the Command Seals did not appear on Kirei's body."

"That's fine," Tōsaka Tokiomi said with a generous wave of his hand, "Even if he is not chosen by the Holy Grail, Kirei is undoubtedly an excellent agent, capable of secretly becoming my assistant."

At this time, Kotomine Kirei, who was a disciple of Tōsaka Tokiomi, was staring blankly at the golden figure in the summoning circle.

As soon as that figure appeared, it completely dispelled the darkness around it.

He has a tall and slender body, wears polished golden armor, has golden hair that stands like a blazing flame, and has a handsome and beautiful face.

The blood-red eyes radiated a mysterious glow, and the owner of these eyes was using them to examine everyone present, causing all those who were stared at by him to feel fear involuntarily.

Kotomine Kirei believed that even someone as numb and empty as him would be moved by it.

"Humph," the golden figure said, revealing his arrogance to the fullest, "Are you the one who summoned this king?"

"I offer my loyalty to you," Tōsaka Tokiomi knelt on one knee in front of the golden figure with impeccable etiquette, "King of Heroes."

Kotomine Kirei and Kotomine Risei, who were standing by, also paid great tribute to the golden figure known as the "Hero King" and waited for his reply.

"...Although you look like a boring person, there is a flame in your heart." The Hero King's cold eyes had a hint of playful smile, "Stand up, I accept your loyalty."

"Thank you for the appreciation of the King of Kings," Tōsaka Tokiomi stood up while bowing, and continued, "King, do you need me to introduce the current situation to you?"

"Speak." The golden king granted his subject's request.

"Currently, there are three parties that have completed the summoning of combatants," said Tōsaka Tokiomi, "one is Saber summoned by an unknown magician from outside, the other is Berserker summoned by the Master of the Matou family, and the other is Assassin summoned by the Einzbern family."

"Are there only these few?"

The Hero King was quite satisfied with Tōsaka Tokiomi's work. He nodded and said, "Although they are all wild beasts, it is also the duty of a subject to investigate what kind of beasts there are before I start hunting, Tokiomi."

"Yes, I will follow the king's teachings." Tōsaka Tokiomi said, "My ally, Father Kotomine Risei, possesses a gift called the Aura Disk, which can get information immediately after a Master summons a Servant, and learn the job category of their Heroic Spirit."

"Oh?" The Hero King glanced at the priest standing respectfully beside him and said, "Although mortals are boring species, the results of their creation are valuable."

Just when Tōsaka Tokiomi was about to compliment the King of Heroes again, everyone present suddenly felt a palpitation in their hearts.

It was the shock caused by something huge coming to the surface of the world, and also the announcement of the reappearance of God's power on earth.

Even the proud Hero King widened his eyes and grinned with excitement.

“Hoohahahahahaha!”

The Hero King laughed out loud. Shi Chen, who was standing beside him, was filled with doubts and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. There was undoubtedly some unexpected event in this Holy Grail War...but he didn't know what this unexpected event was.

"The caster has appeared!" Kotomine Risei said in surprise after taking out the aura disk to check, "Just now, it was summoned by a master!"

"I didn't expect it to be that guy," the Hero King said excitedly, "I thought this summon might make my trip in vain, but whether it was intentional or not, you have indeed made a contribution... you deserve a reward!"

Although Tōsaka Tokiomi didn't know what was going on, he tactfully half-knelt down before the King of Heroes again, waiting for the king's decision.

At this moment, golden ripples appeared beside the Hero King, and a golden bottle floated out from it.

Gilgamesh took the bottle and casually threw it to Tōsaka Tokiomi, who quickly caught it and carefully observed the treasure.

"My king, please forgive my short-sightedness, but this is...?" Tōsaka Tokiomi asked.

"That's the so-called secret medicine for reversing time," Gilgamesh said, waving his hand. "As long as you can drink it in time, no matter how serious the injury is, it will recover quickly."

"!!!" Toosaka Tokiomi's pupils trembled, and he almost lost his grip on the golden bottle. For a magician, this elixir is undoubtedly a treasure that is almost like a second life. "Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty! I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"

"Retreat first," Gilgamesh said, "I am going to go out to greet my 'old friend' now. I didn't expect that guy would actually respond to the call... Hahahaha, this is so interesting!"

After saying this, Gilgamesh turned into golden light and left the underground workshop of the Tōsaka residence in a spiritual form.

Tōsaka Tokiomi originally wanted to dissuade the King of Heroes from revealing his identity so quickly, but as he held the heavy treasure in his hand, he swallowed back the words.

Originally thought to be just projections of great men of the past, in Tōsaka Tokiomi's eyes, they were like beautifully painted portraits.

But now this "portrait" took out a treasure that would make even a magus like him dumbfounded and gave it away casually, forcing Tōsaka Tokiomi to reconsider their attitude towards each other.

He hesitated for a moment, then said to his student, "Kirei, I'm leaving the next intelligence work to you. You need to help me confirm the identities of the Einzbern family's Servants and Masters."

"Yes, teacher." Kotomine Kirei nodded and said, "Based on the previous intelligence, Einzbern should have hired a mercenary with the title of 'Magician Killer' to join the war. His name is Emiya Kiritsugu."

"Well... the Einzbern family's androids have already failed, so they've started hiring magicians?" Tōsaka Tokiomi pondered, "Also, I've destroyed the Matou family's workshop before, but now another Servant has been summoned at their mansion..."

"Either Mr. Matou is not dead at all, or there are still wandering descendants of the Matou family who have returned to Fuyuki City," Toosaka Tokiomi thought, "It can't be that loser Matou Kariya, right?"

"I can find an opportunity to summon the Master in the name of the Holy Church," Kotomine Risei said, "Although mature magicians may not show up, there may be familiars and laymen who reveal their whereabouts, and we can obtain information from them."

"Thank you for your help, Brother Risei." Tōsaka Tokiomi nodded and said, "I will take care of this treasure first, and you two can start the action first."

Chapter 96: Heroic Spirit Summoning Part

Fuyuki City, Japan.

Somewhere underground near the Mion River.

In an air-raid shelter that is difficult to find even with any detection magic is where Marisbilly and his eldest apprentice Kirshtalia Wadham are.

"Teacher, the summoning circle is ready!" The blond boy put aside the tools for drawing the summoning circle and stood up from the ground.

"Perfect, Kirshtalia," the white-haired young man replied after inspecting his student's work.

The monarch of the astronomical department, Marisbili Animusphia, took out an antique ring with a round body and a golden surface from a tightly sealed suitcase.

Wearing a glove, he placed the ring on the palm of his hand, observed it intently for a while, then walked to the center of the summoning circle, put the ring carefully away, and retreated to the summoner's position.

"Declare..."

Malisby chanted the spell to summon the Servant in a voice that was neither too loud nor too soft, and unusually calm.