People in Type-Moon start from adopting Sakura

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After finishing everything, Kotomine Kirei quietly looked at the other side of the sky river where it disappeared, his expression still without joy or sadness, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

The half of his body that had been eaten by the group of monsters was restored to its original state at this moment.

Then he reached out his fingers, took the only remaining golden apple core from his throat, and threw it into the soil at his feet.

Before coming in, he ate a golden apple given to him by Gilgamesh, which could restore vitality and heal fatal injuries. This was also an important reason why he remained calm even when facing endless insects.

Rather than saying that Matou Zouken found him on his own, it would be more accurate to say that he deliberately left the Black Key for him to find...

Watching his frantic scene before his death and listening to his unwilling roar, the victorious Kotomine Kirei couldn't help but reveal a happy smile on his face.

He walked down the roof quietly, and the last words his wife said to him before she died echoed in his ears.

Kirei, you actually love me...

If you don’t believe me, look, aren’t there tears in the corners of your eyes?

"It was just a misunderstanding..."

He quietly recalled the scene in his heart, and a hint of sadness flashed across his eyes involuntarily.

"I was indeed sad at the time, but it wasn't because of that woman's death."

"But I think, since death is inevitable, I would rather it be done by my own hands, just like Tousaka-sensei..."

……

The Matou family.

On the path leading to the insect's lair, a bug was crawling with difficulty.

The tightly closed door had already been opened before it arrived. A young man was sitting there staring coldly at the crawling worm. It was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time.

Chapter 77 Goodbye, Father, Goodbye, My Cowardice

It was late at night, but the fierce battle continued.

"Ah ah ah ah ah……"

"Damn you, Kotomine Kirei! You actually... actually dared to treat me like this! I won't let you go! I definitely won't let you go..."

"No, I'm almost done. The vitality in my body is rapidly fading..."

"If this continues, I'm really going to die. No... I can't do that. My long-cherished wish hasn't been fulfilled yet. I, I must live... I must live no matter what..."

The mutilated souls in front of the gates of hell kept roaring and cursing, venting their resentment.

He kept squirming with his broken body, clinging to the only remaining hope of life.

……

At this moment, at the Matou family.

Above the empty steps, a wriggling flesh-colored insect was crawling with difficulty, its target heading directly towards the insect room below the Matou house.

Can’t, can’t fall, can’t fall yet…

There's a backup for replenishing my vitality below the insect chamber, so as long as I can reach that place, as long as I can reach...

I will definitely be able to survive!!

The miserable undead souls were trapped in the bodies of pathetic flesh worms and screamed madly.

At this moment, the door to survival has been opened long before it arrives.

A young man was sitting here, staring coldly at the crawling worm. It was obvious that he had been waiting here for a long time.

"How pathetic... Master Matou, you look so disgusting that you're no longer human."

He looked at the worms crawling on the ground and said coldly, "Actually, I wanted to see you off myself."

“Ahhh… Crowley, Master Crowley! Please save me, I want to live… I can’t die yet… I want to live… live forever…”

All I could hear coming from the insects was an old and crazy voice.

When he saw Luo Wei, he seemed to see the hope of life, and shouted for help, hoping that Luo Wei in front of him could lend him a hand.

"Huh? Has he completely lost his mind now? No, it should be said that he has completely indulged in his own shallow desires. This is really pathetic..."

Luo Wei grabbed the worm in front of him with an expressionless face, then applied a little force with his fingers. The intense pain made the flesh worm at the tip of his finger howl in agony, and the originally crazy voice suddenly became much clearer at this moment.

He screamed heartbreakingly: "Ahhhh... What do you want to do? Crowley, what do you want to do?!"

"Haha, what do I want to do? Do I even need to think about it? Of course, I want to do something that you have always wanted to do but never had the chance to do."

Luo Wei watched it struggle, listening to Matou Zouken's frantic voice, his expression unchanged. He said coldly, "Old bug, do you think you're the only one clever? Do you think I can't guess your hidden little tricks? Haha... Whether you were planning to let Lancelot go, or to take advantage of the opportunity to attack Teacher Kenneth, I actually knew what they were thinking... I just didn't point it out to them directly."

"Please listen to my explanation... I was wrong, I know I was wrong, Master Crowley... I did this so that we could achieve the final victory... So, save me..."

Hearing Luo Wei expose his plan in person, Matou Zangyan's originally crazy voice suddenly became panicked at this moment. He completely ignored his own condition and humbly sought Luo Wei's forgiveness.

"I don't want to die... I want to get the Holy Grail... I want to live forever... Crowley..."

"Live forever... No, that's impossible for you. Because..."

Listening to Zouken Matou's wailing, an intriguing smile slowly appeared on Luo Wei's lips. The look he gave the fleshworm remained cold, and his thoughts had not changed at all.

"From the beginning, I never intended for you to live. Moreover...when you were purified by Kotomine Kirei, I was actually determined to die."

"You...what did you say...?!"

Luo Wei's words completely shattered the last bit of hope in Matou Zouken's heart, and his soul let out a desperate and terrified sound.

"So-called cooperation should be based on equality between both parties, which is what we call mutual benefit. And you... Matou Zouken, no, it should be Machiri Zorgen."

"Now you should reflect carefully on what you've done during this time. Have you played any role at all? You are no longer the righteous, brave, and talented righteous partner you were five hundred years ago... Not only are your eyesight dim, but your heart is also rotten... That's why you don't see the full picture."

"The Crowley you thought was a young boy who could be easily exploited never existed from the beginning to the end. Instead, you are the one who has been trapped in the game."

Luo Wei spoke with a hint of compassion. Looking at the righteous partner in front of him who had fallen into such a state, he couldn't help but feel some empathy in his heart.

Time is indeed the most unpredictable thing in this world...

It is difficult for anyone or anything to resist the erosion of time.

Even a pure heart and a lofty spirit will eventually decay and collapse under the wear and tear of endless years, and eventually become like this decaying insect before us...

A partner in justice?

That was all in the past. Now he is sad, pitiful and lamentable.

"No, you can't kill me! Don't forget we have a contract. You can't kill me! If you or Lancer kill me, you will suffer the consequences of the contract. When that happens... you, your fate won't be any better than mine!!"

Realizing that Luo Wei's murderous intent had not weakened at all, at the last moment of his life, Matou Zouken recalled the original contract, and then shouted wildly, trying to use it as a threat to make Luo Wei stop.

He believed that Rowe's magic seal was more important than killing a competitor like himself, who no longer posed a threat. If he violated the contract, he would be punished by the Witness Origin, and he would be seriously injured and lose the ability to compete for the Holy Grail.

As long as Luo Wei wasn't a madman, he wouldn't go against the constraints of the Origin to kill him. At most, they were calculating against each other, not a life-or-death feud. This was his last chance to survive.

Unfortunately, Luo Wei had already guessed his thoughts and had never been prepared to do it himself.

"You're actually threatening me with a contract? Hehe, your brain was really quick before you died. But... you're not wrong. With that contract, I really can't kill you directly, but..."

Luo Wei applied a little more force with his fingers, completely ignoring Matou Zouken's wailing. He said indifferently, "But there are others who can, and he has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, am I right?"

“Matou Kariya…”

Luo Wei narrated silently, then looked out the door.

Scathach, who had just been sent by him to find Matou Kariya, had returned with her men, and the two smiled at each other.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Seeing the right person appear here, Luo Wei smiled and slowly sat up from the sofa, then placed the meat worm in his hand in front of Matou Kariya, and shook his fingers to cast a gravity magic on him so that he could not leave the floor, making it easier for Matou Kariya to take action.

"This...is this?"

At this moment, Matou Kariya, who had just been caught, had a confused look on his face. He looked at the wriggling flesh worm in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a sense of disgust in his heart.

Not long ago, he was searching the streets for Tohsaka Tokiomi, who had escaped from the hospital with serious injuries. Suddenly, Scathach fell from the sky and appeared beside him, then dragged him back to her home without saying a word.

And now, as soon as he came back, he saw Luo Wei handing him a meat worm, which made Matou Kariya feel vaguely confused.

However, upon seeing the terrifying fleshworm struggling and wriggling on the ground, a strange feeling arose within Matou Kariya. He vaguely felt that the fleshworm looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before...

Bugs, bugs, old bugs...

Could this thing be?!

"Is this that old bug Matou Sōken? How did he become like this?"

For a moment, Matou Kariya seemed to have thought of something. He quickly turned his head to look at Luo Wei beside him, and then began to look for the answer.

"Well, this fleshworm is indeed that pathetic old worm of Matou Zouken..."

"As for why he became like this, it would be very complicated to explain in detail, but it was all his own fault. He had brought this situation upon himself."

Luo Wei nodded slightly, then spoke nonchalantly. He then gently patted Matou Kariya's shoulder and slowly continued, "Matou Kariya, most of the pain in your life came from the Matou family, that is, the hands of this old bug."

"Remember? I promised you before that as long as you cooperated with me, I would give you a chance for revenge at the end of the matter. Now is the time for you to settle your grudge. Are you ready? Settle this grudge with your own hands and say goodbye to the suffering you have endured for so many years."

"Settling grudges..."

Matou Kariya's eyes widened, especially when he heard the words that Luo Wei left in his ear, his fists clenched tightly involuntarily.

At this moment, Luo Wei's figure had disappeared in the empty mansion, leaving only Matou Kariya standing there and the old bug struggling madly in front of him.

For a moment, the mansion was silent and the atmosphere was extremely solemn.

Matou Kariya didn't care at all about Luo Wei's disappearance, and didn't notice it at all.

Because at this moment, the only thing in his vision was the old bug in front of him named Matou Zouken, the culprit who destroyed his entire life and his happiness.

Once upon a time, the enemy he had dreamed of killing was right in front of him, and had ended up in such a state. For a moment, tears could not help but flow from the corners of Matou Kariya's eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but pull out a smile that even Gilgamesh would feel ashamed of seeing.

It was a smile of extreme joy, a smile of madness, a smile that was almost insane—

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!"

The suffering accumulated over twenty years completely erupted at this moment. Matou Kariya covered his face, looked down at the old bug below who had tortured him for more than twenty years, and let out the most hearty smile of his life.

"Old bug, you never thought you would end up like this, did you?!"

Matou Kariya laughed wildly and shouted crazily, then completely ignored Matou Zunyan's struggle below and smashed a glass frame hanging on the wall with one punch.

boom--! !

Accompanied by the sound of shattered glass and a few drops of blood sliding down his fingertips, Matou Kariya then took out an ancient axe used for collection and decoration, and pointed it directly at the old insect in front of him who had completely lost the ability to resist.

"are you ready?"

He smiled and asked, "My dear adoptive father..."

“Wait a moment, Kariya… I, I can’t die yet… I, I haven’t witnessed the advent of the Holy Grail with my own eyes… I, I haven’t achieved eternal life yet…”

Looking at the axe that Matou Kariya had raised high above his head, Matou Zouken, who was restrained by Luo Wei, had no way to escape. He could only twist his body and let out shrill screams.

"Wait, wait, calm down first... Kariya, don't kill me! I admit that I was too harsh on you in the past, but... I am still the one who raised you! Anyway, that brat Tōsaka Tokiomi is dead. As long as... as long as you let me go, I promise to let you inherit the position of head of the Matou family... I, I can also help you get Tōsaka Tokiomi's wife back, the woman you love!!"

"Are you done?"

Listening to the promise made by Matou Zouken before his death, Matou Kariya's expression remained unchanged and his heart remained unmoved.

He paused bringing down his axe, then calmly asked, "Anything else you want to say?"

"Think about it, but don't, don't kill me..."

Seeing the sharp axe gradually come to a stop above his head, Matou Zouken, who thought he had escaped death, breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to continue to persuade Matou Kariya to take him to the insect chamber to help him revive, but he only heard a calm voice suddenly come out of Matou Kariya's mouth.

"Are you done yet? Oh, in that case, did you hear anything else?"