Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Because she was too familiar with Jolyne, such honest words were of little use to Yukino Yukinoshita.

She kicked at the pebbles under her feet, squinted her eyes, and said somewhat arrogantly, "Although that's the truth, I still intend to question you unilaterally, just consider it a stereotype."

“…Standardization?” Jolyne reached out and flicked Yukino Yukinoshita’s ahoge (cowlick).

With her ahoge (cowlick) trembling, Yukino Yukinoshita turned around and slapped Jolyne's arm in retaliation.

Chapter 186 Makoto Ito outside the door

When the seven-second time stop ended, Makoto Ito, who was standing outside the school gate, finally came to his senses.

Unaware that Berserker's Noble Phantasm ability was time stop, Itō was unaware that seven seconds had passed, nor that the battle had ended.

In his mind, just a moment ago he was the one who released the three-stroke Command Spell to command Berserker, and now the Servant had disappeared from his side.

"Have they already started fighting with other players?"

Ito Makoto pretended to peek out from outside the school gate, but saw nothing.

Having no intention of going to school, Makoto Ito shrank back and decided to leave as soon as possible.

The battle itself is irrelevant to him; as long as Berserker dies here, Makoto Itō will immediately end the game.

"Leave now!"

Having made his decision, Makoto Ito no longer looked at the Homurahara School shrouded in magic, and quickened his pace in the opposite direction, leaving the area.

Many students from Suiqunyuan School were standing on the road, carrying backpacks and looking somewhat bewildered, as if they had been kicked out by their families after returning home.

Before Makoto Ito could run too far, his body, which had been having its magic drained, suddenly stopped for a moment, and the feeling of being drained disappeared.

Makoto Ito slowed his pace, staggered a few more steps, and then realized what was happening and felt a surge of joy.

"Berserker is dead?"

Since the body no longer needs to supply the Servant with magical energy, then the Servant is naturally gone.

"Maybe Berserker killed a few more players before he died, and he can get even higher rewards when he gets back." With his heart pounding, Makoto Ito opened the player panel and chose to end the game early.

A few seconds later, Makoto Ito heard the voices of passersby and the cries of dorayaki vendors, but he didn't hear any announcements from the amusement park.

"what happens?"

Makoto Ito had a bad feeling and frantically called for Paradise in his heart.

"Settle the game!"

"Paradise! Settle the account!"

"My servant is dead, and according to the rules I can end the game!"

Finally, under Makoto Ito's irritation, the park sent a message via the bracelet.

[Rule 5: You can only manually resolve and exit the game while out of combat if a Servant is summoned and then dies.]

[Player - Cheng Ge is not afraid of a hatchet, please exit combat mode before trying to manually exit the game.]

"I wasn't fighting!"

"you……"

Before he could utter a curse, Makoto Ito trembled and bent over, his fingers touching his stomach, which was already slightly swollen.

"This thing is counted in the combat assessment?"

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The morning sunlight shone through the thin windows into the main hall of Ryudong Temple. Under the dappled light, the Buddha statues that were originally enshrined in the hall had disappeared.

Liu Fu held a copy of the Amitabha Sutra in his hands, leaning against the seat where offerings were being made, occasionally turning the pages, a slight smile playing on his lips.

“He accepted the gift with joy, bowed respectfully, and departed.”

After reading these two sentences, Liu Fu chuckled, put the scripture beside him, and looked at Steve Rogers, who was sitting restlessly on the other side.

A chill ran down Steve Rogers' spine as he was glanced at by Liu Fu. He forced a bright, cheerful smile onto his face and spoke first.

"Sir, this is somewhat unexpected."

“Ito Makoto used a three-stroke Command Spell, and the time stop lasted for seven seconds, but the player did not die after the time stop ended.”

Using the Berserker summoned by Makoto Itō, Steve Rogers created two extra versions of himself last night.

One played the role of Liu Fu, while the other focused on being herself and went to Suiqunyuan School.

As the primary entity, Steve Rogers could perceive what these split-off individuals were doing.

Holding a large bucket of popcorn and a 2L bottle of soda, Steve Rogers was prepared to watch a gory and grotesque film, but things took an unexpected turn.

First, let's look at the number of the enemy: six in total, including the player and their Servants.

Six?

Please, there are only five people in a raid!

The character assignment clearly states that the player summons their own Servant as the Master, so how come you're alone with three Servants?

Compared to other players, are you very philanthropic?

It's one thing for him to have three Servants, but this guy also has a teammate with him!

As a player, if you see someone next to you with three Servants, why don't you quickly reveal this information, find others to form an alliance, and gain a chance to win? What's with your seemingly indifferent and passive attitude?

One is compassionate, the other is indifferent; Steve Rogers gritted his teeth and endured it, after all, theoretically he could create nine more versions of himself, equivalent to nine heroic spirits.

"What's the use of having more people? As long as that thing, Makoto Ito, is there, with the time stop effect, seven seconds is enough for Berserker to kill you countless times."

Telling himself this, Steve Rogers watches himself take on five opponents while drinking soda.

After being beheaded by Medea, Steve Rogers was split in two. He was killed once by Excalibur, and then split into four again.

"Damn it, where did Makoto Ito go?"

Using the means left on him, messages were sent one after another, but they were always out of service and could not be communicated. If Steve Rogers had not sensed that Makoto Itō was still alive, he would have ordered the individuals to begin the retreat long ago.

As the battle intensified, Steve Rogers finally made contact with Makoto Itō, who had left the Reality Barrier.

On his way to school, Makoto Ito is spotted by Steve Rogers, who plays Ryu Fuku!

This is a disguise of the Hydra totem's divinity. After the disguise is made, even Steve Rogers himself will forget his memories and completely regard himself as the one being disguised.

"How did you find out?"

"Huh? You guessed?"

Steve Rogers sipped his soda, not daring to look at his Master, trying to keep the reason for his exposure to himself.

Fortunately, at this moment, Makoto Ito appeared on the battlefield with his Heroic Spirits, time stopped, and Steve Rogers' live stream went black.

Chapter 187 Inside Ryudong Temple

"After discovering the reason for everything, the inevitable end is when time stops!"

After a seven-second black screen, the three Steve Rogers who were trapped in time stop recovered, and the original Steve Rogers successfully saw the result.

On the shattered battlefield, he stood there covered in ice shards, wounded but still alive!

Then, three Steve Rogers were petrified one after another under the power of magic, and his live stream went completely black.

Steve Rogers glanced at his Master's expression, but his eyes met Liu Fu's, causing Steve Rogers to immediately lower his head.

“Captain,” Liu Fu sighed, “it was precisely because of the power of time stop that I stayed at Liudong Temple. In the end, time stop didn’t kill him. Do you have any clues?”

A random dog was used to summon a UR card with the high-end power of time stop using a relic that Steve Rogers found somewhere.

Upon hearing this news, Liu Fudu was surprised for a moment, and then decided to have the Hydra captain take Berserker to kill the player.

The reason why Liu Fu stayed at Liudong Temple was also due to this power of time stopping.

"A dog possesses the power to stop time?"

In just a brief encounter, Liu Fu had already seen through Ito Makoto's true nature: he was cowardly, the kind of person who wouldn't even feel emotional if his girlfriend was being played by someone else.

Although he saw through this cowardice, Ryu Fuku still underestimated the extent of Ito Makoto's cowardice.

Makoto Ito had no idea about his own Heroic Spirit, nor did he know anything about this power of time stop.

Liu Fu was unaware of this, and he dared not gamble.

"With such power, even an ant would have the urge to kill a human, let alone a dog that wags its tail and begs for mercy."

In normal mode, he would simply give Makoto Ito a psychological suggestion, a mental imprint.

Unfortunately, this situation is a restricted confrontation, with skills sealed. Liu Fu's only means of controlling Ito Makoto are his charm and the flesh and blood left behind by the Hydra captain.

"Such manipulation is too unsafe."

"What if this dog really does develop some rebellious thoughts?"

"A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall."

Finally, Ryu Fuku made the decision to send Ito Makoto and the Hydra captain together to kill the enemy.

"Whether he can kill that player or not, as long as he doesn't stay near me, that's fine."

As the battle began, Liu Fu held the Buddhist scriptures from Liudong Temple and looked at them, already accepting that this pursuit in the martial world would end like this.

"And now you're telling me that despite this power of time stop, the other party didn't die?"

Liu Fu stood up, walked over and sat down next to Steve Rogers, placed his hand on his leg, and sighed as he asked, "Captain, do you have any leads?"

“Uh…” Steve Rogers was speechless. He really couldn’t imagine how Jolyne survived those seven seconds of time stop.

Although it wasn't his business, Steve Rogers knew he had to give his Master a reason, a plausible "excuse".

After some thought, Steve Rogers decided to answer from the perspective of the world itself.

"The power system of this world is very powerful. Since Makoto Ito can summon a Heroic Spirit with the ability to stop time, then the opponent might also be able to summon a Heroic Spirit that can counter time stop..."

While this reason cannot be verified, it is indeed reasonable from a rational perspective.

Since there are Heroic Spirits in this world who can stop time, isn't it reasonable to fight against Heroic Spirits who can stop time?

Although the world is diverse, some basic rules are the same, such as mutual generation and mutual restraint. If time stop has no counter, wouldn't that heroic spirit be invincible under the same conditions?

Liu Fu nodded, indicating his agreement with Steve Rogers' statement.

The reasons don't matter; it's just a way of dealing with this failure.

Moreover, before coming in to hunt down Jolyne, Liu Fu had no idea that he would take in a dog with the power to stop time, and that killing Jolyne by his own means was the only thing he had decided from the beginning.

This defeat was insignificant; the fact that Liu Fu understood most of Jolyne's methods was already a victory.

"If time stop can't kill him, so be it. I'll do it myself."

Thinking this to himself, Liu Fu continued to look at the Hydra captain, signaling him to describe all the enemy's methods he had seen.

"There are two players, one male and one female, and the one being hunted is a man."

"It was this man. He had three Heroic Spirits under his command. One of them was probably a Caster, capable of constructing magic. In just a few tens of minutes, he covered Homurahara School with magic, suppressing all my attributes and effectively countering my inherent skill - a 50/50 match."

"The next one is of unknown class, but has extremely high strength and agility. It possesses a Mystic Eye that can petrify enemies and the power to shatter vibranium shields. The key is that this ability is completely indistinguishable from a normal attack when used. Its legendary true form must be Medusa."

"The third one's class is also unclear, but we know that his Noble Phantasm has healing power. The way he heals seems to be time reversal, so perhaps this Heroic Spirit blocked Makoto Itō's time stop..."

"The fourth Servant should be Saber. Her sword strike, released with her Noble Phantasm, was unstoppable even when I unleashed my own Noble Phantasm. She has high strength and agility."

"By the way, that Caster can also use magic to enhance his Master, raising his strength and agility to the level of a Heroic Spirit."

Steve Rogers recounted the intelligence he saw during the live broadcast.

These are all abilities displayed in battle. As for Black Flash, Jolyne used a Command Seal to grant this skill to Medusa, and it also has the special effect of being invisible. How could he possibly see through it with the naked eye?

"It's all bad news."

Liu Fu pondered for a moment, then asked Steve Rogers, "Can you still sense the petrified individuals?"

Steve Rogers can only split into nine independent individuals, including himself. The other five Steve Rogers are merely petrified seals, still occupying the slots for existence. If the seal is not broken, only four more Steve Rogers can appear.

When asked about this, Steve Rogers tried to communicate his thoughts again, but finally shook his head.