Zongman: Evolution Paradise

"Hmm... Let's investigate. If Jolyne is involved with those organizations, we have to rescue him."

Kaguya Shinomiya convinced herself.

"I'm still missing three of the seven Dragon Balls. Souichirou Kuzuki must have one, Scáthach's Master must have one, and I don't know where the last one is. Where should I go to collect them all?"

Jolyne was pondering when he noticed a raven flying back.

Black Sun was holding a dragon ball under his feet.

"...Where did this come from?"

After a moment of silence, Jolyne asked.

Black Sun: "A dog, disappeared, found."

-

Let's go back to before Jolyne saw Scáthach off.

While searching for his Master in Fuyuki City, Black Sun remembered what Jolyne had said before.

"Go to the forest in Fuyuki City and find a castle. There might be a Master inside."

Because of this instruction, the Black Sun found Einzbern Castle in the forest.

As it landed on the red bricks atop the castle and looked down, a large dog was tearing apart a bag of dog food in the attic below.

And next to it, there was a dragon ball.

Well... Bond doesn't have pockets, so he can only put it outside.

Black sun: staring.

Bond: He looked up strangely.

Black sun: staring.

Bond: Where did this crow come from?

"Woof! Woof! Woof!"

Bond sniffed the crow, and after confirming that he could not detect any trace of magic from it, he casually barked at it a few times to scare it away.

It's just a dog; Scáthach is able to talk to Bond because she can read minds.

Black Sun naturally doesn't have this function, and it hasn't recognized Bond's Master identity yet.

Ignoring the dog, Black Sun flew in and tried to take the Dragon Ball.

"..."

Bond raised his claw and pinned the Dragon Ball down; its physical abilities were still intact.

"..."

Then, a dog and a crow began to stare at each other.

Just as their gazes sharpened and a fierce battle was about to unfold, Bond suddenly received a notification from the park.

[You have triggered rule six]

[Detected that you are out of combat]

[The park has settled your game account for this time.]

"???"

Before Bond could even process the details of Rule Six, he was kicked out of the game.

Black Sun was also a bit confused. He picked up the Dragon Ball and observed the situation at Einzbern Castle for a while before finally deciding to take it back first.

-

Time returns to the present.

Having learned roughly what had happened from Black Sun, Jolyne suddenly remembered a question.

"Scáthach's Master is really a dog, isn't he?"

Jolyne complained.

Kaguya Shinomiya chimed in, "I was quite surprised when I saw that Scáthach's Master was a dog."

"Using this method to drive it out of the game can be considered as making an enemy."

Jolyne gestured to Medea to read Black Sun's memories and use magic to show her the dog's appearance, otherwise it would be troublesome if they encountered it in the main world someday.

Medea nodded and cast a spell on the black sun.

A moment later, Bond's face appeared before Jolyne, leaving him somewhat silent.

The Great Pyrenees looks quite chubby, has black front paws, and has a kind and gentle appearance...

"This guy?"

"Why do I remember Anya's dog looking like this?"

"Is this the dog?"

Ai Haibara had mentioned to Jolyne that Anya Fogg had adopted a dog and named it Bond, but Jolyne simply couldn't be bothered to pay attention.

This guy is actually Scáthach's Master?

"...It doesn't seem like a big deal. After all, doesn't this Bond have some kind of precognitive ability? The punishment mode shouldn't be able to kill it. Maybe next time it can drink a bottle of strawberry milk and transform directly."

After watching Yukino Yukinoshita open the treasure chest, Jolyne really can't worry about this dog anymore.

Next time, I'll buy it a bag of dog food and have Ai Haibara apologize to it.

After returning the five Dragon Balls to the workshop, the next step is to transfer the Command Seals and Heroic Spirits.

With Medea's help, Hayasaka Ai's last Command Seal landed on Jolyne's hand, restoring his Command Seal count to two.

Yukino Yukinoshita's Heroic Spirit Gilgamesh also returned to Kaguya Shinomiya's hands.

Jolyne and Yukino Yukinoshita's magical power is insufficient to allow Gilgamesh to unleash his full potential.

Now that Kaguya Shinomiya has joined the team, Jolyne sees no need to leave out their best pairing.

Moreover, the upcoming battle might be incredibly chaotic. It would be rather cruel to demand that Kaguya Shinomiya stay behind to maintain the effects of [Time Zero] and [Lock], while denying her the ability to protect herself.

"Kaguya-sama, I'll be leaving now."

Hayasaka Ai bids farewell to Kaguya Shinomiya. Having lost her Heroic Spirit and Command Seals, there is no need for her to stay in the upcoming battle, so it is better to end the game sooner.

[Player - Hasaka, you have lost your heroic spirit]

[Player - Hasaka, you are out of combat]

[Player-Hasaka, please confirm game settlement]

"Bye, Kaguya-sama, Jolyne, and Yukinoshita."

Without any special lighting or visual effects, Hayasaka Ai simply vanished from this world.

Seeing that Kaguya Shinomiya and Yukino Yukinoshita's gazes were both focused on him, Jolyne commanded, "Go pick up Rin Tohsaka first."

He hadn't forgotten that Matou Sakura from the workshop had such an older sister outside.

Moreover... Shirou Emiya's location isn't far from there.

Chapter 281 Capricorn

Let's go back to before Jolyne and Shirou Emiya fought.

This is a Holy Grail War. When Jolyne severely injured Shirou Emiya, subdued Kaguya Shinomiya, and instantly killed Scáthach, Souichirou Kuzuki and his Servant Steve Rogers could not simply lie down and wait for the hero to arrive like the evil dragon in the game.

They are currently in a villa next to the Central Park in Fuyuki City.

Steve Rogers' killings were elegant; the only scent one could smell was the steam rising from the distant river.

Sensing the magical fluctuations caused by Scáthach's attack on Kaguya Shinomiya, Souichirou Kuzuki placed the bookmark where he had just seen it, put down the book, and looked up at Steve Rogers, who was serving him to the side.

"Want to go and take a look?"

Steve Rogers' eyelashes fluttered, and he was the first to speak.

"Why go there? You can't beat them anyway."

Kuzuki Soichiro asked calmly.

Steve Rogers: "..."

He was a little hesitant to respond to this.

Looking at the silent Steve Rogers, Kuzuki Souichirou rested his cheek on his left hand, suddenly exhaled a breath of stale air, and comforted him, "This can't be blamed on you. Who knew that just coming in to kill a player would lead to such a strange situation?"

Rising from the lounge chair, Kuzuki Souichirou looked at his remaining two Command Seals.

"Command Seals, Heroic Spirits, tsk."

Noticing the mocking smile on Soichiro Kuzuki's face, Steve Rogers suddenly had a bad feeling.

There was no one else around; only himself was standing beside his Master.

Swallowing hard, Steve Rogers suddenly said, "It's all because the park has too many restrictions."

This sentence was a bit abrupt, but Kuzuki Souichirou understood what he meant.

It's not that we're too weak, it's that the park has set too many restrictions for us.

There are only three restrictions at the park.

The temporary reduction in luck attribute is to prevent Liu Fu from crushing the weak and hunted to death with his bare hands as soon as he arrives.

In terms of intelligence, in this world, Liu Fu's training sequence will not obtain hidden intelligence.

In terms of strength, the five dimensions are reduced by 30%, and the various things that Command Seals can unseal are restricted.

Steve Rogers's statement about too many restrictions refers to the third point.

After becoming Liu Fu's follower, he naturally acquired enhancements and abilities from other worlds, but when he became a heroic spirit, all of these were sealed away, with only the deeds of that original world transforming into power.

The skills and equipment that Master Liu Fu can unlock using Command Seals are also limited, basically locking up everything that is beyond the scope.

Unfortunately, Steve Rogers' attempt to shift blame today did not gain the approval of Soichiro Kuzuki.

"team leader……"

The gentle call of "Captain" sent chills down Steve Rogers' spine, making every pore on his body constrict, even more so than when he had touched Makoto Ito. Forcing himself to lower his head and avoid Souichirou Kuzuki's gaze, Steve Rogers looked intently at his face.

Listen carefully when I speak.

Look at my face, not anywhere else.

……

These incantations echoed in his mind as Steve Rogers saw Souichirou Kuzuki push up his square-framed glasses and ask him, "Do you think the punishment in Paradise is too severe?"

"A slight reduction in luck attribute, and it's even time-limited."

"A slight difference in intelligence, which is only a lack of additional information on the training sequence, is as important to us as a knife and fork in Chinese cuisine."

"When a high-level player like me enters someone else's game to hunt down a low-level player, my strength is only reduced by 30%. The other 30% is due to my own items. Right now, it's just that some abilities are disabled..."

Soichiro Kuzuki calmly said, "Can this level really be called harsh? All I see is Paradise's contempt for us."

"This contempt is Paradise's assessment of this life-or-death chase."

"It judges that such perfunctory restrictions are enough to put our strength in the range of being on par with or even stronger than the pursued, and contemptuously believes that this mere restriction is enough to give the other side a fair chance in the game."

At this point, even Soichiro Kuzuki couldn't help but laugh.

Because it is.

Just as Paradise had predicted, such perfunctory restrictions made it difficult for him to deal with that level 3.

"Paradise, players, tsk."

Finally, he stopped pretending to be calm, and resentment and malice filled Soichiro Kuzuki's eyes.

He told Steve Rogers, "This is the third day now."

On the first day he came into this world, he had already unsealed one of the Command Seals, and now it is the third day.