Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Jolyne said, and Young Flash pouted, feeling that he had lost his dignity as a king.

A golden halo shone, and a golden cup made of gold and gemstones was brought out by Young Flash.

Jolyne gestured to Medea to place a ghost infant inside, and then pulled out the [All Symbols Will Break the Rules].

When the restraints disappeared, the ghost baby's piercing cries rang out again, but Jolyne had already quickly pinched the rim of the cup together to seal it off.

Medea was wondering why her Master was doing this when she discovered that the ghost baby inside the golden cup couldn't break through the barrier.

The magic eye peered inside and found that it was utterly powerless in the face of gold, like a premature baby.

Medea said, somewhat finding it hard to accept, "This thing is afraid of gold?"

Please, your nature is so outrageous.

It can devour flesh and blood and magic, yet it was so easily bound by gold?

"Hmm... Just like how Devil Fruit users can't affect Seastone, the demons of that world can't affect Gold. This can be used to imprison them. It would be very troublesome if you didn't know this, but if you did, the solution is indeed very simple."

Jolyne said casually.

But he wasn't at ease. The gold proved that it was indeed a demon from that world, and he didn't know if the thing's true form had undergone any changes with the help of Kuzuki Souichirou.

"A ghost baby? A starving ghost? A ghost child?"

"I remember a clip from the short video saying that the protagonist eventually became Yang Jian, existing simultaneously in the past, present, and future. How could this ghost, who is so important in that world's timeline, appear here?"

Back when Jolyne first arrived in the Fate world and appeared in the classroom, she remarked how fortunate it was that the teacher wasn't explaining the three rules for fighting demons.

Looking at it now, he didn't encounter it, but Kuzuki Souichirou from the Ming Dynasty did experience that world!

The key issue is that in her previous life, Jolyne only saw the protagonist resolve the S-class starving ghost crisis in that novel. Later, she heard that the plot was forcibly altered by a divine force, so she had no intention of reading any further.

Fortunately.

This is the ghost he just finished watching.

Recalling the details in the book, Jolyne pondered the information about this demon.

Compared to ghosts, ghost stories, and evil spirits... the "ghosts" of that world have transcended the concept of the supernatural.

Ghosts cannot be killed; they are immortal and indestructible, almost like a rule, yet they lack self-awareness. According to Jolyne, they are similar to fragments of some kind of Great Dao.

In the Fate universe, that is, at the level of the "Root" that Medea mentioned.

Each ghost has its own rules for killing, which cannot be violated. Only when a person triggers the ghost's rules for killing can the ghost kill that person.

And this is the one they've encountered now.

Its name is: [Hungry Ghost].

Fortunately, Jolyne happened to know the rules of killing in [The Hungry Ghost].

Unfortunately, knowing this doesn't help much, because the rules of this ghost are a bit terrifying.

Phase 1 - Ghost Infant: Anyone touched by the ghost infant will be hunted down until death.

Second stage - Ghost Child: Anyone touched or heard by the Ghost Child will be hunted down and killed.

The third stage - youth: Anyone touched, heard, or seen by this ghost will be hunted down to death.

If the first three stages of the [Hungry Ghost] still offer a glimmer of hope for survival, then the fourth stage of the Hungry Ghost represents the utter despair that extinguishes that hope.

In the final stage, the hungry ghosts will give rise to a [ghost realm] large enough to cover an entire city.

Its killing pattern is that anyone who breathes the air of the Ghost Realm will be hunted down and killed by it.

Fortunately, only the [Hungry Ghost]'s true form can grow to the fourth stage. Even the one Jolyne captured was just a [Hungry Ghost]'s slave.

Ghost slaves can only grow to the third stage at most.

As for how they grow, it's by eating people.

When the demon baby has devoured Rin Tohsaka completely, it will be time for it to burst open and be born.

He handed the golden cup to the workshop, giving Ai Haibara another research task.

"If you suddenly unleash a vengeful spirit during the battle, I might really be caught off guard." Thinking of this, Jolyne said strangely, "Is this some kind of unconventional way of rewarding good people? I wouldn't have discovered this if I hadn't come to pick up Rin Tohsaka."

The park has too many capabilities; who can predict what the opponent will come up with?

Now that Jolyne has seen Souichirou Kuzuki even pull out the [Hungry Ghost], she doesn't feel surprised if he pulls out an insect arrow and gives her a shot the next moment.

“Jill, I need your help.”

Jolyne looked tenderly at a certain young Flash.

Young Shan blushed and said foolishly:

"No problem, you want gold, right? I have plenty more in my treasury..."

As she spoke, the image of the Gate of Babylon appeared beside her, and with a summoning, a huge pile of gold poured onto the ground.

"Please, Medea, I need a closed cage made of pure gold."

Jolyne pulled Medea aside and entrusted her with this task.

With her A-rank [Item Creation] power, Medea will make full use of all this gold.

Medea: "No problem."

Young Flash, who was being ignored again: "..."

"Katsuki Souichirou, you haven't made a move yet. Are you planning to use the Starving Demon as your ultimate weapon against me?"

Thinking of the [Arrow that Slayed the Ancient God of the Sun] that wasn't used on Scáthach, a smile appeared on Jolyne's face.

[Hungry Ghosts] cannot be killed in the original world, but that doesn't mean they can't be killed in this world either.

Just as Medea's [All-Encompassing Strike] could seal it away, Jolyne was already looking forward to seeing what kind of expression Kuzuki Souichirou would make when this arrow hit the starving ghost, causing it to shut down, and then put it into the gold.

Jolyne pushed open the door to Rin Tohsaka's house, and the others followed behind him, looking outside.

The carefree and cheerful ordinary people in Fuyuki City are unaware that far too many people want them dead.

With the Black Grail in his grasp, Shirou Emiya could easily self-destruct and ignite Fuyuki City.

Souichirou Kuzuki cast the seed of the [Gataru], allowing it to grow strong in foreign territory, and the moment when the demon realm's massacre of Fuyuki could begin is always approaching.

"Today, Fuyuki is another day of nuclear peace..."

Jolyne sighed.

Chapter 284 Dynamics of Both Sides

The perspective shifts to Soichiro Kuzuki.

Four Steve Rogers men wearing square-framed glasses are playing cards.

Their rules are to play four rounds, with each player taking turns being the landlord. Winning a round as the landlord earns three points, while winning as a peasant earns one point. Cheating is not restricted during the game...

The reason they came up with this method was to reach a consensus.

For example, someone digs a hole and buries themselves.

"I'm telling you, since the three of you are targeting me like this, I might as well just admit defeat."

One of them, Steve Rogers, helplessly threw his hand, which he couldn't play at all, onto the table.

"The procedures still need to be followed."

"Why don't you just take on three of them?"

"Need any help? Actually, burying yourself is quite a nice experience."

Under the gloating gazes of three Steve Rogers, the loser began digging his own grave. When a pit tens of meters deep was formed, a golden coffin was placed inside.

As Steve Rogers lay in the golden coffin, waiting for his counterpart outside to seal the door, he suddenly asked, "Can we be sure that guy hasn't seen the Starving Ghost?"

The three Steve Rogers outside exchanged glances and pushed up their square-framed glasses together.

They said:

"Relax, that's a top-secret world. Even in Baiyujing, not many people know about it, let alone the little guy from Japan."

"The hungry ghost's true form has already fully developed. Once the ghost realm descends, it will have no chance to react."

"Hey... that little boy is a pity. Actually, I quite like that kind of thing."

Because of the flaw that if [Kujira] fails to devour, it will be replaced by the one it devours, Kuzuki Souichirou made Steve Rogers devour him, and then turned around and took everything from him.

Because his abilities were sealed before being devoured by Captain Hydra, even though he already understood the nature of the skill quite well, Souichirou Kuzuki was still affected by Steve Rogers' soul.

However, it's only a minor impact.

Using Steve Rogers' body, Soichiro Kuzuki smiled.

A ghostly green flame suddenly ignited on the golden coffin, completely sealing the gaps in the coffin.

Because hungry ghosts have no consciousness and would attack everyone in the ghost realm, they need to leave one of them to lie in the golden coffin and hide, in order to avoid any accidents.

"Ban, restrict, tsk."

Looking up at the sky, a Hydra shadow simultaneously spread out from behind the three Steve Rogers, rampaging across the ground.

What about the ability to seal off the park, and what about the types of skills and equipment that can be unlocked by the Command Seals?

No matter how invincible you are at level 3, can you compare to my accumulated strength step by step?

Both [Karma] and [Hungry Ghost] are powers that have significant drawbacks for their users.

Especially the [Hungry Ghost], let alone control it, even if you put it in your body, it will continuously absorb the host's life force to revive as a vengeful ghost.

Once the hungry ghost is resurrected, the first person to die is the host.

The park did not restrict Souichirou Kuzuki from unsealing such flawed powers, and Souichirou Kuzuki also did not mind the use of such powers.

He had already released the [Hungry Ghost] when he first arrived in this world.

If the hunt can be completed before the hungry ghost matures, then we can recall it immediately.

If it's not completed... the power of the starving ghost can also be used.

When the demonic domain covers Fuyuki City, everyone except oneself, who lies inside the golden coffin isolated from everything, will be hunted down by this immortal and vengeful demon.

As for harming these ordinary people?

When the enemy cannot be dealt with by conventional means, Kuzuki Souichirou does not mind breaking free from his restraints.

His first task was to complete the hunt in this world, and his second task was to think about how to handle the next punishment mode in the amusement park.

Due to the limitations of the pursuit tools, he cannot be kicked out of this world by the amusement park before he completes the pursuit.

"Then, let's get started."

The three Steve Rogers exchanged a smile.

The artificial sky over Fuyuki City suddenly changed.

When people looked up, the originally azure sky suddenly turned bluish-black.

-

The perspective shifts to Shirou Emiya.

Taking advantage of the moment when Gilgamesh tore apart the Reality Marble, Shirou Emiya and Archer had just arrived in Fuyuki City when Shirou fell off his wheelchair.

"Can you still hold on?"

Red A asked indifferently.

Under the influence of the Black Grail, he is indeed no longer a normal Heroic Spirit.

Seeing Shirou Emiya in pain, trembling and unable to speak, Archer had no intention of waiting and grabbed him to leave.

Shinji Matou and Taiga Fujimura, who were inside the space, might catch up at any time, so they needed to find a place to rest.

A short while later, they arrived at the Emiya residence.

Looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar place, Red A pondered what to do.

That guy is too strong. Even when I was at full strength, I couldn't beat him, let alone now.

Moreover, Red A has an even more urgent problem to deal with at this moment.