Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Therefore, Medusa and Medea could not see clearly with their magic eyes.

Chapter 288 Red A's Deal

“How can you be so cold-blooded to yourself? We should be mourning him,” Steve Rogers said to his other self with dissatisfaction.

The image of his head being chopped off with a scythe and an icicle piercing his chest echoed in his mind, and he pretended to sing a song.

"Steve Kuzuki, you were full of confidence, and yet you died on the path of testing!"

The neurotic visuals made another Steve Rogers' forehead veins bulge.

"Shut up, he was forced to his death by us in the first place."

"Oh God, I just remembered that."

Just as Jolyne had guessed, Steve Rogers didn't dare to let four versions of himself appear in front of Esdeath at the same time, since he didn't know that Esdeath's time stop had been released today.

However, considering all factors, they all had to send one of their own to conduct a preliminary test.

First, Kaguya Shinomiya, Ai Hayasaka, and Bond all left the stage. He needed to know whether these players' Servants were still in Jolyne's hands.

As expected, Steve Rogers, who went to test the waters, encountered Gilgamesh.

Secondly, he needs to know how the power of [Capricorn] works on these proper heroic spirits.

After some probing, it became clear that the Heroic Spirits were indeed unable to withstand the corruption of this evil god; even a slight contact was enough to destroy the opponent's Noble Phantasm and Servant's body.

Before he could observe any further, Steve Rogers was quickly killed by Young Flash's blade, but he also lured out the opponent's Noble Phantasm, which could destroy immortality.

"Before the Ghost Realm descended, he had already engaged in battle with those Masters, and it's impossible to know whether that Heroic Spirit's time-stopping ability was actually released."

"But it doesn't matter whether it exists or not. Putting aside the starving ghosts, as long as we can delay a little longer, Jie will gain more power by devouring humans."

"Even if time is stopped, my immortality is enough to ensure that I won't be killed in those few seconds."

Looking at his somewhat neurotic companion, Steve Rogers glanced at the back of his hand.

That was where he originally had his last Command Seal.

When Soichiro Kuzuki was devoured by four Steve Rogers, perhaps because he was the least affected by the soul, the Command Seal appeared on the back of his hand.

"Hopefully I won't have to use the last Command Seal."

Relaxing his mind, Steve Rogers closed his eyes and reconnected with [Capricorn].

Time was of the essence; he needed to negotiate with them to gain more leverage.

Meanwhile, the somewhat neurotic Steve Rogers next to him was looking towards a certain part of the ghost realm.

There was a person moving towards Jolyne.

This was Steve Rogers' third purpose in going to his death: to let the Hungry Ghosts sense that there were some delicious creatures in the Ghost Realm.

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Back to Jolyne.

Esdeath froze Steve Rogers' body to complete the cryopreservation.

Looking at Steve Kutsuki like this, Jolyne wondered what ability he had used.

Souichiro Kuzuki + Steve Rogers = ?

Have these master and servant become one?

Everyone else combines five robots, and you two are using a martial soul fusion technique!

“There’s something wrong with his blood,” Young Flash said. “For example, it’s a bit like a Cthulhu mythos.”

The Fate universe certainly has the Cthulhu Mythos, and Gilles de Rais's Noble Phantasm [The Book of the Desolate City] has many connections to the Cthulhu Mythos.

Upon hearing this description, Jolyne was even more puzzled.

Could it be that Souichirou Kuzuki is planning to massacre Fuyuki City and summon some kind of evil god?

Considering the existence of the [Hungry Ghost], this guy might not be a Western evil god, but rather some Eastern evil god with a more manic expression.

Bah! You have the nerve to make such a scene when you're just hitting a level 3 like me.

Red A felt ignored. He exchanged a glance with Emiya Shirou, and not knowing Jolyne's true identity, he finally said, "Matou Shinji, can you let me finish explaining the details of the deal?"

"I'll give you two seconds. I'm in a hurry to kill you and then deal with that guy."

Emiya Shirou and Archer are not a big problem for Jolyne now. Even if it's to improve the mission completion rate and prevent the young Archer from killing them with Godlike speed, Medusa alone is enough.

The reason why Jolyne hasn't taken action yet is because she's considering how to deal with the complete eruption of the Black Grail within Shirou Emiya after killing these three Servants.

He gestured for Red A to hurry up and speak, as Jolyne needed to find the other three Steve Rogers as soon as possible.

"Shirou Emiya can no longer hold on. The Black Grail will definitely go out of control today. At that time, the wish that was not fulfilled ten years ago will be repeated, which is to burn Fuyuki City, the last remaining city in this world, to the ground."

"This world is beyond saving, and there's no need to threaten you with resistance anymore."

"I am willing to surrender and await my execution, but I only hope that you can take some people with you."

If he could, Archer would prefer to do as he said before, kill Jolyne, and take control of the space within him to become the savior once again.

Unfortunately, reality has already shown him that the probability of defeating Jolyne by doing this is zero.

That's why Archer gave up the fight and started making a deal with the rewards he and Shirou Emiya held.

"Go ahead."

Xu Lun said he could give it a try.

Why?

Red Archer's statement that "there's no need to threaten with resistance" was just a formality. His meaning from beginning to end was only one thing: you can refuse, and I can continue to fight you. The result of the fight will cause Emiya Shirou's Black Grail to explode directly. If you're ready, then come on!

“Ilya, Irisviel.”

Red A had barely uttered two names when Jolyne interrupted him, saying, "Being in the Ghost Realm, the spatial concepts of Fuyuki City are in disarray. Where am I supposed to find them for you?"

Emiya Shirou: "You don't need to look for them, I've already brought them here."

At that moment, Gilgamesh took out a Noble Phantasm that looked like a pendant and threw it over.

Jolyne gestured for Medea to take the examination. She paused for a moment, then whispered, "These are two souls?"

"They were possessed by those strange ghost babies, and when we found them, only their souls remained."

Red A continued, "You remember you have a sword that can absorb souls. You can temporarily store them in that sword. Whether you want to help them revive or not, please take them with you first."

"Aren't you afraid that I might be some kind of evil cultivator who manipulates souls?" Xu Lun thought to himself.

wrong!

Am I a heretical cultivator who manipulates souls?

The Yinluo Banner was only transformed into the brand-new Yinluo Spirit Mansion by Medea yesterday.

For Shirou Emiya and Archer, they simply had no choice but to believe that Saber's Master still had some morals.

Medea naturally accepted them; her [Yinluo Spirit Mansion] already contained quite a few souls.

This time it wasn't seafood, but the Fuyuki City locals who had been being slaughtered since just now.

"And Rin Tohsaka, Sakura Matou, I couldn't find them..."

Red A wanted to say something more, but Jolyne waved her hand and said, "I've already taken them both away."

"???"

Red A raised a question mark.

Is it really okay to entrust your sister and mother to this guy?

Chapter 289 Starving Ghost

There's no time for him to regret it now; a strange voice has already come over.

Ta-da.

It sounded like the sound of an old man in rubber shoes walking on a rainy night; just hearing it made Yukino Yukinoshita and Kaguya Shinomiya's hearts tighten.

"A hungry ghost has arrived?"

"I wonder what kind of strange changes this thing underwent with Kuzuki Souichirou..."

Jolyne looked in that direction, hoping that this was the starving ghost he remembered.

"Should we deal with this ghost here?"

As You Shan asked, the arrow that [killed the ancient god of the blazing sun] appeared in her hand.

Once the arrow hits its mark using [Lock], the malfunctioning Hungry Ghost will be sealed inside the gold, ensuring an instant kill for the ghost.

"Of course, we should give that guy Souichirou Kuzuki a surprise."

Jolyne responded.

The dark blue mist intensified, and the power of the ghost realm reached its peak at this moment.

From the direction the footsteps came, a second voice appeared.

That was... the sound of a knife being sharpened.

In just two moments, the starving ghost appeared.

It was of medium build and bluish-black in color, resembling a corpse that had been forgotten in a cold storage for many years.

Overall, it fits Jolyne's fantasy of starving ghosts when she read the novel.

However, the corpse was still covered with a layer of human skin.

He was very thin, with a thin layer of skin covered with red and black stretch marks. His limbs and face were fragmented, like a scarecrow in a wheat field. The only conspicuous feature was the machete on his forehead.

There, the sound of knives being constantly sharpened could be heard.

"Ito Makoto?"

Looking at this human skin, Esdeath roughly recognized that this was her former Master.

The reason why the ghost baby was able to develop to the fourth stage in three days was because Soichiro Kuzuki chose a fairly good culture dish for it.

Compared to ordinary people, players have a significant advantage in terms of nutritional value.

The moment Makoto Ito approached him, Steve Rogers placed the larva on him.

"This is Makoto?"

"They can be considered to be happily together."

As Jolyne spoke, the Hungry Ghost appeared in front of Shirou Emiya and reached out his hand to him.

In the Ghost Realm, spatial distance has no meaning for starving ghosts; they can appear anywhere in the Ghost Realm whenever they want.

Lacking self-awareness, the Hungry Ghost targeted Shirou Emiya, whose concentration of mysterious energy was the highest, as its primary hunting target. The simple act of reaching out sent a chill down Shirou's spine.

This [starving ghost] is indeed able to ignore the pseudo-immunity to all magic brought by the Black Grail!

If it were to devour Shirou Emiya, I can't even imagine what kind of reaction the Black Grail would have with the Hungry Ghost.

However, the oppressive aura of the [Hungry Ghost] vanished the moment Jolyne learned of his existence.

If you don't know that "ghosts cannot affect gold," then it is an immortal and indestructible ultimate weapon capable of wiping out all creatures in the ghost realm.

And if one knew...

Batman can use Kryptonite to take on Superman one-on-one, and you, a starving ghost, expect to be invincible!

The unconscious aspect means that the [starving ghost] will not arbitrarily change its actions because of other things before killing its primary target.

When it appeared in front of Shirou Emiya, Young Flash also drew back the bowstring he had chosen.

Then, by [locking]! By [time zero]!

The [Arrow that Slays the Ancient God of the Blazing Sun], carrying boundless power, struck the Hungry Ghost directly!

Although the park's description is a bit strange, there is no doubt about the power of Kaguya Shinomiya's trump card.