Comics: Starting from Killer Queen

Emerging from the center of the glowing Holy Grail were densely packed locusts with scarlet pupils and full of life, symbolizing the disaster suffered by fanatics who disobeyed God's teachings.

They filled the room in an instant, and after bypassing Aozaki Touko, they crawled all over the puppets, crippling their ability to move.

"This should be enough, right?"

"I don't know either, Miss Orange, what do you think?"

A moment later, Aozaki Touko, who had just put the extinguished cigarette to her lips, silently threw away the cigarette in her hand and crushed it a few times with the toe of her high heels.

"That's enough. Consider the first commission as a punishment for my disrespect. I will do it for you for free. As for the second commission, please allow me to reserve my opinion."

"Then I'll leave the Demon Eye Killing to you, please."

"You can come here to pick up the goods in a week at most."

Roland, who got the gift for free without spending a penny, naturally had no objection. He walked leisurely outside, and suddenly stopped when he passed by the puppets at the door who seemed to have survived the battle because their levels were not high enough.

"By the way, Miss Orange seemed to have misunderstood what I said before, and thought that I was prejudiced against puppet technology."

"That's not the case," Aozaki Touko also stood up and said calmly, "Having this female companion by your side is better than any other puppet."

"The misunderstanding I mentioned... is the view that strength is used to judge the quality of technology. Could it be that in Miss Orange's mind, I am such a practical guy?"

Roland smiled with some distress and helped up the puppet next to him.

"So, after all, it would be faster for me to just demonstrate it directly. That's why even the most outstanding puppets have no effect on me."

He gently stretched out his hand and touched the puppet's chest. There seemed to be a different kind of light blooming in its true red pupils.

Aozaki Touko watched the scene nervously, her fingers moving slightly, ready to use rune magic immediately if any abnormal situation occurred.

For a moment, the entire magic workshop seemed harmonious, but the next moment, there was a new movement that broke the subtle atmosphere.

——The sound of a beating heart.

"This is?"

Aozaki Touko's cold expression finally changed, and she looked at the doll she had made with incredible eyes.

The blank doll that was supposed to be a dead thing actually gave birth to a heartbeat.

First, the chest rose and fell slowly, and then the fingers began to move one by one, just like a person who had just recovered from a serious illness and was getting familiar with his own body.

Then, with its eyelids trembling slightly, the doll opened its eyes and looked at everything around it with empty and confused eyes. Then, its gaze locked on the stunned Aozaki Touko, and it walked over with staggering steps and called out.

"……Owner."

Aozaki Touko gently held the doll's shoulders, feeling the warm skin and the vitality pulsating within it, and surveyed the other party's situation in detail.

But no matter how she confirmed it, she could only get this answer.

This is a blank doll made by her own hands, without any soul or living parts, existing as a dead object.

Giving life to dead things is the power of gods in legends, and it is completely beyond the imagination of puppeteers.

What had she been talking to all this time?

She looked at Roland in horror, but he remained relaxed and at ease, with a hint of teasing in his eyes.

It is really pleasant to see Aozaki Orange, who is always confident, showing such an appearance.

"This power of turning stillness into movement can probably last for a day. Just consider it as my gift to Miss Orange. Whether you accept the second commission or not, I look forward to seeing you again."

Roland nodded to Aozaki Touko, and left the workshop with Sakuragi Mana. It was getting dark outside, and it was almost time to go back.

But even after the two of them left, Aozaki Touko still didn't come to her senses when she saw him curiously walking around the workshop, fiddling with the residue, and soon began to consciously clean up the blank dolls around him.

After a long while, she finally smiled bitterly.

Although today was undoubtedly a loss-making business, not a penny was obtained, and a lot of the carefully crafted dolls and workshops were ruined, and a pair of magic eyes were used to kill them, but judging from the results, even if this is put aside She seems to have made a lot of money from the dolls.

"If a monster like that can be called master, coupled with this kind of power, the meaning of the second commission will be completely different. There are not many candidates who meet the requirements, and even fewer who are worthy of the other party's status."

Aozaki Touko took out another cigarette, bit the cigarette holder hard, but did not light it, thinking about what had just happened.

"...But if the target is a magician, and a witch lady is also included, I'm sure even such a being... would be interested in it."

Feichu plans to fix the update time to save readers from waiting. Let's put together a big chapter today.

Chapter 169: Araya Soren's Obstacle

In the darkness of night, Roland walked towards his apartment.

Looking at the quiet city, Roland felt a little nostalgic. The time he spent as a mortal after obtaining the Spirit Contract for the first time was insignificant compared to his subsequent experiences. But perhaps because that kind of naive stupidity still remained in his heart, he felt a different kind of comfort in such a scene.

Mana Sakuragi still held his hand obediently, but did not speak to disturb him at this time. Anyway, for her, as long as she could be with Roland, she would be happy no matter what.

However, this harmonious atmosphere did not last long before it was broken by another heavy breath.

It was a tall man with half of his body hidden in darkness.

He looks like a middle-aged man in his forties, with an incredible sense of oppression, like a rock.

On the man's face, there was a kind of distress that Roland had only seen on Kotomine Kirei, but the nature of the two was completely different. Kotomine Kirei's face was numb because of emptiness and pain.

The distress expressed by this man is more like the concrete characteristics of living in hell.

This suspicious man did not stand in front of Roland, but he did not try to hide his intentions. He just stood at a certain distance, staring at Roland silently, playing the role of an observer.

"Araya Soren."

Roland called out the man's identity and showed a somewhat surprised expression.

Throughout the story of Kara no Kyoukai, the other party plays the role of the mastermind, and his importance is second only to Ryougi Shiki himself.

As a monk of the Tendai sect, his original wish was to save humanity, but in the process, like Emiya Kiritsugu, he gradually became insane and went to the other extreme, abandoning his faith, embarking on the path of evil, and becoming a magician.

Although his qualifications are very ordinary, Araya Souren is undoubtedly a talented person. He once studied under the same teacher as Aozaki Touko, and showed qualities that made Aozaki Touko extremely fearful.

Until now, regarding Araya Soren's attitude, Aozaki Touko still maintained the cautious attitude of "if the other party does not provoke her, she will never take the initiative to provoke the other party."

If Aozaki Touko's goal is the prototype of the body, then Araya Soren hopes to pursue the prototype of the soul. The thing that can best be called the prototype of the soul is undoubtedly the origin of human beings.

In this area of ​​talent, he is no less talented than Aozaki Touko. Not only did he successfully awaken his own origin, he also developed a technique to awaken the origins of others.

Through his origin called "Stillness", he has lived for more than two hundred years including now.

But this is still not enough. In the long pursuit of redemption, everything he has experienced and the passage of time have made him lose the human part. Instead, he believes that mankind should not be saved but should be ended. Under the impact of various contradictory problems, he eventually became a typical magician.

That is, use the universal 'root' to find your own answer.

From this perspective, he is actually more pure than traditional magicians like Tōsaka Tokiomi who inherited the family's path.

Roland was no longer surprised by Araya Soren's existence and past, but what really surprised him was another thing.

Is the timeline wrong now?

Aozaki Touko's Jialan Hall has just opened, and it is unclear whether the monk's base camp has been completed. Now the monk has at most just laid out the chess pieces. Even if the only person who may be related is Asagami Fujino, he has not even attended high school, there is still a lot of time before he really encounters tragedy.

The most important thing is, Ryougi Shiki, the real protagonist of the story, should not have fallen into a coma yet, right?

If this guy doesn't try to break the balance of the yin and yang in the other person and reveal the true path, how can he find time to take a late night walk?

"Master... you don't seem to like the guy staring at us. Do you want to kill him?"

Mana Sakuragi let go of Roland's hand. A faint blue halo surrounded her body, emitting ripple-like waves. She walked gracefully towards Araya Souren and raised a slender jade finger.

The hem of the dress danced lightly with the girl's movements, further highlighting her beautiful figure in the hazy night.

Roland did not stop her, but continued to observe Araya Soren's movements. It was impossible for the other party not to see the terrifying oppressive power beneath Mana Sakuragi's weak appearance.

When facing this kind of enemy, whether it is to communicate with them, to launch a counterattack, or to escape directly, they are all normal choices.

But Araya Souren still stood there motionless, just staring at Sakuramitsu Mana who seemed to be about to attack at the next moment, even more wooden than the puppets Roland had seen before.

It's as if he is just a prop without independent consciousness, and will not trigger any dialogue until encountering a specific event.

It seemed that he had no reason to contact Roland, but he had to show up for some reason.

Are you not interested in me? As the mastermind, even if the plan is not disturbed, it is necessary to take factors that may cause accidents into consideration. So, is there anyone more attractive to Araya Soren than me?

"Wait, real name."

Roland stopped Sakuraman Mana's action and an idea flashed in his mind.

Yes, it exists.

He found himself in a misunderstanding. The most rational choice was to attribute the changes in the original timeline to the mastermind, but it was not absolute.

Compared to other masterminds, Araya Soren is quite amiable. He will gradually increase the difficulty level of the trial given to the protagonist. While achieving his goal, he must also be careful to ensure the other party's safety.

In this process, he was actually the passive party. In the original work, when Ryougi Shiki was unconscious, he was willing to wait for the other party to wake up before re-placing the chess pieces that seemed like a trial.

As the owner of the Origin of Stillness, Araya Souren will not be disturbed by anything outside of his plan. Just like just now, before Sakuragi Mana clearly launched an attack, he had no intention of creating any opportunities for complicated situations.

In other words, the reason for the abnormal timeline and the difference between Araya Soren's performance and that in the original work is not his own fault. He is just like a fanatical gambler who is at a loss as the target changes, but has no way to get off the gambling table because he has already stepped onto it. He can only go all out and bet everything on it.

Roland looked at Araya Soren and a sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I see. You are just a passive {responder}."

A deep red light flashed in Roland's eyes and quickly spread out.

The glorious road, which showed no signs of abnormality, was just lying on the street next to Araya Soren. However, the seeker was so terrified of it that he was unwilling to take even a small step forward, as if something terrible would happen if he walked on it.

"So, the reason that brings you out late at night is enough to prove that {she} is here, right?"

Roland walked up to Mana Sakuragi, his tone sounding like a question, but with a sense of certainty as if he was stating a fact.

Following Roland's words and his accurate posture of moving forward on the road ahead, Araya Sōren, who had been calm and collected like an observer before, began to speak.

"Knowing my name and controlling this monster is enough to prove that you are not an ordinary person. But since you know the meaning of what I am pursuing, you should also know it. In normal times, I cannot interfere with your actions, but at this moment, we are all 'equal'."

Even though he felt Roland's contemptuous attitude, Araya Soren did not show any extra emotions and still kept a poker face.

The mere act of standing in front of him made him realize the horror inherent in the young man in front of him.

If it were normal, he would definitely conclude that the other party was Gaia's tentacle, an obstacle to the restraining force, and would be delighted that his path was correct.

But the situation now is completely different. Ryougi Shiki's condition has progressed beyond his imagination. Before the plan was implemented, changes that he could not understand occurred. The existence that he had dreamed of for a long time also appeared tonight.

Araya Soren knew very well that he would die if he stood in front of Roland, and even his behavior itself might be within the calculation of the restraining force, but at this moment, he and the restraining force were on the same front.

——{She} shouldn't be disturbed by any unnecessary interference.

Even for her own plan, Araya Soren couldn't let anyone get in touch with her, including herself.

Otherwise, even if he could escape death, it would be meaningless if the path he was pursuing was shattered.

"Equal? ​​From your perspective, maybe it is? ... But unfortunately, I am not in the sequence."

The call from fate even urged his heart to vibrate like a fierce drumbeat.

Roland was extremely certain that the following encounter was one of the fundamental reasons why the revelation from heaven given by the black energy made him come to Guanbuzi City.

He took a step forward and suddenly looked at Mana Sakurami beside him.

"Although I don't fully understand it yet, it seems that the master has made up his mind. In that case, you should do it... No matter what obstacles there are, I will clear them for you."

After seeing Roland's gaze, Sakuraman Mana's soft arms wrapped around him again.

With a warm and soft touch, the girl's body fragrance surrounded Roland's nose, and her warm whispers rang in his ears.

Because they were too close, a few strands of pink hair brushed against Roland's face, giving him a teasing, itchy feeling.

"My lovely Eve, I leave it to you."

Roland smiled sincerely and walked forward again.

"Don't let this annoying bug cause any unnecessary noise. I want you to make this your top priority, even better than killing it."

"Wow..." Sakuraman Mana nodded obediently, staring at Roland with deep red eyes full of resentment.

"Every time I ask people to do troublesome things, I am willing to say such coaxing words of love." Although she was complaining, Yingman's pretty face was quickly covered with blush. "But it still makes people feel very sad." Just be happy.”

Sakuramitsu Mana took the initiative to let go of her hand and looked at the monks who were on high alert. Even though there was a requirement not to make too much noise, it was indeed enough to deal with Araya Souren.

The moment her gaze fell on him, the monk's usually calm face finally revealed a look of vigilance.

After knowing that the other party's first goal was not to kill him, the feeling of facing a formidable enemy became even stronger.

Obviously, no matter who saw her before, they would just think that she was just an ordinary girl who was acting coquettishly towards her lover. But when those gem-like bright red pupils looked over, they could personally experience the instinctive pressure of wanting to kneel down.

Mana Sakuragi only behaves like an ordinary girl in front of Roland, which is the soft part of this memory that still has all the human characteristics. Her specific personality and emotions are only formed with Roland as the center. When facing other people, she will show her true face, that is, the cold and cruel will of Eve, the Queen of Viruses, who leads the new century.

The next moment, Sakuraman Mana came in front of Araya Souren. Dazzling crystal flowers continued to bloom from the palm of her hand. When they were completely shattered, what appeared in her hand was an extremely cool and gorgeous chainsaw.