Comics: Starting from Killer Queen

Is that emotion love? For the flawed Kotomine Kirei, he couldn't tell whether that thought was for his own happiness or because of the sadness caused by deep love.

However, that idea has not changed now.

——Those who commit suicide cannot go to heaven.

That saintly woman couldn't possibly be unaware of this. As for myself now, am I doing evil without knowing it, or am I being evil but still having a trace of conscience?

However, he did understand the woman a little.

Kotomine Kirei opened his arms and slowly walked to the end of the stairs.

"I really want to... follow him forever...

I really want to see what he...achieves in {the world}..."

"——Roland, I respect you as I respect God."

After saying that, he fell backwards and fell straight down in the shape of a cross, with a smile of relief on his face.

Araya Soren did not stop it because it was meaningless now as the man was already dead.

Kotomine Kirei's body slowly fell down and turned into a burst of light and disappeared in mid-air.

Watching this scene, Araya Sōren's expression was extremely grim, as if he were a sage who was facing a problem that could never be solved.

He did not move at all, choosing to stand where he was, watching the enemy enter his barrier like water merging into the sea.

Coming out from the other world, the devil’s realm, and the dark realm was a figure holding a CD.

As if he had expected it, Roland gently let go of the CD in his hand.

Without the help of any external force, the optical disc called Dual Existence was surrounded by countless golden lights, like a dazzling tower of light.

In the vast starlight, the energy contained in the CD rapidly increased like a volcanic eruption, and the CD itself began to spin wildly as if the play button was pressed.

"Really? I've come a long way. I searched for secret words in another world and came to this strange city to complete the ritual. In the end, the soul to be sacrificed is right next to me."

Roland let out a long sigh, his eyes were hazy, and even his shoulders drooped.

"The shortest way is the long way, and the long way is the shortest shortcut. I have known this for a long time. Are you doing this just to make me remember this?"

It had turned into a golden, swirling disc, and like a fitting full moon, it was still compressing and swirling the power in the soul. Finally, as if it had consciousness, it took the initiative to rush into Roland's hands.

There are no visible marks on the surface of this new CD, and one can only feel a magical quality that seems to be able to absorb everything around it.

"Anyway, thank you, Kirei. I did receive your last {DISC}."

Roland sighed and said to Ryougi Shiki beside him.

"Well, next, before I accept this gift completely, Shiki, help me kill this guy.

——This is my farewell to my friend Kotomine Kirei."

Ryougi Shiki looked at Roland and could feel his determination without him saying a second word.

That sentence, seemingly asking for help, implied that if he didn't do it, he would take over.

"Of course, leave him to me."

The corner of the girl's mouth raised up into a slightly ferocious smile.

The man in front of me is the culprit of everything, and he is the only one I have to kill.

What Roland said before was correct. Araya Soren was indeed a very dangerous man to him.

The death of all things would be reflected in his eyes even if he didn't want to see it, but this man didn't. This was the first time that someone other than Roland had encountered such a situation.

Under one's own gaze, as long as one is human, there will be this line that can bring it to an end and stop if one crosses it.

Whether it was a flaw or the weakest part of the molecular bonding point, Ryougi Shiki was not sure, she could just see it.

Ryougi Shiki used extremely strong willpower, which she had never used before, to stare at the man. Her brain began to heat up and her consciousness became mostly hazy. After such desperate observation,

She smiled beautifully.

The thread of Araya Souren's death still exists.

You can see a hole in the center of the body, right in the middle of the chest. The lines are like a child's graffiti, drawing circles in the same place, but in the end it creates a weird hole.

According to Roland, this was because the other party had buried the Buddha's bone relics of a holy monk in his hands. This product, which symbolized nirvana, was itself on the boundary between life and death, so it was extremely difficult to see clearly.

But as long as I can still see it, that's enough.

The dazzling rainbow light in Ryougi Shiki's azure eyes became increasingly intense.

——Whether it is Buddha or devil, as long as it is a living thing, I will kill it in front of you even if it is a god!

Chapter 182: Realm of Emptiness

"Liang Yi, you finally came to me."

Araya Soren's voice rose as if he was trying to suppress laughter, but his expression did not change at all. As always, his face was full of the look of a depressed philosopher.

"Yeah, if not, how can I kill you with my own hands?"

Ryougi Shiki poured strength into her sword-holding hands, which made Araya Souren narrow his eyes in surprise.

She was clearly not affected by those chess pieces, but behind her was still the overwhelming embodiment of sin and darkness formed by the slaughtered dead.

The change in Ryougi Shiki itself might also be part of the so-called ritual mentioned by Kotomine Kirei.

You only get one chance.

"Nothingness is your chaotic impulse, the origin. Look at the darkness and then remember your name."

A spell with a demonic rhythm sounded, and the technique of calling upon the origin itself contained toxins.

Most people will be infected by the impulse of awakening just by contact.

In the face of thousands of years of instinct, even the strongest consciousness will become blurred for a moment.

However, Ryougi Shiki's actions seemed to be unaffected. They were as swift as an arrow shot from a bowstring that had been stretched to its limit, with the speed and murderous intent of a wild beast.

The white kimono flowed in the darkness, and in just a moment it arrived less than three meters in front of Araya Soren. The power and trajectory of the sword swung by Ryougi Shiki, who had practiced martial arts since childhood, was impeccable even for Araya Soren, who had been honed on the battlefield.

But before the blade cut off his neck, Araya Souren let out a distressed sound from his throat.

“Not afraid——!”

The air changed and Ryougi Shiki's body suddenly stopped.

King Kong

Araya Souren raised one hand again, and golden lines began to appear on the floor.

"Scorpion"

Around the black-robed monk, all flows gradually stopped, and various phenomena of atmospheric flow became closed, extending into three circles that resembled figures depicting planetary orbits. When Ryougi Shiki stepped onto the outermost line, her body's power was deprived, like a fragile white butterfly entangled in a spider web.

But the swung sword was not stopped by the barrier. No, to be more precise, it had already broken before the barrier stopped.

The barrier that could even survive the chain explosions of the withering and piercing attack was easily shattered when it was hit.

This caused Araya Soren's movements to pause for a moment.

"These eyes are really useless. They are too dangerous as an accessory. However, their shortcomings are also obvious."

"As long as you don't attack a specific target, you can't hurt me."

Only the outermost circle was killed, and the remaining two layers of barriers gave Araya Zonglian enough confidence.

Before that, Araya Soren put his palms together again, like a curse, but also like a prayer.

"The moment you approached me, victory or defeat was already decided."

"Your origin is nothing, because you have nothing, you can accept everything."

Araya Souren once again spoke words that were like poison. According to the original plan, they should have captured Ryougi Shiki's body first and then went back to replace it, but now there was not so much time.

He had no idea what would happen if Kotomine Kirei sacrificed himself in a ritual. Just thinking about what kind of changes would occur to that existence that was not supposed to interfere with the real world after it was integrated with it made Araya Soren shudder.

So, he planned to directly destroy Ryougi Shiki's personality and then replace it with his own head.

It doesn't matter how this body is treated during this process. As long as he can reach the Vortex of Origin, the place where all things begin, he no longer needs a physical body. In other words, before that, he only needs to keep his soul and Ryougi Shiki's body.

This was the worst option he could think of. Although the action was still the same, there was no insurance left in case of failure.

But if he didn't do this, there would be nothing he could do.

Fortunately, everything developed as Araya Soren had expected. Ryougi Shiki's spirit received the technology of origin at such a close distance. She should have been on the verge of awakening, but she showed a painful expression as if her heart was being tightly grasped, and then she lost consciousness.

"I, Araya Zonglian, accept this body."

If Ryougi Shiki was running in the darkness of the night, leaving behind the shadow of her white kimono, then this man was gradually approaching his prey while blending into the darkness of the night.

The process of approaching cannot be seen clearly, one can only feel its undead-like swiftness.

The black-robed monk stretched out his hand, and his open palm seemed to have a tremendous force, as if he wanted to crush Ryougi Shiki's head.

But Araya Soren has not lost his vigilance. Even though the Ryougi Shiki in front of him is just a young girl, the instincts contained in the blood flowing in her body are not so easy to deal with.

My technique is only anesthesia at best, and I must be wary of her counterattack when she wakes up and senses danger.

Sure enough, as if feeling the chill, when Ryougi Shiki's eyes began to tremble slightly, she acted faster than she thought.

She maintained the same posture as before when she was about to chop at the neck, took a step forward, and swung the knife horizontally, and the barrier that Araya Soren relied on disappeared just like that.

It was just the outermost layer. Although he suffered a counterattack, Araya Soren felt much more at ease. He did not stop his actions. When the opponent destroyed the second layer of the barrier, he could decide the outcome.

But - the swift sword light was more like cause and effect than a skill, and in an instant, it destroyed the two barriers at a distance.

Then, Ryougi Shiki took another step. If the swinging sword was swift, this step would be even faster. With just one step, her flowing body reduced the three-meter distance to zero.

To Araya Sōren, who was maintaining a state of stillness, this speed seemed as if time was going backwards, and he suddenly jumped backwards.

In the process, his right hand and shoulder fell off.

Araya Soren had the athletic ability to dodge bullets, but he jumped back after being stabbed, and he didn't even notice that he was being cut.

“No…”

Ryougi Shiki opened her eyes again and revealed a peaceful and beautiful smile. Even in the battle, she had an elegant posture and did not reveal a single trace of murderous intent. She was as natural as taking a late night walk.

"Although I originally intended to let this child train more, you have crossed the line. The existence called Ryougi Shiki, every inch of this body belongs to Roland. No one else is qualified to own it."

"——Who are you?"

Araya Sōren didn't even look at his own wound, he just stared at the opponent in front of him.

The one who delivered the fatal blow was a completely different person from the one just now, and the difference between them could no longer be explained by illusion.

Was it because of the training of the Ryougi family? Araya had also heard of the samurai family's method of controlling their fighting will.

The moment the knife is drawn, killing and being killed are accepted as a matter of course. The body exists only to kill, and the mind exists only to survive.

This was not the level of concentration before a match, but rather the switching of brain functions by drawing the sword, changing muscle movements and blood flow to prioritize combat, completely excluding the human aspect.

"No," as if seeing through Araya Souren's thoughts, Ryougi Shiki shook her head in denial.

"This is not a change that can be achieved through self-suggestion. It is because the existence that controls the body has changed. Now, what is in this container is no longer a formula, but a {formula}. Isn't this what you expected?"

Araya Soren was completely stunned.

He ignored this possibility. This situation is as ridiculous as using a plug-in to ban the opponent's account in order to win the game faster, but the opponent immediately switched to an administrator account.

"I finally met...then why! You shouldn't care about these at all, why did you stop me! "

Araya Soren roared while pressing the huge wound that could no longer be called a wound.

“I probably didn’t really care about these things.”

Ryougi Shiki, who was wearing a white kimono, smiled a smile that could not be more feminine than that, and walked towards the magician.

"But now, in this contract that is longer than eternity and is neither infinite nor finite, I will belong to that child forever. So, are you ready to die? Even if I leave you alone, you can't touch the root, but since it is the child's wish, I will fulfill it."

You won't have any chance of winning.

Araya Souren understood this, but he still deployed the barrier as if in his death throes and stretched out his only remaining left hand.

“Su——!”

The palm compressed the space in an instant, and the impact from various angles came towards Ryougi Shiki's body.

The spreading barrier ring rushed towards Ryougi Shiki like a cage, trying to stop her actions.

"It's a very beautiful barrier," Ryougi Shiki nonchalantly looked at the spreading embodiment of Araya Sōren's lifelong skills, "In the holy land of Shugendo, there is also a barrier similar to yours that prohibits women from entering, and will turn trespassers into stone. However, the essence of the barrier is also the embodiment of the dividing line."