Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

After failing again and again and resetting himself again and again, it was not until now that Shinji truly realized that it was a miracle that he had come this far.

In the scenes in his memory, his death was also varied...

The conspiracy was discovered by the old bug and was fed to the bugs... failed

Meeting with Kariya, being affected by the intruding Heroic Spirit... Failed

Blown up by a "gas leak"... failed

Captured by Big Eyed Cute as a sacrifice... failed

Flooded by leaking black mud... failed

While out practicing, I was caught by a magician and dissected... I failed

……fail

……fail

……fail

The numerous illusions and thousands of deaths made Shinji's mind almost numb. As expected, the difficulty of controlling the black mud was beyond imagination.

But even the evil in this world has its limits.

Once again standing in the ruined Matou house, in front of him was Matou Zouken, who controlled the insects and black mud. Shinji suddenly opened his eyes wide, black flames burned between the insects, and the old insect roared in surprise...

"Restrictions are gradually being reduced, and..."

The old bug, who had suffered a loss, controlled the black mud to bind Shinji under his feet, but with a wave of Shinji's hand, the black mud gradually faded away.

"What! No... Impossible, why can you control it too?"

"Also? No… You're wrong, Grandpa."

"You think you are controlling it, but in fact it is using you. As long as you quietly amplify your greed, you will consciously do things for it. As long as you strengthen your inner arrogance, you will not think about whether you are being used..."

"You are paying for its life without even realizing it. You are indeed an outcast of this era. Just leave the position of the head of the Matou family to me!"

"Susanoh!"

Under the horrified gaze of Matou Zouken, purple flames burned on Shinji's body and a purple half-giant appeared before his eyes.

At this time, Shinji's Susanoo's form changed. The round fingertips turned into sharp claws, Susanoo's original purple turned into dark purple with a black tint, and strange red patterns appeared on the outer shell of its body.

At this moment, a giant suddenly appeared, holding a bow and arrow, and a purple arrow burning with black flames was aimed at Matou Zouken who was trying to escape.

"Can Susanoo do this? Arrow of black flame"

The arrow on the string suddenly shot out, piercing through the old insect's body in an instant, and then exploded into a large piece of black flames.

It was as if he had completed the game. There was no fuzzy feeling, but he still came to the next scene. He was surrounded by the black mud that had become familiar. In the distance stood a black figure who looked exactly like him.

"..."

The black Shinji had a wild smile on his face, and he slowly walked up to Shinji and stood still. His eyes were also a pair of kaleidoscopes, looking at him as if declaring victory...

But then Shinji smiled...

"...?"

"It seems I won."

The black figure was stunned for a moment, then rushed over angrily, and hit Shinji in the face with his fist, which actually sank into his body.

"Don't even think about challenging me to a duel with myself. This is a contest of willpower. You've already lost the moment you tried to defeat me with my own abilities."

"It was my consciousness... that took over."

Black Shinji was terrified. His body was constantly being sucked into Shinji's body through his arms. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't escape. He was completely pulled in...

Shinji closed his eyes and regained consciousness, feeling the deadly black mud that had been wrapped around him moisturizing his body like hot spring water...

When he opened his eyes again, he saw a white-haired girl clinging to the last bit of black mud wrapped around her feet.

"Don't...don't, leave some for me, this is my home!"

Just like sucking noodles, the last bit of black mud was also absorbed into Shinji's body. The white girl sat on the ground powerlessly with an expression of disbelief and destruction on her face.

[It’s over, this kid really succeeded]

Ignoring the girl's mood at the moment, Shinji seemed to have discovered something strange.

"Aren't you the incarnation of the Holy Grail? Why do you say that the black mud is your home?"

"The Holy Grail is the Holy Grail. I am the embodiment of the evil of this world in the polluted Holy Grail. If the black mud is cleared away, I will disappear, and then the real Holy Grail will appear and fulfill people's wishes..."

"…So you're just a replica?"

"You can't say that..."

"So you can also make wishes come true?"

"As long as there is enough magic and evil, it will be fine... but the process will be a little different."

As the girl spoke, she made a very small gesture with her thumb and little finger.

"for example?"

"For example, if you want world peace, I can help you kill all living things in the world, so that there will be no more wars and no one's life will be threatened!"

"…Then you should just disappear."

"No! Please leave me a little, just a little bit, otherwise I won't have enough time to gather more evil."

"…I should be considered a human evil now. Can't you just live inside me?"

"Ah? How do you live?"

"you ask me?"

"Um...why don't you try to make some black mud?"

Shinji was also curious, so he stretched out his palm, and black mud immediately oozed out of that hand, as if he had grabbed a handful of mud. He tried to shake his hand, but the "mud" was thrown onto the girl's face with a "pop" sound.

"..."

“…Is that enough?”

The girl puffed her cheeks and said with resentment, "Enough."

The next moment, a palm-sized piece of black mud suddenly spread out, gradually swallowing up the girl, and then turned into a pool on the ground...

Suddenly a head popped out from the black mud, and said happily:

"It's done!"

"Hmm... do you have a name?"

"Name? People have called me Holy Grail since I was born."

"The Holy Grail is only the name of the carrier, and it is not suitable to be your name."

"Ah... so... you want to?"

"So... you might as well not have a name."

"Eh!?"

……

external

A black ball in the center of the black mud burst like a bubble. Shinji stood up from it and looked at the entangled Black Saber and Medusa, with a malicious look on his face.

“Rider, come here!”

Medusa, who was dodging Black Saber's beam cannon, heard Shinji's voice. Although she didn't understand why, she immediately left her opponent and ran towards Kuroni.

When Black Saber saw the enemy running towards the black mud, she followed him expressionlessly, and once again stepped into the center of the black mud. Black Saber gathered her magic power on her own, preparing to fire another full-strength shot, but she obviously did not realize the seriousness of the situation...

"Ok?"

The black mud on the ground turned into black mud tentacles again, but this time it aimed at Black Saber who was gathering magic power.

The battlefield suddenly became quiet, there were no gas explosions, and no light pollution...

The blackened holy sword in her hand fell to the ground, and a pile of black mud tentacles instantly wrapped Black Saber into a dumpling, leaving only a small head full of question marks.

Black Saber: ???