Magic world

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"Old guy, you are indeed a treacherous person!" Ito Cheng looked at the ruins of the Matou mansion in front of him and said with a sneer.

After that, he stepped forward, passed through the yellow and white striped warning isolation belt, and walked into the Matou mansion.

A few minutes later, Ito Cheng arrived at the well-preserved underground insect chamber.

Looking at the still empty underground insect room in front of him, Ito Cheng sneered silently, flipped his palm, turned out several crystal gems, and threw them unceremoniously to the ground of the insect room.

"boom!"

The violent explosion immediately echoed throughout the insect room.

After completing the attack, Ito Cheng kept moving, uncovering more gems again, and launched an all-round, indiscriminate attack on the entire insect room.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom..."

It wasn't until a few minutes passed that Ito stopped attacking.

It was only at this time that a large number of pits and dents appeared in the originally flat insect chamber, making the entire insect chamber look like a building in a battlefield, as if it had been covered by a large amount of artillery fire.

"Boy, do you really want to kill them all?"

Then at this time, along with a large number of pitch-black maggots pouring out from nowhere, an old voice sounded in the dilapidated insect room.

Then the maggots gathered and crawled together, forming a dark cylinder about half the height of an adult. Then Yi Ning, wearing an old-fashioned kimono. Holding a dead wood pole in both hands, the strange-looking Matou Zōyan appeared in the insect room. He looked directly at Ito Cheng who was standing on the stairs leading to the top with a gloomy expression, his eyes flashing with cold light.

"To me, you are a source of instability. Unless..." Ito Cheng said quietly.

"...You can still recall your original ideals." He changed his tone and continued.

Hearing this, Matou Zangyan's body trembled, and a look of memories appeared on his face involuntarily.

"...Is it ideal..." Matou Zangyan murmured to himself.

Regardless of Matou Zangyan's current behavior, he is neither human nor ghost, his mind is twisted and abnormal, he looks like a monster. But when he was young, he was also a promising young man with great ideals. Try to eliminate all evil in the world! But as time went by, he realized that this dream would take a lot of time, and he himself was about to run out of gas, so he tried every means to extend his life. In the end, due to various influences, he went astray and forgot. He lost his dream and became a monster who only knows how to pursue eternal life.

"Maybe you should go see the Winter Saint again." Ito Cheng said again.

"The Saint of Winter..." There was a strange expression on Matou Zangyan's weird old face.

Obviously, this old guy has a strange feeling for the Winter Saint.

"She has been martyred. Unless I reach the source, it is impossible for me to see her again." A moment later. Matou Zangyan, who came back to his senses, said in a melancholy tone.

"No, you can, and right now." Ito Cheng said quietly.

"Hmm?" Matou Zangyan's eyes lit up, with a hint of hope in his eyes.

"Although the Saint of Winter accomplished the Holy Grail System through her own martyrdom, her consciousness did not disappear completely, but remained as the core of the Holy Grail System. As long as her consciousness is stimulated with appropriate methods, she will rise from her deep sleep. Wake up." Ito Cheng explained.

"At least I met her during the Fourth Holy Grail War."

To increase the sense of shock. Ito Cheng recounted what he had done during the Fourth Holy Grail War.

"Really?" Matou Zouken said doubtfully because he had lived too long and had forgotten what it felt like to 'believe'.

"She is there. If you don't believe it, you can verify it." Ito Cheng said with a smile.

"...You should have come to kill me, why are you telling me this?" Matou Zangyan's eyes flickered and he was silent for a moment, then he asked in confusion.

"Because of your current state." Ito Cheng looked at Matou Zangyan's body and said.

"Indeed, I can kill you here, but I can't guarantee whether you have any other backup plans. Although I also have a tool in my hand that can track your breath, as a great magician, I always say, I don’t think the effectiveness of that thing can last long. Instead of having you hiding in the dark and thinking about it later, it’s better for you to commit suicide willingly.”

"..." Matong Zangyan remained silent.

"What will happen to Shinji?" After a moment, whether it was because those few words stimulated him to retrieve something, Matou Zangyan actually became surprisingly concerned about Matou Shinji's condition.

"After I am sure that the brain worm in his body has been eliminated, I will release him and even help him inherit the legacy of your Matou family."

Speaking of inheritance, although the Matou family has always had a low reputation, as a family that has been run by the old monster Matou Zouken for hundreds of years, it secretly has a huge amount of capital, and even has a management team hired by Ito Narumi to take care of it. The Tosaka family's family business is somewhat inferior.

"...If what you say is true, no matter what the outcome is, I will not cause trouble for you or the people around you." Matou Zouken said.

Then he ignored Ito Cheng, and his body turned back into a pile of maggots, crawling towards the gaps in the surrounding ground.

"You'd better hurry up, because I plan to end this Holy Grail War completely in three days." Looking at the black maggots on the ground, Ito Cheng reminded him.

Matou Zangyan did not reply, and the insect quickly disappeared from Ito Cheng's eyes.

…

Liudong Temple is in the large underground cave where the Holy Grail system is located.

A bunch of pitch-black maggots squeezed out of an unknown gap appeared in the cave, crawling quickly towards one place, where they gathered into a group. The pile crawled into a heap.

Then, the state of the pile changed. It changed into the form of an old man wearing an ancient kimono. ——It is Matou Zangyan.

"This is the first time I have stepped here in more than two hundred years since that time." Looking at the bright red light blooming on the cave floor. The scarlet magic array was like an open human blood vessel, Matou Zangyan whispered with a look full of nostalgia.

"Winter Saint, how about you come out and meet me?"

In response to him, the world remained unchanged.

"It seems that I slept too much and forgot the voice of my old friend. But it doesn't matter, I will help you remember it, Justeza." Matou Zangyan said with a low smile.

Then he gently raised the crutch in his hand and knocked it hard on the ground.

"Boom!"

A microwave ripple spread out in all directions with the walking stick as the center, and instantly collided with the brilliance of the magic circle.

Immediately afterwards. The bright red magical light shone in vain, flickering in and out of light and dark.

"Isn't that enough..." A few minutes later, Matou Zouken, who still hadn't seen the Winter Saint, murmured softly with doubt and loss in his heart. Then he picked up the crutch again and knocked it hard on the ground.

"Boom!"

Another microwave ripple spread out.

And this time, the magic circle that had not changed much finally showed some differences. In the magic array, a large number of photon particles emerged from the magic array, floated into the air, and then quickly flew to the center like moths to a flame, gathering into a ball. Then there was a sudden light, and the Winter Saint wearing heavenly clothes appeared—Justeza Ritzleich von Einzbern.

"Justeza!" Seeing the Saint of Winter appearing in the magic circle, Matou Zouken called out emotionally.

Perhaps hearing the call, the Saint of Winter slowly opened her eyes with her eyes closed.

"Justeza..." Matou Zangyan called softly with an incomprehensible tone.

"Are you... Zong Yan?" He looked at the unfamiliar image of the old man. The Saint of Winter shouted hesitantly.

"Yes, it's me. Long time no see, Justeza." Matou Zangyan said, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

"How did you become like this?" the Winter Saint asked.

"I..." I heard the Winter Saint ask. Matou Zangyan opened his mouth, but he still couldn't tell the reason why he became like this. Finally, he fell silent with a gloomy expression.

"Is it for that ideal?" the Saint of Winter guessed in a good direction.

As someone who died for her ideals, she instinctively believed that her former friend was just like her. So even if the form has changed and is no longer the same as before, she still believes that everything Matou Zouken did was for that ideal.

"...Ideal..." When Ito Cheng mentioned it, the image of him, Tohsaka Nagato, his daughter, and the Saint of Winter making the Holy Grail system and talking to each other about their ideals appeared more clearly in Matou Zohan's mind. He repeated in a low voice with a dry face, and at the same time, he began to feel an uncontrollable strong dislike for himself in his heart.

"What have I done all these years!"

It can be said that even without Ito Cheng's previous coercion, Matou Zouken, who has begun to feel self-loathing towards himself, would finally choose to completely kill himself and end this dirty life.

"...Zangyan, have you also fallen?" Seeing Matou Zangyan's strange behavior, the extremely intelligent Winter Saint didn't understand what was going on, and asked softly.

"Yes, I have fallen too." Matou Zangyan, who felt even more self-loathing in his heart, said with a wry smile with tears streaming down his face.

"So, Zang Yan, do you still remember the ideal in your heart?" the Saint of Winter asked.

"I may have forgotten it before, but now, I have remembered it. Justeza." Matou Zangyan replied with a hearty smile on his face that did not match his body, temperament and image.

"It's just a pity that it's too late. I don't have time to finish him."

"As long as you think back, it's not too late." A faint smile appeared on the face of the Winter Saint, and she said softly.

"Really? That's good, that's good." Matou Zangyan repeated as if he had been saved.

"Zang Yan, I'm glad to see you again in a few hundred years. I'm going back." At this time, the Saint of Winter said softly.

"Okay." Matou Zangyan smiled.

"Goodbye, my friend Zang Yan."

As soon as he finished speaking, the glorious image of the Saint of Winter exploded violently, turning into a large number of photon particles that slowly melted into the air.

Then the underground cave returned to its original bright red space.

"Goodbye, Justeza, I am going back to my roots. I hope we can meet again there..." Matou Zouken's eyes seemed to be able to see time and dimensions as he looked at the place where the Winter Saint disappeared. Whispered softly.

"...Shenji, the Matou family will be left to you. Grandpa has been sorry for you all these years..."

After saying that, Matou Zangyan's body collapsed and suddenly exploded into a pile of dark and smelly liquid, which splashed all over the underground space.

At the same time, somewhere inside Fuyuki's house.

"Sir, Shinji Matou's heart and mind have self-destructed." Caster, who suddenly felt something, turned to report to Ito Shigei.

"Are you dead..." Hearing this, Ito Cheng exhaled softly and whispered. Then he raised his head and ordered to Caster, "Medea, take out the Holy Grail fragment from Matou Shinji's body, then modify his memory and put him back."

"Yes, Sir." Caster lowered his head and responded.

Then Ito Cheng didn't stay in the room longer, turned around and walked out.

At this point, a generation of insect masters, the great magician Matou Zangyan, declared dead, and the Matou family ushered in a new era...

Three days later, Matou Shinji was handed over to the professional managers responsible for managing the Tohsaka family's property. They helped handle the Matou family's inheritance issue. Ito Cheng took Caster and Rider, as well as the renovated Saber San. Together they came to the Einzbern Castle located in the Fuyuki Forest.

"It's really a rare visitor. I didn't expect you to come here." Ilia said as she walked up the wide stairs to the hall.

"Arrange a clean room." Ito Cheng asked directly, ignoring Illya.

"Hmph." Seeing this, Illya snorted angrily, turned to the maid guarding the hall and ordered, "Ligelit, arrange a clean room for them."

"Yes." Li Jieli leaned forward and responded.

"Guys, please come with me." Li Jie Lite invited.

Ito Cheng didn't hesitate and walked deeper into the room with Caster, Rider, Saber and Illya who followed him spontaneously.

A few minutes later, the group came to a clean room.

"Illya, let her go out, and then tell people not to disturb you. I'm going to treat you here." After taking a closer look at the situation in the room, Ito said to Illya, who felt that it was okay.

"Um...how are you going to treat me?" Illya asked strangely. Ligarite on the side also cast curious eyes on Ito Cheng.

"Just like when I treated your mother, I will replace a heart for you." Ito Cheng raised his hand and showed Illya a light blue medical box in his hand.

"But you are luckier than your mother. When I was treating her, everything was simple. Even the heart was obtained and modified overnight by me... Now, I directly use your cell sample plus alchemy's one-yuan clone. In terms of effect, the heart you just found is much stronger, and there is no rejection reaction, and the reconnection of the magic circuit may be relatively high, so it won't be like your mother who can't even use a little magic after surgery." (To be completed.) Continued.)