Sakura Matou Rewrites Destiny

In their place were some Experimental Equipment temporarily assembled from household appliances, neatly arranged in the Basement.

Among them, one large and one small translucent tank stood out in particular.

"Orochimaru, how is it?"

"I have sealed this worm according to your instructions using a Sealing Technique. As for this child... his meridians are obstructed by certain organs you call Mage Circuits. They need to be removed before the Chakra Seed can be implanted, so it will take a few extra days."

"Do it according to your judgment. As long as the result does not deviate, it is fine. Also, the materials you requested for renovating the Laboratory may take a while longer."

"Hehehe, that is no matter. Even with the current equipment, it is enough for me to understand some of this world's information."

"That is good. Choosing to summon you as the first one was indeed quite correct!"

With that, Sakura stopped disturbing Orochimaru's experimental records and walked over to the larger tank.

Reaching out to touch its icy surface, Sakura looked through the translucent container made from ordinary materials at Shinji floating in an unknown liquid, then could not help murmuring.

"Brother Shinji's resistance against the plot and destiny... will begin with you. Once you wake up, you will touch upon the power you once dreamed of day and night..."

Gazing at the Tohsaka Family...

Rewrites Destiny was far from as easy as it sounded.

Even with the Temple of Destiny's help, Sakura was still a young girl too weak to carry anything. At present, she did not possess the power to rewrite destiny and the plot on a large scale.

After all, in the Type-Moon world, especially when she did not know which Timeline she was in.

Acting too recklessly would only draw the interference of certain beings. Perhaps... some Human Evil might descend with a group of Servants the next second and smash Sakura's head apart.

Therefore, before obtaining enough power to deal with trouble, Sakura only intended to make small-scale changes. She would secretly alter the destinies of certain less important individuals while affecting history, humanity, and Earth as little as possible, steadily accumulating strength.

But it would be soon, because if everything went smoothly... the Holy Grail War held once every sixty years would take place a year from now.

As long as she completely overturned this Holy Grail War and changed the fates of those involved, Sakura, having seized the Holy Grail through this fate, would no longer need to hide. She could begin drastically rewriting the entire world, letting the wave of Rewrites Destiny roll onward like a snowball.

In midsummer Fuyuki City, the scorching noon sun baked the entire city.

As the vehicle slowly came to a stop, Tsuruno Matou glanced up at the sun outside the window. Even inside the luxury car surrounded by air conditioning, he felt a wave of heat beneath the blazing sun.

Yet, faced with the little ancestor in the back seat.

Tsuruno could only leave the air-conditioned car beneath the blazing sun and step out into the world being scorched by it.

Jogging to the rear door, Tsuruno quickly opened the parasol in his hand. Ignoring the beads of sweat emerging from his forehead, he forcibly squeezed a natural smile onto his face.

Then, with utmost respect, he opened the car door for the little ancestor inside.

Taking the parasol from Tsuruno's hand, Sakura stared at the exceptionally familiar house in the distance.

After standing there blankly for a moment, Sakura finally nodded to Tsuruno.

"Uncle Noyoru, go back to the car and rest. The sun outside is too harsh."

"Then please take care, Sakura. Call me anytime if you need anything."

"Mm."

This was the Tohsaka Residence, the home Sakura could never forget.

Yet all she could do was sigh at how things had changed.

The once-familiar home now revealed unfamiliarity everywhere in Sakura's eyes.

Perhaps it had been her sister's request, or perhaps it had been her birth mother's arrangement?

Standing on a small hill not far from the Tohsaka Residence and looking down at it, Sakura could no longer see the things that had once been familiar to her in the garden.

Her traces in this home seemed to have vanished completely.

"What a lavish undertaking. Changing the garden layout means even the defensive Magic Circle would have to be altered as well."

Just as Sakura felt a pang of sorrow over the disappearance of those familiar sights.

The doors to the Inner Residence of the Tohsaka Residence opened.

First, the elegant Tokiomi Tohsaka appeared in Sakura's view with Rin Tohsaka, who was hopping about with a smile across her face.

Close behind them, Aoi Tohsaka emerged into the courtyard carrying all manner of lavish dishes.

Looking at the Tohsaka Family in the distance, who seemed to be planning to enjoy a sunny picnic beside the garden fountain.

Looking at the happy smiles blooming on their faces.

Sakura's small hand clenched into a fist, gripping the handle of her parasol tightly...

Hatred?

Jealousy?

Or perhaps resentment?

There might have been some resentment, but hatred and jealousy did not arise in Sakura's heart.

After all, Sakura, who possessed the memories of a Foreign Soul, knew very well that the Tohsaka Family's happy expressions would not last long. In most Timelines, the Tohsaka Family would ultimately end in tragedy...

After taking several deep breaths to calm the strange impulse in her heart, Sakura raised a hand to her chest and revealed a brilliant smile.

Though Sakura, having fused with a Foreign Soul, appeared quite mature, like a little adult.

Deep down, she was still that little girl who wanted to go home, who wanted to return to her parents and sister.

Now, everything was over. The new Sakura would no longer want to go home. From now on, she would only be Sakura Matou...

After this visit thoroughly strengthened her resolve, Sakura held her parasol and gave the Tohsaka Residence one final deep look before returning to the carriage without looking back... "From now on, I will rewrite fate and pursue my own happiness!"

Inside the Tohsaka Residence.

As Sakura turned and left, Rin Tohsaka, who was holding a delicious pudding and eating it in small bites, suddenly turned to look at the hill Sakura had left.

Yet the hill was already empty.

"Father, I just felt like my little sister was watching us..."

After riding back to the Matou Family and watching Tsuruno leave.

Sakura pushed open the Matou Family gates, quickly crossed the garden, and returned to the desolate Inner Residence of the Matou Residence.

The reason it was desolate was entirely because, at this moment, apart from Sakura, there was not a single person anywhere in the Matou Residence aboveground.

"Once Orochimaru is done over there, perhaps I should have Tsuruno hire some servants... Never mind, I will consider that later... After all, the Matou Family's current situation is not very suitable for ordinary people to know about... System."

Sakura called out.

The Panel only she could see and hear, along with the voice of the Spirit of the Temple of Destiny, appeared before her and in her mind almost simultaneously.

Correction, this humble one is... Never mind, the system is here.

"Can you arrange a suitable exchange path for my cultivation based on what I am currently thinking?"

No. That would require this humble one to read your thoughts, Master. That is not permitted.

"Hm, what a baffling insistence. Never mind, I will do it myself. Display all beginner-level Qi Cultivation Methods."

As Sakura's words fell, the Panel before her began changing at high speed. Before long, densely packed beginner Qi cultivation methods and related information, spanning an unknown number of pages, appeared on the Panel.

Completed.

"Isn't that far too many?"

There are three hundred seventy-nine thousand four hundred twenty-five basic Qi cultivation methods in total.

"Then filter them again. Remove those with insufficient potential, incomplete ones, and those requiring special environments or prerequisites to cultivate."

Filtering completed. Methods that cannot advance into higher-level methods, incomplete methods, and methods requiring environmental or special prerequisites have been removed. Eighty-four thousand two hundred twenty-seven volumes remain.

"There are still this many? Filter them once more. Find those suited to my constitution, that will not cause me any adverse effects after cultivation, and that contain the most functions. Once that filter is complete, rank the methods directly according to which best meets my requirements."

Understood... Completed. Three thousand seven hundred eighty-four volumes remain.

Although many still remained, without a doubt, the volume at the very top of the Panel was already the most suitable one for Sakura.

"Yellow Court Scripture—Daoist Hongjun Annotated Edition... Can I afford to exchange for this?"

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Yellow Court Scripture—Daoist Hongjun Annotated Edition. Naturally, Sakura could afford it.

After all, having changed the destinies of everyone in the Matou Family, Sakura had gained a considerable amount of Destiny Points over the past few days.

Still, it was expensive.

To use the power of destiny to materialize knowledge of this level into Sakura's hands.

Sakura would have to spend almost all of her Destiny Points to accomplish it.

One thousand five hundred points. That was the number of Destiny Points required for this basic Qi Cultivation Method.

At present, aside from the one thousand points remaining after summoning Orochimaru, Sakura only had the eight hundred points gained from initially rewriting the destinies of several Matou Family members.

In other words, Sakura currently possessed only one thousand eight hundred Destiny Points in total.

Whether to spend those one thousand five hundred points naturally made Sakura hesitate.

Faced with the Holy Grail War that might erupt in a year, Sakura naturally needed to prepare a substantial number of Destiny Points for it.

At the same time, in order to face the plot's corrective force, Sakura also needed Destiny Points to ensure that Shinji and Zouken Matou, her most important sources of income for the coming period, would not suffer unforeseen changes due to that corrective force.

Three hundred points were not enough insurance.

Thus, Sakura's face showed hesitation over whether to immediately invest this enormous sum.

Master, this humble one reminds you that you are Sakura Matou!

You are Sakura Matou. Those words instantly struck Sakura like an awakening, making her eyes light up.

That was right, she herself was also a character within the game, manipulated by destiny. Breaking free of the plot of destiny would likewise bring her Destiny Points.

Moreover, like Shinji and Zouken Matou, unless she was in an excessively strange Timeline, the circumstances on her body capable of generating Destiny Points could generally continue until after the Fifth War. She herself was also a stable source of Destiny Points.

Of course, if Sakura's plans proceeded smoothly, there probably would not be a Fifth War...

But with herself added as another way to obtain Destiny Points, Sakura clearly no longer needed to worry about having an insufficient reserve of Destiny Points.

With the system's reminder, Sakura quickly thought of many small changes she could make.

Thus, without hesitation, Sakura directly summoned the Yellow Court Scripture through the system.

A mist carrying an exceptionally pleasant scent, one that made both body and mind feel at ease, drifted past.

In the blink of an eye, an extremely ancient-looking copy of the Yellow Court Scripture, written in Chinese Sakura could understand, appeared before her.

After calling on the system to close the Panel before her, Sakura carefully picked up the Yellow Court Scripture and sat down in the Matou Residence to read through the thin cultivation method in her hands.

A while later, as she gradually turned to the final page, Sakura's expression became exceedingly strange, and she let out a fatal complaint...

"Mm~ I really can't understand it..."

That was right, Sakura could not understand it.

This was not strange, actually. Without sufficient relevant knowledge as a foundation, not to mention the cultivation methods contained in it, Sakura found it difficult to understand even the meanings of most of the most basic terms.

Fortunately, all of this could be learned. With the Matou Family's assets, they could easily afford to bring several genuine experts from that continent to teach her.

Not to mention that as long as she had enough Destiny Points, Sakura Matou could even summon Great God Pangu from the prehistoric world to personally teach her.

Still, Sakura intended to postpone using Destiny Points to find a teacher, since she was not well-off at the moment.

Carefully pressing the Yellow Court Scripture close to her body for safekeeping.

Facing the empty Matou Residence, Sakura unconsciously thought of that happy family. Carrying a trace of loneliness, she turned and headed for the Basement that had been converted into a Laboratory.

Walking among the various experimental instruments beneath the dim lights, Sakura quickly found Orochimaru seated at the experimental table in the deepest part of the Laboratory, carefully studying some sort of sample through microscopic equipment.

"Orochimaru, have you made any progress?"

"Sakura, no scientific research produces results within a few days."