Type-Moon, I, Sakura Matou, Rewrite Destiny

He immediately chose to unleash his Chakra and issue a warning.

After a wave of blue energy erupted from Shinji.

With Explosive Tags in one hand and his small fist clenched in the other, Shinji charged directly at the black cats.

Facing Shinji, who delivered himself to their doorstep, the strange black cats that had suddenly appeared in the garden naturally wouldn't refuse this convenient delivery. They opened their 'bloody maws' and lunged at Shinji.

"...So fast!"

Facing the black cats that moved like black lightning, Shinji, who had charged forward with a tentative mindset, wasn't truly reckless.

Having prepared the Substitution Technique before setting out, just as he was about to be torn to shreds by the black cats' 'bloody maws,' Shinji turned into a log with a thump and vanished into their mouths.

They wouldn't refuse anything.

The substitute log didn't last even a second before being shattered and swallowed by the black cats. The Explosive Tags burning on the log met the same fate...

'The tactic didn't work, and I learned almost nothing... Are Master and the others not here yet?'

A cold sweat trickled down his temple. Shinji, who had expected his tactic to yield at least some results, showed a flicker of disappointment in his eyes.

Ever since Sakura took over the Matou Family, Shinji had been training and consuming the Matou Family's resources without contributing anything, only able to watch the others strive. He took another step forward.

Orochimaru's conditions seemed to have been met, but perhaps they were met too successfully. At this moment, a knot had unknowingly formed in young Shinji's heart...

As Shinji heavily stepped onto the garden's lawn, drawing a kunai to once again probe the black cats and gather some intelligence for Sakura and Orochimaru, Suddenly, several poisonous snakes as thick as cups caught up to him from behind and dragged him back.

"Shadow Snake Hand..."

PS: There's one more chapter tonight.

74. Orochimaru VS Shadow Monster

Restraining the impulsive Shinji, Orochimaru, who had rushed to the garden immediately after receiving the intruder alert, began analyzing the strange-looking black cats before him.

However, it was clear that the restless black cats didn't want to give Orochimaru time to analyze them.

Perhaps it was because they sensed that Orochimaru's strength was incomparable to Shinji's.

Or perhaps it was due to the direct control of the black cats' master.

Just as Orochimaru arrived in the garden and stopped Shinji's reckless move, In less than a breath, the black cats launched an assault on Orochimaru.

Like well-trained hounds, the attacking black cats didn't charge at Orochimaru in a swarm. Instead, they split into three directions, covering and alternating their attacks as they pounced on him.

Grabbing Shinji's shoulder with one hand and casually tossing him through the window into the house, Orochimaru didn't choose to dodge the incoming black cats.

Instead, as the black cats bared their claws and fangs and attacked him, he counterattacked.

A whistle sounded from Orochimaru's mouth.

Then, using his signature Body Techniques, Orochimaru kicked one black cat into pieces of strange, shadow-like matter. One of his arms was also torn off by a black cat during the encirclement.

However, in less than a second, the black cat, holding Orochimaru's severed arm and preparing to enjoy its prize, found the arm transforming into a large snake. Simultaneously, Orochimaru's lost arm, accompanied by a strange wriggling beneath his clothes, regenerated.

'Body Techniques and Genjutsu are both effective... Next, let's try Ninjutsu...'

Like a beautiful snake, after Orochimaru disabled one black cat and used sound Genjutsu to confuse another into mistaking his specially made snake for his arm, entangling it, Orochimaru twisted nimbly and suddenly accelerated to a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to follow. Like an incredibly slippery loach, he forcefully broke through the encirclement of the remaining five black cats.

"Fire Style~Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

A Ninjutsu he learned from his teacher, he unleashed it directly.

Orange-red flames, like a roaring dragon, howled and formed a sea of fire, engulfing the five black cats.

Then, his eyes gradually brightened. In just two breaths, the flames spewing from Orochimaru's mouth approached a bright white...

The air warped under the intense heat. Flames at thousands of degrees would quickly melt even steel...

Before they could even let out a scream, the black cats engulfed by the flames seemed to have been instantly vaporized...

However, just as Orochimaru stopped casting and shifted his gaze to the last black cat entangled with the snake, The black cats that had just been shattered and vaporized... reappeared before Orochimaru's eyes.

"Regeneration... or resurrection... No, this is more like being recreated..."

A hint of interest appeared in his eyes. Orochimaru, who always wore this expression when encountering novel techniques for the first time, licked his cheek with a tongue that didn't match his current appearance, then dissolved into a puddle of mud and sank into the ground.

Just as Orochimaru used Substitution Technique to leave the garden, Irisviel, who had somehow changed back into Heaven's Dress, emerged from the inner chambers of the Matou residence as if she were a prepared substitute...

About two hundred meters from the Matou residence, on the rooftop of a convenience store a few meters higher than the tallest point of the Matou residence, Touko Aozaki, who was fiddling with her briefcase, stared intently at the Matou residence not far away.

It was clear that the black cats attacking the Matou residence were her creation.

"They've been discovered?"

"En, discovered, and my location has been pinpointed."

Calmly adjusting her glasses, Touko Aozaki, unconcerned about her location being exposed, turned to look at Aoko Aozaki and asked.

"You saw that just now, right, Aoko?"

"Saw what…?"

"That… 'woman' that looked like a snake used…"

"Hehehe, are you talking about me?"

An Oddity rose directly from the convenience store's floor.

Orochimaru, who had just disappeared in the garden, appeared before the Aozaki sisters in an incredibly bizarre manner.

And at the same time as Orochimaru's appearance.

Kirei Kotomine, who was keeping watch for the two sisters nearby, was also shot at this moment.

Using Floating Magecraft, he brought Kirei Kotomine, who had been hit by Seven Bullets, before the Aozaki sisters.

Although the current situation seemed to suggest Sakura's group had the upper hand, having captured one opponent and surrounded them from three directions.

Sakura, facing these two sisters directly, knew very clearly… that this was a complete illusion.

She shifted her gaze from Orochimaru. While Orochimaru, displaying the power of a new system, was eye-catching, Sakura, who could control Orochimaru… was undoubtedly even more so.

"Sakura Matou?"

"Precisely."

"I thought the intel was fake. So the head of the Matou Family is really a little girl now."

Touko Aozaki closed her briefcase and then, stretching lazily in front of Sakura and the others, suddenly smiled. She then said, as if sincerely, "Want to be my disciple?"

Sakura, facing Touko Aozaki's sudden and inexplicable invitation, shook her head without hesitation and refused.

"No need. I already have my own path…"

"Is that so? What a shame. I originally hoped to resolve this in a more peaceful manner."

Touko Aozaki turned sideways and shrugged at Aoko Aozaki. Her tone began to change as she directly removed her glasses, switching her personality.

True Servants… there probably weren't many people in the mage world who wouldn't covet them.

Even someone of Touko Aozaki's caliber was no exception.

Of course, Touko Aozaki wasn't interested in a Servant's combat power…

What she coveted was purely the potential of a Servant… Magus from the Divine Era, famous Magus from history… theoretically, they should all be able to become Servants, right?

Thinking this, Touko Aozaki, upon learning that the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War could birth true Servants, set her sights on Sakura, the only member of the Three Founding Families currently in Fuyuki City. It was no surprise.

"Die…"

"Hey~ Wait!"

"Hm? Is there something else?"

"…You came to find me, and you even offered to take me as a disciple. You must want something from me or want to know something… I can tell you directly. Why do we have to fight?"

Sakura put on an innocent expression, her eyes conveying a look of 'Are you an idiot?'.

Sakura, not thinking like a Magus at all, suddenly gave an answer that exceeded Touko Aozaki's expectations…

75. Touko Aozaki's Warning

She would never court death.

To do something knowing it's impossible is to court death!

Although Sakura was a player with cheats, she should be able to defy heaven and earth, but courting death was absolutely not an option for her.

After all, Sakura's current composition, whether it was the Sakura side or the soul from another world, was in some ways extremely lacking in security.

Chosen by an otherworldly entity, leaving behind a familiar environment, being forced to travel to a 'strange' world, and heading towards an unknown Destiny… where could security come from?

Sent away by her own family, forced to become someone else's child, and even almost sent to a worm pit to become a breeding ground… where could security come from?

Therefore, although Sakura appeared strong on the surface now, and even developed some strange mischievousness after the two merged, in reality, Sakura's heart was quite insecure.

This could be seen in how Sakura always tried to avoid crises that threatened her.

And this time, facing the Aozaki sisters, Sakura once again made such a choice…

Touko Aozaki looked at Sakura with a rather strange expression.

She didn't say anything, merely silently withdrew her hostility towards Sakura.

Beside her, Aoko Aozaki, after Sakura said, "I can tell you directly. Why do we have to fight?", had an expression of understanding on her face.

As a 'Magus' who had entered the path halfway, Aoko Aozaki, who viewed things more from a normal person's perspective, could see much more than her sister, who was accustomed to the Magus way of thinking.

And it was precisely because of Sakura's words that Aoko Aozaki, who wasn't very fond of Magus and would prefer to live as an ordinary person if allowed, began to develop a good impression of Sakura, this young girl she had just met.

As both sides let go of their hostility towards each other.

Aoko Aozaki, with her free-spirited, self-centered, and somewhat carefree love for freedom, took a step forward and reached Sakura. Then, under Kurumi's jealous gaze, she scooped Sakura up and, with a sinful hand, pinched Sakura's cheeks.

"The feel is really great…"

"What are you doing... let me go..."

Facing Aoko Aozaki's overly familiar behavior, Sakura, who had some understanding of the two sisters thanks to her memories, wasn't afraid of fighting them again.

Sakura, showing no intention of indulging the Magus's presumptuous actions, slapped Aoko Aozaki's "pig hand" with a snap, trying to pry away the hand that was pinching her cheek as if she were a doll.

But unfortunately, the delicate and soft Sakura was no match for Aoko Aozaki. Aoko Aozaki easily withstood Sakura's "full-power attack."

Sakura's slap not only failed to grant her "freedom" but instead... made Aoko Aozaki escalate her actions.

If there hadn't been other people present today, and if Kurumi hadn't finally stepped in to stop it.

Sakura might have been "played with" like a Barbie doll today...

The "unpleasant" roughhousing eventually came to an end...

As the girls' playful scuffle finally concluded, Touko Aozaki, who had approached Orochimaru and was engrossed in conversation with him during the time her sister was "teasing" Sakura, finally remembered the main business at hand...

Elegantly exhaling a wisp of smoke, Touko Aozaki, whose gaze had never left Sakura during her conversation with Orochimaru, gave a smile with an unknown meaning.

"It seems they're done over there... Do you know, Mr. Orochimaru..."

Orochimaru, who had been sizing up Touko Aozaki's vital points with a dangerous gaze and had discerned during their conversation that Touko Aozaki was another kindred spirit in certain aspects, licked his lips expressionlessly and then unleashed an astonishing killing intent towards Touko.

"Touko Aozaki... I am pursuing the wind that blows through eternity and truth... and Sakura is my hope..."

Sensing the formidable killing intent emanating from Orochimaru, Touko Aozaki, who had no doubt that Orochimaru could kill her in less than a second at this distance, didn't take his seemingly threatening words to heart but silently filed them away.

For individuals like Touko Aozaki and Orochimaru, a few minutes of conversation were enough to form a basic understanding of each other.

Just as Orochimaru had identified Touko Aozaki as a kindred spirit, very similar to himself in certain aspects, during their exchange.