Artoria: If Only Shinji Were a Crab
Then--
"Chirp chirp----!?"
In just a moment.
The pale skull, lying prostrate on the rock wall, was swallowed by the immense darkness.
It's too late to express surprise now.
The assassin's body was instantly compressed by this fatal blow, leaving only his head exposed.
Clatter
The white skull mask fell off, revealing a black, featureless face beneath it.
"What?!"
Matou Sakura complained, bored.
"I was still wondering what you looked like, but it turns out you're a faceless person."
"Seeing you wearing a mask, I wondered what your face would look like. I didn't expect you to be such a boring guy."
"Chirp--Little girl--you--"
Hassan let out a mournful cry; it was the only thing he could do before his consciousness faded.
"You've abandoned your face, you've abandoned your name, and yet you still yearn to be remembered in history. What an utterly pathetic man."
Matou Sakura toyed with the shadows on her body with disdain.
Even the Holy Grail cannot go back in time and allow you to reclaim your name.
"So, vanish, Lord of the Mountain."
"You are nobody, just an assassin, a guy who can't even be a real human being."
"Chirp, yaa..."
The pale skull assassin was swallowed by the blackness, along with his dying scream, completely absorbed by the girl's shadow.
The true Assassin has now exited the stage.
The next one to die was Matou Zouken.
Pfft
The girl easily cut open her chest with her hands and pulled out a wriggling worm.
"Wait a minute! Sakura!! Wait, wait! Wait!! Wait, wait, wait!!!"
The insect made a sound like Matou Zouken's panicked voice; the usually cunning Zouken was now truly terrified.
Sakura coldly stared at the insects still covered in her blood.
The audience already knew Matou Zouken's plan from Illya's story, so there was no need to repeat it here.
Both logically and emotionally, at this point we should --
Pfft
The sound of a fish bubble bursting rang out, and the girl calmly crushed the insect in her hand.
Goodbye, Grandpa.
The girl in black stared at the bloodstains on her palm and grinned.
"Hehe! Hehehahahahaha!"
The girl laughed wildly, like a doll whose binding threads had been cut, laughing incessantly.
Chapter 214 Artoria: If Shinji were a crab
The girl's laughter echoed in the theater, leaving the audience speechless with shock.
It wasn't that the audience was confused by Matou Sakura's exaggerated laughter.
From the first episode of Heaven's Feel to now, everyone has heard Matou Sakura's yandere laughter quite a bit.
Especially those audience members in the theater who bought package tickets, they were already tired of hearing Matou Sakura's laughter all day long.
What surprised the audience was not the girl's laughter, but the death of Matou Zouken.
The character, who was originally considered to be the final boss, was killed off so hastily, which is unacceptable to the audience.
What kind of person was Matou Zouken?
He's the mastermind behind the HF storyline, a top-tier boss, an unkillable cockroach, and an immortal cockroach.
This guy has been killed twice since the first episode, and just when the audience thought he was dead, the old man popped up again.
After his body was shattered by Archer the first time, Matou Zouken reassembled his body by eating people.
The second time, Kirei Kotomine performed a double exorcism, both physically and spiritually, but after the battle, that old bastard started lewdly developing himself on Matou Sakura again.
That old codger, who's kept so many backup plans, must be planning something this time too.
Pfft!
Just as the audience was anticipating how this big boss would stage a classic comeback, the insect was crushed to death by Matou Sakura.
There were no plot twists, no follow-up plans, not even the villain's classic dying words; he was simply and easily killed.
The audience was completely dumbfounded.
"Uh... he just died like that."
Shibamatsu clearly didn't believe it!
Where's the final boss?! How could he just die like that?! He could at least say a few words before dying!!
Little did he know that this was exactly the effect Shinji wanted.
As the saying goes, life and death are preordained; sometimes death comes so suddenly.
Even if you live to be 500, it doesn't mean your death has to be spectacular.
Sometimes death comes so suddenly, without any ceremony...
Okay, actually the series wasn't long enough, so after careful consideration, Shinji cut out Matou Zouken's dying wails to show Kurozakura's decisive side.
Logically speaking, the audience should be applauding the death of Matou Zouken.
But this guy's death was so sudden that everyone's first reaction was whether there was some kind of conspiracy.
However, there was nothing there.
Instead of seeing Matou Zouken's counterattack, viewers witnessed the main characters exploring the Anzang Mountains.
"Hey, dear Shibamatsu Song."
Fujita, standing nearby, put his arm around Shibamatsu's neck and teased, "Didn't you say before that Matou Zouken was the final boss? Looks like you're going to be in the basement again this time!"
"Shit!"
Shibamatsu shoved Fujita aside and complained, "I guessed so accurately in episode five and you didn't say anything. You think you're not sleepy now that I've pulled you up?"
"It's more interesting to see people suffer!"
Fujita continued to laugh carefree.
Shibamatsu gave a cold laugh, "The story isn't over yet, is it? I believe Shinji Matou will pull off a final twist."
"I don't think so. Third time's the Matou Zouken's scenes should be finished by now," Fujita guessed. "Kirei Kotomine's scenes aren't even over yet. If we add another scene to deal with the insect master, wouldn't that be too chaotic?"
We'll see.
Shibamatsu snorted coldly, stubbornly insisting, "I think Matou Zouken might still manage a comeback in the end."
"If I can't guess, we'll continue in the basement tonight?"
"No way!"
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While the Magecraft were making a ruckus, Shirou Emiya, Rin, and Rider finally found the location of the Great Void.
After they passed through a long tunnel, they saw a hollow about the size of a school playground.
Standing before them was Saber Alter, radiating absolute killing intent.
Mordred, wake up.
Shinji smacked Mordred on the head with his pointer.
The girl fell asleep because the dialogue scene was too long.
"What?! Dad's getting married? No way!"
Mordred sat bolt upright, drooling.
Are you still half asleep? You idiot!
Shinji took the handle of the pointer and stabbed it hard into Mordred's cheek.
"Hey! Master, I'm accusing you of indecent assault!"
Mordred quickly dodged.
The long, straight handle of the pointer, when placed against the face, easily evokes negative associations.
Smack
Shinji slammed his pointer on the ground, reminding him, "Wake up! Saber Alter's time to shine is coming soon. Your role in the movie is similar to hers—a henchman-type character. You'd better... Hey! Are you even listening to me?!"
"Hehe, the black-clad father is quite active, isn't he? Not bad at all! Slurp!"
Mordred wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, her eyes fixed on the television screen.
"Master, she didn't listen to a word you said."
Joan of Arc spread her hands, making a gesture of helplessness to Shinji.
"Tsk, I hope she can show off all the cool and handsome aspects of her 'black-clad dad' on set later."
Joan of Arc sneered, "Master, you're dreaming."
"..."
Shinji remained silent.
Shinji was daydreaming or not is unknown, but Shirou Emiya on screen certainly had that kind of vibe.
"Saber----!!"
Even though he knew his own Servant wouldn't pay him any attention, he still called out the name of his former Servant.
Saber Alter, however, turned her gaze to Rin and told her that her duty was to stop everyone.
Except for Tohsaka Rin.
"I see. Since I'm the exception, it means Sakura wants to meet me, right?"
Saber. Alter nodded silently.
"Wow~ That's interesting, Sakura."
Tohsaka Rin readily accepted her sister's challenge.
"I'm sorry, Emiya- kun. For the reasons mentioned above, I'll be taking my leave now."
After saying Tohsaka Rin tossed her hair and casually walked past Saber Alter into the depths of the cave.
"Emiya- kun, if you really want to save Sakura, don't delay any longer."
After saying that, Tohsaka Rin disappeared into the depths of darkness.
Encouraged by his companions, Shirou Emiya was full of enthusiasm, but then he was doused with cold water.
"Shirou, it's impossible for you to take another step forward. Because you are going to die here."
A palpable killing intent surged rapidly, directed at Shirou Emiya and Rider who remained.
Faced with the powerful Saber Alter, Shirou Emiya involuntarily took a step back.
At this moment, Rider stepped forward.