Unlawful intrusion

Generally, Zouken's actions wouldn't be carried out during the day, but thanks to Caster and her Master's current activity, this Old Worm has had a much easier time. Even if he goes too far, he won't be targeted by the Magecraft or the Holy Church. In any case, the suspicion will only fall on Caster.

And now, this guy even has the time and interest to torment Kariya.

"How delightful," Zouken chuckled, "Kariya's tormented and sorrowful appearance is truly delightful." But the next moment, his smile froze—a physical freeze.

Frost climbed the wall, and a biting chill came from behind Zouken. In that instant Zouken realized that something terrible was about to happen.

"Old man, you should worry about yourself."

The person on the ground made a low groan, then slowly stood up. His body, which had previously only been somewhat muscular, began to grow muscular, and the cardboard box behind him was shattered. What was inside was not furniture at all, but a knife blank the size of a door panel.

Bai Mo grabbed Zouken Matou, but the ice and snow had completely sealed him away. His body tried to break apart, but was instantly imprisoned by the ice. The self-righteous hunter finally realized that he was already prey in someone else's hands.

"Who are you···"

Kariya also realized who had come, and he was surprised that he had actually been found. What was even more unbelievable to him was that Zouken hadn't noticed him at all, and he had completely failed in his mission.

Upon seeing this, Zouken's body immediately lost its life force. Having lived for so many years, Zouken knew very well that now was the time to cut off his arm to survive. Sealed in this block of ice, not even a single insect could escape, but there were still plenty of insects whose main soul resided within him, and they could continue to live.

Most of the memories that Zouken accumulated over the past five hundred years are junk, and Bai Mo cannot read them all in such a short time. But that's okay, he already knows all the important things that have happened recently.

"Hey, your name is Kariya, right?"

Upon seeing this, Kariya immediately prepared to use Command Spell, but Bai Mo appeared in front of him in an instant, grabbed his neck, and then Kariya felt a large hand pierce his body.

Did he just die like that...? He gambled everything, and in the end, he died like a stray dog on the street...

Kariya suddenly felt like his life was a joke. Finally, with his last strength, he managed to say, "Sakura..."

"I know the child will be fine; you're the one in trouble now."

These were the last words Kariya heard before he lost consciousness.

*

Bai Mo took Kariya to a random hospital, dismissed the doctors, and then proceeded to give Bai Mo Kariya a thorough makeover.

Treatment is no longer effective, unless Asclepius is present and could perhaps offer a proper remedy, because Kariya's body has begun to coexist with these insects to some extent, and some of her bodily functions are now dependent on them.

But that's okay. If an organ can't be repaired, you can just take it out, make a new one, and put it back in, just like repairing a machine.

The reason Bai Mo acted so quickly was because he was pressed for time. If left unattended, this guy would probably die soon. All the worms in his body were controlled by Zouken, and his life and death were entirely in Zang Yan's hands. Bai Mo's surprise attack gave Kariya time to catch his breath and receive treatment.

The city was full of spies from Zouken, Bai Mo had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure and find a suitable replacement. The worker that Bai Mo replaced is currently sleeping soundly in the toilet at his workstation. He'll probably get a severe scolding when he wakes up today, but if he continues to work, he'll most likely die of overwork.

Bai Mo treated his joint inflammation and lower back injury, then changed his appearance and went on a sting operation. He had already noticed that most of the surveillance came from the insects in the city. Normal insects wouldn't give Bai Mo the feeling of being watched. Bai Mo found this laborer by relying on the insects' surveillance. He had already been targeted by Zouken.

"But this guy isn't a Caster, and are the Magecraft here really that good at hiding?"

Generally speaking, when searching for two murderers, it seems the one who was hiding was the Servant's doing all the work, so how did they end up catching this guy?

Bai Mo was somewhat speechless, but if he didn't know, that would be one thing, but now that he did, he couldn't turn a blind eye, whether it was this unlucky guy or that child in front of him.

After destroying and reassembling organs using Magnetic Field Power, they were then stuffed back into Kariya's body. Blood splattered everywhere, and bits of flesh were scattered all over the ground. Human blood and insect corpses were mixed together into a hodgepodge.

Subsequently, Bai Mo's first surgery was completed. After the body was drastically altered, it was restored by absorbing the life force of plants. In this way, Bai Mo turned a short-lived ghost who only had a few days left to live into an ordinary person.

After that, it's time to take care of some other things.

Bai Mo turned and left, arriving at the Matou Family's door a few seconds later. He kicked the door open, as an intruder had no need to knock.

"Are you trying to wipe us out completely? If it's for the Holy Grail War, dealing with Kariya would be enough."

Zouken Matou's voice rang out in the room, but he did not reappear in front of Bai Mo.

"Sorry, I can't tolerate insects in my eyes," Bai Mo said coldly, and a bone-chilling and deadly cold began to permeate the room.

At the same time, Bai Mo's consciousness also detected every corner of the room. A girl was lying in the basement at the bottom, and countless swarms of insects were stirring like a pack of hyenas seeing carrion.

"No, wait." Before Zouken could finish speaking, a loud bang echoed throughout Fuyuki City, and the Matou Family was already engulfed in flames. Amidst the flames, a person carrying a child emerged.

*

I don't know when the house caught fire, and flames were coming in from outside the door.

Sakura Matou remained motionless. Death was nothing more than this; if she could escape this Hell, the temporary pain was nothing. The girl closed her eyes, quietly awaiting death.

However, the burning pain never came; Sakura Matou suddenly realized that flames could be such a warm thing...

Bai Mo gently stroked Ying's head, looking at the young child. Now, with just a flick of his finger, he could take the child's life.

"What should I do? This child has gone through all this. Perhaps death is a relief for her. Kariya is powerless to protect her, and as for her biological father... that thing is not qualified to be a father. What awaits this child is still a painful future."

Bai Mo continued in a low voice, "If I don't kill her, I will have to take responsibility for caring for her."

Two hundred and fifty thousand horses' worth of power is considered top-tier combat strength in this world. However, after his trip to Greece, Bai Mo began to consider defeat before engaging in battle. On one hand, he didn't understand the nature of this world and wanted to take responsibility for those outside of himself, unless he had nine hundred and ninety thousand horses.

On the other hand, she would likely be traveling around a lot in the future, and Bai Mo had no confidence or understanding of her own parenting skills. If she delayed the child's development, it would be extremely irresponsible.

Ultimately, what this child needs is a glimmer of hope to live. Bai Mo had already seen it; she was indifferent to death, had lost the will to live, and had no reason to live. No matter how hard Bai Mo tried, it would only force her to act according to her own desires. Bai Mo hoped she could live according to her own will, but the will she showed was to seek death...

Bai Mo suddenly reached out and slapped himself, saying...

"I shouldn't keep arguing like this. Since I can't kill her, what am I hesitating for?"

Bai Mo held Sakura in his arms, and the girl fell into a deep sleep. Bai Mo looked back at the Matou Family. In his perception, there was nothing alive in the entire house, but Bai Mo knew that the old man might not be dead, but more likely had retreated into his hole to lick his wounds.

After saying that, he disappeared with Sakura, leaving behind only ruins.

*

In the wilderness, in a desolate place, several people in police uniforms were moving quickly. The barking of police dogs echoed throughout the area. Suddenly, a police dog aimed at a spot and barked.

"Found it!"

Some time later, inside a cave, numerous police officers carried out girls who had lost consciousness and were almost in a vegetative state from the cave, while not far away, several insects watched all of this from a tree.

From the sky, Bai Mo was also watching everything that was happening.

"You old codger, if you don't replenish your supplies soon, you're probably going to die."

Indeed, as Bai Mo said, Zouken Matou should have died long ago. Five hundred years is incredible enough for a person, and Bai Mo also knew Zouken's backup plan when he read minds before.

At this moment, Zouken knew very well that this was a trap, but he had no choice but to jump in. The Matou Family's insects had been dealt with, so there were other hiding places, but he needed to eat. The place in front of him was one of the granaries, but a kind-hearted person wrote a letter to the police station, which led to all of Zouken's granaries being dug up.

"There's no other way. I'll just have to lay down some insects to track these girls and then eat them one by one," Zouken thought to himself, but the next moment a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky.

What's that? Is it going to rain?

"I don't know, there was such a loud thunder!"

"That's what the officer said," the police dog said, while for some reason it lay down on the ground and whimpered.

"What's going on? Dog, what's wrong with you?"

"Look! What's that in the sky? A shooting star?"

A police officer pointed, and a beam of light descended from the sky, piercing the heavens and pointing directly at the mountainous area. The Zouken man, who was hiding in the shadows, was completely dumbfounded.

"What, what did you do?"

With a deafening roar, the Daichi within a radius of several miles was engulfed by this attack. This was no meteor, but Whale-Killing Cannon with the power of 250,000 horses. In an instant, the entire region was destroyed. As for the insects? Not even the grass and trees remained.

Wow! We're still alive!

The officers discovered that their location was completely unaffected; the ground was still grass, and no one was dead or even injured.

"A miracle! A miracle! It must be the mountain god of Fuyuki; he protected us!"

"I'll go to Ryuudou Temple to burn incense every month from now on!"

People always call things they can't understand miracles, but this is no miracle at all. Gods don't care about people's lives or deaths, and Bai Mo knows this very well. It's not easy to leave a safe place under such enormous power. If it were Bai Mo in the Greece era, he would have found it very difficult to achieve. This is part of the result of his training in the Oga Bamboo Forest.

"This is my Complete Realm."

With that thought in mind, Bai Mo finally withdrew and left. Now that Zouken had completely run out of trump cards, even if he were alive, it would be difficult for him to accomplish anything.

Bai Mo remained worried. Indeed, Zouken was now completely short of both insect reserves and food, and had become nothing more than a roadside weed. Without sufficient vitality to replenish its life force, death was only a matter of time.

But for Magecraft, the current Zouken is practically a giant experience pack. If it dies, that's fine, but if someone takes advantage of it, that's troublesome. Bai Mo doesn't want this disgusting Magecraft to continue existing in this world.

"There's no need to dwell on this anymore. What I'm worried about is a very rare scenario; it shouldn't be that bad."

*

Inside the hotel, Kariya opened his eyes and was immediately struck by the sight of his left hand. The Command Spell on it had disappeared, which sent a chill down his spine.

"What's all the fuss about? I've already removed the worms from your body. If you continue to absorb the Berserker's magic, you'll die."

Bai Mo sat in a chair, Sakura Matou lay on his lap, fast asleep.

"Sakura, what are you doing?!"

Bai Mo grabbed the hotel kettle and threw it at Kariya Matou's head. Kariya cried out in pain and fell to the ground. Bai Mo cursed, "Do you even have a brain? If I wanted to kill you, would you still be alive? Even if I wanted to harm you, you don't even have Servant right now, yet you're talking to me like that?"

After some thought, Kariya calmed down, but a great sorrow inevitably rose in his heart.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling resentful that you've failed like this?"

Upon hearing this, Kariya immediately cried out indignantly, "I've given so much, why did I fail so inexplicably? How can I accept this!"

As soon as Kariya finished speaking, Bai Mo grabbed the cardboard box next to him and threw it at him.

"Stop howling! The child is sleeping!"

Looking at Sakura sleeping on Bai Mo's lap, Kariya gritted his teeth and suppressed the pain in his heart.

Do you know anything about this child?

Bai Mo asked, Kariya raised his head and said, "How could I not know? I've been tormented by that old devil until now. It's hateful. If we had just obtained the Holy Grail, Sakura would have..."

"So what? Kariya Matou, do you think that because you've put in so much effort, victory is a given?"

Bai Mo interrupted him with her cold words, continuing, "What an incredibly foolish idea. You naively believe that victory is yours because you've sacrificed so much. You gave up long ago, but now you're coming back. Kariya Matou, whether you're an ordinary person or Magecraft, you've failed, failed to the extreme."