"Eh?" Emiya and Rin Tohsaka, who were still fighting Cú Chulainn downstairs, saw Yu Feng leaving in a hurry.
Rin was somewhat dazed, failing to understand why Yu Feng was going anywhere when she was still right here.
"Hey, hey! Wait! Where the hell are you going?!" Rin called out a few times.
But Yu Feng showed no intention of stopping his steps, simply leaving behind a single sentence: "Come to the Matou family after you settle things here."
Hearing this, Rin quickly thought that something must have happened to Sakura Matou or Shinji Matou, otherwise Yu Feng wouldn't have been in such a rush.
"Archer!" Rin urged.
Meanwhile, Emiya was currently locked in a fierce, entangled battle with Cú Chulainn where neither could do a thing to the other. Cú Chulainn had smashed the Moxie Sword projected in Emiya's hand several times, but Emiya always managed to project identical swords in time, plunging their battle into a stalemate.
Cú Chulainn watched the departing Yu Feng and the anxious-looking Rin, then suddenly stopped his attack.
"What?" Seeing his opponent halt his attack, Emiya stopped as well.
Cú Chulainn glanced in the direction where Yu Feng had left: "It looks like you guys are in a big hurry, so our fight can wait until later. After all, my Master only called me out to gather information anyway, and seeing you guys was purely an itch I couldn't help scratching."
Rin glanced at Cú Chulainn and nodded slightly toward Emiya. Before leaving, Rin dropped a parting remark for Cú Chulainn.
"Your previous Master is with me."
When Rin said that, Cú Chulainn's expression visibly shifted slightly, making it clear how displeased he was about the matter.
Still, Cú Chulainn watched the direction of Rin's departure and suddenly flashed a grin: "Hmph, consider me in your debt."
Yu Feng rapidly shuttled through the buildings. As soon as he realized the situation, he had sent Mordred ahead to the Matou Estate. Mordred's speed was much faster than Yu Feng's, which was why he had her go on ahead, and besides, Mordred would be able to handle whatever might happen.
At the Matou Estate, night had already fallen. The already gloomy Matou Estate looked even more sinister by night, earning it the right to be called a haunted house.
Inside the Matou Estate, Shinji Matou collapsed weakly in a corner, while beside him was Sakura Matou, shielding him, and not far away lay a battered and bruised Kariya Matou.
Right now, Kariya was watching Zouken Matou with vigilant eyes: "Doesn't your conscience hurt at all, you monster?"
Hearing this, Zouken emitted a sinister laugh, a laugh so horrific that it hardly sounded human.
"Conscience? I discarded that who knows how long ago. Kariya, step aside. As long as you step aside and hand Sakura over to me, I can still consider sparing your life and Shinji's. After all, you're all my descendants."
Faced with Zouken's hypocritical act, Kariya didn't retreat a single step, instead saying with bitter hatred: "I should have had him kill you back then!"
Zouken laughed heartily instead: "So what? Kariya, there's no such thing as regret medicine in this world. Right now, you are merely clinging to life because of that sword, and you can't stop me!"
"Then I won't retreat a single step either! I will absolutely not hand Sakura over to you!"
As Kariya spoke, a sword instantly materialized in his hand, though the blade seemed utterly incapable of unleashing its full power in Kariya's grasp.
Zouken let out a disdainful, cold snort, and countless Crest Worms immediately emerged from every corner of the room, surging toward Kariya.
Kariya fiercely swung the sword, and a silvery-white blade aura swept outward in all directions, turning a portion of the Crest Worms to ashes under the strike.
Yet merely swinging the sword caused Kariya's complexion to turn far paler and weaker.
Clearly, Kariya was currently unable to use the sword for long.
"Kariya, give up. You can't hold out much longer in your state. Why bother? Heh-heh~"
Zouken spoke as countless more Crest Worms swarmed forward. It was obvious Zouken intended to wear Kariya down to death.
"A guy like you will never understand! Living in darkness every day, you will never understand this kind of feeling!" Kariya swung the sword in his hand once more. The power was much weaker than the previous strike, but it was still enough to keep some of the Crest Worms at bay.
Zouken paused slightly, and in that instant, a few familiar yet unfamiliar fragments flashed through his mind.
"What... was that vision?"
"Agh, cough..." After finishing the swing, Kariya finally couldn't hold it back, coughing up a large mouthful of blood violently.
"Uncle Kariya!" Sakura, not far behind, couldn't help crying out, her face etched with complete agony.
"Heh-heh, finally couldn't take it anymore?" Zouken snapped back to reality, looking at Kariya's even paler face as a smile crept onto the corners of his mouth.
Only, that smile looked terrifying no matter how one looked at it.
"Tch, you really are an annoying old man, disgusting bugs, foul aura."
Right at that moment, a voice rang out, followed by a figure storming into the Matou Estate.
It was Mordred!
Mordred violently swept the Sword of Brilliant King in her hand across the surroundings, instantly obliterating every single Crest Worm that had gotten close.
"I'm not too late, am I?" Mordred pulled off her helmet and glanced back.
Kariya stared in astonishment at the scene, but quickly snapped to his senses: "Al—cough, cough, though I don't know... cough, who you are, still... thank you."
"Tch, you're a sickly wreck, just rest properly and stop being an eyesore, hm?"
Mordred suddenly caught sight of the sword in Kariya's hand.
"Is that? The Sword of the Holy Knight? You're a pretty interesting guy, actually having that fellow's sword."
"He reacts pretty fast. Well, I suppose we'll call it a day then. See you next time."
Realizing the situation was turning south, Zouken instantly entertained thoughts of retreat as countless Crest Worms once again enveloped his entire body.
"Huh? Trying to run?" Mordred swung the Sword of Brilliant King at Zouken, but it proved completely ineffective; the Sword of Brilliant King passed straight through Zouken's body.
"Useless, heh-heh~"
Just as Zouken hadn't even finished speaking, a silvery-white beam of light pierced right through his body.
"Argh!!"
The Crest Worms wrapping around Zouken rapidly scattered in all directions, and Zouken vanished from sight.
Nearly a thousand meters away, perched atop a rooftop, Yu Feng put away the Knight's Judgment Bow in his hand.
"Hmph, damned old worm."
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