The premise is that it can truly protect the safety of one's master's life afterward.

After pondering for a moment, Huangfu Weilai decided to put this idea last. After all, he only needed to make a deal with the Second Prince. Waver, who had not yet undergone the final transformation, was just a stubborn magician.

The trade doesn't necessarily have to be with Iskandar; a direct trade with Webber would also work. At least Huangfu Future believes he can offer something that will appeal to Webber.

Iskandar's army was indeed powerful, but if Huangfu Weilai had sufficient magic power, she would definitely have a chance to decapitate the enemy with the army-level Noble Phantasm 'Gaia Reactor,' especially since Huangfu Weilai could fly.

“Berserker…” a small voice called out, and that familiar little figure appeared.

"I am here, Master. 99"

In a certain elementary school, Rin Tohsaka, who was studying, looked at the empty desk next to her. This was the seat of her deskmate and best friend, Kotone.

The sound of the piano…

Rin Tohsaka was somewhat dazed, thinking about her best friend, then about what her father had said: since the Holy Grail War began, they had to leave Fuyuki City. But then she thought about her mother's hurried departure and her sorrowful return earlier that day.

She was certain that her mother had returned to Fuyuki City.

Thinking that her mother could go back, she thought that so could she. Moreover, she had lost contact with her best friend, and recalling the recent child abductions and the classmate who was already in the grave, Rin Tohsaka couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

Aversion to cold.

I absolutely, absolutely must find the sound of the piano!

So, after what seemed like an eternity, school finally ended.

Rin Tohsaka glanced at the sky; night was gradually falling.

"You have to hurry up."

Immediately afterwards, Rin Tohsaka took the train alone, intending to return to Fuyuki City. She made no attempt to tell her mother about it, probably because she didn't want her to worry, or perhaps she knew her mother would absolutely not agree to her going back.

“This place…” Rin Tohsaka looked around with a hint of fear, “Fuyuki City at night… is completely different from the daytime.”

Rin Tohsaka forcibly suppressed her fear and took out the birthday present her father had given her.

It was a pocket watch, not a pocket watch for telling time, but a tool that used the shape of a pocket watch to monitor magic.

Its function is to observe the amount of magical energy in the surrounding area. This is fine for observing ordinary magicians, but if applied to Servants, it will cause signs of overload and chaos. Even traces of magical energy left by Servants will be affected.

This pocket watch-shaped prop has an effect.

"This..." Rin Tohsaka opened her mouth in surprise, "Why are there so many traces of magic...?"

In her observation, the magic power of this pocket watch was at a very high level, which meant that the residual magical fluctuations were strong.

"Tsk...we need to find the sound of the zither quickly."

This scene did not frighten Rin Tohsaka; instead, it further fueled her determination to find her friend!

It has to be said, as expected of Rin Tohsaka, possessing such a mindset even as a child is truly extraordinary!

Rin Tohsaka, holding her pocket watch, kept running while observing the concentration of magic power, recalling the places her friend had been frequenting recently.

However, she quickly stopped, not only because she was young and lacked strength, but also because she detected a magical fluctuation coming from her pocket watch.

Unlike the traces of magic previously detected, this is a living person with magic.

Soon, Rin Tohsaka walked into a small alley and, taking advantage of her short stature, hid behind a towering telephone pole, carefully waiting for the arrival of the magic user.

Soon, a series of light footsteps approached, making Rin Tohsaka even more vigilant.

Then, one after another, the figures of children appeared, their eyes vacant and their gazes blank, as if they were sleepwalking.

Not seeing the figure she wanted, Rin Tohsaka gritted her teeth and looked at the pocket watch again. This time, the pocket watch spun faster, clearly indicating that someone was performing magic.

Rin Tohsaka couldn't help but point her pocket watch at the children who seemed to be hypnotized.

Instantly, the hands of the pocket watch, which displayed the magical fluctuations, pointed even more clearly in the direction of the children.

Rin Tohsaka looked closely and saw that the children who were walking numbly seemed to have something wrong with their heads, as if something was controlling them, with a noticeable mark protruding.

But Rin Tohsaka didn't care about all that. She just felt that she had found the right team. As long as she followed this group, she would definitely be able to find her friend Kotone.

So, Rin Tohsaka cautiously followed.

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Chapter Twenty-Four: The Old Insect's Trail

It was another moonlit night, and Huangfu Weilai was strolling along the road with her Master.

I said I was just browsing, but actually I was hoping to find some trace of the old bugs that had been hiding for a long time.

However, they couldn't find it, and Huangfu Weilai could only conclude that the old bug had already run away. Now, he could only think about how to handle the situation.

The thought of having to provide her little master with a certain degree of self-protection, and also having to arrange for a certain real man to act as a nanny, made Huangfu Weilai feel a headache coming on.

Simply granting self-defense capabilities is something Huangfu Future can create himself, just like the spatial artifact he personally crafted when he was a Sage Beast. Servants, on the other hand, are only limited by their class...

Being able to use certain abilities does not mean that one has no memories of past experiences.

With the memories and the materials prepared, Huangfu Future is confident that she can make a low-quality version of the spatial artifact. Combined with Matou Sakura's already excellent Imaginary Number talent, a low-end version of Kamui is not out of the question.

But the difficulty lies in how to treat Matou Kariya.

As a competent nanny, although she can't be as skilled in housekeeping as Shirou Emiya, she at least has the heart to protect Sakura Matou from harm. But his lifespan is currently...

This is difficult...

Huangfu Weilai couldn't help but sigh inwardly, wishing he also had a skill similar to a bounded field.

Putting everything else aside, once we catch that old bug, we tie him up immediately and then beat him to death.

"It's a pity I don't have it," Huangfu Weilai was so certain of.

Firstly, he didn't know these Type-Moon magic tricks, and secondly, he didn't have any particularly deep impressions of anything that he had recorded, not even the mental space.

At this point, Huangfu Future really wanted to complain. It was supposed to be a Reality Marble that only magicians, or even great magicians, could possess. How come now almost every class can have it?

Think of Saber's Nero, Archer's Red Archer, and Rider's Emperor; these are basically not things a normal magician could possess.

The thought of Huangfu Weilai made my liver ache. If I had this barrier, would that old bug still be able to escape?

Just as she was pondering this dilemma, her Master, whose hand she was holding, suddenly stopped, and Huangfu Future stopped as well.

"Master?" Huangfu Weilai asked in confusion, but when he followed his master's gaze, he immediately understood.

“...Sister.” The small voice rang out.

That's right, the figure hiding in front of you is none other than Sakura Matou's biological older sister, Rin Tohsaka.

At this moment, her appearance was somewhat comical. She was sticking out her buttocks, hiding something, then tiptoeing out lightly, and then hiding again.

Anyone who didn't know better would think this was the elderly father stalking his wife's cheating father...

Huangfu Future's vision far surpassed that of Tohsaka Rin, and she immediately saw the target she was following, even noticing something amiss with the abducted children.

"What should we do? Should we follow them?"

Huangfu Future turned her head and looked at Matou Sakura, asking her a question.

"..."

Sakura Matou hesitated. It would be a lie to say that she had no feelings for her older sister, otherwise she wouldn't have kept the gift her sister gave her with her at all times.

Yes, it's that headband on her head, it's still tied to the side of her hair.

"She might die if we don't help her."

Huangfu Weilai stated calmly, after all, the original story's trajectory had changed. Originally, Matou Kariya came to save her, but now… Matou Kariya was still retired in the Matou family. Without his help, Tohsaka Rin might not have survived.

It's the fifth Holy Grail War.

In order not to make Matou Sakura regret it, Huangfu Mirai took the initiative to bring it up.

"Then help her!"

As expected, when it comes to her older sister, Matou Sakura still can't be heartless.

"let's go."

Huangfu Weilai chuckled softly, picked up Matou Sakura, concealed her presence, and quietly followed behind Tohsaka Rin. It has to be said, her movement speed was truly slow...

Soon, Rin Tohsaka was wandering around with the pocket watch that had pointed her to the direct route to hell, until she came to a secluded staircase leading underground.

So, Rin Tohsaka slowly walked down the stairs. She finally arrived at the main gate and carefully opened it to enter.

Before this, her unreliable pocket watch had even exploded once due to contact with a magical barrier, further enhancing her reputation for being unreliable.

"Hey kid, are you really that thick-skinned or daring?" Huangfu Weilai, who had been following behind, couldn't help but complain. Seeing him in the video and seeing him in real life were completely different things.

"Hmm?" Huangfu Weilai felt his sleeve being tugged and couldn't help but look at the little girl in his arms.

Seeing her point towards the gate, Huangfu Wei nodded knowingly. How fitting! She even knows not to speak…

Huangfu Weilai is infiltrating~

"The sound of the zither, the sound of the zither—!"

At this moment, Rin Tohsaka, who had already entered, hugged her friend and looked at her lifeless eyes, unable to help but call out.

Unfortunately, under the spell, she remained completely unresponsive, like a puppet.

"Oh dear, it seems we have some guests!"

A hoarse voice came, accompanied by the buzzing of insects.

"What an unexpected surprise! I had just temporarily lost a high-quality body, but now I've been given a brand new one. It seems my luck has finally turned around for once."

Countless insects began to swarm and form the shape of an old man.

"You, you are—"

Rin Tohsaka's voice was filled with fear as she trembled and pointed her pocket watch at the gaunt old man. Instantly, as if a meter had exploded, the hands on the pocket watch moved erratically and finally cracked open with a clear mark.

Seeing the tool her father gave her turn into this state, Rin Tohsaka's fear intensified. After all, she was just a child. Even if she had a good temperament, she still lacked a well-developed mind.

"Tohsaka Tokiomi's bloodline is truly excellent; both of his daughters are so outstanding. I am truly envious!" The old insect exclaimed with admiration before answering Tohsaka Rin's question.

"I am the head of the Matou family, Matou Zouken."

"Hehe, child, accompany your sister to receive my transformation, and you'll become even better in a while."

A sinister laugh echoed, like that of a strange uncle about to do something bad.

To be honest, it's the same for Rin Tohsaka. If she were to actually enter the Bug Pit, it would definitely cause unimaginable trauma to her mind.

Countless insects swarmed in, creating a buzzing sound in the air that was enough to make anyone who saw it shudder. Let alone young Rin Tohsaka.

Suddenly, her leg trembled, and she perfectly assumed a duck-like sitting position, clearly terrified.

When Rin Tohsaka was being devoured by the insects, Huangfu Mirai intervened, because she had a good younger sister, and more importantly, because Huangfu Mirai had an extraordinary obsession with Zouken Matou's life and death.

“What good luck…”

A burst of black flames engulfed all the invading insects, and a dark figure appeared behind Rin Tohsaka.

"It was just a casual operation, but I never expected to catch such a big fish." Huangfu Weilai revealed a sinister smile. "Are you ready, Matou Zouken—99"

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Chapter Twenty-Five: The Appearance of the Great Sea Demon

Huangfu Weilai sneaked into this place and coldly observed it.

At this moment, most of the abducted children were already dead, their blood dried up, and their corpses were arranged in strange ways, clearly indicating an evil formation meant to summon something.

Rin Tohsaka's friend Kotone was lucky; she seemed to have been captured relatively early and hadn't yet made any sacrificial gestures.

But none of that mattered. Huangfu Weilai looked closely and saw on the other side the corpse of an adult man, with dried blood and even an arm that had been cut off.

However, Huangfu Weilai still recognized him as the sunny boy, Yusheng Longzhi, by his orange hair. She even noticed that the children who had just been abducted all had a bug crawling on their heads, clearly indicating they were being controlled.

The truth.

Without a doubt, the old bug not only did not leave Fuyuki City, but also participated in this Holy Grail War under the identity of Caster Master.

Seeing Matou Sakura's exclamation and the insects about to attack Tohsaka Rin, Huangfu Mirai did not hesitate and made a fierce move.

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