When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

[System prompt: Kariya Matou's heartbeat value +999]

Matou Kariya said in a daze, "Berserker, are you...Doctor?"

Minan Linhua was taken aback for a moment, she thought that what she did just now was not called surgery, it was simply forcing out the engraving worm and injecting soul (spiritual power) into him.Similar operations, when she was performing tasks in the Taisho period, she also did this to the cursed Yuya Shiki Yoya.

At most, what she did was to pull out the thorn that had stuck into the flesh, and let her get a needle by the way.If it was really going to be an operation, she would have called Yakuken Toshiro out.

So Minan Rinka asked casually: "Do you still have the rank of Doctor?"

"No..." Matou Kariya has not yet realized, "I'm talking about a simple doctor. I want to ask if you have practiced medicine before becoming a heroic spirit. I'm not talking about a professional rank..."

The spiritual power talisman was still attached to Jiantong Kariya's chest.He stood up in disbelief, waving his arms, feeling his body.

The pain was gone, and the feeling of weakness and exhaustion was gone.The gnawing pain and the hair-raising feeling of worms crawling in the blood vessels that I have been enduring all the time for the past year have also disappeared.Matou Kariya felt as if he had obtained the body of a year ago, and the painful transformation of the past year seemed to have never existed at all.

"Sakura should also have engraved worms in his body. Although there are not as many of them in my body, pulling them out will not have much impact, but please do it again for Sakura!" He remembered Matou who was still staying in the suite on the other side. Sakura yelled hastily.

***

After Minan Rinka used the same method for Matou Sakura to remove the engraving worms in her body, Matou Kariya finally breathed a sigh of relief.

During a year of torture, the imaginary number attribute in Matou Sakura's body has not been completely transformed by the engraving worm.Matou Kariya didn't know whether this was good or bad, but he no longer wanted Matou Sakura to continue to be exposed to magic.

After all, among those who play magic, most of them have dirty hearts...

Matou Sakura still doesn't understand what's going on in her body.After letting the girl rest on the soft bed, Kariya Matou walked out of the suite bedroom with Rinka Minan.

After both of them sat down on the sofa, Matou Kariya clenched his fists and spoke.

"I don't know how to use words to thank you anymore." Kariya Matou tried his best to organize his words.In less than a day, his life and Matou Sakura's life have undergone tremendous changes, until now, he still doesn't know how to deal with this turbulent mood.

If Zouken Matou could have predicted the current situation, then Zouken Matou would not have trained him to participate in this Holy Grail War.

"In the past, Zouken Matou has always told me that servants are the tools to win the Holy Grail War. What I should do is to squeeze out all the value of the servants to win, not even the last drop of blood or the last bone of the servants. Let it go. Of course, in his eyes, I am the same tool."

Kariya Matou said, "But, Berserker, you are not a tool... I can't use you as a tool either. If it were Matou Zouken, he might feel that everything the servant does for the Master is a tool. Of course, but I don't think so. You are my benefactor, Berserker."

Minan Rinka did not answer.

She helped Matou Kariya not because she was overwhelmed with the heart of the Virgin, but because Matou Kariya and Matou Sakura reminded her of herself.

Matou Sakura, like her, is a child abandoned by her biological parents.But what she met was Nakahara Chuya, and what Matou Sakura met was Matou Zouken.

If Nakahara Chuya was the one who learned about what happened to Matou Sakura, he would have tried his best to save her.

Zhong Yuanzhong was also born in a military facility, a container for Huangba to spit out his supernatural power. He could not have the same growth experience as ordinary children, but this also made him more sensitive and empathetic than ordinary people.And he also became one of Minan Rinka's role models, making her willing to do the same thing as him.

Although Matou Sakura didn't meet someone like Nakahara Chuya like Minan Rinka.But she still has Matou Kariya, someone who is willing to save her instead of her biological father.

This is something Minan Rinka does not have.Minan Rinka's father was the president of a large group. After the company went bankrupt, he was overwhelmed by responsibility and guilt, and hanged himself in his office on the top floor of the building.

Her father, like Matou Kariya, did not have the determination to save her no matter how much pain and pressure he endured.

Minan Rinhua was in a daze, when Matou Kariya spoke again.

"Berserker, you have done so much for me and Sakura, what can I do for you?" Victory in the war, then I will also be your Master and do my best to help you win!"

The victory this time is different from any previous one—Matou Kariya was once driven by Matou Zouken to run towards the Holy Grail; Running on the road of self-destruction; sometimes, he even wanted to use his victory in the Holy Grail War to prove to his childhood sweetheart that he was a better man than Tosaka Tokiomi.But never once, he worked hard under the idea of ​​"wanting to reward someone, wanting to help someone succeed".

But this time, he really wanted to help Minan Rinka win and let her realize her wish.

Minan Rinka raised her eyes, and saw Matou Kariya's resolute and sincere gaze.

Here comes the moment!Minan Rinka immediately lifted her spirits and began to rub her hands together.

With all the foreshadowing in front, this moment is what I have been waiting for!

So Minan Rinhua cleared her throat and asked, "Are you really grateful to me? No matter what I want?"

Matou Kariya nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Minan Rinhua asked again: "Actually, I have always wanted to tell you something. Since you have expressed your position like this, then I will say it?"

Matou Kariya was a little curious, but he thought that Berserker only showed up last night, and the thing he wanted to say but didn't say was just that she secretly took an ugly photo of him.

They got rid of the engraving worms and repaired his body.Don't talk about taking ugly photos, let him paint two red faces, wear a bamboo hat, put chopsticks on his nose, and perform the traditional Japanese art loach dance.

If it wasn't about taking ugly photos, it would be nothing more than Berserker finally planning to say what he wanted to make to the Holy Grail.Although the Holy Grail can only grant one wish, even if he wins, only one of the masters and servants in the group will be able to fulfill his wish, but there is no difference. He slapped his chest and vowed that he would give this opportunity to his servants.

As good as Berserker is, he certainly wouldn't wish badly for the Holy Grail!

So Matou Kariya nodded again: "Say it, I'm sure I won't be angry!"

Minan Linhua laughed: "Then I really said it?"

Matou Kariya felt that his head was a little tired: "Let's talk!"

Minan Rinka: "I'm actually not your follower. I lost your follower as soon as it appeared. You have no follower for a long time."

Matou Kariya: "???"

[System prompt: Matou Kariya's palpitation value +999]

After listening to Minan Rinka's words, Matou Kariya felt palpitations in an instant.

What follower?What's gone?What plum?

But at this time, Minan Rinhua added: "Surprised or not? Surprised or not? Hahaha..."

[System prompt: Matou Kariya's palpitation value +999]

The silver-haired man stared at Minan Rinka for a long time, and suddenly he was blessed and understood everything.

Ever since Minan Rinka appeared from the summoning formation until now, the scenes of the past half a day reappeared in front of Matou Kariya like a revolving lantern.

What about "Lancelot lost his way and ask everyone to transfer him a hundred yuan for taxi fare, there will be a big thank you afterward", what about "I don't have a mobile phone", what kind of mobile phone, what kind of "Did you give me clothes? You Just ask me where the clothes come from" Ah...

"Haven't you ever thought about what it would be like if you learned magic?", "I'm a treasure of money, only smart people can see it, idiots can't see it", "This is me. Brother, you can definitely rest assured that you can find him for your things." Ah...

One pile after another, what the hell is a routine!

[System prompt: Matou Kariya's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Matou Kariya's palpitation value +...]

Mi Nanlin earned a wave of heart palpitations in vain, and smiled happily: "Acceptance, hahaha..."

But after all, I said before that I would never be angry, so Matou Kariya held back for a long time, and finally choked out a sentence: "So what are you trying to do by pretending to be my follower? Where is my original Berserker?"

"I need to know some news related to the Holy Grail War. I can't tell you the specific reason, but I still need your cooperation." Minan Rinka said, "Your original Berserker probably came from and went back to where. ..."

[System prompt: Matou Kariya's palpitation value +999]

Matou Kariya was shocked, and forced himself to think of Minan Rinka's good fortune.If he didn't think so, he felt that he might be out of breath...

[System prompt: Matou Kariya's palpitation value +999]

Finally, Matou Kariya calmed down.

If it’s not Berserker, it’s not. In short, what Minan Rinka did for them is not fake.

After convincing himself, Matou Kariya said: "That's fine, just tell me what you need me to do."

"Okay." Minan Rinka nodded, "But before that, tonight, let's go to Sakura's biological father and explain everything we need to say to him."

After learning that Minan Rinka was going to find Matou Sakura's biological father Tosaka Tokiomi, Matou Kariya's pupils shrank slightly, and then slowly clenched his fists.

He understood what Minan Rinka meant.With such a sudden change in Matou Ying's body, it is unreasonable to completely hide it from her biological parents.Today, Matou Sakura may secretly miss her parents in her heart.

What's more, Matou Kariya also had the idea of ​​confronting Tohsaka Tokiomi in his heart.

Matou Sakura has been tortured in the worm warehouse for a year.But the strength of the engraving worms implanted in her body was not as strong as that of Matou Kariya, so Matou Kariya already looked like a haggard old man, while Matou Sakura's appearance change was not so terrible, it just became thinner visible to the naked eye.

Perhaps letting Tohsaka Tokiomi see the current Matou Sakura is not enough to make him realize the seriousness of the matter.Matou Kariya wants to let Tohsaka Tokiomi see himself who has been corrupted by bugs to such an extent—although this behavior of showing his embarrassment in front of his rival will further impact his crumbling self-esteem—and then listen to it for himself Tohsaka Tokiomi stated his feelings about sending his daughter to the devil's lair with his own hands.

Kariya Matou couldn't tell whether it was out of grief and indignation at what happened to Matou Sakura, or out of the joy of revenge that made Tohsaka Tokiomi regrettable.

Matou Kariya was silent for a while, and said: "Okay. But it's fine for the two of us to go at night, and Sakura will stay here and have a good rest."

"If her father's last words would break her heart, I'd rather she see the bastard and hear his voice."

Matou Kariya didn't know whether his judgment was right or wrong, maybe it was still a cowardly selfish mistake that could only satisfy himself, but he still made up his mind.

If Tohsaka Tokiomi admits his mistakes and is willing to make up for the harm he caused Matou Sakura for the rest of his life, and Matou Sakura also wants to return to his biological parents, then he will bring Matou Sakura back to Tohsaka home, let their family reunite, and leave silently;

But if Tohsaka Tokiomi had no intention of repenting, then Matou Kariya would never return Matou Sakura.Matou Sakura has been adopted to the Tohsaka family, and has nothing to do with the Tohsaka family.In the days to come, he will take Matou Sakura away from all the magicians, and take on the responsibility of a father to raise her up so that she can have a happy life.

Minan Rinhua nodded: "Then it's settled."

***

Before nightfall, Matou Kariya stayed in the hotel suite to rest.Although he felt that he didn't need to rest at all, the spiritual power given to him by Minan Rinka made him energetic, and he even wanted to regain his fitness habits before being implanted with engraving worms, and went to the hotel gym to lift a wave of iron...

Minan Rinka slept in another bedroom of the suite.

Nor is it because of the consumption of spiritual power—when she first got the palpitation value exchange system, Minan Rinka was still an ordinary person, unable to generate spiritual power from her own body, and could only use numerical values ​​to exchange ready-made spiritual power in the system.But since she started exchanging for the special type of spiritual power talents through the system level by level, in order to expand the output of spiritual power, she is used to draining the spiritual power in her body every night and sealing it in the spiritual power talisman.

Sleeping purely because she was sleepy.After all, she hasn't closed her eyes for more than a day since she got up to go to school the morning before, went to the beach with Chuya Nakahara after school, returned to Honmaru to pick up tasks, and went to Fuyuki City to pretend to be a heroic spirit.

While lying on the bed in the suite bedroom, Minan Rinka had a dream.

In the dream, she suddenly turned back to the little girl who was abandoned by her parents and lived on the street when she was seven or eight years old, curled up on the streets of Yokohama in the night.

Then, she met Nakahara Chuya.He gave her his dinner, and carried her back to the base of "Sheep" on Radium Bowl Street. The other members of "Sheep" did not welcome Minan Rinka, thinking that she would become a burden to the organization, but Nakahara Nakaya, who was only 15 years old at the time, always took her by his side and took care of her like his own sister.

Later, Minan Rinka suddenly heard a cold mechanical sound in her mind.That voice calls itself the "heartbeat value exchange system", which allows her to exchange all kinds of things that are difficult to exist in real life.While exploring the heartbeat value exchange system, she was suddenly taken away from Radium Bowl Street by a mysterious force and brought to a beautiful Honmaru.

At that time, the Government of Time was extremely short of God-inspectors who could command Honmaru, so the lower age limit for selecting God-inspectors was lowered.Perhaps because the spiritual power emitted by the heartbeat value exchange system was detected by the government of time, she was also selected by the government of time.

After much hesitation, Minan Rinka signed an employment contract with the Toki Government.With Honmaru, she can become stronger, and she no longer needs to hide under Chuya Nakahara's wings and leave everything to him.But after Honmaru finally formed a team of swordsmen and temporarily stabilized, Minan Rinka returned to Yokohama, but got the news that Nakahara had been murdered by the rebellious "sheep" members.

The next dream is blood, fists.She takes revenge on all the "sheep" who betrayed her, and returns to Honmaru alone.

Several years passed after that.Because of a certain opportunity, Minan Rinka learned that Nakahara Chuya did not die back then, but became a cadre of the port mafia he had originally despised.

In a huge crisis that almost destroyed Yokohama, she and Nakahara met again.After that, he went to her Honmaru to "exchange study" for a period of time, and went to the Taisho period with her to complete the Honmaru upgrade task of the Government of Time, so that the entire Honmaru was upgraded to S rank.

After that, Zhong Yuan also gave her a little orange cat.When she hugged the little orange cat in her arms in surprise, Zhongya Nakahara reached out and stroked her hair.

"Rinhua." In the dream, Nakahara Chuya's voice seemed a little vague, "As long as you like it, I hope it can stay with you for a long time. After all, I can't stay by your side all the time."

"I...wasn't your real brother from the beginning."

……

The setting sun outside the window dyed the room rusty red, and the clouds rolled and flowed in the sky, slowly engulfing the setting sun in the west.

Minan Rinhua sat up from the bed, raised her hand to touch her cheek in a daze, then looked down at her palm.

"what……?"

***

Not only did she have a dream of recalling the past, but she also found herself crying after waking up. Minan Rinka felt very ashamed.

Why dream about the past?Minan Rinka thought about it, thinking that it was because Matou Sakura reminded her of herself who was saved by Nakahara Chuya before; and at the end of the dream, what he said to her after giving away the cat, Minan Rinka felt that It was some kind of inexplicable sense of crisis.

The same is true when you think about it carefully.After all, "I was never your brother" was what Zhongyuan Zhongya said to her after the reunion.And he also has his own life to live and his own network of relationships, so it is impossible for him to stay with her without blood ties all the time.

After all, when she was not around, he also completed the gorgeous turn from "King of Sheep" to one of the five major cadres of the port mafia.This is enough to prove that even without her Xiao Hua, Zhong Yuan Zhong can live well.

And some time ago, Zhongyuan Zhong didn't come to Honmaru to see the cat very much, and seemed to be avoiding her for no reason.The two met only twice, once at the Yokohama Central Hospital when the virus supernatural being incident occurred, and once at Nozaki Umetaro's house by mistake.

It appears that the process of alienation has already begun.

Minan Rinka sighed.

At that time, there must be less and less contact between the two, and they will not see each other very much. Later, they will only send congratulatory emails during festivals, and write postcards during Chinese New Year to wish each other New Year and so on.After Zhongyuan Zhongye married a wife and had children, and spent all the money on supporting the family, she didn't know if she would get the New Year's red envelope...

Xiaohua thought melancholy, maybe Nakahara would still ask her to borrow money to turn around. After all, his credit card seems to be stolen by Dazai from time to time...

Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.

If you want to say that you are unhappy because of money, you are not.Minan Rinka knew that she valued money very much, after all, she had lived a life of homelessness before.But if it was Zhongya Zhongyuan, she would give it as much money as she wanted without saying a word.

The reason why he is so unhappy should be because... the importance of himself in his heart is gradually weakening.

Minan Rinka simply took a shower in the bathroom attached to the bedroom.By the time she finished her bath, it was almost dark.As soon as she left the bedroom, she saw Jian Tong Yanye leading Jian Tong Ying, one big and one small sitting on the sofa in the living room, waiting for her with the hotel menu in their hands.

"I was so busy at noon that I didn't eat anything, so let the hotel deliver dinner directly." Kariya Matou handed the menu to Minan Rinka, "Sakura and I have chosen the dishes we want to eat, you come too Order some."

"Okay." Minan Rinka took the menu and glanced at it.

A set of French dishes, from appetizers to desserts - this must have been ordered by Kariya Matou.It is estimated that his body has recovered now, and his appetite is good;

The children's set meal specially provided by the hotel, mainly based on seasonal fish - this must have been chosen by Matou Kariya for Matou Sakura.

Minan Rinka ordered a set meal similar to that of Matou Kariya, and then picked a bunch of dessert cakes, fruit boats, ice cream and so on.

After seeing what she ordered, Matou Kariya was a little surprised: "You eat all of these? Can you eat it?"

Minan Rinka was silent for a moment: "It's not for me, it's for Sakura. Do you think it's interesting to order that small set meal?"

"Oh." Matou Kariya was right when he thought about it, he had never really raised a child, and he didn't know what the child liked, "If you order these, will Sakura like it?"

"Of course. When I was very poor when I was a child, I was very greedy for this kind of food." Minan Rinka nodded, "It was really poor at that time, and I had to fight with other organizations for any resources I needed. I don't have the nerve to say I'm hungry."

Matou Kariya was a little stunned.It was the first time he heard Minan Rinka mention his past.She had been pretending to be a heroic spirit before...

Minan Rinka is so strong, but why did she have such a hard life when she was a child...

Anyway, now that he has money, Matou Kariya simply doubled the desserts and fruits that Minan Rinka ordered: "It doesn't matter if you can't eat it, I will treat you to it. Anyway, I am rich now, don't you say That famous painting and sculpture can sell for 300 to [-] billion?"

Minan Rin was happy.Matou Kariya is rich now, but she Honmaru is richer than him.The food in the hotel is delicious, but Honmaru Candlestick Kiri Mitsutada's craftsmanship is better.But she didn't say these things, let alone reject Kariya Matou's kindness.

What more can I say, eat?So at dinner, Minan Rinka let go and ate a small cake.Matou Sakura hasn't eaten these normal and delicious foods for a year, and by the end of the meal, her face was covered with white cream.

Matou Kariya coaxes Matou Ying to sleep in advance.While lying on the bed, Matou Sakura asked softly, "Uncle Kariya, can I still eat the fruit boat tomorrow?"

"Of course!" Matou Kariya nodded hastily.According to the arrangement, it is estimated that they will at least stay in the hotel until the end of the Holy Grail War.

"What about the day after tomorrow?" In the darkness, Matou Sakura stared at Matou Kariya's expression and asked, trying to read his attitude from his face.

Matou Kariya understood.

"Sakura, as long as you want, you can eat these delicious foods every day." He whispered, "Relax and sleep."

After being assured, Matou Sakura slowly closed her eyes.

After Matou Sakura fell asleep, Matou Kariya walked out of the bedroom and saw Minan Rinka setting up several detection magic circles in the hotel room.

This is one of the most basic magic arrays. Several simple small arrays are connected to each other to monitor the entire suite of the hotel.Once someone enters the detection range, the magic circle will send an alarm to the circle painter.

Because these magic circles can do nothing but transmit the alarm, it is often too late when the magician receives the alarm and rushes back.So they are rarely used in practice.But Minan Rinka is different, as soon as the alarm goes off, she can be teleported directly...

Although it was only the most basic magic circle, Matou Kariya felt palpitations again.Minan Rinka only started to touch the magic circle this morning...

[System prompt: Matou Kariya's palpitation value +200]

Minan Rinka arranged the last small formation.A burst of invisible spiritual power was seen circulating in the suite, connecting several small magic circles, and the suite was already under her surveillance.

"Ready." Minan Rinhua clapped her hands, "Let's go!"