Tears filled the boy's eyes at an extremely fast speed. Like a clear spring gushing out, the boy's mouth was tightly stuffed with a towel. He tried his best to control himself from making a sound, but in the end, he was betrayed by his uncontrollable trembling body.

His calf muscles contracted and spasmed under the control of his nervous system.

The rubber soles of his shoes rubbed against the smooth wooden floor and made a sharp noise, like thunder exploding in the boy's ears.

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Passage Of One Party slowly flattened the corner of his mouth. The excitement that made his blood boil disappeared as quickly as it came. After the enemy that made him want to kill stopped breathing, it cooled down in a breath's time. He put his hand behind his head and scratched his soft white hair. His cold red eyes turned and glanced indifferently at the corner where the sound of breathing suddenly stopped.

Before the boy suffocated from fear, Passage Of One Party sighed and returned to his usual listless expression. Before anyone provoked his sensitive bloodthirsty nerves, even if he was the strongest person in Academy City, Passage Of One Party, who had the ability to easily destroy a city, he looked just like an ordinary boy with a cold expression.

"Hey, Xiaogui."

Accelerator said casually. Then, as expected, the silhouette began to tremble even more violently.

Passage Of One Party clicked his tongue and closed his mouth. He walked toward the Xiaogui without a word.

When he passed by the other two corpses in the room, he deliberately looked at them. It was a man and a woman. Combined with the only survivor, the Xiaogui, it was easy to imagine that they were a family of three.

His so-called "master" really had a bad taste.

This thought flashed through Passage Of One Party's mind.

If one only saw how he killed his current master right after he was summoned, one might think that he was filled with righteous indignation and was dissatisfied with his master's moral character, which was worse than a stinking ditch.

But in fact, Passage Of One Party didn't have much thoughts about Yusheng Long Zhijie's behavior.

In other words, in Passage Of One Party's eyes, what he did was a hundred times more despicable than Yusheng Long Zhijie. He didn't have the right to stand on the side of justice and pretentiously criticize others.

Killing Yusheng Long Zhijie was only because an annoying bug happened to crawl on the way, and he just happened to have the ability to crush it.

That was all.

Accelerator squatted down and swiftly tore off the tape that bound the boy's hands and feet. He opened his mouth to speak to the boy who was clearly stunned by the development that was completely different from what he expected.

He tried a few times, but because he couldn't say anything nice no matter what, Accelerator finally frowned and put on the evil face he was best at. He said, "Brat, don't be stupid.

Get out of here! "

"Woo!"

The tears on his face had not yet dried, but he was scared to tears again. The boy supported his legs that were still faintly trembling as he stumbled and crawled out of this place that used to be his home, but now could only be called hell.

Passage Of One Party stood up and felt that the "magic power" that had just formed a circuit in his body was suddenly broken and quickly dissipated. Even though he knew that this was what he relied on to survive in the modern world, he didn't care much and even faintly felt relieved.

Even though he was now just a clone of his main body that was made of magic power and projected into the real world, he, who had all his memories, had always accepted the idea that the world of Academy City was scientific. He was still somewhat unaccustomed to the world of magic.

But even if he felt uncomfortable, he couldn't just let the magic power continue to dissipate.

Passage Of One Party didn't wait for the magic power to dissipate too much. He calculated the formula and sealed the remaining magic power in his body.

Going through the information that was forced into his mind, Passage Of One Party was stunned for a moment and muttered to himself, "The Cup of Miracles that can fulfill all wishes. If this is the [Artifact] that Yuuko Ichihara mentioned …"

The white-haired boy's red eyes were quietly burning with a fire that was determined to get it. He curled his lips into a bloodthirsty smile. The boy who grew up in a twisted environment where human lives were treated like dust, even if he wanted to repay the kindness he met, he would only use the most terrifying and cruel means that he was best at.

"… Don't worry, I will definitely get it for you."

"You have to stay where you are and wait for me obediently. Don't run around. This is the last thing I'll do."

The skinny boy didn't stay any longer. He stepped out of the room that didn't have a trace of light, leaving all kinds of bloody horror behind.

。

In the church where the door was closed and the curtain was tightly covered with a layer of ominous darkness, a priest dressed in dark clothes clenched his fists in front of his chest. His palm was gently pressed against the ironed silver cross. His head was slightly lowered, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was praying devoutly.

Behind the priest, the shadow that was thicker than the abyss moved slightly, and a ghostly figure quietly appeared.

"Master," it was a surprisingly hoarse voice like that of an old man. The black-clothed ghost, who was obviously as strong as a young man, respectfully reported, "Caster group infighting, the master is confirmed dead, and has lost the qualification to participate in the battle."

"Is that so?"

The black-clothed priest who was called master slowly opened his eyes. His expression was faint, and his tone was flat.

Yanfeng Qili was stunned for a moment. He was surprised by his own calmness. After a slight pause, he opened his mouth as if nothing had happened. He seemed to realize that his tone was a bit too flat. In the next sentence, his tone suddenly fluctuated, and his emotions were with "due" excitement.

"That's great. One of Teacher's competitors self-destructed so easily."

Yanfeng Qili's mouth was raised, and his tone was pleasantly surprised. At first glance, no one would doubt that this man who showed a happy face was not a loyal student who was sincerely happy for his teacher's chances of winning.

However, that pair of deep, lifeless eyes were completely different from the expression on his face. There wasn't a trace of joy in them.

Of course, Yan Feng Qili knew that he should be happy for his teacher at this time, and he did show it. However, contrary to his wishes, he only felt that his chest was empty. Only the strong wind whistled in the emptiness, sweeping away the remaining warmth. His heart tightened because of the bone-chilling coldness, and even brought a bitter pain that made his tongue taste bitter.

And this feeling that could not be called joy was actually because he heard the news that his teacher was one step closer to the Origin of Magic that he had been pursuing all his life. It was actually because he thought of his teacher's ecstatic state after achieving his goal. He actually felt pain because of the distant happiness that his teacher had that still existed only in his imagination.

Yanfeng Qili subconsciously ignored the twisted malice in his heart, looked at the suffering Jesus in front of him, and muttered to himself, "But in this way, if something unexpected happens, the original plan needs to be modified."

“Assassin。”

"Yes, master."

"Tonight's plan is as usual … But before that, I need to 'recover' the master of the Caster Group. If it causes panic among the ordinary people, it will not be easy to clean up." Yanfeng Qili listened to the clear, firm and hypocritical words coming out of his mouth.

Perhaps part of the reason was to perform the church's duty, to eliminate the traces of magic on the scene, and to not let the magic world be exposed to the eyes of ordinary people, but the main purpose was to recover the remaining spells in the hands of the dead master, and to add a bargaining chip for his teacher's victory.

But this action was not in the plan that he had discussed with his teacher, so he must report to his teacher first.

However, in addition to this natural thought, there was a trace of malice that came out of nowhere, and it was whispering in his ears.

[Don't you want to see the teacher's expression that has always been serious, as if victory is in his grasp. When he knows that he was betrayed by his most trusted disciple, how will his anger and shock be distorted?]

No, all his actions were to help his teacher achieve his wish.

"Yes, master."

Assassin respectfully bowed her head, and then asked in a hoarse voice that made people uncomfortable, "Master, do you want to tell the Archer Group that the plan has changed?"

"… No need.

It's just a small matter. Teacher is already very busy, don't bother him. "

Yanfeng Qili murmured, as if he was explaining to Assassin, but also as if he was convincing himself.

"I know, master." Assassin replied without hesitation.

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On the other side, Accelerator was sitting in a noisy and turbid internet café, casually opening the dark web that never appeared under the light of day in this bustling internet café that had no privacy to speak of. He didn't care that the last layer of cloth covering the Inner World had been turned into a transparent plastic film that everyone could see.

[… Who participated in this year's Holy Grail War?]

[Hey, customer, I can't answer this question.

The Holy Grail War has just begun after sixty years, and even the master was selected not long ago.]

[… Is the most famous information dealer in the Inner World only capable of this?

You don't know any of them?]

[As long as I can't buy information here, I can't buy it anywhere else.

But it's not that I don't know any of the master candidates in the Holy Grail War. The Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City was actually planned by the Einzbellen family, the Yuanzaka family, and the Macri family, which is the Matsuri family. As the planners of the Holy Grail War, these three families will definitely not miss this grand event, but I can't be sure which member of the three families will participate in it.]

[That's enough, name your price.]

[No need, really, this kind of information can be obtained by anyone with a little bit of connections. It doesn't reflect my value at all.

It's frustrating that I can't satisfy the customer.

If I still want to charge, my reputation will be ruined.]

Passage Of One Party no longer paid attention to what the information dealer said. He narrowed his red eyes slightly, looked at the names of the three families, "Einzbellen family", "Yuanzaka family", and "Macri family", and chewed these words back and forth between his teeth.

Under the dim light of the computer screen, a chilling smile slowly appeared on his sickly face.