“You broke the bracelet Lord Bluebeard gave me and caused me all this trouble.
Although I don’t like damaging the integrity of my materials before creating art, naughty children still need to be taught a lesson.
Hmm… since you’re so good at running and jumping around, how about I cut the tendons in your hands and feet first?”
With sea demons in front of her and a deranged kidnapper-murderer spouting twisted words behind her, Rin Tohsaka found herself trapped in a desperate situation.
Fear had inevitably appeared on her young face, but she still protected the girl from her class as they retreated toward the side of the bar.
However, there was only a corner there.
Behind it was a wall.
There was nowhere left to run.
“Be a good girl this time, and don’t resist me again.
Otherwise, I’ll slice your belly open.”
The children had already hidden to the side.
No one dared to stand in Ryuunosuke Uryuu’s way.
But right after he finished saying those words to Rin Tohsaka—
Bang!
The sea demon at the entrance suddenly exploded.
A small figure descended from above, using the force of the fall to stomp the sea demon to death.
Purple blood and severed tentacles splattered directly onto Ryuunosuke Uryuu’s face as he stood near the doorway.
“Are you trying to hurt my friend?”
Broly was still holding a paper box of takoyaki in his hand.
The takoyaki balls, which had separated from the box due to his excessive falling speed, finally dropped down after him.
He looked at Ryuunosuke Uryuu with a hostile gaze and questioned him.
This doesn’t look good…
Ryuunosuke Uryuu wiped the sea demon’s blood from his face.
Broly’s entrance was visibly abnormal, and he had even crushed the familiar Lord Bluebeard had sent to protect him.
“Don’t be so serious.
I was only joking with your friend.”
Ryuunosuke Uryuu lied without hesitation.
His explanation made Broly freeze for a moment.
“An opening!”
Noticing the boy’s moment of confusion, Ryuunosuke immediately thrust the knife in his hand toward Broly’s temple.
“Watch out!”
Rin Tohsaka’s warning came too late.
Ryuunosuke’s knife struck its target.
But it did not matter.
The blade stabbed Broly’s temple, yet it could not pierce through.
The resilient sensation transmitted through his hand felt as if he had stabbed into thick leather.
Ryuunosuke Uryuu had never expected anything like this.
“What is a joke?”
Broly asked curiously.
Somehow, that was what he was focused on.
“Actually, this was the joke.”
Ryuunosuke Uryuu forced an awkward laugh as he explained and withdrew his knife.
“No way!
He was trying to kill you.
He was trying to kill us too just now!”
Rin Tohsaka directly refuted his words.
“Damn brat.
Who gave you permission to speak?”
As Ryuunosuke Uryuu said that, he reached out, intending to grab Rin Tohsaka’s head.
But before his hand could touch the girl, his entire body was sent flying.
Crack!
The wooden bar counter shattered as he crashed through it.
His whole body flew farther back into a pile of wooden crates, which also burst apart from the impact.
“You were going to hurt my friend.
You deserve to—”
Before Broly could finish his angry words, he saw the man he had kicked away impaled by countless broken wooden splinters.
Ryuunosuke’s body hung from the shattered crates, already looking as if he was about to die.
Where am I?
Who am I?
It hurts so much!
That was Ryuunosuke Uryuu’s first reaction after regaining his senses.
The moment he had been kicked in the stomach, his abdomen had been ruined.
The organs responsible for producing adrenaline had not even had time to produce any before they were turned into mush.
At that moment, his mind was extremely clear.
He could feel the pain and wanted to scream, but only blood sprayed out of his mouth.
So this is what it feels like to have your guts torn open.
So the intestines I’ve been searching for all this time were inside my own belly.
It hurts… but what a vivid color…
With an expression that seemed to be both crying and laughing, yet twisted beyond recognition from the pain, Ryuunosuke Uryuu gradually stopped breathing.
In his lifeless eyes, the reflection of a confused boy could be seen.
Right now, Broly had only one feeling.
He had not even used any strength, yet that person had already fallen down.
So… should he continue being angry?
Rin Tohsaka was somewhat dumbfounded.
From being trapped in a hopeless situation, to her new deskmate descending from the sky, to him being ambushed, and then suddenly kicking the villain to death in a burst of violence—every turn of events had happened in less than a minute.
“Suzune, don’t look.
Come with me.”
After glancing once more at the dead villain, Rin Tohsaka’s face turned a little pale because of his gruesome death.
She called out to the girl who had been her former deskmate, then carefully led her around the boy and toward the exit.
Broly, meanwhile, followed her movements with his head, watching her with an expression that seemed to say he had no idea what he should do next.
“You come with us too.”
Because of that, after Rin Tohsaka walked past him, she still stopped.
Gritting her teeth, she took the initiative to grab Broly’s hand and brought this dangerous new deskmate away with her as well.
Once they reached the outside, a patrol car happened to pass by.
Rin Tohsaka told Suzune to go ask the police for help, while she took advantage of the moment to lead Broly away from the area.
The appearance of a missing child caused the nearby patrol cars to gather.
Soon, a police cordon was set up around the underground bar.
“What exactly is going on with you?”
After hiding at the mouth of an alley and watching her friend safely reach the police, Rin Tohsaka finally had the chance to question the boy beside her.
“What do you mean, what is going on?”
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“I mean how you suddenly appeared, then bam, kicked that kidnapper-murderer to death.”
Rin Tohsaka said.
“I was eating takoyaki just now.
After I finished my portion, I was waiting for you to come back when I noticed that your happiness value suddenly dropped.
So I brought your takoyaki and came to find you.”
Broly concisely explained his situation from earlier.
His gaze returned to the takoyaki in his hand.
Rin Tohsaka could clearly tell from the look on the boy’s face that he really wanted to eat it.
“Uh… if you still want to eat it, then go ahead.”
“But this is your food.”
“I don’t really have an appetite right now.”
Rin Tohsaka was telling the truth.
The octopus tentacles visible on the surface of the takoyaki looked somewhat similar to the tentacles of the familiar that had blocked her way earlier.
On top of that, after witnessing Ryuunosuke Uryuu’s gruesome death, which was almost equivalent to being cut in half at the waist, there was no way she could still have an appetite.
“Tohsaka, you’re a good wife!”
Broly looked at the girl seriously and suddenly said that.
“Huh?!”
Rin Tohsaka widened her eyes and looked over, only to see Broly already eating the takoyaki with a satisfied expression on his face.
“You really are a strange guy.”
Broly had kicked someone to death.
Even though the person he killed had been a kidnapper and murderer, Rin Tohsaka still felt somewhat afraid.
It was the instinctive fear people felt toward a being that could easily kill them.
But now, seeing Broly satisfied by such an ordinary box of takoyaki, that fear seemed to gradually fade away.
“Strange?”
Broly did not quite understand.
But before he could explore the meaning of the word “strange,” he heard Rin Tohsaka beside him continue speaking.
“Thank you for today.
If you hadn’t been there, I might have been in real danger.”
[Rin Tohsaka’s happiness value is rising.]
Hearing the notification from the Crystal Palace in his mind, Broly felt that his own happiness had returned.
If cola could be considered an equivalent exchange for happiness points, then at the moment the girl thanked him, he had just gained several hundred more bottles of cola.
“Thank you.”
Rin Tohsaka stretched out her hand, wanting to shake Broly’s hand.
But Broly simply looked at her hand without reacting, making her feel a little embarrassed.
“Give me your hand.”
“What for?”
“Are you giving it to me or not?”
“I’ll give it.”
“Shake hands, good friends.
This means that from now on, you are my, Rin Tohsaka’s, best friend.”
“I see.”
Broly felt as if he had learned something new again.
“By the way, your home—”
Rin Tohsaka was just about to mention helping him go home when the magical compass on her chest reacted once again.
Thud!
Another sea demon leapt down from the rooftop and landed in the alley behind Broly.
“Wa—”
Rin Tohsaka’s expression changed.
But before she could warn him, a buzzing sound rang out.
A swarm of insects flew past her side and attacked the newly appeared sea demon, devouring it completely at an astonishing speed.
“Rin, are you all right?”
From behind them came a familiar voice.
“Uncle Kariya.”
Rin Tohsaka called out in pleasant surprise.
But when she turned around, she was somewhat startled.
“Sorry.
I look a bit awful right now.”
Under the streetlight, a man tugged at his hood, seemingly trying to use it to conceal half of his disfigured face.
That side of his face was wrinkled like an old man’s, and something seemed to be writhing beneath his skin.
It looked terrifying.
“What happened to you?”
“It’s nothing.
I’m just a little sick.
More importantly, weren’t you already supposed to have gone to the Zenjou family with your mother?
Why are you still here in Fuyuki City?”
“I… came to look for a friend.”
Rin Tohsaka looked troubled, but she still told this uncle, who had always treated her well, why she had appeared in Fuyuki City at this time.
“This place is dangerous.
You and your friend need to go home quickly.”
Kariya Matou glanced at Broly, mistakenly assuming that he was the friend Rin Tohsaka had come looking for, and said that to the two of them.
Around seven in the evening, Aoi Zenjou, who had received a phone call from Kariya Matou, drove to Fuyuki City.
“Rin, how could you suddenly run back to Fuyuki City all by yourself?”
In a nearby park, after Aoi Zenjou arrived, she scolded her daughter somewhat angrily.
“Mom, my friend went missing.
I was worried she might have been hurt…”
Rin Tohsaka explained in a small voice.
“As long as nothing happened to you.”
After saying that, Aoi Zenjou looked toward Kariya Matou.
“Kariya, you were the one who protected Rin, weren’t you?
Thank you.”
She said.
“Broly protected me too.”
Rin Tohsaka added.
“Hm?”
Aoi Zenjou looked in the direction her daughter was pointing and saw a young boy.
“This is Broly.
He’s my best friend now.”
Rin Tohsaka introduced Broly to her mother.
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After seeing Aoi Zenjou, this strange piece of information surfaced in Broly’s mind.
However, he could not understand what it meant, so he quickly tossed it to the back of his mind.
Aoi Zenjou politely nodded at the boy, but did not say anything else.
After all, she could hardly blame a child for making her daughter do something so dangerous.
Clearly, she had also misunderstood the situation.
Broly had taken the blame in place of the girl named Suzune.
“Protecting Rin is something I should do.”
The child was ignored, and the adults began their conversation.
“Simping gets you nowhere.”
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m saying something that suddenly appeared in my head.”
However, children had their own conversations too.
“What does that mean?”
“I don’t know.”
Broly shook his head, then pointed at Kariya Matou nearby.
“But I know he’s a simp.”
“So what exactly is a simp?”
“I don’t know.”
Rin Tohsaka was somewhat speechless.
Once again, she confirmed the fact that Broly really was a strange person.
The children’s conversation ended on this side, while the adults’ conversation became heated on the other.
The main reason was Kariya Matou’s participation in the Holy Grail War, which caused Aoi Zenjou to argue with him.
Aoi Zenjou truly could not understand why her former childhood friend would suddenly take part in such a deadly Holy Grail War.
“I only did that for…”
Kariya Matou stopped.
Once one had experienced the vastness of the sea, mere water was no longer impressive.
Some feelings that had once been hidden away no longer had any meaning even if spoken aloud now.
All he could say was that his past self had misjudged the kind of person Tokiomi Tohsaka was.
Otherwise, he would never have entrusted the woman before him to that man.
“You did it for what?
Say it!”
Under Aoi Zenjou’s confused questioning, Kariya Matou could only come up with an excuse.
“I did it for your daughter.
To keep her from becoming like me.”
“What?”
“Don’t worry.
That bastard Zouken Matou only wants the Holy Grail.
As long as I can obtain the Holy Grail and give it to him, Sakura will be fine.
I’ll make sure she returns to your and Rin’s side.”
Aoi Zenjou: “…”
She seemed to want to say something, then stopped, then wanted to speak again.
“You don’t need to worry about me.
My Servant is the strongest.”
Seeing Aoi Zenjou’s expression, Kariya Matou thought she was worried about him and immediately said that.
“No, I just wanted to say that Sakura has already come back.
She’s currently staying at the Zenjou family’s villa with me and Rin.”
“What?”
“She ran out of the Matou household, returned to the Tohsaka residence, and was then sent to my place by Tokiomi.”
Kariya Matou: “…”
Sakura had already run back home.
Then what exactly had he paid such a terrible price for?
Why had he sacrificed himself to the point that he now had less than a month left to live, just to participate in this Holy Grail War?
Kariya Matou’s current expression looked somewhat similar to the two highest cards in a deck.
But could he blame the white moonlight of his past, his childhood friend standing before him?
Or could he blame that adorable little girl who called him Uncle Kariya and smiled so gently?
He could not blame either of them.
In that case, there was only one person he could blame.
That’s right.
This is all Tokiomi Tohsaka’s fault!
“I see.
Then that’s good.”
Rage burned in his heart.
Kariya Matou forced a smile at Aoi Zenjou, and after saying those words, he turned around and left without the slightest hesitation.
His body, corroded by crest worms, had already been fated to die from the moment he decided to participate in the Holy Grail ritual.
Although the goal he had been striving for was now gone, Kariya Matou had found a new one.
In the little life he had left, he would trample that bastard Tokiomi Tohsaka into the ground.
Kariya Matou left.
But his conversation with Aoi Zenjou had allowed Broly to learn news about Sakura Matou.
So they’re sisters.
Hm.
They’re both good wives.
They both gave me food.
As Broly thought this, Rin Tohsaka walked over to him.
“I’ll ask my mom to take you home, okay?”
“No need.
I can go back by myself.”
“Let’s go, Rin.
It’s time to go home.”
Aoi Zenjou called out to her daughter.
“Then, see you tomorrow.”
Having witnessed how capable the boy was, Rin Tohsaka did not doubt his claim that he could return home on his own.
She waved goodbye to Broly.
After Rin Tohsaka and her mother left, Broly also gathered his ki, lifted both feet off the ground, and flew toward the Fujimura household.
His speed was so fast that it was like a starving student rushing toward the cafeteria.
Rings of air pressure even appeared around him.
Fortunately, night had already fallen.
Even if someone heard a strange sound, it would be difficult for them to spot the boy flying rapidly through the darkened sky.