Time rewound.
One minute before Kirei Kotomine sensed the magical energy fluctuations from the Matou Residence, Lynch, in the guise of Iron Man Tohsaka Tokiomi, arrived.
Covered head to toe in his Iron Man suit, he hovered a kilometer above the Matou Residence.
Yes, Lynch had once again become Iron Man Tokiomi, and the target of this trip was the Matou Residence.
More precisely, it was to rob the Matou Family.
Yes, to rob the Matou Family.
Just like robbing the Yakuza in Miyako City.
However, robbing the Matou Family was bound to cause a huge stir and couldn’t be accomplished as easily as last time.
Undoubtedly, Lynch’s current move was to acquire funds for creating a puppet clone.
Of course, it wasn’t entirely for that purpose; otherwise, many other targets would be more suitable than the Matou Family.
Even considering the ‘Iron Man Tohsaka Tokiomi’ persona, which meant he couldn’t act recklessly, there were still many viable targets.
For example, many underground areas in India and some undiscovered ruins still hid a lot of treasure.
Since they hadn’t been found or excavated, according to Western perception, they were considered ‘ownerless’ and thus fair game for American-style archaeology.
If Lynch wanted to, he could calmly excavate them, and it would fit the ‘Iron Man Tohsaka Tokiomi’ persona.
After all, he was the reincarnation of Tony Stark, and American-style archaeology, as those who know understand, means ‘Iron Man Tokiomi’ naturally possessed this excellent quality.
The reason he came to the Matou Residence was simply because the Matou Family’s assets could not only be monetized, but Lynch could also gain some fun points from the Matou Family.
After all, everyone else had already gained fun points; there was no reason to spare the Matou Family.
He hadn’t done it a while ago because there were other, higher-priority matters then.
Now, however, was the perfect time to handle everything at once.
Moreover, beating up the Old Worm was an indispensable part of traversing the Fate World, especially for ‘Iron Man Tohsaka Tokiomi,’ who harbored a deep-seated hatred for it.
After all, he was Tohsaka Sakura’s father; after learning of Sakura’s experiences in the Matou Family, could the Iron Man father tolerate it?
Therefore, Lynch’s targeting of the Matou Family in this instance made his ‘Iron Man Tokiomi’ character card incredibly satisfied.
Immediately, Lynch had Jarvis send down nanobots to scan the Matou Residence.
After the internal situation was thoroughly investigated, Lynch manipulated the Iron Man suit, directly executing a rapid downward dive.
As he approached the Matou Residence, he raised his hand and fired a special energy blast from his palm.
Instantly, the energy blast struck the Matou Residence’s barrier, and the not-so-weak defensive barrier crumbled and dissipated in an instant, like paper being burned away.
Then, with a loud bang, he crashed through the ceiling and the top-floor storeroom.
Following that was another loud bang as he landed steadily in the second-floor study of the Matou Residence in the classic superhero single-knee landing pose.
Although the wooden floor was shattered, Lynch landed very stably.
The entire process was so fast that Matou Zouken, who was in the study, was utterly bewildered.
His terrifying eyes widened, filled with disbelief, and he stared intently at the mysterious Iron Man who had suddenly appeared.
Undoubtedly, even after living for over five hundred years, this sudden turn of events completely made Matou Zouken’s brain buzz.
Whether it was the sudden, completely effective surprise attack on the defensive barrier, or this incredibly sci-fi Iron Man, both were developments Matou Zouken had never imagined, causing his brain’s CPU to temporarily crash.
Then, Lynch rose in this situation.
On his iron mask, the blue electronic eyes locked onto Matou Zouken, who resembled an ancient monster, as if reflecting one of the greatest evils in this world.
Matou Zouken even perceived a killing intent from it, an intent to end his own life.
It was hard to imagine feeling such things when facing a pair of electronic eyes, but Matou Zouken did.
Thus, realizing that the newcomer meant no good, Matou Zouken immediately showed what he considered a friendly smile and said, “Hehehe~~ Esteemed guest, you…”
“Shut up, I’m too lazy to talk to you; you’re not worthy of listening!”
Lynch immediately uttered a classic line from General Duanmu, and at the same time, he raised his hand and launched a particle cannon attack.
Although Iron Man was a talkative guy who liked to ramble during fights, when he was truly angry and wanted to kill, he never wasted any words, going straight for the kill.
In the movies, whether fighting the Ten Rings or later other despicable villains, it was always like this, primarily emphasizing ‘too lazy to talk, not worthy of listening.’
During Lynch’s editing of the ‘Iron Man Tokiomi’ character card, a setting was specifically written in: ‘After discovering the dark truth of the Matou Family, he actively researched methods against Matou Zouken.’ Therefore, the particle cannon he launched, while seemingly just an ordinary blue particle cannon, actually contained a burning effect specifically designed to kill bugs.
Consequently, despite Matou Zouken immediately releasing a large number of worms for defense after seeing Lynch’s sudden attack, the particle cannon instantly annihilated a large number of worms upon impact, igniting a vast area and forming eerie blue flames that directly burned Matou Zouken.
Matou Zouken instantly discovered the special nature of these flames, as he felt a searing pain that even burned his soul.
He couldn’t help but let out a shrill scream, then quickly disintegrated his body into numerous worms in an attempt to escape.
However, the flames seemed to have a contagious effect, spreading directly to other worms, and only burning the worms that Matou Zouken had transformed into, as if Matou Zouken himself was the fuel for these blue flames.
Lynch stated that this was not ‘as if,’ but a fact.
‘Iron Man Tohsaka Tokiomi’s research targeting Matou Zouken directly investigated his unique characteristics, even studying his magical energy, soul, and cells, among other things.
He then created an energy attack specifically fueled by Matou Zouken’s magical energy and cells, and this energy attack could also burn Matou Zouken’s soul.
Which was the blue flame currently visible.
Furthermore, this method, specifically developed against Matou Zouken, was not only effective against him but was a veritable Magus bane, effective against most Magi, truly a Magus killer.
Undoubtedly, such a method was inhumane and did not align with Iron Man’s usual conduct.
But considering the collective hell-bound nature of Magi, it was quite normal for Iron Man Tohsaka Tokiomi to devise such specific countermeasures.
‘Anti-Magus Armor’ was written into the setting, but after the Iron Man suit evolved into nanotech armor, its functions were simply integrated into the current armor.
American comic book technology is just that awe-inspiring, pure ‘I-think-it-works’ logic, with settings and numbers filled in haphazardly.
Now, Matou Zouken was subjected to this kind of dimensional reduction strike.
Facing this continuously burning damage, Matou Zouken unhesitatingly detonated the already burning worms, creating a strong magical explosion, while he himself took advantage of this magical explosion to escape.
This magical explosion, as expected, destroyed the Matou Residence’s study and created the magical energy fluctuation that Kirei Kotomine sensed.
During this process, Lynch moved at the fastest speed, collecting all the books and valuable items in the study into his system inventory.
This was also why Lynch only attacked once at the start and didn’t continue the assault.
Now, the entire Matou Residence was monitored by countless nanobots.
Lynch wasn’t afraid of Matou Zouken escaping; all he needed to do was ensure the Matou Family was completely looted during the bug extermination process.
Of course, he also couldn’t forget to extract fun points from Matou Zouken during this time.
Here, he had to complain: Matou Zouken, this Old Worm, was only a supporting character because he wasn’t a direct participant in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
The total fun points he could produce were only 387, just slightly more than Risei Kotomine, truly a waste.