Chapter 1630: The Nightmare Begins

Inside the Tosaka family’s old mansion, as one of the Three Major Magic Families, even though their numbers have dwindled now, naturally, they still have their foundation. Take Rin Tohsaka, this second generation of magic, as an example. She fights using gemstones, using various rare gemstones as consumables. One can imagine her level of extravagance. If her family were poor, she wouldn’t even be able to use magic.

“This is my home, not bad, right?”

Rin Tohsaka stood in her courtyard, the night wind rustling the leaves behind her. Behind her was a European-style villa, the courtyard filled with flowers and plants, vines climbing over the iron railings of the wall. This is clearly not a house money can buy but rather requires several generations of accumulation.

“The last time I came here, I literally fought my way in.”

“You… fought into my house?”

Rin Tohsaka’s mouth opened and closed before finally sighing.

Following Rin Tohsaka into the villa as it was nearing midnight, the villa was pitch dark but spotless. The wooden staircase leading upstairs was quaint, and several famous paintings adorned the walls.

“You’ll stay on the second floor then. It’s just me living here. After 10 PM, the third floor is absolutely off-limits. If you’re considering any indiscretions towards a poor high school girl whose parents are deceased, then there’s nothing I can do.”

Rin Tohsaka casually placed her handbag beside the shoe cabinet and changed into teddy bear slippers to go upstairs.

Su Xiao did not go upstairs but instead went to the courtyard to start setting up security devices.

An hour later.

“Bai Ye, where are you? Seriously, do Heroic Spirits not need sleep?”

Dressed in a beige nightgown, Rin Tohsaka walked downstairs from the third floor. As soon as she reached the corner of the first floor’s staircase, she saw Su Xiao arranging something at the doorstep, and with the lighting, she could barely make out the fiber threads in his hand.

“From now on, don’t wander around the courtyard.”

“What’s wrong with the courtyard?”

Suddenly, Rin Tohsaka had a bad premonition.

“Just buried 170 anti-gravity landmines.”

“…”

Rin Tohsaka’s mouth twitched violently; moments later, she slapped her own face and turned to go upstairs, convinced she must be dreaming.

Su Xiao took a nap on the second-floor sofa in the villa late at night. The next morning at half-past seven, a confused Rin Tohsaka got up from bed, her tea-colored hair a bit messy, and she looked completely groggy.

“Morning~”

As Rin Tohsaka passed the second-floor living room, she greeted Su Xiao and went downstairs to wash up. After freshening up, she rushed back upstairs.

“I’m going to school, but you, well, you’re not going to listen to my commands anyway.”

“Going to school?”

Upon hearing Rin Tohsaka mention going to school, Su Xiao was inevitably momentarily startled. Then he thought that he had indeed seen a scene of Rin Tohsaka going to school.

The Masters of the Fifth Holy Grail War aren’t particularly capable but are adept at risking their lives. This girl actually plans to go to school during the Holy Grail War; it’s hard to tell whether she’s incredibly bold or has a high enthusiasm for going to school.

“If you don’t want to die, temporarily take a break from school.”

“This…”

Rin Tohsaka instinctively took a few steps back, and a thought suddenly occurred to her: could it be that her Heroic Spirit intended to imprison her, with inappropriate scenes rushing into her mind.

“During the day, Heroic Spirits generally shouldn’t attack their Masters.”

“…”

Su Xiao remained silent and simply got up. Two minutes later, Rin Tohsaka, still in her beige nightgown, was tied up and tossed onto the sofa.

In the near future, Su Xiao won’t be appearing actively. The reason is simple: the Blood Gate people will definitely be searching the world for him. Right now, it’s just a matter of waiting for the right opportunity.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the sofa, absorbed in a game. Seeing this scene, Rin Tohsaka, lying on the sofa nearby, felt her world view begin to crumble; a Heroic Spirit playing games was surprising enough, and moreover, the other seemed to be better at it than her.

Rin Tohsaka was forcibly “unenrolled” by Su Xiao, stopping this risky behavior. Later in the morning, Su Xiao moved her to a new residence, a normal house located on the outskirts of Fuyuki City.

Evidently, Rin Tohsaka was much easier to handle than Shiro Emiya, aside from being a bit tsundere, she did not see herself as a partner of justice. More importantly, her magic skills were not weak.

One day, two days, three days quickly passed by, and for the first time, Su Xiao did nothing in the Derivative World for so long. If the situation reached a certain level of disaster, he could even consider not completing the hunting mission; at most, he would be reassigned to the War World as a temporary Ruler.

Su Xiao can afford to wait, but the Blood Gate Adventure Group cannot. Their Main Task isn’t survival, and three days with no activity left Stan, Naloi, Old Smoker serene, but the members below became increasingly dissatisfied. The team’s Main Task was like a mountain looming over them.

On the morning of the fourth day, Stan, located in a derelict building on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, was no longer prepared to wait because they really couldn’t afford to. If they didn’t complete the team Main Task, they all would die.

“Stan, wait another two days. I refuse to believe that guy always hides.”

In the derelict building, Naloi spoke up, looking worse for wear as time dragged on.

“We must actively lure him out. If there’s an issue with the team task, we’re all doomed.”

“But…”

“No buts, I never wait to die.”

Stan took steps toward the exit of the derelict building because they really couldn’t afford it.

At 6 PM that day, a loud explosion shattered the tranquility Fuyuki City had maintained for several days.

In the house on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, Su Xiao was reviewing images remotely sent by Bu Bu Wang, of a blazing church. This was Kotomine Church, although long abandoned, it was still a place frequently visited by Kirei Kotomine.

“You guys finally couldn’t hold it in.”

Su Xiao closed the image on the miniature computer and stepped outside, Rin Tohsaka perked up seeing Su Xiao about to head out.

“Is it starting?”

“For now, you don’t need to appear. As the trump card, just continue to stay here.”

“Tch, just say I’m a burden.”

In actuality, if not against Heroic Spirits, Rin Tohsaka absolutely couldn’t show her face. Contractors have too many ways to kill her. Su Xiao remains in this world in the capacity of a Heroic Spirit. If Rin Tohsaka dies, he must find another mage in a short span, which is no easy feat.

Su Xiao quickly headed to the city center. Comparing with Su Xiao, Bu Bu Wang, who had been wandering the city, arrived early on the scene. Over the past few days, Su Xiao wasn’t idle but memorizing Fuyuki City’s terrain, which was crucial to a particular plan, a plan that would leave the Blood Gate Adventure Group sleepless at night.

At the blazing church, Bu Bu Wang’s nose twitched, searching for something.

Soon, Bu Bu Wang captured a suspicious scent in the air, the smell of potent combustive flames. Following the acrid smell, Bu Bu Wang quickly focused on a nondescript young man who blended in unnoticed among the crowd.

Bu Bu Wang began to follow, but not from afar. It followed merely two meters behind the young man.

Bu Bu Wang followed for a full three hours before the young man left the vicinity of the church, appearing somewhat disappointed.

At an old bell tower in Fuyuki City, a structure long due for demolition but retained for its significance.

On the top floor of the bell tower, Su Xiao pulled the bolt of the Duke of Extinction rifle. His plan, both simple and brutal, was to allow Bu Bu Wang to blend into Blood Gate’s large group. Once it successfully infiltrated the enemy, it would provide Su Xiao with real-time coordinates for Su Xiao to snipe from a distance. With his sniping skills and the Duke of Extinction’s performance, sniping a target 3.5 kilometers away posed no problem, as the gun’s maximum range is 4762 meters, beyond that would cause severe deviation in the bullet’s trajectory.

Su Xiao would withdraw immediately after firing one shot, while Bu Bu Wang would continue to infiltrate, providing Su Xiao with Blood Gate’s coordinates. With a distance of 3.5 kilometers, unless Blood Gate had collective flash move abilities, they simply couldn’t threaten Su Xiao. Unable to simultaneously defeat all of Blood Gate, Su Xiao chose to slowly devour them.