Chapter 1654: Rin Tohsaka’s Psychological Trauma

Seeing the reward for killing Shiro Emiya, Su Xiao was quite surprised. He’d always figured that killing the story’s protagonist would net him a very generous reward, but he hadn’t expected it to be this generous.

But when he saw the reward [“Treasure Chest·Epic Level (1%)”], Su Xiao was a bit puzzled. This was the first Epic Treasure Chest he’d ever gotten; he’d originally thought he’d only have a chance at one once he reached the Fifth Tier. He hadn’t expected to get one in a Tier Four World just for killing the plot’s main character. However, that “(1%)” at the end left him confused.

After consulting Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao spent 3000 Paradise coins to get an answer. That 1% doesn’t mean he only received 1% of an Epic Treasure Chest; it represents the amount of World’s Power contained in the Epic Treasure Chest, the so?called “gold content.”

The higher the percentage suffix on the chest, the more valuable that Epic Treasure Chest is, and the higher the chance of opening high-level items or equipment. As for 1%, that’s obviously the lowest possible gold content for an Epic Treasure Chest.

Yet even an Epic Treasure Chest with a 1% suffix is still worth more than a Legendary treasure box. That’s absolute. Who knows, maybe the bicycle turns into a motorbike.

Compared to the Epic Treasure Chest, the completion percentage of Sky-shocking Robbery is actually more rare. Once the task completion for Sky-shocking Robbery reaches 75%, the mission becomes completable.

Su Xiao triggered this mission back when he was still a First Tier contractor. If you don’t count the trial in the Pirate World, that was the first world he ever went through.

From his first world all the way to nearly Fifth Tier, Su Xiao really hadn’t expected something like this to happen, yet now this mission has entered a completable state.

Right now he has two choices. One is to complete Sky-shocking Robbery immediately and receive the minimum reward for the mission. Even so, that would still be an extremely outrageous reward. Or he could continue accumulating progress—once Sky-shocking Robbery hits 100%, the rewards from the mission will be unimaginably rich.

Only 25% completion left before Sky-shocking Robbery reaches 100%. That’s after Su Xiao has already done nearly twenty worlds’ worth of progress on this mission, so he’s in no rush. Maybe in future, when the situation is critical, he’ll choose to complete this mission to gamble for a sliver of life. Right now, it’s clearly unnecessary.

In the forest, Su Xiao lit a cigarette. A light breeze blew past and the smoke drifted slowly away.

The current situation was already very simple: Su Xiao had almost steamrolled the Fifth Holy Grail War. If he didn’t even have that level of strength, he wouldn’t have come to this world to settle accounts with the Blood Gate—he’d just be asking to get himself killed.

Aside from Sakura Matou’s camp, there were no other combinations of Masters and Heroic Spirits left. The problem now was that Su Xiao simply had no idea where Sakura Matou was.

In this world, Sakura Matou was no longer that little girl who followed behind him, choking on steamed buns until her eyes rolled white, yet still didn’t dare ask him for water. She was now the Master of the Rider Class.

Su Xiao and his group quickly descended the mountain. Rin Tohsaka was still unconscious after getting beaten senseless by the People’s Teacher. Illya also looked like she might ascend to heaven at any moment. With five Heroic Spirits already off the board, the Holy Grail inside her was about to be filled. Once this piece of junk is full, it’s very likely to start spewing mud again…

Thinking about the Holy Grail he was about to obtain, Su Xiao had the urge to slaughter his way to the Magician Association. This piece of scrap was exactly what those people had taken the lead in manufacturing—or rather, their ultimate goal wasn’t even the Holy Grail.

Boom, boom, boom…

Explosions rumbled from Liu Dong Temple on the mountain. Before long, the flames from inside the temple began spreading to the surrounding range, and it looked like a full-on forest fire was about to start.

Half an hour later, in front of the old Matou House estate, Su Xiao stared at the charred remains before him. For the moment, he had no good way to locate Sakura Matou. Still, as long as he took out Sakura Matou’s Heroic Spirit, the Holy Grail War would be over.

As for the golden flash, Su Xiao had no idea where that guy was either. After their last battle, the golden flash had basically evaporated from the human world; he hadn’t shown himself at all since. That didn’t fit his personality. Based on Su Xiao’s understanding of that guy, when he carved his way through Liu Dong Temple earlier, that guy should’ve shown up to strike a pose and act cool.

After finding an unoccupied private house in Fuyuki City, Su Xiao collapsed into bed and went straight to sleep. Although he’d recovered some Stamina earlier, he’d realized during combat that the Stamina drain from using Shadow Flash twice in a row wasn’t something that could be easily restored.

As the sky brightened, Su Xiao slept straight through until the afternoon, when he was finally awakened by Rin Tohsaka’s “miserable shrieks.”

“It hurts! That bastard teacher—how is he that strong?”

When Su Xiao walked into the living room, he saw A Mu bandaging Rin Tohsaka’s wounds. This girl must have lost her mind, actually coming to A Mu for help with bandaging.

In reality, it was because Rin Tohsaka was actually quite afraid of Su Xiao, so she didn’t dare ask him to help. As for Bubu Wang, she was also very scared of it. Based on Rin Tohsaka’s assessment, once this dog locked onto you, you basically didn’t have long to live. It was practically a Hellhound, which was why she’d gone to A Mu for help—with tragic results.

“You’re awake.”

Rin Tohsaka’s expression was somewhat downcast; she’d been beaten into complete social withdrawal yesterday.

“Right… what’s going on with Illya? She’s been unconscious the whole time.”

“It’s fine.”

Hearing this, Rin Tohsaka felt a wave of relief—but Su Xiao’s next sentence almost made her pass out.

“This is just the normal process of turning into the Holy Grail.”

“The Holy Grail…”

Rin Tohsaka glanced at Illya lying on the sofa, then looked back at Su Xiao.

“If nothing unexpected happens, once we defeat your little sister, your good friend Illya will turn into the Lesser Holy Grail. Based on the last Holy Grail War, the Grail will continuously spew mud outward. After all, this thing has been tainted by Malice. Conservatively speaking, it can burn away at least half of Fuyuki City.”

“…”

Rin Tohsaka froze. At this point she wasn’t just beaten into social withdrawal; she was starting to doubt life itself. If what Su Xiao said was true, then what she was about to do was defeat her own biological sister and turn her good friend into the Holy Grail, thereby destroying Fuyuki City.

“No way… you’re lying… Something like this…”

Rin Tohsaka muttered under her breath, even forgetting to ask Su Xiao what exactly was going on with her little sister.

“It’s true. This has been your goal all along.”

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking relaxed. After all, the Holy Grail World was about to end. He was holding an oversized pizza in his hands, taking huge bites as Bubu Wang and A Mu occasionally tore off a slab.

“Impossible, you, I…”

Rin Tohsaka was momentarily speechless. She’d worked this hard only to find that the result was destruction.

“Is there any way for me to stop this from happening?”

“In theory, it’s impossible. Unless… you find your little sister and explain the situation to her.”

“She… who is she?”

“Sakura Matou.”

“You’re lying. We don’t even have the same family name.”

“That gets into the whole ‘it’s all Time’s fault’ issue. You don’t want to know the details. In short, if you want to prevent this tragedy, it’s going to take your effort. Find your sister and move her with kinship.”

Hearing Su Xiao’s last line, Bubu Wang almost sprayed out the pizza in its mouth. Even it didn’t believe that, let alone Rin Tohsaka.

“So that’s the only way?”

Rin Tohsaka assumed a pensive pose. Bubu Wang went blank—she actually seemed to believe it.

In truth, Rin Tohsaka didn’t totally buy it. The girl was sharp; she believed half of it—that there really was a Master who was her little sister.

“So saving Fuyuki City depends on you. If you can’t find your sister, I’ll put Illya in Center Street and forcibly summon the Heavenly Hole. Don’t doubt it—this isn’t difficult. The amount of mud flowing out of the Heavenly Hole would be enough to burn down about four Fuyuki Cities.”

Thanks to Su Xiao’s “encouragement,” Rin Tohsaka very much wanted to cry.

Su Xiao kept eating his pizza. For the moment, even he didn’t know whether the kinship card could lure out Sakura Matou and her Heroic Spirit.