Shinji Matou at Your Service-Chapter 1036: You Even Discovered This?

Ayako didn't understand Matou Shinji.

In Fuyuki City, if Shinji wanted to find someone, especially a resident, it wouldn't be difficult. With his connections to the police, typing a name into a computer was enough to get all the information he needed—much faster than making excuses over the phone with Ayako.

A simple "It's urgent" or "There's been a situation" from Ryougi Shiki was enough to convey the seriousness of the issue. Shiki wasn't the kind of person to lie; if she said it was urgent, it definitely was.

Shiki was also a strong-willed person who disliked troubling others. If she had encountered a problem she couldn't solve, she wouldn't have chosen to call the Matou household directly.

In Fuyuki City, what could be a problem that Ryougi Shiki couldn't handle?

The answer was obvious: a Servant. It had to be a Servant.

Though Shiki had a body connected to the Root and her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception were practically a cheat, her physical body was too fragile. She could handle ordinary magi or mysterious creatures, but dealing with a Servant was too much.

And this time, none of the Servants involved in the Holy Grail War were weak. Almost all were top-tier, and even the weakest were first-class. If Shiki had been targeted by them or their Masters, even if she entered the legendary Void Shiki state, her chances of winning were slim. Moreover, she had to protect both Mana and Ayako.

As for Ayako claiming they were safe.

Your skills are only good enough to handle regular people. You can't defeat any proper Master or Servant. You might end up being toyed with again and left by the roadside—if you want, I can have Rider do it for you. She'd be more than happy to oblige.

Cough cough.

In any case, Shinji rushed out of his house at top speed, bringing along all the combat power he could muster.

It wasn't just to save people—he also intended to eliminate the enemy in one fell swoop.

That's right, complete elimination.

In just a few hours, Shinji's strategy had changed again because he had obtained the Lesser Grail.

According to the confession of the self-destructive Acht, the Lesser Grail, as the key to opening the Greater Grail, possessed all the attributes of a key. In other words, without the key, it couldn't be opened. Even with the key, if it wasn't inserted into the lock, it couldn't be opened either.

This meant that the problem Shinji had been most concerned about no longer existed. The Lesser Grail still required the souls of five Servants to take shape, but after that, the Lesser Grail could be taken away from Fuyuki City or sealed. Only after eliminating all enemies would the Greater Grail descend.

He no longer had to carefully consider which five Servants to use as sacrifices. Fight however you want; I'll kill whoever I want. Even if Shishou wanted to duel Gilgamesh tomorrow, Shinji—well, he would still stop her. Scathach's injuries would take about two more days to fully heal unless Gilgamesh was willing to give her a potion for instant recovery.

Shinji's forces were divided into two groups: one led by Scáthach in a car on the ground, and the other led by Shinji flying through the air. First, they used winged shoes to get out of crowded areas, then switched to Pegasus, speeding through the sky at maximum velocity.

At a speed of 500 miles per hour, no matter where in Fuyuki Shiki was, Shinji could reach her within ten minutes, including the time needed to determine her location, ascend, descend, and conceal his presence.

This speed would certainly startle little Mana. Just as Shinji was praising his efficiency while soaring through the sky, he was suddenly shocked by a thunderous sound from below, causing him to jolt and nearly fall off Pegasus—Pegasus was skittish, and Shinji's sudden reaction caused it to lose control and become disoriented.

Barely managing to stabilize himself, Shinji didn't have time to scold Pegasus. He ordered the beast to return to its spirit form and rushed toward the source of the sound with the help of his winged shoes.

If such a loud noise had erupted nearby, it was highly likely that Shiki was currently engaged in battle with an enemy.

Visual enhancement.

Breath detection.

Mental scan.

—Where?

—Found them!

Miana, Shiki, Ayako, and an unfamiliar person—was he the enemy?

No, something was off. Though his aura was strange, there was no hostility or killing intent, nor could Shinji sense the distinctive magical energy of a Servant.

What on earth was going on?

Landing and putting away his winged shoes, Shinji quickly concealed his presence and cautiously approached.

...

"Wh-what the hell is this—?!"

On the other side, Ayako stood with her mouth wide open and her eyes bulging, her usual valor completely gone.

You couldn't blame her for being so shocked. What was happening before her eyes was simply too far beyond common sense for her to believe.

In the distance, the scenery had turned into a fantastical battlefield.

A horde of bizarre beasts covered the sky like a black tide.

A giant man over two meters tall rode a chariot of lightning, rampaging across the battlefield.

Multiple rings slowly spread out, with Buddhist chants and Sanskrit scripts swirling around, creating a pure land between heaven and earth, like a sacred site from legend.

A female warrior with heterochromatic eyes stood proudly in the void, controlling the wind and thunder with the swings of her hands, commanding the very elements.

A cloaked figure wielded a weapon that constantly shifted—sometimes a hammer, sometimes a scythe, occasionally transforming into a sword or shield.

This was a scene that should only exist in fantasy, an image that should never appear in reality.

But why did it feel so real?

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"I... I must be dreaming..."

"Nope, it's real, Mom."

Mana spoke as she scratched Ayako's waist with her finger. The ticklish sensation made her instinctively recoil, but it also made her realize that this wasn't a dream.

But... but—

"Do things like this exist?"

The worldview that had been rock solid for her seventeen years of life was now wavering, shaken by the upheaval happening before her.

"They do. This is what the world looks like."

"The real world..."

Mana's innocent voice became the final straw that broke Ayako's worldview.

Before this, she had never imagined things would develop like this. She had only come out to check on a strange noise, so why—why had things turned out like this? What on earth had happened to the world?

"You all... have been living in a world like this?"

"That's right. Mana, Mom, Big Brother, oh, and future Master—"

Near the end, Mana seemed to notice something and ran off in another direction.

"Honestly, you even spotted me like this."

Shinji stepped out from his hidden spot, helplessly patting Mana on the head.

"Why did you drag Ayako into this? This kind of irrational world isn't something a normal person like her should be involved in."

"Well, there was no choice. I couldn't just leave Mom behind, and she isn't completely unrelated."

Shinji thought about it and realized that made some sense. Mysteries attract mysteries. Being involved in such events was already a reflection of certain qualities.

The so-called Four Guardians of Fuyuki might have started as a joke, but they did indeed have close ties to the world of mysteries.