Fuyuki City, a residential house in the urban area. Dr. Heartless covered his nose with his only remaining right hand, pushed open the door, and walked in.
"Art, art, this is perfect art. So cool!"
A weak yet fanatical voice reached Dr. Heartless's ears.
Dr. Heartless glanced at the middle-aged man tortured by Manaka into a shape barely human, walked to Manaka's side, and slowly bowed.
"Lady Manaka, I have followed your instructions and set up the Magic Circle at the leyline node, awaiting only your activation."
"Ah, thank you for your hard work! By the way, Dr. Heartless, look at this person. Isn't he adorable?"
Dr. Heartless looked at the madman on the floor tortured by Manaka. The corner of his eye involuntarily twitched a few times. He really couldn't understand what was adorable about this middle-aged man on the floor.
Seeing the silent Dr. Heartless, Manaka's expression instantly fell.
"As expected, none of you understand. Only Rin-chan can understand me. My Rin-chan, I so want to eat you up."
Saying this, Manaka unconsciously put a finger in her mouth and **.
"But 'Mama' doesn't allow it. I'm so troubled. Solomon, can you help me talk to my 'Mama' and get her to allow me to eat Rin-chan?"
A flash of light appeared behind Manaka. Caster-class Solomon manifested behind Manaka.
Solomon looked with a headache at this princess of the root before him and helplessly shook his head.
Seeing that the Solomon behind her did not agree to her request, a command spell on Manaka's chest instantly disappeared. Solomon froze in place. Then another command spell vanished. Solomon's eyes became hollow, like a doll.
Dr. Heartless gazed fervently at Manaka before him, exclaiming in admiration.
"As expected of the command spells bestowed directly upon you by the Root, they can even manipulate the King of Mages, Solomon!"
Manaka paid no attention to Dr. Heartless. Instead, she turned to look at Solomon, flashed a radiant smile, then leaped up from her stool and walked out of the room.
"'Mother,' everything will proceed according to your plan. But, Rin-chan, will she truly belong to me in the end? Never mind, I'll go find Rin-chan right now, hahaha!"
Dr. Heartless watched as Manaka left, then turned and fired a Magic Bullet at the middle-aged man before also exiting the room.
What Dr. Heartless failed to notice was that Solomon, who should have been doll-like, now had a flicker of emotion in his eyes.
In the evening, Rin once again mounted her beloved little motorcycle, revved the throttle, and sped out of the Tohsaka Residence.
Soon, Rin arrived at the street corner and stopped her motorcycle. Frowning at the roadblock ahead due to a major traffic accident, a wave of unease washed over her.
Suddenly, Rin felt an arm wrap around her waist, and at the same time, someone appeared on the back seat of her motorcycle.
"Rin-chan, long time no see!"
Hearing the words whispered in her ear, Rin broke out in goosebumps. She stiffly turned her head to see Manaka with one arm around her waist, tilting her head and smiling as she stared at her.
"Sajyou Manaka, why are you here?"
Manaka quietly leaned against Rin, resting her head on Rin's shoulder. Gazing at Rin's profile, Manaka slowly spoke.
"Because I missed you, of course, Rin-chan."
As she finished speaking, a flash of magical energy emanated from Manaka's hand around Rin's waist. Rin involuntarily turned the motorcycle around and began riding toward an unknown destination.
"Sajyou Manaka, where are you taking me?"
"Aren't you the one riding, Rin-chan?"
Rin snorted coldly at Manaka's words and stopped engaging with her. Meanwhile, her mind raced, searching for a countermeasure and a way to break free.
As time passed, Rin continued riding the motorcycle, carrying Manaka to an abandoned factory complex in the suburbs of Fuyuki City.
Upon reaching their destination, Manaka happily jumped off the motorcycle. With Rin stiffly following behind, she slowly walked into one of the factory buildings.
Rin was compelled to walk to the center of the factory building. Watching Manaka circle around her, laughing wildly, the sense of foreboding in Rin's heart grew stronger and stronger.
"Hahahaha, Rin-chan, you asked where I was taking you? Of course, to a deserted place to finish you off!"
Watching Manaka slowly approach, Rin anxiously tried again and again to use her magical energy to break Manaka's control, but no matter what she tried, it was completely useless.
"Damn it!"
...
The moment Manaka released her restraint, Rin's legs gave way, and she collapsed to the ground. Glaring furiously at Manaka, who was sucking on her own finger, Rin demanded,
"Sajyou Manaka, what exactly do you want?"
"I want to kill you, of course, Rin-chan. But Mother won't allow it right now. It's fine. Once I complete Mother's plan, then I can kill you, Rin-chan! Today was very enjoyable. Well then, goodbye, Rin-chan!"
Panting, Rin struggled to her feet from the ground and shouted at Manaka's retreating back.
"Sajyou Manaka, you wait! Explain this to me!"
Rin tried to chase after Manaka but stumbled and fell to the ground again, weakened from significant blood loss.
Several hours later, Rin slowly regained consciousness. Licking her dry lips, she gradually got up from the ground and walked out of the factory building.
"Damn it! Why does Manaka want to 'kill' me? Who is her mother? What exactly is this plan?"
Burning with questions, Rin dragged her exhausted body, got on her little motorcycle, and rode toward the Tohsaka Residence.
Rewinding time to the evening... After saying goodbye to Kallen and the others at the school gate, Sakura waited for Rin to pick her up. Waiting and waiting, Rin never arrived. Assuming Rin was held up by something else, Sakura didn't think much of it. After calling Fujino, she began walking home alone.
After dinner, with Rin still not back, Sakura was pulled by Fujino to the mountains behind the Tohsaka Residence.
Sakura looked in surprise at the Servant summoning magic circle on the ground, then turned to Fujino and asked,
"Fujino, when did you set this up?"
"I finished it this afternoon. Let's begin, Sakura!"
Looking at Fujino standing in the center of the magic circle, and thinking about how this could help Rin, Sakura felt a surge of excitement. She extended her hand and began chanting the incantation to summon a Servant.
As the magic circle glowed brighter and brighter, an indescribable feeling simultaneously arose in the hearts of both Sakura and Fujino.
As the light faded, Fujino, now in her Servant form, couldn't help but clench her fist.
"Is this the power one should have when provided with mana by the true Holy Grail?"
At that moment, Sakura suddenly felt a heat on the back of her right hand, and a contractual link connected to her.
"Boom!"
An explosion sounded not far from Sakura. As the dust settled, a man with white hair, clad in a red shroud of thorns, walked out of the crater formed by the explosion.
The man narrowed his eyes, looking at Sakura before him.
'Why is Sakura's hair black? Could this be a parallel world?'
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