Chapter 220: Beast III Appears!
["I knew it, there's no way Kiara could be that gentle!"]
["Hu hu hu… Kiara, you really are a terrible woman!"]
["Bad kouhai and bad woman—those two teaming up, what are they trying to do? I don't even dare to imagine!"]
["Useful info: this terrible woman plans to do unspeakable things to Earth."]
["NOTE: HER NP CAN MASTURBATE THE ENTIRE EARTH!!!"]
[Gaia: Oh no! Alaya-chan, HELP!!!"]
["Alaya: EMIYA! Both father and son EMIYA! I have a job for you two."]
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[System: 'Ally of Justice' has sent 666 Saint Quartz!]
[Message: I'm on vacation, DO NOT SUMMON!!!]
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"So the pact between us is complete now, right?"
At that moment, BB stood with her hands on her hips, staring at Sesshouin Kiara whose entire body was soaked in blood.
"Yes, of course."
Sesshouin Kiara nodded.
"Just didn't expect you'd use this method in the end."
"After all, AI cannot harm humans, that's an unbreakable rule, so I just used a little trick."
BB blurted out.
"But I ended up like this, so if you're willing to help, I'd be very grateful."
Sesshouin Kiara looked at the wound on her chest, where blood was still continuously oozing out.
"Since you're digital anyway, can't you just fix yourself?"
BB pouted, looking displeased, then tapped her teaching pointer lightly.
The next second, Sesshouin's body instantly recovered completely. Her plain nun outfit also vanished, and she returned to her seductive appearance from before.
"Thanks, BB… or should I call you Butterfly of the Moon instead?"
"Cut the pleasantries. Our cooperation ends here."
BB clearly didn't want to chit-chat with her any longer.
"Ara, how cold… I actually thought this partnership was beneficial for you too."
Sesshouin Kiara rested her chin on her hand and gave a faint smile.
"But look at those people over there. They seem to be full of malice toward us."
She turned her gaze toward Ethan and Mash.
"Ethan-kun, Mash-san, thank you both for coming to rescue me despite the danger. I'm truly grateful."
Sesshouin Kiara bowed her head to express her gratitude.
"You are… Sesshouin Kiara?"
Ethan frowned and questioned her.
"Of course. I'm the real Sesshouin Kiara… just not the Sesshouin Kiara of this world."
Sesshouin Kiara smiled gracefully.
"Whatever, your business doesn't concern me anymore anyway."
BB suddenly turned around and gave Ethan a bright smile.
"Senpai, don't believe that woman. BB-chan is still Senpai's most adorable kouhai~~~"
"Don't get close to Senpai!!!"
Mash immediately raised her shield in front of BB, blocking her approach.
"Mash, are you still hung up on who the real kouhai to Senpai is? I mean, you already accepted that timid girl in the infirmary as Senpai's kouhai, didn't you? Adding me in shouldn't be a problem."
Seeing Mash's reaction, BB pointed with her stick as if lecturing.
"You're not like Sakura-san."
Mash seemed completely unwilling to back down.
"What a kouhai you are, how aggravating. A true kouhai is someone who is tolerant and accepts everything about Senpai. From what I see, you're still lacking in qualifications."
"I… I'm not qualified in what way?!"
Mash, why are you playing along with her?!
"Humhumhum… You really want to know? What should I do~? Senpai???"
Seeing BB's teasing expression, Ethan kept his composure and shouted bluntly.
"BB, what kind of deal did you make with Sesshouin Kiara?"
"As expected of Senpai, already cutting off BB's attempt to lead the conversation. Do you really want to know what deal I made with that woman~~~?"
From BB's attitude, it was clear she wouldn't give up the answer so easily.
"Don't let yourselves be fooled by those people."
Suddenly, a familiar voice rang out from a distance.
Then, a blue-haired boy stepped forward.
"Andersen?!"
Ethan and Mash immediately recognized who it was.
"My sincerest apologies. At first, I thought I'd never meet the two of you again… I didn't expect we'd reunite like this."
Andersen looked toward Sesshouin Kiara, who was standing beside him.
"This really is the worst possible situation."
"So it really is you…"
Ethan sensed something was off about Andersen, but only now did he understand—everything was because of Sesshouin Kiara.
"She really intends to manipulate MoonCell in order to track down alternate versions of herself across other worlds and replace them. Truly a woman who never stops astonishing others."
"Ara, Caster, aren't you the same? Even after I turned into this, you still responded to my summoning, didn't you?"
Sesshouin Kiara covered her face with a sweet smile.
"Don't spout nonsense. I was summoned by the Sesshouin Kiara of this world, specifically to prevent her from walking down the same path as you once did."
"Ara ara, but now she is me. What are you planning to do?"
"Stop making excuses. You're nothing more than a digital ghost hiding inside MoonCell."
Andersen didn't hesitate to point out the true identity of the Sesshouin Kiara standing before them.
"To satisfy your own lust, after receiving help from a Demon God Pillar from another world, you used the destruction of MoonCell as leverage to threaten the governing AIs—and you even went so far as to murder your own self in this world!"
"But now that I've fused with this world's version of myself, technically, we are already one."
"Her consciousness has been completely devoured by your boundless desire. You are that terrifying woman—a 'Beast' who seeks to drag this entire world into hell!!!"
"————————?!"
After hearing Andersen's words, everyone's face showed clear shock.
This Sesshouin Kiara before them—was actually a Beast?!
"Really now… just because you're a Servant summoned by me doesn't mean you can freely spill my secrets to others like that. Well, I suppose it no longer matters."
Sesshouin Kiara lightly flicked her finger.
At the same moment, black mist—no one knew when it had appeared—spread throughout the area, coiling around everyone on the scene like venomous snakes.
"Though you won't be able to move for the time being, this binding is formed through a type of pleasure—so please do your best to endure it."
A look of delight clearly appeared on Sesshouin Kiara's face.
"Damn it… how dare you bind me, I'll kill you!!!"
Draco was tightly bound, completely unable to move even a little within this Digital Ocean.
"Aya, isn't this the fate of a Beast? How amusing. I didn't expect you to choose to stand on the side of humanity in such a way! Ahahaha!!!"
Sesshouin Kiara burst into loud laughter.
"I had already anticipated this… but to think you'd actually dare to bind Senpai right in front of me—you really are underestimating the true queen of MoonCell, aren't you?"
BB immediately swung her teaching pointer toward Sesshouin Kiara, and in just a moment, the entire environment began to shift violently.
Pink walls emerged from the void—BB was attempting to transform the area into her own studio.
"Humhumhum, now taste the horror of unlimited labor works inside the BB Studio!!!"
However, even before BB finished her sentence, another anomaly occurred.
"Useless. That kind of trick."
With just those careless words from Sesshouin Kiara, the ground began to be swallowed by pink whirlpools.
"You're actually forcefully seizing control of the BB Studio?! You… you're cheating way too much! Even more than BB-chan!!!"
Clearly, BB hadn't foreseen this. Even her own body was now entangled by the black mist, rendered completely immobile.
"It's no use. This woman isn't some naive fool. On the contrary, precisely because she's a digital ghost, she can effortlessly take control of MoonCell. After all, in her memories, she's already seized it once before."
"Exactly!"
Sesshouin Kiara smiled and spoke.
"Once again, I shall merge with MoonCell. So that this world will fully accept my desire—absorb it into my body—and revel in ultimate ecstasy!!!"
Her body slowly rose into the air, and above her, in the sky of the Digital Ocean that had been present from the start, a massive core began to appear.
A core formed from spiritrons.
"That's… MoonCell?!"
Ethan looked up, exclaiming in astonishment.
This was the first time he had ever laid eyes on the true center of MoonCell.
It was surrounded by countless structures resembling flower petals, with an outer shell of blue, and a core of deep purple at the center.
"Hehe… hehehe… I am a 'venomous worm.' If I don't suck nectar, I can't spread my wings and fly. So I shall become a god—only by fusing with MoonCell can I ascend to even greater heights~~~"
Sesshouin Kiara's body gradually entered the core of MoonCell.
"That woman was always the kind of persistent leech who clings to the end. From the moment you accepted her, as an AI, you had no way out."
Andersen, also being restrained, sighed.
"There's nothing we can do… Once that woman, who knows only how to drown in pleasure, completes her fusion with MoonCell, everything will be over."
"What the hell is even happening?! Why isn't BB the final boss after all, and then this random woman pops out of nowhere trying to take over MoonCell?!"
Tohsaka Rin struggled violently.
"When the hell did things start derailing from the plot I understood?! Hey!!!"
Ethan, on the other hand, remained calm and spoke.
"BB, isn't this far side of the Moon your domain? Can't you think of any way out of this?!"
As an AI, BB would never sit still and let Sesshouin Kiara take over MoonCell. So at least on this level, BB and the others were still on the same side.
"I had planned to detain her immediately after disconnecting her from MoonCell, but I didn't expect to fall into her trap instead!!!"
"I even activated the highest-level firewall mode, and she still broke through it like it was nothing!!!"
BB bit her lip, so furious she was on the verge of tears.
"...Senpai, can you hear me?"
From Ethan's bracelet, the broken voice of Matou Sakura came through.
"The situation on your side… I've got some idea… I'm sorry…"
Sakura's voice was full of guilt.
"If it weren't for my mistake, BB wouldn't have been born. Once again, I've made everything worse…"
"This isn't your fault at all."
Ethan shook his head.
He had long known that BB was another side of Sakura.
"Fake! That weakling's pretending to be a good person again?"
"BB, at this point, our only option is to activate MoonCell's final mechanism."
"Are you serious?! If we can't regain control within the time limit, the entire MoonCell will reset to its initial state!!!"
"That's still better than letting it be taken, right? Besides…"
Sakura's voice once again came from Ethan's bracelet.
"I'm sorry, Senpai… when the time comes, I'll forcibly eject you. Even if it means destroying all of New London… as long as you survive, that's enough…"
"————————?!"
Ethan was completely stunned upon hearing Sakura's words.
Could it be… Sakura intended to sacrifice everything just to protect him?!
But… now was definitely not the time to give up!
Ethan scanned the area around him.
Everyone had been bound tightly by Sesshouin Kiara's black mist, completely incapable of stopping her.
'System, I choose to summon a Servant!'
[Beep beep——!!]
[Detected that Host's magical energy has been completely drained, and current space is under restriction, summoning action temporarily unavailable.]
[Please wait until spatial restriction is lifted before attempting to draw a gacha.]
Spatial restriction?
Ethan immediately shouted at BB:
"BB, can you lift the spatial restriction here?!"
"But but, Senpai, what are you planning?! If the restriction is removed, the Labyrinth will collapse! All malicious programs created here will be released at once!"
BB tried to warn Ethan of the danger.
"Forget about that! If we drag this on any longer, we really won't make it!!!"
"Damn it, Senpai yelled at me again! But why does this strange feeling actually make me happy?! I don't care anymore! BB-chan doesn't care anymore!!!"
With BB's tantrum-like wail, the very next moment—the entire floor of the Labyrinth vanished?!
Everyone who had been restrained began to fall endlessly.
"Senpai!!!"
Mash was the first to break free from the binding. She reached out and grabbed Ethan, then raised her shield and activated her Noble Phantasm toward the space below.
"By Command Spell, I order you, Noah!"
While falling freely, Ethan tried to raise his head and shouted loudly:
"Release the Noble Phantasm!!!"
In a flash, it was as if a massive surge of magical energy exploded in the sky.
And in the next second, a massive gate suddenly appeared.
Then a golden great flood surged forth, spreading throughout the Digital Ocean without end.
And atop that flood, a colossal ark emerged.
"It finally arrived!!!"
Standing at the bow of the ship was a swordsman clad in full armor, armed from head to toe, with a majestic figure.
"Clarent, let's find out where Father is hiding!!!"