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Chapter 509 509: The Shinigami's Abnormal Movement

On a huge stone slab square, an enormous temple full of traces of time stood on this [Mount Enzou]. The stone steps were continuous and winding, and the mist and dew in the mountains wet the cloaks of the visitors one by one.

A Heroic Spirit wearing a purple samurai robe stood with his arms crossed, his dark blue long hair tied into a ponytail hanging behind his head. At the mountain gate beside him, a longsword over five shaku in length leaned obliquely. The purple scabbard also seemed tainted with a little rain and dew, brewing mist.

"This remote mountain gate actually has so many guests today. It really is..."

Sasaki Kojiro only said half of his words before stopping himself. The people below seemed not to have felt his presence, having already arrived one by one at the open space below the mountain gate.

This was a dangerous signal. Moreover, among the newcomers, there were obviously extremely dangerous guys.

Although Sasaki Kojiro consciously felt he was just a wandering ghost unworthy of any Heroic Spirit name, having been summoned by that vixen, he could only guard before this mountain gate.

Hum~

The famous sword of over five shaku, [Monohoshizao], had already fallen into his hand at some point. As it was slowly unsheathed, the inscription on the blade, [Bizen Osafune Nagamitsu], was faintly visible.

An intense sense of sharpness tore through the misty rain, and Sasaki Kojiro's sense of existence rapidly intensified.

The position where the newcomers stood was about two meters lower than the mountain gate. This group of people wearing grayish-white or yellow-black raincoats and cloaks seemed to exchange a few glances. Finally, a petite figure wearing a yellow raincoat stepped forward.

Untying the cloak revealed meticulously coiled golden blonde hair. The silver-white armor on her body was exceptionally bright under the contrast of the blue battle skirt. Wearing silver-white gauntlets on her hands, her stance was meticulous, like a rigid knight. It was just that the place where her hands clasped was empty, with nothing visible.

Sasaki Kojiro hung his longsword diagonally behind him, slowly walking down from the mountain gate. Only then did he notice that on the blonde woman's head, a small tuft of hair seemed to stand up individually, destroying that meticulous rigidity.

"Saber..."

The red-haired boy, Emiya Shirou, who was also wearing a bright yellow raincoat and single-mindedly wanted to become an [Ally of Justice], looked somewhat worriedly at Artoria. At this very moment, he still wasn't used to hiding in the rear and letting Saber engage in various dangerous battles.

This did not conform to his values.

But the other people beside him all seemed indifferent, with no intention of stepping in to take over for Saber.

He turned his head and saw that robustly built white-haired Heroic Spirit had just moved his gaze away from him, merely crossing his arms and looking at the mountain gate of Ryuudou Temple in the misty rain.

Emiya Shirou then looked at the handsome man at the rear of the team, whose figure was a size larger than the others. Although he still didn't understand many things, he faintly perceived that that guy was the one truly dominating everything in this group.

Whether it was the magus from Tohsaka's side calling himself Juro, or Tohsaka and this white-haired Heroic Spirit, they all observed the other party's reaction before taking action.

Moreover, Emiya Shirou remembered very clearly that last night, that guy had appeared near his house and engaged in a battle with someone...

"What are you worrying about?"

Tohsaka Rin frowned, looking at Emiya Shirou's restless appearance, feeling inexplicably somewhat irritable.

"Saber is the most excellent Servant, not a little girl who needs to hide behind you!"

As if providing a footnote to her words, holding the [Sword of Promised Victory] concealed by the [Invisible Air], Saber let out a low growl and slashed out violently. Amidst the exploding misty rain, the fierce force let out a huge roar.

Sasaki Kojiro's figure was light, instantly retreating several steps. He acutely realized that the other party was holding an invisible weapon in her hands.

Juro looked down at the communicator in his hand, seeing the messages White Mask asked her team members to continuously send, his heart incomparably conflicted.

It had been confirmed by his team that White Mask had gained Gilgamesh's trust through some unknown means.

Compared to Saber, who couldn't obtain a magical energy supply, judging purely from the panel and numerical values, Gilgamesh was undoubtedly the overwhelmingly powerful one in this Holy Grail War, and even in this deployment mission.

Am I really going to make an enemy of a Heroic Spirit like the "King of Heroes"...

But on the other hand, he had accepted Mercenary Tao's "cooperation invitation." If he had other thoughts now, he would surely be hunted down by Mercenary Tao.

Juro looked at Mercenary Tao, who was standing in the misty rain at the rear of the team as if his mind had wandered beyond the heavens, his expression flickering between light and dark.

At this time, Kaito Shirogane was sitting upright in a huge consciousness space. Seated high on the [Throne of the Heart], he carefully scrutinized the spiritual body fragment in front of him.

This was probably the first time a spiritual body fragment had appeared in this space where spiritual bodies could infinitely resurrect.

It came from that Reincarnator who could release a Zanpakuto.

Gojo Satoru pillowed his hands behind his head, leaning back on thin air. The position he was in was slightly lower than the [Throne of the Heart]. At this time, he kept tutting, thinking this weird consciousness space was using this situation to imply Kaito Shirogane's dominant status.

"I spent quite a bit of effort to snatch this piece of corpse from that guy's mouth. I didn't expect to still be looked down upon by you like this. Tsk~"

Gojo Satoru had always been informal. Kaito Shirogane automatically filtered out his various emotions, hearing his words and looking down at the corner furthest away from him.

An originally huge spiritual creature had almost completely solidified into a physical entity. The Shinigami from the Naruto world should have been a special deity-type spiritual body similar to an incense god, born through primitive belief worship or nature.

But at this very moment, the other party's figure had shrunk to a little over two meters. That Hannya mask exuded a sense of reality that was incompatible with this consciousness space, as if... a real mask, an actually existing physical entity, had entered this consciousness space.

Moreover, the other party's short ritual knife had also exceeded a meter in length at this moment, turning into a tachi with a white scabbard.

"That guy swallowed an ice-blue-haired woman who suddenly fell in not long ago, and then turned into this appearance."

The Millennium Bug, wearing a black trench coat, also spoke up to explain at this time.

In Kaito Shirogane's consciousness space, there were currently hundreds of thousands of spiritual bodies. But because of the protracted battles, these spiritual bodies had also gradually begun to form different factions.

As the spiritual body who had cooperated with Kaito Shirogane the longest and was the earliest to possess independent consciousness, Gojo Satoru had the best affinity with him. And because of his previous experience of fighting for control of the body and once sitting on the Throne of the Heart, he was faintly the party closest to Kaito Shirogane.

And the Millennium Bug, knowing Mercenary Tao's terrifying nature, was also persuaded by Gojo Satoru's theory. He wanted to rely on Mercenary Tao becoming stronger, so that he could bestow him a physical body and let his soul reappear in the world, completing a rebirth in another sense.

Therefore, the Millennium Bug also belonged to the "Pro-Bai Faction."

Slightly further away from here was Uchiha Madara, clad in red armor. Although he had cooperated with Kaito Shirogane a few times, he was always arrogant, believing he was only absorbed into this space because Kaito Shirogane found a trick.

He believed Kaito Shirogane hadn't yet witnessed his prime era and wasn't worthy of dancing with him. But regarding the matter of resurrection, he basically held a default attitude.

Therefore, he belonged to the type who would cooperate with Kaito Shirogane but wouldn't actively help him. He currently occupied a rather huge space alone. Many spiritual bodies gathered around him and wouldn't attack him.

In another corner opposite Uchiha Madara, Namikaze Minato looked with some curiosity at the figure who finally appeared on that long-suspended throne in the sky.

He couldn't defeat Uchiha Madara, but in this space, spiritual bodies were obviously immortal. Even if killed, they would revive in that River of the Underworld.

Namikaze Minato was still at the stage of wanting to figure out the situation.

Relatively close to him was the Guardian Spirit · Lu Bu, who had only recently been absorbed. This formidable military general, because he lost his mount when absorbed by the Reincarnator, had suffered a loss in strength and was suppressed head-on by Kaito Shirogane. Therefore, he just stood coldly in a corner at this time.

With a casual wave of his hand, he hacked and killed a large swath of Yin spirits. But immediately, relatively powerful evolved Yin spirits would launch attacks at him.

Kaito Shirogane saw the ecological niches here clearly. He then raised his hand, and an intense fluctuation began to radiate from his hand.

"Come here!"

(End of Chapter)

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