Please call me CyberGhost King

Chapter 230 Killing You Just for Personal Preference

Soon, Ke Ling and Jiantong Yanye arrived at the Jiantong family's ancestral home. Ke Ling did not go in directly, but let Jiantong Yanye go in first.

There was no way, Ke Ling's identity had been exposed. Although Matou Zouken did not have much hope that Matou Kariya could win the Holy Grail War, he still paid attention to this Holy Grail War.

After all, if you can’t win, you have to work hard to drag others down so that they can’t win either.

Matou Kariya entered the Matou family's mansion. From the outside, it can be seen that the Matou family is still very rich.

As an old monster who has lived for more than 500 years, Matou Zouken has some experience in managing spiritual lands. The Matou family's spiritual lands are all over the country, providing a steady stream of income for the Matou family.

“Kanya, you.”

In the dim room, an old voice sounded, with a hint of surprise, because Matou Kariya had also changed a lot.

The old man showed up. He was a bald man with limbs as thin as a mummy. His deep eye sockets showed a bright light. The old man had a hunched back and was very short. He looked very scary, the kind of man who would be mistaken for a ghost if you met him at night.

This is Matou Zouken, he looks a bit like a carving bug, and is always accompanied by an unpleasant smell of corruption when he appears. He is wearing a kimono with a combination of blue and dark gray, and holding a wooden cane. The old man looks at Matou Kariya with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Old man, I am back to health, healthier than ever before."

Matou Kariya looked at the old man. Of course he knew what Matou Zouken was wondering about. There was greed and desire in the old man's eyes, and it was obvious that he was very curious about the changes in him.

"How did you do it?"

Matou Zouken was indeed very curious, how could a body that had been eaten by the cresting worms suddenly recover? The cresting worms were clearly still there.

"Berserker!"

However, what responded to him was a roar from Matou Kariya, and the figure of Berserker appeared directly in front of Matou Zouken.

"boom!"

With a clean and powerful punch, the old bug's head was blown up directly.

"Hurrah!"

Unlike the blood explosion of ordinary people, a bunch of bugs exploded after Matou Zouken's head was hit. His body was made up of a bunch of bugs, and his real flesh had already collapsed long ago.

This is the "art of longevity" developed by Matou Zouken, or it would be more appropriate to call it the "art of prolonging life". The body is a collection of insects, and human functions are also operated by the insects.

After his current body decays or is damaged, he can eat the body of another person as a substitute to "resurrect". All he needs is a shell and fill it with bugs to prolong his life. As long as his original body is not defeated, he can continue to survive.

However, this method of prolonging life is extremely harmful. The long time has eroded Matou Zouken's soul. Therefore, even if he gets fresh flesh, it will quickly decay, so it must be replaced regularly.

Today, the lifespan of the human body is becoming shorter and shorter. In the past, it could function for more than 50 years after being replaced once, but now it needs to be replaced every few months.

The pain and fear of his body constantly decaying and changing gradually drove Zouken Matou crazy, and in the end, the only thing left was the obsession of "not wanting to die".

“Matou Kariya! You are looking for death!”

The insects scattered on the ground were roaring, and Matou Zouken controlled the engraving worms without hesitation to devour Matou Kariya. It happened that this body was broken, so he could be resurrected in Matou Kariya's body.

The body taken away by Matou Zouken will not maintain its original appearance, but will gradually distort into Matou Zouken's appearance. This is an influence on the soul. Theoretically, Matou Zouken can manipulate the engraving worms to change his face at will, but that is only in theory. The reality is that he can only maintain this haggard appearance.

"Well, come on and see if you can kill me!"

In response to Matou Zouken's counterattack, Matou Kariya directly retorted. As he spoke, the Demon King cells had already devoured the other imprinted worms in his body, leaving Matou Zouken empty-handed.

"how come?!"

Matou Zouken was now completely unable to hold back. His Crest Bug lost contact and he lost control of Matou Kariya!
Without hesitation, Matou Zouken chose to escape. As the saying goes, there is life, there is hope. Now everything Matou Zouken does is essentially for survival. The ideals in his heart have long been forgotten with the passage of time. Now all that is left is an old bug dominated by the instinct of survival.

However, Matou Zouken's escape plan hit a wall and crashed heavily into the shadow wall of the shadow prison built by Ke Ling. The engraved insects that jumped out fell to the ground with a "pop".

"who?!"

Matou Zouken suddenly felt something was wrong. His true body was actually a seal worm. These seal worms were all part of his body. If he wanted, he could change positions among them. These seal worms could all be his true body.

"I'm so sorry, old bug. I have to take your life today."

Ke Ling emerged from the shadows, and his appearance made Matou Zouken feel a chill in his heart. Of course, he recognized Ke Ling's face.

“What kind of cooperation did Matou Kariya reach with you?! I can give you everything he can give you! I am the master of the Matou family!”

Seeing that he had lost all his ways to retreat, Matou Zouken could only choose other ways. If he could reach a cooperation with this Heroic Spirit Servant, he would have a chance of survival and even be able to kill Matou Kariya.

"Cooperation? No, he is already my subordinate."

Ke Ling smiled. To be honest, Matou Zouyan was still very difficult to kill. The entire Matou family was a nest of insects. Matou Zouyan had been rooted in Fuyuki City for more than two hundred years, and his heritage was still very rich.

Therefore, if you want to kill Matou Zouken, you have to do it suddenly and all at once. You can't give this guy a chance, otherwise he will definitely escape.

At this time, Matou Kariya had come out with a little girl. The girl had purple hair and purple eyes, and an expressionless face. Her eyes were as empty and dim as a doll's. There was no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness in those eyes, only numbness. She was dressed simply and wore a red hair knot on her head, which was a gift from her sister.

Matou Kirei held Sakura's hand, his eyes full of heartache. The child had changed so much. The innocent Sakura who used to play behind Toosaka Rin was gone.

This child is only six years old, but in the year since he was adopted, he has experienced too much pain that ordinary people cannot bear.

Sakura is indeed very talented, but her magic attribute is "hollow", which does not match the magic inheritance of the Matou family, so Matou Zouken began to use the seal bugs to forcibly change Sakura's magic attribute. Every day, Sakura is put into the bugs to eat. Although Sakura is nominally the heir of the Matou family, in fact, Matou Zouken just wants to use Sakura's magic genes to give birth to excellent offspring. He simply calls Sakura a "placenta."

As the only conscience of the Matou family, Matou Kariya had long seen through all of this and the true nature of the Matou family's devil's den, so he was completely unable to accept this kind of thing. He couldn't bear to see Sakura trapped in the devil's den. Even though he knew he would probably die, Matou Kariya still resolutely returned.

Sakura hid beside Matou Kariya. In this year, she only felt a hint of warmth from him. She knew in her heart that Uncle Kariya was different from others. Uncle Kariya wanted to save her and was even tortured to the point of being half-human and half-ghost for this.

"Why only one?"

When Ke Ling saw that Matou Kariya only brought out Sakura, he spoke in surprise, as there was clearly a human presence inside.

Matou Kariya's face froze. He had forgotten about his little nephew Matou Shinji. It could only be said that the boy really had no sense of existence, just like his brother who also had no talent for magic.

There is no way. In the Matou family, it is like this if you don’t have magical talent. You are not taken seriously at all, just like an unknown person.

If he had not run away from home, his brother Matou Tsuruno would not have been the head of the Matou family. In Matou Zouken's eyes, there has never been a place for these family members who have no talent for magic.

Because of the unfamiliarity with the local climate and environment, the magical talent of the Matou family's descendants has been getting worse and worse since they settled in Fuyuki City. By the current generation, they have completely lost their magical talent. Surprisingly, the one with the best talent throughout the generations is Matou Kariya.

Zouken Matou's real name is Machiri Zorgen. He is a magician from Eastern Europe. He came to Fuyuki City to settle down more than two hundred years ago. Judging from the results, this was not a good decision for the development of his family. The Zorgen family was obviously incompatible with Fuyuki City.

Matou Kariya went back and lay down, and soon brought back a little boy. The little boy with purple hair and purple eyes was sleepy and obviously still a little confused about the situation. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Matou Kariya. He was only one year older than Sakura.

"Uncle Yanye, how did you change back?"

Looking at Matou Kariya, the little boy Matou Shinji asked. Matou Kariya had changed a lot in the past year, so it was naturally surprising that he suddenly returned to his original appearance.

"Ahhh! What are these?!"

However, before Matou Kariya could answer, Matou Shinji saw the carved bugs on the ground and he cried out in fear.

Because he had no talent for magic, neither he nor his father had been taught magic. The young Matou Shinji didn't even know the nature of his family, and he had never broken into the insect room.

"That's your grandfather."

Matou Kariya had an unpleasant look on his face and didn't say anything, but Ke Ling told the truth directly, which shocked Matou Shinji, and even Sakura looked over here with a numb gaze.

Matou Zouken has been trying to break through the wall of shadow that covers the Matou family, but Ke Ling ignores him and lets him do useless work.

All of Matou Zouken's strength was used to maintain his life. He was once a powerful magician with considerable combat power, but now he doesn't even have the ability to attack in order to survive. His attacks can't even put any pressure on Ke Ling.

You know, when he was young, Machiri Zorgen was a magician who was so powerful that he could even defeat the Heroic Spirits. In other words, if he died normally, he might have been able to obtain the status of a Heroic Spirit or a Guardian.

But unfortunately, the former Machiri Zorgen is no longer there, and all that is left now is an old bug named Matou Zouken.

"Shinji, come here."

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Matou Zouken told his grandson that by eating Matou Shinji he could temporarily regain his human form.

However, Shinji Matou just looked at the insects on the ground in horror and hid behind Matou Kariya, not daring to get close at all. He and Matou Zouken didn't have much affection, and Matou Zouken had never even looked at him straight in the eye.

"Okay, please go out, the three of you, and leave the rest to me."

Ke Ling smiled, then sent out several shadow tentacles to pull Matou Kariya, Matou Shinji, and Sakura out of the shadow prison.

Matou Zouken wanted to follow him out, and countless engraved insects flew up, but were burned to ashes by Ke Ling's fire.

Ke Ling held a flamethrower in his hand, and the raging flames spewed out, directly igniting everything in front of him. To deal with this kind of insects, it turned out that fire was still necessary to purify them.

The high-temperature flames devoured everything. The greening outside the Matou family's house was quite good, which just helped fuel the fire. The engraved insects that exploded from Matou Zouken were quickly burned to ashes, but Ke Ling knew that there was an insect room full of insects in the basement of Matou's house.

The raging flames soon set the entire Matou family on fire. The shadow prison was filled with black smoke. Ke Ling walked into the Matou family in flames. The flames could not cause any harm to him. Not to mention the temperature regulator and fireproof coating, the Rc cell shell was also fireproof. It was easy for him to walk in the flames.

After finding the insect room, Ke Ling turned on the Jianli flamethrower and sprayed it wildly. The insects tried desperately to rush out, but none of them could get through the flame net.

"Zizzizi!"

The insects were constantly burned to ashes, emitting a rotten smell, but Ke Ling remained unmoved and kept staring at the changes in experience points. This was the best way to confirm whether Matou Zouken was dead or not.

In any case, a character like Matou Zouken would not be given no experience points at all. This old bug has lived for more than 500 years. Even if he is extremely weak now and all his magic power is used to maintain his life, if he really goes crazy and doesn't care about his life, his fighting ability should not be underestimated.

"I shouldn't have offended you! Why do you have to force me to this point?!"

Matou Zouken's voice was heard, he surrounded a group of seal insects, placed himself at the center, and then rushed outward. Layers of seal insects were burned to death, but he still managed to get closer and closer.

"Crack!"

A bolt of lightning struck out and hit the ball of engraved insects directly. Electric currents ran rampant and countless engraved insects fell to the ground. The voice of Matou Zouken came to an abrupt end.

"Why?!"

Then, Matou Zouken's voice soon rang out again. His voice was filled with fear and begging. He didn't care about his face at all. He just wanted to survive and he would give everything for it.

"I'm sorry, I don't like you, I don't like bugs, it's that simple. If you were something else, I might have spared your life, but as for bugs, forget it."

Ke Ling spoke slowly. This was the truth. He wanted to kill Matou Zouken purely out of personal preference. It was nothing else but that he hated bugs, especially this ugly looking engraving bug.

(End of this chapter)