Zongman: Evolution Paradise Chapter 186

When the seven-second time stop ended, Shirou Emiya, standing outside the school gate, finally came to his senses.

Since he didn’t know that Berserker’s Noble Phantasm ability was time stop, Shirou didn’t realize that seven seconds had passed, nor did he know that the battle had ended.

In his mind, one moment he was releasing three Command Spells to order Berserker, and now the Servant had disappeared from his side.

“Have they already started fighting with other players?”

Shirou Emiya poked his head out of the school gate, feigning a look, but saw nothing.

Without the thought of entering the school, Shirou Emiya缩 his neck, deciding to leave quickly.

How the battle went had nothing to do with him; as long as Berserker died here, Shirou Emiya would immediately settle the game.

“Leave now!”

Having made his decision, Shirou Emiya no longer looked at Homurahara Academy, enveloped in magic, and quickened his pace in the opposite direction, leaving the area.

Many students from Homurahara Academy were on the road, carrying their backpacks, their expressions somewhat bewildered, as if they had been sent out by their families again after returning home.

Before Shirou Emiya could run too far, his body, which had been continuously drained of magical energy, suddenly paused, no longer feeling the drain.

Shirou Emiya slowed his pace, then stumbled a few more steps, and a wave of joy washed over him as he realized what had happened.

“Berserker is dead?”

Since his body no longer needed to supply magical energy to the Servant, the Servant was naturally gone.

“Maybe Berserker even killed a few players before dying; I might get a higher reward when I go back.” His heart pounded rapidly as Shirou Emiya opened the player panel and chose to settle the game early.

A few seconds later, Shirou Emiya heard the voices of passersby and the cries of dorayaki vendors, but he didn’t hear the Paradise’s prompt sound.

“What happened?”

Shirou Emiya had a bad premonition and frantically called out to Paradise in his mind.

“Settle the game!”

“Paradise! Settle it!”

“My Servant is dead; according to the rules, I can settle the game!”

Finally, under Shirou Emiya’s agitation, Paradise sent a message through his wristband.

[Rule 5: You can only actively settle and exit this game in a non-combat state if you have summoned a Servant and that Servant has died.]

[Player – Brother Shirou isn’t afraid of cleavers, please exit combat status before attempting to actively exit this game.]

“I’m not in combat!”

“You…”

The cursing words didn’t come out. Shirou Emiya trembled and bent over, his fingers touching his stomach, which had slightly bulged.

“This thing counts as a combat judgment?”

——

The morning sunlight shone through the thin window into the main hall of Ryuudou Temple. Under the dappled light, the Buddha statues originally enshrined in the hall had disappeared.

Ryuu Fukuro held a copy of the “Amitabha Sutra,” leaning in the position where offerings were received, occasionally flipping pages, a slight smile playing on his lips.

“Joyfully believing and accepting, they bowed and departed.”

Reading these two lines, Ryuu Fukuro scoffed, placed the sutra beside him, and looked at Steve Rogers, who was sitting restlessly on the other side.

When Ryuu Fukuro glanced at him, a chill suddenly ran down Steve Rogers’ spine. With a bright and cheerful smile on his face, Steve Rogers proactively spoke.

“Sir, it’s a bit unexpected.”

“Shirou Emiya used three Command Spells, and the time stop lasted for seven seconds, but after the time stop ended, that player didn’t die.”

Relying on the Berserker summoned by Shirou Emiya, Steve Rogers created two extra selves last night.

One played Ryuu Fukuro, and the other, being himself, went to Homurahara Academy.

As the main body, Steve Rogers could perceive what these split individuals were doing.

Holding a large bucket of popcorn and a 2-liter bottle of soda, Steve Rogers had prepared to watch a bloody and grotesque film, but the development of events was somewhat unexpected.

First, the number of enemies: six players plus Servants in total.

Six?

Come on, a team fight only has five people!

The identity insertion clearly stated that players, as Masters, summoned their own Heroic Spirits, so what’s with you bringing three Servants?

Compared to other players, are you very benevolent?

It’s one thing to have three Servants yourself, but this guy also brought a teammate!

As a player, seeing someone else with three Servants, why don’t you quickly expose this information and ally with others to gain a chance at victory? What’s with your Buddhist-like acceptance?

One benevolent, one Buddhist-like, Steve Rogers gritted his teeth and endured it, after all, theoretically, he could still create nine of himself, equivalent to nine Heroic Spirits.

“What’s the use of having more people? As long as that Shirou Emiya thing is present, under the effect of time stop, seven seconds is enough for Berserker to kill you countless times.”

Telling himself this, Steve Rogers drank his soda and watched himself fight one against five.

Beheaded by Medea, Steve Rogers split into two; killed once by Excalibur, Steve Rogers split into four again.

“Damn it, where did that Shirou Emiya go?”

Through the means left on him, messages were sent one by one, like being out of service, always unable to connect. If he hadn’t sensed that Shirou Emiya was still alive, Steve Rogers would have already ordered his individuals to retreat.

Under the increasingly severe battle, Steve Rogers finally contacted Shirou Emiya, who had left the Reality Marble.

On Shirou Emiya’s way to school, Steve Rogers, playing Ryuu Fukuro, was actually discovered!

This was a disguise of the Hydra totem divinity; after creating the disguise, even Steve Rogers himself would forget his memories, completely becoming the person being disguised.

“How did you find out?”

“Huh? You guessed?”

Steve Rogers drank his soda, not daring to look at his Master, trying to suppress the reason for the exposure in his heart.

Fortunately, at this moment, Shirou Emiya appeared on the battlefield with his Heroic Spirit, time stop descended, and Steve Rogers’ live broadcast went black.