I survived by drawing cards after being transported to One-Punch Man.

Chapter 192 The Old Bug

"Alright, Sakura will be fine. With Caster treating her personally, as long as she gets over her psychological issues, she'll be almost done," Lin Yu said, waving his hand.

"By the way, Archer, how's Shinji doing?"

Rin Tohsaka suddenly remembered Shinji Matou, who had been taken away by Lin Yu, and asked him.

"He was having a good time with a bunch of insects. He also wanted to have the talent for magic, so we granted his wish."

Lin Yu didn't want to recall the dense swarms of insects at the bottom of the insect chamber; it was truly disgusting. However, Matou Shinji was most likely still alive. After all, even Sakura as a child could withstand it, so he figured he could too.

"So I'll go check on him in a bit. If he's still alive, then let him die. After all, your sister really wants this guy to live."

"What if Sakura wakes up and finds that guy dead?"

Rin Tohsaka also wanted Shinji Matou to just kill her, but she was afraid that Sakura would be traumatized by it and it would be even more difficult for her to recover.

"Doesn't she have her senior, Emiya Shirou? He's her white moonlight. She can take care of him for a while. Anyway, in terms of effectiveness, Emiya Shirou is more useful than you, my Master."

“Archer, you...”

"Alright, Rin, I'm going to find Shinji Matou. You're in charge of protecting Rider here."

"Ah."

After giving a brief explanation, Lin Yu returned to the Matou family's insect storage room and found only the rustling sound of insects rolling around. Had that Matou Shinji really crawled out?

"I was overthinking it; that guy was definitely taken away."

Lin Yu thought that someone like Matou Shinji wouldn't have the willpower to climb out. He probably had someone help him. Was it the old bug? Could this old guy have been living in the Matou family all along?

Lin Yu immediately used his telekinetic power and quickly discovered a walking corpse, almost naked, on the road not far away.

"No old bug? It seems to be hiding inside Matou Shinji's body. That old guy is really cunning; anyone who doesn't know the truth would never guess."

hum~

As Lin Yu spoke, he quickly approached Matou Shinji.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Shinji Matou, whose eyes had been lifeless, suddenly let out a shrill scream, his pupils filled with terror, and he staggered backward, falling to the ground.

"Slap! What are you yelling about?"

Lin Yu used his telekinesis to slap Matou Shinji across the face, then stared at his heart and said:

"Zoken Matou, are you planning to stay inside and not come out?"

Lin Yu laughed out loud. This old bug originally thought that the most dangerous place was the safest. Matou Shinji's body had a lot of bugs inside the bug warehouse, so this old guy just treated it as bugs crawling into his body. Anyway, who would care about a small bug?

"What do you mean?! What are you saying?!"

Shinji Matou covered his cheek and asked weakly, his face filled with fear. He had no idea that his 'grandfather' was near his heart.

This Servant was hostile towards him from the start, and now what kind of trouble is he going to cause?

"Although being born into the Matou family is a mistake, and it's hard for a normal person to exist in that kind of environment, you still have to die. After all, you did something wrong, no matter what the reason was."

Lin Yu expressed his regret to Matou Shinji, saying that if he had been born into such a family, he might have been no different from Matou Shinji and would have been an abuser. Beautiful flowers cannot grow in extreme darkness unless someone secretly brings them sunlight.

Shinji Matou and Kariya Matou, two characters closely associated with Sakura Matou, have vastly different life experiences.

Kariya Matou actually possesses a talent for studying magic. Although he is not top-notch, he has the potential to become a Master. If he studies diligently, he can definitely continue the magic tradition of the Matou family. He can be considered one of the few talented descendants in the family.

However, he only wanted to get rid of the old insect's control, and in the end, he resolutely gave up learning magic, left the Matou family completely, and severed all ties with the family without hesitation.

Unlike Kariya Matou, Shinji Matou had no talent for learning magic, but he desperately wanted to become a magician. If he had Kariya Matou's magic circuits, he might not have embarked on the path he is on now.

After all, if Shinji Matou had continued to study magic, he would have truly understood the pain that Sakura Matou had endured. Given his originally relatively normal personality, he might have become a trustworthy and good older brother. Unfortunately, fate has turned their lives around and put them in a difficult situation.

"Still planning to stay inside? Old man, sometimes playing dead isn't a good choice."

"What do you want?! What do you want?! Don't come near me! Don't come near me!"

Seeing Lin Yu walking towards him, Matou Shinji, who had just stood up, was so frightened that he backed away and sat down on the ground. He tried desperately to scoot backward, but he could not get rid of Lin Yu's approach.

"Stop, Archer's servant."

An aged voice rang out, and Zouken Matou, the old monster, finally realized the reality and emerged from the shadows.

He leaned on a cane, his body was so thin that he looked like a dried corpse, his limbs were withered, his eye sockets were deep, but his eyes were sharp. He was a short, bald old man with a hunchback and a very strange appearance. In order to pursue immortality, he abandoned his original body, or rather, his original body had long since decayed, and he could only use insects to piece together a new body.

Zouken Matou can no longer be considered human. He only uses magic to disguise himself as a human, but his body is actually full of insects, and his human physiological functions are maintained by these insects.

His original body had decayed many years ago, but his insect magic allows him to directly regenerate and "revive" by devouring the bodies of others as a replacement after his current body has decayed or been damaged.

As long as his original soul is not destroyed, he can continue to live. His current form is a Crest Worm made from a fragment of the Lesser Grail, which is currently hiding near Shinji Matou's heart.

Initially, the old monster intended to hide inside Matou Sakura's body, but after sensing the danger, he decisively moved and hid inside his grandson, Matou Shinji. He dared not let the age of the god mage Medea discover his existence.

As it turns out, this old monster's insect magic was indeed very effective at saving his life; if it had been a different Servant, he really would have escaped.

"A pungent, putrid smell."

Looking at the insect-like aggregate dressed in a gray-blue kimono and holding a wooden cane, Lin Yu frowned and covered his nose. The smell emanating from this old monster was as disgusting as a pile of rotting flesh.

This is understandable, as Zouken Matou's "longevity technique" itself has many flaws. Theoretically, he has broken free from the constraints of genes and can mold any shape he wants like clay with just a physical body. However, in reality, he is unable to manifest any form other than his soul.

Because this magic is constructed with his soul as its core, each new body will follow the records in his soul and replicate the decaying appearance of his soul.