"So where is Araya Souren?" Since that's the case, Tia might as well find Araya Souren first.
"Ogawa Apartments," Mifune's Mother said very simply, it seems this Araya Souren isn't really a threat.
"Let's go to Ogawa Apartments first, it looks like we'll have to deal with that giant octopus ourselves," Tia stood up, not wanting to waste time here.
Ogawa Apartments weren't supposed to be built until at least two years later in the original story, that is after 1996. Now in 1994, Ogawa Apartments haven't even been built yet, they might not even have started the foundation.
Tia and her group got the address of Ogawa Apartments from Mifune's Mother and drove there.
Not long after Tia and her group left, Ryougi Shiki's people came.
The one who came was actually Akutaka Kazutaka himself, followed by a group of followers.
"Are you Mifune's Mother?" Akutaka Kazutaka asked with surprise.
"Oh my, you all crowding in here like a dark cloud, this old woman is scared!" Mifune's Mother said dramatically.
"I heard you can predict the future, so you must have known we were coming, please, Mifune's Mother, predict the future for the master and the young lady," Akutaka Kazutaka said politely, while telling the followers behind him to go outside.
"Oh my, to ask about someone else's future, that person has to come in person! You can't take their place," Mifune's Mother said.
"This... I just want to ask about the location of one person, does the master or young lady really need to come in person to ask?" Akutaka Kazutaka asked, confused.
"Oh? Who is it?" Mifune's Mother asked.
"The master doesn't even know this person's name, but this person is a wandering monk, wearing black clothes, who gave the master some advice," Akutaka Kazutaka said.
"Heh heh heh, no need to ask, you can't handle this person, going will just be sending yourselves to your death, I advise you not to even bother knowing," Mifune's Mother said.
"Send ourselves to our death? Why? Why would that person want to send us to our death?" Akutaka Kazutaka was even more confused.
Mifune's Mother shook her head: "It seems the effect of the disappearance of evil thoughts is very big for you. That Caster's evil thoughts may have disappeared, but his good intentions..."
She said this very quietly, not letting them hear.
"In short, go back and tell your master and young lady, just wait, someone will bring them a message," Mifune's Mother said, not planning to say anymore.
Tia and her group didn't know that Akutaka Kazutaka would come to find Mifune's Mother later, naturally they didn't hear Mifune's Mother's words.
The Hummer quickly came to the address of Ogawa Apartments, but right now this place isn't called Ogawa Apartments, in fact it's still just a bunch of small houses.
And inside one of those rooms, there was someone sitting quietly.
This person was Araya Souren.
Lancelot went around these small houses in spirit mode, and quickly found Araya Souren.
"Master, over here, found him!" Lancelot said in Tia's mind.
Tia nodded, and then directly took everyone over there.
Araya Souren didn't know he was being watched, and even if he knew he wouldn't care, because he wasn't afraid of death at all, he already had some kind of immortality.
Araya Souren's origin is stillness, this is the origin he himself awakened. And because of his long-time practice of barrier arts, he finally became a barrier master, so after awakening his origin, his body became almost immortal, especially inside his own barrier, he was even harder to kill.
In the movie version, Ryougi Shiki used her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to kill Araya Souren's body, but it was still hard to wipe out Araya Souren's soul, because Araya Souren, who awakened the origin of stillness, had almost become some kind of concept, and he himself already existed in the Root, completely still.
But Araya Souren's body was destroyed, and he didn't have a new body prepared, so if he wants to come back to life, it'll have to be next century, at least 100 years later.
Basically, it's like reincarnation.
After Tia and her group found Araya Souren, Araya Souren himself was very surprised. Of course, he wasn't surprised that others could find him, he had actually felt Tia and them getting close for a while, he just didn't care about Tia and them at all. What surprised him was Lancelot's sudden appearance.
"Who are you?" Araya Souren couldn't understand why Tia and them had come, because Araya Souren had never come into contact with Fuyuki City, he also didn't know about Fuyuki City's Holy Grail War and the Masters in the Holy Grail War, naturally he didn't care about Tia's existence, so Araya Souren really didn't know anything about this.
Araya Souren only knows that Ryougi Shiki was born with a body connected to the Root. Araya Souren wants to save the world, to complete his good intentions, so he has to rely on Ryougi Shiki's body.
And because of the disappearance of bad thoughts, Araya Souren's own bad thoughts disappeared as well, so Araya Souren's good intentions became even more extreme.
He wants to save the world, and naturally thinks that the world needs him to save it, people are waiting for him to save them, and people will be very thankful for it, so he can't let anyone get hurt. But this good intention of not wanting anyone to get hurt is too extreme, and he doesn't want anyone to ask him for help.
In his heart, everyone has a fragile heart, they must be completely protected. And the big house that he suggested to Ryougi Shiki's father to build was also because of his extreme good intentions, to protect everyone inside Ryougi Shiki's big house.
Because as long as the magic that he taught to Ryougi Shiki's father is successful, Ryougi Shiki's body will be able to successfully awaken the Root, "Void".
At that time, the empty Ryougi Shiki will naturally take everyone in her big house as her own family, to fill up her "Void".
And because of her good intentions, the people living in Ryougi Shiki's house won't have any doubts, they'll just keep living there, completely giving up their normal lives and actively accepting Ryougi Shiki's protection, like they're actively accepting the idea that they have fragile hearts.
And since so many people are accepted by Ryougi Shiki, that's like so many people are indirectly connected to the Root as well.
Araya Souren can then use a barrier to wrap up the entire Ryougi Shiki house, and then further turn the entire Ryougi Shiki house into a place like Ogawa Apartments, making the Ryougi Shiki house a part of Araya Souren, naturally including all the people living in the Ryougi Shiki house, and Ryougi Shiki herself.
That way Ryougi Shiki won't die, and these people won't die either.
They'll all live happily forever.
Tia and her group naturally don't know Araya Souren's true purpose, but based on Ogawa Apartments from the original story, Tia also knows that Araya Souren will definitely do something bad.
(End of The Chapter)
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