Chapter 115: Pink Knight: Pain is Only for a Moment
Yes, for [All the World's Evil], escaping meant victory.
As the black-red bandages, covered in the magical energy of Imaginary Number Magecraft, continuously enveloped Matou Sakura and the entity of [All the World's Evil], the gates to the Imaginary Number Space began to open before them. It had even already sent them inside.
By the time it re-emerged from this Imaginary Number Space, it would likely be far away from Ryudou Temple and the vicinity of Emiya Shirou. Because it was harboring this joy of victory and had successfully entered the Imaginary Number Space, [All the World's Evil] did not see it.
Back at Ryudou Temple, Emiya Shirou maintained a face full of confidence regarding the escape of [All the World's Evil]. Unheard by the entity, Shirou continued:
"The ability of [Crazy Diamond] is to repair any damaged object. That is why I can use it to heal various man-made injuries.
Of course, that's not the point. The point is that this restoration ability doesn't just heal a wound out of thin air; it takes the destroyed or damaged parts and pulls them back together to the original site to complete the repair."
As Shirou's words fell, the object in [Pseudo-Crazy Diamond]'s hand finally became visible.
It was a fragment of flesh stained with blood. It had likely adhered to the Stand via blood earlier when [Pseudo-Crazy Diamond] was pummeling Sakura's body to force out the Crest Worms embedded deep in her nerves.
Normally, this would be nothing. [Pseudo-Crazy Diamond]'s ability was more than enough to restore this piece of flesh back to Sakura's body.
But now...
"In other words, no matter how far apart the damaged part and the broken object are from each other, as long as [Crazy Diamond]'s ability is successfully activated, they will actively move to close the distance and fuse back together."
Like in the original Part 4 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Okuyasu Nijimura—who had been transferred and taken away through electrical wires by [Red Hot Chili Pepper]—was pulled back out of the wires by [Crazy Diamond] before he could be fried by the high voltage, thanks to a severed arm he had left behind.
Or like Yoshikage Kira, who thought he was clever by cutting off his own hand to leave [Sheer Heart Attack] behind to stall Josuke Higashikata and the others, only to have his cleverness backfire. The hand touched by [Crazy Diamond] acted like a guide dog, actively tracking in the direction Kira was fleeing...
And this is [Crazy Diamond]'s hidden ability!
"Though you probably can't hear these words... no, I should say, you're about to witness it firsthand.
[Pseudo-Crazy Diamond]!!"
As swift as its departure had been, the speed at which [All the World's Evil] now reappeared was equally relentless. Before it could even utter the question, "Wh-What!?", the entity inhabiting Sakura was yanked out of the re-opened Imaginary Number Space, flying uncontrollably toward [Pseudo-Crazy Diamond]'s fist.
"The curse of black mud? The suppression of projectile attacks by Imaginary Number Space? ...Unfortunately, I don't need to actively approach you, nor do I need to project weapons to throw at you.
As long as I wish it, Angra Mainyu, you will come to me of your own accord.
Bear with it, Sakura." Saying this, Shirou looked at Sakura with a smile.
He looked toward [All the World's Evil] within her body, which was now set to receive his fist, and said: "It might hurt a little bit next..."
"DORA-DORA-DORA-DORA-DORA-DORA!!!"
The air was screaming.
Even though only a Stand User could truly see the figure of [Pseudo-Crazy Diamond] beside Shirou, when a Stand begins to actively interfere with reality, the wind pressure from such high-speed consecutive punches causes the surrounding air to let out a neurotic wail.
At that point, even someone with no specialized vision would realize that while Emiya Shirou appeared to be standing still, there was an invisible, terrifying presence beside him, performing a frantic dance of devastation upon [All the World's Evil].
"A Servant?"
Tohsaka Rin, who had seen this Stand ability before, didn't comment on the ethics of it, but instead pondered what this phenomenon actually was. This invisible power immediately made her think of a Servant's "Spiritualization."
Though Spiritualization is usually only effective against ordinary people—and can't even hide from a magus, let alone infrared detection equipment—Rin remembered that in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Assassin was targeted and locked onto by Kiritsugu Emiya using an infrared scope for a sniper rifle.
If this was some kind of hidden ability of a higher grade than Spiritualization, it would seem to make sense. So thought Rin, unaware of the existence of Stands.
"I remember Emiya-kun saying Saber's True Name is King Arthur. While his casual revealing of a True Name and the fact that the famous King Arthur is actually a girl is quite shocking... when you speak of King Arthur, the most famous thing besides the legend of the Holy Sword is
the Knights of the Round Table. If Saber has a Noble Phantasm that can summon other Round Table knights, it wouldn't be impossible. But that doesn't seem right either..."
As Rin, witnessing this sight for roughly the fourth time, finally managed to calm down enough to analyze what Shirou's ability might be, the one currently being beaten—[All the World's Evil], which was being hammered out of Sakura's body by [Pseudo-Crazy Diamond]—had only one thought:
'Liar!'
This guy with the thick eyebrows and big eyes, who looks so righteous, is a total liar!
"A little bit of pain"?
Is this "a little"? This is a lot!
"Hee-hee-hee, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!"
Consequently, along with the Dora-Dora sounds of [Pseudo-Crazy Diamond], the wails of [All the World's Evil] echoed incessantly.
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