Chapter 56

The night in Fuyuki City is also a good time for the seven magicians to start the battlefield.

In addition to considering that the number of ordinary people who go out at night will be greatly reduced, the cover of night can also conceal some information about servants and masters.

The winner of the Holy Grail War can obtain the universal wish-granting machine "Holy Grail". For this reason, the seven groups of contestants who do not know the whole truth will bet everything as chips in order to win the final victory.

Kiritsugu Emiya is one of them. He spent several years preparing for this. He used King Arthur's scabbard as a holy relic and successfully summoned the strongest class Saber. Although he was a little surprised that King Arthur did it for a girl, he didn't like those who imposed the responsibilities of a king on a girl.

The disagreement between the Master and the Servant's philosophies should have been a serious matter, but Emiya Kiritsugu was not a magus who relied entirely on his Servants to fight. Known as the "Magician Killer", he, as always, intended to use his own methods to get rid of the magus who was his Master first.

However, just this day, when he entered a hotel warehouse to set up the scene, a red-haired child rushed in, looked at him with an incredible look, and blurted out -

“Dad!”

Emiya Kiritsugu: “???”

Although he is married and has a daughter, he really doesn't have a son this old.

Then, before he could react, the boy immediately said sorry and ran away, so fast that Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't catch up. He didn't think that the boy was an ordinary child. Regardless of whether he was related to other masters, it meant that his daytime arrangements would be invalidated.

However, Emiya Kiritsugu was not discouraged. As long as the Holy Grail War was not over, everything would turn around. So when night fell, when his Saber faced Lancer on the opposite side, he also took the opportunity to look for Lancer's Master.

But the changes in the battle situation are always unpredictable. The sudden appearance of a chariot interrupted the battle between Saber and Lancer, and the rider who drove the chariot also revealed his real name without any care.

"The world was almost conquered by such a fool." No matter how magnificent the description in history books was, the King of Conquerors who acted recklessly without caring about the possibility of putting himself in a weak position was just a fool in Kiritsugu Emiya's eyes.

However, a Gilgamesh was indeed lured out. The so-called heroic spirits are people who have had a significant impact on human history. Such people often have distinct personalities. Take Saber as an example. She has always adhered to the chivalrous spirit that Kiritsugu Emiya disdained.

With four servants currently present, the situation is much more complicated than before. If another one appears at this time...

Just as Emiya Kiritsugu was thinking this, a black figure appeared out of nowhere and rushed straight towards Saber.

It doesn't matter, Saber is the strongest class, even if she has to deal with a sneak attack like this...

Bang! The blonde female knight was thrown out.

And there were not just one black figure, but two! The two figures had been fighting all the way here, but for some reason, after seeing Saber, both of them rushed towards Saber.

His Saber was knocked far away!

Emiya Kiritsugu's brain began to work frantically. Surrounded by the ominous black aura, the two looked like barsarkars no matter how you looked at them. The question was why were there two barsarkars? !

This story begins during the day.

Relying on his experience of being forced to participate in the Holy Grail War, Shirou Emiya did find out some information about the current Holy Grail War, and unexpectedly discovered that his adoptive father was a participant ten years ago.

He was surprised, but Shirou Emiya also vaguely guessed that his adoptive father's identity must be no simple one. At least he was definitely not a mere outsider ten years ago.

With himself as a clue, there are many places that can be explored in depth, such as Avalon and his own servants, so when he accidentally met Kiritsugu Emiya, Shirou Emiya followed him without hesitation, and then after seeing what his adoptive father had arranged for the hotel, he fled in horror.

It cannot be said that Kiritsugu Emiya left a bad impression on Shirou Emiya. After all, to a child, the image of his father has always been great. Shirou Emiya also inherited his adoptive father's ideal - to become a partner of justice.

However, as for today's meeting, the feeling his adoptive father gave him ten years ago was very different from the image he remembered.

Feeling a little disappointed about this, Shirou Emiya went to meet up with Geto Suguru, and the two young boys decided to eat a bowl of ramen to soothe their upset stomachs.

Compared to Emiya Shirou, Geto Suguru, as a real layman, did not find any useful information.

Shirou Emiya comforted him: "The Holy Grail War is unknown to the public. All battles will be conducted in secret."

[The new fire in Fuyuki City today was caused by a gas explosion. The number of injured is currently being counted...] The TV news broadcast outside the ramen shop sounded at the same time, and there were also the comments of other customers in the store.

“How many times has the gas exploded?”

"I don't know. I've said it at least three or four times."

Geto Suguru felt that the black aura on Fuyuki, who had been following him, had become thicker. The so-called gas explosion was just a cover-up statement. The real reason must be the battle caused by those magicians that led to damage to the buildings and injuries to unrelated personnel.

"Is this what you call secret processing?" Although as a sorcerer, he could not care too much during the battle, but after knowing the existence of city consciousness, Geto Suguru always set up a tent.

"...Maybe when the fight starts, you won't be able to care about so many things."

Although Shirou Emiya, who was slapped in the face on the spot, wanted to say that those masters would consider ordinary people, but the magicians who would do so were still a minority after all. Some masters would indeed bypass ordinary people, but there were also some masters who acted more unscrupulously, such as his classmate Shinji Matou, who almost sucked dry all the students in the school.

Although they act differently, magicians' views on ordinary people are surprisingly consistent.

After eating ramen, the two had no intention of just going back. Most of the battles in the Holy Grail War took place at night, and they had no reason to give up such a good opportunity.

After searching like this, they actually found a clue.

A Servant who was also surrounded by black air and covered in armor flew across the sky quickly. At first, Geto Suguru and Shirou Emiya could not catch up with him with their speed, but the moment they spotted the Knight Heroic Spirit, Fuyuki, who had been following them stupidly, suddenly jumped up, holding a Servant in each hand and following closely behind the Heroic Spirit.

Geto Suguru quickly figured out Fuyuki's sudden change. If you really counted the consequences, every combination of Master and Servant was responsible for the fire ten years ago, so this time, Fuyuki was planning to take revenge himself.

The black knight stopped moving when he walked into a dark alley, and the person who was waiting for him there was now curled up on the ground in pain. From his appearance, it was hard to believe that he was an upright young man. Not only was his hair already gray, but his body was extremely thin, and his face was as pale as death, as if he was just a skeleton walking in human skin, and his skin bulged from time to time as if there was a living thing wriggling inside.

"It's all Shichen's fault!"

"Sakura, I will save you. I will take you away from the Matou family!"

“…”

The chaotic language made no sense, as if it was just mumbling. At this time, only the person he hated the most and the person he wanted to save the most could support Matou Kariya to endure this inhuman torture.

Shirou Emiya and Geto Suguru, who came with the Black Knight, happened to witness this scene.

Seeing that Emiya Shirou's expression became strange, Geto asked, "Is he someone you know?"

Shirou Emiya shook his head: "I don't know him, but I might know the person he's talking about." The surname Matou is not common in Fuyuki, and there are only two Matou that Shirou Emiya is familiar with, and one of them is a female, whose name happens to be Sakura.

Seeing the man hunched over and coughing up blood, Xia Youjie thought he could have a chat with him. If they couldn't come to an agreement, they could leave here as soon as possible. The other party's physical condition didn't seem like he could chase them.

Shirou Emiya also tends to be able to reach a cooperation with that person. After all, that person seems to be friendly towards Sakura Matou and says he wants to help her.

The two looked at each other and were about to discuss who would contact this person. However, when the two did not expect it, Fuyuki behind them suddenly moved, at a speed far beyond the reach of the two, and only the shadow of half a bandage passed by in their sight.

Emiya Shirou: "Wait! Geto, why did your barsarkar move on its own?"

Geto Xiayou: "That's my cursed spirit, and I don't know how it moved."

Shirou Emiya was very anxious. In his opinion, insufficient magic power from a magician would affect the ability of his servants. He had once made Saber unable to perform due to this. So what about Geto Suguru, who was even worse than him? Would his barsarkar disappear after being hit?

Bang! A black shadow flew out!

But it was not Geto Suguru's barsarkar but the black knight.

Shirou Emiya stared at all this in amazement, then turned to look at Geto Suguru: "Suguru, are you a magic genius?"

"I've told you I'm not a magician!" Geto Suguru was also anxiously watching the battle in the air. Although the city consciousness was like the incarnation of God compared to humans and was incredibly powerful, the existence of the Heroic Spirit itself was very buggy. Fuyuki was still seriously injured, and if a fight broke out, it was hard to say what would happen.

However, as he watched anxiously, the black knight roared and rushed forward again and again, and was then slapped away by the bandaged monster, back and forth like a volleyball.

Geto Xiayou gradually became suspicious. Is it true that the little mermaid has such strong fighting power after coming ashore?

(End of this chapter)