Chapter 60

Tōsaka Tokiomi was extremely surprised, but Geto Suguru remained calm and slowly relayed the information he had learned from Fuyuki: "It should be a hidden danger left over from the previous Holy Grail War. In short, there will be no winner in this war, and the contaminated power can only bring despair."

"I know you won't believe me, a person with unclear positions, when I deliver the message. But you magicians should have a way to verify the truth of what I say."

Tōsaka Tokiomi took several seconds to calm down his shock, and then looked directly at Geto Suguru's face: "As you said, I need time to verify your information. During this time..."

"While you verify the authenticity, I will wait for you here." Xia Yujie took over the conversation, "In exchange, you take Emiya Kiritsugu with you to confirm it."

Tōsaka Tokiomi thought about it for a few seconds and agreed: "If your information is indeed true, this Holy Grail War will be meaningless. The right thing to do is to unite and resolve this farce."

After reaching an agreement, the magician hurried out, but left behind his disciple Kotomine Kirei, whether to monitor him or for some other purpose.

At first, Geto Suguru didn't pay much attention to this Master who was not a key figure, until Fuyuki who had been following him sent him some messages.

The back that was originally relaxed against the sofa suddenly straightened up. Xia Yujie looked at the priest next to him with some confusion in his eyes. He really couldn't tell what kind of personality the other person had from the outside.

"Mr. Xia Yu, what can I do for you?" the man in the formal priest's uniform asked. Kotomine Keirei was keenly aware that Xia Yujie's gaze flashed past him and then landed behind him, as if he was looking for something.

Xia Youjie, who was subconsciously looking for the cursed spirit, quickly retracted his gaze: "Don't bother, I'm just a little curious about the decoration of the villa, I can just take a look at it myself."

Although Kotomine Kirei was still curious, since Geto Suguru was not the type he was interested in, he didn't care after getting a perfunctory answer.

The two of them kept a comfortable distance while waiting for Tosaka Toki to return. During this time, Geto Suguru even thought about why he hadn't found the cursed spirit. According to Fuyuki, Kotomine Kirei had a twisted soul and was an antisocial personality who used the pain of others to make ends meet.

According to Geto Suguru's experience, such a person is very likely to have a cursed spirit. However, when he looked over, he did not see anything behind Kotomine Kirei, not even a trace of cursed energy.

Is this a magician's special ability or is it simply because Kotomine Kirei's perverted switch has not been activated yet? You have to know that humans have some bad desires to a certain extent, but what distinguishes humans from animals is that humans know how to restrain themselves. Before Kotomine Kirei finds the switch, who can say that he is not a qualified priest?

Thinking of this, Geto Suguru couldn't help but sigh again. Fuyuki is such a good city. People like Kotomine Keirei can stay here peacefully for decades without making any trouble. No wonder it is always ranked among the top tourist cities to visit. No matter how many troubles there are, they will probably disappear in the blue sea and blue sky.

Thinking of this, Geto Xiayou suddenly wanted to take some sorcerers he knew on a trip. Because of excessive work pressure and the infection of cursed power, each of them looked like they would die suddenly at any time. Anyway, now due to the cooperative relationship of city consciousness, dealing with cursed spirits has become much simpler, so there should be time to hold a large-scale team-building event.

Before Geto Suguru could come up with a specific plan in his mind, Tōsaka Tokitoki came back with a sad face.

There was no mark on his raised hand.

The essence of the Holy Grail War was originally a scam. After knowing that this Holy Grail War was hopeless, the Church cancelled it, because the heroic spirits who returned to the world after the Holy Grail War would naturally return to the Throne of Heroes.

"You are right. The Holy Grail has been contaminated." A magician who had lost his dream spoke about the next arrangements with some sadness. "The church will issue a ceasefire statement. This Holy Grail War is cancelled."

"This time?" Xia Youjie frowned. What he wanted was for the magicians to stop holding the Holy Grail War. After all, this kind of Holy Grail War has never been truly successful. What can be achieved through the Holy Grail is only theoretical. This kind of war that sounds like a scam is probably only believed by a paranoid group like magicians.

Without waiting for Geto Suguru and Tosaka Toki to discuss further, Fuyuki, who had been following Geto Suguru silently as a decoration, suddenly moved. The dense bandages formed a solid shield, blocking out the roaring and shattered glass in the distance.

The magician Tokisaki naturally had ways to protect himself, but he was still caught off guard by the sudden change. The flying glass fragments scratched his arm and blood flowed down his arm.

Tōsaka Tokijin, who was covering his hand, did not treat him immediately. Instead, he looked at Suguru Geto and Fuyuki and said, "It seems that you are not the Master and the Heroic Spirit. The other Heroic Spirits should have returned to the Throne of Heroes by now."

After saying that, he looked at Fuyuki deeply and said, "Then only you can stop it now."

"What is that?" Xia Youjie frowned deeply, as if something unexpected had happened.

Tosaka Tokitoki seemed to have lost all his strength and fell on the sofa: "You don't know? It seems that you really know nothing about magic."

Geto Suguru subconsciously looked at Fuyuki. They came from ten years later, and he would change Fuyuki's tragic future, so the city consciousness told him the truth of ten years ago.

But there is no such scene in that long story.

Saber, Lancer, Rider... None of them have this possibility, so who could it be?

Several answers flashed through Geto Suguru's mind. He had originally intended to make plans for the seven heroic spirits and the masters, but the time for the Holy Grail War was limited, so he chose to target the main combination.

There was a group that was easily overlooked. They were not very noticeable, nor were they obsessed with fighting with others. Moreover, when he asked about it, Fuyuki gave a very vague answer.

"Don't worry about them, they will come off in due time."

At this time, Geto Suguru also heard the answer from Tosaka Tokitoki: "Caster is a magician. Even without a master, he can stay for a long time with his own magic power. And according to my recent investigation, the identity of the caster this time..."

"It's Gilles de Rais, the Bluebeard, a murderous devil."

Geto Suguru could no longer hear the last part of Tohsaka Toki's voice. The ominous premonition in his heart grew stronger. Before he could stretch out his hand, the bandage wrapped around Fuyuki suddenly shrank. The protective bandage seemed to strangle the wrapped body. In the instant visible to the naked eye, no scarlet blood splashed. The wrapped body was squeezed by the bandage and turned into flowing mud, sliding through the gap and finally disappearing.

At the same time, the roar of the Weiyuan River in the distance stopped briefly and then broke out into a louder noise.

"Take me there!" Xia Youjie clenched his fists and almost growled at Tosaka Toki, "Use your magician's method to take me there as quickly as possible."

"Although Heroic Spirits obey their Masters as Servants, we generally avoid direct conflict with them in battle." Tōsaka Tokitoki did not agree with Geto Suguru's approach, but it was his city that was destroyed, so he was willing to help if he was sure of the outcome.

The battle between strong men does not need to last for a long time. Anyone with combat experience understands this kind of thing. However, when Geto Suguru arrived, no one expected to see such a scene.

Heroic spirits are very unfair existences. If they have enough spiritual power, they will be the most powerful armed force in the world. Of course, this premise has already stumped a lot of people. The human body as a container can only carry a limited amount of spiritual power, and obtaining spiritual power from the outside world is usually a tedious and very inefficient task.

Caster was able to summon such a huge sea monster. I wonder how many lives were wasted by him as nourishment.

But such a caster is now completely suppressed. A huge gray-blue fish tail is wrapped around it, making it unable to move. The white bone spear penetrates the body of the sea monster from top to bottom. After losing the bandage cover, the mermaid, or siren, has enlarged several times in size.

According to legend, this monster has an alluring singing voice. After luring sailors into the water, even the strongest sailors cannot break free from its slender arms like a girl. Then, its beautiful appearance changes, and its sharp teeth can easily tear the skin and flesh of its prey.

The sailors were suffocating in the sea water, and at this moment, the sea monster was exposed to the air, suspended by the white spear.

The battle was undoubtedly over, but... the arms painted with silver-gray scales did not loosen the shackles of the sea monster, and with Weiyuan River as the center, golden magic circles lit up layer by layer.

"What is she doing?!" Toosaka Tokitoki's voice was a little excited.

Geto Suguru certainly had no way to answer his question, and Tohsaka Toki didn't need his answer: "She is draining Fuyuki's spiritual veins!" Through the medium of the caster that was connected to the Holy Grail, Fuyuki's spiritual veins were drained of spiritual power at an extremely fast speed.

As one of the controllers of the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City, Tousaka Tokichi subconsciously wanted to stop it, but then he bumped into a transparent barrier.

"Suguru Geto, stop her! Fuyuki's spiritual veins will be drained."

After feeling that everything was out of his plan, Geto Suguru calmed down: "What will happen if Fuyuki loses his spiritual vein?"

Tōsaka Toki was stunned. Without the spiritual vein, the Holy Grail War could not be held from then on. It would not have much impact on other things. After all, there were only a few cities with spiritual veins.

"Then there's no need to organize. Fuyuki won't hurt Fuyuki anyway." Geto Suguru was still thinking. Until now, he didn't understand why Fuyuki would hide it if he just wanted to attack the spiritual vein?

The next second, Tosaka Toki gave the answer: "It won't be a big deal if the city loses its spiritual veins, but didn't you notice? These spiritual powers will blow her up."

(End of this chapter)