"Possibly. The man is known for his addiction to alchemy and black magic."

Judging from the popularity of that legend, it is not surprising that he was summoned by the Holy Grail as a Servant.It's just that his nature is completely different from that of Heroic Spirit - he should be called "Wraith Spirit" more appropriately.

"Judging from their conversation, this Master named Ryunosuke not only has no knowledge about the Holy Grail War, but it seems that he doesn't even have the consciousness of being a magician."

"It's also very possible. Maybe by chance, a person without magical skills can form a contract with a summoned Servant...so that Master will only become a puppet of the Servant."

"No, that's..."

Kirei recalled the content of the conversation he heard through Assassin's ears, and continued.

"...No matter what, Caster's own words and deeds are also beyond the normal range of understanding. He always said that the Holy Grail is already in my hands, and that I must save Joan of Arc, etc., which are completely pointless.

Personally, I think - neither Caster nor his Master took the Holy Grail War seriously. "

Hearing Kirei's words, Tokiomi let out a deep sigh as if wanting to vent all the anger in his heart.

"A Servant who went berserk due to insanity, and a Master who couldn't control the situation at all? Why on earth would the Holy Grail choose such guys?"

Servants attacking humans—there is nothing strange about this matter itself.As a spirit Servant that lives on magic power, it not only obtains magic power supplements from the Master, but also obtains power by absorbing human souls.Those incompetent Masters who cannot provide enough magic power to Servants sometimes make up for the lack of magic power in the form of offering sacrifices to Servants.

Even in this Holy Grail War.It was within Tokiomi's expectation that this offering of sacrifices would happen.This is also understandable.Magicians are inherently out of order.Ethics and right and wrong can be ignored.Even if innocent ordinary people need to be sacrificed, as long as it is done secretly and covertly, it will be acquiesced.

But such a blatant killing.Moreover, it is unacceptable to cause such a big commotion.

"This kind of thing can't be left alone, right? Tokiomi-kun."

Father Rizheng, who had an ugly expression on his face, interjected.

"Caster's actions have clearly hindered the progress of this Holy Grail War. This is against the rules."

"Of course, in the past, I was in charge of keeping the magic secret, and I would never let him go."

The Tosaka family has been the secret owner of the Fuyuki area for generations—that is to say, the Tosaka family is in charge of managing the spirit veins and monitoring abnormal situations here, which is a task directly entrusted to them by the Magic Association.It is also one of the reasons why Tohsaka, as one of the "Founding Royal Three Families", provided his own jurisdiction as the stage of the Holy Grail War.

So for Tokiomi.Not only as a Master who aims at the Holy Grail, but also from the perspective of the former local administrators, he has to stop Caster's actions.

"I'm afraid that the continuous disappearance of children after those four killings is also the work of those two people."

Kirei explained his opinion lightly.

"The number of reported missing children is 17. And judging from the monitoring situation this morning, plus the children they have arrested, there are at least more than 30 children.

Their actions are likely to intensify in the future.Father, it is necessary to stop them as soon as possible. "

"Well, it's to the point where the problem can't be solved through warning and punishment. The only way now is to get rid of Caster and his Master."

"But the problem is that if you want to deal with Servants, you can only rely on Servants, but my Assassin can't make a move right now."

What Kirei said made sense.How could Assassin, who was deliberately hiding a plot, let him appear again so soon.

Father Risei thought silently for a while, and then made a suggestion to Tokiomi:

"Slightly changing the rules is also within my authority as the supervisor. Let's put aside the matter of the Holy Grail for now, how about mobilizing all Masters to attack Caster together?"

"Oh? Then... do you have any good ideas? Father."

"For the Master who killed Caster, I can provide him with a certain amount of help that will benefit future battles. For the other Masters, the result of the entire Holy Grail War being affected by Caster's berserk is something they don't want to see either. Bar."

"—I see. The purpose of the game has been changed to hunting. Is that so?"

Including the Servant who was injured in the chaos last night, not a single Servant has actually been eliminated.In this way, if everyone targets Caster together. Caster's fate is like a candle in the wind that may be extinguished at any time.

"However, as a reward for subjugating Caster, the favorable conditions provided to the winner...will it turn out to be an obstacle for us to obtain the Holy Grail in the end?"

To Tokiomi's question, Father Risei replied with a smile:

"Of course, it would be bad if someone else got it. But the one who can give the final blow to Caster, who is being chased by the hounds, must be Archer."

"—So that's the case, of course."

As long as Kirei's Assassin was around, it would be no trouble at all to time the final blow to Caster.Even if the rules have changed now.The tactics of the Tohsaka camp remained unchanged.

"Then hurry up and prepare to recruit other Masters."

After deciding on the target, Father Risei got up and walked out of the basement.Just when Kirei also got up to leave, Tokiomi's voice stopped him.

"—By the way, Kirei. I heard that you seemed to have taken some action by leaving Fuyuki Church last night."

Kirei had long expected that Tokiomi would question him.on the surface.His disciple had obviously retreated in the Holy Grail War and sought the protection of the Church.So there should be no further action at all.

"I'm very sorry, although I also know it's dangerous to do so, but I found spies around the church. So I have to deal with it..."

"Spy? Is it aimed at you in the church?"

Tokiomi's voice became more and more serious.

"Please don't worry, the spy has been killed by me. No secrets will be revealed."

Kirei replied with a hearty voice.Kirei himself felt extremely surprised that he was able to lie to his master so frankly.

"Why didn't you use Servant?"

"I think it's just a small matter. It doesn't need a Servant at all."

After being silent for a while, Tokiomi said a little unhappy.

"...You are indeed a highly skilled agent, and I know that you are very confident in your ability. But in the current situation, doesn't your approach seem a bit rash?"

"Yes. I will act more cautiously in the future."

Kirei lied again.

From now on, maybe Kirei will go to the battlefield countless times.In order to track down Emiya Kiritsugu until the moment he was found.

Chapter 37 The Instigation of the Pleasure Criminal

After the communicator completely fell silent, Kirei got up and walked out of the basement.

Just when he opened the door of his own room on the first floor, he suddenly felt a sense of incongruity as if he had entered the wrong room.

Neither a change in smell nor a change in temperature, just a significant change in the overall feel of the room.Kirei's room was originally simple, but now it seemed to be filled with the luxury and elegance of a palace.

The furnishings and lighting in the room have not changed in any way.The only difference is that there is a man sitting on the bench in the room like no one else.

This man who occupied other people's houses for no reason was a person who surprised Kirei a little.He frowned slightly in surprise.

"—Archer?"

The blond hair standing upright like burning and the ruby-like eyes.The one who appeared in front of Kirei was none other than Tohsaka Tokiomi's Servant, the Hero King Gilgamesh.What the Heroic Spirit was wearing was not his original golden armor, but a modern patent leather jacket and leather pants with fur.

Since being summoned, this Heroic Spirit, who has traveled around the mountains and rivers willfully relying on the ability to act alone, recently suddenly got tired of touring in the form of a spirit, so he simply appeared in reality and changed into a "play suit" at night. Stride up the street.Although Tokiomi had heard about Gilgamesh's idiot behavior for a long time, Kirei never imagined that he would appear in his room at all.

Not only did Gilgamesh not show the slightest bit of embarrassment about his behavior of casually entering other people's rooms, but he casually took out a bottle of red wine from the closet, poured it into a glass, and took a sip elegantly.

"Although there are not many, but yours are more excellent than Tokiomi's collection. What a disgraceful disciple."

"..."

Kirei, who didn't know the meaning of Gilgamesh's visit, looked at the empty wine bottles placed side by side on the table.

It seems that Gilgamesh took out all the wines in his house and tasted them one by one.

While it may seem a bit surprising at first glance, it's not surprising when you think about it.Kirei has a habit of buying the best wine whenever he hears about it.

Alcohol, if you look into it carefully, is an endless and profound world.In other words, wine can fill the emptiness in the heart through taste.Using alcohol to get drunk is also a good way to get yourself drunk when you are empty-this aspirant who is walking in a dead end thinks so half-seriously.

But so far, he has not tasted it once.Just keep increasing the amount of wine.Even when entertaining guests, I never thought of taking out these fine wines.Not to mention the current drunk who casually drank up other people's wine collection, no matter how much he praised his own wine collection, Kirei didn't have any welcoming attitude towards him.

"What's the matter with you?"

Facing Kirei's inquiry without any emotion.Gilgamesh raised his glass.Looking at Kirei with meaningful eyes.

"People who feel bored, it seems that there are other people besides me."

"boring?"

Upon hearing such an answer, Kirei immediately realized the meaning contained in Gilgamesh's words——

Although I don't know when Gilgamesh knew about it, but this Heroic Spirit already knew about Kirei acting alone against Tokiomi's wishes last night.

"What's the matter, Kirei? Are you also feeling unsatisfied with just following Tokiomi's orders?"

"...Are you not satisfied with the contract until now? Gilgamesh."

Kirei didn't answer Gilgamesh's question, but asked back with a bit of displeasure.Although the other party was the legendary King of Heroes, there was nothing to be afraid of for Kirei.Regardless of Tokiomi's personal opinion, a Servant is a servant of the Master.It doesn't matter who this Heroic Spirit is, it's just a Servant.Gilgamesh was merely an existence subordinate to Tokiomi.Compared with himself as Tokiomi's direct disciple, they are equal to each other.There is absolutely no need to worry too much about him.

Gilgamesh didn't care about Kirei's attitude.He just snorted and took another sip of the wine in his glass.

"It was Tokiomi who summoned me here, and he was also the one who provided me with magic power. So no matter what, I must treat him with the etiquette of a subject."

Just after this unexpected speech, a gloomy haze flashed in Gilgamesh's red pupils.

"But frankly speaking, he is really a boring man, and he has nothing interesting at all."

"...That sentence really shouldn't have come out of your mouth as a Servant."

In the somewhat surprised Kirei's heart, some Gilgamesh's anger towards his teacher's impoliteness arose in his heart, and at the same time, he also felt a little bit of Gilgamesh's purpose for coming to him this time.In the slightly relaxed atmosphere, Kirei gradually accepted the fact that Gilgamesh existed in his room.

"Is it that boring? Tokiomi-sensei's order."

"Ahh, it's so boring. What do you mean to achieve the root vortex of the omnipotent wish machine? This is simply a meaningless wish."

All the things that magicians dream of are brought by the hero king Yixiao.But for Kirei, it was understandable.

"The longing for roots is unique to magicians. So it is incomprehensible to outsiders."

"If you say that, you are someone else, Kirei. As far as I know, you were originally on the opposite side of a magician, right?"

Regarding Kirei's complicated position, it seems that Gilgamesh has already heard about it.Although this man looks like he is domineering all day long, he is surprisingly keen-eyed.

Kirei folded his hands and thought silently.If I don't take the position of Tohsaka Tokiomi's disciple, but take the position of the Holy Church Church.From the standpoint of the representative of the Eighth Secret Society, what is the significance of Tokiomi's Holy Grail War?

"...The road to the root can be said to lead to the outside of the world. In other words, it cannot bring any influence to the inside, that is, the world. Therefore, for the church that only focuses on the inside, magic The teachers' pursuit is simply pointless. We can only understand this behavior as a pointless attempt."

"I see. Indeed, I am only interested in the universe that is my garden."

A declaration as if the whole world was his own.As expected of the King of Heroes, with such an arrogant attitude.

"I don't have any interest in areas beyond my control. So I don't care about the root cause at all."

Kirei smiled wryly.This Gilgamesh is literally on the opposite side of the magi.And for Tohsaka Tokiomi, who is an out-and-out magician, it is not unreasonable to feel helpless against him.

However, Tianyang knew that as the king of the age of gods——Gilgamesh was also at the pinnacle of the field of magicians, and Gilgamesh had the qualifications to be a crowned magician.

"If Fuyuki's Holy Grail is only a specialized device for searching for the root, no matter how red-eyed magicians fight for it, the Church of the Holy Church will just ignore it. Unfortunately, what the Holy Grail can achieve Desires are omnipotent. The Holy Grail has infinite and mysterious power that can change even the inside of the world. If this powerful power falls into the hands of heretics, it will become a threat to our faith. That's why the Holy Church chose to go far away. Saka. Rather than letting it fall into the hands of heretics, let it be wasted on 'boring and pointless' things - but it seems that my father also had some other purpose in the first place."

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