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Takano Sosumi froze as if he had been cast with a hold spell.

The man's voice sounded from behind him, and he couldn't see the other person's situation, but there was nothing wrong with the creepy feeling of being pointed straight at the gun.

Zong Chun felt very confused about this unforeseen disaster. He didn't know what he did wrong, but he had no doubts about one thing: as long as he moved his head, even if he just tried to turn his head, the other party would shoot without hesitation .

For a long time, although Zong Chun relied more on his own wisdom and quick response to find the best way in the ever-changing situation, it is undeniable that his young appearance also added a lot of points to him .

In many cases, being underestimated is also an advantage.

But this time, such an advantage failed.

For the man who pointed the gun at Zong Chun, whether it is a man or a woman, the elderly, the young or the child, in the final analysis it is just "a human life" and there is no difference at all.

Saber and Irisviel were also bewildered by this sudden turn of events, aiming weapons at the weak like this—and it was still a child's behavior, which made the King of Knights couldn't help opening his mouth: "You..."

"Ai Li, leave that child." The man didn't intend to listen to her complaints at all, he repeated what he said just now, and interrupted her simply.

Irisviel looked at the man, then at the indignant Saber and the boy who couldn't tell what he was thinking, finally, her trust in her husband prevailed, she nodded, stood up and stepped back a few meters away.

Emiya Kiritsugu watched his wife leave the dangerous area, and also heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

He who shot Ryunosuke himself, initially noticed the boy and the shriveled old man on the side because of the orange-haired youth's words before he died.

Because it was too late and shrouded in dense fog, although he had already learned to read lips, he still couldn't figure out what the orange-haired youth said at the end. left.

It was at this time that Kiritsugu discovered that the old man was also a magician.

The optical sight used by Kiritsugu can see the thermal reaction of the human body. If a magician activates the magic circuit, the unique exothermic reaction of the magic circuit will make the magician look completely different from ordinary people. Ryunosuke was accurately found among the crowd, who was providing magic power to Caster.

However, the optical sight is not omnipotent. Before the magician activates the magic circuit, he looks almost like an ordinary person. That's why he didn't find the old man and the boy at first.

And when he found out that the old man wanted to make up for the omission, it was too late. The old man left so quickly that he had no time to shoot, so he had to continue to observe the boy who was left behind.

——Then, he saw that scene, the scene where the boy drove the monster to devour the dead orange-haired youth.

There was no command spell on the back of the boy's hand, which meant that he was probably not the Master, but Kiritsugu was still very cautious because he had already remembered the identity of the old man.

As a participant in the Holy Grail War, collecting information on other opponents is a matter of course, and the information of the Misan family is the most important among them. Just in case, Kiritsugu also specially collected information on other people related to these two big families.

Matou Zouyan, the former family governor of the Matou family, and the father of the Matou warrior Kariya Matou this time, there are rumors that he is dying of a serious illness, so he has to pass the position of family governor to someone who has no magician talent The eldest son, Matou Tsuruno, but according to Kiritsugu, the old man didn't look like he was about to die.

Regardless of the reason, this child is dangerous enough, especially for Ellie who looks fine but is actually very weak.

No matter how small, if there is a threat, it must be eliminated. If he was before he met Aili and had Illya, he would probably have shot and killed the boy regardless, but now—as if he would Just as he chose to "evacuate" the crowd before blowing up the Hyatt Hotel, he did not choose to shoot and strangle the threat directly, but planned to ask the boy's ins and outs.

However, he soon regretted this choice.

"Raise your hands and turn around. You..." Kiritsugu stopped in the middle of his words, because he felt a burst of danger, the sound of breaking through the air came from behind, and something was shooting at him.

"Timealter - doubleaccel (inherent time control - double speed)!"

When Kiritsugu jumped to the side and the moment his toes left the ground, two thick black tentacles yanked heavily on the place where he was standing just now, and the concrete floor was slammed into cracks like spider webs by this huge force. Cement blocks and pebbles splashed onto Kiritsugu who barely avoided the tentacle attack.

Although it was inconsistent with the Master's philosophy, it was impossible for the King of Knights to just watch Kiritsugu being attacked in front of him.

The long sword that was invisible again under the Wind King's barrier cut the tentacles into two neatly, but Saber didn't dare to relax at all, because in the next second, more black tentacles attacked Kiritsugu.

(This feeling, like——)

Saber, who kept chopping off her tentacles, felt a little stunned in her heart. This continuous attack method reminded her of the feeling she had when she and Lancer fought against the monster caster summoned in the woods outside Einzbern Castle that day.

(only a little different...)

When Saber, who was worried about Irisviel being attacked, looked sideways at the scene over there, she was surprised to find that the tentacles completely ignored Iri and the boy who were close at hand, and just kept rushing towards her and Kiritsugu.

No, to be more precise, it was rushing towards Kiritsugu, Saber was only attacked incidentally because of helping out.

Kiritsugu discovered this earlier than Saber, he had checked before he showed up, and there were no other enemies around, so it is self-evident who is driving the monster--looking carefully, although he is much thicker , but now it was the black tentacles driven by the boy that attacked them now, so the reason why the tentacle monster kept targeting him was because he just pointed a gun at the boy?

He tried to get close to the boy early on, but the tentacles seemed to have noticed this and blocked his way, and the bullets hitting the boy were blocked by the tentacles in the form of a *shield.

The bad thing is that he returned to the mansion immediately after asking Maiya Hisau to capture Lancer's Master, so he doesn't have any other helpers now.

In front of the endless tentacles, Kiritsugu looked extremely embarrassed.

Even if it is as strong as Lancer and Saber teaming up, it is still difficult to pass Caster's monster sea tactics. Besides, Kiritsugu is obviously better at long-range sniping compared to spearmen with extremely high level of melee combat, so now he can only rely on the use of special magic. The resulting time acceleration effect and Saber's help from time to time forced him to dodge.

——Moreover, there is still a stance of retreating steadily.

In the end, the person who brought this farce to an end was whom no one expected.

Zong Chun was in a good mood and stood on the sidelines watching the play. No one would feel bad when he saw the other person being unlucky after being pointed at with a gun. Besides, he was not a big-hearted person in the first place.

At this moment, he suddenly felt himself rising into the air, or in other words, being hugged by someone, and then, the gentle voice he had just heard rang in his ears.

"Son, can you make it stop?"

Irisviel and the boy's eyes met each other, and there was no negative emotion such as hatred or hostility in the red eyes, and they were still gentle.

As a reclusive lady from a famous magic family, Irisviel may be unsophisticated, but she is definitely not stupid. It can even be said that because of this, she is often more discerning than ordinary people.

(Really... defeated.)

For some reason, seeing Irisviel like this, Takano Munejun felt a sense of frustration instead.

He can fight wits and courage with complex-minded guys like Aosuke and Matou Zouken to the end, but it is difficult for him to parry straight-ball attacks like Ryunosuke or Irisviel.

Anyway, he didn't intend to let the tentacle monster kill this man. Although he held grudges, Zongchun thought that he was not a perverted murderer like Aosuke and Ryunosuke. The other party is at the point of death.

Moreover, the initial sudden attack by the tentacle monsters was not at his behest. It was just that the tentacle monsters who had just returned from devouring the teaching book of Luoyan city attacked him spontaneously when they saw someone dared to threaten him.

"... Back off."

The black tentacles disappeared from the manhole cover in the dark alley and the gutter next to the sidewalk as quickly as they first appeared, but Kiritsugu did not heave a sigh of relief, and still looked at the boy warily.

"What's your relationship with the Matou family?"

Matou's magic is water attribute and insect manipulation, those tentacles are water attribute, and insect manipulation can also be attributed to the spirit system, and there is only a thin line between summoning monsters, and when the boy first appeared, he followed Together with Matou Zouken, Kiritsugu took him as a person related to the Matou family as a matter of course.

Kiritsugu judged cautiously, although the attack and defense power of these tentacles is not very good, but there are enough of them, they are still very useful as cannon fodder to hinder the opponent.

Moreover, although Saber killed the sea monster, it was in an open environment like Weiyuanchuan, and Rider's inherent barrier restricted the sea monster's actions, and these tentacles that would swim slippery in the sewer, a certain To some extent, it is more difficult to deal with than sea monsters... If this is really the case, then the combat power of the Berserker camp will have to be re-evaluated.

The best way is to simply wipe out the boy here - Kiritsugu has no good sense that the other party let him go just now, and he should reciprocate - what prevents him from doing so is the movement of his wife holding the boy in her arms and shaking her head .

Although it is a bit strange why the other party regards himself as Matou's relationship, Zongchun is very happy that he maintains such a misunderstanding. It is much better to be regarded as Matou's relationship than to be considered as the Caster group's relationship.

After thinking about it for a while, Zong Chun immediately replied, "I'm staying at Jian Tong's house for the time being...it's time to go back."

Zong Chun struggled a little, and Irisviel graciously put him back on the ground.

"My name is Takano Sosumi... Anyway, thank you for saving me just now." After saying this to Saber, Zongchun waved to the three of them, and left quickly.

Watching the boy's figure disappear in the dark alley, Kiritsugu turned around and asked his wife why he stopped his action just now with his eyes. You know, with his skill, if he had been prepared against the tentacles, he would have wanted to fight against the tentacles. It's not entirely impossible to kill the boy in front of the blame.

Irisviel obviously understood what he meant, and replied: "When I picked him up just now, I felt that there is no magic imprint in that child's body, and there are almost no magic circuits."

Saber opened her mouth slightly in astonishment, "You mean..."

"—he's not a magician."