gaze of war

Unexpectedly, Kotomine Kirei didn't observe that lurking woman doing anything eye-catching to the hotel that had completely turned into Kenneth's magic fortress.It was as if she had only been ordered to come to the neighborhood and watch the workshop, that's all.As for the scouts with the same purpose as him, there are still many hidden in the dark.

There are currently two magic workshops exposed to all participants.

The Tohsaka Mansion of the Tohsaka family, and all of the 32 floors of the Hyatt Hotel from top to bottom.

If you want to break this situation of mutual probing, monitoring and restraint, someone must take the initiative, and there is no other way.

In addition, the murderous participant is also a huge unstable factor-a command spell that can force the heroic spirit to act may be the key to victory for all participants.No one will pass up such an opportunity.

In the process of competing for this Command Seal, most of the participants will be completely exposed to the sun, and there must be endless killing rounds in the future.In such a situation, the influencing factors are too complicated and uncontrollable.

It is necessary to start in advance before such a situation is formed, in order to make this war go in the direction you want.

There are two entry points that can be used - Emiya Kiritsugu's subordinates, and Tohsaka Tokiomi himself.

Tosaka Tokiomi—whether it was his relationship with the church, his Heroic Spirit itself, or his understanding of himself and his Heroic Spirit, all meant that this was not an opponent who could be eliminated quickly and effectively.

So--

Kotomine Kirei's eyes fell on the short-haired woman who didn't realize that she had been discovered.

The visual sharing device inherited from Tohsaka Tokiomi is in operation.An assassin is lurking beside her, but the woman, who is an ordinary person with no magic skills, knows nothing about it.Through this device, Kotomine Kirei can connect his perception with any assassin, thus perfectly controlling the battle situation in all directions.

Right now, he was looking at Emiya Kiritsugu's subordinate—a woman named Hisau Maiya.

This woman had a beauty as sharp as a blade, and her slender eyes that shone coldly when she squinted slightly.There is no trace of makeup on her face, but she can attract the attention of any man just by virtue of her temperament and posture.She lay motionless beside the sniper rifle, checking the Hyatt Hotel.

After exploding a large amount of magic power, he didn't do anything. He hid his whereabouts and returned to the workshop secretly. It must be because of some accident happened to the Heroic Spirit or the Lord.

Perhaps this was the timing for a fatal blow—maybe Emiya Kiritsugu sent his subordinates here for such a reason.There is another possibility - he will be like Tohsaka Tokiomi, pretending to be fighting with other magicians, and then lure the participants who are hiding in the dark to make a move.

If he can succeed, he can rule out a strong opponent.

If the raid fails, then feign defeat to lure foolish enemies who would-be orioles into action.

With this man's usual methods, the degree of realization of this plan will definitely be much higher than that of Tohsaka Tokiomi's performance in front of everyone - using an assassin who is not suitable for appearing on the frontal battlefield to directly raid the place that all forces are secretly watching. Tohsaka mansion, this is a stupid move that any wise and resourceful Lingzhu would not make.But "Emiya Kiritsugu" uses guns or bombs to carry out assassination operations, the credibility will be very high - because he is such a killer.

Kotomine Kirei guessed the motive of Emiya Kiritsugu's actions.But he also knew that all of this was just speculation.No matter what the reason was, it was a fact that Emiya Kiritsugu regarded Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald as his prey.

The screen suddenly trembled.

"...?"

A strange image came from the shared vision of another assassin.A man in a gray jacket with a hat deeply covering his face is talking to Tosaka Tokiomi's wife, Tohsaka Aoi.Then the man took off his hat.

His left face is covered with sinuous and protruding meridians, swimming like live insects.The pupil of the left eye has turned gray and white, and it looks lifeless. It should be blind.

His hair is unnaturally gray and white.

Like the hair color of an old man who is dying, it is very unnatural gray at his age.

He stretched out his right hand—the bright red mark on the back of his hand made Kotomine Kirei's heart beat rapidly.

Another Commander?

This is really... a surprise like divine help.

Originally, it was only out of caution that he wanted to guard against Tohsaka Tokiomi's actions, so he sent an assassin to follow his wife and daughter who were sent to other places by Tohsaka Tokiomi, but because of this, he got very useful information by accident.Tosaka Tokiomi's wife actually had a private relationship with another lord?

"Aoi, don't worry." The man said in a soft but hoarse and terrifying voice, "I will definitely... send Sakura back to you. Let Rin and Sakura... and you... all be able to reunite happily .You will live happily ever after..."

Aoi Tohsaka's eyes widened in astonishment, her face full of horror.

"Zouken Matou promised to return Sakura....as long as I get the Holy Grail!" The man continued to describe his dream unconsciously, completely oblivious to the expression of the heroine in the perfect blueprint of his dream.

Tohsaka Aoi's face turned pale.She covered her mouth in disbelief.

"My God..." Big tears welled up in her eyes that were always gentle and peaceful.She looked at the man in front of her in disbelief as if she was looking at a monster, "Why... Kariya..."

If the man in front of him really got the Holy Grail——then it must mean...he killed Tokiomi...

No matter how much Aoi Tohsaka resents Tohsaka Tokiomi on the matter of Sakura, he is always her husband and she is always his wife.If one had to choose between "Sakura was sent to Matou's house" and "Tohsaka Tokiomi was defeated and killed", it was obvious how Aoi Tohsaka would choose as his wife.

"I will definitely win, Aoi. I have the strongest servant." The man named Kariya was completely immersed in his own fantasy.He completely ignored the crying expression of the woman in front of him, thinking it was moved crying, then put on the hood, turned and left on his own.

His left foot seemed to be injured, and he leaned to the right, dragging his left foot forward, turning a deaf ear to the woman's cries behind him.

"God..." Tohsaka Aoi finally broke down and cried out,

When this scene was transmitted to Kotomine Kirei in real time through assassin's vision, he twitched the corners of his mouth, sighed softly, and then smiled.It was a smile of wonder and joy that made his face glow and his eyes bright.

A man who suffers from love.A woman who grieves because of family affection.

A man corrupted by strength.A woman who suffers from cowardice.

A man driven mad by delusions.A woman broken by conflict.

Such a cry—

Kotomine Kirei sighed long, almost dazed.

This man named Kariya has "hatred" towards Tohsaka Tokiomi.

Hate born of love.

The entanglement caused by women as the center made Tosaka Tokiomi establish a strong enemy in a place that he couldn't see - the lord from the Matou family who was rumored to use insect art.

An invisible undercurrent is surging among the Holy Grail participants in Fuyuki City.And as someone who has all these dark rivers in his field of vision, Kotomine Kirei has more, more expectations for this kind of war.

So, what's the first thing to do?

Kotomine Kirei set his sights on Hisau Maiya.

If he killed this woman... he would definitely be able to anger the mad wolf named Emiya Kiritsugu, right?

During the time Morrigan disappeared, he was working hard towards the goal of destroying the Holy Grail.The information obtained from Kirei is that the Holy Grail must collect the souls of dead heroic spirits, only after collecting the souls of six heroic spirits will it be truly "born", and then use the heroic spirits as sacrifices to open the door to the outside of the world—— That is to say, if you want to destroy it, you must first let it be "born".

Before the actual "birth", the Holy Grail actually "does not exist".

No force can destroy a "non-existent" object.

So, if Morrigan wants to achieve the goal of destroying the Holy Grail, he must first let the Holy Grail be born.In other words, to make "the death of the six heroic spirits" a reality.

From the death of the first Heroic Spirit, the Holy Grail will begin to take shape, until the death of the sixth Heroic Spirit, the Holy Grail will be truly "born".Such a ritual must be completed in order to succeed in destroying the Holy Grail.

There is no doubt that the goddess who came to determine the target will regard all the heroic spirits except Lancer as prey.However, after all, she is a stowaway who cannot be tolerated here, and she is the first to eliminate restraint.Even though the projection itself has great power, she cannot use the power that will touch the two "keys" recklessly.

Kotomine Kirei was the treasure she had found.

This brilliant brown gem will shine in this war.

His obsession and interest in pain and death will become the driving force for his faith in Morrigan.What attracted him was not the power shown by the projection, but her essence—death, war, pain and blood.

Even though she seems to be devoid of the omniscience and omnipotence of the gods and the great power to destroy the world, he still regards Morrigan as the supreme god, and will go all out for all orders she gives.

What she wished for was exactly what Kotomine Kirei expected.

That's it.

The author has something to say: Come back late.A bad cold is so painful... Well, Kirei and the heroine who don't know the truth... There was a bug in the previous setting, and the data and translation misled me, so I roughly repaired it a little bit, and then rounded it up here.