The Divine Power of Comprehensive Comics

"...This is Kotomine Kirei."

What surprised Irisviel even more than this was the change in Maiya's expression when she was informed of the news.

She is a woman who is as expressionless as ice at all times, making it impossible to see any emotions.

I thought she must be as cold as ice in her heart.

Irisviel saw Maiya's expression for the first time now, which showed the sense of crisis and absolute caution.

What she was afraid of was probably not Kirei's mission, but the situation when Kirei appeared here at this time.

Irisviel noticed this and smiled at Maiya.

"Kirei will be stopped by the two of us here, can you, Miss Maiya?"

According to Irisviel's speculation, Emiya Kiritsugu should have already faced off with Tokiomi Tohsaka, and if the character Kotomine Kirei gets involved again, the situation will be directly one-sided.

After a moment of hesitation, Maiya nodded with a curious expression.

"I'm sorry, but please be aware, ma'am."

"It's okay, don't worry about me. You perform your duties not because of Kiritsugu's orders, but because you think it's necessary."

"Yes."

In retrospect, maybe I had already noticed it, so I was afraid to confirm it.

Now Irisviel understood that the reason why she avoided Maiya... was not because she was afraid of her, but because she was afraid of knowing her heart.

Irisviel couldn't help but laugh in the excitement of approaching a fight to the death.

Maiya took out a Carrick submachine gun and glanced at her with a surprised expression.

"……What's wrong?"

"The human heart is incredible."

Irisviel smiled, which slightly dissipated the tension in Maiya's heart before the upcoming battle, making her feel relieved for a moment.

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It was not difficult for Kirei Kotomine to speculate on the Einzbern camp's next course of action.

After Assassin released a provocative aura and hid in the forest and successfully lured Saber away, everything after that was already under Kirei's control.

Although Berserker is still a variable...

But since Berserker is already fighting with Saber, Saber shouldn't be able to get back in a short time.

As for Emiya Kiritsugu, he should stay in the position and be fully prepared for the attack. Waiting for the enemy to attack is the best strategy.

Thinking of this, there is no need to look for it. The Einzbern Forest on the outskirts of Fuyuki City should be used. There is no doubt that Emiya Kiritsugu is still there.

Of course, Kirei had no intention of joining the battle.

The east side of the forest has a high chance of becoming a battle location.

Because generally speaking, enemies coming from Fuyuki will invade from that direction.

Therefore, Kirei waited at the outer edge of the forest on the west side until the battle started, and at the same time released the remaining Assassins to use "aura masking" to observe Irisviel and the others. If the battle started on the east side as he expected, by then Then he made a surprise attack from the opposite side and intercepted Irisviel and others who were trying to escape from here.

If he could kill people like Irisviel as quickly as possible, then he would have a chance to go to the castle as soon as possible.

After all, if Emiya Kiritsugu is killed by Tokiomi Tosaka, Kirei's goal will not be achieved.

In order to face Kiritsugu face to face, Kirei prepared himself to confront Tokiomi in the worst case scenario and quickly moved forward in the forest.

However, just in case, Kirei had already prepared for the battle in advance, and because of this, he was able to react sensitively to unexpected murderous intent.

While sighing, he leaned down to avoid the thunderous rain of bullets above his head.

When attacked by unexpected machine gun fire, sometimes even skilled veterans would be demoralized and lose their judgment.

But there is an exception for the agents of the Holy Church.

Kirei calmly deduced the situation without even breaking a drop of cold sweat.

The enemy is a man. Judging from the sound of the gunfire, it is a short submachine gun with a caliber of less than 9mm.

Because pistol bullets that lack penetrating power do not have the power to penetrate tree trunks, they pose a lower threat than sniper rifles in the forest.

Kirei judged the enemy's position from the direction of the gunfire and threw two black keys.

But contrary to the expected reaction, all I heard was the sound of the blade hitting the tree trunk.

"……Um?"

From the side of the surprised Kirei, the murderous edge struck again.

Another gunshot was heard from the left hand direction. Although he dodged at the last moment, this time it was more dangerous than the previous shooting.

The previous judgment that the enemy was alone slightly delayed his reaction.

The second shot was from a completely different location, and it would have been too fast to move.

However, if there are two gunmen from the beginning, the cross vitality should be able to solve Kirei with good timing.

When he was confused, he felt four auras this time. Kirei quickly took a stance with two black keys in one hand, holding four black keys in total, and a new intuition flashed in his head.

"So... it's an illusion?"

It's not impossible. He has penetrated quite deep into the forest barrier. The barrier consists of illusions, and if there is a magician who can control magic nearby, it is possible to target him personally and cause confusion in his intuition.

Is the invisible sniper really alone?

So is that the same person who controls the illusion?

Or is there someone else responsible for providing assistance...

No matter what, until you find a way to break the illusion, you can only follow the enemy's rhythm.

Kirei waved four black keys and instantly threw them at the auras in all directions.

As expected, there was no hit anywhere.

While Kirei clicked his tongue anxiously because of the fruitless development, he was directly hit by a bullet in the back.

The third shot even showed no breath. It should be said that the first two shots were feints to confuse Kirei.