Caster's position - in the dark depths of the abandoned factory, blood has already gathered into a small lake.
In the middle of the lake is a girl of less than ten years old, with her eyes wide open and her body hanging on a cross made of tied limbs. She was still questioning the world until the end of her life.
Shinji can read from the empty eyes on the girl's slightly tilted face the other party's interrogation of the world at the last moment when she was accustomed to torture and pain——
Why?
In addition to the girl who was nailed like Jesus, there are also various "arts" here, works drawn with blood and fresh life that are "amazing".
I would like to ask, what are those Magecraft masters doing at this moment?
Shinji didn't think about this kind of problem in detail. After all, it didn't make any sense. Magecraft The teachers are pursuing things that I will never pursue in my life.
Magecraft The glory considered by the masters is just worthless in their own hearts.
The values held by Magecraft teacher cannot be recognized by him no matter how much time passes.
After all, Magecraft teachers and humans are no longer the same species.
At this moment, Lancer put away Noble Phantasm, turned his face away and hid his expression in the shadows, his two fists clenched until they were trembling slightly.
After a long time, Lancer's voice with gritted teeth sounded.
"I, Diarmuid·Odina, swear on the honor of being a member of Fianna Knights, that in this Holy Grail War, I will definitely destroy caster with my own hands! Absolutely!"
"Lan... lancer... right?"
"Lord Miyasato."
"Are these also handled by you?"
As if he understood the reason for Shinji's unbearable expression, Lancer nodded gently and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Miyasato. At most, I can only let you know the truth. This is... the rule."
"So these children will eventually be classified as missing...?"
Shinji lowered his head and smiled sadly, then showed a somewhat complicated expression, and continued softly, "Obviously those parents are still waiting for their children to return to their parents, even if they are corpses. Treating them as missing may give their parents hope, but let me tell you, that is the most cruel thing..."
Shinji In the news I saw in my previous life, after a child disappeared, the parents searched across the country for decades to find the lost child, just because of the possibility that "the child might still be alive or still exist in this world."
How many of the parents of these children would be like the parents I have seen on the news, spending their entire lives chasing a hope that has no hope at all.
Lancer understands what Shinji means. Hope without hope is indeed inferior to a real result in a sense, but this is the confidentiality principle of Magecraft.
The flames in the factory were lit by Shinji himself. Let Magecraft master clean up these "human beings" instead of letting himself, a "human being" do it.
Looking at Shinji's slightly decadent back, Lancer did not see him off, but watched him leave. He even felt that he needed to be alone for a while.
It wasn't until Shinji's back completely disappeared that Lancer called out the spear in his hand again and shouted in a deep voice, "Come out, I've noticed you a long time ago, King of Conquerors!"
"Hahahaha!"
Along with the exceptionally bold voice, the figure of Iskandar also appeared beside him.
"I thought I was the first person to touch Caster's hometown, but I didn't expect someone to be faster than me... no, faster than my little master."
Also appearing with Rider was classmate Waver who had just been hiding behind a pillar.
"Then again, who is that?" Iskandar looked towards the direction Shinji left, "It doesn't look like your master, lancer."
Seeing that the other party had no intention of taking action, Lancer also put away his guns and nodded slightly. "Well, that person is an ordinary person of this era. In his words, he is a detective who pursues truth and justice."
"It seems that I have made a good friend in this era, Lancer, hahahaha..."
Rider laughed again, then looked at the burning factory in front of him, and changed the topic. "But having said that, being able to track down Caster's position using ordinary people's methods is also a rare talent."
"King of Conquerors!"
"Don't be so angry. I didn't say that I wanted to accept him as a vassal or anything. But it seems that you are quite fond of this friend."
At this time, Lancer also praised Shinji from the bottom of his heart, "That Your Excellency has a heart of justice that is persistent in the truth and carries it out all the time. Among the people I Diarmuid have met in my life, there are only a handful of people who can match that Your Excellency's pure belief."
Great Emperor nodded at this time. "I see, to be evaluated like this by Lancer, I guess you are also a rare talent with sincerity."
"Rider... So can we go back?" The student Waver on the side sighed and covered his face and said a little tiredly. He was indeed a little disappointed. He didn't expect that someone could figure out Caster's position faster than him, and he was just an ordinary detective.
"Don't look that frustrated. You did a good job, little master."
Classmate Waver, who blushed, looked a little embarrassed and turned away.
"Then again, I'm planning to hold a banquet tonight, are you interested? Lancer?"
"Thank you for the invitation, King of Conquerors, but I still want to go back to my lord."
"Well, anyway, as I said before, I will compete with the one who wins the knight duel between you and Saber!"
"Just wait, King of Conquerors, I, Diarmuid, am also looking forward to that moment!"
Tonight, in the original timeline, was originally the night of Little Rin's big adventure and the night of Kariya's hero saving Ponytail.
However, because caster who lost Master yesterday did not go out hunting and Kariya is not Master in this timeline, the girl with twin ponytails and Kariya will stay home tonight... probably.
Tonight, it was also Banquet of Kings, but Shinji, who had no interest in it, was too lazy to peep.
What's so fun about two macho men bullying a stupid girl? It's not 3...cough!
"My lord, caster has started hunting again."
Shinji, who learned the news from Zaid, felt helpless for a while, but then decided to take a risk himself, just like Ryunosuke in the original world line, "enlighten" caster.
Although he knew that there was an assassin outside who had been following him since he entered Caster's camp with Lancer, Shinji didn't care. All the details were not missed and he could check them at will.
"Ah~ Lord Kami, you are really a guy that no one likes..."
On the bench in the park, the drunken Shinji was muttering in a low voice with eyes blurred. It happened that a passing caster who was just about to go hunting heard Shinji's muttering and stopped.
At this time, Shinji is playing the role of an ordinary person who knows the unknown side of the world and is troubled by getting drunk late at night.
"God..."
Looking at this big-eyed cutie, Shinji drunkenly drank all the wine in the bottle and threw it to the ground, then pointed at caster.
"That's right! It's God! That... hateful and selfish guy!"
When he heard the topic he was interested in, caster also bowed to Shinji close to his chest. "Hello, strange boy, I totally agree with what you said, yes! God is a hateful and selfish guy!"
"Hahaha, that's right! It's just a wicked bastard who only loves the world but not humans! Speaking of which, uncle, your outfit is a bit strange. Is it a cosplay?"
"It doesn't matter. The love you are talking about... God loves this world? What do you mean? God..."
Shinji opened a bottle of red wine with his teeth again, drank it down, and then said drunkenly, "Ah! He who loves this world is definitely a hateful and perverted bastard who likes not only human hymns full of courage and hope, but also all kinds of tragedy and despair!"
Hearing this, Caster completely lost his temper, and his face showed an expression of "Tell me more, I want to hear it!"
Looking at Shinji, who had just drunkenly complained and complained a long time, lying on the bench and fell asleep drunk, caster sincerely bowed deeply to his chest, and then slowly left.
Especially this person's words "If he doesn't like it, why doesn't he rewrite the tragedy? He must like it very much! He is just a pervert with a very bad taste!" Caster benefited a lot!
Of course, even a certain assassin that had been following Shinji didn't notice that the corner of Shinji's mouth facing the back of the bench was slightly raised after caster left.
On the other side, Tohsaka Residence.
Kirie also obtained detailed information about the young man who went to the factory with Lancer during the day after Assassin's investigation.
After carefully looking through Shinji's information and the reasoning and analysis that Assassin found in his room, he understood that the other party was just an ordinary detective, and that he was just depressed after discovering that there was another hidden inhumane world in World of the Living world, so he stopped paying more attention to it.
Such a person is not as interesting as Kariya Matou who is not Master.
"Kirie, come to the basement."
Hearing the voice coming from the speaker, Kirie also hurriedly replied, "Hi, teacher."
After throwing Shinji's information into the trash can, Kirie opened the door and went straight to the basement where his teacher was.
Tonight, the banquet of the Three Kings.
Tokiomi is going to use assassins to sneak attack Rider and Master. Kirie has just learned about this and started to summon all the assassins.
For Tokiomi, failure or success does not matter, the purpose is to master the opponent's combat effectiveness.
As expected, the assassin summoned by Kirie actually forced out the strongest Noble Phantasm that Great Emperor had never used - Army of the King.
In short, the result is that Kirie, who had just moved two days ago, returned to Holy Church to request asylum before dawn.
This time is not considered cover-up, after all, this time, his Servant is really gone!
Of course, when he went to Holy Church and returned to the familiar stone room, what he saw was the Banquet of Kings meeting that had just ended, as if he was waiting for his own Gilgamesh...
Missionary work seems to be reaching its final stage soon.
------Digression-----
After get off work, go home and sleep!
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