"Ahhh!!!" In the night, a miserable howl pierced the sky. Inside an abandoned Western-style mansion on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, a young man with seaweed-like hair was being tortured by pain, writhing and struggling wildly on the floor—
Meanwhile, aside from the purple-haired girl watching him anxiously, Red Fox, the source of all this, showed no concern at all. He merely looked toward Shinto, at the light shooting into the sky—
"They started fighting this fiercely right away."
Could it be you? Red Fox unconsciously clenched his fist. He recalled the time he had helplessly watched his captain and the others get wiped out.
Just wait a little longer. Just a little longer. Soon.
With that thought, he took a deep breath, turned, and walked toward Sakura. Looking at Shinji Matou rolling around on the ground, he said, "To have endured until now... well, that willpower is worthy of praise."
If Shinji Matou did not use the Phoenix Force to undergo Nirvana, his magical aptitude could never reach the standard required to be chosen by the Holy Grail. After all, he had no magical aptitude whatsoever. No matter how many times zero was multiplied, the result would still be zero.
Therefore, to change that, Red Fox could only use another secret art to conceal him. By deceiving the Holy Grail system and exploiting a loophole, he could make the Holy Grail mistakenly believe Shinji had met the requirements. Overall, this counted as an illegal summoning.
Only when the marks of Command Seals slowly emerged on Shinji Matou's hand amid his endless struggles did Red Fox calmly look at Sakura and say, "Even if I don't know whether he can summon a powerful Rider in his current state, no matter how strong the Servant he summons is, with his conditions,