Chapter 129

The words "King of Knights with noble chivalry, King of Knights with confidence and arrogance" from [Emiya Kiritsugu] are a deliberate mockery of her.

"But at least we survived this crisis, didn't we? And we also learned about Lancer's identity and the abilities of his Noble Phantasm from Kiritsugu. At least we won't have to worry about encountering Lancer again next time."

Encouraged by Irisviel's words, Saber turned to look at Irisviel and pounded her right fist on her chest.

"Irisviel, I swear in the name of the King of Knights that I will never be careless again. I will risk my life to protect you and will never let you fall into any danger!"

"Yes, Saber, I believe you!"

Irisviel smiled and nodded at Saber.

"Then let's go back now."

The two left the port one after the other, and after they left, the sound of police sirens could be heard from the streets in the distance.

The next morning, the port made it onto the Fuyuki City morning news, and the citizens of Fuyuki City learned that after the gas explosion at the Matou residence caused the entire house to disappear from its original location, a gas leak also occurred at the container stacks at the Fuyuki City port, which then caused a gas explosion.

Whether the citizens believe that there are gas pipelines under the containers in the port is their business.

[So Arrogant! A gas explosion? Is that even possible? Does anyone actually believe that?]

[Although it Little Clumsy absurd, that's the explanation I remember, and the people of Fuyuki City believed it.]

[Big Clumsy: What?! This isn't a simple gas explosion! My father taught me that when the church tells people it's a gas explosion, they also use simple manipulation magic to subtly make them believe it's a gas explosion, and that it's the power of magic! The gas explosion on the news this morning—I recognized it immediately as the Holy Grail War!]

Because the Holy Grail War had already begun in Fuyuki City, 7-year-old Rin Tohsaka, from a family of mages, proudly shared details about the Holy Grail War with everyone in the Chat Group. Although the grown-up Rin Tohsaka felt that this shouldn't be told to outsiders, and that magic should be a mystery known to fewer people, the young Rin Tohsaka ignored her warnings and, under the flattery of her group members, quickly revealed the details of the Holy Grail War.

[The Fat Woman in Black Stockings: In the end, it all comes down to magic, doesn't it?]

[Meme Lord: That's right. Using magic to make people believe it was indeed a gas explosion. Not only that, it subtly influences the entire population of Fuyuki City. For the people of Fuyuki City, even a nuclear explosion or a monster invasion can be attributed to a gas explosion. As long as you say it was a gas explosion, the Fuyuki City will believe it and think it's perfectly normal.]

[Little Clumsy: It's not that exaggerated!]

[Meme Lord: Tohsaka, a question! Do you know what happened in the massive fire that affected several city blocks in Fuyuki City 10 years ago?]

[Little Clumsy: Um... I know it's related to the previous Holy Grail War, but I'm not entirely sure of the specific reason. The Church's official explanation is... a gas explosion?]

[Silly Yue Chengzi: Great, thank you so much for Tohsaka -san's answer! The answer is gas explosion! Gas explosion is a universal remedy!]

[Little Clumsy: No way! And what about Sakura you mentioned before?! Explain yourself clearly!]

[Perverted Scum Man: Do you even need to ask? It's obvious the Senior Group Leader knows something about your world.]

[Little Clumsy: Aren't we supposed to be in different worlds? Why does he know about things in my world?]

[So Arrogant! Because the Group Leader can travel to different worlds, and the Group Leader can go to your world too.]

[Give Me Some Face: That's right, the Group Leader should be in your world right now. When I left Subaru's world, the Group Leader Aizen agreed to go to your world together.]

[Little Clumsy: This can't be real! Traveling to someone else's world? This is even more outrageous than the Second Magic of the Grand Marshal of Sorcery!]

[Meme Lord: Of course not in your world.]

[Little Clumsy: I knew it!]

[Meme Lord: In the world where you were a kid, the servants had a really big fight last night!]

[Little Clumsy: What?!]

[Big Clumsy: Huh?]

Seeing that both Rin Tohsaka were completely astonished, Li Yue, who was having breakfast in Fuyuki City, nodded in satisfaction.

Rin Tohsaka is probably still at the Zentoku family, but after a couple of days, she'll probably run out of the house to look for her classmates and thus bump into the Caster group.

[Little Clumsy: Wait, you actually knew the Servants fought fiercely last night? You didn't summon Heroic Spirit to participate in the Holy Grail War, did you?!]

[Meme Lord: No, we don't. We don't have Command Spells, we don't have Catalyst, and we don't even know how to draw Summoning Circle.]

[Little Clumsy: Luckily, luckily.]

Although it's not her own world, it's still Parallel World, and it even has her younger self in it, Rin Tohsaka doesn't want to cause any trouble.

However, neither Li Yue nor Aizen need to summon Heroic Spirit to participate in the Holy Grail War!

[Little Clumsy: Wait, Senior Group Leader, if you were in my childhood Minecraft world, could you do me a favor?]

[Meme Lord: Oh? What do you want me to do for you?]

[Little Clumsy: My father is a magician, and he has his own path to follow. I don't know what to say, but my mother is an ordinary person. I hope you, the Senior Group Leader, can help me protect my mother.]

[Big Clumsy: What happened? What's wrong with Mom? She was perfectly fine!]

[Little Clumsy: I can't explain this to you clearly, just remember to protect your mother.]

Tokiomi Tohsaka died while participating in the Holy Grail War. This is the only information Rin Tohsaka knows about her father's death. However, her mother was also injured in the Holy Grail War and died a few years later.

Regardless of her father's path of evil, she at least hoped that her mother could survive, even if it was a world that did not belong to her.

[Meme Lord: Oh, I see. I'll be more careful.]

[Little Clumsy: Thanks.]

Li Yue readily agreed to Rin Tohsaka's request, and Li Yue didn't mind helping Tokiomi Tohsaka along the way.

After agreeing to Rin Tohsaka's request, Li Yue didn't rush to the Tohsaka residence or the Zentoku residence. He finished breakfast, then found a small alley and transformed into [Emiya Kiritsugu] again, and headed directly towards the direction where Kiritsugu Emiya was!

212. Drown in your ideals, Kiritsugu Emiya!

Kiritsugu Emiya's expression was very serious.

The first night of the Holy Grail War had passed. He had gathered a lot of information while hiding in the shadows, but the information he received did not make him very happy.

Lancer's identity and abilities are currently unknown, but Rider's identity is completely clear: Iskandar, King of Conquerors, the legendary Alexander the Great. Such a powerful king should possess power that does not belong to King Arthur on his side. Archer's identity is unknown, but he should also be a king, and the number of Noble Phantasm he possesses is astonishing, making him the most powerful enemy encountered so far.

But none of that is the point. The point is another version of yourself!

Kiritsugu Emiya!

Irisviel encountered a mysterious servant on her way home yesterday, which, according to Irisviel's deduction, should be a caster.

Adding to the Assassin who died at the Tohsaka residence and on the container at the port monitoring the battlefield, the six normal classes are now clear. The class of the White-haired Heroic Spirit version of myself has been determined: Berserker!

My future self has become a berserker!

To become a Berserker means that one has committed acts of madness or had experiences of madness in their past life. There have indeed been times in their past that caused them to break down, but they would never have driven them mad. In other words, something will happen in the future that will drive them mad, or something will happen in this Holy Grail War that will drive them mad!

Moreover, despite having become a Berserker, he retains his rationality and is even able to perfectly use firearms, daggers, and explosives to fight against those ancient Servants. In fact, he even gained an absolute advantage in his battle against Lancer!

Kiritsugu Emiya never even dared to imagine such a situation!

As a master, he knew better than anyone how monstrous the power of those Servants was; ordinary magicians were no match for them at all.

Now, in his Heroic Spirit form, he can easily crush Lancer.

There's only one possibility that it could have reached that level!

Having become Heroic Spirit, he now has complete information about Lancer! In other words, he also has information about everyone involved in this Holy Grail War!

Since his future self had also experienced this Holy Grail War, he would definitely have all the information about everyone involved. After acquiring all the intelligence, he could prepare targeted traps in advance and launch targeted attacks, just like when Lancer was beaten so badly that he had no chance to fight back.

If he can target Lancer, he can target Saber, Archer, Rider, and everyone else!

This is a far more terrifying existence than Archer, who is seemingly powerful on the surface!

However, there was one thing that Kiritsugu Emiya some doubts about.

That would be in line with Kiritsugu Emiya's style. If he were to become a Servant, he would definitely hide himself, secretly set up a deadly situation, and then make his move, concealing his identity as much as possible before that.

But the Heroic Spirit himself took the initiative to fight head-on and exposed his identity. Why? Could it be that exposing his identity was also part of his plan?

He couldn't understand it; Kiritsugu Emiya couldn't understand it.

Despite his doubts, Kiritsugu Emiya firmly believed that he, now Heroic Spirit, must also have the same dream as him!

Therefore, even if you become Heroic Spirit, you can still make use of yourself!

The other party understands you and knows more information about you than you do. Although you do understand the other party, you don't know as much information about them as they do about you, so you are at a disadvantage.

But! Even so, I must try, utilize another version of myself, and then achieve my long-cherished wish!

Kiritsugu Emiya doesn't know who the Master of [Emiya Kiritsugu] is, what strategy he will devise, or what [Emiya Kiritsugu]'s plan is, but he can start by attacking others.

Lancer Group!

Last night's match basically confirmed that Lancer is currently the weakest.

It's unclear why Assassin didn't die, but the opponent's Master is a very troublesome one. Archer's strength is too high, and Tohsaka residence is an extremely sturdy magic workshop that he simply cannot break into. Rider has Chariot with extremely high mobility, and Caster is too mysterious, with no clues to be found so far.

If we exclude these, the easiest target left is Lancer.

Kaineth, the Lord of Mineralogy who came from the Clock Tower, was a traditional magician who had absolutely no common sense about the Holy Grail War. He even thought he was having a magic duel between noble magicians in the Clock Tower. He openly appeared in a hotel in Fuyuki City, registered under his original name, and lavishly booked several floors of the hotel to turn the entire hotel into a magic workshop.

Where did this city idiot come from?

Despite his confusion, Kiritsugu Emiya immediately began to think about how to deal with Lancer's group.

He and his assistant went directly to the construction site opposite the hotel. The building under construction was the same height as the hotel across the street, and he used the scope of his sniper rifle to observe Kaineth on the other side.

It has to be said that Kaineth is really arrogant. After renting out several floors to build a magic workshop, he sat down on the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window with an air of complete confidence.

Kiritsugu Emiya easily aimed at Kaineth's head through the sniper scope, but he didn't pull the trigger.

"Because you're unsure whether Kaineth has set up a barrier on the window, firing a shot rashly would expose yourself."

"Yes, that's it..."

Upon hearing the voice explaining the situation, Kiritsugu Emiya immediately acknowledged it, but then sensed something was wrong. He quickly rolled over, pulled out a pistol, and began firing wildly behind him.

Ding ding ding—

All three bullets were blocked by a black dagger.

"As expected, you knew what I was going to do."

Kiritsugu Emiya looked solemnly at the [Emiya Kiritsugu] who slowly lowered his dagger.

He wanted to take advantage of the other party, but the other party seemed to be more experienced and easily predicted what he would do, and even saw through where he would go.

[Emiya Kiritsugu] put down his dagger and stared coldly at Kiritsugu Emiya.

"Because only so many things can a piece of trash like you think of."

"Is that so? But at least it's better than you becoming a Berserker because you went mad."

Although he had been captured, Kiritsugu Emiya was still unwilling to admit defeat.

"And the fact that you were able to respond to the Holy Grail's call means that you lost before, but I am different from you, I will win!"

"Is that so? Based on your ignorant ideals? Partner of Justice?"

[Emiya Kiritsugu] suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Kiritsugu Emiya.

!

Kiritsugu Emiya was startled and immediately activated his magic, [Time Dilation!]

By imbuing oneself with Inherent Skill: Reality Marble, one accelerates their own time, allowing them to move faster than others.

However, his actions were useless against Emiya Kiritsugu.

[Emiya Kiritsugu] was even faster than him! Easily catching the accelerated Kiritsugu Emiya, [Emiya Kiritsugu] kicked him, pulling him out of the time-accelerated state. The side effects of the time acceleration, combined with [Heroic Kiritsugu Emiya Kiritsugu]'s kick, caused Kiritsugu Emiya to collapse to the ground.

"Partner of Justice? Aren't you one?"

Lying on the ground, Kiritsugu Emiya, with blood at the corner of his mouth, looked at [Emiya Kiritsugu].

"Why did you answer the Holy Grail's call? Wasn't it because you wanted to fulfill your long-cherished wish? The same wish as mine—to save the world. Isn't it this obsession that allows someone like you to become a Servant?"

"Is that so? You think I got to this point because of this obsession?"

[Emiya Kiritsugu] looked at Kiritsugu Emiya with a cold expression.

"Isn't that right? If it weren't for this dream, we wouldn't be alive today!"

Kiritsugu Emiya's past is tragic. In order to protect the world, he killed his own father with his own hands, and then, in order to protect the world, he killed his mentor with his own hands. His heart was already dead. Only the desire to save the world sustained him and kept him living in this world. The Holy Grail was his only hope!

However, Emiya Kiritsugu, completely rejected him!

"The desire to save the world with the Holy Grail is nothing but a fairy tale. If you can't live without this dream, then drown in your ideals! Kiritsugu Emiya!"

213. This time I will win everything!

Saving the world with the Holy Grail is just a fairy tale? Drowning in dreams?

Did your future self negate your ideals?

Why?! Could it be that...?