The Opening Battle!

Deception!

Misdirection!

Reconnaissance!

These were all tricks commonly employed by Masters in the Holy Grail War.

Because different Heroic Spirits were summoned, every Servant possessed entirely different innate abilities and Noble Phantasms.

The sooner one learned the names, histories, abilities, and Noble Phantasms of the other Servants, the better one could formulate targeted strategies, exploit strengths, avoid weaknesses, defeat every opponent, and claim final victory.

As someone born into a traditional Magecraft family, Tokiomi Tohsaka undoubtedly understood this very well. Thus, the instant the church declared the war officially underway, he and his disciple Kotomine Kirei publicly put on quite a show.

His strategy was very simple!

Before everyone's eyes, King of Heroes Gilgamesh would personally kill one of Hundred-Faced Hassan's clones, making everyone mistakenly believe Assassin had become the first Servant to be eliminated.

In this way, Kotomine Kirei could shift from the open into the shadows, hiding in blind spots and using Assassin's stealth advantage to continuously gather information on the other Masters and Servants.

Even more absurdly, Kotomine Kirei could seek shelter from his father, who managed the local church, under the identity of a defeated participant.

Clearly, although the Holy Grail War was publicly advertised as a fair contest between Magi fighting for ownership of the Holy Grail, it had never actually been fair.

This was especially true of the supposedly neutral church. Whether it was the Fourth or Fifth Holy Grail War, it not only failed to fulfill its supervisory role, but was instead the biggest cheater of all.

Therefore, Allen had not placed even the slightest trust in the church from the very beginning. Rather than reporting to the church like the other participants, he had chosen the tallest building in Fuyuki City as his base.

By using the Sharingan's genjutsu to control government