Rin vs. Beast 666-The Holy Lance and Holy Sword Clash Again / Red Archer and Barthomeloi Withdraw

"As long as I have Command Spells, I still have a chance. There has to be a chance! I can save them—I can save all of this!"

Bang!

A gunshot rang out. Kiritsugu Emiya stared in disbelief at the hole blown through his abdomen, then looked at Assassin, who had been carrying him, in confusion.

"Why?! Why didn't you block it?! Aaaaargh!"

Then an immense pain surged through his Magic Circuits, and Kiritsugu Emiya began howling in agony.

Assassin casually set Kiritsugu Emiya down on the ground, then slowly pulled off his mask and lowered his hood.

"You planned to use a Command Spell to make me kill myself once you found somewhere safe, didn't you, Kiritsugu Emiya?"

Illya stood there with trembling hands, clutching the strange-looking gun as she stared through tear-filled eyes at Kiritsugu Emiya writhing on the ground. In a panic, she threw the weapon away.

Then she hurried over to Kiritsugu Emiya with Berserker.

Kiritsugu Emiya, suffering on the ground, saw the gun Illya had been holding and gave a self-mocking laugh.

"Hahahaha... an Origin Bullet!"

That was right. The gun in Illya's hand was the pistol loaded with Origin Bullets that Kiritsugu Emiya had casually tossed aside after threatening Rin in the previous battle, only for Rin to pick it up later.

Kiritsugu Emiya then struggled into a sitting position. Looking at Assassin's face, identical to his own in his younger days, he asked excitedly,

"Assassin! Did I succeed?"

"You failed. In the end, in order to save others, you chose to become a guardian and began killing day after day, year after year—killing everyone who could threaten the world. But how was that any different from what we did when we were young?"

"So you really are me. You're pursuing the Grail too, aren't