"Wow! Master, this tastes amazing... Master?" Mordred was instantly captivated by the food's unique flavor after putting it in her mouth. She loudly shared the news with her Master, only to find his expression somewhat grave.
Kaijiri Shishigami gazed up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle and muttered softly, "A bizarre serial murder case..."
"Why does every Holy Grail War I get involved in have something like this happen?" Shirou sighed. The Fourth Holy Grail War had Ryuunosuke Uryuu, the Fifth Holy Grail War had Rider Medusa sucking blood everywhere, and now this one...
If nothing unexpected had happened, the culprit this time should have been Black Faction's Assassin, Jack the Ripper, who had gone missing from the start. That child was rather pitiful, and the victims were all mages, but murder was still murder.
No, according to Shiki, what Jack the Ripper did was not murder at all. It was merely slaughter.
Brrring, brrring...
"Shishigami, stop spacing out. Your phone's ringing."
"Uh... ah." Kaijiri Shishigami picked up the phone and held it to his ear. "Hello... Lord El-Melloi, my apologies."
"It's the Second." The person on the other end really was Lord El-Melloi II, though he looked even more worn-down than the one Shirou knew. Well, literally worn-down—he had the face of someone who might die from overwork at any moment.
"My apologies."
"It's fine... whatever." Webber was not the sort of person to fuss over such things. He had seen plenty of troublesome students. "There has been news of serial murders on your end. You already know, right?"
Kaijiri Shishigami raised his head, only to find Shirou and Jeanne looking at him with concern. His Servant had no reaction at all and was even still battling the breakfast pastries in front of her.
The corner of Kaijiri