[Golden Flash was decent in close combat, right?]
[That was added for drama. Don't believe it. In the original, Golden Flash specifically avoided close combat with anyone who could match him.]
[Ahoge: Close combat? More like a speed bump.]
[This analogy is killing me. With her double Class now, Ahoge fighting Golden Flash really would just be running him over like a speed bump.]
The two were still chatting.
But at that moment, an aura swept toward them.
—Another Servant.
"An invitation to battle?"
Artoria muttered.
But why did this scene feel so familiar?
This place was very close to the harbor.
The harbor was in its off-season during winter. And because of the "incident" earlier, it was currently closed off.
"It's an invitation to battle aimed indiscriminately at Servants," Artoria said.
"It doesn't seem like the King of Heroes' style." White pondered. "But this feeling doesn't seem to be Heracles either."
"Rin has been using the surveillance equipment White left behind to keep watch. Illyasviel returned to Einzbern Castle a long time ago, but she hasn't come back since."
Most of White's surveillance devices were in Shinto, though she had also left some near the outskirts around Einzbern Castle to track Illya.
White herself had never used those surveillance devices, but Rin, who had been granted access, had seen what was happening over there.
"So they must have been certain that Heracles and Gilgamesh wouldn't appear, which was why they came out to issue a challenge?"
Artoria understood.
Still, the situation before them was rather subtle.
It felt like she had seen it somewhere before.
Uh, unpleasant memories began surfacing in her mind.
[Hahahaha, Ahoge versus the Spearman.]
[Exactly the same scene.]
[Ahoge's nightmare, 233.]
[Damn, this is seriously a perfect recreation, huh?]
[There are still some differences. In