The first day of the Holy Grail War ended in utter chaos.
But for the remaining Servants and their Masters, the situation only grew more dire.
By now, almost everyone had concluded that Caster and her Master—the girl calling herself the Magical Girl Red Ponytail—were the most terrifying enemies. After all, she had planned to wipe them all out at once, and had nearly succeeded!
If Archer had not unleashed his Treasure Tool at the end, probably none of their Servants would have escaped! They all would have died inside that inexplicable Inherent Domain!
But Archer had not fared much better... Well, in fact, by the second day, everyone received word that Archer had still been killed by Red Ponytail.
"What should we do...?"
Staring at the map of Fuyuki City before him, Emiya Kiritsugu tapped impatiently on the table. Red Ponytail's appearance had thrown all of Kiritsugu's plans into disarray. Normally, if a Servant was too strong, one should shift the target to the Master. That had been Emiya Kiritsugu's plan.
But now, that plan had completely fallen apart. Unless he could kill Red Ponytail, there was simply no way to eliminate that pair by killing their Master.
As for killing Caster? Well... it was not impossible, but what would killing Caster accomplish? Given the strength Red Ponytail had displayed that day, she could suppress Saber and Lancer even without Caster, and she had even killed Archer afterward...
In the end, Kiritsugu discovered in despair that no matter how he planned, Red Ponytail and Caster's team was an obstacle he absolutely could not avoid if he wanted to obtain the Holy Grail. What frustrated him even more was that this pair seemed to have virtually no weaknesses. Normally, Caster should not have been skilled in close combat. But after