Can I Touch It?

"Exactly, that's more like it. How could that guy possibly be dead?!"

Tohsaka Rin glared at Dead Fish Eye Duke as she watched Duke "come back to life" yet again. She had no idea who he was playing this time, but he was unexpectedly intimidating. The girl Assassin across from him was practically about to wet herself.

"Lord First Hassan... N-no, impossible... You're a fake. Lord First Hassan shouldn't exist in the Human World..." Assassin trembled as she backed away. Reason told her that the First Hassan before her was a counterfeit disguised by Duke, but the moment she met those terrifying blue-glowing eyes, reason turned entirely into fear.

Kirei Kotomine had no idea what Duke's new skin represented. He only knew that Assassin had completely lost her will to fight and was no different from an ordinary girl cornered against a wall. There was no need to consider any other outcome. Once Assassin was chopped into pieces, he would be next.

Gilgamesh was trapped inside a Reality Marble, and Kirei Kotomine had immense faith in his invincible strength. But he also knew that even someone as powerful as Gilgamesh could not deal with seven Servants in a short time. He could only find a way to save himself.

Kirei Kotomine tried to flee, but Tohsaka Rin and her lackey Emiya Shirou stopped him. Duke was busy showing off his acting skills and had not noticed that the three of them had already begun fighting.

It was no big deal. Tohsaka Rin alone was no match for Kirei Kotomine, but with a cheating Emiya Shirou added to the mix, this battle was destined to end without much danger.

"Idiot. You call that assassination?" Duke rebuked in a hoarse voice.

First Hassan, also known as the Old Man of the Mountain,