I had once wielded a greatsword that struck terror into the Abyssals.
I had once commanded an Imperial Arm in revolutionary assassinations.
Until I tried to swindle Gungnir in Gensokyo, only to be bombarded by Crimson Moon's magic.
Now, I was—Illya, the Queen of Armaments!
Chapter 16: Irisviel: Perfect plan
A husband-and-wife duo tried to secretly accompany their daughter, only to be hunted down. Was this a loss of humanity, or a collapse of morality? Please tune in to today's Fuyuki...
Whether morality had collapsed or not, Shirou didn't know. All he knew was that Kiritsugu had just called out his name!
Shirou nearly suffocated. If Gudako found out about this, then wouldn't that mean—
"How are you here?" Shirou asked calmly.
Kiritsugu lowered his cigarette and blew out a smoke ring. "I already knew you were coming this way, so I lay in ambush here. Did you think I wouldn't notice you swaggering down the street like that? Surrender."
The pitch-black muzzle of the gun was already aimed at Shirou.
Shirou quietly glanced back. Gudako didn't seem to have noticed the special significance of that name, which was good news.
He turned back again.
Before him, all light had vanished, leaving only darkness everywhere. Yet within that darkness was something even darker—the gun barrel, radiating a thoroughly sinister aura.
"Saber, you can hear me, right?" Rin turned her back and grabbed Gudako's hand.
Her teeth seemed to be trembling. She deeply regretted stopping their escape because of Gudako earlier; now she had dragged both Shinji and Gudako into this.
Shinji stared at the handgun, similar to those on television but with a much larger caliber, his legs trembling slightly. Gudako had seen her share of danger, but having a gun this close to her was still a first.
But