Shirou's Grand Heroic Saga

"And you have to consider, how long has Berserker gone without eating? Since the Holy Grail War began, right? Or maybe he's only eaten food not prepared by human hands. If we set out a table of delicious Mapo Tofu here, and Berserker were to lay down his arms and surrender with respect, he could still have one last meal."

Shirou pointed to the wooden table in front of them, laden with the Mapo Tofu he and Sakura had made that day. The aroma of the Mapo Tofu was irresistibly tempting to anyone!

Although she didn't know why Senpai was so confident, Sakura chose to trust Shirou.

But one particular victim didn't want to trust Shirou.

"Why should I believe you!" Lancer wailed, but his voice stopped after a moment.

A black figure appeared, wielding a giant axe-sword. It blinked, looking at Lancer.

Lancer's eyes widened: "He's really here?!"

As expected, Lancer was still too young, too simple.

A smile flickered across Shirou's lips. How could his perfectly devised plan possibly fail? With the dragon flying in on a gale, how could he lose?

"Wryyyyyyy!" Berserker puffed out his chest, setting his sights on Lancer.

"Senpai, what is Berserker saying?" Sakura asked, swallowing hard, confused. Had they been discovered?

"Tch... I guess he means the trap was too simple? In that case, let's proceed with Plan B!" Shirou shouted.

The chains binding Lancer suddenly came loose. It was one thing for Shirou to have Lancer act as bait, but it wasn't for him to go to his death.

The chains hidden underground immediately wrapped around Berserker. The blades on the two short swords were also linked by chains, which should have led to more entanglement.

Success!

The plan was perfect, perfect!

First, by using a low-mana version of the Card's usage—Limited Deployment (Include)—he summoned the weapons of the Rider Card, two short swords.

The chains on these two short swords were extremely long, and he used this feature to entangle Lancer, using Lancer as bait.

Finally, there was the hiding place, which was King Hassan's shield. Although he also wanted to use Limited Deployment to summon the shield, he ended up summoning a greatsword, as if mocking him that his cloaking was useless.

But did he not have a way to achieve cloaking?

"Berserker, don't worry, I'll free you from your suffering now... Huh!" Lancer said solemnly, but as he was about to do something, he found that Berserker had actually broken free from the chains.

What country manufactured these chains? Come out here! Why aren't they strong enough!

"How could this happen? They should have been very secure. The chains on the two short swords were tangled together, they should have been even more tightly bound! How did he break free so skillfully?"

"There's no time for explanations, transform quickly!"

Even after breaking free from the chains, Berserker still had enough of an opening for Shirou to exploit.

The fleeting opportunity to kill Berserker again was precious. Without an opponent capable of holding Berserker back, it would be impossible for Berserker to die easily.

"Install (Phantasmal Summon)!"

Come forth! King Hassan!

"Gwahahaha! Young man, you've finally summoned me again! But, foolish! Utterly foolish! To use my shield as a tool for cloaking! I gave you the greatsword so you could cleave him, and if you couldn't, throw your Noble Phantasm, and if that didn't work, just call me! If you can't even do this, you'll still need me in the end, won't you? You're the worst Hassan I've ever had!"

"I'm not Hassan! You are! I'm not, I didn't!"