Kirei Kotomine was not lying. He truly did not know Shirou's exact location. He had not directed Shirou Emiya to Ryuudou Temple; he had merely guided Shirou toward eliminating the remaining participants.
Once Saber and Caster were eliminated, the Holy Grail War would automatically end.
That was the sole meaning behind what he had guided Shirou to do.
Even if the Ruler did not exist, the Holy Grail War's original, fundamental rules still remained, so long as that part of those rules was fulfilled.
Its most fundamental premise.
Even the most powerful cardholder could not interfere with it.
"You don't know Shirou Emiya's location?" Angelica narrowed her eyes and turned to Kirei Kotomine. Those words carried far too many implications.
She and Beatrice had split up precisely to find Shirou Emiya.
But finding out where Shirou Emiya might be headed would be just as good.
"So you do know something." Angelica prepared to unleash her weapon barrage.
Golden ripples surged forth behind her, and weapons began to emerge.
Angelica was even prepared to use Teleportation Magic to pin Kirei Kotomine to the wall the instant the weapons launched.
"I can't beat you. You Einzberns really are troublesome. You're clearly Rulebreakers, yet you come to ask me, a Ruler, for information. No matter how you look at it, shouldn't I refrain from giving information to contestants who aren't qualified to participate?" Kirei Kotomine complained, but he had no intention of concealing what he had told Shirou.
If he did not speak now, the weapon barrage would arrive.
"Fine, fine, I'll tell you. The Holy Grail War's inherent rules have nothing to do with me, the Ruler, don't they? If you ask me where Shirou Emiya is, I truly don't know. But I ran into him earlier and probably said something along