"An Unbreakable Alliance"

Before Iori had even finished speaking, Red Archer and Tohsaka Rin emerged from the other end of the street, positioning themselves ahead and behind them to box them in.

Waver took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a snap, and took a deep drag.

This was a miscalculation. I didn't expect them to have formed an alliance from the very beginning.

Fortunately, my original goal was to form an alliance too. But this makes things troublesome. If I can't convince them that a third-party force has intervened, will they eliminate me first?

Smoke slowly drifted from his mouth like a thin veil, rising to obscure his face and hide his expression from view.

Waver thought with a headache that if there had only been one Heroic Spirit, even if it was Iori, he was confident he could escape alongside the King of Conquerors.

But if two Heroic Spirits joined forces—especially when one of them was Uchiha Iori, who had defeated the King of Conquerors in the previous Holy Grail War—the situation became entirely different.

Though he was one of the "Lords" of the Clock Tower, he had never been known for his combat ability. If it were Lord Barthomeloi, defeating a Heroic Spirit might have been possible. For him, simply escaping would count as a victory.

"There's a problem with this Holy Grail War. Fourteen Heroic Spirits will be participating in total, and six of them have likely already formed an alliance."

After some thought, Waver decided to stick with his original plan and lay everything out in the open, striving for an alliance between them.

"I intend to ally with you and eliminate them first."

Iori raised a brow, not particularly surprised.

Waver was a "Lord" of the Clock Tower and a smart man. It was only