Matched Fights

Watching Kakashi leave and seeing that no one else made a move, Iori shook his head and revealed a crazed smile.

"Looks like Gilgamesh really didn't come. Otherwise, he would never have watched me use the Gate of Babylon so freely. With his personality, he'd probably have jumped out long ago, shouting 'mongrel, mongrel.'"

"Since he's being so careless, I'll wipe you all out with everything I have first," Iori said, raising a hand to point at Karna. "Especially you, Karna. Precisely because we are friends, I cannot allow you to act freely."

"After all, aside from me, not even the King of Conquerors could withstand that spear capable of slaying gods!"

Kotomine Kirei frowned and asked Karna, "Lancer, do you know him?"

"Yes," Karna replied calmly. "His name is Uchiha Iori, a Heroic Spirit who does not belong to this world."

"Beside the Throne of Heroes, which lies beyond the world, there is a special place known as the Hall of Heroes—a place of feasting for Heroic Spirits. That is where I met him."

"He possesses the ability to replicate the Noble Phantasms of others. He is a formidable opponent."

"A Heroic Spirit from another world? And that name sounds somewhat familiar... Ah, that's right. He seemed to be the one who severely wounded the King of Heroes in the previous Holy Grail War." Kotomine Kirei murmured, "It seems the King of Heroes may take some interest in him."

Having heard the name in Iori's words, the King of Conquerors thought it over. Karna—the name, coupled with his use of the fire of the sun, could only point to one man.

"The god-slaying spear said to have been obtained by giving the Golden Armor to the great god Indra? I truly want to see what kind of power it