"Sachimura Anno's daughter, Sakumura Kanna's former residence has been vandalized. No cultural artifacts have been reported stolen so far, and authorities are making every effort to find the perpetrator."
"The prosecution speculates that this case may have been committed by the same culprit responsible for the Sakumura Anno statue falling from Eaglefall Cliff the other day."
"At present, security has been increased at all other sites and facilities related to Sakumura Anno."
Watching the news on television, even the generally rather dim-witted members of the Matou Family sensed that something was off this time.
"Could this have been done by someone involved in this Holy Grail War?" Matou Kariya's eyes had already taken on a wary glint.
"Perhaps. Could one of Mr. Sakumura Anno's enemies have been summoned?" Matou Byakuya nodded, looking somewhat serious as well.
"Then who were Sakumura Anno's enemies? Tokugawa Iemochi? Tokugawa Yoshinobu? Abe Masahiro?"
Matou Kariya frowned as he thought.
"Could it have been someone from the Shinsengumi?" Matou Shinji offered his own guess.
"...Probably not. Mr. Sakumura had a close personal relationship with several Shinsengumi unit captains." Since the Matou Family's ancestors had crossed paths with Sakumura Anno, Matou Byakuya knew a few obscure anecdotes from Sakumura's life. He shook his head and rejected his son's guess.
"In any case, we need to prepare for that possibility." Matou Kariya rose and headed toward where Manlio was staying, intending to discuss it with his Servant.
"I see. So this is Assassin's strategy?"
Tohsaka Tokiomi had been puzzled the first time, but once something like this happened more than twice, he instinctively began searching for a pattern.
The Eaglefall Cliff incident could have been dismissed as that famous Assassin in Japan being somewhat dim-witted, but what happened at Kanna's former residence was clearly deliberate.
"Using this method