After the explosion rang out, Emiya Kiritsugu quickly leaned out, two more submachine guns loaded with ammunition in his hands. Standing opposite the mercury, he pulled the triggers without hesitation.
He knew this would not harm Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald—the magecraft tool known as Volumen Hydrargyrum could block far too much damage. What he wanted was for Volumen Hydrargyrum to gather before Kenneth and completely obscure his vision, so Kenneth would be unable to see his movements.
Casually tossing one submachine gun onto the floor, now covered in a layer of shell casings, Emiya Kiritsugu drew that handgun.
The corner of his mouth had already curled upward.
The scales of victory had tilted in his favor.
Bang!
The gunshot rang out without stirring any reaction, as though it were nothing more than an ordinary shot.
Emiya Kiritsugu possessed an unusual magecraft tool known as the Origin Bullet.
They were bullets made from four of Emiya Kiritsugu's ribs, taken from both his left and right sides. There had originally been sixty-six of them, but thirty-seven had been used so far.
Those thirty-seven bullets had claimed the lives of thirty-seven magi.
This was not because of Emiya Kiritsugu's exceptional marksmanship, but because of the power of the bullets—or rather, the power of Emiya Kiritsugu himself.
Magi possessed [Origins]. Everyone's Origin differed, though most fell within the bounds of ordinary understanding.
But occasionally, something strange would be born.
Emiya Kiritsugu was one such anomaly.
Emiya Kiritsugu's Origin was [Kiritsugu].
More precisely, it was [Severance] and [Binding].
In other words, [Cutting] and [Joining].
This was the true nature of his Origin, as well as the true form of his soul.
However, while Emiya Kiritsugu's Origin possessed the characteristic of [Binding], this Binding was not the same as binding in the conventional sense. Because it was