"The sky has finally gone completely dark."
Shuten Douji let out a soft breath.
"Then, it can finally begin."
"My, my, so much time has passed. Does this land still remember what this feels like?"
Purple light gleamed in her eyes, and the smile on her face gradually turned mad.
"Night Parade of One Hundred Demons—!!!"
"Ha—hahahahahahaha——"
"Issei, can't you remember anything at all?"
Shirou Emiya gripped Issei Ryuudou by the shoulders and asked anxiously.
"I..."
Issei Ryuudou still felt an intense headache.
It was as though someone had reached into his head. They had not stirred his brain into mush, but they had given it several hard squeezes.
"I was completely controlled by her. That person never intended to kill me from the start—she wanted to use the Command Spells to strengthen herself."
Issei Ryuudou looked at the jewel insect in his palm, which had never been activated, and gritted his teeth.
"Assassin, Shuten Douji."
He finally believed that strange woman was the legendary great demon, Shuten Douji, ruler of Mount Ooe.
If she were not such a monster, such an evil demon—how could she possibly do something like this?
".Master, something isn't right."
After recovering somewhat, Anno rose to his feet.
His expression gradually turned solemn as well.
There was more black mist around them.
The violet-black fog that should have been gathered around Shuten Douji's body had somehow appeared beside them.
No, not merely beside them, but everywhere around them.
An involuntary sense of dread settled over all three of them.
".Just now, was it the instant the sky went completely dark?"
Issei Ryuudou looked at the spreading mist and spoke instinctively.
After the sun sank below the horizon, the sky should have remained bright for some time.
But now, even that last trace of light had