Fuyuki City, the church.
Kirei Kotomine stood before the Summoning Circle.
He had just completed the summoning ritual.
Several figures appeared within the Summoning Circle-a masked assassin and... her companions?
"Assassin, answering your summons."
The masked woman spoke. Her voice was calm to the point of coldness.
Kirei Kotomine was about to speak.
Suddenly, the Evening Bell rang.
It was not the church bell, but a death knell.
Hassan of the Hundred Faces suddenly froze. She knew what stood behind her, but she could not turn around.
Because she was already dead.
A thin line of blood slowly appeared across her neck.
She left behind only one unfinished sentence: "King, you..."
The next second, her head slid from her neck.
Blood gushed out.
But her body did not fall.
Because a hand held her shoulder.
The owner of that hand was a figure draped in a black cloak. His face was hidden beneath a skull mask, with only a dim light flickering in the eye sockets.
The Old Man of the Mountain, "King Hassan."
Kirei Kotomine's eyes widened. He felt no fear at all, only excitement.
"You..."
"I am not a Servant in this war."
"I came only to ensure that matters proceed no further."
He raised his head and looked in a certain direction.
"An Angel Who Judges All Humanity is about to descend. Who is without sin?"
Kirei Kotomine froze. As an Executor of the Church, he could not have been more familiar with that word. "An angel?"
King Hassan did not answer.
He merely withdrew the hand resting on Hundred Faces' corpse, allowing the headless body to dissolve into spirit particles.
"Your Servant has not truly died."
He said, "One who is divided can reunite so long as even a trace remains. This is the 'trial' I