It was the fifth day since the Holy Grail War began.
Over the past two days, each team had been recuperating and preparing for battle, waiting for an opportunity.
There had been no winner in the last battle. Everyone had suffered losses, but if anyone had lost the most, it was undoubtedly Rin Tohsaka. She had been fuming for the past two days, and Shirou Emiya dared not get on her bad side, so he could only study swordsmanship with Artoria on his own.
Of course, King Solomon's disappearance had also had a major impact on the others.
For Sakura Matou, it meant that the Holy Grail War was back on track. She held an enormous advantage. Yamamoto's strength was equivalent to a second Solomon's. As long as the Servants gathered together, even taking them all out at once would be effortless. She had become a game-breaking bug.
So she was waiting for the others to gather together. She had spent the past two days playing with Illya.
Perhaps it was because of her innate maternal instincts, but her dark, closed-off heart had actually begun to feel warmth again because of the other girl.
For Ichigo Kurosaki, this was not good news. After all, he would rather lose the Holy Grail War than let the Shinigami realize he was human.
Clearly, the other party already knew.
Moreover, when he came back and told Rukia, she looked as though she was about to cry.
"You mean that old man was well-built and carried a Zanpakuto called Ryūjin Jakka, right? Haha, hahahaha."
"Uh, yes."
"Hahahahaha, I'm done for. I'm going to die. The Captain-Commander came in person. I'm finished. Hahahaha, wonderful! I finally don't have to keep hiding everything."
Rukia laughed at the top of her lungs.
Ichigo Kurosaki thus realized that