Waver: "This is my first time seeing a Mystic Code made from a firearm, too."
Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Kiritsugu Emiya truly cannot be underestimated."
[The wounded Kayneth clearly refused to let the matter rest. He chased after the fleeing Kiritsugu Emiya while venting his anger on the walls on either side.]
["You lowly scum, you disgrace to mages! You actually made me bleed. I'll make you pay."]
[And so, the two began a chase through the castle.]
[As Kiritsugu Emiya ran, he did not forget to set a few traps along the way to slow Kayneth down.]
[Although Kayneth suffered no further injuries under the protection of Volumen Hydrargyrum, he was already trembling all over with rage.]
["Utterly pointless. I didn't enter the War of the Holy Grail to fight battles like this."]
Feng Xi: "Director Kayneth, now you know the War of the Holy Grail is completely different from what you imagined, right?"
Feng Xi: "But Director Kayneth, your mental game could use some work."
Feng Xi: "You completely lost your composure after getting hurt once. You're definitely going to suffer for it in a moment."
Kayneth: "Shut up! What do you know, brat!"
Kayneth: "That rat, Kiritsugu Emiya, is a shameless, despicable coward! I, I..."
Kayneth was so angry that he could no longer speak.
Chapter 35: A Dumbfounded Kayneth
Feng Xi: "Baseness is the passport of the base; nobility is the epitaph of the noble."
Feng Xi: "Those are the most famous lines of modern poetry in my country, China, and a lesson our country paid for in blood and tears."
Feng Xi: "Honestly, it's sobering to see that someone who has already become one of the Mage's Association's Twelve Lords could still think so naively."
Kayneth: "..."
That's right. I'm already an adult, and I've even become a Lord. How could I still be so naive?
Knowing full well that my opponent was the infamous Magus Killer, how could I still cling to the ridiculous idea of a fair duel?
Having realized this, he looked at himself in the video again and felt like nothing more than a clown.
[After rounding a corner, Kayneth finally caught up with Kiritsugu Emiya.]
["Let's see where you can run now, rat."]
[Kayneth said in a low voice, "You don't think that trick will work again, do you, you despicable coward?"]
["Your earlier success was merely a coincidence called an anomaly. I'll show you the difference between the two right away."]
[Rather than attacking immediately, Kayneth stood there spouting trash talk.]
[Kiritsugu Emiya could not be bothered to listen to his bullshit either. He raised his M950 and fired.]
["Boil, my blood!"]
[With a low growl from Kayneth, the mercury instantly formed a spiked wall in front of him.]
[Seeing this, Kiritsugu Emiya once again drew his single-shot pistol and fired. Kayneth immediately had the mercury envelop him completely, leaving no gaps.]
["Fool. I told you that trick wouldn't work again."]
[But he failed to see the hint of a smile that appeared on Kiritsugu Emiya's face.]
["Aaaah!!!"]
[An instant later, Kayneth's scream of pain rang out from inside the mercury wall.]
Kayneth: "It hit me! How is that possible?"
Kayneth: "How could that bullet penetrate the full defense of my Volumen Hydrargyrum?"
[Volumen Hydrargyrum instantly collapsed and dissipated, reverting to its original form.]
[Kayneth coughed up blood, veins bulging on his face as he struggled in excruciating pain.]
[Then he collapsed into a pool of blood.]
[The scene then shifted to a person whose features could not be made out, crafting a special kind of bullet.]
["I'll grind your ribs into powder and put it inside these bullets. Anyone they hit will have your Origin manifested inside their body."]
["These things are extremely lethal to mages. Once someone interferes with these bullets using Magecraft, your Origin will destroy their Magic Circuits, kid, reconnecting them at random."]
["The better the mage, the more easily their Magic Circuits will short out and go berserk."]
["One hit, and they're finished. Both their career as a mage and their life will be completely ruined."]
["This is your Mystic Code, kid-the Origin Bullet!"]
["There are sixty-six rounds in all. Use them sparingly."]
Waver: "They destroy Magic Circuits! Something like that actually exists!"
Kayneth: "I was shot. Then that means I..."
Kiritsugu Emiya: "Your Magic Circuits are already ruined."
Kayneth: "Kiritsugu Emiya! You!"
Kayneth, who had only just calmed down, exploded again.
After all, to a mage, Magic Circuits were no different from life itself.
Without his Magic Circuits, even if he returned to the Mage's Association alive from the War of the Holy Grail, everything he possessed would cease to exist, and his fate would be utterly miserable.
The Mage's Association was simply that pragmatic a place.
But what also shocked Kayneth was that the Origin Bullets, weapons so dangerous to mages, had actually been made from Kiritsugu Emiya's ribs.
Just how ruthless was this man, Kiritsugu Emiya?
Not only to others, but even more so to himself.
It was not just Kayneth. Tokiomi Tohsaka, Waver, and the other mages in the group had all mentally labeled Kiritsugu Emiya as extremely dangerous.
"Kiritsugu, you..."
With tears in her eyes, Madam embraced Kiritsugu Emiya beside her.
She simply could not imagine how much pain Kiritsugu Emiya had endured back then for the Origin Bullets.
Beside them, the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu quietly watched without saying a word.
[The scene returned to the present. Kiritsugu Emiya was about to step forward to finish Kayneth off when Diarmuid suddenly appeared and stood in front of him.]
[Kiritsugu Emiya raised his gun and fired, but Diarmuid easily blocked the shots.]
["You should know how easy it would be for me to run you through, Saber's Master."]
[Diarmuid said in a low voice, "I will not let anyone kill my lord."]
[Although Kiritsugu Emiya stopped shooting, he did not lower his gun.]
["Neither she nor I wishes to settle our battle this way."]
[Diarmuid hoisted Kayneth onto his shoulder and said, "Remember this. The only reason you didn't die here is the King of Knights' noble character."]
[With that, he swiftly left with Kayneth.]
[The video ended there.]
Kayneth: "Lancer, why didn't you kill Kiritsugu Emiya!"
Diarmuid: "My lord, in the situation shown in the video, saving your life would certainly have been my priority."
Kayneth: "Hmph."
He was certainly finished in the video, but fortunately, his present self was still safe and sound.
He decided that he would never again deal with Kiritsugu Emiya personally.
When the time came, he would stay as far away as possible.
[That concludes the first question. We will now begin the second.]
[This is a multiple-choice question. Please watch the following video carefully, then answer the question.]
[The scene opened on Fuyuki Bridge, a place familiar to everyone.]
[Waver stood on the bridge in a daze, with Iskandar in front of him.]
[Mounted on his beloved horse, Bucephalus, and holding his personal blade, the Sword of Cyprus, Iskandar charged fearlessly toward Gilgamesh opposite him.]
[Gilgamesh opened the Gate of Babylon. Braving the dense rain of Noble Phantasms, Iskandar kept knocking away those that reached him with his sword as he charged onward without hesitation.]
King of Conquerors: "Haha, King of Heroes, it seems you and I are destined to fight."
King of Heroes: "Hmph. Don't forget, the outcome of this battle has already been decided."
King of Conquerors: "Don't be so quick to say that. Who wins and who loses is still hard to say."
King of Heroes: "Come, then, if you don't fear death. But the outcome cannot change."
Chapter 36: Waver and Reines
(Reines)