Next, Shen Er, what's your business?

Chapter 951 The Righteous Partner
"You are a good person."

This was Kiritsugu's evaluation of Natalia.

Also because of this sentence, Kiritsugu has been following Natalia for the next time.

Of course, it is not about adopting orphans and treating them like ordinary children.Natalia didn't have that kind of leisure and love, and Kiritsugu's comment was just a joke to her.

nice guy?She is no longer, or has never been.

Her profession is a bounty hunter or a mercenary, she does not belong to any organization, and she only hunts down prey for rewards.And the means are definitely not glorious.

Her most usual way is to stare at the executors of the Magic Association, and when they find a certain target and dispatch, snatch the prey before them, and then resell it to the Magic Association at a high price.

This bad way made many people in the Magic Association hate their teeth, but because Natalia did not violate the rules, she always acted within the rules, she is strong, very useful as a knife, and the Magic Association also has Money, so let it go.

After Kiritsugu joined, her actions became more efficient.

Kiritsugu stayed by Natalia's side as an assistant, being ordered by her and also trained by her.

This also means that he embarked on the same path as Natalia, as a hunter.

He has no regrets about it, Natalia never forced him, everything is his own choice - because of this, he has never changed his opinion, from the beginning to the end he thinks she is a good person .

Leaving the closed southern island and coming to the outside world, Kiritsugu soon discovered that the tragedies he experienced were not rare exceptions, such stupid things happened repeatedly in the dark side of this world like daily life.It was only because of the information concealed by the two major organizations, the Magic Association and the Church of the Holy Church, that there was no social impact.

Magicians who are too obsessed with the pursuit of truth, and do not hesitate to spread disaster everywhere.

And the two major organizations that do everything they can to deal with the magicians secretly.Struggles with the mysteries and hiding the mysteries were so frequent that Natalia was able to live a high life on the job.

A certain emotion in Kiritsugu was ignited.

In order to redeem his mistake, he personally killed his father.

But this is not enough, the act of killing Emiya Tokiken, the magician, is too far from the determination to prevent the tragedy from happening again-it is like a drop of water to the sea, basically negligible.

If you really want to redeem your mistakes, and really want to find a reason for killing your father, then only by hunting down all the heretic magicians like your father can you usher in real salvation.

The seal specifies the executor.

The young man embarked on this inhuman and bloody road without hesitation in hunting hunting dogs that were beyond the level of magic, and for this he agreed to the conditions of the association and accepted the [-]% engraving of his father Jixian in order to use magic.

For Kiritsugu, magic is not his life's work, but just a means to achieve his goals.In fact, magic is just one of several "methods" that the boy learned from this huntress.

Tracking skills, assassination techniques, ways to use various weapons-the hound has more than one "fang".In order to hunt and kill prey in various environments and conditions, it is necessary to learn a variety of techniques and knowledge one by one.

In order to learn these things, Kiritsugu dedicated his most precious adolescence.The years full of blood and gunpowder have left a mark of vicissitudes on him who is still very young, and it has also allowed him to gradually emerge in the dark world and gain a lot of fame.

Although a bit too young and mature, Kiritsugu is very satisfied with his current state.

Although the means are dirty and his hands are dirty, he is walking on the road to the ideal and seeking redemption.The life with Natalia is also very good, maybe not as carefree as with Xia Lei, but there is a different kind of warmth.

This is how I should spend my whole life, with her—— Kiritsugu, who had already left the boy, thought so.

At this time, he didn't know how much this inhuman bloody road would cost him, and what a heavy sin that lofty, almost stupid ideal would make him bear.

On this day, Kiritsugu's teacher and companion was facing the most sinister crisis in his life.

It seems to be a reincarnation of fate, and this time the incident is also related to magicians and vampires.

"Magic Bee Messenger" Odd Bozak, the mission target of the two of them this time.

Although not complete, this magician has successfully transformed into a dead disciple, using the poisonous needles of his bee familiar to increase the number of ghouls under him, which is a very dangerous existence.

Unlike those ostentatious Dead Apostles, Bozak was very cautious. He changed his appearance, disguised his identity as an ordinary person, and disappeared.It was not until four days ago that there was intelligence that he, who had been missing for a long time, would take the Airbus A300 airliner departing from Paris to New York.

In order not to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the master and apprentice work together in a division of labor.Natalia entered the plane alone, and carried out an extremely difficult "hunting operation" to find a target whose appearance and pseudonym were unknown among the 287 passengers.Kiritsugu did not take the same plane, and he was appointed to go to New York first to find clues to see through Bozak's disguised identity.

In this way, the master and apprentice were in close contact with each other on the sky and the ground, and gradually searched for the seat of the prey quietly and surely in the confined space.

The assassination went surprisingly smoothly, and the mission was completed just three hours after the plane took off.

However, this was only the beginning of the tragedy.

No one thought that Bozak would hide from the customs and bring his "dead bees" on the plane, and no one would have thought that these "dead bees" would go into a rampage after the death of their owner and attack the passengers on the plane. .

It didn't take long for the cockpit of the jumbo jet to become a bloody hell filled with dead bodies.

In a confined environment, with a huge number of "Dead Apostle Bees" and dead bodies, even Natalia, who is experienced, is in a desperate situation.

Kiritsugu couldn't do anything about it, Natalia was in a closed space at an altitude of [-] feet, unless he had supernatural powers, he could only wait on the ground in agony.

But even in such a dire situation, he still firmly believes that the experienced huntress can survive, because that is the principle she has repeatedly emphasized and taught himself countless times-"No matter what, you must survive by whatever means." .

He trusted her to do it, just as she trusted his ability.

She lived up to his trust and really survived.Even though the entire crew and passengers on the plane turned into ghouls, she managed to survive, and ensured that all dead bodies were kept out of the cockpit, and she drove the plane to the New York airport by herself.

And this is also the worst and most likely situation that Kiritsugu expected.

With only the two of them, it is impossible to eliminate so many dead bodies.Once the plane lands, let these dead bodies that only crave for flesh and blood ravage, I don't know how many people will die-but if doing this can survive, Natalia will definitely do it, her persistence in life is stronger than anyone else's. People are strong, so is their ability to survive.

To stop this, the steel cage must crash into the Atlantic Ocean.If Natalie can't do it, it's up to him - those who deserve to die are wiped out, and those who don't deserve to be saved, this is justice!And he is a partner of justice.

What an irony this is.

Events related to the monster hiding in the shadow of humanity took away the woman he loved most as a boy and now will take away the only family he has left.

For justice, he once again had to make a cruel choice.

And, in order for Natalia not to notice his thoughts, he had to keep the radio open, pretend he was still in the hotel, and talk to her to reassure her.

Maybe it was because of boredom, or maybe it was because she didn't want to focus on those annoying dead bodies outside. Today, Natalia was very nagging, saying a lot of things that were impossible to say normally.

"At that time, when you kid said that you wanted to help me with my business, I really had a headache. Because even if you broke your mouth, it seemed impossible for you to give up."

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"You brat's quality in this aspect is really too good. You don't have any psychological influence when you do it-it takes most killers a few years to realize this. But brat, from the very beginning You have that awareness. It’s a very remarkable quality.”

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"However, choosing a career based on one's own qualities does not necessarily lead to happiness. As long as talent crosses a certain boundary, it will directly determine the path of life regardless of the person's thoughts or feelings. As long as a person reaches this point, it is over. .If you don't think about 'what you want to do', but only think about 'what you should do'... that kind of person is just a machine, a phenomenon, and it is not the way of life that a person should have at all."

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"In your case, I seem to be the main reason for taking away that opportunity. How should I put it... I feel a little bit sorry, even though I had no other way to teach you at that time."

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"For a long time, I was alone through the bloody life every day. So long that I forgot that I was alone. So... well, this is also kind of funny, and a kind of family the feeling of being together.”

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"Maybe I'm old and useless."

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"The reason why this kind of mistake happened is probably because playing the game of housekeeping unknowingly made me relax. If this is the case, it should be the time. Should I retire..."

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Every time he said a word, Kiritsugu's heart became colder.

Yes, I am very qualified, so I can calmly use the "stinger" to aim at the plane in the sky while going crazy with heartache, to kill my teacher and the person who will become my adoptive mother.

In order to cope with the "miracle" that the woman he loves can survive, he actually calculates step by step how to really kill her.

For this reason, he ran around in New York late at night, ran all the channels, and finally got the Blowpipe (blowpipe) portable surface-to-air missile that flowed out to the black market.

Immediately afterwards, I rented a speedboat and rushed to the waters near New York International Airport at the fastest speed.Right now, Kiritsugu was sitting on the speedboat floating on the sea, waiting for the plane that Natalia was on to appear in front of him.It is located directly below the airway. When the plane approaches New York International Airport, it will lower its altitude and enter the range that the missiles can barely reach.

What a bastard I am! ! !
But no matter how much he blamed himself, how much he cursed himself, time was still passing by little by little, and the beautiful silver wings appeared on the horizon in the dawn light, and appeared within the range of "Blowpipe" - [-] kilometers Ruler, sure to hit.

At this time, the woman finally spoke the last words.

"If you lose your job... now you can only play the role of mother."

"You...are my true family."

And he could only cry and growl hoarsely while pressing the launch button.

Just like the last time, memories related to her flashed through my mind one after another, followed by the detonation of explosives.

The piece of iron that had lost its aerodynamic properties twisted and broke as if it had been cut, and fell into pieces quietly into the morning ocean.The metal fragments that fell in the morning light shone brightly and gradually sank into the bottom of the sea, just like Kiritsugu's fragmented heart.

The first light of dawn shines from beyond the horizon.Kiritsugu was bathed in today's sunlight that Natalia couldn't see after all, crying in a low voice all by himself.

Without anyone knowing, Kiritsugu saved the masses he didn't know.

What kind of adult does Kelly want to be when she grows up?
I want to be a partner in justice.

Did you see that?Xia Lei...

This time I killed someone again.Like killing my father, I killed again.I didn't make a mistake like you did that time.I have saved many people...

If people knew about Kiritsugu's actions and intentions, would they feel grateful?Those people at the airport, the people who were finally spared from facing the horror of dead bodies, would they hold Kiritsugu as a hero?
"Are you kidding... What are you kidding! You bastard!!"

Holding tightly the missile launcher that had begun to cool down, Kiritsugu roared loudly at the gradually brightening sky.

He doesn't want fame, and he doesn't want thanks from others.He just wanted to see Natalia again, and waited for the day when he could call her "Mom" to her face.

this day……

PS: Let me say a few more words here, this is considered a mistake in Lao Xu's plot design.In fact, there was a solution to the situation at that time. The dead body did not have the ability to break through the cabin door, and naturally it did not have the ability to break through the cabin. Get it out, although there is no hatch in the cockpit, but it can be cut from the outside. Although it is troublesome, it is also more offset than bombing the plane.The only thing worth worrying about is probably the impact caused by the spread of this matter, but the bombing of the plane is not much better, it can only be said that Kiritsugu's mind is still not flexible enough.

(End of this chapter)