The journey of dragon transformation starting from Demon Slayer

Tatsumi was silent for a second: "Ask..."

Tokiomi hummed, and then asked directly: "Excuse me, are you a 'Heroic Spirit'?"

The person on the other end of the phone sighed: "So you called just to ask about this kind of thing? Wouldn't it be better to ask in person?"

Then Tatsumi said, "That's right. I am a summoned 'Heroic Spirit', my job is 'Adventer', and my Master is Matou Sakura..."

Hearing the other party introduce himself nonchalantly, Tokiomi was shocked. He couldn't help but sigh at the other party's courage, but at the same time he felt dissatisfied.

Fortunately, this was just a phone call. If it was outside, the other party would carelessly disclose the master's information, which would undoubtedly bring fatal disaster to his master.

You have to know that Sakura is his beloved daughter. Even if she changes her name to Matou Sakura, this fact will not change.

Tokiomi did not forget the real purpose of his call, so he said to the phone: "I would like to set the meeting place at Fuyuki Church at 12 o'clock tonight. What do you think?"

The church is a neutral area, and the supervisor of the Holy Church should maintain a neutral stance from beginning to end. Logically speaking, a magician should not hold a conversation in such a place.

However, to Tokiomi, Kotomine Risei is not only the supervisor of the church, but also his second guardian, a figure who is like a father to him. He feels at ease here.

Besides these, Tokiomi had his own considerations for choosing this place as the meeting place.

Suddenly, the person on the other end of the phone laughed, as if he had guessed Tokiomi's concerns: "Hehe, you are really cautious...Okay, I'll do as you say!!"

After that, Tatsumi repeated it again: "The location is the 'Fuyuki Church', the time is twelve o'clock tonight, and I will bring Sakura to keep the appointment..."

"As for your side, feel free to do as you please..."

"Do you have any other questions?"

Tokiomi was silent for a second, then said: "No more, thank you for your understanding..."

With a crisp click, the call was hung up.

Tokiomi put the microphone back to its place, turned to look at his wife, and gave her a reassuring smile.

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In the anxious wait, the sun rose from the east and then set in the west.

As night fell, Tokiomi and Aoi got in a car and asked the driver of the Tohsaka family to drive them from the Tohsaka family and arrived at the Fuyuki Church located in the mountains of Shinto an hour in advance.

On this trip, Tokiomi brought his wife along.

Originally, he didn't want Aoi to come. Because the Holy Grail War was approaching, Tokiomi was afraid that she would encounter something if she followed him, and since it was a meeting with a Heroic Spirit, it was normal for him to have such thoughts.

However, Tokiomi misjudged Aoi's maternal love.

For the sake of her poor daughter, Aoi rarely showed a tough attitude in front of Tokiomi and insisted that Tokiomi take her with him.

Tokiomi originally wanted to use Rin as an excuse to let Aoi stay at home, but he never expected that Aoi couldn't sit still after learning about Sakura's experience.

As for Rin Tokiomi, it was impossible for him to bring her along.

Tohsaka Tokiomi is a magician, and he cannot allow the future heir to Tohsaka's magic to be exposed to unpredictable risks.

Currently, Rin is staying in the Tohsaka mansion which has deployed nearly thirty layers of barriers. With servants by her side, she can be said to be extremely safe at home.

The barrier set up by Tokiomi was considered an extremely advanced defense system against magicians, with all the features of detection and defense.

From a magic point of view, the house has been completely transformed into a military fortress.

If you use ordinary methods to break through head-on, you will not be able to achieve it even if you spend a year.

As for thieves, they probably can't even pick the lock of the Tousaka house...

In this way, the couple left Rin, who had already fallen asleep, at home and took a car to Fuyuki Church together.

When the two arrived here, they saw the old man who had been waiting here early at the door of the church.

The inky black night and the faint moonlight intertwined to form a subtle and mysterious atmosphere. The air was filled with mist, as if a layer of gauze covered the entire space, making people feel hazy and mysterious.

At this moment, the surroundings were so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard clearly.

Kotomine Ri was standing in front of the brightly lit cathedral, and Tokiomi couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw this.

He walked up and exchanged a few words with the priest, and at the same time explained to Kotomine Risei why his wife came along.

Kotomine Rizheng expressed her understanding of Aoi's concerns, and then invited the two of them to wait in the church.

At the invitation of Kotomine Risei, Aoi took Tokiomi's arm and followed Tokiomi into the church.

After the church door was closed, Tokiomi asked the air in front of him, "How are the preparations going? Kirei..."

Kirei was standing in the church. When he heard the door open, he turned around and responded respectfully, "Don't worry, Master. I have asked the 'Assassins' to hide around and be on guard..."

"But is this really necessary?"

Kotomine Kirei asked, expressing the confusion in his heart.

Tokiomi smiled slightly and replied, "This matter is related to a magician, and there are also heroic spirits. It is not too cautious..."

Tokiomi was right. Although he did not think there was a possibility of a conflict, he could not rule out the possibility.

The reason why Tokiomi had Kirei's "assassins" distributed around the church was to prepare them to act as bodyguards.

Although it might sound a bit ridiculous to use an 'assassin' as a 'bodyguard', since he has a disciple like Kotomine Kirei, Tokiomi naturally wants to make the best use of him.

"Kirei, please hide inside for a while. Otherwise, it will affect the conversation that follows..."

"learn..."

Kirei didn't ask any unnecessary questions, simply responded, and turned to walk towards the basement under the church.

After Kirei left, Kotomine Risho said to Tokiomi: "According to your request, I have already sent the 'Arbitrator' away in advance..."

"That Saint Lady knows nothing about this, including the information about the 'Adventer' and its Master."

When Zōu Yūan called the church, Joan of Arc was not in the church, but was continuing to search for important factors that might affect the Holy Grail War in the outside world.

The mission of the "Judgment" is to ensure the smooth running of the Holy Grail War. Based on Jeanne's persistence in finding the "Adventer", Tokiomi judged that abnormal situations would definitely occur when the two met.

For the sake of his daughter's safety, Tokiomi felt that it would be better to separate them.

Tokiomi's idea is to remove Sakura from this Holy Grail War. Regardless of whether the information that the heroic spirit told Aoi is true or not, he wants to get Sakura back and then make other plans.

Tokiomi did not want to get involved in the feud between the "Judgment" and the "Adventurer". According to the situation, Tokiomi also made different preparations.

If it is as Aoi said, the other party is also concerned about Sakura's future, and "Tousaka" has the possibility of taking Sakura back, then Tokiomi will not do anything more, and can even help to temporarily take over the position of Master and help the other party avoid the search of the "Judge" until the other party finds a suitable Master.

Tokiomi's plan will not change.

Although he was very grateful to the other party for saving Sakura, if the Holy Grail War began, he would still summon his own heroic spirit and ruthlessly attack his daughter's benefactor.

On one side is the gratitude of the "father", and on the other side is the long-cherished wish of the "magician".

While distinguishing the two, Tokiomi clearly understood that the relationship between the two was not actually contradictory.

When the Holy Grail Ceremony begins, he will become one of the many contestants. And in order to fulfill his wish, the heroic spirit will inevitably fight him to the death, and then everyone will see who is the winner.

However, from a side view, Tokiomi's way of thinking has a kind of wonderful charm of "life is life, games are games".

Of course, if Aoi's information is wrong, Tokiomi will change the plan and respond accordingly.

If the 'Adventers' and Matou Zouken were in cahoots and were working together to harm his daughter, he would immediately pass this information to the 'Judges' and prepare various means to eliminate this important hidden danger that could affect the 'Holy Grail War'.

In short, there was too little information to confirm, and Tokiomi's familiar could only watch from outside the Matou residence, so Tokiomi did not dare to make any rash assertions.

However, after Tokiomi's warning, when Jeanne came to the church to pray that night, Kotomine Risei did not tell her the fact, but chose to conceal it.

Then today, Tokiomi made arrangements to make this meeting a complete success.

Tokiomi nodded and responded sincerely: "Thank you for your help, Father Risei... Now our preparations are complete..."

"It's still early, Aoi, please sit down and rest for a while..."

As he said this, Tokiomi helped his wife and made her sit down in the front seat.

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Kirei was different from Tokiomi. After deciding on a location, he arrived at the scene and began to prepare.

Kotomine Kirei was as shocked as everyone else about the fact that his master's daughter suddenly became a Master.

After all, he is currently learning magic under Tōsaka Tokiomi, so he naturally knows the connection between the Master and the Heroic Spirit.

Normally speaking, it is impossible for Sakura Matou to become a Master, because a child's body cannot bear the burden of bringing a Heroic Spirit into the world.

Servants not only use magic power to maintain their form in the real world, but every move they make will also consume magic power.

If combat is involved, the consumption will increase several times.

The magic power used for these activities will be taken from the magician's magic circuit and provided to the servants.

Asking a little girl who is less than ten years old to provide the magic power needed by the Heroic Spirit is really a fantasy unless the Master himself has undergone some special transformation.

When Kirei first heard the news, like Tokiomi, he was shocked for a long time.

Tokiomi was angry at first, but gradually he became suspicious, and finally he started to get angry with Matou again.

When Kirei heard that Sakura had suddenly become the Master, he couldn't help but become curious about this girl, wondering what was so "special" about her.

However, if even Tokiomi couldn't figure this out, there was no way Kirei could figure it out.

Since all his thinking had yielded no results, Kirei could only try his best to arrange things and resolve his master's worries.

Suddenly, Kirei spoke to the air around him: "'Assassin', report to me immediately after discovering the target, and use your spiritual 'spiritual vision' to record the information of the 'Adventer'..."

"Yes..."

A response came from the air, but it was unclear whether it was a man or a woman.

At this time, apart from Kirei, there was no other figure in the church basement, which meant that Kirei's heroic spirit was communicating with him in spirit form.

In the outside world, the spiritual assassins are scattered throughout the forest.

Because the Servants' vision is far superior to that of humans, each of these Heroic Spirits is several hundred meters away from the church.

In order to be more cautious and not expose the assassin, Kirei even ordered his servants to transform into spirits instead of observing the target with their "physical eyes".

It has been mentioned before that Kirei has mastered a magic called "Sympathy", which is a magic learned when entering the introductory stage. It can share the senses of the familiar, so as to obtain information from a distance.

However, if the Servant enters spirit form, this magic cannot be used.

If you want to gather intelligence, it is definitely best to observe with your naked eyes.

The reason why Kirei didn't do this was to reduce the possibility of the assassin being exposed.

Don’t you see that even the saint lady is so persistent? There’s nothing wrong for him to be more careful.

Unlike Tōsaka Tokiomi, who had a hard time paying attention to details when doing things, Kirei, as the church's agent, had gone through countless life and death tests, and was more adept at doing this kind of thing than others.

Soon, as time passed, the assassin's report was finally in place.

A ball of black fog gradually condensed in the basement, gradually condensing into a tall female figure dressed in black.

She was dressed simply and had her purple hair tied into a pretty ponytail.

She had a white bone mask on her face, her upper body was simply covered with cloth strips to cover important parts, and her lower body was covered in tight black pants to facilitate movement.

Her wrists and ankles were wrapped with brown cloth, and a delicate dagger hung from her waist.

Sensing the presence of the assassin, Kirei turned around and waited for her report.

However, the Heroic Spirit's reaction was somewhat unexpected to Kirei.

"Your body is shaking? What's going on?"

Kirei half-closed his eyes, knowing that the other party was acting like this out of fear.

However, Heroic Spirits are different from ordinary humans and are completely like monsters.

What exactly did they see that could make them feel so scared?

"Report everything you see to me, Assassin..."

Hearing the Master's voice, the female assassin took a deep breath and reported in a trembling voice: "Report... A ball of white light suddenly appeared above the church..."