[Comprehensive] Playing off again

Tohsaka house.Underground workshop.

"Drinking together..."

Tohsaka Tokiomi sighed for the first time in these days.

In order to win the Holy Grail War, the Tohsaka family spent a lot of time and energy to obtain the ideal holy relic - the first snake slough in ancient times.

Such a past event is recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is made up of clay tablets.After the death of his best friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh, who knew the horror of death, began a difficult trek for eternal life. After going through thousands of obstacles, he got the grass of eternal life at the bottom of the sea, but was unfortunately eaten by a snake.

It was because of eating the grass of eternal life that the snake began to shed its skin and usher in a new life-since then, people often use shedding as a symbol of new life.

When summoning a Servant, the relationship with the holy relic is the priority factor.The origin of the snake's slough is so exact, the heroic spirit that appeared is likely to be locked as a specific person.

Tohsaka Tokiomi got his wish and summoned the strongest Servant in his heart: King of Heroes Gilgamesh.

Soon, he discovered that it was a pit.

The proud king will not be swayed by anyone, including his Master, no, in Archer's heart, Tokiomi is just his subject and cannot change the king's decision.

Tohsaka Tokiomi was a little anxious.

Originally, even though several accidents had happened, he didn't think that things were out of control, but after eliminating Caster, Father Rizheng died.

His good friend, one of the confidence in the victory of the Holy Grail War, the overseer of the Church of the Holy Church died.

He was shot to death, and his right arm full of Command Seals was cut off by Qi Gen. Combined with the fact that it was the time to receive the reward Command Seals, it was obvious who the murderer was.

But Tohsaka Tokiomi cannot take revenge.

Before the end of the Holy Grail War, Emiya Kiritsugu had Saber by his side—a Servant that humans could not defeat at all. Unless he could dominate Archer, everything would be empty talk.

To the King of Heroes, the death of Father Risei was just a trivial matter, right?

Shi Chen will not use Command Spells.

Only the remaining two Command Seals are not allowed to be wasted, and he still bears in mind the long-cherished wish of the Tohsaka family to "reach the root"... The choice of time is to comfort and encourage Kirei.

A Master with an Assassin would be more convenient to avenge his father, right?As long as Saber is not by Emiya Kiritsugu's side, an Assassin with "Breath Blocking" can easily pierce his heart.

Although these days, Kirei has not been successful.

After that, Archer went to the carnival.He goes out early every day, comes back occasionally at night, and sometimes stays away all day, but from Kirei's report, he can learn about Archer's recent situation.

To Shi Shi's comfort, Saber, Rider and Berserker also often haunt the carnival.Perhaps it was because the Servants had no intention of fighting, there had been no decent battles in the past three days, and Lancer's exit was also before that.

Today is the day when the carnival ends.

The territory of Einzbern is not something ordinary familiars can explore, Shichen knows Archer's movements so clearly, thanks to the report from Assassin hiding there relayed by Kirei.

When Rider broke the barrier and drove straight in, the Assassins who followed behind him silently followed.

From the moment he was summoned, Assassin's mission was to gather intelligence, and this remains the same until now.The remaining enemies are Saber, Rider, and Berserker. Needless to say, the strength of the first two, and Berserker... this Servant who still does not know his real name, always gives Shichen a bad feeling.

Was Kariya not dead?

Although as a Master, Kariya's magic power is pitifully low, Matou may have some way to stimulate his magic power. ——The information obtained by Shi Chen has lagged behind a lot.

Archer knew it, and Kirei even knew it, but no one told the Master/mentor Shichen.

Such a situation is really embarrassing.

Shi Chen took out a stack of materials from the desk, flipped through them and meditated.

His eyes stayed on the young man with short brown hair.This is the man who suddenly appeared next to Berserker yesterday. Even Assassin only knows his name is Tsunayoshi Sawada, and other information is blank. Any trace of the person's life in the world.

It looks Japanese from the name...

But who would it be?

Tohsaka Tokiomi rubbed his eyebrows.

This feeling of being out of control is really bad.

From the other end of the communicator came Kotomine Kirei's surprised voice, "Teacher, Archer and the others are gone, and Assassin can't find any trace."

After understanding the specific situation, Tokiomi pondered, "Could it be...'Inherent Barrier'?"

There are many tall trees around Einzbern Castle.

Even in late autumn and winter, these trees were still lush and lush, and their lush leaves sheltered uninvited intruders—there were several Servants with strong figures and skull masks on their faces, looking ghostly.

And then they go to hell.

Beside the flower bed in the atrium, the Master and Servants who had been chatting and laughing together disappeared in the blink of an eye, without warning, like an illusion formed by light and shadow.

Under the instructions of the Master, a short Assassin carefully explored the surroundings and jumped down from the tree without making a sound. He approached the place where several Servants should have been with the light steps unique to assassins...

A premonition of danger follows everywhere.

The short Assassin had a warning in his heart, but he couldn't find the danger no matter what.

Master Kotomine Kirei's instruction was——continue.

If it is said that Archer is enshrined as a courtier's gift, then for Assassin, Tohsaka Tokiomi completely regards it as a tool to win the Holy Grail War, and will create opportunities for him to retire after the use value disappears.

not now.

Shichen still needs more information, for example - the origin of Tsunayoshi Sawada.

The short Assassin stepped into the darkness, alert to the danger that might appear at any time.That is the shadow cast by the flower bed, where the moonlight cannot shine, there is only a small and insignificant area, and there is no danger in theory—but when did the Holy Grail War make sense?

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—"

Black flames suddenly rose from the short Assassin's body, and at the same time there were painful, almost silent screams, not only that, but at the same time, all Assassins within the territory of Einzbern, even here The Assassins outside all uttered screams, and turned into nothingness in the hopeless struggle.

They are the same person after all.

No matter how many clones there are, these Assassins come from the same source.

Kotomine Kirei silently stared at the Servant in front of him.After his father died, the young priest still lived in the church.He calmly collected his father's body, did not bury it, and the coffin remained in the dark room of the church, very close to his bedroom.

Father must also want to see the end of this Holy Grail War.

How strange, it was obviously a kind and elderly father who had worked hard to train himself, but when he saw his death, Kirei couldn't feel the sadness that ordinary people should have, only the numbness that can't see the end.

In this numbness, there seemed to be a small and evil smile muttering something in a low voice, and the joy mentioned by the King of Heroes quietly grew in his heart.

Three years ago, when the woman who was his wife died, he shed tears. He should have been sad, but there was an indescribable joy in his heart; now that his father passed away, tears and joy came quietly again... …

"Ahhhh!"

The shrill cry didn't seem to have dissipated. The fire of destruction that could burn human beings to ashes in an instant would not bring much pain to people. As a Servant, Assassin could somewhat resist it.

This insignificant resistance did not bring him vitality, but instead prolonged the time of suffering. During this period, his Master just watched quietly, his empty eyes shining with a dim light.

Kotomine Kirei raised his hand.

The Command Seal on the back of the hand disappeared, that is to say, all Assassins have left the stage.

There was no fluctuation in his heart, but he deliberately made his tone seem panicked, and conveyed what happened here to Tohsaka Tokiomi, and left it to his mentor to make a decision.

Time: "..."

Tohsaka Tokiomi, who has a long history of family education, flipped through a few magic books irritably, and muttered to himself: "A black... flame?"

Using the method of elimination, this is undoubtedly Berserker's method.But if Berserker is so powerful—no, there will be limits.

A certain probability of instant death or something else?

Don't panic.

Do not worry.

Be classy.

Tohsaka Tokiomi gave instructions to his disciple who had lost his Master qualification, "In that case, just wait quietly for the return of the King of Heroes."

Kotomine Kirei said respectfully, "Yes, teacher."