When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

The mode of transportation is still teleportation, and the teleportation location is a road that is some distance away from Tohsaka's house.

"We are going to open the skylight to talk to him, and we definitely can't go there in a sneaky way." Minan Linhua said, "Let's go to him through the gate openly, and don't do anything wrong."

Kariya Matou also agreed.So the two walked along the road towards the Tohsaka family mansion located in the distance.

"How much do you know about the Tohsaka family?" Minan Rinka asked, "You told me this morning that the head of the Tohsaka family you are looking for, Tohsaka Tokiomi, is also a participant in this Holy Grail War?"

"That's right. Matou Zouken once told me that Tohsaka Tokiomi will also summon specific heroic spirits through holy relics, but now I don't know which class the heroic spirit he summons is." Matou Kariya walked While saying, "Although we are not going to fight him this time, but the other party's servants have unknown information, we still have to be vigilant..."

"We haven't met a real follower yet, have we? Let me tell you, a follower is really strong..."

The two walked forward while talking.Before Jiantong Yanye finished speaking, Minan Rinhua suddenly raised his hand to signal him to stop talking.

Matou Kariya was a little surprised, and saw Minan Rinka put her finger on her lips: "Shh, why did I hear that someone was secretly following us..."

Someone follow?Jiantong Yanye was slightly taken aback, and quickly looked around.

The road they were on had a gentle slope, and there were two factions of street lights on both sides of the road.On one side of the road, you can see the brightly lit urban area in the distance, and on the other side are dark woods.

Matou Kariya listened vigilantly for a while, but found nothing unusual.From the woods, only the sound of the wind blowing the leaves.

"I didn't hear anything." He turned around and asked Minan Rinhua, "Is there really someone following us?"

"That's not it!" After undergoing many transformations to her body with spiritual talent, Minan Rinka's five senses became more acute, and she was able to hear extremely small voices, "Ah, that guy has been listening to me since he heard what I said just now. He didn't move, after you spoke, he probably felt a little safer, so he raised his leg..."

"And now he's put his leg down again..."

"I heard him raise his hand..."

……

Hassan Sabah hid in the forest beside the road, silent.

He is a servant summoned by one of the masters who participated in the Holy Grail War, and his class is Assassin, that is, assassin.With the addition of this class, his hidden skills are full, and he can split into multiple splits to perform tasks together.

The master who summoned him was named Kotomine Kirei—the son of the Holy Grail War supervisor and priest Kotomine Risei who was taken away by Minan Rinka in the Sepulcher Church.Kotomine Ri is determined to help the Tosaka family win the Holy Grail War, so he makes his son the master. On the surface, they are rivals with the Tosaka family, but they are secretly helping the Tosaka family.

According to Kotomine Risama and Tosaka Tokiomi's plan, tonight, the first step of helping the Tosaka family is about to begin.According to the instructions of his master, Hassan Sabah is going to perform an assassination scene at Tohsaka's house.

The script is like this: Hassan Sabah splits a split body, invades the Tohsaka house under the peeping of many familiars sent by other masters, and then let this split be killed by Tohsaka Tokiomi in full view. Archer Archer killed.If this is done, Archer's prestige is enough to frighten the rest of the masters, and Hassan Sabah's fake death at this moment can just turn the action underground.

Several people planned very well, and Hassan Sabah also worked hard, and set off from a distance after nightfall, so as to perform a scene of invading Tohsaka's house from beginning to end.Unexpectedly, before he ran to Tohsaka's house, he found two strangers walking on the road.

Hassan Sabah hid in the bushes, patiently observing the two men on the road.One of the beautiful girls looked strange, while the other man with a hoodie turned his head inadvertently.

Under the moonlight, the man's silver hair and haggard face were clearly visible—the assassin Hassan Sabah suddenly discovered that this man was actually a contestant in the Holy Grail War mentioned by his master, named Matou Yan night!

This means that, as a master, Matou Kariya boldly appeared near the powerful enemy Tohsaka's house and entered the enemy's territory.

At that moment, Hassan Sabah was moved.

Of course the scene with Archer has to be played, but there is more than enough time to kill a Master by surprise here, and then go to Tohsaka's house.

And now it's night, night, the home of Assassin's glory!

Give it a go, turn your bike into a motorcycle!Hassan Sabah suddenly made up his mind, clenched his fists, and rushed out of the dark forest like an arrow!

……

Under the bright street lights, there was a frantic clatter of branches and leaves that even Matou Kariya could clearly hear.Then, a black figure in the shape of a human suddenly jumped out of the woods!

The black figure looked like a prisoner whose real identity had not yet been deduced, his whole body was pitch black except for the white mask in the shape of a skeleton on his face.The visual impact of him running head-on with a bone-shaped mask was so strong that Matou Kariya couldn't help being shocked: "There is really someone there!"

However, before he had time to cast the magic counter, Minan Rinka moved.

The girl stood in front of Matou Kariya with a lunge, her arms were bent, and her palms were clenched into fists.

The spiritual power surged through her arms like a tide that had been opened, and the spiritual power was shining brightly.The black figure that Minan Rinka charged straight towards was a head-on blow!

This was just the most unpretentious attack, but the coercion caused by the spiritual power instantly made Hassan Sabah's body feel as if he had been hit hard.At that moment, he discovered in despair and astonishment that he couldn't avoid the punch at all!

[System prompt: Hassan Sabah No. 1 heart palpitation value +999]

White light shines, black hair flies.With one punch, the black figure wearing the white bone mask was torn apart by the spiritual power in an instant before even making a sound, and disappeared in a puff of black smoke.

Minan Rinhua remained in an attacking posture for a moment, then stood up straight and looked down at her fist.

"Because I was worried that it was a follower who rushed out, I was a little nervous. I didn't expect such a dish..." Minan Rinka turned her head and asked Matou Kariya curiously, "You must know more about this than I do. , Do you recognize that thing just now?"

Matou Kariya was still immersed in the shock of Minan Rinka's punch to kill the black shadow.Hearing this, he finally came back to his senses, and said hesitantly, "Maybe it's... a familiar?"

Matou Kariya thought about that thing and was beaten to death by Minan Rinka with a single punch. The bloody skin is too brittle, and it doesn't look like a follower's Yazi. According to his strength, it should be just a crazy person who suddenly jumped out to scare people. Make magic.

Dressed in black and wearing a skull mask in the middle of the night, jumping out of the woods is scary, and it is not wrong to be beaten to death!

Minan Rinka thought about it, and felt that what Kariya Matou said made sense.

Although the name "Hassan Sabah" that appeared in the palpitation point exchange system is highly suspicious of being a summoned servant, isn't it followed by "No. 1".

If there is No. 1, there will be No. 2 and No. 3, or even No. n.what does that mean?This means that the thing she killed just now was mass-produced.

Servants can't be mass-produced, otherwise it would be a mess.It seems that the product is an ordinary mass-produced familiar.The name probably just happened to be such a name, and there is no other meaning.

So Minan Rinhua nodded: "It should be. Anyway, we both saw it. It was the familiar who jumped out and rushed towards us. We were just defending ourselves. If the master finds us and asks for compensation, we will definitely not pay. Whoever makes money is easy, really..."

She continued to take a step very naturally, and while walking in the direction of Tohsaka's house, she asked, "Where did we talk just now?"

"Oh..." Matou Kariya recalled, "Just now we talked about the servants of the Tosaka family. Now the details of the servants of the Tosaka family are still unknown, so we must be more cautious."

"Until now, we haven't encountered a real follower. Although you are very strong, you may not be able to match the follower..."

"I understand." Minan Rinka became alert, "I will be careful. I don't know how powerful the servant's attack is..."

The two chatted like this, while heading towards the Tohsaka family's mansion...

***

Inside the Tohsaka mansion, on the sofa behind the giant Atlantic-style glass window, Tosaka Tokiomi, the patriarch of the Tohsaka family, was enjoying the pale moonlight while swaying the red wine in the glass.

As a participant in one of the "Three Families" in the Holy Grail War, and at the same time as the head of the family, Tosaka Tokiomi knew very well how much attention he would receive.The Holy Grail War is a struggle hidden in the dark. Therefore, the more famous the contestants are, the easier it is to be targeted, while the unknown are more likely to hide themselves and kill by surprise.

It is precisely because of this that he arranged a pawn to help him secretly, that is Kotomine Kirei, who is also a participant in the Holy Grail War.

The familiars sent by each master are all there.Tonight, Kotomine Kirei will let his followers pretend to attack Tohsaka mansion and put on a big show for them.

Thinking of this, Tohsaka Tokiomi, who was waiting for the arrival of the assassin, had an imperceptible smile on his lips.

The victory of the Holy Grail War will definitely belong to Tosaka Toki...

"Ding-dong-"

Tohsaka Tokiomi's thoughts were suddenly interrupted.Holding the red wine glass in his hand, he sat up straight in a daze, almost unable to believe his ears.

But soon, the same sound sounded again, proving that the sound he heard just now was not a hallucination.

"Ding-dong-"

What the hell is the doorbell ringing!

At that moment, Tohsaka Tokiomi suddenly felt palpitations.

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +559]

This is something unplanned.Why does the doorbell ring?Didn't he arrange for the assassin Hassan Sabah to sneak in secretly, and then he was beaten by his family Archer Gilgamesh, leaving nothing behind?

How about you ring the fucking doorbell?Are you ashamed to say that you are an assassin yourself? ?

What's the matter, co-author Hassan Sabah, this idiot, still intends to ring the doorbell and say "Private Marseille, I want to sneak into your mansion to disturb you, this is a meeting ceremony, please accept it"?

Could it be that Tohsaka Tokiomi had to welcome the person in with a smile, serve him tea and snacks, and politely say, "Oh, what kind of gift did you bring when you came? You are too polite"?

This is not sick! ?

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +630]

Tohsaka Tokiomi wanted to pretend that he didn't hear the doorbell, to see if he could salvage tonight's script a little.Unexpectedly, the doorbell rang persistently, and it rang so eagerly that all the familiars might have heard it...

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +707]

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +...]

In desperation, Tohsaka Tokiomi had no choice but to walk over cursing in his heart, and pressed the call button.

In order to maintain the demeanor of one of the patriarchs of the "Three Royal Families" in front of the familiar, Tosaka Tokiomi cleared his throat after pressing the call button, and put on a deep and majestic voice unique to the head of the family: "Hello , who is it?"

The call light on the doorbell stays on.The other end was silent for a long time, and finally there was a voice: "Tokiomi Tohsaka, I have something to tell you."

"I'm Matou Kariya."

……

Tosaka Tokiomi was a little surprised by Matou Kariya's sudden visit.

He knew a long time ago that Kariya Matou would represent the Matou family in this Holy Grail War.And just the night before, he also got information from the old priest Kotomine Risei who was the supervisor.

Kotomine Ri was telling him that the servant Kariya Matou summoned this time was Berserker. She looked like a teenage girl, but her mind was clear and she showed no signs of madness.

"And she seems to imply to me that she has discovered the fact that I am not a truly impartial supervisor." Kotomine Rizheng told Tohsaka Tokiomi, "But you don't need to worry too much, just based on one-sided words of Berserker , No one will believe it. As long as I have the opportunity, I will modify the rules of the Holy Grail War, let all the servants besiege Berserker, and let her be the first servant to leave the field."

Tohsaka Tokiomi didn't actually have any worries about Berserker's affairs.After all, Berserker is not considered a class with great advantages, and the girl Kotomine Risho described does not look like a powerful heroic spirit with a long history.What's more, Berserker's master is that half-baked magician Kariya Matou.

Matou Kariya is the childhood sweetheart of Tosaka Tokiomi's wife Aoi Tosaka, and has been secretly in love with her since childhood.Tohsaka Tokiomi actually knew about this.He even knew that after Matou Kariya found out that Tosaka Tokiomi also started to pursue Aoi, he quickly chose to withdraw because of inferiority complex, thinking that by doing so, he would fulfill Aoi's happiness.

What a wishful thinking.

Tohsaka Tokiomi has always turned a blind eye to Matou Kariya's pitiful affection.On the one hand, Matou Kariya did not do any outrageous behavior after quitting the love scene, making people unable to grasp it; on the other hand, the existence of a failed love rival made him feel more proud.

The lights in the Tohsaka mansion finally turned on.In the living room on the first floor, Tosaka Tokiomi found two more glasses and poured a glass of wine for Matou Kariya and Minan Rinka.

"The collection from more than ten years ago." He said with a smile, "you might as well taste it."

Matou Kariya and Minan Rinka were sitting on the sofa opposite Tohsaka Tokiomi.Matou Kariya had something hidden in his heart, and he was disgusted with Tohsaka Tokiomi, and didn't want to drink his wine at all.Minan Rinka is not yet of drinking age, and can't drink...

"Is there any tea or juice?" she asked.

The smile on Tohsaka Tokiomi's face couldn't hold on immediately.Noble people with style taste wine, why do you ask for tea and juice when you come up?

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +50]

"Sorry, all I can offer now is red wine." Tohsaka Tokiomi replied.

"Oh, that's okay, anyway, I brought it myself." Minan Lin took out the juice ordered for dinner and put it on the table with a "duang" sound...

Tohsaka Tokiomi was stunned: You even brought your own drinks and you asked me for them?What's wrong with you?

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +100]

Minan Rin said with all her heart that I just wanted to be angry with you, what's the matter...

The silence lasted for a long time, and the silence was Tohsaka Residence tonight.

"Where are Miss Aoi and Sakura?" Matou Kariya asked after a long time.

"After the Holy Grail War, this mansion will become the target of public criticism, so I moved my family and my little daughter to the house in Zen City." Tosaka Tokiomi began to shake his red wine glass again, "After all, staying here is too dangerous."

"So you're still a good husband and father?" Tosaka Tokiomi's laid-back attitude completely angered Matou Kariya, and he pulled off the hood covering his head, "What about Sakura! ?”

Since entering the Tohsaka mansion, Matou Kariya has been wearing a hood and lowering his head, hiding his silver hair and haggard face tightly.Now, his appearance was suddenly exposed under the light, which surprised Tohsaka Tokiomi.

"You...you're really in a mess." He frowned and said, "I haven't seen you for a year, and you've become like this..."

"It's terrible, isn't it?" Matou Kariya clenched his fists, "This is the price for being a quick magician. Now that you've seen me, have you ever thought about what Sakura will become?"

"Sakura?" Tokiomi Tohsaka was a little stunned, "So what happened to Sakura?"

"Sakura also endured the same pain as me!" Matou Kariya roared, his temples throbbing, "When you sent Sakura to Matou's house, did you know what kind of torture she would suffer? You know Matou What will Zouken do to her!? She was locked in the worm bin day and night, and her body was full of worms, just like me!"

The astonishment on Tohsaka Tokiomi's face gradually faded away.He closed his eyes slightly.

"That's also... Sakura's chance, it's her destiny."

"What did you say?" Matou Kariya couldn't believe his ears.

"How can the road to becoming a magician be smooth?" Tosaka Tokiomi shook his head, "Both Rin and Sakura have extremely high qualities, but the inheritance of the magician family can only be entrusted to one person. In this way, the other One person will lose everyone, and the magical quality in the body will be completely wasted. Therefore, it is better for her to adopt one of them to other magician families."

"The more you pay, the more you will gain. How can it be so easy to become the inheritor of the Zhongtong family of the 'Yu Sanjia'?" Having said this, Tosaka Tokiomi smiled, "The magician thinks To be extraordinary, one must endure what ordinary people cannot bear. As long as Sakura can persevere, she will become the magic heir of the Matou family in the future..."

"Have you never considered Sakura's own thoughts at all?" Matou Kariya interrupted him angrily, "She is only five years old! Suffering pain that most adults can't bear, being treated inhumanly, Even if the magic of the Matou family is really inherited in the future, it will represent the Matou family and compete with the Rin sisters who inherit the Tohsaka family..."

Tohsaka Tokiomi raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Isn't it the greatest honor for a person from the magician family to be the inheritor of the magician family and fight for it?" Like a fool... Just like you in the past, be friends with a group of ordinary humans who have no magic power, don't learn magic but concentrate on reading useless courses in school, don't consider magic attributes but choose a spouse according to your own likes and dislikes, just escape from yourself Do you want to become a mere mortal?”

"The pearl is covered with dust, from the extraordinary to the mediocre, for a magician..." Tokiomi Tohsaka's eyes showed sadness, but that sadness was his heartfelt and true emotion, "That is the greatest What a tragedy..."

It doesn't make sense at all...

Matou Kariya found sadly that Tohsaka Tokiomi, who was thinking with the logic of a magician from the beginning to the end, could not understand the thoughts of ordinary people who were not magicians; Kariya Matou, who was against the world of magicians, also felt contemptuous of Tosaka Tokiomi's statement.

Tohsaka Tokiomi, who sent his daughter to Matou's house to suffer, sincerely thought that would be good for Matou Sakura.In his heart, the glory and destiny of a magician can override all personal struggles and pains, like a crown that can crush people to death.

It is absolutely impossible for people to understand each other [-]%.It is a big mistake to think that you can achieve the purpose of communication simply by opening your heart.

This is the tragedy of being human.

It really echoed Minan Rinka's words: the bottom line of your magician circle is too low.

It is indeed too low, even basic human rights are gone.

But fortunately, Matou Sakura no longer needs to stay in such a magic cave.

"In that case, I'll be honest." Matou Kariya suppressed his anger, and tried his best to restore his tone to a steady tone, "The insect magic of the Matou family has died. Matou Zouken has already escaped. He should never come back."

Tohsaka Tokiomi, who was quite complacent about his arrangement until just a second ago: "???"

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +999]

[System prompt: Tohsaka Tokiomi's palpitation value +...]

Minan Rinka, who was sitting next to her, was not surprised at all when she heard the palpitation value broadcast by the system...