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Walking into the living room, you can see the person sitting on the single sofa. Generally speaking, the person who sits on the single sofa will be given priority, and they are usually very defensive.

This is a strange young man wearing a black monk's robe, holding a black tea cup in his hand, his upper body leaning forward slightly, but he doesn't seem to want to drink tea at all, and the cup of tea still looks [-]% full.

...It's strange because, if you don't check it with your eyes, you can't feel the existence of this person at all.

Zong Chun looked around, but didn't see Zouken, and Sakura left after he walked into the living room.

He walked to the sofa opposite the man and sat down. There was another cup of steaming black tea there. Now Zongchun was no longer surprised at the fact that the servant of Matou's family could not be found at all.

only……

(...There is no third cup yet.)

Is it because no third person will come, or do you think the third person does not need black tea? ——While Zong Chun was thinking about this question, the third person had already arrived.

Unexpectedly, it wasn't Zouken. The white-haired magician stumbled in with his barely-movable right hand holding his left arm, dragging his almost useless left foot, as if he had exhausted all his energy after walking this short distance. He didn't intend to sit down, but leaned directly against the wall by the door, gasping for breath.

After taking his first breath, Kariya finally said, "You are..."

"Kotomine Kirei." The man in the black monk's robe replied, probably seeing Kariya's expression that made it difficult for him to speak, and he continued bluntly: "I came this time to hope to form an alliance with the Master of Berserker .”

Zong Chun raised his eyebrows, and interjected: "Tokiomi Tosaka's disciple, why did you come to find an alliance with the Matou family? And... what made you, who no longer had a Servant, feel that you had an alliance with the Matou family? qualifications?"

Kariya didn't say anything about Zongchun's acting as a substitute.

Only then did Kotomine Kirei cast his eyes on the boy, as if he had just discovered his existence for the first time, and then he slowly spoke a sentence that made the two of them jump in their hearts.

"I didn't come to find an alliance with the Matou family, I came to find the Master of Berserker—Matou Kariya."

The same words as before, but this time the meaning is completely different.

Although the temporary goals of the Matou family and Matou Kariya are the same, there is undoubtedly a big difference.

Kariya hates the Matou family... Or, he hates Zouken. In addition, his hatred for Tohsaka Tokiomi is also a bonus. Zouken doesn't matter whether Tokiomi dies or not, as long as he can get the Holy Grail, but Kariya's respect for Tokiomi is obvious.

——As far as sowing dissension is concerned, the priest in front of him is undoubtedly an expert.

"...Hmph, so that's the case, no wonder the old man didn't intend to come out at all." Zong Chun heaved a sigh of relief, and leaned against the soft back cushion of the sofa, which can be regarded as showing his position.

The atmosphere in the living room suddenly became lighter.

"Although I am Tohsaka Tokiomi's disciple, I have always assisted my teacher in the Holy Grail War with my father, and even sacrificed my own Servant. But there is one thing I cannot forgive... because the teacher lost a command spell, My father Kotomine Risei had no choice but to issue an order like 'Whoever defeats Caster can get a Command Seal', but in the end Tohsaka Tokiomi failed to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain the Command Seal, and my father was sent to get it instead. The killing of the participants of the Command Seal... This is Tohsaka Tokiomi's fault, and I will never forgive it!"

"As for the qualifications of the alliance—" Kotomine Kirei completely rolled up the monk's robe on his right arm, revealing the entangled and intertwined strange tattoos inside. No one in the battle would admit it wrong, and that is one of the rules for constructing the Holy Grail system. One—Command Seals, but this amount is enough to equip several Masters.

"This is the command spell that my father gave me before he died. The unexhausted command spells of the Holy Grail Wars of the past generations must be activated with a specific spell. I have inherited the duties of my father's supervisor... I hope to find Tosaka Tokiomi Revenge, but I can't beat Archer without Servant, if you can kill him, I can use all methods to help you get the Holy Grail!"

(...Did it change from "teacher" to "Tohsaka Tokiomi"?)

——No one knows, at this time, the glittering golden Servant melted into the air, laughing silently and mockingly.

There was silence in the living room, even Kariya's panting could not be heard, but because of this, it represented his attitude instead.

From Zongchun's point of view, although what Kotomine Kirei said is well documented, there are many doubtful points in this defense, but... it hits on two of Kariya's most critical and obsessed points. Tokiomi Saka got the Holy Grail!

"...Since you already have such a favorable weapon, why did you seek an alliance with uncle? At least in my opinion, Saber is a better choice." Zong Chun asked without giving up.

Kotomine Kirei seemed to have long expected that such a question would be asked, and replied without hesitation: "My father lost a Command Seal on his arm, and he was killed by the Master who came to receive the Command Seal. Yes, both Saber and Rider's Master may be the murderer."

... indeed.

Both Saber and Rider participated in the Battle of Mionkawa. In other words, their Masters are both qualified to obtain Command Seals, and they are also suspected of killing Kotomine Risei, especially Father Risei who was shot and Emiya Kiritsugu. The suspicion is undoubtedly greater; Berserker, not only did not participate in the battle to eliminate the sea demon, it can also be said that he hindered Saber's actions and indirectly helped the sea demon. Therefore, Kariya can be said to be the only one who cannot be the murderer the Master.

"...What do you want me to do?" Kariya, who had been silent all this time, finally asked this sentence, which also meant that he was persuaded by Kotomine Kirei.

The priest in black monk clothes smiled silently, "Tonight at midnight, I will invite Tohsaka Tokiomi to the church. At that time, you can do whatever you want to sneak up on revenge or anything else... But before that, We have one more thing to do, which is also to finally get the deployment of the Holy Grail."

***

Sosumi Takano relaxed his tense body and fully entrusted his weight to the soft cushion, but soon he sat up again.

On the tea table in front of him, there was a blank sheet of paper, on which were written the names of all those involved in the Holy Grail War that Zongchun knew after combining his own and Matou's information.

【Saber, Emiya Kiritsugu, Irisviel; Archer, Tosaka Tokiomi; Rider, Weber-Velvet; Berserker, Matou Kariya, Matou Zouken;... Kotomine Kirei. 】

Among them, each of the four camps occupies a corner of the white paper, and the name of Kaitomine Kirei is written on the place closest to the Archer camp.

Probably because he was used to the tentacle cushions before, the touch of such a high-end sofa made him feel very uncomfortable - not because it was not comfortable enough, on the contrary, it was too comfortable to sit on, which made people relax unconsciously, and let the guard down to a very dangerous level.

Kotomine Kirei and Matou Kariya had already left to complete the "deployment to obtain the Holy Grail" that the priest said, and only he remained alone in the living room.

He is a little depressed now.

He clearly knew that the priest named Kotomine Kirei definitely had some conspiracy, but he couldn't stop Kariya from joining forces with him.

Needless to say about him, probably Kariya himself was aware that the other party was not like what he said, just wanted to kill Tokiomi Tohsaka, there were definitely deeper and more reasons, but Kariya couldn't refuse.

——Killed Tohsaka Tokiomi who made Aoi, Rin, and Sakura miserable.

——Obtaining the Holy Grail freed Sakura from Zouken's grasp.

That person grasped these two key points of Kariya, his words were sharp enough to kill with one blow, and did not leave any obvious loopholes, so Kariya did not trust Kotomine Kirei on the one hand, but on the other hand hoped that what the other party said Might be true.

It was an irresistible temptation.

The most important thing is that it seems—at least it seems that the strategy proposed by Kotomine Kirei is very feasible.

If Tohsaka Tokiomi didn't know that this disciple had turned against him, then it would be very simple for Kotomine Kirei to ask him out, and Tokiomi was probably defenseless; on the other hand, after Berserker went berserk, Its combat ability is almost comparable to that of Saber, who is recognized as the strongest. The only weakness is that it is difficult to control. If you have the command spell of Kotomine's arm, it will be much easier to control.

In the face of such a temptation, even Zong Chun's rationality can only be defeated.

Takano Zongjun is not a nosy character, and he has watched various chaos many times.

However, without exception, once he decides to join a certain chaos, he will definitely be the winner in the end-he has never lost.

He escaped from crises several times, and was able to achieve his goals in the chaotic environment of the Battle of Mitokawa. He never lost a single battle with the Saber and Rider camps.

This was the first time Zong Chun felt an indescribable sense of frustration and powerlessness.

Lost.

Although the other party probably didn't regard him as an opponent, in Zong Chun's heart, this time he lost the game first.

Takano Zongchun is not someone who can't afford to lose, but this result still makes him very unwilling.

Since you are not reconciled, you must ask for it back.

What Zongchun is doing now is trying to figure out the loopholes in Kotomine Kirei's words.

(...what the hell is wrong?)

Kotomine Kirei's words definitely didn't come from the heart...at least, some of them must have been fabricated.

A clever way of lying is [-]% true and [-]% false, and a more clever way of lying is all true, just concealing some facts and consciously emphasizing and magnifying other facts.

——What Kotomine Kirei adopted was undoubtedly the latter.

However, in any case, since it is fabricated, there must be flaws.

If no flaws can be seen from the current knowledge, it means that the information obtained is not complete—at least, there is some information that Kotomine Kirei knows, but the Matou family does not know.

Takano Souno's eyes gradually focused on a corner of the white paper.

Next to the name "Kotomine Kirei", the two names belonging to the Archer camp.

(...No mistake! This is it!)

If it is compared to intelligence warfare, now that Assassin has confirmed its exit, Munejun does not think that Zouken Matou, who has been in business for many years, will lose to the Tohsaka family. In other words, regarding the news about the Saber and Rider camps, if Tohsaka can It is impossible for Matou not to find out.

...Then the answer will come out. If there is any information that Matou does not know, but only Kotomine Kirei who is in the Tohsaka camp knows, then there must be only information from within the Tohsaka camp!

Carefully recalling the part about Tohsaka in Kotomine Kirei's previous words——

If you think about these words in reverse...

Takano Munejun gradually revealed a smile.