[Comprehensive] Non-flowers are like blades

death knell

(One)

When the man named "Emiya Kiritsugu" slowly approached, Kotomine Ri had just completed a series of work with the Magicians Association to deal with the aftermath of this r incident.This is his second time serving as the supervisor of the Holy Grail War, but for this matter, the workload has already exceeded his maximum expectations.

Attributing the strange incident of the intense pollution of the Miyuan River to the illegal discharge of chemical industry wastewater, those witnesses who claim to have seen huge monsters can also be prevaricated and sent to the hospital with the excuse of poisonous gas hallucinations. Hypnotized and hinted at them, purchased scrapped F15 fighter jets to replace the two patrol planes corroded and damaged by R and Berserker in abnormal ways... This huge finishing work is enough to fool most of the witnessed civilians, as for the rest—— Yan Fengli, who put down the phone, let out a sigh of relief and rubbed Taiyang **: If there is really no other way, then we can only tamper with the memories of ordinary people at the risk of causing adverse brain damage. .

"It's really hard work, Mr. Priest."

A man's deep and slightly hoarse voice came from the dark believer's seat under the steps. The black-haired man who walked out of the shadows was lingering with the smell of tobacco, and there seemed to be bottomless eyes in his inorganic obsidian-like pupils. swirl.

It's not Tokiomi's brother... He couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart.For Kotomine Risei, this reward rule was originally prepared by Tohsaka who lost a command spell, but in order to maintain the reputation of the Holy Church Church, it is impossible for him to refuse other r who participated in the crusade against r to accept the reward The request, especially the one in front of you, the r of Saber who is the main force.

Emiya Kiritsugu... I see. It seems that in this Holy Grail War, although Einzbern has created the artificial human with the strongest source of magic power as always, the person who really dominates their war strategy is probably the man in front of him. Bar.When it comes to notoriety, in the eyes of magicians, this man with the title of "Magician Killer" is probably worse than "Milfiore II".After all, in the eyes of the magicians, the former is a demon heretic who has tarnished the name of "magician", while the latter is just a layman who has nothing to do with them.

"I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting. According to the report made by the church personnel in charge of supervising the Holy Grail War, I have roughly learned that -saber played an important role in the battle against r, so according to your application , as a supervisor, I will give you corresponding rewards on behalf of the Church of the Holy Church."

Sighing a little tiredly, Kotomine Risho straightened up his expression immediately: "Then, please extend your hand, Emiya Kiritsugu-dono."

In the solemn and quiet church, a black-haired man was wearing a long black windbreaker. After a few seconds, Emiya stretched out his hand. On the pale and hard back of the hand, the bright blood-like stigmata had faded by three. Two-thirds of the color, leaving only the Command Seal closest to the wrist bone.Yan Fengli frowned, and paused for a moment, his mind quickly flashed through the supervisor's report about the man in front of him using the second command spell without hesitation, forcing Saber, who had been unable to do so for a long time, to " The sword of vowed victory" swung down fiercely at r who was fighting side by side just a second ago.

"What's wrong?"

Although such behavior did not affect the Holy Church's mission to crusade r, but being able to disobey it so forcefully and use the command spell again and again in order to obliterate the girl, it seems that the people in front of him are on guard against r Really... Thinking about it this way, Kotomine Ri was hanging her head, using an incomparably proficient technique to draw a series of secret marks on the back of Emiya Kiritsugu's hand, and the Command Seal transplant was completed in just a few minutes. Complicated magic.

"Then, please continue to fight for this glory as R in the next Holy Grail War...?!"

The old priest's last courtesy speech was silently buried by the cold bullets passing through his chest in an instant.It was only a brief interval between lowering his head and blinking, a gentle rust-smelling liquid surged up his throat, and Yan Fengli was slumped to the ground in disbelief, the last thing he saw was the black-haired man with a face as cold as iron, indifferent Gently remove the suppressor from the top of the pistol.

Then, the angle of the entire field of vision is quickly reversed, falling into the darkness of death.

……

"It's not impossible for me to agree to your 'proposal'... answer me a question."

r's r, the girl with the name "Milfiore II" quietly listened to the dead end he arranged for her to be buried for r, without a trace of resentment or anger, instead she asked briskly and curiously In a word.

"—Emiya Kiritsugu, what kind of wish do you want to realize?"

【Kelly, what kind of adult do you want to be when you grow up? 】

For such an extremely short second, the most secret and precious girl in the white dress hidden deep in the man's memory, as beautiful and clear as a clear spring, turned her head, her dexterous ponytail flung out a playful arc in the moonlight , the dark brown eyes filled with a smile brighter than the starry sky.

... How long has it been? Everyone standing opposite him looked at him with hatred, fear, and contempt, and cursed him as much as possible at the last moment of their lives; The first person who tried to understand him was the girl named "Yui Kirionello".Perhaps it was because she was the first person to ask such a question... For a moment, he couldn't help but think of the small island buried deep in his heart, his father, and... Xia Li.

……

Quickly separating the cockroaches from the cockroaches and putting them back in place, Emiya Kiritsugu glanced at Kotomine Risei who was lying in a pool of blood, and glanced at the densely packed stigmata of the Command Seals on the old man's arms—this is a big deal for him. It is definitely a priceless arm for any r, but it is a pity that he does not know the magic of transplanting, so the safest way is...

Turning around, the man quickly walked to the door of the church, moved down the two large barrels of gasoline that he had prepared in the trunk of the off-road vehicle, and walked neatly and skillfully to Kotomine Rizheng's side, taking the old priest's body as a The center began to pour the pungent liquid, and with a bang, he casually smashed the empty bucket onto the corridor of the believer's seat.

The clear and transparent gasoline spread, covering the entire church like a large dark net.Emiya Kiritsugu stepped out of the semi-enclosed building filled with the smell of blood and gasoline, took a deep breath of cold air, took out his lighter and lit a cigarette, then turned his head, waved his hand, dark silver The square lighter left his hand, and landed steadily on the dark water stain that followed his footsteps and extended to the church gate——"Hula" sounded softly, and the tiny flame that was originally swaying in the wind instantly moved along the path. The net-like traces of gasoline scattered on the floor rushed to render!Coupled with the gasoline evaporated in the air, the raging fire engulfed the entire church in the blink of an eye!

——Just another victim... for his ideal.

It will never be the first time, in order to protect "more people", he touches the thrill of killing with his own hands, his hands can be colder and firmer than any gun % weapon % weapon, without a trace of wavering.

Charlie, Dad, the island he loved so much.The innocent people who died in the war, the civilians who were infected by the so-called "leaders" and took up arms, countless people he knew and did not know.Rescued, raised and taught his "mother", Natalia.Yui Kirionello, Kotomine Risei——

And in the not-too-distant future, Ellie...even his precious daughter.Elijah.

They are all "a small group of people" that must be discarded, whether it is enemies, his lover and flesh and blood, in front of such a broad and beautiful ambition, they are all things as small as gravel, and they are the cornerstones that he must step on.Only in this way, only in this way, can he...be able to...

"Eliminate all wars and disputes in the world... save all people in this world."

At that time, he couldn't answer and will never be able to answer the words he told Xia Li, but before he could react, he blurted out to Yui Sanada on the other side of the phone.

(two)

As the r of the Tohsaka family, Tohsaka Tokiomi knows how reckless it is for an r to leave the action.In control of the overall situation, Tosaka Tokiomi naturally knew that Emiya Kiritsugu, who had only one Command Seal left, had to replenish the Command Seals. Although Kotomine Risama was his close friend, he was also a supervisor sent by the Holy Church Or, it is impossible to refuse r's request - Archer did not perform well in this crusade, since he cannot obtain the rewarded command spell...

Then other r, we should try our best to prevent them from getting it.

At this time, although Archer was immersed in the fierce battle with Berserker and would never pay attention to his request, Saber was also fighting with the angry R.Emiya Kiritsugu only has the last Command Seal left in his hands. As the r of the "Three Houses", he should understand the real purpose of this last Command Seal - so, as long as he rushes to get the new Command Seal before Emiya Kiritsugu intercept him before the command spell...

If it was a one-on-one pure magician duel, it was impossible for him to lose to that magician scum who only shot cold shots in the dark.What's more, there is Kirei.

Don't miss this opportunity.While thinking this way, Tohsaka Tokiomi has already used the magic of "wind" to enhance his speed and agility, and the whole person quickly moved towards the direction of the Holy Church.

But in the end...it was still a step too late.

The flames soared into the sky.

An ominous premonition hovered deep in Tohsaka Tokiomi's heart, until he saw the black figure standing at the gate of the Holy Church, quietly smoking a cigarette, as if waiting for him, this ominous premonition In the end, it turned into real anger.

There is an emotion called "sadness" in this anger, not only because the Tohsaka camp has lost an important ally, but also because Kotomine Risei was once a close friend of his father and had an indispensable guidance for him in his growth. Like a brother like a father.

The anger in Tohsaka Tokiomi's eyes, which was not inferior to the raging fire behind Emiya Kiritsugu, was seen by R from Einzbern.The man watched indifferently as his opponent tightened his fingers holding the ruby ​​cane. There was a pungent and choking smell from the heat wave behind him. He lowered his head and stamped out the burnt cigarette butt.

"Why don't you go in and take a look? Maybe you still have some breath. As an ally, it's not good to just look at it like this, r from the Tohsaka family..." Emiya Kiritsugu suddenly paused slightly when he said this, his face He showed a mocking smile again, "Or, someone has already gone?"

This guy...has he noticed Kirei?The darkness in Tohsaka Tokiomi's eyes sank slightly, and he didn't answer.When they were about to rush to the Holy Church Church, both of them noticed the fire soaring into the sky, so Tokiomi immediately asked Kotomine Kirei to find a way to enter the church to check whether Kotomine Rizheng was alive or dead—if all goes well, life and death should be irrelevant now , have been transferred to a relatively safe place.

However, anyway...

Gently closing his eyes, Tohsaka Tokiomi tried his best to suppress the anger in his chest, and silently warned himself in his heart, whether it was to protect his dignity as a well-known orthodox magician, or for the next battle with this man He has an absolute dominant position in the middle, and he must always maintain the calmness, elegance and calmness engraved in the bones of the Tohsaka family. When r was hit head-on by Saber's "Sword of Victory Oath", Matou Kariya was just a half-way monk Ye Luzi, so now, this notorious Einzbern with the notoriety of "magician killer" is undoubtedly the last barrier on his road to victory.

"Although I've heard about you before, Emiya Kiritsugu, you are a despicable man who doesn't care about the dignity of a magician and does whatever it takes to achieve his goal, but he actually killed the supervisor of the neutral area of ​​the Holy Church just to stop other r Come to get the reward of the Command Seal..."

Tohsaka Tokiomi spoke slowly, the voice seemed to be that the superior was reading out the sinner's crimes, and there was a completely undisguised disgust in the calm tone, which made Emiya Kiritsugu, who did not know when he took out the gun, sneer. speak out.

"The excuse for revenge because the ally was killed is really lame, r from the Tohsaka family."

Seeing the hypocritical Tohsaka Tokiomi in front of him who insisted on showing the noble and elegant posture, Emiya Kiritsugu immediately began to miss the wanton and arrogant Yui Kirionello.Seeing through all his open and dark arrows, and then speaking out loudly and laughing at his poor means, if it was not an enemy or met earlier, he would appreciate her character even more.

"'Supervisor of the neutral area of ​​the Church of the Holy Church'? Whether it is for the convenience of your Tohsaka family's secret activities, falsely announcing Assassin's elimination, or hiding R who is still in the state of war, this has violated the law of the Holy Grail War, right? .”

Turning around, Emiya Kiritsugu glanced nonchalantly at the crumbling church behind him, which had been burned by raging fire, "I just followed the principles of the Holy Grail War and eradicated the forces of the opposing faction r."

This is to push the cause of death of the old friend to him.Tohsaka Tokiomi's face turned cold, and Emiya Kiritsugu who was standing in front of him obviously had no intention of continuing the greetings.Whether it's for the grievances between the two, or for the fate of the same r, this battle——is inevitable.

……

The smell of blood in the air was masked by the strong smell of gasoline, and the tumbling heat wave hit from all directions.

It's not that he hasn't seen more tragic scenes. As an agent, Kotomine Kirei has seen all kinds of deaths of magicians. It's not that he never thought that his father would die because of the Holy Grail War, but after he really witnessed When the motionless cold body was licked by the flames, for a second, he froze there completely.

It's not about sadness, and it's not about anger.The moment he saw Kotomine Risei's body, there was an unprecedented strange emotion in his chest - it was indescribable, the only thing that was certain was that it should never be when a son faced his father's death due emotion.

However, this shock at his own emotions was only for an extremely short moment, and Kotomine Kirei quickly reacted.After confirming that all the firefighting equipment in the church had been destroyed by Emiya Kiritsugu, he quickly took off his black coat and wrapped his father's body in one go.Most of the gasoline on Yanfeng Rizheng's body was soaked in the clothes. After realizing this, the man immediately discarded all the wet parts, so that the integrity of the body could be relatively preserved.The spreading fire made Kotomine Kirei no time to care about him, so he could only choose to temporarily drag the old man's body back into the basement of the church.

only……

When carrying his father's body on his back, the old priest's arms hung down weakly from both sides of Kotomine Kirei's shoulders. The man pursed his lips, and with a casual glance, he saw that the tip of the old man's right index finger had already dried up. Purple blood.

The door of the basement was closed tightly, Kotomine Kirei checked his father's whole body, except for the burns, the only wound was the fatal shot in the chest. Thinking about it, there must have been a lot of blood?But if it was said that it was accidentally stained by his father when he fell to the ground, then the palm and other fingers of Yan Fengli's right hand were too clean.

Did you leave any message?give him.From the point of view of the blood at that time, it should be on the ground of the burning chapel above his head at the moment...

Kotomine Kirei leaned his back against the wall of the basement, and sat down with a sigh of relief.All sounds in the darkness were blocked by the surrounding high-strength sound-insulating stone walls. The extreme silence made him involuntarily recall the rare and strange emotions in his boring and numb world in an environment where he could not see anything.

As in the Garden of Eden, Adam took the taboo and sweet fruit from Eve's hand.Guilty and wonderful feeling.

【"Just like wild beasts are chasing the smell of blood, the worldly soul is also chasing the ultimate pleasure..."】

Obviously in the darkness, Kotomine Kirei raised his head as if he saw something suddenly, Archer's bright ruby ​​eyes shone with an evil light, and his lingering words were like the words of a devil. Whispers, like a priest giving revelation to a penitent, come down and reach the depths of the soul.

It seems that something is about to break out of its shell, eager to be born and break free.This feeling made the man a little breathless, Kotomine Kirei raised his hand subconsciously, ignoring the burns and burns on his palm, and grasped the cross pendant hanging on his chest.In front of his father's body, he opened his mouth and began to recite the familiar but unfamiliar prayer with an intermittent voice as if he wanted to persuade and bind something, something that was about to come out from the bottom of his heart.

"The Lord...begotten, educated, and performed meritorious service in this world to receive the blessings prepared by the Lord..."

On the surface of the cheek, the liquid that overflowed from the eye socket cooled from warm to cold, and landed on his scalded arm. The salty liquid seemed to rekindle something in the wound, emitting a scorching burn. pain.

"Forgive us for our sins just as I forgive our enemies... Please don't tempt me. Free us from our sins..."

The cathedral overhead was engulfed in flames, like hell; and he was in the darkness of purgatory.

The body that had been burned by the flames lost its temperature little by little. Amidst his son's trembling prayers, Yan Fengli was slowly extinguishing the last spark on the body.

"……Amen."

(three)

Time goes back more than 40 minutes.

On the Weiyuan River, the blond and silver-armored Saber held up the long sword in his hand, and lifted the "Wind King Barrier". The golden sword revealing the true face of the king burst out with a strange radiance, and countless dots of golden light came from between the earth and the lake. Rising slowly from above, countless golden lights surged and converged here, lighting up the holy sword.

The time has come.The valiant girl knight king raised her head and saw the dark green figure wrestling with the sea monster and drawing it towards her sword.The agile and fast figure of his companion is not inferior to any heroic spirit present. The high-intensity lightning magic that illuminates the night sky from time to time (Saber thought it was magic) made R's body move more and more slowly after being numb and stiff. The tentacles that reached out to Yui again and again, trying to catch her, had already lost even one-tenth of the initial speed.

Because it was such a large-scale lightning magic, r's r said at that time that if rider and r helped her, she would be tied up, right?After all, if one can't dodge enough to be hit by such a thunderbolt, the moment of stiffness will probably become the nourishment of r.

Silently convincing herself like this in her heart, Saber marveled at R's outstanding and unusual skills from the bottom of her heart, and at the same time suppressed the faint uneasiness in her heart a little anxiously, only wanting to kill R as soon as possible to end this matter.

There are still ten seconds... After ten seconds, Yui Sanada will bring r to the position agreed with her——on? !

Almost at the same time when Saber was surprised, she suddenly felt some strange magic power surging in her body, not the full and warm feeling of Irisviel, although this magic power was not as strong as Irisviel's, But there was a steel-like aura buried in it—and, from her body, an irresistible strength.

That was the magical power of Emiya Kiritsugu.After feeling and confirming this, she also heard the man's cold and firm order, which was a voice that only He R himself could hear.

"Order the curse..."

Saber's blue eyes widened in an instant, and the magic power of Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu merged into one at this instant, and then she poured all of it into the golden sword uncontrollably, ready to go.

There were seven seconds left before the agreed time, but Saber understood Kiritsugu's true intention in a blink of an eye.

"No...please don't..."

Intense and clear light shone down from the top of the blond girl's head, holding high the "Sword of Promised Victory", the heroic girl who once illuminated an era deeper and darker than night, but at this moment her eyes were full of despair and pain Tears, her fingers covered under the armor stiffly and slowly clenched the sword in her hand, forcibly suppressing the motivating magic power in her body - this was already the limit of what she could do.

There are five seconds left before the agreed time.

"R, even if I don't use such means, I will..."

During her lifetime, she was a proud king who stood above all people. For the first time since she was summoned, Saber opened her mouth and tried to persuade Emiya Kiritsugu with an almost begging tone, but the other party just finished speaking indifferently and quickly while pinching out the cigarette butt Order--

"Swung down the 'Sword of Promised Victory', and wiped out both r and r of r."

——The moment the sword swung down, the galloping sword light instantly swallowed everything in front of her eyes! Saber closed her eyes, the warm liquid slowly rolled down her delicate cheeks, and R's angry rebuke and Weber's exclamation, which lost all her demeanor, were vaguely heard in her ears.

The clear, dazzling and incisive brilliance paved out a golden avenue of light in an instant on the wide river channel of Weiyuanchuan. This roaring, rushing light condensed the dreams and longings of countless heroes who have disappeared on the battlefield throughout the ages. The eternal light of glory, summoned by the heroic girl named "Artoria Pendragon" with the opportunity of the "Sword of Promised Victory", traveled through time and space and reappeared in the world——

"Wow... really..."

On a broken embankment on the bank of the Weiyuan River, the dark green long-haired girl sitting on the ground only had a slightly thin white shirt left on her body. The original black suit jacket was missing when she used the "Kong Chan" to escape.Bored, she propped up one leg, and the girl's other leg dangled lazily in the air. The deep blue eyes reflected the dazzling brilliance in front of her, and her brows were full of praise and admiration.

As if it was a giant dragon that was finally freed from its shackles, the treasure named "Sword of Promised Victory" turned into a miraculous flash of light and spewed out, roaring straight, releasing all his pride and pride along the way. The brilliance swept everything.The polluted river evaporated instantly under the high concentration of magic power. The sea monsters who had been helpless howled and endured the powerful impact were disintegrated and wiped out in an instant when they were engulfed by the brilliance.

"What about the exaggeratedly dazzling light... Is this the so-called 'anti-city treasure' level?"

As if thinking of something interesting, she lowered her head, looked at Changguang who was covered by a black scabbard at her waist, and said with a smile: "Well... I just don't know, if I die and become a heroic spirit, Changguang will you What level of treasure is it?"

【...At this moment, I really feel aggrieved for r who started a life-and-death struggle with Saber just because of you, princess. 】

Meanwhile, on the other side of the river bank.

Watching the alliance being engulfed by Saber's sword light, Weber's face paled instantly, the glaring light prevented him from capturing any images, and when he recovered, the angry r at his side had already pulled out his weapon and went to challenge saber.

"How, how could it be..."

Subconsciously glanced at the gloomy rider, Weber stammered and said, "R, rider! Did you see clearly just now, Miss Yui—"

"Do you still have the heart to worry about others now? Webber Velvet!"

The boy's trembling questioning voice was stopped by a haughty voice that contained a lesson.Although he had already received information from Yuyi about the incoming person, when he actually faced his former mentor, Weber froze for a moment.

"This, this voice is..."

It was precisely because he was extremely aware of the gap between himself and the opponent in terms of strength that Weber flinched almost reflexively.However, in the next second, his shoulders warmed slightly, and the young man raised his head in a daze, and met rider's heroic smile that only belonged to the aura of a king.

With just one look to comfort his young R, Rider immediately raised his head, raised his voice towards the Weiyuanchuan River, and shouted loudly——

"Hey! Although I don't know who you are, at least please show your true face and stand in front of me, the 'Conqueror' Iskandar, before speaking! Let me see, whoever dares to provoke my rider What character!?" ()