Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 342 Side Story: The Holy Grail War (4)

Who would have thought that on the very first day of the Holy Grail War, two Heroic Spirits would unhesitatingly reveal their true names in an ordinary arcade?

Moreover, both of these individuals who gave their real names were historically renowned rulers.

King Arthur of the British Empire.

Alexander the Great of Macedon.

Sakura scratched her cheek and looked at the righteous-looking Artoria, feeling that the other person might be more convincing if she tore off the little notes on her face.

No matter how you look at it, it's hard to believe that Artoria, whose face is covered in paper strips because she keeps losing games, is the king in the hearts of all knights.

"Oh hoo!"

"It's amazing that the famous King Arthur was actually a young girl."

Iskandar, whose class is Rider, looked at Saber in surprise.

"Are you looking down on me?"

"Rider!"

In response to Rider's words, Saber ripped off her mask and looked at the burly man in front of her with a serious expression.

"Haha, no, it's just a bit unexpected."

"Then there's one more."

"This person... um..."

"Berserker."

Looking at the conflicted Rider, Sakura offered a reminder.

"Berserker?! How is this possible?!"

The timid Master behind Rider immediately showed a disbelieving expression.

"He actually possesses the skill to maintain his sanity?"

"This is quite an extraordinary existence."

Clearly, Rider understands Servants better than Rider's weak Master.

"No one can shake my will. Mere berserk words are nothing more than a trivial matter to me, something I can easily suppress with a flick of my wrist."

With Saber and Rider already revealing their real names, Sakura naturally wouldn't hide hers either.

"Then, with such skills, you must be a very famous figure in history."

"Would you be willing to reveal your real name and become acquainted with me?"

Rider gave Sakura a sly smile.

Irisviel, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but prick up her ears as she watched the unexpected scene unfold.

"Provocation won't work on me, Rider."

"But I regret to inform you that even if I told you my real name, you wouldn't know it."

"Because I am not a being of this world."

Sakura glanced at Rider and then spoke slowly.

"What do you mean?"

Saber frowned slightly upon hearing this.

"literal meaning."

"I am a being from another world."

"I'm not even dead yet."

Sakura stood with her hands in her pockets, her expression calm.

"not dead?"

Saber's expression shifted upon hearing this.

"The so-called Holy Grail War is nothing but a game to me."

"I hope you can find some fun for me."

Sakura pointed to the game console behind Saber, drawing everyone's attention to the console that displayed the settlement screen.

"If that's the case, then why did you participate in the Holy Grail War?"

The young man named Waver, Rider's Master, spoke.

"Heh, it's very simple."

"Because my long life was too boring, I saw a corner of this world, so I descended to create a clone to amuse myself."

This sentence contains a great deal of information.

A long life, seeing only a corner of the world, then descending in a clone.

This short sentence reveals three crucial pieces of information.

"Are you...God?"

Rider's face showed interest.

"That's understandable."

Sakura did not deny Rider's understanding.

As Sakura nodded in agreement, a moment of silence fell over the room.

"god……"

"This shouldn't be your true form."

"You just said it yourself, you are a clone."

Saber stared intently at Sakura in front of her.

"Yes."

Sakura doesn't mind revealing her information at all.

No one questioned Sakura's words.

Since things have come to this point, if Sakura is just exaggerating and deceiving everyone, then Sakura really has to be a god.

"So it's just a mere clone, yet it dares to spout such nonsense here."

"I think you're tired of living!"

At that moment, another voice rang out.

A figure could be seen strolling towards them.

The newcomer had a head of golden, tousled hair, and his crimson eyes were filled with indifference. He wore a white long-sleeved shirt and leopard-print pants, and what was most eye-catching was the huge gold necklace hanging around his neck, which was outrageously extravagant.

“This is…Archer.”

Webber immediately hid behind Rider, looking rather dejected.

???

Sakura suddenly felt that the other person's words sounded familiar.

I think I said that myself.

“Even from eight hundred miles away, I can smell the stench emanating from you.”

"Chubby!"

The newcomer spoke with utter arrogance, showing no regard for Sakura whatsoever, which made the pink-clad girl frown slightly.

"Oh?"

"Are you the golden-haired guy from last night?"

Rider looked at the man in front of her with some hesitation, recalling Archer who had used his Noble Phantasm to powerfully kill Assassin last night.

"Hmph, this worthless scum dares to call himself king!"

"capital offense!"

Archer's words were extremely arrogant, causing everyone to frown.

"State your name!"

"An unknown servant."

Saber stepped forward, looking at the other person with a serious expression.

"Hmph, trash has no right to hear my name!"

This golden Servant has offended all the Servants present, including Sakura, in less than three minutes since he appeared.

"That's enough."

"You, who spews nothing but trash, can be a king?"

"Even street thugs are more cultured than you."

Sakura stared at the other person with cold eyes.

She could sense that this guy was stronger than Rider and Saber.

But so what?

"What did you say?!"

"Chubby!"

"Have I been too kind to you?!"

"The stench emanating from you, like that of a foul sewer, almost makes me vomit!"

Archer was enraged.

The Servant whose true name is Gilgamesh hates gods more than anything else in his life.

Sakura's divinity, reaching EX level, would almost certainly make Gilgamesh see her as his first enemy.

"Be thankful, you scum."

"It is daytime now, and all the people under heaven are my subjects."

"For the safety of my subjects, I will grant you one more day of life."

The meaning of Archer is self-evident.

He would immediately take action against Sakura as soon as night fell.

"He seems to be a guy with principles."

Rider stroked his beard, looking at Archer with a thoughtful expression.

"My sister doesn't smell bad!"

"Bad guy!"

Sakura Matou, standing behind Sakura, glared angrily at Archer.

"Hmph, trash."

Archer gave Matou Sakura a cold look, then vanished into countless golden specks of light.

The other party's lingering words still floated in the air.

"Midnight, Fuyuki City Beach."

"That will be your burial place."

“Scrap.” Archer’s words fell into an eerie silence.

"Ahem, that Gilgamesh seems to be quite hostile towards you."

"Berserker."

Rider coughed and looked at Sakura thoughtfully.

"Just a barking dog."

"Tonight is his death day."

"After all... a dog that bites doesn't bark."

Sakura spoke with a cold expression.

Although Sakura is willing to give the so-called Servant a chance to deal with her.

But if a dog comes to your door and you just let it bark and howl, wouldn't that just make things difficult for yourself?

Moreover, Sakura has always had a strong personality.

What should you do if a vicious dog comes to your door?
Naturally...

Heat oil in a wok!

"Yan Ye, let's go."

"I want to see what this self-proclaimed king is really made of."

Distracted by Archer, Sakura lost interest in continuing to stroll around with Matou Sakura and decided to leave immediately.

Seeing this, Saber and Irisviel also decided to leave.

"Wait, Berserker, Saber."

At that moment, Rider suddenly spoke.

Sakura turned around.

Saber stopped and looked at the other person with a puzzled expression.

"Um, what about what happened before?"

"The matter of recruiting you?"

Rider, with his shameless grin, is actually thinking of recruiting Sakura and Saber.

"Shut up, Rider!"

Webber behind Rider was almost in tears.

On the other side was the famous King Arthur, and on the other was an avatar of a god from another world.

Saying that is just asking for trouble!

"Shut up!"

Unsurprisingly, Saber angrily refused.

Sakura only glanced at the guy before leaving with Kariya Matou and Sakura Matou.

News about the arcade spread very quickly.

All the Masters have deployed a large number of familiars in Fuyuki City, and the Tohsaka family, as the host, knows this very well.

The Tosaka Family

A middle-aged man in a red suit sat sighing in the living room, gazing out at the garden that had been damaged the night before.

The original plan was to use the Assassins' death to allow Archer to demonstrate the power of the oldest king, thereby deterring any rash and ignorant individuals from attacking, and to use this opportunity to conceal his own intelligence.

Unexpectedly, on the first day of the Holy Grail War, Gilgamesh, as Archer, sensed Berserker, who was a god.

Tokiomi Tohsaka was well aware of Gilgamesh's hatred for so-called gods.

But this is the Holy Grail War, and it would be unwise to rashly challenge a powerful enemy.

Forcibly stopping Gilgamesh would undoubtedly make an enemy of this strong-willed king.

Tokiomi Tohsaka did not believe that the trust between him and Gilgamesh could be maintained solely through the relationship between Master and Servant.

However, if Gilgamesh were to easily agree to a duel with Berserker, Gilgamesh's information would certainly be leaked in large quantities.

This is not a good option for the Holy Grail War.

As for whether Gilgamesh will lose?

Tokiomi Tohsaka had never thought of it that way.

because……

Gilgamesh is the strongest.

Having mastered the prototypes of all the world's Noble Phantasms, Gilgamesh has a Noble Phantasm to counter any type of enemy.

"Ugh……"

"This is really a difficult situation..."

Tokiomi Tohsaka sighed.

"teacher."

Just then, a calm-looking man dressed in priest's attire walked in.

Kotomine Kirei.

He was Tokiomi Tohsaka's disciple three years ago. He was steady and reliable in his work and was Tokiomi Tohsaka's most trusted person.

Furthermore, Kirei Kotomine is the biological son of Risei Kotomine, the referee of this Holy Grail War.

It can be said that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Tokiomi Tohsaka will be the winner of this Holy Grail War.

"Qili".

"Is there a problem?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka rubbed his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.

"I heard about Archer from Assassin."

Kirei Kotomine spoke.

Assassin's Master is none other than Kirei Kotomine, Tokiomi Tohsaka's disciple, and last night's battle where Archer killed Assassin was a drama directed and acted by Tokiomi Tohsaka for everyone to see.

Moreover, Assassin did not actually die, or rather, only one of his more than eighty clones died.

"Yes, that's what's giving me a headache too."

If it were any other matter, Tokiomi Tohsaka was confident he could persuade Gilgamesh to return, but when it came to a so-called god, trying to persuade Gilgamesh to return would undoubtedly offend his wrath.

Tokiomi Tohsaka, who considered himself a subject of Gilgamesh, would undoubtedly offend this oldest king to the death.

"Kiri, what do you think we should do?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka spoke instinctively.

However, he already roughly knew Kirei Kotomine's answer.

Everything is decided by the teacher.

"Everything is decided by the teacher."

As expected, Kirei Kotomine spoke, just as Tokiomi Tohsaka had predicted.

but……

"In the Holy Grail War, everyone is an enemy, someone who needs to be defeated."

"Even Berserker is no exception."

"Even if we run away now, we will eventually become their enemy."

"But if we forcibly stop Archer now, it will cause an avoidable crisis of trust."

Kirei Kotomine unexpectedly said a few more words.

Upon hearing this, Tokiomi Tohsaka's expression shifted slightly.

He looked at the other person with some surprise.

The usually taciturn disciple actually spoke up today.

This really surprised him.

“You’re right, Kirei.”

“You’ve grown.”

Tokiomi Tohsaka stood up, walked over to his disciple, and patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction.

Kirei Komine remained unusually calm in the face of Tokiomi Tohsaka's praise.

His dark eyes seemed to see through Tokiomi Tohsaka, looking in one direction.

That's... the direction of the Matou family's residence.

gods...

Can God help me understand what I truly need?

Kirei Kotomine was always a good son in the eyes of his father, Risei Kotomine; a good disciple in the eyes of Tokiomi Tohsaka; and a reliable person in the eyes of the clergy of the church.

but……

No one knows the emptiness in Kirei Kotomine's heart.

Not only others, but even Kirei Kotomine himself didn't know what he needed.

Kirei Kotomine has lived according to Risei Kotomine's demands since childhood.

They followed the path that Kotomine Risa had laid out for them, step by step.

This includes becoming an apprentice of Tokiomi Tohsaka and participating in the Holy Grail War.

But now...

A living god appeared here.

Kirei Kotomine didn't know what he was thinking.

But he knew that if he missed this opportunity, he didn't know when he would encounter a god again.

For the first time, he desperately wanted to know what he really needed.

He wanted to get answers from the gods.

Why choose a god to be a Berserker?
Because of the gods...

omnipotent.

So after bidding farewell to Tokiomi Tohsaka, Kirei Kotomine avoided everyone and stood alone not far from the Matou residence, quietly watching the buildings in the distance.

He did not choose to get closer.

That deity possessed a divine presence.

The other party did not eliminate the familiars around the Matou family, but instead allowed others to admire the divine glory.

Perhaps in the eyes of that deity, allowing the world to admire his magnificent figure is also a form of divine mercy.

However, this stumped Kirei Kotomine.

The familiars almost completely surrounded the Matou family, preventing him from getting close to the god.

(End of this chapter)