One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

“Father, you did a great job. With the right to use the [Arbitrator's] Noble Phantasm once, it might bring us a surprise.”

"However, if someone else gets there first, then we'll be doing all the work for someone else's benefit."

“I know, so it has to be Archer who kills Caster!”

"That's right, it must be Archer!"

Their laughter echoed throughout the church.

……

Inside the hotel room.

Kiritsugu Emiya kept writing and drawing on a map of Fuyuki City on the table.

The television next to me was still broadcasting news about the series of disappearances.

In addition to searching for Caster's possible hiding place, he was also taking precautions to find the final location where the Holy Grail would descend.

Irisviel then asked, "Kiritsugu, can we assume that all the other Masters also want to kill Caster?"

"That's a reasonable view. After all, the reward for killing Caster this time is exceptionally generous, and being able to gather everyone's strength to eliminate a Servant first is something that benefits everyone."

"So even if we leave it alone, Caster is definitely going to die, which is good news."

Artoria frowned. "Let it go? Shouldn't we take the initiative? The sooner we deal with Caster, the fewer innocent people will be killed."

Kiritsugu Emiya glanced at her, then remained silent.

But his silence already showed his attitude.

This attitude made Artoria clench her fists.

Irisviel quickly interjected, saying, "Leaving Caster aside for now, the important issue now is the curse on Saber's left hand. Forty-eight hours have passed since you launched the assassination, but Saber's injury has not healed, which means Lancer is still alive."

"If the curse problem isn't resolved, Saber will never be able to unleash her full power."

Kiritsugu Emiya, however, seemed unconcerned. "My battle plan is that Saber doesn't need to lift a finger when we're fighting Caster. Maiya will try to snipe Lancer's Master from a distance."

"If the plan fails, we'll activate Plan B. After Caster dies, Saber will lure Lancer out, and then I'll attack them from the side."

In summary, Saber only needs to play a minor role or act as bait.

It was Kiritsugu and his assistant who actually made the move.

Such a plan is an insult to Artoria, who is 'King Arthur' and 'King of Knights'!

"Master, just how despicable and shameless do you intend to be?!"

"You are insulting the spirits of fallen heroes!"

"Why not let me take charge of the battle?"

"You think that I, as a Servant, am completely untrustworthy, is that it?!"

Artoria finally snapped.

Emiya Kiritsugu remained silent.

Irisviel could only try to smooth things over, "But aren't all the others, except Caster, in a state of truce?"

"That's why I said that when Caster is alive, Maiya will take action. She is neither a Master nor a Servant, and is not included in the ceasefire agreement."

To put it bluntly, it's about continuing to skirt the rules.

Then Kiritsugu Emiya continued, "Furthermore, the supervisor this time is hard to trust."

"He pretended to know nothing and protected the Assassin's Master."

"It's very likely that Kotomine Risei and Tohsaka Tokiomi are in cahoots. Although it's uncertain, we can only suspect it for now."

"If Abel, as the [Arbitrator], hadn't revealed that Assassin was still alive, it's hard to imagine what else he might have done."

Irisviel couldn't persuade Kiritsugu Emiya either, and could only worry in her heart.

After all, it is extremely rare for a Master and a Servant to be so incompatible.

Will they really be able to go all the way in this Holy Grail War?

What Irisviel didn't know was that Kiritsugu Emiya's heart was also filled with pain and madness.

He even considered abandoning everything and taking her and Ilya away to a distant land.

Screw the Holy Grail War!

Chapter 845 Extreme Evil Combination

If we say that Artoria Pendragon as Saber and Kiritsugu Emiya as Master are the most incompatible pair, then...

Therefore, Caster Gilles de Rais, who arrived unexpectedly, and his Master Ryunosuke Uryu are the most compatible partners!

Ryunosuke Uryu was a psychopathic killer who had murdered 42 people before summoning Caster, yet he was never even listed as a suspect. He was exceptionally skilled at concealing evidence and disrupting investigations.

As for summoning Caster's arrival...

It was an unexpected accident.

His original intention was simply to see if he could summon a demon, and what a demon would look like.

As a result, he, who possessed the blood of a magician, summoned Caster by sheer coincidence through a magic book he found at home and a magic circle drawn with the blood of hostages!

Gilles de Rais, who descended as Caster, was no better.

His true identity was a French marshal during the Hundred Years' War, a military commander who was undefeated in every battle.

She was a comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc and was hailed as a national hero during her lifetime.

However, he went astray because of Joan of Arc's death.

He tortured more than 300 children to death, and was subsequently burned at the stake for this crime.

He became one of the real-life prototypes of "Bluebeard," a famous black wizard in European history and a villain in Western fairy tales.

Thus, the ultimate evil combination was born in this Holy Grail War.

Ryunosuke Uryu had no interest in the Holy Grail; his participation in the Holy Grail War was purely accidental.

Gilles de Rais participated in the Holy Grail War with the aim of resurrecting Joan of Arc and obtaining her.

Besides, torturing and killing children and replicating his own aesthetics of death became a shared hobby for him and his Master, Ryunosuke Uryu.

Give your victims a tiny glimmer of hope, then torture and kill them!

Humans gradually lose their emotions when they are constantly gripped by fear.

True terror is not static or unchanging, but dynamic and ever-changing; it is the terror of that instant when hope turns into despair.

That's the true aesthetics of death!

Ryunosuke Uryu realized this, and as more and more people went missing, the entire city of Fuyuki was thrown into panic.

Meanwhile, this wicked duo was in their secret base—the Magic Workshop—enjoying their little pleasures.

"Jill, come and see! This is my latest work, what do you think?"

Ryunosuke Uryu, pulling on his hair, held up a human head filled with fear before death, and asked with a mixture of shyness and anticipation.

Just like a good child in an art class, hoping for praise from the teacher.

Gilles de Rais, with a kind smile, praised, "Ryunosuke, you have a high level of comprehension and are progressing very quickly. Keep it up, and one day you will find what you truly desire."

"Really?" Ryunosuke asked excitedly.

"Of course, but you'll need to hide first, because we have guests coming."

"guest?"

"Do you remember the Holy Grail War I told you about?"

"Oh, I got it. I'm going to hide now, but don't die. Otherwise, I'll never find another partner as compatible as you."

"Me too, Ryunosuke. It was a pleasure killing people with you."

After Ryunosuke left, Gilles de Rais's smile vanished instantly, and his enormous eyes began to dart around strangely.

Before the guests arrive, he also needs to prepare some 'desserts' to serve them.

So he took out a book, a magic book bound with human skin—the Book of the City of Desolation!

It contains forbidden knowledge about ancient evil gods that existed before the emergence of humankind.

Gilles de Rais possessed an Italian translation of the magician François Plelatti's work.

The original text is in Chinese from the Xia Dynasty of China. It is said that the earlier original texts were recorded in languages ​​other than those of humans.

Immediately afterwards, when Gilles de Rai activated the power of the Necropolis Bible, all the missing children who were lying on the bed got off the bed in a daze and then gathered around him as if unconsciously.

Rumble...!

With a few flashes of lightning, Iskandar the Conqueror appeared in his chariot, carrying Master Waver Velvet.

"Caster is here after all! Good job, kid."

Upon seeing Gilles de Rais, Iskandar immediately confirmed Gilles de Rais's class, then laughed and patted Waver Velvet twice on the back, causing him to wince in pain.

Despite being a third-rate magician, Webber Velvet possesses exceptional observational and insightful abilities as a student of the Clock Tower and a researcher of magic.

This allowed them to locate Caster's Magic Workshop by investigating the amount of residual magic in the river water!

But when they saw what was happening inside the magic workshop, Iskandar's laughter stopped abruptly, replaced by an intense solemnity and anger!

Webber Velvet turned pale and almost vomited.

Because there are dismembered corpses everywhere here, and even children.

It was like hell on earth!

"Caster! Today I, the Conqueror, will take your head."

Iskandar didn't waste any words and immediately launched his attack, or rather, he didn't want to say another word to his opponent.

But Gilles de Rais gave a strange smile. "The Conqueror? Let's play hide-and-seek."

He clapped his hands twice.