Why bother with the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

"Dead Apostle!" She immediately pulled the trigger, only making a few crisp sounds.

"Don't be nervous, Maiya. Xia Lei can be considered a companion for now and is under my complete control." After explaining, Kiritsugu Emiya whispered a few strange questions to Hisau Maiya. After getting the other party's answer, Kiritsugu's face quickly became gloomy.

This is the secret code between Kiritsugu and the other party. It was just updated recently. This Hisau Maiya is very likely to be real.

Verification is quite simple. After the duel, just check with Maiya and the information will be very clear.

"Then enter the battle phase! [Xia Lei Dead Apostle] attacks [Illyasviel von Einzbern]!"

Xia Lei, transformed into a Dead Apostle, roared like a wild beast and pounced on Illya.

"How cold-blooded! Letting the Dead Apostles bite you? How dare you harm your own daughter? No matter what, at least be gentle and let Hisau Maiya shoot."

"You should be familiar with the effect of [Xia Lei: Dead Apostle] in the same deck. When destroying an opponent's Servant in battle, it creates a 1000/1000 Dead Apostle token on your side of the field. With only 3000 Life Points, you're already on the kill line."

"So you were too hasty. Activate the Trap Card [Support Shot]! When an opponent's monster declares an attack, you can target 1 attacking monster; destroy that attacking monster."

Suddenly, a loud gunshot was heard from the corner, and a sniper shot pierced Xia Lei directly into the cemetery.

At the place where the gunshots were heard, a figure identical to Hisau Maiya was gradually disappearing.

"You should have attacked yourself. After all, when [Emiya Kiritsugu] goes to the graveyard due to his effect, you can add one [Origin Bullet] from your deck to your hand, right? You're too focused on killing me outright. These are your own trap cards; you should know them better than I do." While remarking that this was indeed a beginner's level, as the NPCs couldn't even bait out a counter, Jiang You suddenly noticed something.

Doesn’t the effect of this card look a little too familiar?

"It's not over yet! [Kyuu Maiya] continues to attack [Illyasviel von Einzbern]!" Seeing Jiang Liu sweating profusely, Kiritsugu inexplicably felt a sense of victory in his grasp.

Chapter 4: The husband and his mistress confront his wife and daughter. The wife kills the mistress, and the daughter beats her father.

"Of course, I'm not done yet. I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Magician Killer's Intelligence Gathering]. When this card is activated, it can destroy one face-up Spell or Trap Card on the field!"

"But I don't have any cards on the field. What's the point of your card...?"

"Is that it!" Jiang You pointed at the Continuous Spell Card [Tainted Holy Grail] that he had impulsively activated earlier to demonstrate the plot. "I want to destroy this card!"

The black void grew unstable and then collapsed. Without the influence of the black mud, the snowstorm in the Snow City grew even more intense.

[Illyasviel von Einzbern] Defense 300 → 1300

The shield made of silver hair blocked Hisau Maiya's shot and deflected the bullet back.

Emiya Kiritsugu LP3000→LP2700

"Then, should we continue the remaining attacks?"

At this stage, only [Emiya Kiritsugu] had not yet attacked. Jiang You tapped the last covered card with his index finger and spoke.

The answer to Jiang You was Emiya Kiritsugu's decisive gunshot.

"You're so decisive! I'm activating the Trap Card [Confuse Master]! When the opponent declares an attack, I can redesignate my own target. Since I only have Illya on the field, my target is, of course, myself!"

The bullet drew an arc in front of Illya and hit Jiang You behind her.

Jiangyou LP3000→LP1400

"Ouch!" Jiang You cried out in pain from the extremely real pain of being shot.

"Seriously, virtual reality is so real, it's at least 50% real, right? Old K turned the pain feedback up way too high. I wonder if those people playing with morphine will cry out in pain."

After completing his attack, Emiya Kiritsugu covered two cards in his backfield, ending his turn. "I've achieved my goal. I've used up my entire backfield for a 1200 attack card. Caster, you're being irrational. And why didn't you activate Illya's release effect?"

"Of course it's to increase favorability." It's common sense that when the favorability of a Duel Elf increases, other matching cards will be unlocked. There's a chance to kill with a card containing a Duel Elf or say some nice words that match the Elf's personality and experience to increase favorability.

However, it seemed that things went against his wishes. Jiang You successfully earned Illya's contemptuous look, and Kiritsugu also showed an expression of "as expected".

"How dare you say that!" Inwardly cursing Old K's idiotic design, Jiang You even had to be so cautious when talking to NPCs. Feeling like he had no gaming experience, he turned his attention to Emiya Kiritsugu. "I, an outsider, could protect your daughter, and you, a Dio man, didn't even hesitate to shoot her for that stupid world peace! You should have let that damn cup play the train puzzle with you ten times. You don't even cherish your own family, and yet you're still here, a righteous loser!"

"I'm going to defeat you this turn! My turn, draw a card!"

A golden-red light swirled around his fingertips, and as the cards were drawn out, a violent airflow swept across the entire venue.

It is destined to start with one pull.

"I activate the Spell Card [Bitter Choice] and send three cards from my deck to the Graveyard before I can activate it..."

"Wait a moment, I'm going to activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Magician Killer Intelligence Gathering] to negate your card's effect."

"It's useless. All three cards will still be sent to the graveyard!"

Jiang You waved his hand and three cards entered the graveyard.

"Then I activate the effect of [Cloak of Heaven]. While this card is in the Graveyard, I can remove an 'Einzbern' from play and Special Summon it from the Graveyard!"

A white-based magic costume similar to a shrine maiden's outfit appeared on the field in a hollow form.

"It's actually the Heavenly Garment!" Irisviel felt uneasy upon seeing her family's precious ceremonial garment. "Kiritsugu, this ceremonial garment can grant the Einzbern androids the ability to briefly control the Third Law for a few seconds! We can't let him accomplish this!"

"Activate the quick-play magic card [Origin Bullet]! When this card is activated, you can select a Servant to negate and destroy it!" Kiritsugu also understood the horror of the third method and decisively interrupted it.

"So, why is [Bitter Choice] banned? Even with the same name, its synergy effect is ridiculously strong. It feels like beating a primitive with a laser sword. I activate the effect of [Avalon] in my graveyard, banishing myself and the top five cards in my deck, negating the effect of your [Origin Bomb]!"

The Origin Bullet was eliminated and made invisible, and at this point Kiritsugu's two covered cards in the backfield had been completely consumed.

It seems that the card [Support Shot], which has the same effect as Exploding Armor, is not contaminated by the law of causality.

"Well, it's time to speak your part. Hope, still in its infancy, is like a spark. One day, it will spread its wings and soar into the sky! Come, [Illyasviel von Einzbern [Cloak of Heaven]]!"

The Heavenly Clothes flew towards Illya on the field and finished dressing in a whole white light. The little girl exuded a huge amount of magic power.

"So this is what the complete 'me' feels like? It's a pity that I can't completely control it by myself." Feeling the surge of magic power in her body, Illya stared at Emiya Kiritsugu with ill intentions.

Facing the gaze of someone who looked like his future daughter, Kiritsugu's eyes gradually shifted to the side.

"Don't worry, I'll be able to punch him in the face soon. Activate the ① effect of [Illyasviel von Einzbern [Cloak of Heaven]], and upon successful summoning, you can resurrect a Servant of 4 stars or lower from the Graveyard. Then, the one I want to resurrect is [Emiya Kiritsugu]!"

Another Kiritsugu appeared on Jiang You's field, but this Kiritsugu had dull eyes and looked like a resolute puppet.

It seems that only one elf can be present at a time, which makes sense.

"Don't forget, I haven't Normal Summoned yet. So, I'll activate the effect of [Snow Castle] and add an 'Einzbern' from my deck to my hand. Don't you think something's missing from the field? That's right, I'm adding this card—[Irisviel von Einzbern]!"

"Hey, me?" Irisviel didn't expect that she would still have her own things to do, and she joined the battlefield before she finished speaking.

"You've just finished watching the entire attack, so it's time to end it, Emiya Kiritsugu!"

"【Emiya Kiritsugu】attacks 【Emiya Kiritsugu】!" The two magician killers fought each other and soon died together. Emiya Kiritsugu returned to his player position from the field.

"[Irisviel von Einzbern] launched an attack on [Husu Maiya]! By the way, this is Kiritsugu's part-time lover. Kiritsugu cheated on her and attacked a young girl. It's really despicable!" Although Irisviel probably wouldn't care about this, it didn't stop Jiang You from being offended.

After Jiang You declared an attack, Irisviel controlled the long sword woven from her hair and pierced through Hisau Maiya's body.

Hisau Maiya glanced at Emiya Kiritsugu apologetically and said, "I'm sorry I wasn't able to be of any use this time."

The female assistant exits.

Emiya Kiritsugu LP2700→LP2500

"Well, I've successfully fulfilled my promise. [Illyasviel von Einzbern [Cloak of Heaven]] direct attack! Unleash a magnificent direct blow to your father's face!"

Illya, dressed in formal attire, threw a punch, her tender voice emitting a cry filled with murderous intent, "Emiya Kiritsugu! You, traitor!"

The small fist struck Emiya Kiritsugu's face at an extremely fast speed, and the legendary magician killer spun and embedded himself into the wall.

Emiya Kiritsugu LP2500→LP0

Emiya Kiritsugu was defeated!

Chapter 5: Great, it’s a conscientious game!

With the end of the battle, Illya and Irisviel both returned to their original places, and then the system gave a prompt.

Your reward [Illyasviel von Einzbern]*3 has been sent via email. Please claim it promptly.

"Great, Illya! But isn't this card in my deck? It seems this is just a trial deck, recycled after the storyline. And where's my White Dragon? Give it back to me!"

Ignoring Jiang You who was going crazy for the moment, Irisviel ran all the way to Kiritsugu Emiya and dug him out of the wall.

Surprisingly, apart from the severe blow to his face, Kiritsugu Emiya suffered almost no other injuries. The impact that was enough to break a person in two only affected the wall.

"Don't move, I'll heal you." Irisviel activated healing magic, and soft green light covered Kiritsugu Emiya's face.

"I'm fine. Luckily, the rules of the Dark Game weren't completed before, or I would have been affected by the backlash. It truly lives up to its reputation as a Servant's Noble Phantasm; even the effects of Command Seals can be distorted without the help of magical energy." Kiritsugu Emiya waved his hand to stop Irisviel from continuing the treatment.

Seeing that Jiang You did not press on with his victory, Emiya Kiritsugu sorted out the current situation: this Servant seemed to have the ability to forcibly rewrite battles or malice into card duels. In a sense, he was indeed a powerful Servant. As long as the opponent could not break through this Noble Phantasm, no matter how strong the opponent was, he could drag the battle to a near-equal level.

But how to respond to Caster's dissatisfaction gave Emiya Kiritsugu a headache. He was indeed prepared to sacrifice Irisviel or Illya, but as a husband and father, he also had his bottom line. Moreover, Jiang You's nagging personality was indeed difficult to understand.

"Never mind, let's push the main story first. According to the Yu-Gi-Oh setting, winning the battle gives you a certain degree of control."

Jiang You, talking to himself, walked towards Emiya Kiritsugu. "Madam, don't be nervous. I mean no harm. But now that I've won, I should be in charge of this team, right?"