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This time, however, Kirei Kotomine was an exception. Not only did he participate in the Holy Grail War himself and form a mentor-student alliance with Tokiomi Tohsaka, but even his father, a priest of the Church of St. John, who was the Overseer, was responsible for helping Tokiomi Tohsaka win the Holy Grail War.

"In that case, the entire Holy Grail War becomes unpredictable."

Tokiomi Tohsaka disliked anything outside of his plans; he preferred everything to proceed according to his own plan. He even went so far as to have his apprentice stage a scene the night before the battle, where the apprentice would turn against him and be defeated. Unfortunately, this scene was exposed on the very first day of the battle, rendering the plan completely useless.

"So, teacher, what should we do next? Do we need to revise the plan?"

"No, there's no need to change the plan!"

Although Tokiomi Tohsaka was surprised by the situation of the Matou family, he believed that such a thing would not happen to him.

"Let's continue according to the original plan. As long as we follow the original plan, victory will eventually be ours with Archer around."

"With Archer, we are the strongest, and we will win!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka is full of confidence in his servant!

"Kirei, please have Assassin keep an eye on the rest of the group."

"Yes."

Kirei Kotomine left Tokiomi Tohsaka's room.

The sudden attack on the Matou residence surprised all the groups. They were all wondering who had done it, and the most anxious group was the Berserker group. Matou Kariya had just summoned Berserker and left the Matou residence when the Matou residence was blown up. Neither Matou Zouken nor Matou Sakura could be found. He was almost going crazy.

What was the point of all that he did?! It was to save Sakura, but now, Sakura has simply vanished. If Sakura dies in the attack, all his efforts will have been in vain! It's all Tokiomi's fault! If it weren't for Tokiomi, Sakura wouldn't be in this situation! He wouldn't be in this situation either!

Enraged, Kariya Matou huddled in the bridge arch, enduring the pain of the worms gnawing inside his body, waiting for night to fall. Fortunately, on the first night of the Holy Grail War, he would go straight to cause trouble for Tokiomi Tohsaka and let that bastard receive his revenge!

As night fell, the first night of the Holy Grail War quietly began. A surge of magical energy swept across the entire port area of ​​Fuyuki City. It was the Servant actively releasing magical energy in a provocative act, like a lighthouse suddenly lighting up on a dark sea, attracting everyone to investigate.

Whether using familiars, going directly in their true forms, or sending only servants, numerous heroic spirits gathered on the container warehouse street in the port.

The one who exudes magic and actively attracts people is the Lancer in this Holy Grail War, the Celtic legendary knight Diarmuid Ua Ua Duibhne, who possesses the talent of dual pistols and dual swords and the title of Radiant Appearance.

Having just arrived from Germany and landed only a few hours ago, the Saber duo quickly rushed to the Container Warehouse after sensing the magical power. The Saber in this Holy Grail War is the world-famous King Arthur, but no one expected that the King Arthur in this world is not a burly man, but a cute girl who is less than 1.6 meters tall!

She answered the summons as Saber and became a participant in this Holy Grail War. As the King of Knights, she immediately prepared to accept the challenge as a knight after sensing the magical power!

However, by the time they arrived at the scene, someone had already taken the challenge before them.

"It's quite surprising that the first person to accept my challenge is someone whose class I can't even figure out."

A figure dressed entirely in black, with his head wrapped in red cloth, stood before them, confronting Lancer.

The shadowy figure didn't speak; it simply stood there.

Is it that they don't want to talk, or that they can't talk?

Lancer, wielding a short gun in his left hand and a long gun in his right, stared at the shadowy figure, seemingly trying to provoke him with words so he could determine the figure's identity. Unfortunately, the shadowy figure didn't react at all, leaving Lancer speechless.

"While it's true that battles between Servants can easily expose one's identity if key information is revealed, you don't have to remain completely silent."

Lancer looked at the silent shadowy figure with a sense of helplessness.

"Alright, as you can see, I am Ian in this Holy Grail War..."

bang——

Suddenly, the shadowy figure pulled out a gun and fired a bullet at Lancer. Before Lancer could finish speaking, he instinctively dodged, but the bullet still grazed his cheek.

"They aimed at my head right from the start, and it was a gun!?"

Lancer, who had barely dodged the bullet, stared in surprise at the pistol in the shadowy figure's hand.

What the hell?

Why are you carrying a gun? Friend, you're a servant, right? Shouldn't you be using melee weapons like us? Why are you suddenly pulling out a firearm?

Wait, there's also the possibility that they are modern-day heroes!

Lancer mistook the shadowy figure in front of him for a modern-day heroic spirit, since automatic firearms only appeared in modern times.

However, the Saber group behind the shadowy figure was different. When they saw the fully automatic submachine gun in the shadowy figure's hand, they were stunned for a moment because they had seen that gun at home!

Isn't that Kiritsugu's pistol? Why is this servant using it too?

But what happened next answered their questions.

After dodging the shot, Lancer was shocked, but upon realizing that the shadowy figure was a modern-day Heroic Spirit, he didn't hesitate to grab his dual pistols and charge forward. As a Lancer, he possessed the highest agility in the entire arena, and his short-range burst speed was the strongest among all Servants.

The opponent's class is unknown, but judging from their weapon, they should be skilled in ranged shooting. Since they are skilled in ranged shooting, we can't keep our distance; we need to get close and engage directly! That's the distance that a melee class like Lancer excels at!

Lancer swiftly advanced to the shadowy figure, raising his spear and sweeping it horizontally. The impact of the spear sweep caused the air to vibrate, but it was easily blocked by the dagger the shadowy figure drew from his waist.

While using his dagger to block the spear, the shadowy figure didn't forget to raise his hand and shoot Lancer's head again.

Lancer dodged the bullet at very close range with a sideways movement, while simultaneously thrusting his left-hand pistol towards the shadowy figure's chest.

stab-

Sparks flew from the shadowy figure's chest. The figure was wearing armor, and the short gun's thrust caused no damage. Instead, the shadowy figure seized the opportunity to fire another shot at Lancer. This time, the distance was too close, and Lancer couldn't dodge it completely despite his best efforts. Another bloodstain appeared on his cheek, and the shadowy figure quickly kicked Lancer in the chest.

Lancer immediately withdrew the short spear in his left hand and held it horizontally to his chest, blocking the black shadow's kick as he retreated. But as he retreated, he didn't forget to aim the long spear in his right hand at the black shadow's head.

The shadowy figure tilted his head to dodge the attack, but the red scarf that floated up due to the movement was flicked by Lancer's spear, and the red scarf on his head was untied, revealing silver-white hair under the scarf and the face that had been covered before.

Lancer wasn't particularly surprised when he saw the other person's face, as he didn't recognize them at all, but everyone else present was shocked.

Especially the Saber duo watching from the sidelines, their eyes widened when they saw the face revealed by the shadowy figure.

"Kir... Kiritsugu!?"

The shadowy figure standing in front of them, apart from the wrong hair color, was exactly the same as the true master of Saber's side in this Holy Grail War, the one known as the Magician Killer, Kiritsugu Emiya!

Saber and Irisviel, who was impersonating her master, were both completely bewildered.

Equally bewildered was Kiritsugu Shin-Emiya, who was hiding in the shadows, watching the battlefield with a sniper rifle. When he saw his own reflection in the silver-white hair, he completely lost his composure.

207. This servant is Kiritsugu Emiya.

Kiritsugu Emiya is a magician. His father is Norikaze Emiya, the magician designated by the Mage's Association. He was supposed to be the fifth-generation heir of the Emiya family, but due to an accident in his childhood, he became a bounty hunter who specializes in targeting magicians.

Because he was a magician himself, he understood magicians very well, and he hunted them down using methods that magicians would disdain. His ruthless methods of "killing rival magicians" earned him a notorious reputation, and he was known as the Magician Killer.

To the Mage's Association, he was a killer-like figure, but it was precisely because of those methods that he caught the attention of the Einzbern family, one of the three founding families in the Holy Grail War, and was hired by them. This led him to meet his wife, Irisviel von Einzbern, and together they had a daughter, Illyasviel von Einzbern.

Then, as a representative of the Einzbern family, they joined this Holy Grail War.

With the help of the Einzbern family, he summoned the famous King Arthur and successfully took over the Saber class, known as the strongest, the Magician Killer who is good at hunting magicians, and the powerful Saber class. In a sense, their combination can be said to be full of advantages!

However, to his dismay, he did not expect that King Arthur was a girl with a very upright and rigid personality, which contradicted his ruthless approach to winning. Simply put, the two were incompatible and could hardly cooperate.

Therefore, Kiritsugu Emiya chose to have his wife, Irisviel, pretend to be the master on the surface, while he himself, the true master, remained hidden behind the scenes.

Servant left the battle to Saber and Irisviel, while he himself went to do what he was good at: hunting down mages!

In the Holy Grail War, once the Master is killed, the Servant will have to leave the field because the Master will lose the supply of magic power. Isn't that a way to win the Holy Grail War? As long as it is a way to win, Kiritsugu Emiya doesn't mind using it!

However, he was now shocked by the situation before him.

Why? I saw another version of myself in the Holy Grail War?

When Kiritsugu Emiya saw another version of himself through the sniper scope, a huge question mark popped into his head.

Aside from the fact that his hair color is different from mine and his face is dark because he has lived in Southeast Asia or Africa, everything else about him is almost identical to mine.

The fully automatic submachine gun in his hand and the dagger at his waist were exactly the same style as his own. Especially the fully automatic submachine gun, which was a new product that was only released in 1990. He had only just acquired it, and the other party already had it.

This can no longer be explained by coincidence!

Moreover, the other party is clearly a Servant. Although I don't know what the job class is, it is definitely Servant.

Could it be that the servant deliberately impersonated him? Even using the same type of handgun as him?

No, he would never do that. As a master, he knew exactly what kind of creatures Servants were. Their casual attacks were more powerful than bullets, and their Noble Phantasms were far more powerful than pistols!

In other words, there is only one answer!

Kiritsugu Emiya tightened his grip on the butt of his gun.

Even people from the future can become Heroic Spirits and then be summoned as Servants...

Furthermore, since future Servants have already appeared, can we be certain that I have failed in this Holy Grail War? To the point that my future self, because of this obsession, even became a Servant, and then, in order to fulfill my own wish, answered the Holy Grail's call and came to this era to participate in the Holy Grail War?

Unexpectedly, this time, one of my opponents in the Holy Grail War is myself...

Kiritsugu Emiya began to doubt himself, especially after confirming that it was his future self. His confidence in this Holy Grail War suddenly waned. It was only the first day of the Holy Grail War, yet someone had already dealt him a devastating blow! Telling him that the outcome of this Holy Grail War was already predetermined.

No! I don't believe it!

Since my future self was able to answer the Holy Grail's call and come to this era to participate in the Holy Grail War, it also means that my future self will place his hopes on this era. In that case, I still have a chance to realize my wish!

Kiritsugu Emiya's previously scattered gaze sharpened once more. His wish had to be fulfilled, and the Holy Grail had to be obtained, regardless of whether the opponent was someone else or himself!

Seemingly sensing Kiritsugu Emiya's thoughts, [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] suddenly looked up in Kiritsugu's direction. Through the sniper scope, Kiritsugu could clearly see the other's eyes staring at him. Although he was hidden in the darkness and very confident in his hiding place, Kiritsugu knew that the other had seen him!

Because that's another [Emiya Kiritsugu], no one understands him better than him!

[Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] glanced at Emiya Kiritsugu, then turned back to look at Lancer.

"Let's continue."

He spoke in a deep, calm voice, but Lancer's expression changed.

"Your identity is quite special."

Clearly, Lancer also knew about Kiritsugu's special identity. His master, Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower and the Monarch of the Minerals Department, knew about Kiritsugu's identity when he came to participate in the Holy Grail War. As a legitimate mage, Kenneth collected as much information as possible about the participants in the Holy Grail War, and naturally he also collected information about Kiritsugu.

Therefore, he was also very shocked when he saw the Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu. Although he was surprised by this sudden situation, as a genius magician, he quickly understood what was going on and told Lancer what he knew.

A heroic spirit from the future? Its attack methods are modern weapons, and it likely has other attack methods as well, so you need to prevent it from creating distance.

Lancer roughly understood Kiritsugu's attack methods, gripped his twin pistols tightly, and prepared to continue the battle that had just ended.

However, the opposing [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] moved even faster, directly raising his hand and throwing a black object at Lancer.

Upon seeing what the opponent had thrown, Lancer immediately suspected it was a dagger or some kind of hidden weapon, and swung his spear to try to deflect or block it.

However, when his spear touched that thing, it suddenly exploded.

The explosion's flames and impact sent Lancer flying.

The naive Lancer thought that [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] could only use firearms and was still wary of the submachine gun in his right hand. He never expected that he would throw a high-explosive grenade!

The high-explosive grenade directly injured Lancer's right hand. The flames and grenade fragments caused burns and numerous cuts to Lancer's right hand, and he was thrown into the pile of containers behind him.

Without any hesitation, [Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu] immediately raised his right hand and began firing at the spot where Lancer had fallen!