Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

But just then, thin beams of light shot out continuously from the depths of the corridor, knocking down Dracula's split bats one by one.

But the bats quickly reverted to their Dracula forms, and their wounds healed instantly.

[Soon, Dracula rushed to the end of the corridor, pushed open the closed door, and saw the Holy Grail he had longed for.]

However, a person stood in the middle of the stairs leading to the Greater Grail, blocking his way.

Needless to say, it was none other than Kotomine Shirou.

"That's all, Danick Preston Yggdomerena."

Dracula initially intended to kill his opponent outright, but a sudden chill ran through him, causing him to reflexively stop in his tracks.

【"Who are you?"】

Kotomine Shiro smiled faintly, "Or rather, you should say his remnants. I truly admire your persistence. However, I cannot hand over the Holy Grail to you, and needless to say, you who have already become a vampire."

In that instant, a memory exploded in Dracula's mind.

Those are Darnic's memories, memories of the Third Holy Grail War, the beginning of everything, memories Darnic can never forget.

[Video paused.]

[Question: What is Shiro Kotomine's true identity?]

Kenneth: "Wait a minute, World War III! How is that possible!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Shiro Kotomine, are you perhaps like Danic, a participant in World War III who has survived to this day thanks to some kind of magic?"

[Ding! Congratulations to Tokiomi Tohsaka for answering part of the question correctly. You have received 1 Saint Quartz.]

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Hmm?"

He was so anxious that he forgot he had already entered the question-answering stage.

Fortunately, I got some of them right.

Empress: "Hehe, aren't you going to answer the question? This question is a free point for you."

Kotomine Shiro: "It's alright, let's see what they're guessing first."

He kept his identity a secret and didn't believe anyone could guess it.

As for Danic, he clearly doesn't have time to answer questions right now.

Lion's Tribulation Jie Li: "Father, I didn't expect you to be so well-hidden."

Rin Tohsaka: "I thought he was a young heartthrob, but he turned out to be an old monster."

Weber: "Besides being a participant in World War III, what other identity does this guy have?"

The Conqueror King: "You're not going to make me guess your name, are you? How could anyone possibly guess that?"

Weber: "No, since it's a question and answer session, the answer is definitely within our guess range, it's just that we haven't thought of it yet."

Kenneth: "What's missing...?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Among the participants in the Third World War, none of the information I have matches him."

Feng Xi: "I say, why can't you be a little bolder in your conjectures?"

Rin Tohsaka: "Be bolder? How bold?"

Feng Xi: "For example, Kotomine Shirou is not human, but a Servant who was preserved in the world after receiving flesh during the Third World War."

[Ding! Congratulations to Feng Xi for answering this question correctly. You have received 3 Holy Crystals.]

Feng Xi: "As expected."

He said the answer to this question couldn't be too difficult, such as revealing Kotomine Shiro's original name or his job title. Who but him could answer that?

"Servant! Kotomine Shirou, you're actually a Servant who suffered flesh during the Third Shinobi World War!"

This shocked not only Tokiomi Tohsaka and his group, but also all the Servants on the Red side.

Empress: "Hehe, it seems you've gone a bit too far."

Kotomine Shiro: "...Feng Xi, how did you guess my identity?"

Feng Xi: "Is this hard to guess? Judging from your previous ability to fight Diarmuid and Frankenstein without being at a disadvantage, and your constant avoidance of Jeanne d'Arc, you can make this guess with just a little bit of boldness."

Weber: "But none of them are as daring as you guessed."

Feng Xi: "Anyway, if I guess wrong, I'll only lose one Saint Crystal."

Rin Tohsaka: "Fine, fine, I know your family is powerful and wealthy."

Kotomine Shiro: "Heh, Feng Xi, I really shouldn't underestimate you."

Zhen Gongping: "I see. No wonder you kept preventing me from meeting you. Because as long as you appear in front of me, no matter how well you hide it, my true name will see through you."

Kotomine Shiro: "That's right."

Rin Tohsaka: "Then why didn't you hide it anymore? You were going to lay your cards on the table in the video, weren't you?"

Weber: "Now that I have everything I wanted, there's no need to hide it anymore."

Kotomine Shiro: "Yes, it's a pity I failed last night."

Feng Xi: "I originally planned to interact with you as an ordinary person, but all I got in return was your estrangement. Alright, I'm not pretending anymore, I'm coming clean."

Ilya: "Pfft (o^?^)! Your line is so vivid."

[Question time is over, video continues.]

Dracula: "How could this be? Impossible..."

[Shiro Kotomine: "For you, this is really just an ordinary, mundane line, isn't it, Danic? Since you're still alive, it's not surprising that I'm alive too."]

Dracula: "How could this be? Impossible! This can't be happening! Why! Why are you here! Why are you still alive!"

"Of course, it's because I participated in this Holy Grail War, as the Master of the Red Team."

Kotomine Shiro said calmly, "I've been waiting for this moment, Darnic. The Greater Grail of Fuyuki belongs to me!"

"A magician, or perhaps a vampire. Even if neither. How could I possibly hand over the Greater Grail to someone who only knows how to lead the world to destruction!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

[An enraged Dracula took a step forward, only to fall awkwardly to the ground a second later. Looking down, he saw a black key embedded in his knee.]

[Shiro Kotomine: "It's a great pity that while vampires are powerful, they also have various weaknesses. They can't stand sunlight, have weak resistance to holy seals, and are completely defenseless against weapons like the Black Key, which are designed for purification."]

"Well then, it's time to pray, vampire."

The red shroud of regia fluttered in the wind, and countless black keys blocked all of Dracula's counterattacks. Kotomine Shiro grabbed the ugly vampire's face.

In an instant, Dracula felt as if the power of ten thousand men was pressing firmly on his face.

"I kill, I live. I hurt, I heal. No one can escape my grasp, no one can escape the watchful eye of my eyes..."

[Shiro Kotomine began his chant, each line like a sharp blade piercing Dracula's body.]

[With a hissing sound, large amounts of white smoke began to billow from Dracula's body.]

His physical body—no, his very being—was being melted away.

[If anyone from another church were here, they would be astonished. Because Shiro Kotomine's chanting is an extraordinary, unparalleled level of baptismal chanting, something no human could possibly achieve.]

"Please grant this soul mercy."

As the final incantation ended, Dracula's body completely dissolved, and his soul, whose nature was unclear, also vanished completely.

Dracula has fallen.

Rin Tohsaka: "I never expected that Dracula, who was so difficult to deal with just now, would die like this."

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Everyone has their own expertise. The Church is the best at dealing with vampires."

Kenneth: "To be able to perform such an exceptional baptismal chant is truly remarkable. Kotomine Shiro, it seems you were a very devout believer in your lifetime."

Kotomine Shiro: "..."

Just then, Joan of Arc and Chiron arrived and finally reunited with Kotomine Shirou.

[Without any conversation, she understood everything the moment she saw Kotomine Shirou.]

It should be said that Kotomine Shiro himself stopped hiding and actively revealed his identity.

Why did my summoning malfunction, and what was the reason Kotomine Shirou had been avoiding me? All my doubts vanished in that instant.

"...Are you the sixteenth Servant?"

Looking at the other person, Chiron asked in astonishment, and the Red Team members who followed closely behind had the same expression upon seeing Kotomine Shiro.

[Because they discovered that Shirou Kotomine, whom they had always thought was human, had now revealed his Spirit Origin.]

[At this moment, Shiro Kotomine's true identity is fully revealed.]

He is not human, but a heroic spirit.

"I'm not the sixteenth person, Chiron. The sixteenth person should be Ruler, standing next to you."

Kotomine Shirou laughed and said, "Strictly speaking, I should be the first Servant."

Rin Tohsaka: "As expected, they revealed their hand as soon as they got their hands on the goods."