Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 242 The Witch Stumbles into Ryudou Temple

Yuanzang Mountain, Liudong Temple.

This ancient temple, which was not usually very popular, was completely sealed off tonight by a barrier that was difficult to see with the naked eye, turning it into an isolated island cut off from the world.

On the stone steps, a dark figure was dragging heavy steps, walking step by step towards the main hall.

"cough....

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Kirei Kotomine stopped in his tracks, clutched his chest, and let out a suppressed cough.

Blood froth seeped out from between his fingers and dripped onto the bluestone slab.

Although Kiritsugu Emiya's Origin Bullet didn't kill him outright, the excruciating pain of having his magical circuits severed and then haphazardly reassembled from the depths of his soul continued to torment his nerves every moment.

An ordinary magician would probably have collapsed from a mental breakdown long ago, but he was different.

This pain, ironically, made him feel an unusual... clarity.

"Let's do it here."

Kirei released his grip and threw Irisviel, whom he had been dragging like a dead dog, to the ground.

"Hmm..."

She let out a painful groan. Her once pristine white winter clothes were now covered in mud and grass clippings, and her long silver hair was disheveled.

What caused her the most pain was that a dagger was stuck in her calf to prevent her from escaping.

Crimson blood trailed across the floor from the wound, the tearing sensation making Irisviel's already pale skin, as an android, even less blood-red.

"Emiya Kiritsugu... didn't chase after us."

Kirei turned around and looked down at the beautiful woman.

His empty, lifeless eyes held no pity, only a cold, indifferent gaze, as if he were dissecting a frog.

"...A calm choice, no wonder he's called the Magician Killer."

"What exactly do you want..." Irisviel raised her head, stubbornly meeting Kirei Kotomine's gaze: "Are you trying to use me to blackmail Kiritsugu?"

"Half and half."

Qi Li shrugged and gave a cold laugh.

He crouched down, reached out, and roughly grabbed Irisviel's chin: "Answer me, Einzbern's doll."

"That man... Kiritsugu Emiya, he went to great lengths, even soiling his hands, to obtain the Holy Grail... What wish did he make?"

This is what Kirei is most interested in right now.

The coldness in that man's eyes was so similar to his own, yet he was desperately struggling for something.

Kirei wanted to know what kind of obsession could drive such a killing machine to operate.

"Do you want to become the king of the world? Or do you want to obtain a physical body for me? It can't be something like... a source of boredom."

Kirei Kotomine rattled off several judgments on his own, while Hikaru kept peering into Alice's eyes, trying to discern something.

Irisviel gritted her teeth and tried to turn her head away, but the iron clamp on her chin prevented her from moving.

"Let me think, could it be to resurrect someone?" He recalled the information he had gathered, which recorded that Kiritsugu Emiya had killed his father and teacher in order to uphold justice.

Is it to make up for his own regrets?

He gripped her chin harder and harder, making Irisviel's chin ache, but she remained silent.

Helpless, Kirei could only turn the dagger stuck in Irisviel's leg, letting the pain teach this woman a lesson.

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...to save the world.

She used all her strength to squeeze out those words through clenched teeth.

Kirei Kotomine was stunned when he heard the answer.

Even though he had considered countless answers, he had never thought of this reason.

His mind went blank for a moment.

Then he laughed out loud.

It started as a low chuckle, which gradually turned into an uncontrollable burst of laughter, starting from the shoulders and spreading throughout the body.

Laughter echoed through the temple, carrying a morbid joy.

"Saving the world? Haha...hahahaha!"

"Emiya Kiritsugu, this is your wish? An assassin who wants to save the world?"

"How ridiculous! How ironic!"

Kirei laughed so hard that tears were about to stream down his face.

"For this childlike dream, he turned himself into a killing machine."

He endured the pain in his body and wiped away the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes.

Irisviel was very dissatisfied with his reaction and replied in a deep voice, "Someone like you... who follows Tokiomi Tohsaka, cannot understand Kiritsugu's ideals."

"Even the Tohsaka family has a greater vision than you!"

Kirei Kotomine's expression instantly turned cold, returning to that chilling, deathly stillness.

"Yes... I really can't understand it..." He looked at Irisviel again, a cruel pleasure in his eyes: "In that case, it's even more worthwhile to destroy it."

"I'm curious to know, will he use the Heaven's Feel to revive you...?"

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Kirei stretched out his hand, holding several sharp black keys between his five fingers.

"I know that you, as a vessel for the Lesser Grail, are from the Einzbern family, and that even if your body dies, your soul will return to the Greater Grail."

"So, to thank you for the pleasure you've brought me... I'll try my best to make your death as painful as possible."

Seeing the approaching blade, Irisviel closed her eyes in despair.

Kiritsugu... I'm sorry...

Just a second before the black key was about to pierce her body.

"stop--!!"

A childish yet angry shout suddenly came from the temple gate.

Kirei paused in his hand, the black key hovering a few centimeters in front of Irisviel's eyeball.

He turned his head in surprise to look at the source of the sound.

At the end of the long stone steps stood a small figure, panting heavily.

It was a little girl wearing a red coat and with pigtails.

She looked to be no more than six or seven years old, clutching a glowing magic compass tightly in her hand.

Her face was flushed red from running so hard, and her bright blue eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.

She is Tokiomi's daughter, Rin Tohsaka.

"Father... what are you doing?!" Rin's eyes widened.

The priest Kirei Kotomine, who always followed behind his father, was quiet but polite...

He was holding a weapon with a ferocious expression, about to kill a defenseless woman.

Although this uncle is usually cold and doesn't talk much, my father said he is a reliable person.

How... how could this happen?

This stark contrast greatly impacted her young mind.

"How could you... Why did you do this?"

Rin's voice trembled.

Kirei Kotomine's gaze fell upon the magic compass in Rin's hand, which was shimmering with a faint light.

Tonight, the entire city of Fuyuki seems to be shrouded in a repressive magical fluctuation.

The unease kept her awake at all, and on a whim, she secretly took the Magic Compass from her father's study.

She secretly ran away from her mother, wanting to see what kind of great battle her father was fighting.

But as soon as they stepped outside, they discovered traces of the assassin's magic.

The compass needle spun wildly, finally pointing here.

I never expected to see something like this.