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Soon, Waver found information about the "Holy Grail War" in the Clock Tower's library... This matter was recorded in the Clock Tower, but it was officially described as "granting wishes" rather than... "reaching the Root." These two are fundamentally different, and their appeal to magicians is worlds apart.

but--

What Tokiomi Tohsaka cares about is...

It turns out that Kurokawa Kazuya has completely understood the rules of the Holy Grail War. This can be confirmed from the conversation between himself and Kirei Kotomine that he drew, as well as the current situation with Waver!

"He stole Kenneth's relics?"

To be honest, Tokiomi Tohsaka breathed a sigh of relief at the sight. He could easily win if such an immature person participated in the Holy Grail War. However, it would be terrible if it were someone like Kenneth.

After thinking for a moment, he cut out the page, especially the one depicting the relic. Perhaps he could use this relic to investigate the origin of this Heroic Spirit. This would be of great use in the Holy Grail War to come.

Then, on the next page, his joy was in vain, because it could be seen from the page that "Kenneth" had obtained a new relic.

"Hmm...it seems Kirei has completed his training and successfully summoned the Assassin. That's a relief. If that's true, I don't need to worry about that anymore."

"Emiya Kiritsugu?" Tokiomi Tohsaka frowned as he looked at the Emiya Kiritsugu he had investigated in the manga. Did this mean... he had started investigating Emiya Kiritsugu back then as well?

And... Magician Killer, that's all it takes!

"However... it seems the Einzberns are still the same as always... their goal is the Third Law, really. Looks like they've found a relic that can summon very powerful Servants."

This... this finally gives it the feel of the Holy Grail War.

Watching Kirei Kotomine recite the deeds of Kiritsugu Emiya: [sniping, poisoning, killing someone in front of a crowd with explosives, shooting down a passenger plane simply because his target was on it...]

"Hmm..." In his opinion, this was something someone with the title of "Magician Killer" would do...

but...

Thoughts after Chapter Sixty-Eight

Although these things seem like something a magician killer would do, the wish he mentioned at the beginning still felt very unreal to him.

Then...

The following scene shows Kiritsugu Emiya gathering information.

These insights are also of some value to Tokiomi Tohsaka.

Seeing the information he had gathered about Kirei Kotomine, his heart clenched slightly... Was this the information he wanted him to have?

Looking at him, I breathed a sigh of relief once again. It was a success! The information he had gathered was exactly what I wanted them to see.

Then...

As he looked further ahead, he began to have doubts...

If the risks and rewards of Kiritsugu Emiya's actions don't match, is his goal truly "to create a world where no one will cry"?

We still need to gather more specific intelligence.

but--

One thing I can be certain of based on what I've seen before is this:

That means... Kirei Kotomine really doesn't have a clear purpose... and he seems quite lost. I see. What does he want from Kiritsugu Emiya, someone so similar to himself? Does he want to know what this person desires?

Could it be that these two people are the same kind of person?

“This is not funny at all... But we can investigate this with Father Risei. But... Hmm, it seems that Kirei really does seem like the kind of person who can save the world.”

Next page —

The scene shifts to Matou Kariya, and judging from the mark on his hand... he has obtained a Command Seal!

“Matou Kariya…” Tokiomi Tohsaka rested his chin on his hand and remained silent for a moment: “I need to refresh my impression of you a little.”

The next moment, seeing the boy who had appeared earlier receive the Command Seal, he smiled slightly. In his opinion, this was the easiest Master to deal with so far... probably the kind who would be eliminated right at the beginning.

Well, they're not even worth paying attention to. Such an innocent child... it's too early for them to participate in this kind of war.

Hmm... However, his goal is simply to gain recognition for his talent and show the Clock Tower that someone like him might be useful. It might be worth trying to form an alliance with him, since his objective isn't the Holy Grail anyway. This way, we'll have three Servants on our side, significantly increasing our chances of victory.

“However, being chosen by the Holy Grail itself implies talent, so I'm not exactly deceiving you.” Making a mental note of this, Tokiomi Tohsaka smiled and continued reading.

Watching this magician, who even used basic hints so poorly, eased my gloomy mood.

next moment--

He became nervous again.

"The scabbard of the legendary holy sword? Could it be...?"

Sure enough, what followed confirmed that Einzbern was indeed going to summon the legendary king, "King Arthur"!

And... to make matters worse, they actually obtained that scabbard... So, can the heroic spirit I'm planning to summon really... compare to it?

"Really." The next moment, looking at his daughter in the comic, he laughed again, feeling relaxed...

This comic is really something; one minute it makes him anxious, and the next it makes him laugh like this.

"Well... Kirei is as good as ever... It would be good to coax the child a little at this time, he doesn't have to be so obedient."

However, that's precisely why he felt at ease. Kirei Kotomine is someone who doesn't lie, someone he can confidently entrust his back to. If he says "yes" at this moment, then he'll definitely protect him perfectly.

What a gratifying disciple! He doesn't act like a magician at all.

And...my daughter is indeed very cute.

and--

"Looks like I've indeed obtained the relic I wanted. Not bad..."

Then... the next moment, looking at Matou Kariya and his daughter Tohsaka Sakura in the manga... he really couldn't laugh.

"It has begun... Heroic Spirit Summoning!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka sat up straight.

Unexpectedly, even this scene was captured by his eyes... Just what level is his Demon Eye?

Is it really just a simple vision of the future?

Future vision, a very special kind of magical eye, is generally divided into two types: prediction and measurement... Prediction is generally more common; Tokiomi Tohsaka has seen several people with this ability, and there are countless others worldwide. Measurement, on the other hand, is much less common...

However, if someone like Kurokawa Kazuya can see things so clearly, it's probably neither prediction nor measurement, but rather... something more advanced and rare...

If this were a game, someone with futuristic vision would at most have privileged privileges, but... if my guess is true, then it has gone beyond that, and could be considered an overreach of authority.

However, it's just a comic book after all, and very few people actually believe it; most people just treat it as a joke. Only magicians or those who already have some prior knowledge of the story can truly understand its mysteries.

The magician's words are of course irrelevant, but... the rest of the people were probably from magic families in the past, but they gradually declined and eventually drifted away from the mystical, causing their descendants to forget the existence of magic.

Another group consists of people who get too caught up in comics and can't distinguish between dreams and reality.

For people like this, a slight hint or suggestion is enough.

However... he wouldn't be surprised at all if Kurokawa Kazuya himself were to be sealed away by the Mage's Association because of this.

Unless... he has a monarch-level being backing him in the Clock Tower, and even then, he'll still be targeted by other magicians...

What was he really thinking?

Having seen these things, one should deeply understand the dangers of the world of magic...

Could it be... that someone with a higher status than the monarch is standing behind that person... perhaps... a Jewel Elder...?

Tokiomi Tohsaka pondered for a moment and then made a guess.

That is, Kurokawa Kazuya may not actually have futuristic vision, but rather... he was used as a pawn by someone who transmitted this knowledge to him, making him believe it was his own inspiration and thus drew it.

Since it's just a pawn, there's no question of its safety... If it dies, the people behind it probably won't care.

But... what's the point of doing this? Is it to spread mystery? There's clearly no need to do this at all... because even if we don't do it, by that time...

The mystery will naturally disappear.

As if he had come to some understanding, Tokiomi Tohsaka once again focused his attention on the process of summoning the Holy Grail.

Then--

He was surprised to find once again that... even the incantation for summoning Heroic Spirits was written correctly!

Even the two lines he added himself, as well as the lines added by Matou Kariya when he summoned Berserker, were all written correctly!

Could it be that everything on this is actually true? He was utterly astonished to discover that everything he could confirm was indeed true—

Then...

The summoned heroic spirits are: a burly red man...class unknown...abilities unknown. However, you could try searching for similar beings.

Knight of Chaos! Class Berserker... His identity is unknown. Perhaps we could investigate further.

Then--

Golden Heroic Spirits!

Success! The Heroic Spirit I planned to summon has been successfully summoned. Now, even if Einzbern successfully summons Saber, there's no need to worry.

"What—?" As he scrolled down further, Tokiomi Tohsaka was taken aback: "A woman?"

This is... a failed summoning of a Heroic Spirit? And it wasn't King Arthur who was summoned?

Tokiomi Tohsaka began to think carefully.

That would make things difficult.

He couldn't imagine someone connected to Avalon, King Arthur's scabbard, a woman, a knight... If it were someone like Morgan...

Morgan, a Saber-class character? A Knight?

That's impossible... How could that witch be Saber? She's more like Caster, or perhaps a magician in knight armor?

"Tsk... The one whose identity was initially the clearest has now become increasingly uncertain..."

Turn the page next to the next chapter of the manga. The first chapter of Fate/Zero ends here.

However, this is only the first episode so far. If there's a first episode, there will be a second, a third...

“But… what about the original manuscript that Kurokawa Kazuya promised?” Tokiomi Tohsaka said, stroking his chin. “Has it not arrived yet? Or did he forget… or… did he see these and decide not to send them? No… it shouldn’t be the latter one. If he was worried about his safety, he wouldn’t have done that… Never mind, I’ll go find him and ask him.”