I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

However, the next moment, his pupils contracted slightly—

A barrier appeared before Kurokawa Kazuya! A golden barrier! A barrier made of countless steel needles connected together blocked his attack—

"This is... Ripple?" Kiritsugu Emiya's expression changed, and the door behind him slammed shut with a "bang" amidst a golden spark.

"Um..."

Kurokawa Kazuya narrowed his eyes slightly. He had just used Ripple to close the door, blocking Kiritsugu Emiya's bullet. This was something he had planned long ago, over a year ago. The meticulous arrangements from before had gradually faded from his memory over that time.

If Kiritsugu Emiya had arrived more than a year ago, he would have been 100% confident that he could have dealt with him without getting injured.

But now... although his Ripple has become stronger, he has been thinking about the manga so much that he has forgotten a lot about such things. He has even forgotten some of the traps in this room.

However, one thing is certain: these traps all require ripples to trigger!

"Hoo—Emiya Kiritsugu, behold my Ripple Dash—!" Kurokawa Kazuya shouted deliberately.

Ripples shot from beneath his feet, running down the ground towards Kiritsugu Emiya—sparkling brightly. But—the attack was incredibly fast.

This is a speed that a normal human could never avoid.

Come on... Kiritsugu Emiya, use your signature magic... use Time Control, let me confirm that this world is indeed the mysterious Type-Moon world!

Emiya Kiritsugu gritted his teeth and indeed activated his magic—it was indeed to the point that it was impossible to dodge without using magic.

"Timealter-doubleacce"

With his speed suddenly doubling, Kiritsugu Emiya pulled the trigger while dodging the dazzling ripples at incredible speed.

"Just as I expected—the Magician Killer!" Kurokawa Kazuya smiled—

At this moment, it's finally certain...

This world is the world of mystery, this world is the world of Type-Moon—

Four years! More than four years! It's finally here, the mysterious world!

Kiritsugu Emiya remained calm...while simultaneously considering the odds of victory. He believed that if the person before him was merely a Ripple user, he wouldn't lose; no matter how strong the Ripple was, he wouldn't lose. This was, in his view, a fact.

But... I'm afraid of another possibility—

The Fate he drew depicts the future Holy Grail War. And the JoJo he drew showed his Ripple... so are there any other possibilities? Could this person... be a vampire? A Pillarman? Or perhaps... the ultimate life form!

Or was what just happened merely the beginning of the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, featuring a "Stand User!"?

Although vampires or Pillar Men cannot use Ripple in that comic, it cannot be confirmed whether he was misleading others.

After all, he had never known that Ripple existed in this world before... If he hadn't read his comics and made the connection, he wouldn't have believed that this unfamiliar power system existed in reality!

But now it seems—

Ripple... vampires... Pillars and ultimate life forms may very well be creatures that existed in this world, and stories that existed there. And then he drew them.

This also explains why Kars, who became the ultimate life form, flew into outer space and couldn't return to Earth; it's very likely that the Counter Force was activated at that time!

So... who is this person in front of you?

The possibility of it being an ultimate life form is very low, but not impossible. If it really is an ultimate life form, then the battle methods I've prepared are probably useless, and I can start preparing to run away.

If it were a Pillar Man or a vampire... it would be pretty much the same.

After all, there's sunlight in the room now, and he's using Ripple! If that's really the case, then those weaknesses might be fabricated by him.

The easiest to deal with are actually the Stand users.

Although Stand users seem to possess many Stand abilities, we've only just begun to understand their specifics, and I can only grasp the general outline. However, even a Stand user's true form is just an ordinary person; if hit by a bullet, they will still be injured and die...

So, which one is it?

Moreover, he has not yet revealed his "future vision" ability, or... has he already used it?

To dodge his own bullets?

"It's over—the Ripple Cage!"

Sizzle—

Emiya Kiritsugu suddenly stopped in his tracks—

The ripples around him formed a circle—encircling him from the ground and the ceiling!

Kiritsugu Emiya immediately threw out a cylindrical object, which was instantly shattered by the ripples!

A large amount of gas was released from inside!

"poison gas?"

Kurokawa Kazuya's expression changed slightly, and he immediately ran upstairs.

Chapter 88 Ripples and Guns 8/11

Wearing a gas mask, Kiritsugu Emiya hid in the corner, looking at the tightly closed door above, and breathed a slight sigh of relief, easing the fatigue in his body caused by using Time Control.

The Ripple Messenger has one very obvious drawback.

That means he needs to breathe to create ripples, so just seal off his breathing!

Poison gas is the best preparation...

Now, it's impossible for him to come down to the first floor!

Next, all you need to do is—

Sizzle sizzle sizzle —

The next moment, Kiritsugu Emiya's expression changed. The entire room flashed with golden light—then, as if locked onto him, a rope made of fiber extended from the wall, and with the amplification of the ripples, it lashed at him like a whip of steel!

.......

"Poison gas? Tsk, I can't remember where I put the gas mask... Was it in the warehouse on the first floor?" Kurokawa Kazuya thought to himself. He had originally considered that someone might use this move to seal his Ripple, but... no one had come for so long that he had long since put the gas mask away. He had even forgotten where he put it...

"However—even if I don't go down to the first floor, I still have ways to attack. Don't underestimate my Ripple!"

The ripples spread to all the rooms on the first floor, and as long as Kiritsugu Emiya is still in these rooms, they can detect him through these ripples of life energy. Then—the normally inconspicuous fiber ropes on the walls, after being enhanced by the ripples, will become like steel chains. If someone were to be whipped by them, even Kiritsugu Emiya would definitely be seriously injured!

boom----

"Hmm? They ran away? A wise decision."

Kurokawa Kazuya smiled.

He has confirmed the world he is in now... Next... Ah, I suddenly really want to go see Ryougi Shiki's side.

I'm thinking about it more and more.

Let's end this battle quickly.

Although I don't know why it took more than a year to come looking for him, at least... he finally came to his senses about this world.

After finishing things here, I'll head to the Ryougi family's house!

Since this might be the Type-Moon world, it's almost certain that this Ryougi Shiki is the Shiki he knows! She was already adorable, but now—he was about to lose control—

The reason he hadn't had any firm suspicions before was because of the place name. It was only after a series of events that he became certain this wasn't the Type-Moon universe, but now it seems he was wrong!

Unexpectedly, this place with cities like "Morio-cho" and "Mitakihara" might actually be the world of Type-Moon!

That's good; this way, we can be sure about many things.

Nothing else matters anymore; having this settled is enough! The rest... ideals, the future... whatever, it all doesn't matter!! As long as I can stay by her side, I've already gained everything!!

Emiya Kiritsugu, hiding in a corner, frowned slightly as he looked at the house where Kurokawa Kazuya was: "This is troublesome, that guy..."

The door to that room was locked, and it was locked with something like a wave mechanism. Normal unlocking methods wouldn't work. The only way to get out was to use a bomb to blow up the door and escape.

Although they could blow up the room in front of Kurokawa Kazuya and let the poison gas spread inside, it would be disastrous if he escaped. The house was indeed his fortress, but it also restricted his escape. Otherwise, the poison gas wouldn't have been as effective outside as it had been in the enclosed space they were in before.

Thinking this, Kiritsugu Emiya added a bullet to his modified pistol and his Mystic Code—the Origin Bullet.

Those were bullets made from his ribs ground into powder. Although the person in front of him didn't seem to be a magician, but rather a Ripple user, it was uncertain whether they would be effective. However, the sheer penetrating power of these bullets would be fatal to ordinary people.

So...

"Found you—"

"What—?" Kiritsugu Emiya's expression changed. He didn't know when, but Kurokawa Kazuya, who should have been in that house, had run out and appeared on the roof of the house opposite his.

"That's it, Emiya Kiritsugu—Ripple Blade!"

The machine gun in his hand fired its fully loaded bullets rapidly, shattering a large number of corrugated cutters. However, the bullets failed to penetrate any further. Or rather—it's less that the bullets pierced the corrugations and more that the corrugated cutters pierced the bullets and then exploded.

“Maimi—” Kiritsugu Emiya said urgently.

Now that he's shown his face, it's as if one thing is certain—Kyuu Maiya has been able to snipe him.

Not far away.

Hisayu Maiya didn't say anything, but she already understood the situation. She also didn't realize when Kurokawa and Mi had gone there. She had been staring at the window the whole time, but she still didn't notice!

It wasn't until Kiritsugu Emiya pulled the trigger again that she realized something was wrong. She quickly turned her gun around and sniped at Kurokawa Kazuya's shoulder, then pulled the trigger.

boom--

The bullet left the barrel in an instant, heading towards Kurokawa Kazuya, and then—it missed.

No, to be precise, it was dodged.

"Muda muda muda muda—!" Kurokawa Kazuya dodged the bullet with a slight shift of his body and laughed loudly, "I've been studying where the bullets will come from and where the best view is for a long time! The one sniping from afar is Hisa Umai, right? Didn't you guys ever think about why my studio could only be seen from that spot? It was all intentional! I calculated it more than a year ago!"

"No—that's not right! The bullet wasn't coming from that building!?"

“That’s right—I don’t know how much you’ve prepared, but things don’t always go as you wish.” As he spoke, Kiritsugu Emiya pulled the trigger, and the Origin Bullet, along with countless other bullets, was fired at Kurokawa and Miya!

"What—?" The next moment, Kiritsugu Emiya's expression changed, and Kazuya Kurokawa used the Ripple Barrier to block the other bullets, but he slightly shifted his body and just dodged the Origin Bullet!

"Hmm... I don't know if this bullet will work on me, a Ripple user, but I'd better dodge it. As for Hisau Maiya... I don't know where she's hiding now, but based on the bullet's trajectory, I can roughly pinpoint her location—well then, that's enough! Emiya Kiritsugu!"

Chapter 89 Observing Cloth 9/11

"Ripple Run—"