Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

Now that they have lost two powerful servants, if they want to continue fighting, this last Berserker must also be included in the plan and cannot be left wandering any longer.

"No problem." Iskandar had the same idea.

"There is no abnormality at the Cathedral Church right now." After communicating with Hisau Maiya, Kiritsugu Emiya felt slightly relieved.

"Rider, I can only ask you to help Maiya bring Kotomine and his son here." Emiya Kiritsugu ordered Altria.

They are now in an ordinary citizen's home. With Weber's magic, they hypnotized the family into a deep sleep and used this place as a temporary resting place.

"Leave it to me." Although Iskandar's trust in Emiya Kiritsugu was limited, he was still quite confident in Altria's character. With her promise and care, he would not die just after arriving at Weber.

Emiya Kiritsugu only has one Command Seal left, and he will definitely not waste it on something like this.

Iskandar, who had transformed into a spirit, disappeared from the spot and went to secretly protect Hisau Maiya and Kotomine and his son.

Although this also carries the risk of being exposed, it is the best strategy compared to them walking into the Cathedral Church in a swagger. No one should know about the existence of Hisahi Maiya, and the spiritualized Iskandar can also screen out some possible surveillance to the greatest extent.

It was a complete luxury for them at that moment to have a foolproof plan, and necessary risks were unavoidable.

Fortunately, after experiencing so much bad luck, the goddess of luck seemed to finally favor them. Hisau Maiya and Iskandar successfully brought Kotomine and his son to meet them.

"I'm sorry about what happened to Tōsaka Tokiomi. I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Kotomine Rizheng had already heard about what happened to Tōsaka Tokiomi, and immediately apologized to Waver and Emiya Kiritsugu.

Kotomine Risho felt a little understanding but also deep regret for the fact that Tousaka Tokiomi, one of his few good friends, would make such a choice.

"We are deeply sorry about this as well." Emiya Kiritsugu first said politely, and then immediately got to the point, "The enemy is too powerful, we need the power of the Command Seals."

"No problem." Since Kotomine Rizheng was here, he would definitely not refuse such a request, and immediately showed his arm covered with Command Seals.

"There is one more thing. What about Berserker? His power will be an indispensable part. We need specific information about him." Emiya Kiritsugu said to Kotomine Kirei. He felt that Kotomine Kirei's state when facing him was a little strange.

"That's natural." Kotomine Kirei replied calmly, "But Berserker has already gone to the Matou family and hasn't returned yet."

Yamagami Toru quietly followed behind Smoke Mirror and Sakura, waiting for the opportunity to act.

In fact, he had been present at the battle from the very beginning, but Iskandar ignored him when he deployed the King's Army of the inherent barrier, so he had to stay where he was and wait until the King's Army was lifted by Iskandar and they returned to reality.

If he only relied on his half-baked [Aura Concealment: C+], he would not be able to escape the perception of the top servants, let alone be ignored by the King's Army. However, the moment Yamagami Toru saw the smoke mirror, he activated his inherent skill [Perfect Assassin: EX] and his own Noble Phantasm [Impossible Assassination] targeting him.

The combination of these two abilities, coupled with the concealment of his aura, temporarily removed Yamagami Toru's existence from everyone's cognition. Even the smoke mirror could not detect anything unusual. In his perception, Yamagami Toru's existence was as ordinary as a stone on the roadside and not worth paying attention to.

Yamagami Toru carefully rubbed his beloved gun, waiting for the right moment to come.

The crudely-made gun in his hand was made by him personally. Although its grade is only ordinary C-grade, it is the only way for Toru Yamagami to cause damage to his servants. It is the prerequisite for all his attack capabilities and the most important link.

Chapter 173 The first shot announces arrival, the second shot announces death

"Sister Kagura, I feel like you're in a bad mood. Did you let the enemy get away?" Sakura looked at Kagura who came with the wind. Although she didn't know the specific results of the battle, she started to speak preemptively.

"Two more people, the last set of Master and Servant... But it doesn't matter, the plan continues." Yamagami Tetsuya observed the two people who suddenly appeared. If they can return alive, this will be important information.

"What about you guys? Why is there no movement at all?" Kagura just took the opportunity to observe the Matou family. It was so clean and tidy that it didn't look like it had ever been through a battle.

"Inherent barrier, inherent barrier, Sakura, I killed an enemy myself, and Uncle Mirror was of no use to me." Sakura pointed at the smoke mirror and began to complain.

"You can't say that, Master. I helped you divert their attention perfectly." Smoke Mirror didn't care about it at all and just adjusted his sunglasses.

"Why are you wearing sunglasses so late at night?" Kagura couldn't help but complain when looking at Smoky Glass's look. Although Smoky Glass is a fashion expert and changes into new clothes almost every day, he is very obsessed with wearing sunglasses and has to wear them even at night.

"Because I am the God of Darkness, of course I must always observe the world with a dark eye." Smoke Mirror said something that sounded like made-up nonsense.

"When he steps into the next intersection, start the action!" After observing the road ahead, Yamagami Tetsuya decided the time to take action.

"Why do I suddenly feel a little chilly, Master? Are you planning to do something again?" Smoke Mirror suddenly felt a flash of chill, which immediately made him alert.

"Yeah, can you guess what I'm thinking now?" Ying naturally responded to Smoke Mirror's words.

"You can actually sense it? He is indeed the legendary evil god, but because of this, I must kill him!" The flash of the smoke mirror surprised Yamagami Toru, and then he became more determined.

"There is an enemy, but I can't find his location." Smoke Mirror was not naive enough to think that the chill just now was just an illusion. For him, illusions were almost impossible.

"Tsk, you're clearly Assassin but you don't look like one at all, how embarrassing." In the team voice chat, Sakura mercilessly mocked Smoke Mirror.

It seems that the jobs of Smoke Mirror and Toru Yamagami are completely reversed. Each of them has abilities suitable for the other's job, but in comparison, Toru Yamagami is relatively qualified.

Even though he is only at the lowest E rank, he still has Berserker's signature job skill, Berserk. However, as an Assassin, Smoke Mirror doesn't even have the lowest level of aura concealment. This is pure opportunism.

"The wind didn't convey any information to me, could it be the ability of remote observation?" Kagura remained calm on the surface, but asked with doubt in his heart.

Shenwu didn't say anything, but just kept switching the images on the Mirror of Life, but he didn't notice anything unusual.

"Is there a Servant on the enemy side that can hide itself to this extent? It seems that there is still a lot of fun in this Holy Grail War." Smoke Mirror showed a happy smile.

"Now!" Since the other party had already noticed his presence, the original intersection had to be abandoned. Yamagami Toru seized the moment when the smoke mirror was in a state of pleasure and appeared beside him.

bang——

The Gundam was fired from Tetsuya Yamagami's gun, but it did not hit the smoke mirror, but instead fired a blank shot into the air.

"The first shot announces my arrival."

This blank shot by Toru Yamagami completely exposed his existence. Both Kagura and Smoke Mirror looked at Toru Yamagami who suddenly appeared in front of them with surprise.

"Even though he has always existed in my memory, I didn't notice his existence at all. What an interesting ability. But what is the purpose of this shot? Is it specially used to alert the enemy?" While Smoke Mirror's mind was turning, his hands did not stop moving. He pulled the trigger with an American-style Iai at Yamagami Tetsuya.

click -

Smoke Mirror was really confused this time. He had never thought that his gun would jam? !

"The second shot declares your death!" Yamagami Toru quickly aimed the gun in his hand at the smoke mirror and fired suddenly.

bang——

The Gundam hit Smoky Mirror solidly, and Smoky Mirror even realized that his heart and spiritual base had been destroyed by this ordinary shot.

Neither the defense of magic, the strength of the body nor the protection of power could protect him from the inevitable shot. Smoke Mirror had already realized that his death was an inevitable fate.

"So that's it. Is this his Noble Phantasm? The first shot's sure miss allowed him to hit the target with the second shot, and then with the help of various special attacks and abilities, he completed this final perfect strike. This is not just one shot, but all of his abilities. Beautiful!" Smoke Mirror instantly understood the principle of how Yamagami Toruya completed this assassination, and couldn't help but cheer in his heart.

Smoke Mirror did not ask the others why they did not stop Yamagami Tetsuya. Since his gun could jam, it was natural that the others would be unable to provide support due to various accidents.

Is this the special attack ace that Jin Shanshan mentioned? He is really amazing.

"Warrior, your name." Smoke Mirror stabilized his body with difficulty and asked Yamagami Tetsuya with a satisfied smile on his face. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to signal Kagura and others not to rush into action.

"Yamagami Toru." Yamagami Toru, who was ready to be torn to pieces at the next moment, did not expect that his assassination target would actually save his life this time. So he gave his name and accelerated the extraction of Kotomine Kirei's magic power, hoping that he would understand his meaning and save him.

"Please allow me to introduce myself solemnly. I am black, red, blue, white, and the living death, Tezcatlipoca the Blue!" Although he was about to die, Smoke Mirror was so excited that he seemed to be about to be born.

"Fleeing in panic, hating killing, and doubting justice, I do not recognize such a coward as a warrior."

"But I will treat as warriors those who fight against an invincible threat, those who refuse to give up even when they are about to be killed."

"Yamagami Tetsuya, I, Tezcatlipoca, acknowledge that you are a true warrior!" Smoke Mirror cheered and jumped for joy.

Yamagami Tetsuya didn't care at all about how others viewed him, he just silently continued to draw magic power, but the summoning of the Command Spells did not come yet.

"Then, let's have the final fight, you can't escape!" Teleportation is not possible here. This is the setting that the Smoke Mirror has set up just now through his power. He will not allow the person in front of him to escape like this.

Since you are a warrior recognized by Tezcatlipoca, you should fight bravely, indulge in pleasure, and die fiercely!

If you provoke Tezcatlipoca to fight, he won't be able to escape easily!

"Then I'll leave it to you. Since you've embarrassed yourself to this extent, you should redeem yourself." Kagura was also a little scared. Yamagami Toru's ability was really too strange. Looking back on her memory, he was always near her and her group, but she was completely unable to notice him.

If he attacked herself or Kanna, it would be fine, but if he attacked Sakura, then Kagura should think about how to apologize and seek Baihen's forgiveness.

Yamagami Toru's heart sank. He had already guessed what the other party had done that prevented him from leaving, so the only thing left was to fight to the death.

Fortunately, Yamagami Toru was absorbing magic power not only to remind Kotomine Kirei, but also to prepare his final trump card. Now he even has the qualifications to take one more person away. Even if he cannot kill them, he will try his best to consume their power!

Smoke Mirror was already dying, so he was out of the question. Ying was just a child, so he was ruled out. The girl holding the mirror and remaining silent didn't look like an ordinary person, but we couldn't rule out the possibility that she was a child, so...

[Inherent barrier: May there be no more invasion of demons in the world] Expand, target, Kagura!

“Aaaaaaahhhh!!” However, the one who appeared in the barrier was not Kagura, but Smoke Mirror, who was on the verge of death and was completely excluded from his target.

"What, are you disappointed? I told you, let's fight to the death!" Smoke Mirror excitedly raised his pistol and started firing continuously, but unfortunately his accuracy was lacking, and in the end only one bullet grazed Yamagami Tetsuya's thigh.

However, for Toru Yamagami, whose basic attributes were quite poor, this had already caused real damage to him.

"Since you want to come, then come on!" Yamagami Toru raised his homemade firearm, released the better-than-nothing frenzy, and started the final battle, which made Smoke Mirror even more excited.

“Haaaaaaahhhh!!” Smoke Mirror made a strange sound and came towards him.

Outside the inherent barrier, Kagura had already covered the place where Yamagami Toru disappeared with a violent wind, and Kanna also responded with an invisible mirror, so that even if Yamagami Toru returned to the undetectable state when he appeared, he would not be able to escape.

"Wurwaaaa!! What a pleasure." Not long after, Smoke Mirror's figure reappeared in front of Kagura and others, and his appearance meant that the battle was over, and Yamagami Toru also left.

But this is normal. Even within his own inherent barrier, it is impossible for Toru Yamagami, as an ordinary person, to defeat the prepared Smoke Mirror head-on. Even if Toru Yamagami has a special attack against the Smoke Mirror, even if the Smoke Mirror is already a candle in the wind.

"At least I didn't embarrass myself in the end." Kagura removed the storm and quietly watched the last moments of the smoke mirror.

"It was a good fight."

Following the death of Tetsuya Yamagami, Tezcatlipoca left the stage.

Chapter 174: Perfect preparation, sudden wooden

"Berserker is dead." Kotomine Kirei felt that the contract with Yamagami Tetsuya was broken, and spoke immediately.

"Is that so? This is the result." Emiya Kiritsugu was not surprised by this ending. He had guessed this ending when Kotomine Kirei tried to use the Command Seal to summon Berserker and failed.

"Then I entrust my Command Seals to you as well." Kotomine Kirei stretched out his hand and contributed his remaining two Command Seals.

"That Berserker, even the King of Heroes respects him very much, is it possible for him to replace one of the other party's Servant?" Waver asked Kotomine Kirei while accepting the Command Seals.

"Although the enemy is indeed very powerful, I believe in Berserker. If he takes action, he will definitely be able to defeat the enemy." Kotomine Kirei said after a slight hesitation.

"I hope so. If that's the case, we'll be a lot more relaxed." Although Emiya Kiritsugu had heard the general information about Berserker from Kotomine Kirei, the text description alone was too unintuitive. It was difficult for him to have confidence in it, so he arranged the battle situation based on the worst-case scenario.

"Let's identify the known enemies first." Emiya Kiritsugu took out a poster, turned it over and stuck it on the wall and started writing and drawing.

"First, there are two enemies that Saber and Lancer encounter on their way to the Holy Grail. One of them has the ability to control the wind, which is powerful enough to break through Lancer's golden armor head-on. She can also use the wind to perform delicate operations with almost no pre-swing. The non-Servants must not be exposed to her ability range, otherwise they will be defeated in an instant. Her close combat strength is unknown."

This was all information provided by Saber. After all, she was the only survivor in that battle.

"Then there is an enemy who looks like a little girl. The mirror in her hand should be her Noble Phantasm, which can absorb and double the attack. The upper limit is unknown. And she can summon a metal giant from the mirror, which can not only absorb attacks, but also plunder the power of the Noble Phantasm. Even Lancer's strongest Noble Phantasm was perfectly absorbed by it and used for its own benefit. You must avoid direct confrontation and consider targeting the girl's body."

"Then there is the enemy you guys are facing, Rider—Tezcatlipoca, a divine Servant who shouldn't have appeared in the Holy Grail War. The good news is that due to the restrictions of his job, he doesn't seem to have a Noble Phantasm or ability that can cause mass destruction. But the bad news is that he is already a strong enemy just by virtue of his top-notch ability attributes, not to mention that as a divine Servant, he possesses all kinds of terrifying abilities and powers."

“It is known that he can modify the rules of the world to a certain extent, and he also induced a group of heroic spirits including Rider to fight without distinguishing between enemies and friends. However, judging from the results, he himself is also bound by the rules, so there should not be any rules that are too outrageous.”

"Finally, there is Sakura. Although she is only six years old, she is already very proficient in imaginary number magic. She was even able to instigate a rebellion against Tōsaka Tokiomi in front of Rider and Archer. Regardless of whether Tezcatlipoca was behind this or not, it cannot be viewed with common sense."

"Although the characteristics of imaginary number magic make it difficult to track her down, as long as we are well prepared, she will become the clarion call for our counterattack." Even though he already knew the enemy's intelligence and was only making a simple summary now, Kiritsugu Emiya still felt a heavy pressure.

This is just the enemy's apparent strength, and it is already so terrifying. If there are other cards hidden in secret, Kiritsugu Emiya really doesn't know how to fight this battle.

"Should we attack Sakura? But she's only six years old..." Waver said hesitantly. Although he had made up his mind to fight together, he couldn't attack a little girl who was only six years old...

"I'll take care of her, you and Rider are responsible for dealing with the guy holding the mirror." Emiya Kiritsugu understood Waver's concerns. Waver's moral standards did not allow him to do anything to a child. During this period of time, he had seen through Waver as a person, and his evaluation of him was that he was naive and did not look like a magician.

"Even if she is just a child, she is a Master who took the initiative to step into this war. If we still face the enemy with a fluke mentality at this time, then we will definitely fail." Kiritsugu Emiya said this not only to Waver, but also to Artoria. Excessively high moral standards are a burden at this time.

"Saber, you are responsible for holding back the woman whose ability is to control the wind." Emiya Kiritsugu continued to give orders.

"I understand." Altria nodded with a complicated expression and did not object to Kiritsugu Emiya's arrangement.

"There are two key points to whether this war can be won. One is whether I can seize the opportunity to shoot and kill Tezcatlipoca's master Sakura. The other is whether you, Rider, can effectively restrain the enemy in the battle and win."

"If either of these two actions succeeds, our chances of success will be greatly increased. However, if either of us fails and cannot escape in time, the final result will be failure."

After Emiya Kiritsugu finished speaking, he took a deep puff of his cigarette to relieve his stress.

This plan is as dangerous as dancing on a tightrope, whether it is him trying to bypass the god Tezcatlipoca and find a way to kill Master Sakura; or Rider facing the enemy of unknown strength in the King's Army; or it is that the task seems to be the easiest but in fact he has to face Altria, the woman who can easily kill Lancer.

No matter which link the combat power is lacking, it will be a devastating blow to their subsequent actions.

Especially with Emiya Kiritsugu himself, if something unexpected happens to him, it means Saber will not be able to escape. The best result is that Rider's King's Army can restrain the enemy holding the mirror and win, but he will have to face the woman who can control the wind and Tezcatlipoca who can restrain him alone.

Apart from Tezcatlipoca, whose real name was seen through by the Hero King with the power of the Omniscient Star, there was too little information about the other two enemies. It was very difficult to deploy tactics without knowing the other party's cards, not to mention that most of their own information had already been exposed.

Moreover, not to mention the final result, just how to perfectly divide the enemy into three battlefields is also a huge problem. How to implement the plan requires further thinking and discussion, and even considering the possibility of being discovered before the plan begins...

Emiya Kiritsugu smoked one cigarette after another, trying to relax himself as much as possible and continue to think about how to deal with the enemy.

"Um... there's one thing I've always wanted to ask, isn't there something wrong with the number of enemies?" Waver interrupted Kiritsugu Emiya's thoughts and said.

"The enemy should only have two servants, Assassin and Caster. Isn't there too many now?" The enemy has the combat power of three servants at least. After witnessing the fight between the servants, Waver doesn't think that modern magicians can have such strength. Even his teacher Kenneth, as one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower, is he not qualified to interfere in the fight between the servants?

Perhaps only the legendary Mage Marshal is qualified to fight the Servants head-on...

"There are two possibilities for this matter." Emiya Kiritsugu rubbed his brows and said with a tired look.