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Gilgamesh sighed, but his mood was unusually cheerful. "Farewell, Queen of the Demon Realm, and you, such an interesting fellow. This fight was truly exhilarating... This Holy Grail War also left me extremely satisfied."

"Me too, Hero King. I'm equally happy to be fighting a hero like you."

Scathach said softly.

"Yes, Hero King, you are truly a very, very strong king."

At this last moment, Luo Wei also expressed his true thoughts.

"Need I tell you? This king has always been the strongest! Humph... If it weren't for the appearance of a pesky brat like you, causing this king to lose sight of the future of this world, the outcome of this battle would be uncertain!"

Perhaps he was just being stubborn, or perhaps it was indeed the truth, but this was the last complaint the Hero King made before leaving the stage.

His body gradually disappeared, with a smile on his face, but when he saw Luo Wei, his eyes were still a little complicated.

"As expected... I still can't let go of your soul..."

The Hero King sighed, and before completely dissipating, he threw a heavy clay tablet to Luo Wei.

"Boy, in the next Holy Grail War, abandon that old woman beside you and use this to call upon me! You and I together are the truly strongest combination... Hahahahaha!!"

After a final laugh, Gilgamesh's figure completely disappeared.

"Asshole! Who are you talking about, old woman? Get back here now!!"

Scathach below was cursing at the sky again, but Gilgamesh had already disappeared at this moment.

"...The King of Heroes, huh? What a powerful king! He's truly memorable."

After receiving the clay tablet, Luo Wei briefly examined it in his hands. Realizing he couldn't understand the text, he put it away. Regardless, this was a top-tier sacred relic and treasure, thousands of years old and filled with mystery. While he didn't know its specific purpose, it was a good idea to keep it for now, as it had been retrieved from the Babylonian treasury.

"This matter is almost over here."

Luo Wei looked at Scathach and said, "Then we will start the next thing."

"Ah."

Scathach nodded with a smile. It wasn't an illusion; Rowe's calm eyes slowly took on a different color. The excitement in them was self-evident.

"Let's go together to celebrate our victory, just as I said before..."

"We have no rivals ahead of us!!"

Chapter 92: Humanity Never Desires to Be Saved

With the departure of the strongest Heroic Spirit, Archer Gilgamesh, the Hero King, in this Holy Grail War, this Holy Grail War has undoubtedly come to an end.

At present, all Servants and Masters have lost their ability to compete, and the final Holy Grail has already been regarded as a sure thing by Rowe.

However, compared to the fierce battle that took place in the Shadow Kingdom.

……

At this moment, in the dark world of the Holy Grail, Kotomine Kirei and Emiya Kiritsugu, two people who are very similar but have made completely different choices, are still embarking on their own great adventure.

tick, tick...

Pitch-black muddy raindrops kept falling from the dim sky, dripping into this gray world, flowing on Kotomine Kirei's cheeks, and finally slowly sliding down his eye sockets.

At this moment, not far from him, a lonely and desolate figure was kneeling in front of a raging fire, staring blankly at the tragic scene happening before his eyes.

He looked at the lives lost because of his own choices, he looked at the city destroyed because of his decisions, Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes were full of despair, his dry throat kept trembling, and gradually he could no longer make any sound.

However, the white-haired figure in black priest clothing that appeared before him was still urging him to make a choice quickly, forcing him to step into despair even faster.

"What's wrong? Kiritsugu, make a choice quickly. If you don't quickly choose a ship to repair, the five hundred people on both ships will die. You don't have time to hesitate~"

Irisviel smiled, and then reminded him in a light tone. Her playful words contained countless coercion and murderous intent. It would be better to say that her eyes never cared about the hundreds of lives that were about to die in front of her.

There are now a total of 500 people, 300 on one ship and 200 on the other. They are trapped in the sea, and the ship is about to sink. Currently, only Emiya Kiritsugu has the ability to repair one of the ships, so...

Which ship would he let survive?

Looking at the sinking ship in front of me and listening to the cries for help coming from my ears.

Emiya Kiritsugu's heart began to tremble wildly. He wanted to speak, but his dry throat could no longer make any sound. Gradually, he even almost forgot how to breathe because of the heavy atmosphere.

But listening to the cries for help and crying that kept ringing in his ears, in this final moment of silence, he still gritted his teeth and shouted out his answer almost crazily.

"Three hundred people! I want to save the boat with three hundred people on it!!"

"Haha, as expected of Kiritsugu, you made the most correct choice again. So... congratulations on saving the majority."

"No, I...I, I killed those two hundred innocent people with my own hands!!"

Listening to the devil's whispers coming from Irisviel beside him, Emiya Kiritsugu fell to his knees in despair.

He looked at the completely submerged figures of the two hundred people, and the looks of immense hatred they cast at him before they died. Emiya Kiritsugu's hands couldn't stop shaking, and he could only watch them die in a daze, unable to do anything.

"Actually... you shouldn't have chosen that."

Kotomine Kirei walked over to Emiya Kiritsugu's side and said, "Because when you chose 300 people out of 500, it seemed like you saved more. However, the remaining 300 people were divided into 100 and 200 for you to choose. And the result is that you still chose the side with 200 people, because that is indeed the more correct answer."

Kotomine Kirei quietly watched the tragic scene before him, whispering to the souls of the two hundred people who died because of Emiya Kiritsugu's choice. Even though he knew that these were all false, he still did his duty to bring them some salvation.

The lives before his eyes kept disappearing. He had obviously saved more people, but he had also abandoned many lives. And the next moment, when he really had to make another choice among the people he had just saved, what would this mean? This was simply saying...

"Perhaps redemption itself is a form of killing, right?"

Kotomine Kirei patted his shoulder and looked around at the tragic scene, feeling a little frightened.

He leaned over and looked at Emiya Kiritsugu, who was kneeling on the ground beside him and in deep pain because of his own choice, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Sacrificing the few to save the many, this is truly your style, Emiya Kiritsugu."

"Kotomine Kirei..."

Hearing the voice beside him and seeing the familiar figure of Kotomine Kirei, Emiya Kiritsugu no longer had the slightest thought of fighting him. After experiencing so many choices, at this moment, his heart was completely dead. He no longer had the courage to fight. All that came to his mind were the humans who had died because of him.

"because……"

Facing Kotomine Kirei's question, a completely devastated Emiya Kiritsugu covered his head with his hands and said in a trembling voice, "I don't have any other options. This is the only way I can do this? Because this is what counts as... salvation?"

"You said there's no other way, and this is the only way to save them?" Kotomine Kirei shook his head slightly. He said to Emiya Kiritsugu, "This isn't considered saving them, it's considered a sacrifice."

"sacrifice……"

"Yes, it appears that you saved three hundred people, but in my eyes, you sacrificed two hundred people."

"But...if we don't choose this, then we can only..."

Before the two of them finished their conversation, the surrounding environment changed again. This time they appeared in a double room together. Returning to the room again, Emiya Kiritsugu showed a look of struggle and pain on his face, because this was where all his nightmares began, and it was also the place where he had to make choices again and again.

The reason why he was in so much pain was that no matter how many times he tried, no matter what choice he made, the only outcome he would get was the tragic one just now.

However, Kirei Mine didn't think there was anything wrong here, because he had already experienced his own story.

At this moment, things were exactly as Kotomine Kirei had thought before. A new scene appeared in front of the two of them. This time, there were still two ships, but on them were the 300 people that Emiya Kiritsugu had just rescued. There were 200 people on one ship and 100 people on the other.

"No, no...don't come over here!!"

Seeing this nightmarish scene, Emiya Kiritsugu knew that it was his turn to make a choice again. He kept backing away, screaming madly. He wanted to escape from here directly, but when he heard the cries for help of three hundred people behind him, his steps had to stop. He could only continue to watch in great pain and then make a choice.

However, this time it was Kotomine Kirei who took the initiative to step forward. He looked at Irisviel who was waiting for Emiya Kiritsugu to make a choice, and spoke without hesitation.

"I'll make the choice for him."

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu was stunned. He looked at Kotomine Kirei in astonishment as he stepped forward, while Irisviel in front of him was also curious about his request.

"Oh? Sure, but I wonder if the priest has any special solutions?"

Kotomine Kirei calmly replied, "It's not really a solution. I just don't want to see you continue to torture this lost lamb."

"I see, Father, you really are a saint."

"Not a saint, just a man who longs to atone for his sins."

"So...what choice will you make?"

"..."

Watching the two ships sinking in front of him, Kotomine Kirei walked up to Irisviel and looked at her outstretched hand. The one on the left represented a ship with 100 people, and the one on the right represented a ship with 200 people.

At this moment, Irisviel and Emiya Kiritsugu behind him were both waiting for his choice.

however……

Until the moment when both ships were about to sink, Kotomine Kirei did not make any choice, which made Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel feel extremely anxious and confused.

One was anxious because if they didn't make a choice, everyone would die, and the other was puzzled by the priest's eyes and expression. He clearly had the answer and realization, but why didn't he make a choice?

This made Irisviel hesitate, and she asked Kotomine Kirei, "Aren't you going to choose?"

"Well... I want to know more about the specific situation of these three hundred people before making a choice." Kotomine Kirei calmly replied, raising his hand to stop Emiya Kiritsugu who was trying to make a choice for him.

"What kind of situation?"

"You need to tell me first about their family situation, their good deeds and bad deeds, and their merits and virtues. Only then can I make the most correct choice."

"Good and evil situation...?"

Upon hearing Kotomine Kirei's request, Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel were both visibly stunned.

"I see. In your eyes, human life isn't measured by quantity, but by virtue. You're quite interesting, but do you truly believe you're qualified to judge the good and evil of humankind?"

"I don't know, but it's something you have to consider, right? Making decisions for others without understanding them is irresponsible."

"I see, you're trying to stall for time with sophistry~"

Irisviel ignored Kotomine Kirei's special request and then uttered a thoughtful voice.

"What about this?"

As he waved his hand, the scene changed again.

However, this time the scene was two railroad tracks, with ten people tied to one and fifty people tied to the other.

"There are two railroad tracks in front of you now."

"Ten good people who actively do good deeds and are willing to contribute their lives are tied to one of them. The other one is tied to criminals. Now the train is coming, and you have the opportunity to change the track. So make a choice? Do you want a few good people to survive, or let the more numerous bad people survive?"

Looking at the control room, Emiya Kiritsugu reached for the control lever with trembling hands.

Which would you choose: ten good lives or fifty bad lives?

Should we determine value based on the number of people, or should we determine it based on good and evil?

At this moment, Emiya Kiritsugu's heart was caught up in the most intense struggle.

"I see, I see... I understand now."

Kotomine Kirei nodded slightly in thought, then he stretched out his hand, took out the black key and cut off the console directly to prevent Emiya Kiritsugu from making a choice.

"What are you doing?!!"

Then, amidst Emiya Kiritsugu's frantic questioning, Kotomine Kirei smashed the glass of the control room without hesitation, then rushed to the end of the railway track without looking back, heading straight for the direction where the train was about to arrive.

"There's no need to make any choices... just stop the train."

"Are you crazy? Do you think it's too late to brake now? You can't climb onto a speeding train and stop it!!"

"Don't be ridiculous, Emiya Kiritsugu..."

Kotomine Kirei shook his head, stretched out the two black swords in his hands, and then, under the gaze of Emiya Kiritsugu, instead of trying to climb onto the train from the side to stop it, he rushed towards the train head-on.

The outline of the fast-approaching train was reflected in his calm eyes. The shrill whistle and the huge wind pressure that swept over made his entire robe rustle. Even though the train was very close, he could already feel the terrifying momentum of the train approaching him, but he still did not retreat at all.

"There's no need to make a choice, because we're not gods and have no right to decide the fate of others. From the moment you make a choice, you're no longer a savior, but a judge..."

"If you truly want to save others, to become a partner of justice, then truly begin to save them. Even if you fail, even if it costs you your own life, you must never retreat. It is better to strive to death than to make sacrifices and make judgments that you believe are right."

"The only outcome that awaits us is... success or dying trying!!"

After saying the last words to Emiya Kiritsugu behind him, Kotomine Kirei showed up without hesitation.

He stared at the massive train roaring towards him, and thought about his own fate. Suddenly, he recalled the words his father had said to him in the Middle East...