"Oh? Are you sure?"
Qin Chuan looked at Rin Tohsaka with some surprise. It was almost midnight, let alone late at night. Wasn't Rin Tohsaka going to sleep?
Moreover, his target this time was Kirei Kotomine and Gilgamesh—without Tokiomi Tohsaka, Qin Chuan naturally didn't need to spare Gilgamesh's life out of consideration for Rin Tohsaka.
Qin Chuan was almost certain that Kirei Kotomine was also partly responsible for Tokiomi Tohsaka's death.
Rin Tohsaka probably doesn't know Kirei Kotomine's true nature yet, and this operation might make her realize his true identity.
"Of course, even though my father is dead, I cannot tarnish the reputation of the Tohsaka family."
Rin Tohsaka rubbed her eyes, then perked up and spoke to Qin Chuan.
"Let's use this victory in the Holy Grail War to prove that the Tohsaka family is second to none!"
"That's good, that shows ambition."
Qin Chuan chuckled and ruffled Rin Tohsaka's hair, looking at her somewhat embarrassed and annoyed expression.
Since Rin Tohsaka has said so, Qin Chuan naturally doesn't mind bringing her along.
If his strength is only slightly greater than Gilgamesh's, then he might have to consider whether bringing Rin Tohsaka along would distract him.
However, Qin Chuan's strength is clearly not on the same level as Gilgamesh's, and with his various Stand abilities, protecting Rin Tohsaka would be quite easy.
Chapter 143 Qin Chuan thought the same thing.
"Has Tokiomi Tohsaka's matter been resolved?"
In the Tohsaka family's basement, Gilgamesh looked at Kirei Kotomine as he walked in, a playful smile on his face.
Although Tokiomi Tohsaka's death was inextricably linked to Kirei Kotomine, Kirei Kotomine did not directly commit the act, and the only trace found on the dagger that killed Tokiomi Tohsaka was that of Kariya Matou.
Even if someone suspects Kirei Kotomine, at most they can only blame him for not protecting Tokiomi Tohsaka; the biggest blame still falls on Kariya Matou.
During the day today, Kirei Kotomine had already disposed of the bodies of Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kariya Matou, and the Tohsaka family's basement had become his private stronghold.
Not only that, he also successfully usurped the Command Seals from Tokiomi Tohsaka, and Gilgamesh is now Kirei Kotomine's Heroic Spirit—although this will bring him a considerable magical burden.
"It's all taken care of. No one suspects me."
Kirei Kotomine's expression remained unchanged. After causing Tokiomi Tohsaka's death, he felt no remorse. On the contrary, he felt a little amused whenever he thought of Tokiomi Tohsaka's expression before his death.
Tokiomi Tohsaka's body was given to his father, Risei Kotomine—Tokiomi Tohsaka and Risei Kotomine were friends, so it was fine to leave the body to him.
Kariya Matou's body was disposed of at a random place; Kirei Kotomine had no interest in finding a burial site for a complete stranger.
Anyway, the Matou family is basically destroyed now, the house has been seized, and the head of the family, Matou Zouken, is nowhere to be found. Kirei Kotomine is too lazy to try to find out where Matou Zouken is.
"I am more concerned about the whereabouts of Lancer and his Master than the whereabouts of the two corpses."
That's right, after a day, Kenneth and Lancer's disappearance was finally discovered.
Although ordinary people cannot break through the magic workshop barrier set up by Kenneth, his fiancée Sora quickly dispelled the barrier after returning and led people into the top-floor suite.
Then I saw an empty room and two huge pools of blood clearly visible on the floor.
Although Sora still couldn't quite believe that Kenneth and Lacner had died so easily, their disappearance and the bloodstains on the ground clearly indicated that they were likely dead.
Of course, Sora was unwilling to believe it, mainly because Lacner played a larger role in it.
However, Kirei Kotomine was not so easily convinced that Kenneth and Lancer were truly dead—after all, feigning death to withdraw was a common tactic in the Holy Grail War.
In fact, Tokiomi Tohsaka had considered faking his death to completely hide Kirei Kotomine's Assassin abilities, but before the plan could be carried out, he was stabbed to death by Kariya Matou.
Kirei Kotomine originally had no desire for the Holy Grail, but now he has found his purpose in life: to enjoy the death of others and derive pleasure from it.
For this goal, he wouldn't mind fighting for the Holy Grail.
"Hmph, a bunch of useless bastards are just having a lowly fight. Kirei, there's no need to think so much about it."
When Gilgamesh saw that Kirei Kotomine seemed to care a lot about Kenneth's death, he swirled the wine in his glass and took a small sip of what he considered to be a rather unpalatable wine.
"Find the enemy, kill him, and the Holy Grail War is just that simple."
As one of the best Heroic Spirits, Gilgamesh possesses the strength and confidence to look down on the vast majority of Heroic Spirits.
As he spoke, Gilgamesh glanced at Kirei Kotomine's hands—because he had stolen Tokiomi Tohsaka's Command Seals, Kirei's hands now bore red marks:
"Also, you can give up on that inferior Assassin of yours. Those bastards have taken up a portion of your magic power, which has reduced the amount of magic power you can supply to me."
Heroic Spirits need the Master's magical energy to maintain their Servant status.
Although Gilgamesh, as an Archer, possesses the class ability of "autonomous action" and can act independently of his Master's mana supply for a period of time, he cannot unleash his full power in that way.
"I think he makes a lot of sense. Why don't we just call all the Assassins together and deal with them?"
A male voice also rang out in the room, echoing Gilgamesh's words.
"Anyway, those guys are useless except for gathering intelligence."
“See, Kirei, I’m not the only one who thinks this way.”
Gilgamesh's face showed a satisfied expression, probably because his views had been agreed upon by others.
"Well said, as expected of... hmm?"
Gilgamesh was about to praise the person who agreed with him as a king, but as soon as he spoke, he realized something was wrong.
Who was speaking just now?
There are only Kirei Kotomine and Gilgamesh in the room now, but the sentence just now was obviously not said by either of them.
"Sorry, it was me speaking."
The next moment, Qin Chuan's figure appeared out of nowhere from the corner of the basement, with Rin Tohsaka nestled in his arms.
Of course, if Kirei Kotomine and Gilgamesh could see the Stand, they would see that Qin Chuan actually came out of the Black Bird's body.
Although she has obtained the "Presence Concealment" ability, this ability only works on herself and cannot hide Rin Tohsaka's body and presence.
So Qin Chuan used the same old trick, hiding himself and Rin Tohsaka in the alternate dimension of "Black Bird Void Miasma" and sneaking into the Tohsaka family's basement.
At this moment, Rin Tohsaka's face was filled with uncontrollable rage.
This is the Tohsaka family's territory, yet Kirei Kotomine has usurped it and made it his base.
Furthermore, the conversation between Kirei Kotomine and Gilgamesh just now made Rin Tohsaka realize this as well.
Kirei Kotomine didn't fail to protect Tokiomi Tohsaka; rather, Tokiomi's death was directly related to him.
This caused Rin Tohsaka's hatred for Kirei Kotomine to reach its peak. Originally, she just thought Kirei Kotomine was a difficult person to communicate with, but now it seems that he is a complete jerk.
"Berserker! Kill them!"
Rin Tohsaka glared fiercely at Kirei Kotomine and Gilgamesh, uttering words that were completely inappropriate for a child to say.
Perhaps because the scene of Qin Chuan killing Kenneth and Lacner was still vivid in her mind, Rin Tohsaka found it easier to accept this kind of behavior.
Upon hearing Rin Tohsaka's shout, Kirei Kotomine's expression immediately changed, while Gilgamesh beside him also became serious.
Chapter 144 Gilgamesh the Guinea Pig
Qin Chuan put immense pressure on Gilgamesh—although Gilgamesh looked down on everyone, he was also a man who had clashed with the gods in mythology.
Although he harbored malice towards those gods, Gilgamesh was well aware of just how powerful they were.
Now, facing Qin Chuan, Gilgamesh felt a pressure far stronger than that of the gods, which even made him instinctively want to "escape".
But Gilgamesh's pride as a king wouldn't allow him to run away, so he finally stood there, looking at Qin Chuan with a serious expression.
Qin Chuan stood there motionless, seemingly conserving his energy, which made Gilgamesh and Kirei Kotomine hesitate to make any rash moves.
But the next moment, Gilgamesh's expression changed, and he felt a terrifying threat surge into his heart.
Following his instincts, he quickly jumped to the side, somewhat awkwardly avoiding the spot where he had just been standing.
The next moment, an invisible force erased the space where Gilgamesh had been standing, and it was vaguely visible that a spherical space had been swallowed by something.
If Gilgamesh had been standing there motionless, he would probably be nothing but limbs and head by now, his body in the middle would have disappeared.
"It's the ability to annihilate space! This guy has devoured space!"
Gilgamesh couldn't see his Stand, and cold sweat dripped down his forehead—just now, he had almost been instantly killed by Qin Chuan before he could even react.
The black bird was right where he had just been standing. Although the black bird moved in front of Gilgamesh in an instant, the time it took to activate "Void Miasma" allowed him to escape.
"You were even able to sense and escape the sub-space miasma."
Qin Chuan frowned upon seeing this scene. In fact, if he had just let Blackbird throw a punch, it would have been enough to smash Gilgamesh's head.
However, he did not do that. He wanted to take this opportunity to test the effectiveness of abilities such as sub-vapor miasma in actual combat.
Regardless, "Void Miasma," as a spatial ability, is undeniably true damage. If it can successfully hit Frieza, it might inflict unexpected harm on him.
However, seeing that Gilgamesh could dodge "Void Miasma" in the first place, Qin Chuan couldn't help but feel somewhat dissatisfied with the skill's pre-cast animation.
Although Blackbird's speed was inherited from Qin Chuan, Gilgamesh was unable to react to Blackbird's speed...
However, there is a very small time interval between the activation and the effect of the "sub-vapor miasma"—if the reaction speed is fast enough, it is possible to escape the range of space eliminated by the "sub-vapor miasma" in the first instant.
Even Polnareff, whose physical abilities were only at the level of an ordinary person in the third part of the original JOJO manga, avoided direct damage from the Void Miasma more than once, which shows how long the build-up to this ability is.
Gilgamesh's strength is naturally incomparable to Frieza's. If even Gilgamesh can dodge the "Void Miasma," then Frieza can certainly dodge it as well.
"Damn it, you bastard..."
Gilgamesh stared fiercely at Qin Chuan. The way Qin Chuan had forced him to dodge and evade earlier filled him with murderous intent.
He also realized that Qin Chuan could have actually killed him directly, but he deliberately didn't, as if he was just using him to test something.
This act of treating him like a guinea pig made Gilgamesh feel insulted.
"Yay! Berserker! Take him down!"
Rin Tohsaka, who was being held in Qin Chuan's arms, was unaware of all the intricacies of the situation. She was naturally overjoyed to see Qin Chuan defeat Kirei Kotomine's heroic spirit with a single move, forcing him to flee in disarray.
She probably doesn't know that Gilgamesh is actually Tokiomi Tohsaka's Servant, someone Kirei Kotomine stole from her deceased father.
However, before Rin Tohsaka could utter her next sentence, Kirei Kotomine made his move.
The moment he saw Rin Tohsaka, he realized that Qin Chuan must be Rin Tohsaka's Heroic Spirit, so his target was very straightforward - he picked up the black key and stabbed at Rin Tohsaka!
Qin Chuan was too strong; even Gilgamesh was manipulated by him. Therefore, Kirei Kotomine naturally felt that the only chance of victory was to kill Rin Tohsaka, his Master.
That spatial slash was so powerful that even the proud Gilgamesh was forced to dodge in a sorry state. In Kirei Kotomine's opinion, it must be a move that shouldn't be used casually.
Therefore, Qin Chuan is likely in a vulnerable period right now, which is a good opportunity for him to launch a sneak attack on Rin Tohsaka!
However, after rushing forward a few steps, he felt a sharp pain coming from his heart.
He looked up and saw Qin Chuan raise a finger at him—that finger seemed to be emitting light, and then that light pierced directly through his heart.
It was Qin Chuan imitating Frieza's "Death Beam" technique—emitting a high-concentration beam of energy from his fingers to pierce through his opponent. In the original work, Vegeta's first death was caused by this technique.
It's quite worth it for Kirei Kotomine to die from the same technique used by Vegeta.
"cough……!"
With his heart pierced, Kirei Kotomine stopped in his tracks, then coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, his pupils dilating.
I finally found a spark of excitement in the deaths of Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kariya Matou, but before I could gain any more pleasure, I lost my life so easily.
If you have to blame someone, blame Kirei Kotomine for not being of much value to Qin Chuan anymore.
What other abilities does his Servant Assassin have that are worth acquiring? Gilgamesh, being an Archer, possesses the class ability of "acting alone," meaning he can survive for a period of time even without his Master.
This period of time was enough for Qin Chuan to use "Blackbird" to devour Gilgamesh.
Kirei Kotomine's death was his own doing, and Gilgamesh didn't care much about it—although he thought Kirei Kotomine was someone who could bring him some amusement, but that was all.
Therefore, Gilgamesh didn't even glance at Kirei Kotomine's death; instead, he used this opportunity to activate his Noble Phantasm:
"Enkidu!"
Numerous golden ripples appeared in the void, and from within these ripples, several chains were suddenly flung out, binding Qin Chuan's body tightly.
But as Gilgamesh was bound by the Chains of Heaven, his heart sank.
The binding power of the Heavenly Lock... has not been strengthened, which means that Qin Chuan does not possess divinity!
He originally thought that Qin Chuan possessed such terrifying power, which brought him a greater sense of oppression than the gods of the past, so he must also be related to the gods.
But now it seems he was overthinking things.
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