Chapter 4: The Collapsed World

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It took less than five minutes to arrive at the scene, and what you saw was a world full of devastation. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The original height of the collapsed building was more than one hundred and fifty meters, and the number of floors that Kenes lived on was the highest one, with thirty-two floors.

It used to be the tallest building in Fuyuki City. Now, it's just a pile of rubble.

It's despicable.

Rod's hand couldn't help but tremble, what the hell is this?

There are no bodies to be seen, because most of the dead don't have time to escape the building, right?, but the mere sight of the wounded and dead has already turned the night sky into a world of mourning.

The mother who hugged her daughter and cried, reached out in vain to the outside world but was buried by the dead.

What kind of fault should they be involved in?

Emiya Kiritsugu?

"Master... out of the ruins, nothing..."

If he could, Rhodes would have wanted to put the man who had caused all this to death, but now he couldn't even find it.

I guess I fled, right?

Gritting his teeth, but there is nothing he can do. Rhodes wasn't good at searching, and if he had to find it himself, it would be futile.

"No, knight, pay attention to your surroundings"

However, there has been progress on the Qili side.

As a former agent himself, he seems to have found his target after searching for and hunting heretics?

“master？”

"I'm going to force Emiya Kiritsugu out"

It was a calm tone, but it was full of excitement that was about to explode. Rod didn't know what Qili was thinking, but he grasped the general meaning.

Qili, did you catch the bait?

But...

"Rod?"

"No, it's okay, Tia..."

Can it really be elicited out?

Rhodes looked gloomily at the ruins where smoke was still rising, and the fire truck in the distance was still some time away from arriving, and the search and rescue work could not be launched immediately.

And... Even if there are still people alive under the rubble, there must be people who can't be saved, right?

It's not like you're going to be able to save it right away...

The faint cry inside is intermittently transmitted outward, but this cry will soon stop.

So...

Rod closed his eyes.

"I see, master, at your disposal. ”

Then he lifted his armor and stepped out of the shadows.

"Let me come"

Completely ignoring the shouts and advice of others, he shook off his arm and walked to the reinforced concrete cemetery, into the huge gap that had accumulated after the collapse, and Rod realized that he had made a wrong choice.

"Tia, it's up to you to search and rescue"

"Understood~"

However, there will be no regrets.

If you're still around, I'd like to see if you can give up on these people a second time in order to annihilate me.

Gritting his teeth, Rhodes reached out and pressed down on a block of concrete in front of him, and the devastating magic that erupted instantly turned the obstacle into dust.

The cyan wind elves flew into the cracks and began to search for every trace of life that was still active, and Rhodes trudged through this miserable world that would continue to collapse at any moment.

Soon, he found his first person, a child.

"Are you alright?"

The child's face still had tears of despair, but now it was mixed with hope. He was only about ten years old at most, still in elementary school.

A steel drill pierced the child's thigh, and blood trickled from the fatal wound.

If you have this amount...

"I'm asking you..."

With the most tender smile possible, Rod held out his hand.

"Do you believe in miracles?"

The next moment, the holy blue wind blade cut off the steel drill.

Even children of this age know that this is not a normal thing, absolutely, absolutely...

"Magic, magic?"

Even in a pale state, the child who was picked up by Rhodes still grabbed the front of Rhodes' trench coat with difficulty, and was a little persistently curious.

"Oh no..."

Rod smiled.

"This is called a miracle, do you believe in miracles?"

"Well..."

"That's great, you have to believe it forever..."

Now, Rodritte, I want to cry...

Walking out of this oppressive ruin, in the cheers and exclamations from the pavement, a faint sense of satisfaction further urged Rod's sense of mission.

"Keep it a secret..."

In the blink of an eye, Rhodes handed the boy over to the volunteers who had run to this side, and as they began to scramble for emergency treatment, he turned back and walked back to the ruins.

Maybe I'm not a savior, but the person who lends a hand shouldn't be the only savior...

There is still no communication on Qili's side, and Emiya Kiritsugu is indeed a despicable and sinister coward.

But... Why am I glad?

Pressing his chest, before stepping into the last moment of the shadow of the building, Rhodes pressed the position of the heart on his chest, a little uncomfortable.

"How's it going, Tia?"

"Seventy-one people are still alive, what should I do?

"Ahh

It's never about being perfect, so it's okay to be the best and then always want to improve.

・・・

"Stupid..."

Rhodes didn't know it.

Emiya Kiritsugu was looking at himself not far away.

As early as the moment he had just stepped out of the shadows, Emiya Kiritsugu had already noticed the fluctuation of magic power in that moment, and when he looked over, he recognized the heroic spirit that had appeared on the battlefield yesterday.

Saber's past vassals?

Rodritte Saltitius, even in history, was a hopeless idealist, a man who finally gave his life for his naïve ideals.

An undoubted hero, but also an undoubted fool.

Even if modern history is not stingy with the most beautiful words when mentioning this man, Emiya Kiritsugu hates him.

This is a hypocrite.

From the beginning, he did his best to save the people he saw, and he didn't think about the people he didn't see. People who have never thought of more, just because of their own satisfaction, are struggling meaninglessly in one-sided narrow-mindedness. It's not called kindness.

He can't give unconditionally for others, and he doesn't know how to forgive, and the feat of salvation in his life is nothing but arrogant short-sightedness...

I didn't like such guys a long time ago. He is the complete opposite of Emiya Kiritsugu.

Emiya Kiritsugu is a man who can give up fifty people without hesitation in order to save fifty-one people, and that guy is someone who would rather put aside ninety-nine people elsewhere in order to save the one person in front of him...

Try your best to save everyone in front of you, and you will always win only tragedy.

Isn't he aware of it?

Quietly smoking a cigarette, Emiya Kiritsugu stared at the dusty figure walking back and forth in the ruins, trying to suppress the irritability in his heart.

Why do you hate him so much?

Emiya Kiritsugu is clearly an emotionless machine, and if it is contaminated with such a color, then there is no meaning in existence...

But...

"Cut..."

It's so dazzling...

If it was his former self, he would undoubtedly scoff at it and immediately start thinking about retreating or hunting. But not anymore...

When I saw a mother and daughter hugging and crying in the midst of the disaster, it was as if I saw Alice and Illya...

Now, if you don't have nothing and have a bond, can you still blame others?

Can you blame the figure who will save without hesitation?

Emiya Kiritsugu thought about it seriously, and then got the answer.

Yes.

Because, you can still turn back into your own nothing.

Emiya Kiritsugu, as long as he becomes a balance and becomes a machine, it's fine.

"I'm leaving..."

Emiya Kiritsugu doesn't save people, he only kills, so there's no point in staying.

He has more important things to do, in order to kill those who are harmful to more people, in order to kill those who prevent him from stopping all his sins.

It's much more important than looking at a fool senselessly.

That's right, that's it.

The path of Emiya Kiritsugu is correct.