The new capital of Dongmu City——

This residential area to the east of the Fuengawa River is a new town that was originally built by developing the wilderness during the period of high growth. Although it was not planned as a deep mountain town with a deep sense of history, the government and the public planned to build a modern commercial street using the ruins of the state-owned railway, and Fuyuki was facing a large-scale redevelopment action.

Although 40% of the buildings that will become commercial streets are still unfinished, the park and shopping mall in front of the station are about to open. The new city that is about to be built will be unveiled with a clean and pale, gorgeous but characterless look. The city government has also gradually moved to the new capital, and steel, glass and paint have been combined into various modern buildings. The urban functions of this mountainous city are gradually being forced to change.

Because it was the afternoon of the rest day, there were a lot of people on the streets today. The unforgiving temperature of the north wind is like an indifferent attitude between people. Emiya Kiritsugu stood out in such a crowd, drowning in the crowd like a transparent existence.

His T-shirt and coat looked a little old, he didn't carry any luggage with him, he walked unhurriedly, and no one would think he was a foreigner.

Since entering the country, he has traveled to the new capital of Fuyuki City on foot, and because Japan is his birthplace after a long absence, he has easily become accustomed to the environment.

Just now, he involuntarily bought a pack of cigarettes at the vending machine. He looked at the cigarette case, and his feelings became complicated.

It's been nine years since I quit smoking, partly because I can't afford the good cigarettes I'm used to in distant Einzberen, and partly because I don't want my wife and daughter to worry about me anymore, and because my mind is full of the battle that is coming.

The moment Kiritsugu stood on the Tateki platform, he habitually slipped coins into the vending machine.

After sorting out his mood and buying a disposable lighter from a convenience store on the side of the road, he opened the box of cigarettes, and the white filter made him feel dazzling for a while.

Shove a cigarette into your mouth, light a fire, quit smoking for nearly a decade, and at this time these actions are done in one go, quietly inhaling the calming aroma, which tastes as familiar and intimate as if you had tasted it yesterday.

“……”

Experiencing the complex and authentic state of mind brought about by the smoke, Kiritsugu began to re-examine the various scenes around him.

Although he secretly came here three years ago to investigate, compared to that time, Fuyuki City today has completely changed, and although the change is expected, the degree of change is far beyond his imagination.

It seems that it is necessary to reconfirm the geographical environment of the neighborhood.

Kiritsugu wasn't very interested in the change of districts, and he thought about countermeasures and arrived at his destination, an inn.

Only the lobby and reception desk of this hostel are decent. At best, it's a cheap hostel that is the equivalent of a business hotel, and its customers range from family travelers to men and women with one-night stands. And because of this, it is the best place to hide your identity.

Kiritsugu calmly walked through the hall and took the elevator to the seventh floor. Three days ago, his faithful subordinates should have been waiting in Room 703.

Relationship with Maiya Kuyu. In the language of the magician world, it should probably be called "master and apprentice".

Kiritsugu himself has never regarded magic as an object of his own exploration, but only as a "method" to learn in battle, so in his mind, there has never been a concept of master and apprentice.

Kiritsugu simply taught Maiya what he knew about the "means of fighting", and this was only because Maiya himself was also an integral part of his "means".

No one knew where the Holy Grail was, and people were fighting desperately to fulfill their dreams that they knew they couldn't realize.

Therefore, the relationship between Kiritsugu and Maiya is even earlier than Alice Phil. The other side of his blood debt didn't even know about his wife, but Maiya, who had fought with him, knew it clearly.

He knocked on the door of Room 703 with the agreed coded rhythm, and the door opened as if waiting for his arrival. There was no superfluous greeting with the people in the house, and only exchanged glances and ended the moment of meeting again. Kiritsugu walked into the house in silence and closed the door.

Kiritsugu's contact with Maiya is also frequent, and since Kiritsugu retired from the front line, she has been on the field in preparation for the Holy Grail War according to his instructions, and she has also traveled to Einzberen several times to discuss matters with him.

Although Maiya is a beauty with good facial features, she never wears makeup. Her elongated eyes often give a cold feeling. Although her silky black hair may have fascinated many men, as long as she has a sharp look, no matter what man will give up the idea of approaching her.

Unknowingly, the two have been working together for more than ten years, although she was just a little girl when they first met, but once she peeled off the immaturity of her appearance, her innate sharpness began to be revealed.

Working with this kind of beauty, ordinary people are likely to feel tired due to excessive stress, but Kiritsugu is the opposite, Maiya is always able to make correct and unchangeable judgments based on the situation at the time, and Kiritsugu is by her side, but he has never been ashamed of his meanness, nor has he ever hated her coldness. Perhaps, this is also a sense of "peace of mind".

"Last night, there was an operation in the Tosaka Mansion." Maiya went straight to the point as soon as she spoke.

"A video recording has been made, please confirm, and besides, all the equipment has arrived."

"Okay, report the situation first."

Maiya nodded, picked up the TV's remote control, and pressed the switch.

In the magic techniques taught by Kiritsugu, Maiya showed a talent for manipulating low-level demons, and because of this, Kiritsugu often entrusted her with the task of probing and scouting.

Maiya's most proud demon is a bat, but unlike other magicians, her bat belly has an ultra-small CCD camera, of course, this is the method that Kiritsugu came up with, because magicians often use illusions, enchantment camouflage, or hints to confuse others, so almost no one thinks of guarding against electronic devices, and video can be used as a powerful evidence in the future, except for the disadvantage of making the magic action cumbersome, and using a camera is a very effective method.

In the thirteen-inch screen, a part of the Tosaka Mansion last night was recorded from beginning to end, although it was not clear enough, but it was enough to make people figure out what was going on, only to see a Servant wearing a skull mask helplessly wiped out by the Golden Servant, Kiritsugu didn't even move his eyebrows, confirming the fact.

The white mask worn by the defeated Servant shows the rank mark of the assassin.

"What do you think of such a start?"

"It seems perfect." Maiya immediately answered Kiritsugu's question.

"The time between the beginning of the assassin's materialization and the attack of the Servant in Tosaka is too short, and it can only be considered that it has been in a standby state, if it is easy to understand because it has long been aware of the intruder in the spirit state, but after all, the assassin has the skill of blocking the breath, so it is difficult to imagine...... I think Tosaka knew in advance that there would be invasion. ”

Kiritsugu nodded. is worthy of the subordinates he taught, and the ideas are exactly the same as his own.

"If you think about it this way, it's incredible, since Tosaka has time to wait for the enemy to come to the door, why don't you use this time to go out directly to meet it, but deliberately show the Servant."

The Tosaka family had experienced the second and third Holy Grail battles, and their owners must have been familiar with the theories and doctrines of war, so it was impossible for him not to know that his home base, Tosaka Mansion, was being watched by others.

However, Tosaka Toshitomi did not hesitate to send the Servant, which was definitely the next step in the eyes of ordinary people.

The so-called Holy Grail War is a duel between the famous Heroic Warriors in the past, and what those heroes inherited contains some tactical essentials and weaknesses in most cases, that is, the Heroic Spirits have exposed their skills and weaknesses at the beginning.

"Because of this, in the Servant War, the true identity of the Heroic Spirit must be maintained, so when calling the Heroic Spirit, he is never called by his real name, but uses his rank."

Last night, however, Tosaka unreservedly used servant and similar kills, and while this was not a fatal mistake, it could have been easily evaded, such as luring the assassin into the mansion and then starting a fight, and Tosaka didn't even care if he was being watched.

"Something that should be kept secret was seen, maybe because I wanted to show it to others in the first place."

For Maiya's words. Kiritsugu nodded again.

Indeed, if you do this, what kind of value will it be to whom, and the answer to this question comes out after thinking about it...... Maiya, what happened to the Master of the assassin. ”

"I took refuge in the church last night and was protected by an overseer, and it is said that the priest's name is Yan Feng Qili."

Hearing the name, Kiritsugu seemed to have a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Maimi, arrange a demon envoy to the Fuyuki Church, just one first."

"Is that okay? It is strictly forbidden for the Master to interfere with the inviolability zone of the Church. ”

"Get as close as you can without being detected by the priest, without too much control and without letting it do anything."

Kiritsugu's instructions made Maiya a little dazed, and she couldn't help but frown.

"So it's not for the purpose of spying on the church?"

"Just act like you're watching, or be careful and hide in a place where no one can find you."

"Yes, I see."

Even if she couldn't understand Kiritsugu's intentions, Maiya would never ask for it, and she immediately sent a message to one of the bats that was monitoring the Tosaka Mansion, ordering it to fly to the Fuyuki Church outside the new capital.

Kiritsugu turned off the TV and began to check the equipment that Maiya had prepared.

The items waiting for Kiritsugu to inspect were neatly arranged on the bed, but there were no props that a magician could use, not even a short sword, a cup or other sacrificial utensils, or amulets, fairy grass, or spirit stones, nothing.

There are only cutting-edge weapons with the highest performance that have been selected from thousands of places, and other than that, they are all just ordinary weapons, and none of them have magical power.

These are the heretical practices used by the magician known as the killer of magicians, Emiya Kiritsugu.

The greatest weakness of magicians is their arrogance, and they have no doubt that they are the intermediary between mystery and human intelligence, and they are convinced that the only person who can threaten them is the same magician, except for God.

So when they are faced with a battle, they will only pay attention to all kinds of magic. They can see through any magic trick that has not even been performed. Therefore, in their eyes, as long as they have keen perception and perfect anti-demon countermeasures, they are equivalent to mastering the key to victory. This is the key to any magician's invariability.

As a result, they ignore purely physical attacks that don't rely on magic, no matter how sharp the blade, no matter how powerful the bullet, as long as it doesn't touch their own body, they are completely not afraid, so as long as they use magic to cast illusions, paralysis, and even enchantments before, they can crack those low-level attacks.

They despise science and technology, yet most magicians never realize how far humans can go without magic.

Only surprise can win, and through battles with multiple magicians, Kiritsugu comes up with a formula: to defeat magicians, you can't rely on magic.

He used this formula to answer Fuyuki's Holy Grail War, and the answer was the equipment that Maiya had ordered to prepare, and the most striking of these things was a rifle in the center of the bed, a rifle with the fragrance of gun oil, a work of art that perfectly combined the craftsmanship of craftsmen with the latest electronic technology and a brutal and manic appearance.

A Washer WA2000 semi-automatic sniper rifle, as well as the latest equipment of the U.S. military AN/PVS04 night vision goggles, next to it, is a Spiket lR thermal induction night vision device used to assist......

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A tragic hotel in Fuyuki City that is destined to be blown up......

"Yo Xi, it's almost time for today, let's go, Ziggy, it's almost time for your first battle." Naraku took a sip of the remaining rum from the wine glass he was holding, then got up from the couch and said, "The opponent is here to kill you, and it's not too weak, so don't think you can win by showing mercy to your men." ”

"Hey!" Zig, who got up from the sofa opposite Naraku, instantly finished dressing up in protective clothing, and Zig, who entered the combat state, was completely different from usual, and he was completely heroic, so he could be said to be a real warrior.