Chapter 55: Meaningless
Wait, you ...... Can you grasp the enemy's movements from such a distance? ”
Saber couldn't help but feel shocked, she didn't know what the spell that the magician had whispered just now was, and she couldn't even tell what the language was.
But it was clear that it played the same role as the principle of radar interception, and the range and distance were obviously excessive, and she even suspected that the other party had scanned the entire Fuyuki City in an instant.
In this case, wouldn't the other party already know everything that was happening in the city?
"No, the accuracy is highest within a few kilometers of the surrounding area, and at that distance, the vitality of a mouse in the sewer can be fully seen......"
Xia Ran seemed to see her consternation, shook her head, and explained directly.
"But the more the range increases, the more accurate it decreases, and if it weren't for the fact that the Servant's magic reaction is obvious, like a dazzling light bulb, it would be difficult for me to detect it from such a distance."
"That's right......"
Saber subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, she was afraid that this guy would directly find out that Alice Phil's breath was not in the Willow Cave Temple, or that Alice Phil's aura also appeared near the location of Rider, Lancer and others, so it would be difficult to explain.
It's just that after thinking about it, she couldn't help but get entangled again, if this person didn't know, then she couldn't be sure what Alice Field's current situation was.
Did Rider and Lancer successfully snatch someone from the Willow Cave Temple but were attacked while retreating, or did the plan fail and be attacked while retreating?
Or maybe he just hasn't had time to start his plan, but on the way to Liudong Temple, he was targeted by Gilgamesh?
She couldn't even be sure of anything now, not even where Alice Fell was or what the situation was...... Is it in the Liudong Temple? Or have you been rescued and encountered new dangers?
"Yanye, you take Berserker back to Liudong Temple first, although I don't have any bad premonitions now, and the contract between Caster and Assassin has not changed, but just in case, you should go back and keep an eye on it......"
Xia Ran thought for a moment, and then made such an arrangement for the dull-eyed Jian Tong Yanye.
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"I don't know what special meaning Tosaka Tokitomi has to you, but don't forget that you chose to devote yourself to this Holy Grail War in the first place to protect Sakura, don't drop the chain at this last moment!"
Finding that Tong Yanye couldn't react a little, Xia Ran immediately sighed, and then slightly accentuated his tone.
"Sakura-chan!" The remaining eyes of Jian Tong Yan Ye flashed, and finally came back to his senses, he took a deep breath of the cold air of this winter night, and nodded solemnly, "I understand, I'll go back ......"
He was woken up all of a sudden, and finally reacted-
Why should he be so grieved by the death of Tosaka Tokitoki? Although he also felt that the sudden death of this man must be a big blow to the two sisters, Aoi and Sakura, but after all, it was not his hand, but Yan Feng Qili's brain suddenly twitched, and he just listened to the bewitchment of a psychopath.
He can restrain his killing intent and kill Tosaka Shichen personally without using his hands, he is already very considerate of his beloved woman, which can be called benevolence and righteousness.
You can't ask him to never hurt Tosaka Tokitoki, and when Tosaka Toshitomi is hurt by others, he has to do his best to protect that man, once he doesn't protect it, it's his responsibility and fault, right?
There is no such reason, there is a difference between a responsible man and a bottomless licking dog.
In order to protect Aoi and prevent her from becoming a reproductive machine after being married into the Tong family, after giving birth to a child, she will be thrown into the underground worm bank by the old pervert to feed the insects, and even the child she gives birth to must be regarded as a placenta...... So back then, he could only give up his beloved and not fight with Tosaka.
And after Sakura was sent to the hell of the Maki family by Tosaka Tokitomi, and suffered the fate he once refused, for the sake of his beloved woman, and in order to save his uneasy conscience, Maki Yanya decisively jumped into the hell that he was able to escape from when he risked his life to resist, just to take Sakura's future back.
It's already this step, and he can't be asked to take on more, he can risk his life to protect Aoi Tosaka, as well as the two sisters Rin and Sakura, and he will not hesitate to ......
But Tosaka Tokitomi, who took away all his happiness and smashed the happiness that he couldn't get until he died, sent him to hell, and behaved as if he was abandoned, was definitely not within the scope of the night love house and Wu of the house.
Aoi Tosaka may really be hit hard, but now that things have happened, and he didn't do it, he doesn't need to be ashamed of such a thing at all, the most important thing now is to protect Sakura.
If it's for the sake of that guy who is already dead, he hasn't been able to come back to his senses, causing something to go wrong on Sakura's side, and Ma Tong Yanya definitely has the heart to kill himself......
"Saber, you also go back to Liudong Temple to guard the ......" Xia Ran glanced at the knight girl and calmly issued the command, "I'll go over and see for myself what the hell is going on." ”
"Wait, you're going to scout on your own?" Saber raised her voice incredulously, another command she didn't expect.
"That's right, it's more convenient...... Xia Ran nodded, his tone was still calm, and he couldn't see any difference, "And I called you out, it was originally just to raid Gilgamesh, but now there are no conditions for an assault, you can go back......"
It's too dangerous, I'd better go with you......" Saber's expression changed slightly, and she had a hunch that Alice Phil might not be in the Willow Cave Temple now.
It's even very likely that something went wrong at the Fuyuki Bridge, but she can't confirm it, it's just a feeling. But even the feeling can't be ignored, maybe this is the time she is missing.
If Alice Fell had stayed safely in the Liudong Temple, there would have been no problem, at most she would have run away in vain on a snowy night outside.
But if you consider the worst-case scenario, Alice Phil has already encountered danger at this time, but she did not rush to the scene at the first time, but returned to Liudong Temple. Coupled with the fact that the Ryudong Temple has been attacked, the Servant who remains behind must suspect that there is something wrong with her.
At that time, once entangled, she said that it would be impossible to get out of anything, and it was very likely that the night would pass after being delayed like this, and it was really cold daylily......
"No need, it's convenient for me to act alone, after all, you can't be spiritualized......" Xia Ran glanced at the girl, and calmly hit the nail on the head.
"......," Artoria was speechless.
This is indeed her greatest weakness, which is that she is unable to be spiritualized like the other Servants.
Because under normal circumstances, the Heroic Spirits summoned by humans are only clones of the Heroic Spirits, borrowing their information from the Heroic Spirits in the constellation Valhalla, and then pouring these information or souls into the framework of "ranks", and the Heroic Spirits clones produced are Servants.
When the Servant dies or completes the task, the information that makes up the Servant will return to Valhalla, back to the Being, and the Entity can know the actions of its doppelganger in the present world in a recorded way like reading a book, that is, know what it has done.
But Artoria is different, she is not technically a Heroic Doppelganger, not even a Heroic Spirit.
Although not fully alive, she was not completely dead, she was only summoned to this plane in her pre-death state. In other words, she is a living person who was frozen before she died, and she is not a heroic spirit, so how can she be spiritualized?
"Actually, don't force yourself, Saber, I also know that you don't think of me as your master at all, just like when you just asked me to come out, didn't you reluctantly? Now you can go back. ”
Xia Ran saw that Saber still wanted to say something, so he said very understandingly.
"Sorry, Master, I have a reason why I have to go this time!"
Seeing that there was no way to go on like this, and her intuition had begun to faintly warn, the knight girl finally made up her mind, abruptly interrupted the magician's words, gritted her teeth and clenched her fists and swore solemnly.
"As for the reason, I'll confess to you later...... I can promise that after this time, I will offer you my sword! ”
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After dark, the snow falls on the other side of the city.
"Can you hear me, woman?"
In the empty Fuyuki Civic Hall, Yan Feng Qili stared at the darkness emptily, and did not look at the android who had just been rudely thrown to the floor by Gilgamesh.
Although he was talking, and the object of his speech was obviously the other party.
The artificial woman let out a silent cry of grief, blood gushing from her throat, accompanied by a faint moan of pain, she was in a terrible state, after all, the mongrel king did not have good character to treat his captives well, and he especially hated androids.
Therefore, although she was brought to the Fuyuki Civic Hall alive, Alice Phil's injuries were already very dangerous, not only was her abdomen pierced with a sharp weapon causing a lot of blood loss, but one of her arms was obviously bent at an angle that a normal person could not have, which was obviously broken......
If her body hadn't been carefully crafted by alchemy, then for ordinary people, such an injury would have been fatal enough in a matter of minutes.
And Gilgamesh, who caused all this, told her very contemptuously that if it weren't for Yan Feng Qili's request to keep her alive and let her see clearly who was eyeing Emiya Kiritsugu.
Then, as a noble hero, the king will definitely torture and kill her with even more cruel means, so as to vent the anger and hatred in the heart of his supreme king-
After all, an artificial man or something, such a mongrel is really annoying, just the existence will stain the noble eyes.
"Yan Feng Qili, as I thought, it was really you ......" Alice Phil struggled to distinguish the speaker in the dark, her empty eyes lost focus, and her vision was significantly weakened, but she still judged the voice of the enemy. 、
"Oh? You seem familiar with me? ”
"I've heard my husband say you're a person...... His heart and distortions have long been seen through by him, and it is because of this that he will be wary of you and regard you as his worst enemy......"
Although Alice Phil was aware of her fate, she was not afraid at all, she had long been mentally prepared to die at any time, and she had no intention of surviving, so her tone was very calm.
And so it was, I said...... If anyone can understand me, that person must be the same kind of person as me, and it seems that Emiya Kiritsugu has lived up to my expectations. Yan Feng Qili nodded with satisfaction. Thank you, woman. For me, this is good news, and the man Kiritsugu Emiya is exactly what I imagined. ”
"Stupid, you want to say you understand him? You're just a guy who can't even match his heels. Alice Phil sneered mercilessly, "He can see through you, but you can't guess him, Yan Feng Qili, what exists in my husband's spirit, you have no ......."
"Indeed, I am an empty man, with nothing." Yan Feng Qili seemed to hear something funny, "But is that man any different from me?" He is just a man who knows how to devote himself to meaningless futility, and does not get anything of value from it, but only repeats the killing......"
"That's why you can't understand it. This is the difference between you and Him, the presence or absence of faith. Alice Fell said firmly.
"Oh, so you understand him very well? Doll, if you can answer it, let's say, why is Emiya Kiritsugu pursuing the Holy Grail? What is the wish of the wish machine that the guy pins on the wish machine!? ”
Yan Feng Qili couldn't help but wonder, what kind of person did Emiya Kiritsugu pretend to be in front of this puppet.
"My husband's long-cherished wish is to save humanity, to put an end to all wars and bloodshed, and to achieve eternal world peace." Alice Fell muttered, unswervingly supporting her husband, her knight's ideals.
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A few seconds later, Yan Fengqili burst out laughing: "What is this?" You're just a tool for that man to fulfill his wishes, and you even believe in such babbling? ”
"Shut up! As a wife, I bore him a baby. During these nine years, I watched his heart and shared his troubles...... The love he gave me was everything to me. This is something that no one can insult. The android stared at him angrily.
"That's why I can't understand ah, if Emiya Kiritsugu really loves you as a wife, why would he say that he sacrificed you for some eternal world peace?"
Yan Feng Qili tried his best to keep calm, anger was swelling in his heart, his question was answered, and his expectation turned into disappointment-
"Isn't that meaningless or what? The so-called ideal of Emiya Kiritsugu cannot be called an ideal from the beginning, it is just a child's stupid dream! ”
He Huo Ran stood up from his chair: "We saved that Lancer's life, and then he will bring Emiya Kiritsugu here...... At that time, it will be up to me to crush the ideals of this man who has blocked everything in miracles! ”