The unnamed steel observation deck, at dawn when it is about to be completed, will be tentatively called the 38th floor of the Winterwood Center Tower.

Halfway through the construction work, only the outer layer has not yet been packaged. This high-rise commercial complex, which will become a landmark building on the ground of the new capital of Fuyuki City, is still just an empty frame of reinforced concrete, and it is violently blown by the strong wind in the night sky.

Whether it is the street lamps on the ground or the stars in the sky, they all seem so distant and dim. In the midst of this void, Maiya Kuyu fell to her knees motionless, a sniper rifle with night vision mounted on her shoulder, the muzzle of which rested on her erect left knee.

If the magician Kenneth notices Emiya's plan and escapes through the window, Maiya Kuyu, who is in ambush, will snipe at him. But as a result, this preparation was completely unfounded.

"Maiya, how's the situation over there?"

The voice of Emiya Kiritsugu on the ground was heard from Kuyu Maiya's headphones, and Kuyu Maiya, who was holding a sniper rifle in both hands, switched his mobile phone to headphone mode, freeing his hands.

"There was no movement until the last thirty-second floor. Target did not escape from the hotel. ”

Maiya Kuyu briefly reported what she had observed to Kiritsugu Emiya through the microphone next to her mouth. Although she had just witnessed a devastating devastation, there was not a hint of excitement in her voice. The surveillance mission here is over, Maiya takes the bullet from the gun that ended the mission before it has a chance to play, puts it in the box, and then puts the sniper rifle back on her back and stands up and walks down the stairs downstairs.

And it was at this time that she noticed a trace of anomaly.

It's not an ordinary anomaly, but a more ambiguous change in the atmosphere. For soldiers who have been in war for a long time, this killing intent can be clearly felt.

Maiya Kuyu pulled out her self-defense knife and pistol from the knife holster on her lap, and looked around vigilantly with them on her chest.

"It's very sensitive, miss."

Behind Maiya Kuyu, who had stopped, a low, cold male voice echoed through the empty reinforced concrete building, making it impossible to judge its provenance.

Kuyu Maiya did not answer or ask. Just calmly, using her keen intuition to find the other party's position, quickly found a place that could block her back, and aimed the pistol in her hand far in the direction from which the sound came. For a third party who exists in this place, and the person who discovered the existence of Kuyu Maiya no matter who he is, just because of this reason can become the target of Kuyu Maiya's shooting.

At that moment, something was thrown from the shadows of a pillar to the feet of Maiya Kuyu. Maiya Kuyu, who instantly pointed the muzzle of the gun at the object, quickly aimed the muzzle of the gun at the location of the thrown object after realizing that the thing that was thrown was not dangerous. But even so, Maiya Hisayu still observes what was thrown over with the corner of her eye.

"Hmph, it's good to have such an awareness."

The man hiding in the shadows said as if mocking.

Through the afterglow of her eyes, Maiya Kuyu discovers that what has been thrown over is the corpse of a bat. And judging from the fact that this bat has a camera on its belly, this should be the bat that Kuyu Maiya released as a demon That's right, this is the one that was placed next to the Fuyuki Church and lost the news. And the person who deliberately threw the carcass of this bat over. You don't have to ask to know who it is. And the other party doesn't seem to continue to hide his meaning. He slowly stepped out from behind the pillar where he was hiding, exposing himself to the sight and muzzle of the gun of Maiya Kuyu.

The man in front of him, who was full of a sense of majestic oppression, was dressed in a dark monastic robe, and Maiya Hiyuki knew him.

"Yan Feng Qi Li ......"

"Oh? I think it's the first time I've met you. So how do you know who I am? Could it be your hunch? ”

Kuyu Maiya realized her gaffe and regretted it in her heart. However, there was no reaction on the surface, and Feng Qili did not show a trace of uneasiness even in the face of the muzzle of Kuyu Maiya, and continued to speak calmly.

"In that case, you must know a lot of other things, right? It's a great place to observe the 32nd floor of the Hyatt Regency Fuyuki, and maybe some important people live there? ”

This time it was Maiya's turn to be silent. However, her heart was full of doubts, as one of the Holy Grail War Masters, she should have concealed her Yan Feng Qili, why did she deliberately appear in such a place? What is his true purpose?

On the other hand, Yan Feng Qili slightly turned his gaze to the location of the Hyatt Regency Fuyuki, which had become a ruin. He stared blankly for a moment, then let out a long sigh.

"Even then, do you want to destroy the building together? Can you still be considered a magician by this means? Or shouldn't he be a magician in the first place? ”

He knew all about this man. He knew about Emiya Kiritsu. It's as if Emiya Kiriji knows Yan Feng Qili. Jiuyu Maiya was suddenly a little surprised when she heard Yan Feng Qili's words.

"I'm the only one chattering, miss, and tell me a word, where is the man who was supposed to replace you here?"

When asked about this, Kuyu Maiya made a new judgment about Yan Feng Qili. This man is too dangerous to be killed.

"Touching ......"

Suddenly the gunshots rang out from the pistol in the hands of Maiya Kuyu, and although the 9mm caliber bullet as a military weapon was not lethal, it was not threatening enough. So in order to effectively kill the opponent, a triple shot to the abdomen is the key. Compared to the tiny lethal point that can kill instantly, attacking a location that is easy to hit makes it seem more effective to seriously injure a person. This is the iron rule of shooting as a killing technique.

However, Kuyu Maiya's bullet did not hit the internal organs under the monastic clothes, but the hard concrete floor. The action of making a dodge of Yan Feng Qili, even with incredible speed, would not be faster than the speed of a bullet supersonic, but he prejudged her thinking before Maiya Kuyu pulled the trigger and acted in advance. What should be amazed is Yan Feng Qili's judgment of tactics. Reads the timing of Maiya's shooting, so as to avoid the bullets, which is beyond the ability of ordinary people even in the realm of magic.

And that's not all.

The person who turned over and dodged at that moment was not Yan Feng Yan Feng Qili, but Jiuyu Jiuyu Maiya. Her right hand was stained with blood, and the pistol that was supposed to be in her hand fell to the ground with a metallic sound. And her gaze full of surprise was fixed on the pillar against which she had been leaning her back. The blade that was stuck in the pillar shone with a cold glow.

The blade is a meter long, reminiscent of a fencing weapon, and as a sword, it has a very short hilt, and it is a throwing weapon reserved for the Templar Church's vicarators, known as the Black Key. Just now, this was the one who scratched the back of Kuyu Maiya's right hand and shot down her pistol.

Yan Feng Qili actually threw this weapon while dodging the pistol bullets.

Although it is a weapon thrown by hand. But it has the power to pierce through reinforced concrete. But even so, he only shot down Kuyu Maiya's pistol, and did not mean to take his life. I am afraid that the purpose of deliberately using such a large amount of power is to seize the opponent's weapons and destroy the opponent's fighting spirit. It's best to capture the other party alive, after all, Kuyu Maiya hasn't answered the question raised by Yan Feng Qili just now.