Yan Feng Qili's sudden attack really caught Weigong Kiritsu off guard.

In a nervous and anxious state, Emiya Kiritsugu involuntarily smoked half a pack of cigarettes in a row before reorganizing his emotions.

Just as Emiya Kiritsugu was about to investigate where Kiri Mine might be hiding, a strange owl landed in front of Emiya Kiritsugu in the castle of Einzberen.

"Demons?"

The owl is in a completely different state from a normal wild owl, with traces of completely undisguised magic on its body. Emiya Kiritsugu could see at a glance that this was not a simple owl, but a demon who was enslaved by a magician.

And this owl-shaped devil's talon is tied to a small brown leather tube.

Emiya Kiritsugu carefully removed the tube from the owl's foot.

When the lid of the small cylinder was opened, it contained a piece of paper wrapped in a small rod as expected.

Who would be the "flying pigeon" at such a tense moment?

Unfolded the note, and the content on the note made Emiya Kiritsugu's pupils shrink:

"Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu, your wife is with us right now. If you want to save her, please come to the church in Fuyuki City at eight o'clock tonight.

Note: There are many surveillance devices and alarms around the church, so please be sure to come alone. ”

The concise text message was signed by the person whom Emiya Kiritsugu feared the most in this Holy Grail War - Yan Feng Qili.

Emiya Kiritsugu raised his head and looked at Zhao Yun, who did not leave because of the change in his situation:

"Should I do that? berserker？ ”

Zhao Yun nodded: "Yan Feng Qili now has a hostage in his hands, so the initiative is in his hands." Just as the prisoner in a kidnapping case takes hostages to force the police to accept the conditions, in order to avoid tearing up the ticket, he can only do what the other party says, at least on the surface. Of course, if you don't care about the safety of the person who was captured, then you don't need to care about the information given by the other party. ”

“Berserker！ That's human life! Or how can such a close loved one give up so easily? ”

For Zhao Yun's words, Saber couldn't agree with it at all.

In order to guard against Berserker's possible betrayal, Emiya Kiritsugu kept Saber, who also had the status of a servant and could balance Zhao Yun's combat power, by his side.

Unexpectedly, this decision in order to avoid unexpected situations indirectly led to Alice Phil being arrested by Yan Fengqili. Saber was in a deep state of self-reproach. As for Zhao Yun's cold attitude of putting human life out of the way, Saber angrily objected.

"Knight King, please don't get so excited. Now it's just a matter of discussing what to do after that. Only by analyzing the problem calmly and objectively can we find the right answer. ”

……

The argument between Zhao Yun and Saber didn't listen to a word of Emiya Kiritsugu, and reason and emotion fought in Emiya Kiritsugu's heart.

From the point of view of obtaining the final victory of the Holy Grail War, although Alice Phil has always played the role of the lord of the saber face, but Alice Phil's actual role is not large, and Berserker, who has now become an ally, is not to mention for the time being, the original servant of Yanfeng Qili is an Assassin, or a special heroic spirit who can divide dozens of clones, and is blessed with a unique position in intelligence warfare, so that Alice Phil disguised as a saber lord This strategy may have been exposed a long time ago.

In addition to the identity of the "Imperial Master" on the surface, Alice Phil is just an artificial person who can use the magic of the Einzberen family, even if he is captured by Yan Feng Qili, it will not affect the combat power of their side.

Moreover, since Alice Phil was an artificial human made as a Little Holy Grail, with the departure of the three Heroic Spirits one after another last night, Alice Phil, who was a Little Holy Grail, has borne a huge burden, and since last night, she has been almost unable to act on her own, and can only lie quietly in the new stronghold. Emiya Kiritsugu had to arrange for Maiya Kuyu, who was recovering from a serious injury, to be Alice Phil's bodyguard, and Alice Phil was taken captive, in a sense, even downsizing the personnel and liberating the combat force.

As long as Alice Phil is considered dead, Yan Feng Qili's capture of Alice Phil is not even a dilemma for Emiya Kiritsugu.

However, under the cold rationality, the hot blood of Emiya Kiritsugu loudly objected.

Although he is a ruthless magician killer, Emiya Kiritsugu knows that he should always remain absolutely rational, and the master who led him on this path has repeatedly reminded him to abandon his feelings.

But he still couldn't.

While his hands are stained with blood and doing the most cruel and realistic work in the world, emotionally, Emiya Kiritsugu is too close to a normal person.

He will be happy, he will be afraid, and he will be moved.

It has been ten years since he entered the Einzberen family, and nine years since the birth of his daughter Ilya. Over the years, after spending time with Alice Phil, Emiya Kiritsugu can no longer treat Alice Phil as a cold and emotionless android.

It was his wife, Illya's mother.

"Why is the new stronghold just found known by Yan Feng Qili? Could it be that even without an Assassin, Yan Feng Qili himself has a high intelligence ability? ”

Emiya Kiritsugu lowered his head, thinking about countermeasures with great irritability.

………………

"What happened? …… Strange owls? ”

Webb, who was camping in the mountains to recuperate for the great war that would begin in a few days, was suddenly woken up by Iskandar.

When the tent was opened, as Iskandar said, there was a strange owl standing on the grass outside the tent.

"An owl-shaped demon? Is there a magician who knows where I am?! ”

Webb looked around warily, but found nothing out of the ordinary.

"Boy, I've been keeping an eye on my surroundings. Aside from pointing at the birds, there are no anomalies here. ”

Iskandar coalesced into an entity beside Webb, a strong man nearly two meters tall like an iron tower.

Webb maintains a high level of trust in Iskandar's keen perception. He stopped looking around and refocused his attention on the owl.

"Letterbox?"

The owl's feet are tied to a small cylinder containing letters, which is very obvious. Webb and Iskandar looked at each other, and Iskandar took a few steps forward, grabbed the owl by the two wings, and removed the letter from its legs.

Weber unfolded the "letters" the size of a strip of paper, the contents of which were written in English, and Weber, a native English speaker, had no trouble reading them.

The letter is from Yan Feng Qili, and the content is very long, including an analysis of the current three-legged and dominant situation of the Holy Grail War, the appreciation of Iskander, the assassination of his father and mentor by Emiya Kiritsugu, etc., and the ultimate purpose of this article is to propose that the two servants of Rider and Archer, that is, the conqueror king Iskandar and the hero king Gilgamesh, temporarily put aside their previous suspicions and cooperate.

"The ownership of the Holy Grail is only eligible for the true king. The King of Conquest and the King of Heroes are unsurpassed in terms of momentum, and the attribution of this Holy Grail should be between the two true kings......"

After quickly reading the contents of the letter, Webb shook his head:

From an objective point of view, it is very possible that the remaining four servants will form two camps. Especially after two of them have already become "good friends". But......

"How credible is that?"

Iskandar chimed in.

"Not sure. This person called Yan Feng Qili has never really paid attention to it. The fact that he said that the magician killer Kiritsugu Emiya assassinated his father and mentor by despicable means also made me feel that something was wrong......"

The magic set fire in flames, and Webb burned the letter.

"Last night in Weiyuanchuan, Emiya Kiritsugu was busy outside for a long time, until the sea devil was finally defeated. At this time, there is no time to prepare for the assassination at this time. It is extremely difficult to avoid being discovered. Even if it's a well-known magician killer, I'm afraid he can't do it. ”

"I can't do it myself, but there may be others who can. Is this a bit too arbitrary?

Iskandar objected, but Weber responded immediately:

"The bodies of Tosaka Tokitomi and Father Fuyuki appeared almost at the same time. However, one location was in the church and the other was directly in the victim's room. Does Emiya Kiritsugu have three heads, six arms and somersault clouds? ”

…………………………

In the chapel of the church in Fuyuki City, Gilgamesh looked at Alice Field, who was lying in a coffin, looking serene like a sleeping beauty, and his eyes flashed with an inexplicable light.

"This is the Holy Grail of the Holy Grail War?"

Yan Feng Qili replied:

"That's right, the ritual of the Holy Grail War was completed at the beginning by the Tosaka family, where the teacher is located, the Kiriku family, another demon family in Fuyuki City, and the overseas family of the androids, Einzberen, the Misan, the founder of the Holy Grail War. Gilgamesh, in front of you, is the 'Holy Grail' made by Einzbellen. ”

"According to you, then this woman is the almighty wishing machine?"

"Yes and no, this woman doesn't have the function of a holy grail at the moment. As the Holy Grail War progresses, the "human" part of the woman will become thinner and thinner, and closer and closer to a specially built machine, the Holy Grail. And when the winner of the Holy Grail War is decided, the woman will be completely transformed into the Holy Grail.

Gilgamesh looked at Yan Feng Qili:

"Since this woman hasn't become a Holy Grail yet, why go to all the trouble of capturing her?"

"It's a very simple test. I just want to know how important this woman is in Emiya Kiritsugu's heart. And what kind of reaction will he give when someone important is captured. ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Yan Feng Qili's mouth.

"Just for such a simple reason?"

"Yes, that's enough."

Of course, there were other reasons besides that, one of the reasons why he wanted to take Alice Phil was to give Emiya Kiritsugu a reason to come here.

The fact that Akiri was able to accurately discover Alice Phil's new hiding base after losing the Assassin was not by his intelligence-gathering skills, but by the power he inherited from his father, Lizheng.

He used his "father's posthumous request" as a reason to arrange for some of the Templar clergy to gather information for him, as a large and mysterious organization with unfathomable power. Soon, he learned the location of the new stronghold established by Emiya Kiritsugu.

Another reason why he took Alice Phil away was to take advantage of Alice Phil's properties as a carrier of the Little Holy Grail and the soul of the Heroic Spirit.

"You're a quick learner, Qili. You can now easily find forms of entertainment that make you happy. ”

Gilgamesh looked approvingly at Yan Feng Qili and asked:

"And what about the letter to Rider?"

"The message to Rider is just to give it a try, and there is little hope of forming an alliance. Although Webb Velvet does not have a good magic circuit and the magic mark of the Xuanhe family, he is only a third-rate magician, but he is still very strong in pure knowledge and judgment. ”

"If the Rider side really intends to cooperate with us, then cooperate normally for a while. Saber and Berserker are both very strong, but it is unlikely that they will win quickly against the King of Conquest and the King of Heroes. ”

"With so many spells, we have the upper hand when it comes to the amount of mana we have in store. After a long and protracted war, the scales of victory will continue to tilt in our favor. ”

"And even if he doesn't intend to join forces with us at all, he will keep a close eye on the location of the Winterwood City Church after receiving the information I gave in the letter. Once the flames of war are raging, the most mobile Rider of all the Servants will soon appear. ”

Gilgamesh crossed his legs on the seat of the chapel and rested his legs on the table:

"My relationship with Rider is very bad, what if RIder is here to fall into the rocks?"

"It doesn't matter, my plan was for Rider, not Saber."

"Oh? Your plan? ”

Gilgamesh motioned with interest for Yanfeng Qili to continue, but Yanfeng Qili refused.

"This plan is not fully formed yet, and there is still a chance for nearly half a day between now and the time when Emiya Kiritsugu may arrive, and I still need to explore something."

Yan Feng Qili glanced at Alice Phil lying in the coffin.