[125] Second Contact

Morioh Town.

"Not here..."

Maiya Hisau sighed softly. She hadn't followed Emiya Kiritsugu to Fuyuki City; instead, her responsibility was to protect Ilyasviel and her mother. Of course, there was another task - finding Kurokawa Kazuya.

Ilyasviel was fine, with some time left to live, but Irisviel's life was limited as a Homunculus.

But... if it was that person.

The technique he possessed, known as the "Ripple," could effectively extend a person's life and youth. So, if she could acquire the Ripple's technique from him...

Emiya Kiritsugu, who had failed once before, wasn't planning to attack but rather to negotiate with him.

Although she didn't know what the final result would be or if that person would agree, it would be a pity if she didn't even try.

But now the unfortunate thing was that she couldn't even find this person...

Although the manga was still being serialized, they had collected over a year's worth of Kurokawa Kazuya's manuscripts. In other words, they didn't even know where Kurokawa Kazuya was.

She had only heard that he had "gone on a trip," so it wasn't surprising.

...

"Hey, Rider! What did you see?"

"Immediately!" Rider laughed. He had just rushed out of the police and found a secluded spot. There, he summoned his Noble Phantasm and charged into the distance with Waver.

"Hoho, is this Caster trying to lure me somewhere? Come on—!"

"Mooo—" The divine cow groaned and rushed forward, lightning flashing all over its body.

Up ahead, Caster was waiting.

"Isn't this Caster!" Rider looked at Caster and asked, "Are you waiting for me, or are you really Caster?"

Rider spoke cautiously. He had sensed the presence of the Heroic Spirit earlier, and when he saw Caster's form, he had rushed over. However, something felt off now.

"Kill you, kill you, kill you! Kill! It's you!" The person who appeared as "Caster" in front of him suddenly collapsed, and a shadow rushed towards Rider —

"Assassin?" Rider was slightly startled.

Waver's expression on the side also changed: "Isn't Assassin dead? Assassin's form even appeared on that disc!"

"Stand back! Kid, I don't know what's going on, but right now, I have to eliminate her here!"

...

"It appears it has been used." After confirming that Assassin had indeed encountered Rider, Tohsaka Tokiomi nodded.

How had this Heroic Spirit appeared?

It was actually quite simple.

Assassin - Jack the Ripper was an uncertain existence. This time, what had been summoned could be said to be a collective of vengeful spirits of children and babies. Since it was a collective, it could naturally be separated.

Kotomine Kirei had used Command Spells to separate a portion of Assassin for Tohsaka Tokiomi to use.

This cost him one Command Spell, leaving him with only seven Command Spells remaining.

Afterward, with a bit of camouflage, anyone close enough could see through it since it wasn't a Noble Phantasm or anything, but it was sufficient.

At least this time, it worked.

Holding Rider down with Assassin's undead form and then... crushing Saber with Lancer... that was the plan!

As a result, Assassin's defeat was guaranteed. Although this Assassin's strength was no different from the one Caster had killed earlier, it had no intelligence. It could be considered a Berserker Assassin.

And... it had no Noble Phantasm.

However, it was enough to temporarily halt Rider.

...

Saber consumes a lot of mana—

Kayneth already knew this from previous battles. After using Noble Phantasm once, the magical power was almost exhausted. This is true whether it is Altera's own magical power or Kayneth's magical power.

but-

The magical energy reactors are prepared for this.

Originally, these magical energy reactors were used to maintain the supply of magical power for the nearby evil spirit and apparition, but now it seems that they are completely unnecessary.

There was absolutely no possibility of these things intervening in the previous battles of the heroic spirits. And... the Master of the Holy Grail War is really careful this time. No one came to his carefully furnished workshop at all!

So... he was directly connected to the five magical energy reactors!

Although this will hurt his own magic circuit. But he is confident about his recovery! As long as he finds a good doctor and uses high-quality medications for about a year, that's sufficient for his recovery.

And correspondingly! In this Holy Grail War, he will give his Saber a nearly unlimited supply of magical power!

"Ha——" Altera clearly felt that the increase this time was different from the past. The magical power transmitted from her Master seems to be infinite.

Compared with her first battle with Lancer, her strength has obviously improved a notch!

Looking through Lancer's eyes, Tohsaka Tokiomi also twitched slightly, although he didn't see what Kayneth was doing now. But he also had a rough guess...

He can understand it through from manga "Fate/Zero".

It must be the magical energy reactors!

Tch!

Tohsaka Tokiomi gritted his teeth and made some calculations, maybe he should be able to buy a magical energy reactors?

He had no confidence in this.

"..."

Taking a deep breath, he couldn't let his elegance be destroyed.

But... he still gave the order in a trembling voice: "Destroy Kayneth's workshop first!"

This is still based on his belief that Kayneth has three magical energy reactors as mentioned in "Fate"... If he know that Kayneth has five this time...

As a magus, he did not have the confidence to destroy such a treasure.

"Understood."

Karna, completely ignorant of what all this meant, suddenly threw the sharp spear in his hand into the distance—

In an instant, both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kayneth's heart throbbed.

Swish-

Saber's sword turned into a colorful long whip, wrapped around the long spear, and threw it away at once: "I will not let you do anything to my Master."

"Really... It seems that I still need to kill you first."

Even facing such Altera, Karna, who was still fearless, said. The flames magical power burned from his body: "Then I will use my full strength."

"Bring it on-"

Boom!

The collision of spear and sword completely collapsed the already broken bounded field!

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