[268] The First Target

After having breakfast and looking at the scenery outside, Kazuya sighed, "It's about time..."

Currently, there were only two opponents left from the Mage's Association: Him and Lancer.

The Holy Church still had Archer...

From the attitude of the Holy Church so far, Kazuya could roughly guess.

The Holy Church will not lay hands on him next... in short, even though the Holy Church and the Mage's Association are ostensibly collaborating.

Siegfried has already exited the stage at present.

The only remaining Servant is Gilgamesh.

With Ozymandias, the Mage's Association, still in the picture, the situation can't be considered advantageous.

So...

They wouldn't make a move against him, letting Alucard handle it.

Counting one by one!

Kill each and every Red Faction's Servants, and finally, let Gilgamesh finish it all.

And... Kazuya thought the same!

But only for the first part, the latter part was different.

Next, the Mage's Association would undoubtedly take action against him. Instead of waiting idly here, it was better to take the initiative, kill each and every Servant, and drag them into the River of Death.

Now that Alucard wasn't alone.

In the River of Death, there was still that Vortigern.

Together... one by one, with the combination of their undying nature, they could kill each and every Servant mercilessly!

Without mercy!

"Although it's still early... well, let's get ready to move." Looking at the sun that hadn't even reached noon yet, it wasn't even twelve o'clock now. But...

"Understood, My, Master—"

"Well then... it begins, the hunt begins, the time to hunt those Servants from Mage Association actively has come—!"

...

"This is not bad!" Mordred exclaimed while eating lamb skewers, "Hey, Master, those sweet potatoes over there also look good."

"Yeah, Egyptian sweet potatoes are quite good." Kairi Sisigou waved his hand, "Buy two."

"Oh." Mordred nodded, almost finished eating the lamb skewers, bought two sweet potatoes and came back. "By the way, Master, what do you plan to do after this Holy Grail War ends?"

"I guess... I'll continue my previous work. Do whatever needs to be done..." Kairi Sisigou said, taking a bite of the sweet potato. "Even if we win this Holy Grail War, there's nothing much to gain, and the wishes don't belong to us..."

"Yeah... I don't even know if there will be a next time." Mordred hesitated for a moment, her tone somewhat subdued. Even if she was rebellious, she could see that Barthomeloi Lorelei's wish—continuing the leyline. It wouldn't allow any disruption for any reason.

The magus' goal is to reach the root before the world is destroyed.

They won't give up, even if there's just a moment left before reaching the root.

But... if it's already clear, that the time to reach the root is a bit short... and if it's possible to extend the leyline, this time's Holy Grail War was born based on this point.

"If there's a next time." Kairi Sisigou waved his hand and said, "Rewards, rewards, this time I participated in the Holy Grail War on behalf of Einzbern, and the reward is this, as long as this time extends the leyline, then next time I'll still choose myself as the Master. Well... if there's any wish, you can try to fulfill it at that time."

"Sigh... Master's wish..."

"What about your wish? Or the one from before?" Kairi Sisigou asked his own Servant.

"Anyway, we can't fulfill the wish this time, right? Let's talk about it next time... honestly, it's annoying. Even in a Holy Grail War where we put in our best effort, there's no desire for battle at all. However, it's still nice to walk down this path."

Mordred suddenly stopped and looked behind her.

"Do you feel it, Master..."

"Yeah, it's probably the enemy, Servants... currently, there should only be two on the enemy side... Lancer Alucard and Archer Gilgamesh." Kairi Sisigou nodded, "So, it should be clear now, right?"

"Right... there's only one possibility... it's that Alucard!" Mordred said, finishing all the food in her hand, "Well, honestly, I really don't want to fight that guy, it's meaningless... if we don't release the River of Death, there's basically no way to kill him. But..."

"If they've come, we can't just let them wait, right?"

"Exactly, that's it!" Mordred smiled, "Well then, I'll go ahead! Master—!"

Boom—

The next moment, Mordred leaped high and rushed towards Alucard.

"Ah, ah—!"

The surrounding crowd was in chaos.

Kairi Sisigou lit a cigarette, looked around, and said, "Well... aren't you coming out too? Lancer's Master."

"Oh, did you sense me."

Kazuya slowly walked out.

In the midst of the chaotic crowd, the two stood facing each other.

Kairi Sisigou's face became slightly serious... just last night, Berserker was taken out, and they didn't know about Berserker's existence before.

Berserker, King Vortigern.

Defeated by that Lancer.

Shattered their previous impression—that Lancer, aside from his own undying nature, wasn't too strong.

Of course, all of this was based on the situation where he didn't release his Noble Phantasm.

But...

Even so, Saber still rushed forward. The reason was that... they couldn't fulfill their wishes here, and also... maybe she wasn't ready to retreat.

However...

"Are you here to take me down?" Kairi Sisigou secretly touched the gun in his hand, ready to act at any moment, although he didn't know how he used that summon technique before.

And whether there were similar means, but being able to take down that DIO indicated that this guy was strong...

Maybe they would lose.

They might even die...

"No, I don't have any intention to harm you." Kazuya shook his head, "I just don't want you to call for reinforcements from the Mage's Association. I don't have any intent to kill you, and I don't want to have any battles here. How about it? Let's sit quietly, drink some coffee or tea, and wait for the battle over there to end, what do you think?"

"Do you think I would agree?"

"Yeah... that's true." Kazuya smiled, "So... we have to fight, right?"

"Right—"

Bang—

Saying that, Kairi Sisigoun took out a gun, pulled the trigger, and a bullet shot towards Kazuya!

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