One-Shot Kill on the Assassin

"The great King," Tokiomi Tohsaka, who had been standing nearby, suddenly spoke up, "You have already demonstrated your unmatched strength. No one can compare to you, but she is our ally. I hope you can restrain your anger. The Holy Grail is our shared goal. If we engage in battle here, it may affect our plans later. I ask that you reconsider."

Gilgamesh glanced at Tokiomi with the corner of his eye and said coldly, "As a mere subject, you dare make requests of me, the King? You are far too bold."

"Please do not misunderstand," Tokiomi bowed deeply and said respectfully, "I am not requesting, merely advising. As the King of Heroes, it is only natural for you to possess all the treasures of the world. But if we have more pressing matters to attend to right now, I hope you can overlook this for the moment."

"More important matters?" Gilgamesh scoffed. "How do you know that what you're talking about is more important than me collecting treasures?"

Kaguya's brows furrowed. She had lost interest in listening to their nonsense. Rather than hearing all this drivel, she'd prefer to get a good night's sleep.

She snorted softly, said nothing further, pushed the door open, and left.

Watching the silver-haired loli depart, Tokiomi spoke gravely, "She is within reach. With your power, it would be easy to subdue her without making much effort. Compared to her, the Holy Grail is of far greater importance. Once we have the Grail, dealing with her will be a trivial matter."

Gilgamesh cast a glance at the deferential Tokiomi and snorted coldly, "Let me remind you, the Holy Grail is already mine. It has merely been eyed by mongrels who did not receive my permission."

"Yes, Heroic King," Tokiomi responded humbly.

Meanwhile, Kaguya, who had been planning to sleep, suddenly sensed something and looked off into the distance, her eyes narrowing.

In the far-off distance, several energy signatures had appeared. Sensitive to space as she was, Kaguya noticed them immediately.

"Have the other Servants appeared?" Kaguya's lips curled into a smile. "It looks like the battle is about to begin."

As Kaguya expected, the other six Servants had indeed emerged: Saber Artoria Pendragon, Assassin Hassan-i-Sabbah, Rider Iskandar the Conqueror, Lancer Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, Berserker Lancelot, and Caster Gilles de Rais.

The Holy Grail War was about to ignite, and Kaguya would soon abandon her lazy lifestyle and begin to take action.

However, Kaguya suddenly realized a strange problem: according to the information she had obtained, Kariya Matou was still Berserker's Master. This puzzled Kaguya greatly. After all, she had already killed Matou Zouken, the main culprit. Without Zouken, the scenario where Kariya was forced into becoming a Master should not have occurred.

Yet for some reason, history had not changed, and events were proceeding along their original course.

Could something else have happened?

Sitting on the rooftop, Kaguya frowned.

At that moment, Kaguya sensed something else and looked down. Below, there seemed to be a shadowy figure moving, but it was hard to see clearly, almost as if it were invisible.

"A petty trick," Kaguya's Starry Eyes activated, and the scene below became clear to her. No one could escape the probing of her ocular jutsu.

Beside a statue below, a shadowy figure appeared. It was a thin, black-clad figure wearing a white skull mask, moving swiftly as it avoided the traps laid by the Tohsaka family. It seemed intent on stealing something from the statue.

What the figure didn't realize was that its every move was under Kaguya's watchful eyes.

This was part of Tokiomi Tohsaka's plan—to have Kirei Kotomine's Servant, Assassin, intentionally infiltrate the mansion to create the illusion of conflict between them.

Kaguya couldn't help but feel like rolling her eyes at the plan. It was rather obvious, and anyone paying close attention could easily see through it. But since Tokiomi had decided to go ahead with it, Kaguya had no intention of voicing any objections. After all, she had just enjoyed a lavish meal.

As the saying goes: "When someone offers you food, you can't complain." Tokiomi had been quite considerate, not doing anything to make her feel uncomfortable, and had even helped her shake off Gilgamesh's unwanted advances. So, Kaguya figured she might as well help him out this time.

Speaking of which, Gilgamesh really was an annoying guy, always speaking in such an arrogant tone, as if everyone should naturally obey him. How had she not noticed this before?

"Pathetic. Did you really think this kind of defense would stop me?" Assassin sneered as he reached out for the gem at the center of the statue's barrier.

Just then, accompanied by a sharp, piercing sound, a black streak of light flashed through the air.

"Ah!"

Assassin let out a pained scream as his arm was pierced and nailed to the statue. Embedded in his hand was a sharp, white bone spike.

"Hey, who told you to come here?"

A sweet voice came from above his head. Assassin looked up abruptly, and his pupils shrank.

Floating in midair was an unbelievably beautiful silver-haired loli, with delicate features like a painting, clear, bright eyes, and hair flowing like mist down to her waist. The sight was mesmerizing.

In her fair, tender palm, a large, swirling purple sphere crackled with lightning, radiating a terrifying aura—it was Kaguya's Tailed Beast Bomb.

Even from a distance, Assassin could feel the overwhelming power contained within it.

He suddenly recalled that this was the same terrifying silver-haired girl he had seen at Tokiomi Tohsaka's residence.

His hands and feet went cold, and cold sweat poured down his back. He tried to pull his hand free, but to his horror, he found that his arm had already disintegrated into ash.

Assassin looked up at the floating silver-haired loli, and despair filled his heart. He muttered under his breath, "He said... there was nothing to fear."

"Goodbye," Kaguya smiled, narrowed her eyes, and waved her hand. With a flick of her wrist, the Tailed Beast Bomb shot toward Assassin like a purple streak of lightning, too fast to dodge.

Assassin's pupils contracted in terror.

Boom!

A blinding light tore through the sky, turning night into day as a deafening explosion shook the earth. The shockwaves, mixed with a powerful gust of wind, rippled outward like a tsunami, obliterating everything in their path. Rocks shattered, and trees were blown apart as a massive mushroom cloud slowly rose into the sky.