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Chapter 512 512: Emiya Kiritsugu Reappears

Probably because Kuzuki Souichirou and Caster · Medea were too weak, no Reincarnator actually chose to join this faction.

At this time, the two merely watched quietly as Kaito Shirogane stepped into the bounded field alone.

"I originally thought the first to come in would be Saber."

The woman's voice revealed a deep sense of regret.

A dagger-like Noble Phantasm appeared in her hand, intense magical energy radiating from it.

"I advise you it's better not to do that."

From the corner of his eye, Kaito Shirogane took in Kuzuki Souichirou's movements. This silent man had his arms hanging by his sides, seemingly ready to attack at any time.

But unfortunately, Kaito Shirogane wasn't a Master like Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou, much less a Saber lacking a magical energy supply.

He was a martial artist. Against people like Kuzuki Souichirou and Sasaki Kojiro who relied on physical arts and swordsmanship for close-quarters combat, he possessed an overwhelmingly excellent adaptability.

Moreover, Kaito Shirogane considered himself to be a martial artist who, relying solely on physical destructive power and martial arts level, could probably reach the level of a normal Servant.

Even with the influence of this magic bounded field, the time it would take to instantly kill Kuzuki Souichirou wouldn't be too long.

Kuzuki Souichirou's footsteps paused. He felt an intense stinging pain below his neck. But in the next moment, he continued walking towards the target.

He was a hollow person who had lost all meaning, like a puppet. Before picking up Medea, he originally thought his whole life would be like this.

But since he promised to win the Holy Grail War for Medea, then even if he died in battle, there would ultimately be a shred of meaning.

The man's resolve was clear, and Medea seemed to have perceived it too. Looking at Assassin, whose lips were slowly curling into an arc, her heart suddenly sank.

A scene seemed to appear in her mind: in the next moment, Lord Kuzuki Souichirou would be blasted and killed by a punch from the other party, leaving only his lower half standing in the field.

"Wait!"

Medea spoke hastily. Raising her head, the face beneath the magic robe no longer had the ambition of a great witch, leaving only the worry and paleness of a young girl.

Kuzuki Souichirou's figure froze. At some point, he had already flashed to Kaito Shirogane's side. His arms swung up bizarrely like two long snakes, stopping right in front of Kaito Shirogane's neck.

He turned to look at Medea, not understanding why the other party called to stop. Kaito Shirogane merely smiled, completely without any intention of making a move, but Medea could clearly feel that intense inclination.

As long as she didn't stop it, next, the other party would swing a side punch and directly blast Kuzuki Souichirou to death.

"What do you want?"

Kuzuki Souichirou didn't understand. His fists were clearly placed in front of the other party's neck. Just one strike was needed to shatter the other party's cervical vertebrae.

But looking at Medea's reaction, it was as if he had become the hostage the other party was threatening her with.

"Join our alliance, Medea. This way, Kuzuki Souichirou can live."

Kuzuki Souichirou's numb expression moved slightly. His prediction wasn't wrong. He had indeed become this Assassin's hostage at some unknown point, dragging Medea down.

In this instant, Kuzuki Souichirou wanted to directly attack the other party.

But Medea sharply stopped him.

"Don't!"

"I beg you, Souichirou!"

"Don't die, please don't die!"

The great witch's aura vanished completely, leaving only a young girl afraid of loss.

Seeing Medea like this, Kaito Shirogane felt somewhat bored. It was no wonder that in almost every plot line, even if they gained some first-mover advantage, ultimately, the combination of Caster · Medea, who summoned a Servant herself, and the "Strongest Class · Teacher · Kuzuki Souichirou," basically failed miserably and was eliminated quickly.

Compared to those other combinations, the weaknesses of these two were truly too obvious.

Caring too much about the other party would actually make the two respectively become the other party's burden.

Bang!

A gunshot suddenly rang out.

Medea and Kuzuki Souichirou were both startled, but Kaito Shirogane suddenly bent his head, his neck seemingly snapped.

That bullet flew past the place where Kaito Shirogane's head was originally located.

[Killing Intent Perception].

This equipment effect, which had gradually lost its usefulness since Kaito Shirogane obtained [Mantra], displayed its effect again at this time.

After forcing Medea to give up resisting, he felt a killing intent firmly locked onto his temple.

He was very familiar with that feeling. Kaito Shirogane had had his forehead locked onto by people like this no less than a hundred times.

That was a firearm.

And in this world, for a magus accustomed to using firearms for combat, he was also very clear that this was probably precisely that Emiya Kiritsugu, who for some reason hadn't died.

Bang!

Bang!

Two shots rang out again, but Kaito Shirogane took a step, his figure already moving over dozens of meters, leaving behind afterimages like a ghost.

Only at this moment did Kuzuki Souichirou understand that the other party wasn't unresponsive to his attack, but that the other party's speed was already fast enough that he could confidently let his hands be only a dozen centimeters away from his neck and still be able to kill him without injury.

Medea immediately arrived in front of Kuzuki Souichirou.

"Lord Souichirou, it's that guy underground..."

Kuzuki Souichirou was also silent. Emiya Kiritsugu should have been sealed underground; how could he suddenly appear here.

No, as for the current Emiya Kiritsugu, whether he was still that original "human" or not, he also wasn't sure.

Medea had a flexible mind. Even before that group of people entered the mountain, she had already perceived that among the newcomers was Emiya Kiritsugu's adopted son.

"If we lift the bounded field now, it will probably throw this group into a certain amount of chaos."

Bang!

Before the words fell, a figure had already been blasted into the wall.

She turned her head, only to see that the Servant confirmed as Assassin · Mercenary Tao was standing upright in place, while a corner of Ryuudou Temple had already collapsed.

Zzt~

At this moment, the magic bounded field flickered, and in the next moment, it was passed through by several gemstones. Tohsaka Rin and Emiya Shirou also finally crossed the bounded field of the mountain gate and arrived at the stone slab square.

"Teacher Kuzuki..."

Kuzuki Souichirou was Fujimura Taiga's colleague, and also a teacher, and had always lived in Ryuudou Temple. But appearing here at this very moment obviously couldn't be explained as a coincidence anymore.

Tohsaka Rin, who had arduously cracked the magic bounded field, immediately pulled Emiya Shirou. With a wave of her hand, Heroic Spirit Emiya and Saber had both arrived in front of them.

After Mercenary Tao entered the bounded field, they suddenly found the mountain gate blocked, completely unable to enter. They also realized that the Master and Servant here probably wanted to separate them and defeat them one by one.

After rapidly cracking the bounded field, they found that the imagined scene of Assassin fiercely battling Caster hadn't happened.

Juro immediately looked for Mercenary Tao's figure. In the next moment, he was momentarily stunned, seeing a familiar black-haired man stand up from the ruins. On his somewhat tattered shoulders, a large number of granulations were constantly moving and beginning to recover.

"This is... Emiya Kiritsugu?!"

Emiya Shirou also looked at that figure, freezing in place.

Hum!

Intense Qi whistled, and in the next moment directly pierced through Emiya Kiritsugu's glabella.

Pfft!

His head exploded like a balloon. Emiya Shirou's field of vision seemed to instantly dye red, staring blankly as his adoptive father slowly fell once again.

He turned his head bit by bit. The Magic Circuits in his body seemed to light up bit by bit. Like an instinct, a longsword had already begun to appear in his hand.

"You... Mercenary Tao... You actually..."

He was incoherent, his footsteps uncontrollably walking towards Mercenary Tao.

(End of Chapter)

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