Chapter 158 The Disappearing Command Spell and the Prison Visitor

A long time ago, the church had evidence that the Holy Grail that appeared in Fuyuki was different from the holy relic of the 'Son of God'. The thing that Fuyuki fought so hard for was only useful to magicians and had nothing to do with the church.

But because Fuyuki's Holy Grail was too powerful, the church could not just sit back and watch. After all, it was still a wish-granting machine. If it fell into the hands of someone with evil intentions, who knew what kind of disaster it would cause.

And if the Holy Grail was excluded as a heresy, it would inevitably conflict with the Magic Association, and the sacrifice the church would make would be too great.

——It would be better to take a step back and entrust Fuyuki's Holy Grail to the 'right person'.

This is why the church chose the Tosaka family, just because the head of the Tosaka family, Tosaka Tokiomi, has always upheld the great wish of 'going to the root'.

However, this alliance contract ends here.

The sound of the gunshot broke the tranquility of the sacred place. The man holding the murder weapon stared at the body of the old priest who was lying on the ground but still in a punching posture. After a while, he curled his lips, and the disguise on his face disappeared, revealing the appearance of a young man with white hair and golden eyes.

"It seems that the useless guilt can be thrown away."

He snapped his fingers, and the shadowy servant emerged, walked forward, lifted the sleeve of the old priest's right arm, and then raised his hand and cut it down.

"Puff." I don't know what method Baimao used. Although he cut off Kotomine Risei's right arm, there was not a trace of blood spurting out of the wound.

Shuoyue stretched out his finger and touched the right arm covered with Command Seals, recalling the content of Chapter 4, Verse 24 of "The Gospel of John" that he had read on the way.

"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

As if in response to this sentence, all the Command Seals on Risei's cold right hand glowed again.

The Holy Word was lifted, accompanied by a stinging pain. Shuoyue watched the Command Seals climb onto his wrist like ants. In the dim church, the red lines were like blood, emitting a strange light.

Dozens of Command Seals, that is the legacy left by the participants in the first three Holy Grail Wars.

And now, all belong to Shuoyue.

"Do you want to bandage like Xiaoan?" Muttering like this, Shuoyue closed the old priest's eyes and stood up: "Let's go, Assassin."

"As you command, master."

After completely destroying Kotomine Risei's right arm, Assassin nodded respectfully and disappeared into the church with Shuoyue.

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Tousaka Tokiomi discovered his old friend’s death an hour later.

He suddenly felt uneasy, so he walked out of the magic studio and stepped into the chapel, and he felt the breath of death.

To learn magic, you must first learn to accept and understand death - this is the first lesson for every trainee magician. That is why, the moment he sensed death, Tousaka Tokiomi then felt the smell of blood and a little bit of residual gunpowder.

Someone must have done something unforgivable in the church.

Tousaka Tokiomi clenched his cane, moved his steps carefully, and walked through the believers' seats - just before he came to the altar, he found Kotomine Risei sitting in the front row of believers with his eyes closed.

In the solemn atmosphere of the church, the old priest sat at the front of the believers' seats, his body and the seat buried deep in the darkness, but his face was reflected by the sun and was extremely sacred.

"Father——"

The shout that burst out was suppressed. When Tohsaka Tokiomi saw Father Risei, he also saw his forehead that was shot and his right arm that disappeared.

Tohsaka Tokiomi knew that on Father Risei's right arm was the Command Seal that the Masters dreamed of.

In other words, the one who killed his old friend was a Master in the Holy Grail War.

As far as he knew, the Command Seal entrusted to Father Risei was protected by a powerful holy word, and it was almost impossible to be stripped by magic without the permission of the priest - perhaps, this was the reason why the priest's right arm disappeared.

That evil thief must be racking his brains to get the Command Seal at this time, just like a stray dog ​​that can't eat the fat meat in the bowl.

Cursing the murderer with malice and murderous intent, Tohsaka Tokiomi's face showed no emotional fluctuations, and he searched for any traces in the church like a cold machine.

At this moment, he noticed the magic pattern drawn beside the old priest, which was flashing the light when it was triggered.

"This is... a trigger magic that requires a specific breath!" Tohsaka Tokiomi recognized the true nature of the magic at a glance, but it was too late.

The timed magic was triggered, and the deep red light symbolizing "Eleven" rose into the sky and flickered in the sky.

In the Major Arcana of the Tarot, the eleventh card represents——

Justice.

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So after a few hours, the familiars gathered together again,

However, this time, the church was empty-there were only four familiars and a corpse.

Tohsaka Tokiomi had already hidden himself, but he did not hide the old priest's body, because since the murderer had already arranged the magic, his unnecessary behavior might make himself a target of public criticism.

Just when the four familiars came together, before everyone started to communicate, another trigger magic was activated.

What appeared in front of everyone was the recorded magic image.

In the extremely clear picture, the magician killer in black sat in the believers' seats, talked to Father Risei for a few words, raised his pistol, and ended his life before the latter's attack hit.

Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, the so-called current criminal was easily exposed, and Emiya Kiritsugu was instantly pushed to the forefront.

No matter how improper the behavior of the church members is, the significance of their existence is far greater than the role of the supervisor - killing the old priest means slapping the face of the Holy Church.

How dare Emiya Kiritsugu do this?

Is it because of those precious command seals?

More importantly - who released the meaningful signal, this light curtain that records the truth?

It seems that there is an invisible black hand pushing this Holy Grail War into a more chaotic situation.

"So, it was you, Emiya Kiritsugu." Tōsaka Tokiomi knew that there were many suspicious points in such an image, but it did not prevent him from directing the hostility of the crowd to Emiya Kiritsugu, "You are the one who killed the priest!"

Not only him, even Kariya and Waver could not help but cast their eyes on the silent bat, that is, Emiya Kiritsugu's familiar.

They did not know about the Holy Word, so the fact that Father Risei was killed and his right arm was taken away also meant that the Saber team at this time had far more Command Seals than other teams.

They had no intention of revenge for Kotomine Risei, but the Saber team with many Command Seals must be eliminated first.

...Even if it was a misunderstanding, Saber, who had a powerful job, was the first to leave, which was also beneficial to them.

Faced with the hostility of the three groups, Emiya Kiritsugu did not say much, but released the empathy with the familiar and began to quietly pack up the equipment on hand.

"Don't you want to explain? We didn't kill the priest." Irisviel said worriedly.

"It's meaningless." Kiritsugu replied calmly, "It's easy to throw dirty water on someone, but it's hard to clear yourself. Instead of wasting time with these people who know the truth but pretend to be confused, it's better to rest up and take the lead."

The long-dormant magician killer's eyes were like torches, and his eyes were locked on a certain point on the map.

That was the place that Hisayu Maiya secretly followed the master of the Matou family and found.

In other words, that was the hiding place of Matou Kariya and his servant Berserker.

"Maiya, go find Saber."

"Yes."

At the same time, Kotomine Kirei, who was imprisoned in the police station, also welcomed the first visitor.

"How about it, this dark and dirty place is very suitable for you, Kotomine Kirei."

"Archer?"