Chapter 81: Toosaka and Kirei Hiding in the Dark

It was said long ago that the intermediary when the Einzbern family bought the land was the magic manager of Fuyuki City, the Tosaka family.

Even though Tosaka Tokiomi was a gentleman and did not do anything before, it does not mean that he would be so pedantic as not to set up surveillance here during the Holy Grail War.

Especially in the bad situation of losing Assassin.

Although the vast forest made the familiar's search not comprehensive, shortly after the magic conflict, Tosaka Tokiomi's familiar arrived at the scene and provided vision for the magician.

It was a big fight between Berserker, Lancer and Saber.

Although Lancer came to the rescue and saved Saber, it does not mean that they are allies. They are just people who share the same chivalry.

Saber's goal is to stop intruders. In addition to Berserker, Lancer, who also entered the forest with the Master, is also within her blocking range.

Lancer's goal is to prevent anyone from disturbing the revenge battle of Master Kayneth, so in addition to preventing Berserker from attacking Saber, it is impossible to free Saber.

As for Berserker... he fights anyone he sees, and he doesn't care about alliance or hostility.

It is precisely because of this that the conflict between the three servants has fallen into a strange stalemate, and it has not been possible to determine the winner until now.

In the eyes of Tohsaka Tokiomi, the significance of the appearance of the three servants is far more important than their current battle.

"The lord of the clock tower invaded Einzbern to avenge the battle last night? In front of Kayneth, who is only one step away from the crown, the chances of Einzbern's androids winning are very low... But why did Berserker go to war with Einzbern today? Who is the master of the Matou family?"

Speaking of the Matou family, Tohsaka Tokiomi inevitably thought of his, no, his former daughter, Sakura.

During this year, although Tohsaka Tokiomi insisted on keeping his distance from Sakura, he could not resist the pleas of his wife and daughter, and still went to the Matou family to meet Sakura.

At that time, Matou Sakura's hair and eyes had turned purple, and the person standing behind her was not Matou Zouken, the old head of the Matou family, but Matou Kariya, who mastered the water magician.

Not to mention the abnormality of the Matou family (it was repaired after being bombed), Matou Kariya's inexplicable hostility towards him also puzzled Tohsaka Tokiomi.

But even if Matou Kariya participated in the Holy Grail War... he should have chosen to be hostile to the Tohsaka family, so why did he become the enemy of Einzbern?

While he was puzzled, he did not realize that there was a slight fluctuation in the barrier of the Tohsaka family, but it soon disappeared.

A black shadow resembling Assassin appeared at the door of the Tohsaka mansion and looked up at the silent house.

Please note that this is not acting.

Repeat.

This is not acting.

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A man with short hair and a dark monk's uniform, a tall figure full of oppression, and a serious expression, was walking on the other side of the forest.

Kotomine Kirei had no intention of intervening in the battle. The east side of the forest had a high chance of becoming a battlefield, and enemies from Fuyuki would generally think of attacking from that direction.

So Kirei stayed outside the forest on the west side, waiting for the battle to begin. When the battle unfolded in the east as he expected, he wanted to see if there was a chance to attack the castle from behind the battlefield.

It was not that he was unaware of the existence of the warning barrier, but rather that was why he walked over so openly.

The reason was nothing else, just because Kotomine Kirei was looking forward to the arrival of the participant from the Einzbern camp.

Emiya Kiritsugu.

He was eager to find the answer from this man.

However, what he didn't know was that in front of his wish, there were several people closely related to Emiya Kiritsugu blocking his way.

For example, the two women who had planned to escape but returned to the battlefield to protect the same man.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The rain of bullets made a loud roar.

But before that, the calm-looking priest had already squatted down, found the enemy's position from the direction of the gunshot, and fired two black keys.

The muffled sound of the sword blade piercing the tree trunk came.

"...Huh?" Kirei was a little surprised at the result of not hitting the target.

In a moment of daze, another gunshot came from the left hand side. Although Kirei dodged at the critical moment again, the situation this time was more thrilling than the previous shooting. The previous conclusion that there was only one enemy made his reaction a little slow.

But it was really strange. The positions of the two shots were completely different, and the opponent's movement speed was too fast. If there were two gunmen at the beginning, they should have coordinated the timing and used cross-attacks to snipe him.

The doubts in his heart had not been resolved, but Kotomine Kirei felt four breaths this time. He immediately took out two black keys in his left and right hands, a total of four.

After a subconscious reaction, the experienced Kotomine Kirei realized something in an instant.

"This should be——an illusion?"

It was not impossible. He had already reached a fairly deep position in the forest barrier. If the barrier was composed of illusion magic, and there were magicians nearby who could perform magic, then they could disrupt Kirei's senses.

Is there really only one invisible sniper? If there is only one, is he the one who operates the illusion? Or is there someone else who is responsible for support...

In any case, before finding a clue to break through the magic, we can only dance with the enemy's pace.

The priest in the robe raised the four black keys and quickly threw them towards the auras in all directions - as expected, none of them hit the target.

And then, the bullets that burst out hit him directly in the back.

It was a high-speed bullet that could not even sense the aura. The barrier set up in the Einzbern Forest could not only perform murderous aura to deceive the enemy, but also conceal the real killing intention.

This third shot was the real killing game.

Kusou Maiya, who planned this battle, slowly put away his gun.

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The 300 Winchester caliber bullet, covered by Irisviel's illusion, passed through a distance of hundreds of meters from the position that Kirei had eliminated with the black keys, almost without any murderous aura, and accurately hit Kotomine Kirei's spine.

With the lethality of the Walther WA2000, Maiya was sure that the target's spinal cord had been pierced.

Kotomine Kirei's performance was just as Maiya imagined. He didn't even have time to scream, and fell on his back without convulsions or painful groans.

He should have died on the spot as planned after being shot through the spine - Maiya judged so, stood up from the sniper position, pointed the Calico submachine gun in her hand at Kirei lying on his back, and approached him carefully.

"Ms. Maiya, no!" Irisviel immediately realized that this was a trap and warned Maiya with a telepathic voice, but it was too late.

Kirei, who was lying on his back, did not stand up, but only swung his arm and shot a hidden black key. The black key shot from a low trajectory cut Maiya's right calf, causing her to miss the opportunity to make the next move.

The next moment, the tall body of the man in black bounced up like a spring mechanism and rushed towards Maiya.

Maiya was not afraid at all, and raised her gun and shot. But Kirei didn't even try to dodge, and only used his hands to cover his head and face. The collar and sleeves of the robe were all made of Kevlar fiber, and a layer of protective spell specially made by the Church's agents was tightly added inside the clothes. If it was a 9mm caliber bullet, it would not be able to penetrate even at the closest distance.

Even so, the kinetic energy of ten consecutive hits at two hundred and fifty feet per second still hit Kirei's body continuously like the violent blows of a metal baseball bat. But his muscles, which were trained to the extreme, were like armor, completely protecting his bones and internal organs from the impact.

Upon discovering that Kirei was wearing a bulletproof vest, Maiya immediately threw away the Calico submachine gun in his hand and pulled out a Rambo knife from the side of his thigh.

Contrary to the resistance of Kevlar fiber to bullets, it has the characteristic of being very easily cut by sharp blades. If the gun is useless, the only way to survive is close combat.

At the same time as the barrage of bullets was interrupted, Kirei pulled out a new black key with both hands again, and launched a cross slash at Maiya from the left and right. Maiya was not slowed down by her injured right foot, and used the thick blade to deflect Black Key's continuous attacks.

Although Black Key's blade was much longer than the tactical straight blade, it was a strengthened throwing blade after all. In close combat, compared with Black Key, who lacked balance due to the extremely short handle, Maiya's tactical straight blade had an overwhelming advantage due to its flexibility.

"There's a chance!"

Confirming her advantage, Maiya rushed forward in a half-sacrificed posture - Black Key could hardly defend against attacks at this distance, and even if he was hit by a counterattack, the chance of being seriously injured was very low.

Kirei also caught the dagger in Maiya's right hand with the Black Key in his right hand, and seemed to intend to counterattack with the length of the blade, and the sword shadow that crossed with the dagger stabbed forward. Maiya, who was well prepared for this, easily dodged the counterattack, just slightly tilted her head to avoid the tip of Black Key's blade, and rushed into the enemy's arms.

But just when Maiya was sure that victory was within reach, Kirei made an unexpected move that surprised her.

The right hands of both parties crossed each other like a cross-counter in boxing - but Kirei's right hand, which should have held the short handle of the black key, was empty. Halfway through the thrust, he let go of the weapon in his hand.

In other words, Kirei's right hand was not intended to stab Maiya with the black key from the beginning.

The strong fingers with strong bones wrapped around Maiya's right wrist. The slender black robe body that stood tall and straight bent like a snake and passed under Maiya's right arm. The next second, Kirei put Maiya's right hand behind his shoulder in a similar posture to letting the injured person put his arm around his shoulder.

In the fatal despair of being powerless to turn the tide, Maiya found that she had been deceived by the preconceived notion that the other party was a proxy using the black key. This action comes from the Chinese boxing, Bajiquan!

In fatal despair, Kirei leaned sideways and pressed closely against Maiya's waist, and hit Maiya's heart with his left elbow, and also gave Maiya's supporting leg a beautiful blow with his left foot.

The most iconic move of Bajiquan - the inner door top elbow.

Maiya couldn't even do a body, and fell heavily to the ground. Because of the too strong impact, she even fell into the illusion that her hands and feet were completely detached, and her whole body was paralyzed and unable to move. In her consciousness, she only felt the sharp pain in her chest from the elbow, and at least two ribs were broken.

Although only one blow made Hisau Maiya unable to fight, Kirei did not stop there.

Kotomine Kirei's target was only Emiya Kiritsugu, and he had no obsession with Hisau Maiya. So, he clenched his fists and prepared to give the opponent in front of him the final blow.

And at this moment, a clear and loud call sounded.

"Shape ist leben!" (Shape, get life!)