Chapter 161: On the Verge of Death, the New Moon Arrives

Today is a really chaotic day - I guess everyone who participated in the Holy Grail War thought so.

Since the church announced the news of Sakutsuki's 'death' in the morning, troubles have come one after another.

The mysterious class Ka Heroic Spirits are coming.

Waver consumed his last two Command Seals to save Rider.

Kotomine Kirei of the Holy Church was arrested on the charge of 'blowing up the Hyatt Hotel'.

'Emiya Kiritsugu' killed the supervisor Kotomine Risei and took away dozens of Command Seals (suspected), becoming the target of public criticism.

Sakutsuki is doing things in secret.

Emiya Kiritsugu prepares to act.

Kotomine Kirei awakens and joins forces with the King of Heroes...

One thing after another is enough to make any Master panic and hide in the workshop waiting for the storm to pass, but for Kariya, no matter what happens, it cannot stop his actions tonight.

- He plans to try to assassinate Tōsaka Tokiomi again tonight.

The reason was simple. Although he was just a beginner in magic, he knew that the longer the preparation time, the harder it would be to kill the magician. Moreover, now that he had drawn a clear line with Sakutsuki, it would not be surprising if Sakutsuki came to ask for Assassin's class card at any time.

Time was not on his side.

Moreover, as Archer's hero king Gilgamesh, Sakutsuki had to deal with him carefully. Even though Kariya had great confidence in his Berserker, he was also aware of the gap between himself and Tokiomi.

To win the Holy Grail, he had to defeat Tokiomi and Archer. The only way to defeat this powerful group was to skip Archer and attack the Master instead.

In other words, to assassinate the Master.

Therefore, after hastily recovering his magic power, Kariya took advantage of the dark night and transformed into Hassan the Cursed Arm and sneaked into Tosaka Tokiomi's mansion again.

Even though Tokiomi had reinforced the magic barrier of the Tohsaka residence, the level of the servants, especially Hassan, whose main job was the Cursed Arm at the moment, was still beyond his imagination. In front of the extremely mysterious Demon God's Arm, even the barrier formed by the connection of gems was broken by Kariya in half a quarter of an hour.

Suppressing the murderous intent in his heart, Matou Kariya successfully came to the reception room of the Tohsaka family, just in time to see Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kotomine Kirei sitting opposite each other and having a long conversation.

Assassinate now? Even if Sakutsuki said that Kotomine Kirei was very strong, I, who have the power of a servant, can kill them all... But Kotomine Kirei is no longer the Master, am I going to kill innocent people indiscriminately?

Just as Kariya was thinking, Tokiomi handed the wooden box on the table to Kirei, and then stood up, as if he was going to leave.

Then, a scene that almost made Kariya scream out happened-Kotomine Kirei drew his sword like lightning and pierced his mentor's heart from the back!

The experience from the cursed wrist told him that this stab was unreserved, and the dagger would definitely destroy Tohsaka Tokiomi's heart. Even if Tokiomi survived now, he would never see the sun the next day.

Tohsaka Tokiomi was dead.

After realizing this, Matou Kariya raised the corners of his mouth as he had imagined countless times, but was surprised to find that there was not much joy in this smile.

No, how could it be possible.

I should laugh at the person I have always hated and even despised falling into such a situation.

Yes, that's right, laugh heartily, laugh wildly, laugh until I can't stop, laugh until tears flow out.

After all - the man who made Sakura suffer and Aoi cry is going to die!

However... the emotions in his heart are completely out of Kariya's control.

Emptiness.

Reluctance.

Anger.

Kotomine Kirei's excited smile made Kariya feel extremely disgusted, as if Kariya's treasured figurines worth tens of thousands of yuan were torn into pieces by him, as if the things Kariya pursued with great difficulty were thrown in front of him like garbage.

If Tōsaka Tokiomi died like this——

A myriad of thoughts emerged in his mind, and in the end, as if escaping, only one thought remained.

Will Aoi cry then?

No, Aoi must not be allowed to cry, at least not because of such an ending.

After convincing himself, Matou Kariya turned into a black shadow without hesitation and rushed out, grabbing the dying Tokiomi, like carrying a rag sack, and broke through the wall with his mortal enemy, disappearing under the cover of the night.

Behind him, the priest with a little blood on his body just stared at him until he was covered by the woods and disappeared from each other's sight.

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"Cough, cough, cough..."

Under the dim light, Tōsaka Tokiomi woke up with a cough.

He stood up and saw a man sitting next to him, his expression not much better than his.

"Matou... Kariya."

"Humph, how does it feel to be saved by your enemy?"

Being mocked like this, Tohsaka Tokiomi did not answer. He stared at the ceiling with a lifeless look, feeling his heart and pulse getting weaker and weaker.

With the magic mark, the magician's heart will not stop so easily (see the captain for details), but death is inevitable. Should the urn have a sliding lid or a flip lid is what Tohsaka Tokiomi should think about.

And Matou Kariya did not say much. He felt irritated when he looked at Tohsaka Tokiomi, and he looked away directly, reflecting on the reason why he saved him.

"...Tell me, Kariya."

Tohsaka Tokiomi spoke abruptly, interrupting Kariya's messy thoughts.

"What?"

"Is my life a failure? That's all." After a pause, Tokiomi picked up a topic again, "Tell me, Kariya, what was the Matou family like back then?"

"I thought you would continue to pretend to be confused." After a habitual sarcasm, Kariya sighed, and finally told the truth about that year.

Without turning on the lights, any modern technology would be affected in the magic workshop. Only a retro kerosene lamp swayed, creating a silent and mysterious atmosphere.

"...That's it, do you understand? If it weren't for Sakuyue's help, Sakura would have been thrown into the insect cave, and the future would be dark from now on..."

He spoke as if he had strangled his emotions, and even Kariya himself was surprised at the lack of ups and downs in his mood.

He thought he would scold Tokiomi Tokiomi for his stupidity and ridicule Tokiomi Tokiomi for his ignorance... However, when he realized that the person lying in front of him was gradually dying, he suddenly lost the strength to be excited. .

He even felt pity.

In this ending, in fact, this is just like Tosaka Tokiomi's style. He firmly believes in his own way of survival and takes steps without hesitation - until the last moment, he was still unaware that there was a big hole at his feet.

As if to discard this emotion, Kariya shook his head hard and said with a cold face, "Although we are enemies, I can still help with things like calling Sister Aoi and Xiao Rin over."

"I'm sorry about Sakura, Kariya."

Kariya turned his head in astonishment and looked at the corpse-like man on the bed, as if he had heard some impossible dream talk.

Immediately afterwards, Tokiomi Tohsaka confirmed that this was not Kariya's hallucination.

"Also, please help me call Aoi, Rin...and Sakura. Sorry to trouble you, Kariya."

Faced with the request of a dying person, even if it was an enemy, Kariya still sighed softly and softened his heart.

"Then just think that I was confused for a moment - Shuo Yue, you boy, just watch from the side and come out quickly!"

As soon as Kariya finished speaking, the blue diamond-shaped magic door appeared next to him. As the young man walked out, the dim magic workshop shone because of his bright golden eyes.

"Yes, this is an NFF service. Although I don't know how you know that I am supervising, of course, everything will be according to your needs. But the commission fee will not be low, right?"

Following the young man's declaration, the replacement spaces opened one after another, and three unexpected figures walked out of them.

Zenjo Aoi, Tohsaka Rin, Matou Sakura.

Tokiomi Tokiomi's family members, and the three women whom Matou Kariya fought for, gathered here. When they saw Tokiomi Tokiomi lying on the hospital bed, dying, whether they wanted to believe it or not, they all I had to accept the pain and panic of being hit in the face by the facts.

"Tokiomi——!"

"Father!"

"dad……"

When the three women surrounded Tokiomi Tohsaka, Kariya just sighed, gave Aoi one last nostalgic look, and walked out of the magic workshop with Sakusuki.