It was completely dark when Kotomine Kirei returned to Fuyuki Church. He didn't know why he wanted to return to the church, but he clearly had a premonition that he had to return here.
The lowered head of the Heavenly Father overlooks the solemn auditorium. The blood stained on the cross has long been cleaned up. Under the pure white, the dark man sits there quietly, seeming to be looking at something, but also as if there is nothing.
He didn't look, just smoked his cigarette silently.
Lilac smoke rings spit out from his mouth, then gradually rose, and finally dissipated in the darkness of the dome.
The moment he saw this man, Kotomine Kirei understood the reason why he wanted to come back here. This was a fateful meeting. The invisible thread connected them together, and the thread became tighter and tighter.
Whatever we are doing, wherever we are, we will eventually meet.
"Emiya Kiritsugu..."
Kotomine Kirei's voice trembled slightly. For the first time in his life, he felt that fate was so wonderful. This man was a gift given to him by fate. The God he believed in finally gave him a revelation.
His Kotomine Risei named him Kirei, which means "Kirei" which means "beauty" and "Li" which means "sacrifice". However, contrary to this name, Kirei Kotomine cannot feel the reaction.
There is beauty and morality, and people with [evil] nature cannot feel what [good] is.
He finally recalled his original intention of contacting Emiya Kiritsugu. Emiya Kiritsugu's rescue was a rescue that broke the rules. The more he tried to repair, the more damaged he became. This was a fate he could not escape.
Deeply engraved in its origins.
And he had the same confusion as Emiya Kiritsugu. He wanted to know what the human heart, human thoughts, and human desires meant to him when these were revealed.
Yes. This is his wish, this is his wish to be chosen by the Holy Grail. With this wish, he was deeply attracted by Emiya Kiritsugu, and the fate of the two was entangled, like a contradiction.
of spiral.
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"Lord, revive my soul. Please guide me to the right path except Allah. Even if I wander in the valley of death, I will not be afraid of the devil, because Allah is with me."
The holy verses that he had recited thousands of times blurted out, and his calm heart suddenly became agitated, and his blood became abnormal, like magma flowing in his blood vessels. He walked into the auditorium, as if he had walked into a gladiatorial arena.
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Emiya Kiritsugu did not look back, but this did not mean that he could not sense the arrival of Kotomine Kirei. He took a deep breath and finished the remaining half of the cigarette in an instant.
The cigarette ash broke and scattered, like the endless snow outside the Snow City. He put out the cigarette butt on the bench, and then pulled out the gun from his waist.
There is no need to talk nonsense. Let's make a quick decision. There will be a flight to Germany just at midnight. If everything goes well, they can be reunited as a family tomorrow morning. He doesn't have time to waste here.
The corners of Kotomine Kirei's mouth raised unconsciously, and the handle of the black key slipped into his hand, and with the infusion of magic power, it was woven into a silver blade.
Since both sides feel each other's murderous intent, there is no need to say anything more, they just need to fight.
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"I hope Kiritsugu can win."
At this time, one block away from Fuyuki Church, Irisviel clasped her hands together and prayed sincerely. Emiya Kiritsugu did not allow them to participate in this battle, and not even Kuu Maiya, who had always been an assistant.
allowed.
Kuu Maiya looked in the direction of Fuyuki Church, but couldn't see anything clearly. Although her face still had the usual expressionless expression, the clasped hands still showed the tension in her heart.
【I hope Kiritsugu can win.】
She thought this way, which coincided with Irisviel.
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Although this was the first meeting with Kotomine Kirei, Emiya Kiritsugu had already studied his information and deduced Kotomine Kirei's combat ability based on the information.
The long-range method relies on throwing black keys. Although the magic-woven blade is relatively fragile, it can still penetrate a five-millimeter-thick steel plate with enough force.
For close combat, he uses Bajiquan. Although it is unclear what level he is at, according to his father Feng Lizheng, his attainments in Bajiquan are not too low.
The cassock on his body has been specially treated for defense. It can not only resist curses, but also resist physical impact. At least, a submachine gun at close range cannot cause damage to the body under the cassock.
Moreover, Kotomine Kirei also studied magic under Tokiomi Tohsaka, and after mastering magic, he has become a complete body. After being amplified by magic, his body is like a monster, capable of sweeping everything.
Such an enemy may be said to be a powerful enemy that Emiya Kiritsugu must rack his brains and use all means to defeat in the past, but the current Emiya Kiritsugu is no longer the same.
"time alter-tenfold accel [Inherent time control ten times speed]!"
Along with the chanting of the mantra, Emiya Kiritsugu easily broke through his previous limits and reached a new peak. One second was lengthened to ten times, and time suddenly slowed down. At this time, everything slowed down.
During the time, he was the only one dancing alone wantonly.
The magic gun in his hand swallowed flames and shot out large-caliber bullets. Although Kotomine Kirei could not capture Emiya Kiritsugu's figure, he could still feel the needle coming from the surface of his back after many battles.
A slight stabbing pain.
This was the instinct of the body to face danger after being tempered for many times. He turned around suddenly, and the command spell on his arm briefly lit up. Then huge magic power was injected into the black key in his hand, and the slender blade expanded several times.
So big.
Click——!
Six black keys overlapped in front of him, forming a shield-like appearance, and successfully blocked the super-large-caliber bullets fired by the magic gun. However, as the bullets were blocked, the six black keys also shattered, not just because they were carried.
The powerful impact of the bullet is more due to the fact that Kotomine Kirei injected too much magic power and caused it to self-destruct.
However, he didn't pay attention to this. New black keys appeared in his hand and were rewoven into a blade.
"Well, cough..."
There was a huge pain in the right side of the abdomen, but the pain immediately eased, and the entire right side of the abdomen became numb and completely lost consciousness.
Kotomine Kirei slowly lowered his head and looked at the right side of his abdomen that had been blasted open. His intestines had already slipped out along the blasted gap. This was Emiya Kiritsugu's second bullet, and he did not guard against it.
live.
He casually stuffed the slipped intestines and used magic to simply deal with it. At the same time, he kept his eyes fixed on the shadow, maintaining a fighting posture at all times.
Just after the fight, he was at a disadvantage, but Kotomine Kirei was not afraid. He had other ways to ensure that he could turn defeat into victory.