Kenneth's suspicion had long been expected, and Leonardo spent some time repeating the trick he had used to deceive Weber.
"I see."
Kenneth, who was born in the world of magic, is no stranger to this kind of power conflict between family patriarchs and their descendants.
For a magician, everything in the family, including his own children and grandchildren, are all "things" that belong to the head of the family, and they can be sacrificed ruthlessly when necessary.
This kind of cold and selfish approach will naturally cause dissatisfaction among the descendants who are treated like objects. The resulting family strife is no longer news in the Clock Tower.
Initially believing the Assassin team's statement, Kenneth took Lu Xiao to the outermost room on the seventh floor of the apartment.
"so what?"
Kenneth put his hands and fingers together, sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and looked at the paper crane suspended in the air with calm eyes, showing no interest in Lu Xiao beside him.
"As far as I know, Matou Sakura is the adopted daughter of the Matou family from the Tohsaka family just a year ago."
"That is to say, the Assassin group...or even the Caster group, are likely to be related to the Tohsaka family. Why should I believe the deal you are about to negotiate?"
Compared to Webber, who decided to join the war at the last minute and had a serious lack of intelligence collection, Kenneth, who had made full preparations for the Holy Grail War in advance, was very aware of the interactions between Tohsaka and Matou, and it was natural to have such suspicions.
"Haha~"
Da Vinci sneered twice: "Lord El-Melloi, if you knew the tragedy that happened to Sakura at the Matou family, you wouldn't think so."
"Assassin, play the scene you saw to Lord El-Melloi."
Lu Xiao nodded silently and took out a purple gem from his waist.
"Master of Saber, please forgive my offence."
"No problem." Kenneth raised his chin: "Video gem? Just use it."
"Crack!"
With Kenneth's permission, Lu Xiao crushed the gem in his hand, and the powder of the gem was automatically constructed under the influence of pre-prepared magic, and a clear image appeared in mid-air.
"This is……"
Looking at the densely packed engraved insects in the insect warehouse, Kenneth felt physically uncomfortable with the scene and frowned unconsciously.
Seeing those marking insects burrowing inside and outside Sakura's body, whose eyes were dull, Kenneth closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"That's enough, let's erase the image."
Raising his right hand and rubbing his eyebrows, Kenneth let out a long breath.
"Even by the standards of a magician family, this method of 'teaching' the younger generation is obviously excessive."
"This is no longer teaching, but cruelty to future generations. No wonder Matou Sakura will destroy the Matou family without hesitation after summoning her servants."
After lowering his head and thinking about it, Kenneth glanced at Lu Xiao and said to the paper crane suspended in the air: "I probably understand what Sakura Matou is thinking."
"She had a huge estrangement from her biological parents who sent her to the Matou family for torture, and decided to completely cut off contact with the Tosaka family, right?"
Da Vinci deliberately flattered him: "As expected of Lord El-Melloi, your analysis is very accurate. Can we get to the point now?"
A cold light flashed in Kenneth's eyes: "I heard that you have information about the magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu. Let's talk about it. Depending on the value of the information, I will consider whether to make a deal with you."
…
"Supernumerary heroic spirit?"
Kenneth touched his chin thoughtfully: "Just like the ruler who was killed by Assassin before?"
"Yes, this time the Guardian of Heroic Spirits is coming. There is no fixed job description in the Holy Grail War."
Da Vinci deliberately induced: "When Assassin discovered the Guardian, he had already clearly sided with Einzbern."
"Lord El-Melloi, the reason why the previous cooperation between you and Kotomine Kirei failed is because of the existence of the guardian, who injured Kotomine Kirei who tried to sneak into the castle and forced him to retreat."
"snort!"
A trace of anger flashed in Kenneth's eyes, and a sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "As expected of Einzbern, who is good at cheating, haven't they learned their lesson from the failure of the Third Holy Grail War?"
Kenneth was misled by Leonardo da Vinci and mistook Guardian Red A for the heroic spirit summoned illegally by the Einzbern family, similar to the avenger Angola Mainnu in the last Holy Grail War.
After calming down for a while, Kenneth continued to ask: "What is your plan and where do you need my help?"
"It's very simple."
Da Vinci chuckled and said: "After the battle between Lancer and Berserker last night, the Einzbern Castle is in dilapidated condition. Emiya Kiritsugu will definitely move to the spare workshop to rebuild the position."
"Coincidentally, we discovered the temporary workshop chosen by Emiya Kiritsugu in advance. It is the same as the position set up by Caster. It is in the west of Miyama Town, close to Enzo Mountain. We can intercept the spiritual tributaries of Enzo Mountain to provide magic power.
"
"If we both cooperate and launch an attack before the Lancer group has a foothold..."
Kenneth's expression was distorted for a moment, but he quickly controlled his emotions.
"Assassin's deputy master, why are you asking me to cooperate? With the caster and assassin you have, you should have a chance to defeat the lancer and guardian by launching a raid, right?"
"What do you want from me?"
Da Vinci smiled noncommittally: "Lord El-Melloi, are you so sure that Caster is standing with us? Where did this information come from?"
Kenneth's eyes flickered, and a trace of suspicion flashed unconsciously in his eyes.
Seeing this scene, Lu Xiao secretly laughed in her heart, "It's really you, Emiya Kiritsugu."
With the behavior of Red A and Emiya Kiritsugu, in order to regain Irisviel, they will definitely try all possible means, even if they cooperate with enemies who have long-standing hatred, they will not hesitate to do so.
The Lancer camp is not the only one who doubts the relationship between Caster and Assassin. Caster, whose identity is still unknown, is a hidden threat to all those participating in the war.
Referring to the experience of previous Holy Grail Wars, the strengths of the caster job agency are mainly reflected in position creation and powerful spell combat capabilities.
This caster's position creation ability was fully demonstrated in yesterday's battle with Archer. Even the Hero King with the King's Treasure was unable to break down caster's defense in a short period of time.
If Caster and Assassin have truly formed an alliance, these two supposedly weak Heroic Spirits are likely to form a combat force that is enough to threaten all participants in the war.
Putting it into perspective, if Lu Xiao stood in Emiya Kiritsugu's perspective, he would try his best to publicize the threat of the cooperation between Caster and Assassin, and encourage other Masters and Servants to join forces to break down Caster's strong magic workshop, in order to achieve his own goals.
Purpose.
However, things like people's hearts cannot be determined by simply coming first.
Emiya Kiritsugu's call was already questionable for Kenneth, who had a grudge against him. Compared to the Lancer Master who relied on familiars to convey information, Assassin directly asked the servants to come to the door alone to discuss cooperation, which showed their sincerity.
Not a small difference.
Sometimes, it is these seemingly inconspicuous details of human relations that determine the final outcome.
As one of the only twelve monarchs among the Clock Tower nobles, Kenneth attaches great importance to etiquette when communicating with others. Although he has a prejudice against Emiya Kiritsugu in his heart, his subconscious preference is always to maintain proper etiquette.
Explanation of the assassin group.
Da Vinci saw Kenneth's hesitation through remote contact magic, and in pursuit of victory, he said: "Caster is more mysterious than Assassin. He has never shown his face since the beginning of the war."
"Just relying on Emiya Kiritsugu's one-sided words without any evidence and trying to divert trouble... Haha~ Is it that easy?"
The balance in Kenneth's heart has been shaken, and Leonardo da Vinci took the opportunity to deliver the final blow.
"Lord El-Melloi, the reason why Emiya Kiritsugu instigated other Masters and Servants to try to besiege us is because the Assassin kidnapped the Einzbern family's androids during the operation the night before yesterday. Emiya Kiritsugu's