Intruders of the Moon World

Yinglingwei Palace made a move: "...So you think so."

"Yes, as long as you know my real name, you will definitely think so. After all, as long as you have the opportunity to correct your life, I believe that no one will miss this opportunity, especially for a meaningless life like me.. …”

"But you made a mistake in one place." The assassin said to Kiritsugu disdainfully, "Only when you feel regret will you have the desire to come back, but I—"

"Never regretted it!"

When the trigger was pulled, Kiritsugu instinctively used the inherent time control to dodge.

"three times!"

Instead of cutting the skull, the searing projectile was fired into the place where the sternum and collarbone meet.

"I lost everything," Yingling Emiya kicked Kiritsugu down with one kick, "but I don't regret it!"

Kiritsugu raised his gun to fight back, the cold light of the dagger flashed, Hero Emiya slashed his wrist, and the pistol fell to the ground.

"You think I answered the call to kill you?"

Yinglingweigong sneered: "Stop laughing! I just came here with no other choice. Even if I find a new target, it has nothing to do with you... Killing you is just a matter of convenience."

"To correct mistakes? Yes, I failed, I lost completely. Ideals, family, first love, teachers, friends... all were buried by myself. However, I don't think I did wrong until now. what."

He smiled like a cry: "Because the path I insist on is the 'right' one, and the failure is just my incompetence... A partner of justice? It's just something like a curse, and I'm already wrong It's hopeful...but, I'm still, still..."

This man's expression is not hideous or confident, but a look of intimidating the enemy, but to be precise, he is intimidating himself.

As if the only way to convince himself "I'm right, I won't regret it", once the heart is a little weaker, he will be knocked down by a huge sadness, from a cold-blooded killer to the most humble dust.

The gunshot sounded again, and this time it was Kiritsugu taking advantage of the opportunity to shake the Imperial Palace and fired an origin bullet.

But to no avail, the assassin's figure was in a trance, and the origin bullet had already landed in the air.

The merciless and fierce counterattack fell on Kiritsugu, his limbs were broken at the same time, and he completely lost his ability to move.

"You're a dangerous man... just like me," the assassin said coldly, "but in front of me, you have no chance."

Kiritsugu's mind went crazy, thinking about all the ways to delay the time.

"Why... if your purpose is not to kill me, then why are you doing this?"

Kiritsugu didn't think that these words could delay him, because he would have never hesitated, but unexpectedly, the assassin stopped.

"Purpose..." The assassin chewed on the word carefully, "Indeed, you are like me, no matter what you do, there must be a purpose and a plan."

"Hey, you... no, our ultimate purpose is to save others, right?"

The assassin asked back, "But what have we saved?"

"...What are you trying to say?" Kiritsugu excitedly said, "Someone must be saved because of my efforts!"

"By killing people!" The assassin retorted coldly.

"If you kill one person to save the other, there's no point in saving the other. So you're always saving the one with the largest number of people, because that's what maximizes the 'righteous' redemption. But you never think about-- "

"You are not qualified to be a judge at all!"

The dagger was inserted into Kiritsugu's elbow, which was the limb that Avalon had just repaired. Kiritsugu wanted to find a chance to raid, but the assassin could easily see through it.

"I'm going to kill you."

The assassin said lightly: "Your death will bring redemption to someone."

"This time you will not face the choice of saving more and killing less, but the choice of sacrificing yourself. I have made the decision for you..."

Blocking Kiritsugu's mobility, the assassin took out many knives and prepared to start the operation.

"Your origin is 'severing and connecting', but as the saying goes, there are no two identical leaves in the world. It is easy to cut something, but it can never stay the same after connecting. Therefore, after your origin is manifested, It can turn things into something similar but fundamentally different.”

The assassin's cold eyes patrolled Kiritsugu: "If you plunder everything from your bones, flesh and blood, nerves, magic circuits..., you may be able to manifest and extract your origin. ."

"I'm going to use this origin to save someone...his essence is a sad being that is doomed to no redemption and happiness. But he hasn't awakened yet, just close to the tipping point. I wanted to use the origin to bomb To steer his awakening 'the wrong way', to avoid the reversal...but it didn't go smoothly."

"Original bombs are far from being 'quantitative' or 'qualitative' compared to intact origins.

That's why I need you, Emiya Kiritsugu - me! "

"As long as you sacrifice everything you have, you will be able to save that person!"

"You're crazy!" Even Kiritsugu was horrified by the thought, "Why do you want to do it like this? Does he mean anything special to you?"

At this moment, Kiritsugu, who was lying on the ground, suddenly saw a black shadow reflected on the glass wall above, and his heart moved.

"Do you really need a reason?" Yingling Emiya said, "He is neither my lover nor my friend. I want to save him just because..."

A gleam of light flashed in Kiritsugu's eyes, and in order to get rid of his control, he abruptly tore the palm nailed to the ground in half, and a large amount of blood splattered on the assassin's face.

"Are you still struggling to the death?"

The vision of the Heroic Spirit Palace was disturbed, and it immediately protected the heart, which is the position of the spiritual core.He was not panicking, with Kiritsugu's current state, it was impossible to cause him much damage.

"Crash..."

The sound of glass shattering came from above, and the next moment the assassin felt a piercing pain behind him.

A rough palm emerged from his chest, with some broken internal organs...

"what--"

Yinglingweigong turned to look at the attacker, his shocked face turned relieved: "So it's you...Ah, is this the 'retribution' that old people often say..."

"How does revenge feel? My Master, Father: Kotomine Kirei."

Chapter 39 Someone's Redemption

"Vengeance? No, this is not an act of revenge out of anger, but I think it is more beneficial to my own interests." Kotomine Kirei pulled out his hand.

The assassin fell to the ground with a sway, and signs of spiritualization began to appear on the edges of his body. If he wanted to fight back, he could kill Kotomine Kirei and Emiya Kiritsugu even now, but he did not resist. Silently waiting for his own demise.

"what!!!"

Brutally breaking the restraint, under the influence of Avalon, the wound on Kiritsugu's body quickly recovered, and he was able to move freely after a while.

His spirit was much weaker than before, he glanced at the assassin and Kotomine Kirei without any emotion, and left with a limp.

"Yinglingwei Palace... Maybe I'm wrong, but I still want to pursue the Holy Grail!"

Maintaining his firm belief, Kiritsugu walked away, and no one stopped him.

"So, you turned out to be the same being in different worlds, no wonder your fighting style is close to that of a modern mercenary." Kotomine Kirei's expression was as hard as a rock.

"How about it, talking to myself who has not yet become a heroic spirit, is there anything I can gain?"

Yinglingweigong said bleakly: "The harvest... It's not that there is no, it just made me realize the fact that I am an idiot. Useless ideals should be thrown into the trash.... .."

"What ideal?" Kirei became interested.

[How about Kelly, what kind of adult do you want to be in the future? 】

"I...want to be a partner of justice." A long-lost smile appeared on the face of the youthful innocence.

"Stupid...but cute." Kotomine Kirei's tone had a rare attribute called gentleness.

"It is natural for children to have such dreams. Heroes are admired by everyone, so they can become heroes. From this point of view, if there is no vision, there will be no one who wants to be a hero, and the concept of a hero will no longer exist. exists."

Kotomine Kirei took off the cross on his chest and placed it on the forehead of Heroine Emiya.

"May the Lord forgive you."

Photo: "Time for Two", Location: "Images/213417-89687.jpg"

The Yinglingwei Palace was even weaker, and said weakly: "It's a pity that my backstage boss is not God...cough, the spiritual core is also damaged, about half a minute, I will disappear.... .."

Kotomine Kirei looked solemn: "Assassin, I have something I want to ask you before this."

"......what?"

"Why didn't you kill me? If you just want to fight against yourself, it would be more straightforward to kill me. Master, you can always find a replacement puppet."

"...How could I kill you?" Yinglingweigong smiled bleakly, "You are my master...how could it be possible to kill you?"

"Why do you want to help me?" Kotomine Kirei said excitedly, "Not only that magic bullet, but also just now... you already sensed my existence, why did you deliberately attack me?"

Yinglingweigong did not answer his question, but turned his eyes to the unknown distance.

"My whole life... It's full of shameful things in retrospect. I kept saying that I wanted to be a partner of justice, so I didn't hesitate to incarnate as Shura and erase my emotions... But in the end, I just didn't achieve anything, no save anyone..."

"Now I am logged on the wheel of inhibition, and there is no freedom to speak of. But I long for...just once, even if only once, only one person can be saved...my existence Maybe it's not meaningless."

The assassin smiled happily for the first time: "Now it seems that I succeeded. The loser named Emiya Kiritsugu succeeded after all."

"Master...Did you feel it?" The assassin placed his hand on the gunshot on Kotomine Kirei's chest, "Something has changed."

Kotomine Kirei said indifferently: "Yes, it is indeed different. Before this place was empty, now I have buried a flower seed in it."

"Oh, yes... It would be nice to be able to grow and bloom smoothly..."

The spiritual core was completely shattered, and the assassin turned into countless light spots and dissipated.

"It will bloom!"

Remembering the words of the Heroine Imperial Palace, Kotomine Kirei strode out, he wanted to escape this crumbling dangerous building, escape this Holy Grail War, and try to survive.

Be careful and do your best to protect the seed (Karen) until that hydrangea blooms again!

Image: "In hell, I too...", Location: "Images/213506-47750.jpg"

......

Dragging his extremely tired body, Kiritsugu climbed the stairs step by step. Avalon could only recover from his injuries, but he couldn't even remove his mental fatigue.

Before you know it, your feet are covered with black mud...

"I thought I had no blood or tears for a long time, but is it really still flesh and blood?" With a self-deprecating smile, Kiritsugu walked to the last door with difficulty.

When the gate is opened, what appears is not the stage with the Holy Grail, or even the scenery that should be in a closed building.

It was a southern island with a hot climate, the sun was even a little tingling on the skin, the clear waves of the sea were constantly coming, and the children jumped from the two-meter-high shore, playing a game similar to a game of courage... ..

"This is—" Kiritsugu's eyes widened, of course he would not forget this place, this is where it all started.

"I...I!" Kiritsugu wanted to escape, but the door had disappeared at some point.

What follows is an extremely real memory... No, it should be a "fact", because this is not an illusion, but a reincarnation that dismantles Emiya Kiritsugu's life and keeps replaying it.