Chapter 168
After the Lancer group was eliminated, the plot pace of "Fate Zero" suddenly accelerated.
The first is Kotomine Kirei. After going to the church, he found his father's body. When he learned of this ending, he did not show much sadness, but instead became deeply confused.
In the end, he told all this to Tōsaka Tokiomi, and deliberately did not tell him that he had already regained the Command Seals and became the Master of the Holy Grail War again.
After Diarmuid's death, Irisviel's body suddenly became unable to move, and she was eventually sent by Saber to the base in Miyama-cho, Fuyuki City.
Altria was planning to take care of her, but was suddenly invited by Tohsaka Tokiomi, who hoped that the two sides could meet in a friendly manner to discuss cooperation.
After thinking about it, Irisviel decided to accept the invitation from Tōsaka Tokiomi.
He brought Altria to the place where he had agreed to meet with Tohsaka Tokiomi, the Fuyuki Church.
The two sides quickly started negotiations. Tōsaka Tokiomi hoped to join forces with the Einzbern side to eliminate the remaining berserkers and riders first.
As a condition, the Tousaka family will provide information on the Berserker and Rider Masters.
Irisviel of course agreed to this fact, but at the same time, she also made a request that Kotomine Kirei must be excluded from the Holy Grail War and leave Fuyuki City that day.
Upon hearing this condition, Kotomine Kirei was shocked, but he had no way to refute it.
After some hesitation, Tōsaka Tokiomi demanded that Saber could no longer use her Noble Phantasm unconditionally in situations that might endanger the city.
The two parties finally agreed to each other's conditions and established a preliminary cooperative relationship.
Only Kotomine Kirei, who was about to be forced to leave Fuyuki City, had his own little thoughts.
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Facing Kotomine Kirei who was still somewhat confused, Gilgamesh took the initiative to find him to communicate.
"It has come to this, and you are still thinking? Even if you are slow-witted, there is a limit, Kirei."
"Since I was old enough to understand, I have been living for a single quest. I have spent a long time and endured all kinds of suffering, but all in vain. However, now I feel that the answer is right beside me. The thing I have been pursuing for a long time must be at the end of this Fuyuki War."
"Since you already have such a clear awareness, what are you hesitating about?"
"I have a feeling that when I know all the answers, I will be completely destroyed."
"Don't think about those inexplicable things, Kirei. This should be a cause for celebration. Your never-ending pilgrimage is finally about to reach its destination."
"Will you bless me, Archer?"
"I should have said it before. The fate of mankind is the supreme entertainment. I sincerely look forward to seeing the moment when you face your own fate."
Hearing Gilgamesh's words, Kotomine Kirei made up his mind, which he had already made up long ago.
"After the meeting just now, I sent people from the Holy Church to follow those people from Einzbern. Now we have found out where the people from the Einzbern family are hiding now."
"What is this, Kirei—you! So you were planning to continue fighting from the beginning!"
"I was very hesitant, and I had the opportunity to stop, but in the end, Hero King, it's just like what you said, people like me have no other way to deal with things except to keep questioning."
Kotomine Kirei said this while rolling up the sleeves of his shirt, on which were engraved a large number of Command Seals taken from his father’s corpse.
Seeing this, Gilgamesh laughed and said:
“Hahaha—but Kirei, if you want to participate in the Holy Grail War on your own will, Tōsaka Tokiomi and I will become your enemies. Don’t you think this situation is dangerous?”
“Not really.”
"oh?"
"Since you are going to be an enemy of Tokiomi-sensei, I don't need to cover up his lies anymore. Gilgamesh, I will tell you the truth behind the Holy Grail War that you don't know yet."
"What?"
"The so-called Holy Grail War and the fight for the Wishing Machine are just a farce. The ceremony held in Fuyuki was actually an experiment to gather the souls of seven heroic spirits as sacrifices in an attempt to open the passage to the root. The promise of a miracle is just bait to summon heroic spirits."
"you mean… "
"The only magus who truly wants to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the three great families in this war is Tōsaka Tokiomi. He wants to kill all seven Servant Spirits to activate the Greater Holy Grail. This is why Mr. Tokiomi is so reluctant to use the Command Seals. When fighting other summoners, he can only use two Command Seals at most, because the last Command Seal must be used to command you to commit suicide after the war is over."
After hearing what Kotomine Kirei said, Gilgamesh did not get angry, but instead smiled.
But everyone can feel the chill behind that smile.
Soon, Kotomine Kirei and Gilgamesh smiled at each other.
From now on, they will officially break away from the shackles of the past and become the new master and servant.
As for the subsequent plot, there is no need to say much. There is no doubt that in front of the two people who have established an alliance, the death of Tōsaka Tokiomi is inevitable.
Kotomine Kirei used the dagger given to him by Tōsaka Tokiomi to stab his mentor to death.
…
Seeing the plot on the screen, the audience's emotions were aroused again.
No one expected that the story line that seemed to have gradually become clear would once again undergo a chaotic turn at this time.
"Oh my god, Tōsaka Tokiomi was stabbed to death by Kotomine Kirei just like that?"
"That's outrageous. I thought Kotomine Kirei was the only good guy in this story, but it turns out you're also a bad guy?"
"They are all villains. Now it seems that only Weber is innocent. The King of Conquerors is also very heroic. I never get tired of watching the daily life of the rider team."
"Oh, hurry up. I just want to know who will get the Holy Grail. Now that Tokiomi is dead and Gilgamesh has changed his master, could it be that Kotomine Kirei will get the Holy Grail?"
"Oh my god, this story is too dark, isn't it? It will scare the children!"
"Never mind, I just want to watch the fights now. The fights between the heroic spirits are the highlight of Fate Zero!!"
"I think it's good to watch the intrigues between the masters."
"I just want to see Saber, Saber is so beautiful!"
"Yes, my wife +1!"
"roll!"
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Compared with ordinary audiences, magicians' focus is obviously completely different.
Compared to the intrigues among the masters of each party, they were obviously more concerned about the truth about the Holy Grail War told by Kotomine Kirei.
"What did Kotomine Kirei say? That the Holy Grail War was an experiment to use the souls of Heroic Spirits to open the Root Channel? The Wishing Machine was just a bait, and it was essentially a key to open the hole in the world?"
"Oh my god, now a lot of things make sense. No wonder the story said at the beginning that the Holy Grail can summon servants and fulfill any wish. At first I thought that this was not the law of conservation of magic. Now it seems that we were actually misled from the beginning!"
"The essence of the Holy Grail War is actually like this. So even if I obtain the Holy Grail, I won't be able to fulfill my wish?"
"Not necessarily. Doesn't the Holy Grail absorb the magic power of seven Servants? Such a huge amount of magic power, even if it is not used to open the hole in the world, is enough to achieve any concept of miracle. The Holy Grail is indeed a wish-making machine!"
"It seems that the subsequent plot will still focus on the fight for the Holy Grail."
The magicians were discussing this in such shock that no one knew how the subsequent plot would develop.
…
At the top of the Mage's Tower, the great sages did not feel surprised when they heard the answer from Kotomine Kirei.
After all, they had guessed the truth about the Holy Grail War as early as the beginning, and now this guess just happened to be correct.
For the great sages, the only surprising thing is that the souls of the seven heroes can open up the root.
"What exactly is a heroic spirit? How could it possess such a huge amount of magical power?"
“Although it is not explicitly stated in the story, I feel that the Heroic Spirits should be the guardians of the world, created by the world to maintain its own existence and fight against enemies outside the world.”
"Well, I think this idea is reasonable. After all, the only thing that can maintain such a powerful concept as the Heroic Spirit is something at the level of the World Will."
"World will, do you think our world also has world will?"
"this… "
At this point in the topic, all the great sages were speechless.
Up to now, human history has experienced countless twists and turns. Although there has been no clear interference from external forces, there have still been some obviously abnormal things that have occurred in history.
Even the great sages present did not dare to completely conclude that the death of the previous dean was a defeat by humanity itself.
In this world, there seems to be an invisible hand controlling the course of history.
"In short, the setting of the Holy Grail War has basically surfaced. The important questions now are the King of Heroes' trump card, the Noble Phantasm EA, the true identity of the berserker, and the role that Kotomine Kirei will play in the following plot. Basically, when these three mysteries are solved, this story should be completely over."
The other great sages nodded in response to Hohenheim's remarks that seemed to change the subject, and felt that this speculation was very reasonable.
After all, as the pinnacle of human wisdom, general story plots are quite easy to figure out for great sages like them, and even the most complex settings can be clearly understood in their essence and core after being disassembled.
However, even so, even though they can guess the subsequent plot, the fun of the movie itself still makes these great sages enjoy it.
After all, even though they are great sages, they are essentially just a group of otakus who lack entertainment activities.
…
After the plot in which Kotomine Kirei killed Tōsaka Tokiomi ended, he left the Tōsaka mansion with Gilgamesh and began to plot his own conspiracy.
Then, the rest of the movie goes on to talk about the situation of each party.
Irisviel and Altria returned to their warehouse, preparing to rest and recuperate for the upcoming battle.
In order to recover the large amount of magic power that Iskandar had consumed when he used the inherent barrier, Weber and Iskandar began to head to the place with the densest earth veins.
Matou Kariya wakes up from the church, confused as to why he is still alive.
At the end, the figure of Emiya Kiritsugu emerged.
But at this moment, the scene changed, and the camera of the movie suddenly came to a small island on the sea.
A young man who looked somewhat like Emiya Kiritsugu appeared in the camera, smiling brightly.
"This is?"
"Emiya Kiritsugu?"
"So young..."
"Could this be a memory?"
"Are we going to tell you about Emiya Kiritsugu's life next?"
All of a sudden, the audience started talking about it and immediately became excited.
After all, Kiritsugu Emiya's twisted personality has long been a thorn in the hearts of the audience.
Everyone is eager to get answers from the movie, to understand the reasons for the birth of Kiritsugu Emiya's twisted personality and what ideals he wants to achieve.
However, just as the audience was waiting for the movie to give them an answer, the movie screen suddenly flickered.
After countless fierce battle scenes switched, the last thing that appeared was a conversation between a young boy and a girl by a pond.
"Kelly, what kind of adult do you want to be?"
What followed was an answer that sounded obviously older.
"I want to be a partner of justice."
At this point, the scene completely ended, and a row of subtitles appeared instead.
“The third chapter of Fate Zero will be released in the spring of next year, so stay tuned.”
In an instant, the entire cinema lit up, and the bright magic crystal made all the audience stunned for a moment, and then everyone fell silent.
It took a long time before the audience realized the final fact and couldn't help but swear.
"Oh my god, it ends here?!"
"What the hell? This is too much!"
“Protest! Protest! Protest!”
"This is outrageous. They interrupted the plot at such a crucial moment. Are they trying to kill me?"
“I feel like I won’t be able to sleep for the next few months!”
"This is such a bummer! Director Du Lin, you are not a human being!"
"Ahh, kill me! I'm going to die without fate!!!"
Various wails rang out in the cinema one after another.
Faced with this scene, Du Lin hurriedly covered his appearance to prevent being recognized.