The moment Yustisa appeared, Hisau Maiya's slightly relaxed body immediately tensed up. This female warrior who had been fighting since she could remember raised her pistol as quickly as possible and aimed at Yustisa.
Just as she was about to shoot, she saw the face that looked exactly like Irisviel's, and her finger on the trigger slowed down for a few seconds.
It was these few seconds that made Maiya lose the chance to shoot. Yustisa's hands released several thin threads, one of which shredded the pistol, while the others entangled Maiya's joints.
Maiya subconsciously tried to struggle, but she was unable to break free from the thin string that seemed to break at any pull.
"Ms. Maiya!"
As Irisviel belatedly exclaimed, Maiya felt as if a strong electric current was passing through her body. The intense numbness deprived her of control over her body, and she soon fell to the ground like Irisviel.
Yustisa was still worried, and added more silk threads to Maiya, making sure that even Scathach would take some time to break free, and then nodded with satisfaction. Before taking action, Shinji had specially reminded her that Hisahi Maiya was an excellent fighter, and she had to be careful when dealing with her, not leaving her any chance to tip off.
"I just used magic to incapacitate Maiya-san, don't worry."
Hearing Yustisa's words, Aliceviel breathed a sigh of relief. It was only at this moment that she remembered the self-introduction she had just heard.
"Well, you said you were—"
"Yustisa, your prototype—no, it should be ancestor or sister, which is more suitable for you."
"Lady Yustisa?" In the Einzbern family, Yustisa is a sacred name, and everyone uses honorifics when talking about her.
"If you want, you can call me sister." Yustisa said with a smile, and this smile made Alice feel inexplicably kind.
"But, but... Lady Yustisa has already..." Irisviel hesitated to speak.
"It has become the Greater Grail, has it?"
"Yeah." Irisviel nodded slightly.
"It was Yustisa's body that became the Greater Holy Grail, and it is Yustisa's soul that stands before you now."
As Yustisa spoke, she completed the process of transforming from a physical body to a spiritual body, and then from a spiritual body to a physical body.
"I think you can understand my way of being."
"Is it really... Lady Yustisa?"
"It's me. Okay, I know you have a lot of questions to ask, and I'll tell you slowly later, but this is not a good place for a long conversation. Let's go to another place. The person who came to pick me up has arrived."
As soon as she finished speaking, Irisviel received an alarm from the defensive barrier.
A few dozen seconds later, the specially installed steel door with a thickness of more than 5 centimeters was cut in half like tofu, and two figures familiar to Irisviel walked into the workshop.
"Assassin, and Assassin's Master!" Irisviel widened her eyes.
Shinji waved to the Einzbern sisters and said, "Yustisa, we are here to pick you up. The car is parked outside the door. Let's go now. Yustisa will be in charge of Miss Irisviel, and Assassin will be in charge of Miss Hisau Maiya."
"Wait, wait, where are you taking us?" Irisviel asked in a slightly panicked tone.
"Let's go to Ryudo Temple. Tonight, I want to end the Holy Grail War." Shinji patted his cheek and deliberately put on a ferocious expression. "Okay, Miss Irisviel, Miss Hisau Maiya, I declare that you have been kidnapped."
...
Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber stayed in the outskirts of Fuyuki City, near the home of old man Mackenzie, the entire day. This was the base of Rider and his master, Waver Velvet, an ordinary family that was isolated from magic.
Because of this, Kiritsugu had never been able to grasp the whereabouts of Rider's group. He had never expected that a magician's base was not a magic workshop, but an ordinary house.
If it weren't for the landlord of Fuyuki City, Tōsaka Tokiomi, who secretly controlled the city, sharing the information with Irisviel, Kiritsugu would probably not have been able to find Waver's base until the end of the Holy Grail War.
This disguise that exploited the magician's blind spot made Kiritsugu look at Waver with new eyes, but also put him in a dilemma.
He showed ignorance and cowardice in battle and seemed to have no combat experience at all.
However, the strategy of choosing a stronghold is so brilliant, at least much smarter than establishing a stronghold so blatantly like the Big Three and Kenneth.
Often, the amount of experience determines one's ability. A fledgling with little experience usually has poor abilities, or at least cannot fully utilize them. However, this is not an exception, for example, Kiritsugu himself. When Kiritsugu first debuted, he also had no experience, but his skills were more sophisticated and ruthless than many of his more experienced colleagues.
Could it be that this young man named Weber is as troublesome a person as himself
The fact that Waver and Rider left just before Saber came to the door provided the strongest evidence for this idea. If this was true, continuing to wait would be a waste of time.
But out of the patience and caution of the magician killer, Kiritsugu still stayed at the observation point not far from McKenzie's house to observe, and let Saber wander around McKenzie's house to attract the attention of Rider who might appear.
The anxiety of wasting precious time and the caution of not making rash judgments conflicted back and forth in Kiritsugu's heart.
Just as Kiritsugu began to get impatient with the endless cycle of thought, his cell phone rang.
The only one who would contact him at this time was Hisau Maiya, and Kiritsugu quickly answered the phone.
"Maiya?"
"I'm sorry, but it's not Emiya Kiritsugu-san."
The unfamiliar male voice on the phone made Kiritsugu's heart seem to fall into an abyss. He asked in a voice without a trace of warmth.
"Who are you? Where is Maiya?"
"I am a petty kidnapper. Your wife and lover are currently in my hands. I am calling you to make demands."
Kiritsugu was so anxious that he had no time to care about the title of "lover": "What are the conditions?"
"It's very simple. Just be on time tonight. I will send out the invitation at the appropriate time. As long as you don't leave Fuyuki City, you will receive it. Of course, if you have the ability to find me in advance, you can also make the appointment in advance, but I don't recommend that you do so, because it will completely make you lose the possibility of winning this Holy Grail War."
Kiritsugu was silent for a few seconds, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, but I want to hear Maiya and Airi's voices first."
"I'm sorry, but I can't meet your request because I'm not with the hostages right now. I've already mentioned the request, and I hope you can come on time."
"Wait, I—"
Kiritsugu wanted to say something else, but only a series of short busy tones came out of the receiver.