The appearance of the black sun attracted everyone's attention.
Tōsaka Tokiomi ran to the top of the mountain like crazy.
Scathach and Saber stopped their duel and entered Ryudo Temple.
Emiya Kiritsugu, who had just woken up, struggled to stand up despite his weak body.
And Shinji Matou stopped standing by and watched and descended from the sky.
The moment it landed, a pure light bounced out from the hole and condensed into a flickering figure.
Spirit particles continued to overflow from the figure, and the figure became more and more blurred, like a candle in the wind that could disappear at any time.
"Justisa!"
Shinji quickly came to the side of the contractor whose face he could not even see clearly, and frantically injected magic power into the contract, but found that the effect was not obvious, and he was shocked.
"What happened? How did it become like this?"
"Shinji, use the Command Seal immediately, quickly!" Scathach's voice was like a blow to the head, waking up the panicked disciple.
"I order in the name of the Command Seal, Justisa, to stabilize the spiritual foundation."
"I give the second command spell, Justisa, to stabilize the spiritual base."
"I take the third path..."
Shinji activated the extra Command Seal on his right arm without hesitation, transferring magical power that was infinitely close to a miracle to Justisa.
One is not enough, two is not enough, three is not enough. As long as he can save Justisia, Shinji will not feel any pain even if he uses up all the Command Spells in one go.
With the replenishment of magic power, Justisa's condition gradually stabilized. Although there were still sporadic spirit particles spreading outward, her spiritual foundation had stabilized and she would no longer be in danger of losing her soul.
"That's enough. Don't waste any more precious Command Seals."
Justisa used a voice that pretended to be calm but could not conceal her fatigue to stop Shinji, who had already used five Command Seals and was about to use the sixth.
At this time, Shinji was soaked and sweating profusely. The excessive consumption of magic power directly caused the "Hades Cloak" to be unable to maintain its entity. The child who revealed his true face replaced the black sun and became the new focus.
For Justissa and Scathach, he is their contractor (master), as well as a trustworthy partner and family member (disciple).
To Emiya Kiritsugu, Irisviel, Hisau Maiya, and Saber, he is Assassin's Master and the biggest outlier in this Holy Grail War.
From the moment he appeared on the stage, he was shrouded in a layer of mystery.
Summoning people who are impossible to summon as Servants; having all-pervasive intelligence capabilities; behaving incomprehensibly; and having a close connection with the Einzberns.
As time goes by and my contact with him deepens, I understand him more and more, but the more I understand him, the more mysterious he seems.
He seemed to know every master-servant pair participating in the war very well, and planned the final battle situation single-handedly, as if everyone had become his chess pieces.
The most curious point is the origin of the Holy Grail War, and the relationship between Justisa, the "Saint of Winter", and him. The scene just now has fully demonstrated that the relationship between the two is not just a simple contract.
Shinji didn't notice the gazes around him, nor did he even notice his own changes. He just looked at Yustisa with concern, looking at the woman who had accompanied him all the way.
"Are you really alright?"
"It's okay." Justisa met Shinji's gaze with a gentle smile.
As this smile bloomed, the spreading spirit particles finally stopped.
Shinji wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a long breath, and looked up at the "black sun" that was constantly oozing black mud out.
"The purification... failed?"
"Well, the pollution is much more serious than I thought." Justisa nodded, a gloomy look on her delicate face, "Also, inside the 'hole', I can't get your magic support. If I don't get out in time, my spiritual base will also be polluted by the black mud."
The Holy Grail system is still likened to the polluted Miyuan River. Justisa uses seawater as energy to purify the pollution. The plan is to backflow the seawater and let the purification device flow upstream until the pollution source is purified.
However, as soon as the purification device entered the estuary, the seawater was blocked outside. Not only could the purification device lose its energy source and could not continue to operate, it was also nearly contaminated. The spirit particles that Justisa had just released were already contaminated spirit particles.
Although Shinji felt a little pity about the result, he did not feel too sorry.
When designing the Holy Grail system, no one knew that the Holy Grail would be contaminated, so naturally no purification plan was prepared in advance. Everything needed to be explored and designed by Justisa herself.
As we all know, a plan needs to go through many experiments and verifications from the beginning of design to maturity. However, the "hole" connecting the inside of the Holy Grail will only appear at the end of the Holy Grail War. The characteristic of being closed immediately after the war means that Justisa has no chance to experiment. Both she and Shinji are mentally prepared to wait for the next time if it fails this time.
"Since the purification has failed, there is no need for this 'hole' and the Holy Grail to exist."
Shinji shifted his gaze from the "Black Sun" to the other Master in Ryudo Temple.
"Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu, since you have recognized the true nature of the Holy Grail, you will not object to my opinion, right?"
Kiritsugu, looking as pale as death, nodded mechanically, "Saber, destroy the Holy Grail immediately."
"Wait, wait a moment, Master."
Saber looked confused, she hadn't figured out the situation yet. Didn't they agree to take the Holy Grail? Why was they destroying it again
"Irisviel, what's going on?"
"Uh, this, that..." Because the whole process of the incident was too complicated, Irisviel didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
"To put it simply, the Holy Grail is no longer a universal wish-granting machine, but a collection of curses. If someone makes a wish to it, the curses sealed inside will completely overflow. Um... ... conservatively estimated, it can destroy the entire Fuyuki City."
Hearing what Shinji said, Saber's expression changed slightly, and the ahoge on her head trembled slightly.
"Is it true? Master, Irisviel."
"Yes."
After receiving a positive response from her own side, Saber raised the holy sword without hesitation.
"Things like this must be destroyed—"
"Wait!" Scathach held her two guns horizontally, blocking Saber's way.
"Assassin?"
"You and I haven't decided who's the winner yet!"
"Assassin!" This time even Shinji couldn't help himself, "Is this the time to say this?"
"Of course." Scathach said firmly, "It will be too late if we don't decide the winner, my disciple."
"Disciple?" Shinji was slightly stunned. Wasn't it agreed not to use this title when in disguise
Shinji felt something was wrong and lowered his eyes.
Wait, where's my cape
In other words, I am now showing my true face to others
Suddenly, Shinji felt unwell.