"Woman, let me ask you a question."
Kotomine Kirei spoke in a deep voice as he slowly walked towards the woman who was standing there helplessly.
The black-haired woman who served as her guard had been mercilessly beaten to the ground like a rag by her. She was not a threat at all. "It seems that you attacked me to protect Emiya Kiritsugu. Whose intention was that?"
Irisviel was silent, her delicate body was trembling, showing her fear of Kotomine Kirei, but her eyes did not waver at all, as if to say - I will not let you pass, and I will stop you even if it costs my life.
Kotomine Kirei stretched out his hand towards Irisviel's neck, as if intending to lift her up by pinching her neck.
"Woman, I ask again—"
Just before his hand touched Irisviel, a streak of tiny silver light swam to Kirei’s feet like a poisonous snake and suddenly jumped out.
The timing was perfect. Kirei was focused on finding the answer from Irisviel. Without any warning, the silver light smoothly wrapped around Kirei's left hand. The huge force dragged his body and dragged him away from the two defenseless women.
Kirei remained calm despite the sudden attack, and although his body did not have time to react, his eyes had already determined the true identity of the silver light that attacked him.
It was a silver thread, a silver thread that he had torn apart, a metal thread held together by magic.
The force transmitted from the silver wire was even greater than when he was tied to the tree, but this time Kirei was not in a state of movement, and did not allow his body to be dragged away. He exerted force with both feet and firmly nailed them into the ground.
In Chinese martial arts, whether it is fists, feet, fingers, palms or weapons, the first lesson is not how to hit someone, but how to do horse stance. If your footsteps are not stable, no matter how many exquisite moves you practice, they are just fancy moves, which only look good but are not practical. Therefore, every martial artist who practices Chinese martial arts must have an extremely stable lower body.
As long as you stand firm, it will be difficult to shake, as if you are a towering pine tree or an unshakable rock, one with the earth beneath your feet.
The thin silver thread was stretched to the critical point, and the broken part that was forcibly repaired by magic made a "beeping" sound under the heavy load, and it could break at any time.
"drink!"
Kirei concentrated his energy into his dantian, exhaled, and swung his right hand down at high speed.
This was the "cutting" technique he had learned from the battle just now - well, there was nothing wrong with it. The metal wire was controlled by magic power, and changes in magic power would cause changes in its shape, so all he had to do was be faster than the speed of the magic power change.
The metal wire broke with a sound, breaking into dozens of pieces.
Kirei's attack certainly did not have such an effect.
When Kirei cut the wire, the infusion of prana was interrupted, and the wire returned to its original state when it was torn apart.
At the same time, a woman in a white dress appeared behind Irisviel.
What surprised Kirei was that this woman who suddenly appeared looked exactly like Irisviel.
Could it be that Einzbern secretly sent out a second android
Could it be that Irisviel is simply a cover, and this newly appeared woman is Einzbern's trump card
This possibility is very high, which can explain why there is no Command Seal on Irisviel's wrist, because this newly appeared woman is Saber's true Master, which is also in line with Kiritsugu Emiya's usual style.
Whether it is true or not, we will find out once we catch this new woman.
Thinking this, Kirei pulled out four black keys, two in each hand.
The woman whom Kirei regarded as the true trump card of the Einzbern family slowly opened her arms. The pure white gloves on her hands quickly disintegrated and turned into pure white silk threads, which were almost the same as the woman's silver hair.
The silk threads were twisted together to form a rope as thick as a little finger, like a snake circling around the woman's wrist. The magic light appeared and disappeared, reminiscent of the cold light of a blade when it was unsheathed.
The next second, the black key and the rope tore through the air at the same time and collided in mid-air.
Kirei threw the four black keys with superhuman wrist strength. Their speed and penetrating power were comparable to those of a bow and crossbow. Even large beasts like lions and tigers would find it difficult to resist.
However, the rope controlled by the woman blocked it. Not only that, the tip of the rope also entangled the sharp blade of the Black Key and eliminated the magic of the generation and the blade in mid-air.
To complete such an operation within one second, the eyesight, reaction speed, and delicate manipulation of magic can be said to be extraordinary - this woman is a strong enemy!
... ...
Shinji, who was still hiding in the underground sewer to heal his wounds, suddenly felt a sharp pain.
This is not the neural feedback of physical trauma, but an alarm issued by the body because of the large amount of magic power being drained.
"What happened?"
Shinji woke up from his resting state with his eyes closed, reached out to take the rune stone to replenish his magic power, and sensed the flow of magic power.
"It's not the Master... It's Yustisa? Why is she—now is not the time to think about this."
As Shinji crushed the rune with one hand, he then connected the communication magic with Scathach.
"Shinji? I have captured Caster's magic, and I will not let him escape this time."
"Let's ignore that for now and go find Yustisa. She seems to be fighting with someone."
Shinji was pleased with Scathach's speed, and he made a prompt decision to change his established goal - compared to the people he cared about, Caster's life and the lives of irrelevant people were not worth mentioning at all.
"What? Yustisa?" The "creaking" sound mixed in with the responses stopped, and Scathach seemed to have stopped.
"I know the details. I only know that Yustisa has extracted a large amount of magic power from me, and there is no sign of stopping."
"I see. I'll be right there."
Feeling Shinji's urgency, Scathach stopped asking questions, glanced at the nearby battlefield with some regret, and disappeared into the depths of the jungle.