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Chapter 243 A Trap Targeting Tokiomi Tohsaka (Published First, Revised Later)

Fu Le chose Medea as her Servant.

Therefore, his strategy had already been decided: to seize other Servants.

However, doing so carries significant risks.

The most crucial element is the Servant's own will.

In other words, it depends on whether the servant is willing to obey your commands, become your servant, and serve you.

In this Holy Grail War, there are two proud kings and two persistent knights.

Fu Le didn't even consider the remaining assassins.

The Berserker has been recruited by Fu Le.

Therefore, if Fu Le wants to subdue the knights, he must use some methods.

Some necessary measures.

While Fule, Irisviel, and Iskandar formed an alliance, Kiritsugu Emiya, Artoria's true Master, was also taking action.

He and his assistant, Hisayu Maiya, headed towards the hotel where Kenneth was.

As a wealthy man, Kenneth simply booked several floors of the largest hotel in Fuyuki City and turned it into his magic arena.

Inside were many precious magical costumes that Kenneth had borrowed from other families.

Under his arrangement, his magic territory was virtually impenetrable.

He was confident that no matter who the opponent was, they would not be able to easily breach his magic territory.

But Kenneth was, after all, a theorist.

He doesn't have much practical experience.

So much so that what he considered a perfect magical array was nothing more than child's play to Kiritsugu Emiya.

Faced with Kenneth's perfect position, Kiritsugu Emiya first set fire to the hotel.

As the fire alarm sounded, the hotel staff began evacuating the guests.

Kenneth was naturally among them.

Kenneth ignored the notification from the staff.

In his view, this was a trap set by the enemy to lure them in.

After all, his magic array was set up so perfectly that, when the enemy could not break into his magic array, they would naturally think of luring him out of the magic array.

He won't fall for that.

That's what Kenneth thought.

But that's not the case.

Kiritsugu Emiya set the fire in order to drive all the guests out of the hotel.

Then he would detonate the entire hotel with a bomb.

Since Kenneth's magic base is located on a high floor, blowing up the entire hotel would completely destroy his magic base.

As a result, many of the precious magical artifacts that Kenneth had prepared for this Holy Grail War were completely destroyed.

This is why Weber incurred such a large debt after succeeding El-Melloi II.

All of this was because of Kiritsugu Emiya's bombing.

This directly turned Kenneth from a wealthy man into a heavily indebted one.

"It's wonderful!"

Seeing Diarmuid carrying Kenneth as they retreated, Fu Le couldn't help but smile.

How could such a memorable scene be complete without him?

Kenneth is really unlucky.

Of all people to provoke, why did he have to provoke Kiritsugu Emiya?

As a notorious magician killer in the magic world, Kiritsugu Emiya has his own unique skills.

That is his Mystic Code 'Origin Bullet'.

Everyone in the Type-Moon universe has their own origin.

The origin of Emiya Kiritsugu is 'severing' and 'union'.

He used it as a weapon, removing his own ribs and grinding them into powder.

Using these powders as a base, Kiritsugu Emiya created the Origin Bullet.

The Origin Bullet possesses Kiritsugu Emiya's Root ability. When it is fired into an enemy's body, it severs the enemy's magic circuits and then reconnects them.

However, its connection is not in the original way.

Instead, they are connected randomly.

Thus, the originally intricate magic circuit became a tattered net.

Therefore, any magician hit by the Origin Bullet will lose their magician status and become a cripple.

Of course, the Origin Bullet targets not only magic circuits, but also the magician's body.

Similarly, blood vessels and nerves in the human body are also severed and then reconnected, which is why some people become disabled.

This is what makes Kiritsugu Emiya so terrifying.

In a world teeming with magicians, he is undoubtedly a formidable weapon.

This is why the Einzbern family chose him as their son-in-law and made him their representative.

He is truly capable.

As for Kiritsugu Emiya himself, Fu Le was also filled with emotion.

His ideals were grand, but almost impossible to achieve.

Saving all the people in the world is a somewhat unrealistic ideal.

But as an ideal, it should naturally be as high as possible.

In Fu Le's opinion, if Kiritsugu Emiya lived in the world of the Starry Sky Railway, he would definitely be a top-tier Fate Walker.

After all, his will was strong enough.

The travelers on the path of fate in the Starry Sky Railway world are all more extraordinary than the last.

In the world of Spider-Man, there's a saying: "With great power comes great responsibility."

However, in the world of Star Railway, this statement is reversed.

The greater your responsibility and the stronger your will, the greater your power will be.

That's the power of fate.

Silver branches are the most obvious example.

As a knight of pure beauty, he bears the responsibility of spreading the name of purity and beauty throughout the world.

There is also the responsibility to protect the pure beauty of the world; this is a responsibility he has added to himself.

Therefore, whenever there is danger, he always rushes to the front line regardless of his own life, wanting to protect Chunmei with his own body.

Before doing this, he doesn't assess whether he can do it or whether it's dangerous.

And when he does it, the power he gains increases accordingly.

Through these repeated experiences, Yinzhi grew stronger and stronger.

In fact, this is the correct way for a person to navigate the path of destiny.

Like Fu Le, the way he became a Fate Walker was very abnormal.

People like him, destined for a life of hardship, usually don't go very far.

Before receiving the blessing of the Emperor Bow Master of Destiny, Fu Le's hunting power had been growing extremely slowly.

This is because Fu Le has not taken the right path.

Through the 'Contract of Evolution', Fu Le embarked on many destinies, such as pioneering.

When Fu Le encountered the Star Train and traveled with them to the space station, he embarked on a pioneering journey. However, his pioneering power grew very slowly and remained at level one to this day.

Therefore, for someone like Fu Le who is mentally sound, walking the path of destiny is indeed very, very slow.

Fortunately, she chose the path of the Envoy.

That is, the path to elevate oneself to the corresponding level through divine objects bestowed by the Star God.

After witnessing Kiritsugu Emiya's iconic scene, Fu Le returned to the Matou residence. Fu Le then began to ponder.

How should he deal with Assassin?
Solving Assassin's problem in one go is not a simple task.

After all, the Assassin summoned by Kirei Kotomine is Hassan, known as the 'Hundred Faces'.

His ability is to create all sorts of clones.

Therefore, the Assassin is essentially an intelligence group with nearly a hundred people.

Normally, when an Assassin is monitoring someone, there is only one Assassin, or at most two or three.

To eliminate all Assassins at once, you must wait for an opportunity—an opportunity where all Assassins appear in the same place.

In Fu Le's memory, this opportunity occurred when Gilgamesh, Iskandar, and Artoria were holding a banquet.

But will such an opportunity still arise today?
Thanks to Fu Le's instigation, the Holy Grail War has now split into three factions.

Tokiomi Tohsaka, Kirei Kotomine, and Risei Kotomine (referees).

Fu Lejia Weberjia Emiya Kiritsugujia Matou Kariya.

And Kenneth alone.

Given this clear distinction, even Iskandar wouldn't go to Gilgamesh for a drink.

Even if he were to drink, he wouldn't go looking for Artoria.

After all, Iskandar had already angered Artoria at the party.

He probably won't go looking for trouble again.

This means that the Three Kings' Feast will probably never happen again.

So, Assassin delivering groceries probably won't be coming anymore.

However, one thing remains: Tokiomi Tohsaka's disdain for the Assassins.

It must be said that Hassan the Hundred Faces is an extremely useful Servant for surveillance and eavesdropping.

Given the presence of allies, Tokiomi Tohsaka should never have treated Hassan as a combat unit from the beginning, but rather as a reconnaissance unit, constantly threatening the other Masters.

As a result, he actually sent Hassan and his ilk to the banquet of the three kings as expendable pawns, and only investigated Iskandar's Noble Phantasm.

Although Tokiomi Tohsaka obtained the information, it wasn't worth it.

After all, you don't need to send all the Hassans up there!

Couldn't you have sent half and kept half? Or sent two-thirds and kept one-third?

Regardless, Hassan's abilities are very valuable, aren't they?

But the truth is that Tokiomi Tohsaka sent all of Hassan's men to the battlefield of the Three Kings' Banquet, making them all expendable pawns.

This is absolutely a major strategic failure.

This reflects Tokiomi Tohsaka's contempt for Hassan and his ilk.

This gave Fu Le an opportunity.

"Perhaps, all that's needed to bring out the Hassans is a trigger, and that trigger is myself."

Fu Le thought to himself.

Without even thinking, Fu Lecai could guess that Tokiomi Tohsaka must hate him to death right now.

He might use this as an opportunity to lure out the Hassans.

With a general plan in mind, Fu Le began to refine it.

The next day, Fu Le went to find Iskandar early in the morning to play some card games together.

Unlike future Masters, the Fourth Holy Grail War was judged by the Church, so all Masters generally adhered to the rules of the Holy Grail War.

For example, you can't fight during the day.

Because magic is a skill that can only be mastered by a few people.

The more people know about it, the less effective the magic trick becomes.

It is a fundamental principle in the magic world that magic tricks cannot be revealed to ordinary people.

Therefore, Fu Le and the others are truly free during the day, which is equivalent to their rest time.

So Fu Le pretended not to know that Assassin was secretly following him and led Medea out of Ryudo Temple to Iskandar and Waver's residence.

Then I played games with them.

Faced with Fu Le's superior gaming skills, Webber and Iskandar suffered defeat after defeat.

Only Fu Le was consistently victorious.

In the afternoon, Fu Le went to Einzbern Castle and invited Irisviel to go for a stroll in Fuyuki City.

Although Irisviel had already explored Fuyuki City yesterday, how could she possibly see the whole city in one day!
So she took Artoria and followed Fule as they strolled around Fuyuki City.

This time, Irisviel finally had a guide.

After all, neither he nor Artoria knew anything about this city.

But Fu Le knew.

This was the experience he had accumulated while spending time with Sakura, and he never expected to use it now.

Under his guidance, the four of them went to various places, allowing Irisviel and Artoria to experience many pleasures they had never experienced before.

As for Medea?
Fu Le had already accompanied her to explore Fuyuki City.

During this process, Artoria couldn't help but ask Fu Le a question.

"Are you really going to lure Assassin out like this?"

"I don't know either, but aren't I trying my best?"

Fu Le spread his hands and said.

Fu Le's plan was to make contact with Waver and Irisviel under the surveillance of Tokiomi Tohsaka.

He pretended not to know that Assassin was still alive and had already dealt with the familiars outside Ryudouji Temple before he came out.

Under these circumstances, his contact with Weber and Irisviel became perfectly legitimate.

What would Tokiomi Tohsaka think if he saw this scene?
It's very simple and clear: Fu Le is trying to form an alliance by connecting with others.

Otherwise, Masters wouldn't interact with each other so casually.

After all, this is the Holy Grail War!

So what circumstances led them to form an alliance?
Why did the other six states, who had been fighting each other for decades during the Warring States period, become allies?
Of course, it's because the Qin state was too powerful!

Considering Fu Le's previous remarks against his side, Tokiomi Tohsaka naturally assumed that Fu Le was targeting him.

He knew Gilgamesh's real name, and he also knew of Gilgamesh's power.

Therefore, he needs to target Gilgamesh and deal with Gilgamesh first.

Therefore, he needs to contact allies.

Tokiomi Tohsaka immediately drew a conclusion.

And he firmly believes in this conclusion.

After all, he had great faith in Gilgamesh's strength; otherwise, he wouldn't have told Kirei Kotomine that they had already won when he summoned Gilgamesh.

He would certainly not be 'willing' to serve as Gilgamesh's subject.

And it was precisely because she knew Gilgamesh's power that he subconsciously believed his own speculation even more.

After all, if others really want to defeat them, they must unite with other Servants.

And this is exactly what is happening now.

"What should we do, teacher!"

After hearing Tokiomi Tohsaka's speculation, Kirei Kotomine, who had been summoned by Tokiomi Tohsaka, frowned and asked Tokiomi Tohsaka a question.

"What should we do? We must act quickly, we can't wait for their alliance to be formed!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka said earnestly.

Under Hassan's surveillance, Tokiomi Tohsaka knew very well that Fule had already made contact with Rider, and that he was also making contact with Saber and her Master.

If his actions go smoothly, these two groups have probably already reached an agreement with him.

If he were given another day, he might even persuade Berserker and Lancer.

Tokiomi Tohsaka was quite certain that the other Masters would be persuaded.

After all, his Servant is Gilgamesh!
(End of this chapter)