Type-Moon: My Destiny Guide

"Look here!" the lady called out, and walked over to see Irisviel bending down and picking up a crystal.

"This is a crystal that has been magically treated, capable of reflecting images over a period of time," Irisviel explained before activating the image.

As the magic light screen unfolded, to the astonishment of the two, a petite girl with a similar appearance but an obscured face wielded a golden holy sword, unleashing a beam of light that engulfed the house in front of her, including a white-haired, golden-eyed youth.

"New moon?!"

He and his wife exclaimed in unison, and it seemed that a fleeting, mocking laugh from a young man could be heard nearby.

A moment later, the crystal landed in Kiritsugu Emiya's hand. After a brief moment of thought, the magician assassin, cigarette dangling from his lips, made his decision:

“I will give this as evidence to the church and announce the Master’s ‘death’ to them.”

next morning

The new moon, "blasted" by the sword of Excalibur, opened its eyes in a large cavern deep within Mount Enzo.

In the dim cave, his body was surrounded by a platinum-gold light, which looked incredibly strange.

That entire night, he used the Third Method to study the system of the Holy Grail War.

"As expected, the consciousness of 'Winter Saintess' Justissa has been completely destroyed. After breaking through the 'firewall' set up by the old bug, the entire Holy Grail system is now completely exposed."

The Winter Saintess, Justessa Risleich von Einzbern.

Two hundred years ago, the head of the Einzbern family, one of the three families that planned the first Holy Grail War, was the Winter Saintess, who sacrificed herself to become the core of the entire Holy Grail system.

Machiri Zorgen, also known as the Old Bug, is the foundation upon which the ritual of seven Masters and Servants fighting each other to summon the Holy Grail was built—the Holy Grail War.

Even today, although Justiza still sits at the heart of the Holy Grail system, her personality has long since vanished.

"It's better this way. It would be even more terrifying if the personality still existed." Shuoyue sensed the countless spiritual veins hidden beneath Yuanzang Mountain, her gaze deep and unfathomable.

After all, during the Third Holy Grail War, the Einzbern family violated regulations by summoning the Heroic Spirit Angra Mainyu, whose class was 6. After Angra Mainyu died, his soul was collected into the Greater Grail, and the colorless power of the Greater Grail was corrupted into black mud by evil desires.

If Justisa's consciousness still remained, she would probably have fallen into depravity as a result.

“I have now basically figured out the structure of the Holy Grail system. Although I only know the reason why many techniques work, it is enough for me to influence this war…” Shuoyue thoughtfully flipped through the cards in her hand and suddenly chuckled.

"But before that, let's clean up the mess at the Holy Church."

Last night, he and Miyu staged a play and handed the evidence over to the team.

If Kiritsugu Emiya weren't stupid, he should have taken the bait, taken the evidence to the Church, and demanded the Command Seals.

To demonstrate impartiality, the Holy Church will certainly pay a reward and announce the news of Shuoyue's death. At that time, the participants, who will lower their guard due to Shuoyue's death, will be more likely to expose their weaknesses and be defeated one by one.

Of course, this is the crudest method.

"Fake death to escape is perfect for a cunning and treacherous person like me, don't you think?"

"I am so sorry, Master."

The shadow slowly emerged, and the purple-haired beauty knelt on one knee, her voice hesitant to speak:

"But now, none of the participants believe your death; instead, they have become more vigilant and intensified their reconnaissance efforts."

Chapter 153 The Masters in Action

In the church, the four familiars gathered together.

As the overseer, I acknowledge the evidence submitted by the group and the disappearance confirmed on the Spiritual Plate; therefore, on behalf of the Church, I acknowledge the group's eligibility to receive the Command Seals.

Although he was troubled by having to assign Command Seals to Masters other than Tokiomi, Kotomine Rizama suppressed his excess emotions and continued to announce to the familiars:

"As per Master's request, the transfer of Command Seals was completed last night. The group that disrupted order has withdrawn. Please continue to fight a dignified battle as Masters."

After saying that, Kotomine Risa turned around and disappeared into the quiet and profound atmosphere of the Holy Church.

Unlike the summons when the arrest warrant for Shuoyue was issued, this time, the familiars did not retreat immediately. Even though they had received the notice, they were still immersed in the shock of their respective masters and did not take any further action.

"The other familiars are not making any move." Hisayu Maiya calmly reported to her guide, manipulating her familiar bat.

"Is it because nobody believes this information?" Kiritsugu Emiya sat next to Maiya Hisau, the Command Seals on the back of his hand had been restored to three strokes.

"It's normal not to believe it," he said, shaking his head. "After all, how could someone who has defeated and injured so many people in one night be so easily wiped out?"

“Not to mention we didn’t agree to release the evidence.” Irisviel leaned back in her chair, a helpless smile on her face. “After all, the light within that crystal was none other than our trump card, Excalibur…”

Upon hearing this, the three people and their follower fell silent.

Other team members might be skeptical, but they were absolutely certain of one thing—it was definitely not the one who unleashed the 'Sword of Excalibur'.

Therefore, the story of Shuoyue's death is obviously fabricated.

"Increase the investigation efforts, especially by setting up surveillance around the church." Kiritsugu frowned slightly and gave the order. "Although we don't know why the Spirit Disc disappeared, Sakugetsu is definitely not dead. He is definitely hiding in the shadows, watching our every move."

"Yes." Hisayu Mami had just responded when her expression suddenly changed slightly.

“A familiar has sent us a request to communicate.”

"Do you believe that the new moon is dead?" In the old man McKenzie's house, Waver temporarily broke free from the empathy and turned to ask his servant.

His injuries had long since healed, and he was currently lying on his side on the tatami mat watching TV. Hearing this, he waved his hand impatiently, as if to say, "Don't bother me with this kind of thing."

"Is there even a need to say it? That's the person who left a wound on me."

How could someone who triumphs over the king be so easily killed?

“Yes, that’s what I think too, but… what about the so-called evidence and the spirit disk…” Waver muttered softly, then suddenly asked, “Would you mind finding allies?”

"Oh?" Iskandar rolled over, facing Waver directly. After staring at each other for a long time, he grinned, revealing a hearty smile:

"You can decide this little thing."

“Then it’s settled.” Taking a deep breath, Weber reconnected to his familiar and used it to send out a short burst of magical energy.

The information contained in the pulse is very simple; anyone with basic magic knowledge can understand it.

Please meet in the garden outside the church.

Outside the church, in the garden

A bat, a mouse, a bird made of jewels, and a cat formed from flowing water—four beasts gathered together, their eyes gleaming with an eerie light.

After confirming their magical frequencies, Waver initiated the conversation.

"I am your Master, and I am summoning you all for one reason only—none of you believe the news of Suoyue's death, do you?"

"Master, Tokiomi Tohsaka." A deep male voice rang out from within the Jewel Bird, "Regarding this matter, I also wish to ask you, Master, have you confirmed the killing of Master Sakuzuki? Why not choose to release the evidence?"

"The reason for eliminating the Master was the release of the Noble Phantasm—this is information that must be concealed," Kiritsugu Emiya explained from the side, while Maiya Hisau relayed it through a communication device installed under her bat.

Because of the Command Seals, they had to help New Moon conceal information.

“A flawless answer.” The Gem Bird nodded slightly. “But can we assume that you allied with the group and obtained the Church’s command through a staged performance?”

"Aren't you being a little too hasty, Tokiomi?" Before Kiritsugu could answer, Kariya spoke up sarcastically, "Is it because this Command Seal should have belonged to you, but it was taken by Mukuro, so you're angry?"

These words made the already tense atmosphere even more rigid. Clearly, with Sakugetsu's instigation, the idea that the Tohsaka family was colluding with the Holy Church had taken root in people's minds.

Weber watched silently as the participants attacked each other, a bitter smile creeping onto his face.

Although I knew the atmosphere among the participants wouldn't be harmonious, it was really too intense for them to start arguing after only a few words...

Is this excessively fragile trust between them the work of someone else?

Thinking this, Weber simply coughed loudly, interrupting the pointless probing and arguing:

“I am well aware that we are at odds with each other, but even so, at least we share the same goal when it comes to the special existence of the new moon.”

Upon hearing this, the other familiars gradually quieted down. Clearly, in everyone's eyes, their personal grudges paled in comparison to the feigned death of Shuoyue.

He killed the Master, orchestrated his execution, severely injured Kirei Kotomine, disintegrated the King's army, and fought three Servants without defeat... Unbeknownst to many, this young man had already become the greatest opponent in this Holy Grail War.

Weber lived up to expectations and got straight to the point:

"I hope everyone here will intensify their search efforts to find Shuoyue's whereabouts, because if there is even the slightest possibility that he has faked his death, it means that we are in a passive situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light... This applies to everyone, except for the matter of Shuoyue, where we can form a temporary alliance."

"I also ask the head of the Tohsaka family for his understanding. Although we will not monitor the interior of the Holy Church, we still need to place informants on its perimeter because, in addition to the questionable evidence, there is also..."

"There's still the spirit energy disc, right? The spirit energy disc has lost its traces." Tokiomi Tohsaka rubbed his temples, looking troubled, and said in a deep voice.

Now that things have come to this, he has no choice but to release this information in order to extricate himself from the incident of faking his death in the new moon.

"Regarding this, the spirit energy plate mysteriously disappeared yesterday afternoon and returned to its original position in the early hours of this morning. If it weren't for Kirei being a bit suspicious and secretly installing a camera in the room, we wouldn't even know that Shuoyue had tampered with the spirit energy plate."

Upon hearing this information, Weber was stunned and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

In other words, did Shuoyue already plan everything that would happen after he fought the three Servants several hours ago?

So... was there some deeper meaning behind his unusual behavior during the day?

Without revealing his thoughts, Waver ended the communication and recalled his familiar after agreeing on the areas they would monitor.

"Please find my records from yesterday afternoon. I need to see where Shuoyue went!"

Chapter 154 The Chaos of the Card Heroes

In conclusion, all four groups of participants have united against you, Master.

"Okay, I understand." Shuoyue did not show the worried look that Baimao had expected. Instead, she nodded calmly, as if everything was as expected.

"Excuse me, Master..."

Are you asking me why I'm so calm?

"I'm sorry, it was I who overstepped my bounds."

"It's alright, raise your head, Bai Mao." Shuo Yue sat in the projected chair, her smile playful.

"After all, this Holy Grail War is different from the Fifth Holy Grail War. There are not many idiots among the participants. How could my crude tricks possibly fool them?"

"Then why did you..."

Shuoyue raised an index finger, interrupting Baimao's doubts: "A seed of doubt, as long as it has been planted, that's enough."

“Because of the Command Seals, Kiritsugu would never voluntarily step forward and say things like ‘Sakugetsu didn’t die, we didn’t kill him,’ and because of Excalibur, they wouldn’t show the evidence to anyone else.”

"Then, the other groups will definitely suspect their relationship with me, especially since I've been close to them since the beginning of the Holy Grail War."

"For the sake of that Command Seal, Kiritsugu and the others had to swallow their anger, because they had indeed concealed the truth, had no grounds to refute it, and were destined to drift further and further away from the other groups."

"As for the Holy Church... ha, their credibility has long since turned negative. Tohsaka Tokiomi, who is allied with the Holy Church, goes without saying—I originally intended to inadvertently expose the matter of the Spirit Disc, but I didn't expect that Kotomine Kirei had a backup plan... That's fine too. In this kind of environment, similar to the 'Werewolf Village Mystery,' anyone with suspicious points will inevitably be on guard."