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"Timealter-tripleaccel!!" Emiya Kiritsugu, seeing Kurokawa Kazuya charging towards him, gritted his teeth and activated his Timealter, dodging to the side.

“I knew it all along—” Kurokawa Kazuya said, jumping down and sending ripples spreading outwards from the ground in all directions—

Sizzle sizzle—

However, the next moment, the surroundings were once again filled with poisonous gas.

Kiritsugu Emiya wanted to use the same method he had used before to force Kurokawa and Miya to stop the ripples.

But it was too late—

"Ripple Dash—!"

"Ugh—" Blood spurted from his mouth, hidden behind a gas mask. Kurokawa Kazuya's attack had indeed hit him squarely. Emiya Kiritsugu, who had just used his Time Limit to control his severely injured body, hadn't recovered yet. And remember, he didn't have Avalon right now. Using triple speed was already quite lethal for him. Therefore, he hadn't managed to dodge the attack!

On the other side, Kurokawa Kazuya, having confirmed that his attack had hit, immediately held his breath and ran away.

Although we could remove the gas mask from Kiritsugu Emiya's face, let's just forget about it.

After all, there's still one person on the periphery that we haven't dealt with yet.

There's also someone named Hisayu Maiya...

......

"What... what's going on?" Shoji Ami, who had just returned from buying some things, stared wide-eyed at the familiar street in front of her. Now... what has it all become!

Most importantly, the house of the person I've always been concerned about, Kurokawa Kazuya, is now dilapidated.

The door seemed to have been blown open by something.

Inside the room—

Kiritsugu Emiya and Mai Hisa, who were tied up, huddled together in a corner of a room.

"Then, I'll leave the rest of the work to you. The rope will break in about an hour, so don't forget to clean it up for me then."

Kurokawa Kazuya breathed a sigh of relief.

The ropes binding the two were not tied up, but simply wrapped around each other.

However, the occasional flashes of golden light on it proved that it possessed the power of ripples—

Kurokawa Kazuya channeled almost all of his Ripple energy into it, binding the two of them. However... although it was said to last an hour, having tested it several times, he knew very well that it wouldn't last an hour at all!

Before that...

He should take his younger sister away; he ran away.

Kiritsugu Emiya narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't know why this person hadn't killed them... The Ripple power had only knocked him unconscious, and even helped heal the injuries he sustained from using his Time Capsule...

Is he such a good person? No... he isn't!

He is definitely not a good person, as can be seen from his past actions.

Otherwise... based on what he just said, we can tell that this guy didn't understand mystery before, and didn't know the rules of the mystery world. Even so, he still serialized "Fate/Zero" in JUMC. He probably didn't even think about whether it would implicate the magazine.

That's what's scary—it's not that you think about it and still do it, but that you never even thought about it in the first place.

Although... according to the rules of the magic world, they really couldn't do anything to that magazine. Which of these large corporations doesn't have magicians with powerful connections above them?

Even so, this Fate series continued to be serialized, which can only be interpreted as... that unknown magician was also hoping for chaos.

However, this person has now let him go, letting go of someone who could potentially become an enemy in the future.

Emiya Kiritsugu opened his mouth but ultimately didn't ask the reason.

Soon, the rope lost its effectiveness and came off on its own.

A large number of police officers and fire trucks have gathered outside.

"...Well, never mind. I've gotten some information, so I'll just let it go."

Kiritsugu Emiya still knows how to use suggestive magic.

This is a direct implication to these people that a gas explosion has occurred here.

......

"We've arrived." After bringing his younger sister to Kanbuko City, Kurokawa Kazuya booked a hotel.

Although I could stay at my own property here, it hasn't been cleaned in ages and would definitely be covered in dust. So, I'll just make do at the hotel tonight.

"Brother, what are we doing here?"

"I'm puzzled," said Kurokawa Kazumi, who was picked up directly from school.

"You'll find out tonight."

Kurokawa Kazuya smiled and said, "Go to sleep... you'll be fine tomorrow."

"Ah."

Kurokawa Kazumi was a little confused, but she quickly fell asleep in bed, not knowing why she felt so sleepy.

On the other side...

Kurokawa Kazuya also sensed that something was wrong.

I feel a little sleepy...

Generally speaking, this wouldn't happen. I'll be able to see the ceremony tomorrow, and I should be too excited to sleep.

It's impossible to just want to sleep so easily.

What... exactly is this...?

Kurokawa Kazuya's eyelids were drooping, and it seemed like he might fall asleep at any moment.

"No...you need to be more alert..."

Kurokawa Kazuya rested his head on his hand.

He spared Kiritsugu Emiya and Maiya Hisau during the day. There was no need to kill them...

If it were before, I might have taken action myself, but that was before.

Ryougi Shiki...will not kill.

In fact, simply killing someone was, in her view, an unbearable sin, a sin that no one could possibly bear...

Although it seems like magicians aren't human and can be killed... oh well, releasing one would leave a grudge. Releasing both would probably leave behind some doubt and gratitude.

If I really want to pursue her, to pursue Ryougi Shiki, I absolutely cannot kill anyone. I can't let her feel burdened because of my affairs, otherwise... I need to change myself first.

He felt he was lacking in the past. He needed to change...

Only if I could be with her... and Ryougi Shiki.

Even just seeing her is enough... Just seeing her and hearing her voice is enough to make me happy; nothing else compares.

That's what he's always thought.

So... if you want to be worthy of her...

"Well..."

No... my consciousness is becoming even more blurred.

I shouldn't have stayed at this hotel in the first place; I should have gone straight there.

I only wanted to tidy myself up so I wouldn't be so rude as to rush over... but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.

It was incredibly fast.

Is this... some kind of high-level magic trick?

Even using Ripple Breathing, I couldn't clear my mind!

"The Stone Mask...no...the Pillar's body...must...must be used right now, if it's used—"

Kurokawa Kazuya opened the system.

However, the next moment—before he could even take out what was inside, he collapsed.

The next moment—when she opened her eyes, she saw a man with rainbow-colored hair in a sea of ​​flowers.

Chapter 90 The Flower Magician 10/11

"You've finally made it, Mr. Kurokawa. I didn't expect your willpower to be so amazing. Even with the magic I set up on your sister from the beginning, it still took her so long to fall asleep." The man with rainbow-colored hair looked at him with a smile.

"you are?"

"Yes, I am Merlin, the highly acclaimed and anticipated Flower Magician. And this is your sister's dream world. It took me quite a bit of effort to bring you here." Merlin looked at Kurokawa Kazuya and said with a smile, "Nice to meet you, fellow traveler from another world."

Kurokawa Kazuya glanced to the side and saw his younger sister lying among the flowers on the ground, seemingly asleep.

"What's up with her?"

“Nothing, just sleeping. I feel there are some things we need to talk about alone.” Merlin said, sitting down. There was a smooth stone right behind him.

“I feel the same way… I want to know what exactly happened?” Kurokawa Kazuya breathed a slight sigh of relief, then looked at Merlin and said.

"Hmm...so, where do you want me to begin? I'll say everything that needs to be said."

"So, shall we start from when I was affected by the inhibitory force?"

"Amazing!" Merlin clapped his hands and said with a smile, "That's really amazing! When did you discover that?"

"Just now... after entering this dream, I vaguely felt something was off... combining some of the knowledge I had, I made a random guess, and I didn't expect to be right right away."

"Yes, you're right. You've been affected by the inhibitory force for a long time. For example, you ignored your sister for a while, and at the same time, your sister was also affected by the inhibitory force and thought that living alone was fine, so she distanced herself from you. As a result, the two of you didn't see each other as often as before, and as a result, you only realized this possibility now that you were being affected by the inhibitory force."

Merlin smiled and said, "This is exactly the result the inhibitor wants. Do you know what the final result will be?"

"what?"

"Hmm... In my opinion, in the end you'll probably give in to the pressure... Yes, the Counter. After that, you'll leave the one who connects to the Root, obtain the Aja Red Stone from her, and become an Ultimate Being." Merlin said without a trace of sadness or joy, "That's the purpose of the Counter. However, this is the purpose of the Counter now, not the purpose of the Counter in the future."

"Wait a minute—the Counter Force also exists in the past and future?" Kurokawa Kazuya felt his mind was a little confused. The Counter Force, shouldn't that exist independently of the timeline?

Why... is there still a distinction between the present and the future?

"That's right, generally speaking, it's not necessary, but for some reasons I don't know, the Counter Force is evolving... from just instinct to having consciousness, but... it still doesn't have a physical form." Merlin looked at Kurokawa Kazuya and continued, "Right now, the Counter Force is just a simple action, simply doing what's beneficial to itself, nipping danger in the bud before it grows. That's because they can't see the future right now."