I really didn't want to burn it.

Despite Gilgamesh's carpet bombing, Ryougi Shiki showed no fear, continuously wielding her long sword to deflect the Noble Phantasms flying towards her.

Looking at the way the kimono was fluttering and the long hair was flowing, if it weren't for the explosions and smoke around them, outsiders might have thought that Ryougi Shiki was dancing in the moonlight.

"This idiot."

Li Ang shook his head helplessly.

The idiot he was referring to wasn't his own tiger girl, "Ryougi Shiki," but Gilgamesh.

Li Ang had already seen this plot and this scene in FZ, and he could guess what would happen next with his knees.

It's simply because Gilgamesh couldn't defeat Ryougi Shiki with sheer numbers of Noble Phantasms, so he went berserk in a fit of impotence and rage, increasing his Noble Phantasm output. In the end, he was interrupted by Ryougi Shiki and fell to the ground, followed by another wave of impotence and rage, perfectly replicating the chaotic first battle of Fate/Zero.

Unfortunately, Li Ang guessed wrong.

It wasn't that Ryougi Shiki accidentally got blown up by a Noble Phantasm, nor that Gilgamesh disobeyed by pulling out Ea, but rather that he was interrupted midway.

"Stop right there—!"

The cold, smoky night sky was suddenly shattered by a black hurricane.

"...?!"

Ryougi Shiki and Gilgamesh were both stunned and stood still, staring at the black and red storm blocking their way.

"A black... warhorse?!"

Amidst the astonished gazes of all the Servants present, the black "meteor" streaked across the sky in a straight line before crashing directly to the ground.

Li Ang stared in disbelief, his mouth agape in astonishment.

What surprised him was not that the other party replicated the Conqueror King's classic entrance, but the identity of this intruder.

A black warhorse, black armor, and a black spear in her hand—this was undoubtedly Artoria Alt.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ang saw a small, orange-red creature that had fallen off its horse and was rushing towards him at high speed!

"Help me—!"

Ritsuka, who had been thrown off her horse, screamed, her face ashen.

Out of instinct, Li Ang rushed forward and caught Ritsuka.

With a thud, Li Ang, holding Ritsuka in his arms, fell to the ground.

As Li Ang's back slammed into the hard pavement, his lips met those of the girl.

"..."

"..."

Li Ang and Ritsuka paused for a few seconds during their intimate contact, then immediately turned their backs and covered their mouths.

"Ouch! I scraped my skin and it's bleeding."

Ritsuka's wails echoed through the night sky above the dock.

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"It's really... speechless."

A clock tower lecturer who had been observing the battle at the docks reluctantly put down his binoculars.

“Brother, you seem very dissatisfied with this situation.”

A teasing voice came from behind me, belonging to a girl in a blue dress.

“No, I’m just reminiscing,” the young lecturer replied. “There was a time when I, too, fought alongside my Servants on the battlefield, just like them.”

"It's really a shame that Rid doesn't have a decent mount."

The girl in blue put her hands on her hips and snorted coldly.

"Also, I heard that you were practically dragged into the battlefield by your own servants, brother?"

"Cough cough."

Weber, who was observing the battle, coughed loudly to ease his embarrassment.

"Why do I tell you everything from my future self?" Weber looked helplessly at his adopted sister, who was now in the body of a 15-year-old. "Are we really that close?"

Recalling the scene of being tormented by his adopted sister, who was only 9 years old, in the Clock Tower, he always felt that his future self had lost his mind.

"Of course," the girl nodded playfully, "I'm your cutest stepsister~"

Why do I feel like you're a demon?

Weber complained irritably.

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P.S.: Just wanted to vent a little, but I forgot to mention something in the last chapter. I don't know what's going on with the sensitive words on the book review site, but Big Dog's dad's Chinese name, Lu Ge, is sensitive... unbelievable! →_→

The person who appears last in Chapter 141 is always there to wrap things up.

"Ouch...it hurts!"

Ritsuka was still covering her mouth and wailing, while Li Ang had already stood up.

"senior--!"

Mashu, who was late, finally arrived at the scene of the accident and quickly helped Ritsuka, who had fallen to the ground, up.

"Senior, what's wrong with you?"

"Mash-chan..."

Ritsuka hugged Mash and burst into tears.

"Senior, cheer up!"

“Mash… Mash… I… I…”

"senior?"

"My first kiss was wasted! Not only was it not romantic at all, but I didn't even feel my heart flutter! There was nothing but the smell of blood!"

"Senior, you're hopeless."

Mashu's face darkened, and she threw Ritsuka to the ground.

"Tch, Mashu, you're getting less and less cute."

Ritsuka patted her skirt and stood up.

Then, she pointed her index finger at Li Ang.

"Leon!"

Ritsuka struck a pose reminiscent of a certain elementary school student from the anime "The Truth Is Only One," and loudly questioned Li Ang.

"what?"

Li Ang impatiently picked at his ear.

"Give me back the first kiss I was looking forward to! I thought my first kiss would be a refreshing touch of lips or a passionate entanglement of tongues! Instead, you gave me a car accident between my teeth!"

"..."

Li Ang's lips twitched twice. He thought this girl would ask him about his "defection".

"Damn it... Damn it... This is outrageous! Waaaaah! You owe me my first kiss—!"

Ritsuka waved her hands, almost throwing a tantrum on the ground.

Bah!

Unable to bear it any longer, Mash struck Ritsuka on the head with her shield.

"You've really gone too far, senior!"

Mashu grabbed Ritsuka by the back of her collar and pulled her away from the battlefield.

"Sorry, Miss Artoria, please continue. Remember to give him a good beating."

Although Mashu didn't specifically refer to anyone as "he," Leon readily applied the term to himself.

"Yo, Artoria, it's been a long time..."

"Meow meow!!!"

"Fufu!!!"

Li Ang had only finished halfway through greeting Artoria Alt when two small creatures, one black and one white, jumped out from the black warrior.

They weren't coy at all, and started scratching Li Ang's face.

Caught off guard, Li Ang was knocked to the ground again by the two little ones.

"Hey! Phil, Fou! What are you two up to?!"

Leon tried to move the two little creatures off his face, but Phil and Fou refused to let go of their paws.

"Meow! Meow! Meow meow meow!"

Phil cried and screamed on Leon's face, as if questioning how this heartless man could forget about him.

"Fufu~"

Fufu didn't make much noise, but its claws were specifically aimed at Li Ang's groin.

"Ouch!"

Finally, after a hard-fought battle, Li Ang grabbed Phil by the neck with one hand and pulled Fufu out of his pants with the other.

"Meow!"

"Fufu!"

Despite being restrained, Phil and Fou continued to wave their claws at Leon, attempting to attack him.

"Sorry, let's continue."

Li Ang tossed the two little ones back to Mashu and addressed the others.

"Hmph, I've lost interest."

Gilgamesh snorted and gestured towards Ibaraki-Douji and Cú Chulainn.

Cú Chulainn felt a pang of reluctance, but after glancing at Bazett, who was still half-frozen, he and Ibaraki-Douji had no choice but to retreat.

"Looks like that's all for tonight."

Li Ang touched his nose and said to Ryougi Shiki, "Then let's go too."

Click.

Artoria Alt rode forward half a step.

"Artoria, is something the matter?"

Li Ang blinked and asked innocently.

"Li Ang, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've changed women again?"

Artoria Alt's spear tip was aimed at Ryougi Shiki.

"Um, actually it took me two years, do you believe me?"

Artoria Alt sneered, "Going in and out of different women all day long, visiting so many pools with such mixed feelings, aren't you afraid your lower body will get soaked?"

"I'm not afraid... Huh?!"

Li Ang's eyes conveyed a sense of "something's not right with you" from head to toe.

"Leon!"

Mash stood beside Artoria Alt, shields in both hands.

"Why did you betray Chaldea?! What good would it do you?!"

From Mashu's eager tone, it was clear that she had wanted to ask these questions for a long time.