Comics: Starting from Killer Queen

"You cannot hurt him. Even if you see him in danger within your sight, you must protect him, even if it means sacrificing your own life, regardless of whether Roland is our enemy at that time."

Faced with such an unreasonable request to protect possible enemies, Assassin had no objection and obediently agreed.

After a period of silence, it was Kotomine Kirei who broke the silence first.

"Assassin, aren't you curious why I have already agreed to the alliance with my master, but still want to do such a betrayal?"

"You naturally have your own ideas, I just need to obey them."

"Even if my wish is despicable? I don't even desire the Holy Grail? I even betrayed my master who has been so kind to me?"

Kotomine Kirei's voice gradually became deeper and deeper, and his body could not help but begin to tremble.

"You know what? Assassin, every time I see the passion that Master puts into the Holy Grail, I can't help but imagine him dying ridiculously on this path."

"That feeling makes me excited, thrilled, and...happy."

"If that's what you want."

Assassin still responded obediently, without the slightest hesitation, and completely accepted Kotomine Kirei's order.

From a human perspective, he is definitely not a good person.

But he will be completely faithful to carry out his master's orders. In the true sense, he is completely loyal. Whether it is well-intentioned or malicious, he will accept it.

No matter how despicable or noble his master is, no matter how incomprehensible his orders are, he will obey silently.

This is him. Among the many Hassans, he is a unique outlier, extremely loyal and a mediocre person who is willing to make a deal with the devil in order to get this position.

"——I promise in the name of Hassan of the Cursed Arm that I will do everything I can to give you Tōsaka Tokiomi's head."

Roland naturally had no idea about the complicated entanglement behind this master-servant pair. After Kotomine Kirei left, he began to wait leisurely for the end of his shift.

"That guy is ready to come and say goodbye to me. It seems that the heroic spirits are almost all here?"

Matou Zouken also planned to hand over the magic channel and the holy relic to him tonight, and it seems that he really can't wait.

"I have to resign after today. Sigh, I know it's necessary, but it still makes me upset."

Feeling the stagnation of his nails growing in the gloves, Roland sighed, took off his gloves, and began to prepare to clean his nails during the last quiet time of the night.

But fate seemed to be against him, and the sound of the shop door opening was heard again.

"welcome,"

Without having time to put on his gloves, Roland raised his head and looked at the new guest. Then, what appeared in his sight was

——The cold muzzle of a gun.

Hisau Maiya stared at tonight's unexpected gain with indifference and issued an order.

"Don't act rashly. If you make any unnecessary movements, I will take your life. Now, follow me and leave here."

"Oh, sorry," but to her surprise, the young man who was pointed at by a gun did not show any fear or panic. He just looked at her calmly and made a polite request.

"Before you leave, can you wait for me for a moment and ask for leave first?"

Chapter 26: The Traces of Qi Ling

Hisau Maiya discovered Kotomine Kirei when she was checking the sniper point.

Raised as a young soldier, she lived like a machine in order to prolong her life. But now, that experience has become a past that she cannot bear to look back on.

After meeting Emiya Kiritsugu again, she got a new name, a new identity, and the meaning of her existence.

To do this, she is willing to commit any sin.

After arriving in Fuyuki with Emiya Kiritsugu, the two of them took advantage of the opportunity that the Master had not yet arrived to look for a suitable place in Fuyuki City to set up a base. Although the work was not easy, the process was still pleasant. At this time, Emiya Kiritsugu had his long-lost craving for cigarettes.

Because there was no vending machine nearby, Hisau Maiya, whose identity had not been exposed, chose to buy it on behalf of Emiya Kiritsugu. Then, on the way to the convenience store, she saw an unexpected figure.

Kotomine Kirei.

The priest who was the focus of Emiya Kiritsugu's attention, because it was not clear whether he was accompanied by a Heroic Spirit, Hisau Maiya just casually turned his eyes to observe, but saw that the priest who was supposed to be hiding was talking to the convenience store clerk with a heavy face.

The guy looked plain and ordinary. Apart from his not-bad-looking face, he had nothing to do with the other world. After all, no magician would be so ridiculous as to wear a convenience store bib and work as a cashier.

Is he the priest’s friend in the surface world?

Although Hisau Maiya also felt that the priest was dangerous, considering his profession, it didn't seem strange to have friends, who could perhaps be used to threaten the priest in the future.

——This idea completely changed after seeing the young man take off his gloves.

Command Spell.

With only three strokes of absolute command authority, the seventh Master has been found.

Although she had guessed that the last person was probably the lucky one chosen randomly by the Holy Grail, and that the other party didn't even know what the Holy Grail War was, but since it was exposed, it was the other party's misfortune. For the victory that Kiritsugu Emiya had been dreaming of, she could not miss this great gift.

Without much thought, Hisahi Maiya checked the condition of the gun and walked in. Just as she thought, the young man didn't notice it at all and was still looking at the back of his hand. The next step would be easy.

Threaten him to go out, take him to a remote place, call Emiya Kiritsugu through the intercom to transplant the Command Seals, and then kill him. If it weren't for the fact that the Command Seals must be transplanted when the Master is alive, Hisau Maiya even wanted to take away only the corpse.

Although the other party may be just an innocent ordinary person, who made him be chosen?

Then, Hisau Maiya raised her gun.

But she got an unexpected answer. The other party cooperated with her very respectfully, then naturally asked for leave, picked up the phone and started dialing. Because it was so smooth, Hisahi Maiya didn't even know whether she should shoot or not.

"Manager, it's me, Roland. Sorry, I have something urgent to do next, so I need to take fifteen minutes off. Can you come and take my place? Okay, thank you."

Roland hung up the phone, smiled at Hisahi Maiya, and raised his hands.

"I've got it done, so where are we going next, Miss Robber?"

"Shut up and follow the route I told you to take. If you make any unnecessary movements, I will shoot you."

Obviously, she was the one with the advantage, but in the previous conversation, the initiative was easily taken away by the guy in front of her named Roland, which made Hisahi Maiya more alert.

After a while, the two of them passed through several alleys and came to an unfinished building that had not yet been built. This was a newly built stronghold. A certain number of weapons had been stored in the surrounding corners, and the intercom communication was very smooth. When she came here with a gun pointed at Roland, she had already sent a secret signal to Kiritsugu Emiya to meet up.

Only when everything was arranged did Hisau Maiya relax a little.

Since there is no unusual movement now, this guy must really be just an ordinary, powerless person.

No, it is not appropriate to call them ordinary people. Hisau Maiya does not think that ordinary people would be so calm after being threatened with a gun and brought to a remote place, or even have the leisure to stare at the robbers.

"What are you looking at!"

Feeling Roland's slightly heavier breathing, Hisau Maiya suppressed her uneasiness with calmness and shouted sternly.

"Just admiring your hands, Miss Robber. You have a very nice pair of hands."

Roland lowered his raised hands and answered in a frivolous tone.

“Will people who are about to die always say such nonsense?” Hisayu Maiya’s index finger was tightly on the trigger. “Even if you took the opportunity just now to send out some secret code, it would be enough for you to die a hundred times before your reinforcements arrived!”

"Yeah?"

The smile on Roland's face became more obvious. Hisahi Maiya instinctively took a step back. She finally realized what was wrong.

That smile seemed peaceful, but too superficial, as if he had practiced it in front of a mirror. Only this kind of cold and selfish smile in front of him had a weird and terrifying reality.

"Don't come near me anymore!"

Hisau Maiya did not care about the fact that killing the Master would result in the loss of the Command Seals, and with her whole body trembling with anxiety, she pulled the trigger.

But the reliable weapon that she had carefully maintained turned into powder and slowly dissipated under her powerful movement, as if it was annihilated in an instant.

"This inexplicably dirty feeling, who on earth are you!"

Driven by her survival instinct, Hisau Maiya shouted loudly.

Then, in the other person's nonchalant smile, she got the answer.

"My name is Roland, I'm 19 years old. I live in a residential area near the Shinto Commercial Street, and I'm unmarried. I work at a convenience store in Fuyuki City Park."

"I get off work and go home at 8 o'clock at the latest. I don't smoke and I only drink lightly. I go to bed at 11 o'clock at night and sleep for 8 hours a day. I sleep like a baby until dawn and never leave fatigue and stress until the next day. My colleagues say I am normal."

This disturbingly detailed self-introduction made fear crawl out of every nerve of Hisau Maiya, and she, who thought of herself as a weapon, couldn't stop trembling.

"What on earth are you talking about?"

If this continued, he would definitely lose all the courage to resist. Hisahi Maiya could no longer endure it. At this close range, she rushed forward and punched Roland in the face.

This powerful punch that was enough to knock the big man down was easily caught by Roland's wrist. Hisahi Maiya wanted to retract her hand, but received no response.

Her hands could not move. In addition to Roland's power as a man, there was another invisible existence.

"What I mean is, I don't have any extravagant demands, I just hope to live in peace. So I don't care about winning or losing, because that will only bring me trouble and enemies. I hate such changes, but if I have to fight, I won't lose to anyone."

Click——

While Roland happily explained his mental journey, he ruthlessly controlled the Killer Queen and broke the arm that was attacked by Hisau Maiya.

He looked at his own Hisau Maiya's hand intently with a cherishing expression, then looked up and smiled.

"I didn't expect that someone who holds a gun all year round could have such excellent hands. Under normal circumstances, I would have to follow my own interests and take these hands as compensation for you disrupting my peaceful life, but,"

"Now, I've changed my mind, Miss Hisau Maiya."

Looking at Hisau Maiya who was still trying to struggle, Roland glanced at the Key of All Spirits in his hand. At this moment, this item was emitting a silver light that only he could see, conveying a message to him.

"The current number of nearby contract spirits: one"

Chapter 27 The Second Bomb

"So, in that guy's case, luck is really on my side."

Roland didn't care that there were people in front of him, and his face showed an expression of almost twisted ecstasy.

A ticket to leave this world, a trial to increase authority, a brand new power, for Roland, recovering the first contract spirit means almost everything.

As long as he could recover the soul, it would mean eternal peace. In such joy, even his nails stopped growing unnecessarily.

The reason why he was able to remain calm even when he was involved in the Holy Grail War was because he discovered the traces left by the Contracted Spirits. Actions with hope will always bring good results.

When Roland was running around in Fuyuki City, there was no trace of the Contract Spirit. When he began to slowly plan and prepare to participate in the Holy Grail War, the thing he had been looking for suddenly appeared in front of him.

Gently brushing his fingers across the back of Hisahi Maiya's hand, and feeling her legs weakened by fear and no longer able to support the weight of her body, Roland looked down at her with a charming smile.

It was not difficult to recognize Hisahi Maiya. After gradually matching different characters with the images in his memory, Roland's recognition ability became much stronger than before. In addition, Hisahi Maiya's medium-length hair and the characteristics of her usual use of firearms made it even easier to recognize her after she was exposed.

After discovering that Hisau Maiya was here, there was no need to say much about who the contract spirit belonged to. On the surface, this woman and Emiya Kiritsugu were lovers, but on a deeper level, the connection between them was like that between the internal organs and the brain, and it was impossible to separate them too far.

Emiya Kiritsugu was definitely nearby, and after Hisau Maiya made a small gesture of tapping the intercom, she received a notification that the Contract Spirit was nearby after a while.

Roland could conclude that the lost contracted spirit was in Kiritsugu Emiya's body.

The only thing he needs to pay attention to is whether there are any heroic spirits around the other party, but fortunately, he has an intelligence source around him.

"Well then, Miss Hisau Maiya, now that you understand your situation, let's start a pleasant conversation."

"First, I want to confirm one thing. Is it true that Emiya Kiritsugu still summoned Saber?"

"Just kill me."

Hisau Maiya said calmly.

"No matter what you threaten me with, it's the same. I will never betray Emiya Kiritsugu."

"Even if I use Emiya Kiritsugu himself, it won't work? Then let me show you a simple trick."

Under the gaze of Hisayu Maiya, Roland took out a coin from his pocket and threw it into the air. Under the gaze of Hisayu Maiya, the coin was blown into pieces in mid-air, and the tiny black residue dissipated like snow before it could fall.

Seeing this scene, Hisau Maiya widened her eyes slightly and suddenly realized how her gun disappeared.

"This is the ability of my Stand, Killer Queen," Roland said softly, "anything she touches will turn into a bomb."

"Although this was not my original intention, I have to admit that this ability is the pinnacle of assassination."

It's more than the pinnacle of talent, it's simply god-like talent.

Hisau Maiya, who has worked hard on assassination for many years, has already mastered the technique. No matter how crude the props are, they can be turned into deadly weapons in her hands, even a bamboo stick.

But this is still within the scope of human beings. You still need to stab, shoot, and plant bombs to eliminate the enemy. The ability to turn it into a bomb with just a slight touch means that you only need to pass by casually on the enemy's path in advance, and you can reap the rewards.

Without knowing, no one could react, and no one would be prepared for it. Even Hisahi Maiya herself could not have imagined that she would step on an invisible bomb while walking along a path.

Wait…no, anyone?

"You have figured it out, Miss Hisayu," Roland said with a wicked smile. "At the first sight, I would have easily killed Emiya Kiritsugu who was unaware of this. That stupid man couldn't even realize what was happening. And now, the only one who knows this key information and can give him hope is you."

In the face of Hisau Maiya's murderous gaze, the devil smiled slyly.