Why fight the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

The opposing magus' pupils trembled, not only at the immense magical power wielded by Kiritsugu's magic ceremonial attire, but also at his eye-popping attire. The pink dress paired with a forty-something middle-aged man was quite striking, especially after he was forced to watch the transformation animation. He dreaded the thought of battling this cross-dressing, perverted, middle-aged magus killer. Winning would be understandable, with only minor mental damage. Losing would be like being hacked to death by a weapon called a pink furry rabbit, a death with lingering regrets.

Emiya Kiritsugu fired a pink magic bullet with his wand. Medea even shaped the magic bullet into a random pattern of a pentagram and a heart in a playful way (actually, it wasn't a playful way, because this thing was not prepared for Kiritsugu in the first place). The hostile magus immediately stirred up an air current to deflect the trajectory of the magic bullet, because this pink-glowing heart always seemed to have a succubus effect, and he didn't dare to be hit anyway.

The magic wand also has the function of a light cannon, but it requires a short period of charging. Magicians who manipulate airflow are also known for their speed, so Kiritsugu Emiya gave up the idea of ​​long-range attack and directly chose to use the Noble Phantasm-level defense that comes with the magical girl costume to move forward and engage in close combat.

"Don't come near me!!!"

Watching the large pink middle-aged magician approach him, the hostile magus felt a surge of pressure. The outpouring of magic power did affect Kiritsugu, but the magic dress absorbed most of the damage. This dress could be thought of as a protective shield woven from magic power. Before it was completely damaged, it absorbed over 90% of the damage. This was why the magical girl could take the light cannon head-on. Therefore, Kiritsugu's clothes were now tattered. If it were a beautiful girl, it would be a beautiful sight, but if it was a middle-aged man wearing tattered white stockings...

In short, the magus now felt a strong urge to stab himself in the eyes. In that instant, Kiritsugu rushed in front of him, swinging his magic wand in a circle and hitting him on the temple. He only had time to build up a gust of airflow at the impact site before taking the blow firmly.

Kiritsugu's physical fitness is very good, and with the bonus of enhanced magic, the magician's head exploded like a watermelon. Jiang You felt that this magic wand should not be a round one, but a bird's beak design.

In Jiang You's eyes, Kiritsugu used a magic bullet to block the enemy's movement, and then ended the battle with a single blow to the enemy magus's head. It turned out that in Kiritsugu's hands, with this level of physical enhancement, the DPS of close combat was much higher than that of ranged combat.

"This thing has so many functions, can't you just use a few spells?"

Jiang You was slightly disappointed. There weren't enough pink lighting effects, and he barely managed to take many photos. Emiya Kiritsugu now looked like a pink transvestite killer, not a magical girl. Not magical enough, and not shameful enough either.

"That's enough. It's better to reveal as little of your trump card as possible."

Kiritsugu Emiya reached down into his trouser pockets, trying to light a cigarette to soothe his troubled nerves, but his light lower body was covered only by a small skirt, and both the cigarette and the lighter were missing.

"...How do I remove this thing?"

"Are you sure you want to undo it here?"

Although this is an unfinished building in a remote suburb, it's not deserted. There are still occasional vehicles passing by. "The principle of this thing's transformation is to use magic power to replace your clothes. When you cancel the transformation, the clothes will disappear."

"?"

Emiya Kiritsugu didn't react for a moment, "Isn't this what I want?"

"Just pull the bow on your head off. You don't have to worry about it being knocked off. It's actually a behavioral instruction. It will only work if you do it yourself."

Jiang You originally wanted Medea to make this thing into the shape of a gem, like some kind of magical zombie, but Medea refused because it looked too conspicuous.

"By the way, do you have a change of clothes ready?"

"Of course I'm prepared. I didn't enter this country legally..."

Disguise was a daily routine for Emiya Kiritsugu. If he had to prepare visas every time he dealt with a target, his chances of success would be lost. As he spoke, Emiya Kiritsugu placed his hand on the bow.

"What are you talking about?"

"Haven't you realized yet? Your previous clothes have been replaced by magic."

Jiang You deliberately slowed down. This was the difference between the replica and the original. The original's magic was parallel world magic, theoretically swapping clothes with those in the parallel world, so that after undoing the transformation, the clothes would remain the original style. Medea's was simple and brute force, a simple covering of magic power, washing away the original clothes with magic.

Then, a naked (?) man appeared in front of Jiang You.

"..."

Watching Jiang You raise his phone, Emiya Kiritsugu silently completed his transformation again. He then turned to the body of the deceased magus. Since there was no replacement available, he would use the existing one. This kind-hearted person wouldn't have any objections anyway.

"It's really boring. Can't you show a little shame?"

Jiang You knew that Emiya Kiritsugu was indeed feeling very ashamed, but he acted too calmly. Is this the composure of a mature middle-aged man, who could wear a small skirt in front of others without changing his expression?

"You obviously knew about this dress, didn't you?"

Emiya Kiritsugu said, "Can't I guess what you're thinking, kid?" "Since this is what you want, and I accept the trade-off of restraint for power, then this is a fair deal. I don't need to feel ashamed in front of you."

"Besides, it will definitely affect my reputation in front of others, so..."

Because the magus's size was not suitable for Kiritsugu, Emiya Kiritsugu simply stripped the opposing magus's cloak and put it on himself. He then dug out a bucket of gasoline from somewhere, poured it on the magus, and lit it with a match, destroying the body and leaving no trace.

"As long as they can't say it, that's all. I can accept this kind of outfit as a trump card."

"Putting aside other things, have you ever considered that this trump card of yours will appear in the form of a card, and everyone will be able to see it during the game."

Jiang You gave Kiritsugu a "kind" reminder, telling him that he could not escape showing his magical girl appearance in front of everyone.

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu's hands trembled slightly. No matter how calm he appeared on the surface, he still cared about this.

Finally, he shakily lit a cigarette (which he pulled from his magician's cloak) and said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter. Your duel tournament is held in another world, right? As long as... as long as no one here knows about it, it'll be fine."

"Isn't your wish to turn this place into a duel city?"

Jiang You laughed. Emiya Kiritsugu still wanted to run? Impossible. "How long can you hide this trump card?"

"...At worst, I can just retire!"

Emiya Kiritsugu made up his mind that when the world's rules were rewritten, he would retire. If he didn't fight others, he wouldn't play cards, and he wouldn't be discovered.

"I hope you did. Then you're welcome to the Duel Tournament and hold this."

Jiang You handed a blank card to Kiritsugu. He had quite a lot of blank cards in his hand. In order to prevent Kiritsugu from being eliminated too early, he helped him improve the deck of the magical girl Emiya Kiritsugu in advance.

The moment Emiya Kiritsugu grasped the card, the blank card responded, and a set of cards related to his current form appeared in his hand.

Magical Girl Emiya Kiritsugu.

5-star Synchro Card Caster has an attack power of 2500.

[Emiya] Servant + Prototype Joyful Magic Costume.

1 Once per turn, select a card on the field and destroy it.

2 Once per turn, pay 500 Life Points and place an [Origin Bullet] from your deck's graveyard to the backfield. This effect can also be activated when summoning a Servant.

3. Damage taken by the owner from this card's battle is reduced to 0. When this card declares an attack, the opponent cannot activate Spell or Trap Cards.

4 When this card leaves the field, Special Summon an [Emiya] Servant from the Graveyard.

Well, in this era of rampant chaos, this card's effects are pretty average. However, it's a decent buff for Emiya Kiritsugu, and it also has some other buffs, which I won't detail here.

However, Kiritsugu Emiya had not experienced any other battles, and it was obvious that his experience had not yet been updated with the version, so he was still quite satisfied with it, because the degree of enhancement was very obvious, and the [Prototype Joyful Magic Set] also had a search function, which was much stronger than his own extremely plain deck at the time.

"This way, I become much more competitive."

Emiya Kiritsugu nodded. Jiang You had already given him some special treatment, so what could he be dissatisfied with? After all, he had tried everything, so he didn't mind trying again. Judging from Jiang You's tone, the atmosphere sounded quite relaxed.

"My work here is almost finished. When are we leaving?"

"You're too impatient. You're going to another world to play, without even saying hello to your wife?"

Jiang You said, "You big pig's hoof, you run around with your mistress, leaving Mrs. Ai Li alone in the empty house, aren't you worried about being cheated on?"

"...Ellie should be used to it by now. Besides, my life isn't suitable for her."

Kiritsugu's eyes were a little evasive. Before Jiang You left, he asked him to take better care of his wife. It was a bit embarrassing for him to have to be reminded by an outsider about the relationship between husband and wife.

"Her life has just begun. It can't end so early. Maiya and I will handle the tough stuff."

"Can you please stop saying that doing this kind of thing is necessary?"

Even Jiang You couldn't help it. This kid was stubborn.

"Stop talking nonsense and take Ai Li with you over there this time. You should have someone to cheer you on during your duel!"

"Then I'll go back and pick her up."

If Jiang You can guarantee his safety, Emiya Kiritsugu is willing to believe it. Jiang You's performance at that time was obvious to all. He is more like a partner of justice than himself.

"If I book a flight now, it'll probably take two days... If I go through special channels, it won't be ready until tomorrow morning..."

"It's not that troublesome."

Jiang You grabbed Emiya Kiritsugu's collar and said, "Follow me."

Then he pulled him into the transit world.

In the library.

"Welcome back, what can I do for you?"

After the three little lolis were taken away by Jiang You to participate in the duel competition, the library became quiet, with only Bubble left writing something on the desk.

Emiya Kiritsugu looked around the ancient library. The windows and bookshelves were floating in the air in an extremely unreasonable way. It was obvious that this was not an ordinary place.

"Help me open a channel to Einzbern Castle at the time of the Fourth War, where Ellie is."

Bubble has a partial concept of "doors". As long as it is a world that Jiang You has visited, she can build a one-way passage, which is very convenient. This is also the reason why Jiang You was able to find Kiritsugu in the first place.

"Okay, have a nice trip."

Bubble raised his hand and pulled in the air, moving a door in front of Jiang You.

"Let's go pick up your wife."

Kiritsugu had been trying to gather some information about the place, but Jiang You dragged him through the door. The moment the door closed, Jiang You suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something. He scratched his head, but couldn't recall it, so he gave up thinking.

"Kiritsugu, Jiang You should have come to support you. He just said hello to me..."

Seeing the silence, Maiya came to gather information. All that remained was a pool of black, human-shaped charcoal. From the partially burned decorations, it was clear that it was the hostile magus. Maiya called Kiritsugu over the radio, but no one responded.

"What about people?"

Due to the appearance of a certain servant, Maiya did not think Kiritsugu would be in any danger, but why did the person disappear?

After cleaning up the scene, Maiya also called Airi. As the legal wife, Airi had the right to know about this kind of thing.

However, no one answered.

472

Chapter 472: The contestants were coerced and induced.

"A massive magical reaction has occurred in the Heroic Spirit Summoning Room. Some of this magic can be confirmed to be Jiang You's, but the wavelength of much of it is extremely similar to the gods previously associated with Abigail. All departments, please prepare for mental protection!"

Da Vinci, who was modulating the device in the control room, was the first to see the abnormal magical reaction. After comparing it with the recorded wavelengths, her expression became quite solemn, because Chaldea had just been visited by Yog-Sothoth two days ago, and everyone was dragged into a dream.

Fortunately, the enemy wasn't coming for them, nor did they harbor malicious intent. Otherwise, Chaldea would have been destroyed. While there were no casualties, the forced slumber had left some areas unattended, requiring some equipment to be renovated and maintained. Chaldea's current capabilities were completely powerless against an opponent of this god-level or higher.

"No need to bother. I've already seen who's coming. It's Jiang You."

Gudako, as the action team, immediately arrived at the scene with Mash. Due to someone's reasons, although Chaldea summoned three Heroic Spirits, the actual combat strength was still only Mash, so Gudako and Mash's life of hard work had to continue.

"But his spiritual reaction... although it's still the same Foreigner as before, there's clearly something else going on. Please be careful!"

Jiang You was not present after Chaldea returned to peace, so Da Vinci was not aware of Jiang You's current situation.

"Don't worry about that. His situation has been explained to me. This is normal."

Gudako emphasized her trust in her employees. "He has already found his real name. I've been busy lately, so I forgot to mention it. We can talk about it in detail later. But this guy suddenly appeared here... I have a feeling that something is up."

Because the aftereffects of the Dreamland were quite severe, Gudako and Zabiko had been busy with most of Chaldea's affairs before today, so they had no time to explain things in detail to Da Vinci. She hadn't even been able to properly research the identity of the Outer God Priestess.

"Why are you guys looking at me like I'm a plague? I haven't done anything lately, have I?"

After arranging matters with Kiritsugu, Jiang You came to the Chaldea timeline. Since he was inviting acquaintances to participate, he couldn't be partial to one over the other. As soon as he appeared, Jiang You was met with considerable disdain.

"What do you say?"

Gudako said, how come you don’t have any self-awareness at all.

"Nothing good can happen when you show up."

Jiang You thought that while the sixth singularity was indeed due to his altered progress, the result was the same. He was still the main character, and he had only made a big move during the seventh singularity. So why did they dislike him so much? "You're talking nonsense! I clearly didn't do anything! Besides, I'm here to invite you to the Duel Tournament."

"I'm not going!"

Gudako said firmly, "Last time you asked me to go on vacation, you almost overturned Chaldea. Now Nero's spiritual base has changed, causing problems with my contract. If you go again, you might blow up my place."

"Nero's incident may not be a bad thing."

Jiang You argued that because he had merged with the Flutist's spirit, Nero was no longer a pure Roman emperor. However, this guy also had a history of merging with Venus, so it wasn't that outrageous.

"Her strength has greatly increased now, so your final battle should be easier. If all else fails, here's how. Besides winning and then having your wish fulfilled, you just need to participate in the Duel Tournament. During the final battle, I'll gather all the Servants I know to support you."

"No, oh, if you don't participate you won't help?"

Gudako rolled her eyes. "Did you say you'd stick with us? Actually, you signed a contract with me back then. Are you a Servant of Chaldea?"

Jiang You scratched his chin, it seemed that this was really the case. At that time, Jiang You was in a hurry to start a new script and was planning to find a new love (referring to betraying Illya and becoming Gudako's Servant). However, the original Command Spells could not have any effect on Jiang You, let alone the castrated version of Chaldea's self-recovery.

"Don't worry about all these details. Aren't you my miko now? If all else fails, just grab Goetia and play cards with him. He won't be able to handle it."

"Then there's no need to go!"

Gudako rolled her eyes almost to the sky, "Your Noble Phantasm's effect is useless even with more people! It doesn't matter whether you come or not!"

It seems bribery won't get Gudako to participate in the competition, Jiang You pondered for a moment. While missing one or two contestants isn't a big deal, it still wouldn't be perfect. So, he could only try coercion. As an Outer God, it shouldn't be a problem for him to ask his miko to complete some trials, right? "Okay, now I'm sealing your privileges. They won't be unlocked until you make it to the top 32, which is basically free for you. Plus, there's a reward if you perform well."