After all CGs are unlocked, Type-Moon's girlfriend comes to visit

After all, in Kenneth's view, this is a Holy Grail War participated by seven magicians.

By physical means...explosives?

Who could do something so un-magician-like?

"And... you just said that there are eight Servants in this Holy Grail War, right?"

Alvin said quietly, "Could there be more than eight?"

Now that Ruler has appeared, no one can guarantee that something strange won't happen again.

Kenneth couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He suddenly remembered something very important.

In every Holy Grail War, the appearance of Ruler meant that the Holy Grail War had encountered a very urgent special situation.

And in this Holy Grail War, a very powerful Servant did appear... But if that was all, would Ruler really appear?

Kenneth opened his mouth and was about to speak.

boom!

But just as he opened his mouth——

Accompanied by the rapid sound of "beep, beep", the explosion resounded deafeningly in the building!

126

Chapter 126 The Eighth Servant, Ishtar!

The Tosaka family's residence.

In the darkness, two pairs of eyes stared at each other. When Gilgamesh saw the woman coming into view, he was obviously stunned.

Although her attire was different from the incompetent goddess in his impression... one could even say that her attire tonight was very 'modern', Gilgamesh still recognized her identity at first sight.

After a brief moment of surprise, Gilgamesh said coldly:

"So it's you... I didn't expect you to appear in the Holy Grail War. This is really beyond my expectations."

Ishtar, the sky goddess of Uruk.

No one would have thought that the eighth Servant who appeared tonight, who was suspected to be a Ruler, would be this incompetent goddess.

"King, do you know her?"

At this time, Tōsaka Tokiomi on the side finally couldn't help but speak.

"Haven't you heard of this goddess' deeds? Or are you simply too ignorant?"

Before Gilgamesh could speak, Ishtar looked the man up and down, then raised her proud white chin slightly and said, "You haven't even heard of this goddess's name. It seems the Master who summoned you isn't very good, Gilgamesh."

So far, Ishtar is the only one who dared to call Gilgamesh a "teasing" name during the Holy Grail War.

When hearing this name, Tōsaka Tokiomi's eyelids couldn't help but twitch slightly. He glanced at Gilgamesh cautiously, thinking that the Hero King would be angry.

Who would have thought that he would just glance at Ishtar coldly and snort, "Anyone who possesses my holy relic can summon me in the Holy Grail War."

"But you... you can actually manifest as Ruler. What on earth was the Holy Grail thinking?"

There was a thinly veiled sarcasm in his words as he spoke the last part.

Ishtar was notorious for her greed during her lifetime, and she often sneaked into Gilgamesh's royal treasury during the Uruk period... Such a greedy goddess actually appeared in the world as a Ruler after her death.

...This is somewhat ironic.

"And...why were you summoned by the Holy Grail?"

Soon, Gilgamesh spoke again.

Logically speaking, Ishtar is on Gaia's side. After all, the Holy Grail War shouldn't be able to summon a Servant of the "God" level.

But now Ishtar appeared in his sight, alive and well.

...What on earth is going on?

"Didn't you notice?"

Ishtar raised her eyes. In the darkness, her azure eyes were particularly bright, and the corners of her mouth were raised in a charming arc.

"I didn't descend into the Holy Grail War as a Servant... After all, its specifications weren't high enough for the true 'me' to descend."

Gilgamesh looked at Ishtar coldly and said calmly, "Is it possible to temporarily attach itself to a mage in this world and manifest in this way?"

"You're truly willing to do anything to accept the call to the Holy Grail War, you incompetent goddess."

Ishtar raised her face, her pale golden eyes holding a faint smile, but her innate sense of holiness and majesty still made people inexplicably awed.

She looked at Gilgamesh with a smile and said, "Since you can come out to play in the world, why don't I accept the summon and relax?"

"Even though I can't accept summons directly, if I attach myself to someone...it wouldn't be difficult to cheat a little bit."

Not long ago, when Aika Sajo was summoning Heroic Spirits, she accidentally summoned Ishtar... However, that was not the real her, but simply a clone.

Moreover, this clone cannot appear directly, but needs to "attach" to someone who has a particularly good compatibility with her before it can appear.

And it just so happened that in this Holy Grail War, there was a girl who had a very good compatibility with Ishtar.

"Hmph... Hearing the word 'cheating' from Ruler's mouth is quite new."

Gilgamesh sneered.

Tōsaka Tokiomi on the side was staring at Ishtar in front of him. After a brief gaze, he seemed to remember something important and slowly widened his eyes.

"You...you are Rin?!"

Yes, no wonder he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity from the first moment he saw her, as if he had seen her somewhere before.

If he thought about it carefully, the girl in front of him, whether it was her clothes or her appearance...wasn't this his daughter, Toosaka Rin?!

However, after Ishtar attached herself to Rin Tohsaka, the two seemed to form some kind of special fusion, so that her appearance also became what she looked like when she grew up.

Although the temperament is different, there is no doubt... this is undoubtedly Toosaka Rin!

So Toosaka Rin didn't disappear, but she ran away from home on her own after Ishtar attached herself to her?

Thinking of this, Tōsaka Tokiomi felt a little complicated for a moment.

One of his two daughters ran away from home after being adopted into the Matou family, and the other has also run away from home... What is going on?

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't do anything to your daughter."

Ishtar suddenly glanced at Tōsaka Tokiomi coldly and said, "You didn't even know your own daughter was kidnapped... As a father, you've truly failed."

"If I hadn't found this suitable body, you might have lost a daughter by now."

Tōsaka Tokiomi frowned slightly and asked, "Who kidnapped my daughter?"

"A young man named Ryunosuke Uzumaki. According to him, he has killed several children recently... Your daughter was one of his targets."

Ishtar said calmly, "When I was attached to your daughter, he was performing a ritual to summon the Heroic Spirit, and your daughter was the sacrifice."

Tosaka Tokitoki subconsciously said: "How is it possible?!"

His first reaction was that it was absurd, even a bit far-fetched.

Regardless of whether the fact that Toosaka Rin was captured is true or not, there are already eight Servants in the Holy Grail War, including Ruler... What else can that young man named Uryu Ryunosuke summon?

"Didn't that Gilgamesh beside you tell you? Someone changed the rules of the Greater Holy Grail, trying to force more Servants into this Holy Grail War... Once more Servants die, the Greater Holy Grail will gain even greater magical power."

"Because her actions are too dangerous, I have come here as Ruler to interfere in this Holy Grail War."

Ishtar said calmly, "However, when I manifested, Uryu Ryunosuke was unable to summon a Servant."

Before Tōsaka Tokiomi could speak, Ishtar continued, "Because before him, someone had already summoned the ninth Servant."

The ninth Servant...?

Tōsaka Tokiomi hesitated at first, and then the expression on his face gradually became solemn.

There was no doubt that the girl before him was not only his daughter, but she was also the judge of the Holy Grail War, now under the control of Ishtar.

As a Ruler, I must be fair and impartial, and I won't lie about information...

In other words, there are nine Servants in this Holy Grail War?

Excluding Berserker who has been eliminated and Ruler who remains neutral, there are still seven Servants?

Who is the Master of this ninth Servant...?

"My incompetent goddess, you came here specially tonight. You shouldn't just come to reminisce with me, right?"

At this moment, Gilgamesh's cold voice sounded.

Ishtar's gaze returned to Gilgamesh. After examining him for a few seconds, she looked away with disdain and said calmly, "You think too highly of yourself, Gilgamesh."

"I came here, firstly because Ruler has the authority to inform all Masters of the changes to the Holy Grail War rules. Secondly... I was asked by the original owner of this body to do something. She didn't want her father to worry about her disappearance."

Gilgamesh was obviously stunned, and then he couldn't help but burst into laughter as if he had heard a funny joke.

"To think... that the goddess of heaven would actually listen to a child and come all the way here to report her safety?"

"That's not something you would do, Ishtar."

When he finished speaking, his scarlet eyes stared at Ishtar quietly.

"Should I say he's changed his character, or are you planning something?"

Gilgamesh knew Ishtar too well. After all, the two had many dealings in the past during the Uruk period, so he knew very well that the latter was not a very kind goddess.

Coming here on his own initiative now... no matter how you think about it, it seems like he came here with some purpose.

However, just as Gilgamesh was thinking this, he heard Ishtar curl her lips in disdain and said lightly: "It's up to you what you want, but not everyone is as high and mighty as you, without any human touch."

"If that guy were here, he'd probably like me doing this more."

If it were Ishtar in the past, she certainly wouldn't have come to Tōsaka Tokiomi specifically to explain this matter...

However, due to her current status and someone's preference, this goddess of heaven, who was no less arrogant than Gilgamesh, finally agreed to Toosaka Rin's request.

That guy…?

There was a hint of confusion in Tohsaka Tokiomi's eyes, but before he had time to think about it, he suddenly heard a deafening explosion.

His heart skipped a beat and he quickly stood up and walked to the window. When he looked up through the glass window, he saw thick smoke billowing from somewhere in the new city area.

At the same time, the sound of sirens echoed through the silent winter wood.

What’s going on…?

Drop drop drop...

At this moment, the cell phone suddenly rang.

Tōsaka Tokiomi picked up the phone and heard Kotomine Kirei's deep voice on the other end: "Teacher... not long ago, a Master blew up a building in the new city area. Lancer and his Master seem to be inside the building."

The two Servants present had extremely good hearing, and after hearing this, they almost narrowed their eyes.

Ishtar's azure eyes held a hint of strangeness as she said quietly, "The Holy Grail War should be a secret affair reserved for magi... This guy's actions are a bit out of line."

Under normal circumstances, magicians from all sides of the Holy Grail War can indeed fight each other... but the prerequisite is that they cannot make too much noise, especially not attracting the attention of the public.

This is the common understanding of all magicians.

However...this Master who blew up the building didn't seem to have any intention of abiding by this rule.

"Because you're afraid of Lancer, you want to kill her Master outright? It seems like someone who's willing to do anything to win."

Gilgamesh's tone was filled with disdain.

This hero, Wang Sulai, is a loner, and because he is very confident in himself, he completely despises despicable means such as sneak attacks.

"Also, besides Lancer, a second Servant is suspected to have been found at the scene."

Tōsaka Tokiomi's mind moved, and he subconsciously asked: "Who is it?"

“…Saber.”

Gilgamesh was stunned for a moment, and Ishtar beside him also raised her brows slightly.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for the Masters of all parties in the Holy Grail War to live in the same building... If you say it is a coincidence, then it is too much of a coincidence.

Could it be that Saber and Lancer are secretly collaborating...?

As the Ruler of the Holy Grail War, I can't just ignore this...