Humans in Type-Moon, Path of the Heroic Spirit

Chapter 56: Emiya Kiritsugu's Actions (4k)

night.

The old capital of Fuyuki City, near Matou's house.

In the dim room, through the slightly opened curtains, Emiya Kiritsugu observed the situation in the Matou family through the scope of his sniper rifle.

He had purchased this house from the original owner at the beginning of the Holy Grail War.

Of course, there is not just one house like this. He has prepared corresponding bases near the homes of other masters.

Anyway, the funds provided by the Einzbern family are very sufficient, so it doesn't matter if they waste a little.

“Maiya, what’s the situation?”

"I'm ready and can attack Lancer's Master at any time. What about you?"

"So far, there has been no movement from the Master of the Matou family."

Looking at the cardboard box quietly placed at the door of the Matou family's house, Emiya Kiritsugu frowned and replied in a low voice.

Originally, he wanted the head of the Matou family, Matou Tsuruno, to come out of his house on his own initiative and receive the package sent in the name of "Matou Kariya".

After all, no matter what, Berserker's Master is a magician who can sneak into the Einzbern Castle without making any noise, and the Matou family is his magic workshop. Emiya Kiritsugu does not have the confidence that he can directly break into the other party's workshop and kill him.

So, he used money to arrange for an unrelated passerby to deliver the package to the door of the Matou family.

According to the information collected previously, the current head of the Matou family, Matou Tsuruno, is just an ordinary person without any talent for magic.

Therefore, Kiritsugu Emiya also made some small changes to the package. As long as the other party picked up the package, the corresponding technique would be triggered, and then they would be hypnotized and act according to the plan he had set in advance.

As long as he can bring the package into the Matou family's mansion, he can detonate the special bomb hidden in the cardboard box and blow the whole house into ruins.

Emiya Kiritsugu believed that no matter how powerful a magus was, he would never survive an explosion of this magnitude.

But what he didn't expect was that more than an hour had passed since the doorbell rang and the package was placed at the door, but there was still no movement from inside the house.

Could it be that the Matou family has already gone to bed...?

With such confusion in his mind, Kiritsugu Emiya frowned even deeper. If this plan failed, he would have no choice but to use a bomb to directly destroy the Matou family's residence.

Then bomb it again with rockets to prevent any accidents.

Just like when he used a missile to blow up the plane carrying his adoptive mother and the zombies, it was quick and efficient.

However, such a striking plan can only be used once. If you want to use it again next time, other Masters will definitely be on guard.

"..."

Time passed by minute by minute, but there was still no response at the door of the Matou family's house.

Just as Emiya Kiritsugu was about to use a bomb to forcibly blow up the Matou family mansion, a staggering figure appeared on the street not far away.

"Hmm? Something's going on—"

This sudden accident immediately attracted Emiya Kiritsugu's attention. He adjusted the position of the sight so that it fell around the person who came.

But because it was late at night, Kiritsugu could not see the man's face clearly, he could only vaguely make out that he was a middle-aged man.

Noticing that the man's destination seemed to be the Matou family, Emiya Kiritsugu narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered in a low voice.

"Could it be that he is Matou Tsuruno..."

…………

On the street near Matou's house, Matou Tsuruno was still indulging in the anesthesia of alcohol tonight, trying his best not to think about the deepening darkness of the night.

Now that I think about it, that quiet and uneventful night of yesterday was so disgusting.

The sea is always calm before a storm. Last night's calmness was unsettling, so something dangerous must have happened tonight.

Of course, Tsuruno knew what the strange phenomenon was that had been threatening Fuyuki City overnight in the past few days.

He is the eldest son of the Matou family, becoming the head of the family to inherit the family's long history. He is also a descendant of the great bloodline that embarked on a long journey of exploration in pursuit of the Holy Grail. Originally, he should have been the person involved in this tragic war.

In the past, Tsuruno had no shame at all for abandoning Shi Ren and indulging himself in alcohol. Compared with his younger brother Kariya, he dared to say that this was what a normal person should think.

Not everyone would choose to reject the assets of the Matou family and escape from their original family alone just because they hate the way of magic.

However, he now feels a little regretful. Perhaps he should have been like his younger brother Kariya and escaped from this devil's den with Shinji even if he had to give up everything.

But it was too late. His son Shinji Matou had been chosen by his "father" Zouken Matou to replace him as the Master of this Holy Grail War.

He thought of the terrifying black ghost that Shinji had called out from the summoning circle and made a contract with - only by drinking more could he distance himself from the horrific memories of that time.

However, what really frightened Tsuruno was not the summoned familiar, but Shinji, who seemed like a different person.

With his father's intuition, Matou Tsuruno immediately recognized that "Shinji" was no longer his own child, but was replaced by the soul of his father "Matou Zouken"...

Ah, why is sleep still so late in coming tonight?

He wanted to fall into a deep sleep as usual, not yet drunk enough, not yet completely drunk, and to forget what had happened before, skipping the time before dawn.

As Matou Tsuruno thought this, he poured another mouthful of alcohol into his stomach. His steps became disorderly due to the gradually rising drunkenness.

thump--

Suddenly, something tripped He Ye's feet, and he fell to the ground unexpectedly. The intense pain made him more conscious.

"...Who the hell threw trash in front of my house?! If I find out who did it, I'll never let him off!"

After being tripped, Matou Tsuruno got up from the ground cursing. He looked down at the cardboard box and stopped talking immediately. His originally confused eyes became complicated.

"Heh, will the person who ran away from home, blaming me for the cursed fate of the Matou family, also send a package back?"

With the light provided by the street lamp beside him, he clearly saw the name "Matou Kariya" on the package and couldn't help but mutter to himself in a mocking tone.

Despite saying so, He Ye still picked up the package and prepared to take it home. But the moment he picked up the package, a tiny light flashed across the surface of the package.

The next moment, the spell engraved on the cardboard box was activated, and Tsuruno's eyes gradually became blurred. Hypnotized by the magic, he slowly walked into the Matou family's mansion holding the package in his hand.

"Maiya, I'm ready. You can start at any time."

Seeing that his plan was successful, Kiritsugu Emiya's brows relaxed. He quickly contacted Hisau Maiya who was near the Hyatt Hotel, signaling her that she could take action.

…………

At the same time, in the underground insect warehouse of the Matou family.

On the dim floor, a scalp-numbing rubbing sound was heard.

Hundreds of crested insects rushed into the body of "Matou Shinji" to fill the magic circuits that had been damaged again.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that brat from the Kamiya family to be so difficult to deal with. He's not even Berserker's match?"

Surrounded by countless insects, Matou Zouken let out a hoarse and dry laugh, and his dark eyes emitted a dark light.

"It seems that if we want to achieve the final victory, we can only start with the people around him and then work our way down slowly."

As an old man who has survived for five hundred years, no one knows how to endure better than Matou Zouken.

Although he did not achieve any results in the previous operations, this did not prevent him from having high expectations for the future.

As long as he still had Berserker as his trump card, and as long as he had not been completely killed, there was hope of winning this Holy Grail War.

However, since I have already offended so many masters, it is time for me to change my position and temporarily give up the Matou family...

Thinking of this, Matou Zouken smiled silently, and the new base he was going to was the big cave under Ryudo Temple.

After all, the series of magic systems built around the Holy Grail were originally planned by him and the other two of the three great families.

Although he had been mainly responsible for the Command Spells and the Servant system for hundreds of years, compared to other young Masters, as someone who had existed from the First Holy Grail War to the present, he undoubtedly knew more inside information than them.

Therefore, Zouken Matou decided to wait until the very end before taking action. He would ambush in the large underground cave where the Holy Grail was located. He would wait until most of the other servants and masters had left before he would take action and obtain the Holy Grail that could fulfill all wishes.

However, just as Zouken Matou was enjoying the future, the basement suddenly shook violently.

"what happened……"

boom--!
Before the old bug could figure out the situation, a deafening explosion was heard.

No matter how solid the ceiling was, it would be shattered by the sudden explosion.

Large pieces of debris lost their support and fell to the ground. The powerful weight instantly crushed countless insects into minced meat.

Then, as if to burn everything, flames swept up from the shattered ceiling, and the violent impact echoed in the basement.

The orange-red flames instantly engulfed the entire Matou family mansion. At this moment, it was as if a destructive natural disaster had struck, and thick smoke rose up.

The explosion destroyed everything.

…………

On the other side, the Hyatt Hotel in Xindu.

The passengers who were awakened by the fire alarm and then directed to the outdoor parking lot had an ugly expression on their faces due to the fear of fire, the interrupted sleepiness and the unpleasantness caused by the cold night outside.

Among these people, the hotel waiters were busy running around in a panic.

"...Mr. Archibald! Mr. Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald! Are you there?"

There was only one name left on the guest list that had not been confirmed, and the hotel receptionist called out in an anxious voice.

Every waiter treated this wealthy guest who had booked the top floor of the hotel very seriously. In a sense, this was the person they least wanted to see as dangerous.

But no matter how much the front desk shouted, there was no response from the crowd.

"Oh no! Mr. Archibald is not still in the suite..."

Looking at the panicked crowd around him, this thought popped up in the staff member's mind, and his face turned pale in an instant.

However, just as he was about to use the intercom to contact others, an accident suddenly happened -

The terrifying sound of reinforced concrete beginning to fall apart and collapse echoed in the silent night sky.

The refugees who noticed the abnormalities around them cried out in surprise as they looked at the changes happening to the high-rise buildings above their heads.

"The hotel, the hotel collapsed!"

The high-rise hotel, which was over 100 meters high, remained self-supporting and collapsed as if it was absorbed by the ground. This was because all the outer walls collapsed inwards and not a single piece of debris fell outside.

Only the dust generated by the collapse flooded the surrounding streets.

Directional blasting – an advanced blasting technique used primarily to destroy large, high-rise buildings, by damaging load-bearing walls and key pillars, causing the building to collapse inwards under its own weight.

Using the least amount of explosives to achieve complete destruction is an easy task for Hisau Maiya, who has learned all the blasting techniques from ancient times to the present, both in China and abroad, from Emiya Kiritsugu.

What's more, all the buildings in Fuyuki City that serve as bases for magicians are on Emiya Kiritsugu's destruction list, and this Hyatt Hotel is one of them.

Before the operation, they obtained the blueprints of the building in advance and found the explosion points for the bombs. As long as they were fully prepared, the actual operation would not take even an hour.

Although the refugees had moved as far away as possible from the area where the building might collapse, they were still covered in dust and dirt from the collapse and fell into panic. Hisahi Maiya glanced at the commotion crowd with an expressionless face, as if she was looking for someone.

After a long while, after confirming that Kenneth had been buried in the rubble, Hisau Maiya quietly retreated from the fleeing crowd.

Since the mission has been completed, there is no need for her to stay here any longer. The most urgent task now is to report the situation to Kiritsugu.

After all, the 32nd floor where Kenneth was located lost its support due to the chain reaction caused by the directional blasting, and eventually it was equivalent to a free fall from a height of 150 meters to the ground.

No matter how strong the magic barrier is, it would be unable to protect the people inside in the face of such powerful destructive force.

(End of this chapter)