A person is in Type-Moon, goes out, and then picks up an Outer God girl?

"Eh?"

Toosaka Rin raised her head and looked around in panic. The clarity of the voice was as if it was spoken right next to her ear, and it was almost impossible to be an illusion.

But what really confused Toosaka Rin was that just this morning, her father told her that something happened at Sakura's home and that they had moved to a very far place. How could he appear here?

However, just as Toosaka Rin raised her head in confusion and looked through the glass at the interior of the house, a figure in yellow appeared in front of her almost instantly, and the cold wind came even later than the figure.

"Ah... As expected, operating reality and illusion together will cause unnecessary trouble..."

Water, Wind, and Flower: Chapter 61: Kiritsugu: I suspect there are additional jobs!

"Kiritsugu, a magical fluctuation that has never been observed before has appeared in the residential area. Through that magical fluctuation, I have locked onto a young man who is trying to escape. He is surrounded by a mist similar to Caster's. Because it is very weak, I..."

"Shoot him Maiya, I'll be joining you shortly."

There was no emotional voice coming from the other end of the satellite phone, which surprised Hisau Maiya, who was using a drone to lock on, but she still accepted the order.

"receive."

The silenced sniper rifle accurately locked onto the running orange-haired young man. With a gunshot, the running figure fell down as the sound dissipated.

He quickly disassembled the bullpup sniper rifle and put it into the box he was carrying. Then he changed into a medical staff uniform and walked downstairs calmly.

As the first medical staff to arrive, Hisau Maiya showed the certificate in her arms. Without any suspicion, she crossed the cordon surrounded by police officers and leaned in front of the young man covered with a white cloth.

"The victim was Ryunosuke Amayū, a zookeeper at the Fuyuki City Zoo. The cause of death was a well-aimed .300 Winchester Magnum shot to the chest, approximately thirty minutes ago...thirty minutes ago?!"

Hisau Maiya's eyes widened, and beneath the mask covered her face was a look of astonishment that no one else could perceive.

You have to know that it was only about fifteen to twenty minutes from the time she finished shooting to the time she arrived here. Even if he was already in a dying state before she fired the bullet, the time of death obtained from the current exploration would not be much more than the time from when she fired the bullet to now. At this moment, it was a full ten minutes longer. Hisahi Maiya couldn't believe that a person who had already died could keep running for ten minutes.

This kind of thing is simply impossible in common sense. Even if it is brought into the magic side, it is absolutely impossible for someone to continue running very regularly after death without undergoing any physical transformation or even any trace of magical transformation.

With a solemn expression, Hisau Maiya turned over the body of Uryu Ryunosuke. His pupils contracted sharply, and his whole face appeared in front of him in a very distorted manner, as if he had seen something very terrifying.

And just after observing Ryunosuke Uryu's face, she accidentally touched the skull under his hair. With her rich medical experience, she easily constructed the state of the skull in her mind. While groping, Hisau Maiya discovered a fact that was a little difficult for her to accept.

She stood up and wanted to evacuate the scene before the real doctor arrived, but the sudden gust of cold wind made her stagger a few times despite her high professional qualities.

Looking at Emiya Kiritsugu sitting in the driver's seat of the ambulance slowly approaching from a distance, Hisau Maiya's face looked extremely pale under the light.

But before Hisahi Maiya could give the order to the police officer who was waiting for the next instruction beside her to carry Ryunosuke Uryu's body into the ambulance, the commotion behind her made her look back suddenly, but she retreated backwards amid the boiling tentacles.

Tentacles, octopus tentacles full of tentacles, dark blue like the skin texture of some kind of starfish, with a strong and pungent smell of blood, and constantly emitting a foul odor, like the squirming hairs of washing dishes.

Without exception, all the police officers standing next to Ryunosuke Uryu were crushed into pieces by the tentacles that suddenly appeared from the ground. At this moment, their white clothes were stained blood red by the scattered fragments and blood.

Panicked screams and chaotic sounds of fleeing rang out one after another. At this moment, countless surviving police officers took out their pistols from their waists and emptied their magazines at the tentacles that suddenly appeared and took the lives of their colleagues, and turned into wriggling cocoons of flesh to wrap around Ryunosuke Uesugi's body.

But such behavior was ultimately futile. Amidst the panic and chaos, Hisau Maiya boarded the ambulance driven by Emiya Kiritsugu and left the center of the chaos, but still could not breathe normally.

"What's wrong? It's not your style to show such an expression."

Emiya Kiritsugu's voice, along with the smell of cigarette smoke that filled the entire cab, caused Hisau Maiya, who had been silent for a long time, to react slightly.

"Ryunosuke Uzumaki has a very faint magical circuit, which confirms that his ancestor must have been an orthodox magus."

Hisau Maiya paused, stopped thinking about continuing, and then took out a piece of paper and a pen to write down everything she found on Ryunosuke Uryu.

During the exploration just now, Hisau Maiya discovered that there were nearly a hundred small holes on Ryunosuke Uryu's skull. If it weren't for the basic investigative magic skills taught to her by Kiritsugu Emiya, perhaps only the professional medical equipment in the hospital could discover those pinhole-sized holes.

What really killed Ryunosuke Uryu were the needle holes that pierced his skull and reached deep inside. If she was not mistaken, Ryunosuke Uryu had no concept of a "brain" in his head at that moment. In other words, she had only shot a corpse that was running for some unknown reason. Long before that, Ryunosuke Uryu's brain had been dug out...

The only ones who can do this are the Servant summoned during the Holy Grail War...

After receiving such information, a hint of solemnity appeared on Emiya Kiritsugu's face. After all, such a thing was beyond all the currently known information. Even Caster had never used this black magic that looked like necromancy.

"I have a bad feeling, Maiya. Do you remember where you first found Uryu Ryunosuke?"

Hisau Maiya fell silent. Although she really wanted to help Emiya Kiritsugu with this issue, she still had to face a fact.

"His magical power suddenly appeared in the residential area. When I found and locked onto him, he had already reached the location where Perfect was just now. I think at that time, he had already become a corpse..."

Emiya Kiritsugu did not answer, but instead put out the cigarette in his hand and stepped on the accelerator.

As someone who had also witnessed the scene of Ryunosuke Uryu's body being devoured, a somewhat bold guess came to his mind, and he had to confirm it.

"Eri, go to the Cathedral Church and find Kotomine Risei. I suspect an eighth additional class has been summoned for this Holy Grail War!"

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Let me think about how to best arrange for Tousaka Rin... But! There's no way to avoid "Matou Sakura" causing trouble!

Water, Wind, and Flower: Chapter 62: Cleaning Up the Intruders

"This is really troublesome..."

As Van Gogh gently closed the open door, everything in the yellow house seemed to return to normal.

There was no body of Gilles de Ray, because the illusion they fell into from the very beginning was synchronized with reality. Any transfer they made near Aldebaran in Taurus would take place in reality. In order to prevent their tragic situation from causing some unpleasant impressions to the citizens living in Fuyuki, they were even considerately covered with wind coats.

Even Duanmu Ye cherished the house he had rented with great difficulty. Although there was no one who could pay the rent now, he did not want any corner of his cozy little house to be polluted by a dirty guy like Uryu Ryunosuke.

Therefore, from the moment he fell into the illusion, Ryunosuke Ameyu kept running in this residential area. Even after his brain was taken away by himself who had transformed into the "Distant Feaster", he still did not stop running because of the death of his body. After all, Ryunosuke Ameyu should have obtained eternal life at the soul level.

That is the power of "Usum", a method that can bring immortality to "others". Duanmu Ye just added a few other things, just like Van Gogh who was pieced together by the outer gods. In this method of immortality, Duanmu Ye adopted a more direct "assimilation" method.

However, after doing all this, Duanmu Ye, who had returned to the yellow house, noticed something strange. Through the perception of the wind, he smelled a scent that was extremely familiar, yet difficult to detect.

Then, Toosaka Rin appeared in the courtyard outside the window...

"Duanmu..."

Van Gogh's voice interrupted the movement of reaching out to Toosaka Rin. Under the claws that were like sharp blades, there were some tentacles constantly wriggling above Toosaka Rin's head, as if they would pierce her scalp and penetrate deep into it at the next moment.

"It's already done, Duanmu..."

The faint touch from behind brought Duanmu Ye back to his senses in an instant. The idea of ​​transforming his arm into a distant reveler and planning to do something returned to its original form with Van Gogh's words.

After taking off the yellow clothes and standing in front of Tohsaka Rin, whose eyes were empty due to Usum's control, Duanmu Ye's face turned pale, but after taking a deep breath, it regained its rosy complexion.

Without paying any attention to Toosaka Rin who had been brought into the house and was standing in front of him, Duanmu Ye once again took out the Liqun from his clothes, lit it, and put it in his mouth. He then sat beside Qin Yin, who was not dominated, but had her eyes wide open in fear, her body trembling and rising.

"Well, that...it's all right now. The bad guys have been driven away by Duanmu..."

Van Gogh walked cautiously towards Qin Yin, who had her mouth covered and was tied up with extremely professional ropes. He tried to comfort her, but Qin Yin kept twisting her body as if she was in unbearable fear, refusing Van Gogh's approach to her.

Such an intense reaction made Van Gogh's expectant eyes gradually become lonely, and the hand that was stretched out tremblingly towards the direction of the piano music was retracted at this time.

Then, Van Gogh looked in the direction of Duanmu Ye. After putting out a cigarette, Duanmu Ye stood up again and walked towards the direction of Qin Yin who was struggling to escape.

As a classmate of Rin Toosaka and a young child who had never been exposed to magic, Qin Yin, who was brought by Ryunosuke Uryu and Gilles de Rey, could be said to be the first innocent victim that Duanmu Ye came into contact with in this Holy Grail War.

Although Duanmu Ye was not sure whether they had captured some children like Qin Yin before Ryunosuke Uesugi followed Van Gogh here, as a witness who witnessed everything that happened in this room, Duanmu Ye could not sit idly by and watch Qin Yin.

The hand stretched out towards Qinyin without any hesitation. To Qinyin, this scene was like the scythe of the god of death, constantly approaching her.

The intense fear made Qin Yin close her eyes tightly. Her mouth was stuck with tape and no sound could come out except whimpering. Even in the air that was so cold that it was almost stagnant, the intense fear made Qin Yin forget to breathe for a moment.

But the hand that grew sharp blades and tentacles did not take her life. The sense of liberation from her mouth made Qin Yin open her eyes wide. It seemed that the sound that had been brewing for a long time opened wide after the seal on her mouth was torn off, wanting to be released.

"save--!"

The sound came from his throat, but it stopped abruptly after the first word.

The eyes that were originally filled with tears gradually became dim, and the originally bright eyes became as empty as Toosaka Rin's now.

Duanmu Ye lit a cigarette again and took a deep breath calmly, then exhaled a puff of smoke in Van Gogh's slightly puzzled eyes.

"So that's the trouble with children. Whether they're saving her or harming her, as long as they're in danger, out of fear they'll make noises that will destroy what they need."

"Even though that's what I said...but Duanmu just now was really scary..."

Van Gogh was talking quietly on the side, and Duanmu Ye had to pretend that he didn't hear it and used the smell of cigarettes to put himself into a special way of thinking.

Although what was just constructed was an illusion, there was also a part of reality mixed in it. For a moment, Duanmu Ye really felt that he had become a distant reveler, or in other words, he had truly become the King in Yellow who treaded among the stars.

Many of his actions towards Uryu Ryunosuke seemed to be well-planned, but in reality, Duanmu Ye felt that his behavior was quite chaotic. At least when facing Uryu Ryunosuke who kept trying to commit suicide, he could have directly used the tentacles of the Reveler to penetrate his brain, but his first reaction was to return to Lake Harry and wait for Uryu Ryunosuke to arrive...

After a light sigh, Duanmu Ye walked towards the door with the burning cigarette in his mouth, and turned on all the lights in the room.

"These two guys are really lucky... Even after all this, they haven't even looked directly at my face in my incarnation..."

As they muttered to themselves, a little light returned to the eyes of both Toosaka Rin and Kotone, and the fatigue that came from their bodies was like a sleep that was not very restful or a dream that was difficult to recall.

"Kotone! I'm so glad you're okay!"

Following the exclamation from Toosaka Rin, the two little ones hugged each other excitedly, some even crying tears of joy.

But Qin Yin's gaze fell on Van Gogh who was not far away, with a hint of gratitude in her eyes, but Van Gogh was stunned.

"Rin, let me tell you, it was this big sister who saved me from the bad guys! She's really amazing!"

"Eh? Who? Me? Eh—!"

Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 63: No Moment of Mourning for Ryunosuke, the Next Target is...

"Wait wait... I... I didn't do anything... The one who saved you was... was..."

She waved her slender arms in panic, as if to prove to the two people hugging each other on the sofa that her fragile body, which was almost the same as theirs, was impossible to save them, and that the person who saved them was actually someone else.

But when he turned around and wanted to introduce to the two of them Duanmu Ye who "saved" them, Van Gogh saw Duanmu Ye's aunt's smile at him, and his voice also came to his mind.

"I didn't want to reveal too much, so I just hinted at them a little bit. Now you are their hero."

"Duanmu...Duanmu...I'm not fit to be a hero..."

Van Gogh called out tremblingly, and there seemed to be some tears in her eyes that seemed to be asking for help, but Duanmu Ye just looked at her with a smile.

As Van Gogh's master, even though Duanmu Ye has not learned any magic that can be called "normal" and does not have the talent to learn such magic, the sunflower on the back of his hand, which symbolizes the contract, still conveys Van Gogh's inner thoughts to him.

I yearn for sunshine more than anyone else, and I long for companionship more than anyone else, even if it's just to sit at the same table, sipping coffee or tea, chatting about various topics, and spending every moment in an ordinary way...

Van Gogh never expressed what he really wanted in his heart, but it was not so much that he did not know how to express it, but rather that he did not know how to open his mouth to reveal it. Judging from the silence she fell into after she tried to comfort Qin Yin but was rejected by Qin Yin, she might also hope to be recognized by others.

At this moment, Toosaka Rin walked up and grabbed Van Gogh, who was in a panic and unable to move further.

"Thank you for helping me save Qin Yin, but, but... could you please tell me which bastard kidnapped Qin Yin!"

"cold......"

Qin Yin in the back seemed to be hesitant to speak, but her memory of being kidnapped was also a little vague. However, the hemp rope that was being removed from her body was enough to prove that it was not a terrible dream, but a reality that really happened.

Rin Tōsaka clenched her fists at the voice behind her. She was almost certain that the kidnapping of Kotone and even what she heard at the funeral of her classmate during the day were all the work of the Servant summoned during this Holy Grail War.

Qin Yin had never been exposed to magic before, so she didn't know what kind of terrifying existence she was facing. If she died because of this...

Toosaka Rin covered her chest and clenched her fists even tighter. She looked with an extremely determined look at the orange-haired girl who was wavering and seemed like she might squat in a dark corner at any time.

"I'm the daughter of the Tōsaka family. I can offer you and that big brother over there a very generous reward! So, big sister, please tell me what the guy who kidnapped Kotone looks like!"

That's right, at this moment Toosaka Rin has already made up her mind. She wants to find out who that person is and then tell her father!

She believed that her father, who possessed the strongest Servant, would definitely help her find that person and eliminate him. After all, this was the Holy Grail War, and eliminating the hostile forces was a perfectly normal thing!

Duanmu Ye, who noticed what Toosaka Rin was thinking, was still leaning against the door, watching quietly with his hands folded. Although he was called "big brother" by someone who was not named, Duanmu Ye still remained calm and quietly thought about how to use Toosaka Rin's existence to advance the progress of the entire Holy Grail War.

Van Gogh, who was being questioned loudly at such a close distance, found it difficult to speak. Whether it was the planet under the wasteland or the vast starry sky, she was always with Duanmu Ye. She knew very well what happened to Ryunosuke Uesugi and the Caster named Gilles de Rais.

Telling such a serious kid like this about something like that...

"Well, that... a guy with orange hair like me, but who looks the opposite of me, incredibly sunny, kidnapped that kid over there... With him was a magician with bulging eyes, who conjured something out of the ground like a magic trick and tied up the kid..."

It took almost all of his strength to think of a reasonable answer. After finishing this long string of words, Van Gogh was so tired that he almost had to find a dark corner to hide.

After receiving this answer, Toosaka Rin's expression became more and more solemn, because this was obviously the Caster her father had been looking for!

"I understand, big sister. I'll leave this pointer with you for now. I'll come back to get it tomorrow!"

As a compass inlaid with a considerable amount of gems was placed in the palm of Toosaka Rin's hand, Van Gogh stood there quietly as if petrified, looking at the "gift" in his hand that was "mortgaged", and entered a state of burning out.

Seeing this, Duanmu Ye stepped forward, took over the negotiation from Van Gogh, and looked at Toosaka Rin, who was even smaller than he had imagined.

"Rin...can I call you that?"

The tentative questioning made Toosaka Rin feel a little surprised and confused. For some reason, she always felt that the older brother in front of her was extremely close, just like a family member, and she trusted him from the bottom of her heart.

So, Toosaka Rin nodded, and Duanmu Ye also spoke further after that.

"Although the kidnapper has been chased away, he's still at large. It's too dangerous for you two kids to be out there alone. Can I take you back? Don't worry, the sister who chased the bad guy away will come with us."

Such words seemed to have some special magic. Toosaka Rin nodded heavily without much thought, while Van Gogh was extremely confused.