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

There are not too many elements in Van Gogh's paintings. Although he used colorful pigments, there are actually only about three or four colors presented in the paintings.

In the painting, the figure symbolizing Kotomine Kirei stood above countless dark and blurry shadows lying on the ground. Although the shadows painted with almost similar colors made it somewhat difficult to distinguish, Duanmu Ye recognized at a glance that in the painting, unlike the clear figure represented by Kotomine Kirei who was standing, those shadows lying on the ground and stepped on by Kotomine Kirei were all figures like him.

In other words, in the painting, Kotomine Kirei is like a new seedling breaking through the soil, symbolizing rebirth, while the figures like him at his feet are like his past self, at every stage, every period, every age...

But now, those shadows representing Kotomine Kirei's past lay on the ground of the painting as if they had accepted death, and together they formed the ground above the painting. Standing on the "ground", Kotomine Kirei looked up at the sky. There was no light shining through the dark clouds, but there was a little light on his face, making it impossible to depict the details of his face.

"Does this painting... mean that he has been redeemed at this moment?"

Holding the painting handed to him by Van Gogh, his expression was somewhat solemn.

Although it is only a matter of time before Byager defeats Kotomine Kirei, no matter how Kotomine Kirei struggles, there is always a limit to what humans can do. Death is only a matter of time away from him, so there is no need to worry or care too much.

However, Duanmu Ye at this moment cared about something completely different. He understood Kotomine Kirei and knew that he would not do meaningless things. Since he had been redeemed in the inner world painted by Van Gogh, why was he so eager to pursue death at this moment?

Duanmu Ye frowned, pondering endlessly, but still couldn't find an answer. It seemed that this painting, which presented his inner thoughts, simply expressed that he had been redeemed. So even if he died like his past self, he would have no regrets...

The fragments of the black key brushed past the end of his sight and stuck in the wall behind him. Duanmu Ye didn't care at all. Knowing that Kotomine Kirei and Nia Ratotep had had some contact, he had to think more and had to decipher the "unknown" shown by Kotomine Kirei.

This was undoubtedly a trap, and Duanmu Ye knew this, but he had no choice. He had to think about it. Only in this way could he understand what kind of deal Kotomine Kirei had made with Nya Ratortep, and only then could he find out from him whether Nya Ratortep had really been eliminated by him...

In fact, Duanmu Ye was not sure whether Nya'arzi, the incarnation of Nya Latotep, was completely destroyed by himself. On the way here, he compared the information about him with Van Gogh, but got two completely different answers.

In Van Gogh's eyes, the image of Nyar-Latotep remained the original, representing the black mist of the crawling chaos. Even after he said that classic line asking for a title, Nyar-Latotep in Van Gogh's eyes did not change at all. From beginning to end, it was a black mist different from the Nyar-Latotep he had seen.

Therefore, Duanmu Ye was not sure whether the damage he caused at that time could be considered as a repulse or a defeat, but he knew that neither the Old Ones nor the Outer Gods would be killed so easily, and it could even be said that it was impossible to kill them. Facing Kotomine Kirei, who was also protected by Nyar Ratiotep, Duanmu Ye restrained his idea of ​​defeating Nyar Ratiotep and regarded it as him still secretly observing his choice, observing whether he would choose to stay or kill Kotomine Kirei.

But it is undeniable that, precisely because it is impossible to confirm whether Nyar Latotep is still alive, the act of killing Kotomine Kirei becomes unexpectedly important. At the very least, some method must be used to seal him up so that there is no possibility of his resurrection.

But how could Duanmu Ye know any sealing technique that could seal the outer gods?

He was constantly thinking crazily in his mind. Since he had lost his soul, he didn't have to worry about it being infected by the Outer Gods. Duanmu Ye turned every answer he came up with into a little man with a question mark. He was discussing more and more about how to solve the problem of Kotomine Kirei who was infected with the power of Nyar Latotep, until the yellow wasteland was filled with little men with question marks full of doubts. Duanmu Ye finally got a relatively satisfactory answer.

Just like he did to Uryu Ryunosuke, he exiled Kotomine Kirei's soul. On this desolate star of Aldebaran, even Nya Latotep could not invade without his knowledge and bring Kotomine Kirei's soul back to reality!

The method of creating dreams disappeared along with the power of the Water Priest, but fortunately, he still has Van Gogh by his side who can perfectly use this power...

"It's okay, Master... I'm much more lucid now. Using this power on a human shouldn't draw too much attention from the Water Priest!"

Before Duanmu Ye asked Van Gogh for her opinion, Van Gogh took the initiative to express his own ideas.

As if his inner heart was seen through by such power, Duanmu Ye just smiled indifferently and held Van Gogh's hand even tighter.

"If you can't bear it, then give me half of the curse. After all, you are my Servant..."

Duanmu Ye chuckled at this, and Van Gogh, who was actively urging the illusion to unfold, was slightly stunned, but she did not have the opportunity to distract herself to respond to such a question.

Grasping the last eight Black Keys in his hands, Kotomine Kirei took a suicidal plunge, almost as if it had been premeditated. He didn't care at all that the spinning wings could easily crush his body.

Because, the moment his soul came into contact with the "devil", it had already become the price of alliance, handed over to the "devil"...

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Hiss... The temperature suddenly dropped, and I'm shivering with cold. Please forgive me for only having 6,000 today. Tomorrow will definitely not be like today. I'm really sorry everyone (crying)

Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 95: Is it going too smoothly?

The rapidly falling body was accompanied by the cold wind that brushed past it. In this already cold and gloomy insect cave, facing such a bloody and violent inhuman creature, Kotomine Kirei's expression was as indifferent as ever.

The only eight black keys left in his hand collapsed the moment they came into contact with the rotating skeleton. The patches that flew everywhere due to the collapse scratched his already broken body and cheeks, leaving some unignorable scars on them.

Will he die?

As he dived down, facing the blood-red figure whose details were almost invisible and which was generating a huge wind field that was engulfing him, Kotomine Kirei's answer was affirmative.

In the past twenty years, he has never felt any "emotions" or any value of "living". Whether it is the praise given to him by his father or the expectations of people around him since he was a child, he has never thought that such things have any meaning, let alone represent the value of his existence.

He once thought that he was different from ordinary people, an abnormal human being. Just living was a sin, just existing was a sin. That's why he devoted himself to becoming a qualified clergyman, hoping that one day, the "God" believed by countless people would perform a miracle to save himself and free himself from the quagmire of sin.

But unfortunately, even though he practiced the oracle of the "Lord", the "Lord" did not respond at all. Instead, he vaguely realized that he was absolutely different from ordinary people in many practices, and realized that that kind of thing was not recognized and would not be accepted by society. It was his original sin and the absolute curse called "the evil of this world"!

It's like a cup of pure water that's stained with a little bit of ink. Even if the amount is so small that the transparency of the water doesn't change at all, the "ink" will eventually merge with the water and remain there without anyone noticing. It's absolutely different from other pure water that hasn't been stained with ink.

Realizing this, he began to carry out many life-threatening missions, seeking death to end his own life, and trying to erase the unacceptable evil and sin through death.

However, the crisis that could bring death could not move him. No matter when he first joined the church, or when he had unknowingly grown to the point where there were no enemies that could threaten him and was awarded the honor of being one of the strongest agents by the Holy Church, he had never had the slightest fear of death.

Looking directly at these monsters and destroying them with one's own hands was what an apostle of the Lord should do. At this moment, Kotomine Kirei could personally feel the infinite strength and endurance bestowed upon him by the light of the Lord, which made him immune to the pain brought by those injuries, and immune to the slowness brought to his body by the loss of blood and the numbness of pain.

However, even with the light given by the Lord, such a monster is not something he can kill now. But in the final analysis, he did not have the idea of ​​surviving in the beginning to fight such a fruitless battle. Just like the death he pursued in the past, even now when he was facing the inevitable death, he had no idea.

The world is experiencing death almost all the time: the death of plants, the death of animals, the death of humans...it's everywhere.

But death is not the end. At least in Kotomine Kirei's heart at this moment, the death he faces is just like killing his past self with his own hands again and again in the past. He is reborn in "death" again and again, and thus becomes stronger.

The human body has been tempered to the extreme by the many events it has faced in the past. Ordinary agents, even first-class agents, cannot fight at long distances as easily as he does. A single throw including the preparation can be completed within 0.3 seconds, and four consecutive throws can be completed within 0.7 seconds.

Even though it has been tempered to this state, facing such a summoned monster, the human body can only play with it and crush it unilaterally like a cat and mouse.

When he saw Caster's true appearance for the first time, Kotomine Kirei became even more convinced that his choice was extremely correct. Even when he made a deal with the devil, his faith in the Lord did not waver in the slightest. For Kotomine Kirei, using the devil's power to break through the upper limits of humanity could better fulfill the Lord's teachings. Only by possessing absolute power could he better spread the glory of the Lord.

Of course, at the moment he saw Caster and the silver-white jellyfish beside him that looked like his summoned creature, Kotomine Kirei admitted that he did have some emotions he had never felt before. The fear that seemed to be the instinct of the soul made his back a little cold, but this feeling undoubtedly made Kotomine Kirei, who had never experienced such an emotion before, even more fascinated.

After making a deal with the devil that possessed "Matou Sakura", Kotomine Kirei was able to feel joy and fear every day, unlike before, instead of being numb and blind. Kotomine Kirei, who had never lived like this before, could even hear the words of the Lord whispering in his ears in a trance, telling him: Where there are saints, there are thieves. He was not born a saint, but by leading those suffering people to liberation, he could also become a "saint"!

Just as an idiom from a place he had visited goes, one must face death before being reborn. If one does not face death, how can one get a new life?

In the past, the act of "killing" yourself was happening almost every day. Only by killing yesterday's self can it mean that today's self has grown and become stronger than yesterday!

Now, it’s the same as it was then, there’s no difference!

With this thought in mind, Kotomine Kirei arrived at the bloody vortex. The feeling of the hurricane whistling past was like a blade, tearing every inch of skin and flesh on his body into pieces.

The pain was not intense due to the baptismal chant, but the visual impact was far more shocking than Kotomine Kirei had imagined.

First, the Black Key that had pierced into the storm was torn into pieces without any chance of holding on, followed by the palm and arm that held the Black Key, and then it spread upwards from the lower body, until the vision was completely blurred by a touch of blood, and consciousness was interrupted in an instant.

However, what he imagined did not happen to Kotomine Kirei. When he opened his eyes as usual, imagining that he would wake up after a night like in the past and welcome a new life, he found that the place he was in at this moment was not the room he was so familiar with.

The yellow-based wasteland seemed to cover the entire field of vision. The hills, which looked almost completely different from the geography knowledge he had learned and the many cruel geographical environments he had traveled to before and after becoming the agent of the Holy Church, were arranged in an incredible size before his eyes.

Gazing into the distance from the commanding heights of the hill where he was, the ridges formed by the hills that appeared before his eyes looked like they were arranged in an indescribable pattern. They seemed irregular, yet gave people a sense of regularity in which each section was somewhat similar.

Such a scene made Kotomine Kirei a little amazed. The ugly surface seemed to be full of magic in his eyes. Even though all the scenes in front of him looked so incredible, Kotomine Kirei's face was filled with curiosity about everything around him and a surprise that almost made him breathless.

"This is truly... such an amazing work of art!"

Kotomine Kirei, who already had an unusual mindset, admired everything around him, especially the clear lake surrounded by valleys in the distance, and the ancient city ruins on the shore of the lake, which seemed to be of considerable size but were buried under the yellow sand. At this moment, Kotomine Kirei showed a happy smile on his face.

Witnessing all this, Duanmu Ye felt a bit of a headache. Although he had asked Byager to destroy Kotomine Kirei's body for safety reasons to prevent him from becoming a living zombie like Kotomine Risei, the fact that Kotomine Kirei took the initiative to enter a deep sleep of consciousness still made Duanmu Ye vaguely have a bad premonition.

For some reason, at the moment when he lost his soul, he always felt that his intuition became unusually sensitive. Whenever there was even the slightest bit of something wrong, he would engage in seemingly unnecessary thinking because of this intuition and abnormality.

But intuition is something that no one can predict, especially in the Type-Moon world. Intuition exists and even high-level intuition can predict the future...

Therefore, even if this was a trap set by Yog-Sothoth to drive himself into madness because of knowledge, he had to actively accept such intuition and analyze why he had such intuition.

Kotomine Kirei's consciousness had been pulled into the illusion that Van Gogh had unfolded through the painting. Considering that the power of the Water Priest in Van Gogh's body would cause some unfriendly changes in such an illusion of Aldebaran, Duanmu Ye did not choose to bring Van Gogh with him when he came to this planet this time. Another reason for letting her stay in reality was to confirm with Baiyage whether Nya Latotep had appeared in the ruins of the Matou Mansion.

If Nyar Ratiotep had not been repelled by himself in the previous encounter, but had hidden in the dark to give Kotomine Kirei strength, and used the power to help him create another body after his death to help him win the resurrection match or something... With the help of the existing contract connection, Van Gogh, who had come into contact with Nyar Ratiotep's power, could tell himself at the first time, so that he could choose to give up Kotomine Kirei who was trapped in Aldebaran, and fight Nyar Ratiotep again.

Now that both preparations are almost complete, all he needs to do is guide Kotomine Kirei to Lake Hali over there. Then, he will temporarily transform into "Hastur" and try to drag him into Lake Hali, and use physical means to seal Kotomine Kirei's soul in the place where Nyar Latotep is least likely to touch it.

However, just before Duanmu Ye raised his head and wanted to change his posture into that of a distant reveler, he saw Kotomine Kirei starting to move forward with an almost extremely pious expression. Unlike Ryunosuke Uesugi who came here last time, he took an extremely natural pace, as if he was sightseeing, and took the initiative to walk towards the direction of Lake Harry.

Duanmu Ye:?

A big question mark appeared in Duanmu Ye's head. Although he knew that Kotomine Kirei's aesthetic sense was different from that of ordinary people, why did he show a pious expression at this moment?

Could it be that... Kotomine Kirei had actually gone crazy a long time ago?

Recalling Gilgamesh's calm madness after his SAN value dropped, and his precedent of acting almost on instinct and doing whatever he thought of without considering the consequences, it seems that people with strong wills will become unusually calm after their SAN value is reset to zero, but this is only a calm reaction. In fact, they are no longer able to think normally and can only rely on instinct to act.

Watching Kotomine Kirei walking further and further away from his sight, Duanmu Ye finally gave up the idea of ​​transforming into a distant reveler. After all, if Kotomine Kirei was really crazy, then his act of destroying his brain would basically be meaningless. Even if the damage was fed back to reality through this illusion, Kotomine Kirei's body had been torn apart by Baiyage, and this meant that his soul's consciousness had been dragged into the illusion by himself, which meant that Kotomine Kirei could be declared dead in the physiological sense.

"That...that..."

Van Gogh's voice interrupted Duanmu Ye's thoughts. Kotomine Kirei's figure had disappeared from his sight, but Duanmu Ye was more concerned about the reason why Van Gogh contacted him at this time than chasing him.

"What's wrong, Van Gogh? Have you sensed the power of Nyar Latotep?"

The relationship between the Old Ones and the Outer Gods was chaotic and complicated, but there was no doubt that Van Gogh, who had seen Nyar Latotep, could easily perceive the chaos and disorder about him from countless interferences.

But at this moment, Van Gogh was a little embarrassed, and spoke in unclear and intermittent words.

"Actually... actually, Baiyaki ate the minced meat he had... I'm not sure what would happen if I did that... so..."

"Is that so... It'll be fine, Van Gogh. Thank you for the report. If there's anything else wrong, please let me know!"

After making this response to Van Gogh, Duanmu Ye followed Kotomine Kirei's unchanged pace until they reached a certain range, blending into the surrounding cold wind and diving into Lake Harry. Kotomine Kirei's figure gradually became reflected in the lake's surface at the very edge...

Water, Wind, Flower: Chapter 96: Kotomine Kirei's Exit, and the Resurrection Ceremony Held in Secret

The scenery that did not belong to Earth constantly filled Kotomine Kirei with amazement. Such a world had never appeared even in his dreams, but after all, he had never had a dream before...

Even so, Kotomine Kirei relied on his instinct to arrive at a basin surrounded by countless hills. Although it seemed to be a very long distance away, in fact, Kotomine Kirei felt that he had arrived at such a basin in a short time.

Countless huge stone bricks were buried in the wasteland beneath his feet. Kotomine Kirei's gaze never stopped observing these scenes. They were like exquisite paintings, constantly passing through his eyes and reflected in Kotomine Kirei's mind.

Unconsciously, Kotomine Kirei stopped at the lakeside and looked at the ruins in the distance that were almost the same size as the ones around him. The expression on his face changed slightly.

It seems like regret, but also like pity?

On this surface that did not belong to any place on Earth at all, feeling the cold wind blowing past him, Kotomine Kirei's expression went through many changes. These changes were all emotions that had been expressed on the real Earth, emotions that had never been expressed before.

Kotomine Kirei certainly knew that this was probably the consequence of looking directly at the yellow-clothed Caster. Although he had previously asked "Matou Sakura" who this Caster of the Holy Grail War was, all he got in return was a contemptuous smile and a thoughtful look from "Matou Sakura".

Even at this moment, he had not learned from "Matou Sakura" the true identity of the yellow-clothed Caster. The degree of weirdness it displayed exceeded all the records of the Holy Church on spirits. Of course, Kotomine Kirei knew better that the demon possessed by "Matou Sakura" was far more terrifying and more difficult to describe than this Caster. However, compared to the current situation where they had reached a deal and became allies, Kotomine Kirei obviously cared more about the hostile Caster than "Matou Sakura".

Therefore, the scenery before his eyes at this moment made Kotomine Kirei extremely curious. He wondered why Caster had brought him here, why he had led him to the edge of this lake, to see these ruins buried beneath the wasteland...

As he was thinking, ripples appeared on the lake surface which was originally as calm as a mirror. He withdrew his gaze from the distant and surrounding ruins and focused it back on the rippling lake surface.

Through the lake surface that was constantly shattered by ripples that arose for unknown reasons, Kotomine Kirei saw a different starry sky that could not be seen on Earth. The star that looked like the moon was reflected in the center of the rippling lake surface. It was as if the star had a special meaning, which made Kotomine Kirei feel a little chill involuntarily.

The movement of stepping back slightly happened subconsciously. Even when Kotomine Kirei realized this, his feet had already taken a step backward. At this moment, he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable chill.

Looking around, for some reason the sky gradually darkened. Only the galaxy formed by the planets that seemed to be extremely close in the sky made Kotomine Kirei feel a sense of familiarity. However, the weirdness revealed by the surroundings was far more than he had imagined, causing his body to react subconsciously.

It is obvious that I should have died in reality at this moment, and I should not have any fear. After all, I am not even afraid of death, so how could I be afraid of such a scene?

But the reality was completely contrary to what he had imagined. On this planet, he seemed to still have a considerable degree of vitality, which meant he was still alive on the surface of this strange planet...

Kotomine Kirei's expression gradually darkened. He did not think that he retreated subconsciously because of fear. Perhaps it was just his body's subconscious actions that made him feel the chill.

With an uncertain mood, he reached into the robes he was wearing, and the reality of taking out the black key from it made Kotomine Kirei's eyes show a little surprise.

Everything was reset... Whether it was his physical condition or the items he was equipped with, they were all the same as the preparations he had made before making the decision to face death. Even the order of the black keys hidden inside the vestments was the same order he had arranged them himself before that encounter.

Realizing this, Kotomine Kirei couldn't help but swallow his saliva. The deal he had made with "Matou Sakura" was a secret that happened not long ago. It was a deal that "Matou Sakura" had taken the initiative to propose to him before Caster felt it.

Kotomine Kirei could no longer remember the specific content of the transaction, as if someone had cut out that part of his memory. Having lost his memory, he did not care too much about what happened in that memory, nor did he ask "Matou Sakura" about the specific content of the transaction. He only asked her what price he had paid for the transaction he agreed to.

The answer he got was just the evil smile of "Matou Sakura".

——"Be grateful to me. You have lost your sinful soul. Now you may even become a saint!"

However, Kotomine Kirei did not want to be a saint. In the world, having only one saint or savior was enough. He was not suitable for, nor did he have any need to become, the so-called saint. What he wanted was very simple from the beginning.

Feel the feeling of being alive, understand the meaning of existence, no matter what the price, no matter what he does, this is what he pursues, the ultimate of life!

And that guy was not lying. Feeling the extra things in his body at this moment, the feeling called "emotion" made him extremely reluctant to leave. Whether it was the fear at this moment or the curiosity about this world, these were feelings he had never had on earth, feelings he had never experienced before!

Of course, Kotomine Kirei did not intend to sit and wait for death. He was indeed pursuing these things and praying for these things, but he was never a person who liked to sit and wait for death. After confirming that his body had returned to its original appearance and was re-equipped with all the black keys, Kotomine Kirei began to run continuously around the turbulent lake.

Walking against the cold wind that was blocking his way, Kotomine Kirei's face was no longer cold and numb in reality. At this moment, he was more enjoying the freedom of walking against the wind, enjoying the soul that had been imprisoned by this body before.

But running against the wind was not meaningless. Knowing that this was some kind of barrier or illusion created by Caster for him, Kotomine Kirei threw the black keys to the wasteland in a very regular order while running towards the lake, until his figure became faster and faster, and the speed of his throwing became faster and faster, almost surpassing the limit that could be reached in the human era. At this moment, Kotomine Kirei could easily throw the black keys in his arms down at a degree that exceeded the laws of physics.

The black key, which was originally created to expel "demons", is also the key node of the "exorcism" magic circle. It is used to anchor the abnormalities in an area, to expel demons from an area, or even to seal it. It is a very professional prop.

Although it was unclear whether it would work, Kotomine Kirei felt that he should do something instead of just standing there, waiting for something bad to happen...

As nearly a hundred black keys in the robes were deployed, a huge magic circle quietly began to flicker from the first black key buried in the ground. Kotomine Kirei stopped and stood in place, quietly witnessing this scene. It was like a starlight bursting out, lighting up every black key he had inserted into the ground. As the magic circle gradually formed, the rippling lake surface finally reacted.

That's right, when he arrived at the lake just now, the calm lake surface did show some reaction, but it was only ripples, which made Kotomine Kirei's occupational disease flare up a little.

Even when he threw the black key down, the ripples seemed to have stopped on the surface of the lake, and in a very strange posture, they paused on the surface of the lake where something should have emerged.

But at this moment, as the sealing magic circle was arranged and activated, the scene that Kotomine Kirei had been expecting finally appeared before his eyes. The rising water column seemed to be dozens of feet high, towering into the sky. One even needed to look up to see its entire appearance clearly.

But what Kotomine Kirei didn't know was that Duanmu Ye, who had been waiting in Harry's Lake for a long time, had actually wanted to show his head a long time ago. But when Kotomine Kirei inexplicably started running around the lake, he was speechless and even stopped thinking about sticking his head out of the lake. He stayed where he was, finding it difficult to face the fact that such a thing would happen next to Harry's Lake, which was supposed to give others fear.

Of course, when he saw the activated magic circle, Duanmu Ye suppressed his speechlessness. He understood that Kotomine Kirei was still trying to break through the predicament he was in. Such efforts obviously could not be wasted. Therefore, Duanmu Ye decided to treat Kotomine Kirei, who had spent so much time setting up such a sealing magic circle, more seriously.