Even if Emiya Kiritsugu calculated the time difference, as an orthodox magus, Tohsaka Tokiomi naturally couldn't have failed to deal with the magecraft of modern firearms.
What's more, he already knew most of the information about Emiya Kiritsugu, knowing that he was a 'Magus Killer' who was proficient in modern firearms.
At the moment when Emiya Kiritsugu rushed out, Tohsaka Tokiomi was already ready.
"Wall of Fire!"
With the chanting of the incantation, a wall of fire surged in front of Tohsaka Tokiomi's body, and the defense that opened in an instant blocked the power of the 9mm bullets.
At the same time, the grenade collided with the flame, causing a violent explosion, and both sides lost vision of the other.
"Blocked..."
Emiya Kiritsugu frowned, then withdrew without hesitation, continuing to hide in the shadows around the corner.
"Hmph, are you going to continue to run away like a stray dog?!"
Tohsaka raised his voice slightly and shouted.
He believed that Emiya Kiritsugu would be able to hear him.
However, Emiya Kiritsugu ignored Tohsaka's provocation and began to reload the machine gun in his hand, while taking out a single-shot pistol.
"Time Alter: Triple Stagnate!"
As the incantation was chanted, Kiritsugu's vision suddenly brightened.
It wasn't that something had changed in the outside world; it was just his own perception.
When Kiritsugu's optic nerve confirmed the image, his retina received three times more light than usual.
This time, the time control was just the opposite of the high-speed physical technique used just now.
Kiritsugu slowed down his physiology to a third of his normal level.
His breathing became sluggish, and his heartbeat slowed to a halt at a barely noticeable rate.
In addition, due to the cessation of metabolism, his body temperature dropped rapidly, cooling to the extent that it was not much different from the outside temperature.
He then took out a flashbang and threw it out.
Bang!
Tohsaka Tokiomi, who was caught off guard, temporarily lost his vision due to the flashbang.
But he didn't panic; he just silently chanted the incantation to improve the magical defense around him.
The wall of fire that covers him is able to withstand even an artillery shell like an RPG, completely obliterating the strong shock wave from the explosion.
In such a situation, it is impossible for Emiya Kiritsugu's machine gun to cause him any damage.
With the blessing of magecraft, it only takes more than ten seconds for his vision to recover, so Tohsaka Tokiomi was not nervous and calmly cast his magic.
However, these ten seconds are more than enough for the 'Magus Killer' Emiya Kiritsugu.
"Time Alter: Double Accel!"
This is the second time it has been used, and if it doesn't work this time, Emiya Kiritsugu will lose his ability to fight due to the backlash of the magecraft.
If he ended up in such a situation, he would fall to the ground in agony and be slaughtered.
Emiya Kiritsugu didn't want to be in such a situation, so he had to do his best at this moment.
Emiya Kiritsugu, who performed the "Time Alter," was as fast as an afterimage, and in just a few seconds, he had already closed the distance to Tohsaka Tokiomi, raised the single-shot pistol in his hand, and pulled the trigger.
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When the previous generation of the Emiya family determined the "Origin" of the newborn heir, they were overwhelmed by the strange result and named the baby "Kiritsugu."
Roughly speaking, it is the dual attribute of "Fire" and "Earth."
In detail, it is a composite attribute of "Severing" and "Binding."
That is the essence of his soul form, which is the "Origin."
There are slight differences between the terms "destruction and regeneration."
Because the Origin of Kiritsugu does not mean "repair."
For example, if a thread is cut and then combined, the thickness of the knot will change.
In other words, the act of "severing and binding" will cause irreversible "deterioration" of the object.
When he was asked to do manual work, Kiritsugu was particularly aware of his Origin.
His hands are not very dexterous, and if it is a normal prop, it can be repaired if it is broken.
But as soon as it involves a precision machine, things suddenly become the opposite.
The more he tried to repair it, the more deadly the damage became.
As a matter of fact, Kiritsugu's manual skills are not superb.
If just an ordinary metal wire is broken, the cut part can be reused by connecting it.
However, if you use the same principle to repair delicate electronic circuits, the result is fatal.
It's not something that just needs to be plugged in. As long as the wiring is messed up, the circuit will lose its function.
The "Origin" is not just due to Kiritsugu's character and temperament, but from the point of view of magecraft, the essence of the deep roots of the soul.
When making his own Mystic Code, Emiya Kiritsugu made the most of the extremely special "Origin" he possessed.
The first and second ribs on both his flanks were removed.
The ribs taken out were ground into powder, then condensed with soulcraft and sealed into sixty-six rounds as cores.
This bullet will materialize the "Origin" of Kiritsugu within the "hit" object.
If it hits a creature's body, there is neither a wound nor bleeding, but the part hit by the bullet becomes like an old necrotic wound.
The superficial layer looks like it has been healed, but the nerves and capillaries have not regenerated accurately and have lost their original function.
And this bullet with the function of a Conceptual Weapon will pose an even more serious threat to a magus.
Of the sixty-six rounds of ammunition, Kiritsugu had already consumed thirty-seven rounds.
But there was not a single one that was wasted, and the bullets made from a part of his body had completely destroyed thirty-seven magi.
And now the thirty-eighth "Origin Bullet" has cut off the lifeblood of another new victim.
Tohsaka probably didn't understand what was going on in his body until the end.
When the severe pain spread all over his body, the heart, lungs, organs, and nerve network were already torn apart.
Blood spurted out of his throat before he could scream.
Because of the wrong movement of broken nerves, the muscles of his whole body twitched, and the slender body in the elegant suit performed a funny dance.
Relying on the intense pressure to circulate high-density magical energy in the Magic Circuits, the energy suddenly began to run wildly, ignoring the paths, and as a result, the magus's own body was destroyed.
While the wall of fire defended against the Contender's blow, Tohsaka suffered more severe damage than if he had been directly hit by a bullet.
When Kiritsugu's magic bullet is interfered with by magecraft, the effect of the "Origin" in the bullet will be severely fed back into the Magic Circuits of the magus.