"Berserker, ignore him for now."
"Understood."
"By the way, My King, Gilgamesh has the leyline I connected to him."
"In that state, his magical energy will be continuously replenished. Do you need me to tell you how to cut it off?"
Kirei Kotomine mentioned another piece of news in passing.
"That's for sure! Otherwise, how could that guy be so difficult to deal with?!"
"I was wondering how he had such a vast amount of magical energy."
Before Lelouch could speak, Waver 抢先(interjected/answered first).
He had been wondering why Archer never seemed to run out of magical energy during that siege. It turned out he was supported by Fuyuki City's leyline.
Everyone else came out of the fountain to fight, but he was running around carrying the fountain with him, right?
"Risei."
"Your subject is here!"
"How many Command Spells does Tokiomi Tohsaka have left?"
"He still only has two. The rewards that should have been given were postponed because the Church needs to deal with the aftermath."
First asking about Tokiomi Tohsaka's situation, Lelouch wasn't in a hurry.
"Rider?"
Waver froze there, not understanding what the other party wanted to do.
"How many Command Spells do you have left?"
"There are twelve left..."
"Is that so?"
Looking at the dense red marks on Risei Kotomine's exposed arm, Waver was stunned.
Although he knew the Church's Supervisor would keep the Command Spells left by past Masters, twelve was way too many, right?
"Kirei, there is no need to cut off Archer's leyline."
"This time, you just need to focus on completing the mission."
"No matter what, kill Kiritsugu Emiya."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Watching Kirei Kotomine leave the church, Waver was full of questions.
Although he knew Lelouch must have a reason for doing this, it was still hard to fathom this Emperor's thoughts.
"It is not the time yet."
"If we want to succeed, we have to let Archer maintain that kind of threat."
The corners of his mouth slowly curled up. Mastering so much intelligence and news, as well as excellent pawns, Lelouch thought of a perfect method.
Then, he spoke that sentence amidst Waver's bewildered expression.
"The winning formula... might have already appeared."
...
"Kept you waiting, Assassin."
"..."
Seeing Kirei Kotomine return from the church, Kenshin, who was wiping the recovered Divine Sword, suddenly paused for a moment.
'Is it an illusion?'
He faintly felt that Kirei Kotomine was a bit... strange?
"Received news. Kiritsugu Emiya seems to intend to take this opportunity to attack."
But the words the other party spoke shifted Kenshin's attention.
Saber's face emerged in his mind—that Knight King holding the Holy Sword...
Thinking of the current situation of other Master-Servant pairs, it seemed it was also time for him and her to settle things.
Speaking of which, the initial battle had also been provoked by him and Saber.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Kenshin glimpsed Kirei Kotomine opening a cabinet and taking something out from inside.
"He's coming for revenge, right?"
"So I have to prepare a good gift for him."
Hearing the other party's slow words, and witnessing Kirei Kotomine tucking that thing into the side of his inner garment...
Kenshin didn't probe further. In his impression, this mischievous attitude was what Kirei Kotomine should have.
With an inexplicable smile, turning his back to Assassin, the "Geass" symbol flashed in Kirei Kotomine's eyes.
"Reuniting with his wife and assistant..."
"I believe he will definitely be satisfied."
...
"Hm?"
"A message from Kirei?"
Tokiomi Tohsaka stayed in his workshop and also received the message transmitted by Kirei Kotomine.
"Fighting with Kiritsugu Emiya at this time..."
Frowning, he actually didn't approve of doing so.
He had to stop this disciple from acting foolishly; at least wait until Archer's injuries were healed before acting.
Unfortunately, he tried to contact the other party using a familiar but received no "response."
Bang!
Not understanding why this disciple would "disobey," he slammed the table, realizing the trouble.
If Kirei Kotomine won, it would be fine. But if he was taken down by Kiritsugu Emiya, Tokiomi would lose a major support for no reason.
Although Archer himself still had extremely high combat power, it also meant the advantage he possessed was reduced.
That kind of unfavorable situation should better not appear.
Archer was still healing. Although Rider definitely couldn't intervene, there was a Berserker with unclear motives. No matter how you thought about it, this wasn't the time to pick a fight, right?
If the two fought and both got hurt, and finally Berserker picked up the scraps, wouldn't that be a huge loss?
"!"
Suddenly realizing, Tokiomi Tohsaka's expression turned gloomy.
Kiritsugu Emiya...
That man did it on purpose!
Deliberately attacking Kirei Kotomine at this time was using the name of his and Rider's alliance as cover.
After all, once Berserker really jumped out to pick up the scraps, neither Tokiomi nor Waver would be willing to see that scene.
So Kiritsugu Emiya wasn't worried about a lose-lose situation at all.
If he and Kirei were in danger together, the most anxious ones would be the allies on both sides. At that time, no matter how unwilling, Waver and Tokiomi would have to come out to help.
Even Berserker wouldn't choose to forcibly make enemies with four Servants, right?
A starved camel is still bigger than a horse.
Considering Berserker wasn't unscathed in the previous siege, this was the confidence for Kiritsugu Emiya to face Kirei Kotomine alone.
Although it was targeting Berserker, it solidly utilized the standpoints of each Master and Servant.
"Tch..."
Being calculated like this, Tokiomi naturally looked unhappy.
But he found he really had no right to jump out.
Either firmly believe Kirei Kotomine kills Kiritsugu Emiya, or watch Kirei Kotomine get killed, or go help resist when Berserker comes out to pick up scraps.
For a moment, he actually had no choice...
...
"Berserker, aren't you going?"
The distributed familiars could naturally detect the blatant meeting of those two. Kariya asked the Berserker who was cooking nearby.
[No need.]
[If I go, it will only cause their remaining Masters and Servants to unite.]
But he saw the other party writing words on the recipe with very agile hands.
Laissez-faire (Let it be).
No matter how this struggle went, one Master-Servant pair would eventually exit.
At that time, it would approach the End Times.
Headache...
Thinking of that time, Berserker felt it was troublesome.
He knew what Sakura's wish was; it was subtle in all aspects.
If he really wanted to find an opportunity, he could have run out this time, forced those four Servants out, and wiped them out in one breath. But in that case...
Sakura would gain the right to use the wish.
Wishing for him to stay in this world or something...
Berserker felt there was still no need; he also had important people over there.
This was where his difficulty lay...
If he helped Sakura win, he couldn't leave. If he didn't help, Sakura would fall into danger again, which violated his original intention of responding to the summon.
It had truly reached the point of "damned if I do, damned if I don't."
One could only say that having a difficult "Master" was indeed not an easy thing.
If possible, Berserker actually wished a serious guy would hurry up and end this war.
PS: Kiritsugu's train of thought was derived after considering the current situation. One can only say that under normal circumstances, it would indeed develop as he thought. Archer and Rider wouldn't forcibly intervene due to injuries, and the Berserker team would let it be for fear of causing four Servants to join forces. Isn't this a perfect "1v1 duel" with Kirei Kotomine? But he didn't anticipate that Lelouch hid "Geass," and Berserker dared not move because he was restricted by Sakura's "wish." So this accidental collision ultimately reached the "game" of "1v1" with Kirei Kotomine after all.