#564Chapter 536: Girl, Tao Baibai and the So-called JusticeAI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 536: The Girl, Tao Pai Pai, and So-called Justice
Emiya Kiritsugu watched in despair as the black mud spread, and a great fire began to consume everything.
Although Fuyuyuki City had been completely reduced to ruins in the previous unknown battle, not everyone had died.
At this moment, once these things spread completely,
Fuyuki City would probably witness the most terrifying massacre in human history today.
This event would be recorded in human history and forever remembered.
"Go!"
Emiya Kiritsugu, having experienced the pain of the black mud's corruption, grabbed his adopted son with one hand and quickly ran towards his biological daughter, reaching out to embrace Ilya.
But the girl merely looked at him indifferently, her hair falling and transforming into silver-white blades and familiars.
Ilya wanted to kill Emiya Kiritsugu, not just because of a family mission…
"Ilya, you…"
Boom!
A terrifying explosion suddenly occurred behind them, and the next moment, the black mud began to pour back.
The man standing at the center of the explosion was completely covered by the black mud.
Massive amounts of magic power and terrifying malice continuously eroded everything around him.
And that man, like a black hole, continuously absorbed all the world's evil into his body.
This action froze Emiya Kiritsugu's expression.
"Assassin…"
Ilya's expression changed to one of surprise and worry. She now completely understood everything. Assassin saying that he wanted to take away her only mission in this world was probably this powerful, cruel Servant's unique form of "gentleness."
She didn't care what Assassin's own purpose was, or what kind of "Conspiracy" he had.
There were too many such things; ever since she was born, everyone around her had various motives and harbored numerous Conspiracies.
Whether it was good for her or not, it all pointed to their own goals.
Even if Assassin was like this, what did it matter?
Just like Berserker, although every time he drew magic power, it caused her excruciating pain, what did it matter? She had value to Berserker, and in return, Berserker responded to her expectations.
Only those who are needed have value.
Assassin took away her mission as the "small grail," but allowed her to live.
Berserker, understanding Assassin's purpose, willingly went to his death.
The two most ruthless Servants in this Holy Grail War had given her the greatest gentleness.
Ilya raised her arms, and all her magic circuits lit up. She even wanted to search for her mystic code, but because of the previous attack and the apartment being blown up, she couldn't find it now.
She could only use her utmost effort at this moment to keep Assassin alive.
As the small grail, Ilya, standing on the land of Fuyuki City, could naturally draw magic power from the ley lines.
But at this very moment, the Great Holy Grail had already manifested, and the ley lines had been largely destroyed by the previous battle between Bai Cangshu and White Mask.
Therefore, Ilya felt that her magic power was not as inexhaustible as usual.
She raised her other hand, and the Command Spells in her body also fully lit up.
"Assassin! Live!"
One Command Spell instantly disappeared, and at the same time, a large amount of magic power was drawn.
Ilya seemed to see hope and used a Command Spell again.
"Assassin, I command you to live!"
The girl's clear voice echoed through the empty city. The swirling black mud and great fire were just a few hundred meters in front of her; once they swept over, the girl would have no chance of escape.
Emiya Kiritsugu stood a few meters away from Ilya, and Emiya Shirou, whom he was holding, also struggled to his feet.
Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the gun in his hand.
He couldn't subdue his daughter. Was he to shoot his daughter and forcibly take her away…
Emiya Kiritsugu's mind seemed to once again flash through the choices he had made throughout his life.
Because his father conducted Dead Apostle experiments, his beloved girl became a monster. To keep her alive, he concealed her whereabouts, leading to the infection of everyone on the island, and ultimately, everyone was purged;
To prevent his father from continuing to flee and conduct Dead Apostle experiments, he chose to personally kill his father…
Time and again, with each choice, he had ample reasons to tell himself that doing so was the best, the most consistent with "justice"!
But in the end, he only lost, time and again.
He lost the girl he loved in his innocent youth, he lost his father, he lost…
Hum!
Emiya Shirou's Projection magic was cast again between his hands, and an overly long odachi appeared—that was Sasaki Kojiro's drying pole.
"Shi Lang, you…"
A terrifying image appeared in Emiya Kiritsugu's mind. He subconsciously raised his gun to aim at his adopted son, but Emiya Shirou had already turned and run in front of Ilya.
He held the too-long katana with both hands.
"Ilya, right? I will protect you!"
The red-haired boy looked at the black mud and flames that seemed to devour everything, his voice trembling slightly, but still firm.
Even if the person in the black mud was his "enemy," the terrifying guy who had attacked Rin Tohsaka and Matou Sakura, and killed Saber in battle.
But since the girl was his adopted father's daughter, and since the girl simply wanted to save, then he also wanted to save this girl.
Because… this was the simple justice in his heart.
The gun Emiya Kiritsugu subconsciously aimed at his adopted son suddenly fell to the ground.
He covered his face and sat down dejectedly.
Emiya Kiritsugu seemed to recall a moonlit garden where he told Shi Lang that he had once dreamed of becoming an ally of justice.
But that was just a young man's fantasy; he had grown up, so he had given it up.
But the red-haired boy told him that because he was still a child, he would fulfill that dream.
Like a dream reflecting reality, at this moment, a brilliance burned on the boy that made Emiya Kiritsugu feel ashamed.
This is good, this is fine…
Emiya Kiritsugu suddenly lifted his foot and actively walked forward.
"Shi Lang, take good care of Ilya for me… No…"
"Ilya, please take good care of Shi Lang for me from now on, alright? After all, he is your younger brother…"
Emiya Kiritsugu was very skilled at psychological manipulation. In the past, he used this ability to assassinate mages.
But today, he used it to deliberately "force" his daughter to live.
He could feel that Ilya had a tendency to self-destruct. Therefore, to make her live, he said Emiya Shirou was a younger brother who needed care, wanting Ilya to live with responsibility.
The girl, raising both hands to release magic power and Command Spells, and the boy, holding the sharp sword and trembling slightly, both froze. The next moment, they saw Emiya Kiritsugu running and rushing into the black mud and flames.
[Based on your Assassin class, you have received an additional enhancement from the Command Spells.]
[You have been eroded by all the world's evil, and your physical functions have declined.]
…
These two prompts kept popping up like system bugs, but Bai Cangshu didn't even bother to look.
He simply spread his hands, feeling the illusory malice continuously washing over his nerves. In contrast, a more profound power was constantly washing over his soul and consciousness.
His physical body had long been riddled with holes from the erosion, and it was undergoing various changes during continuous rapid self-healing.
[You have undergone the baptism of all the world's evil. Immortality: Intermediate has been upgraded. Current: Immortality: Advanced.]
Finally, a prompt appeared. Bai Cangshu felt as if some kind of restraint within his body had shattered.
Immediately after, the Transcendent Helix, which had been dormant for a long time, began to spin even faster again.
Along with the Noble Phantasm-ized Heart Vortex, it began to spin wildly.
Like monstrous tentacles, it stretched directly towards the crimson moon in the sky, or perhaps the dark void.
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