At night, after Kiritsugu Emiya arranged for Gudako to stay at an inn in the town, he went alone to the abandoned farm on the eastern outskirts written on the note.
Looking at the dilapidated farm before him, Kiritsugu Emiya pushed open the broken gate without fear and walked inside.
"You came!"
At the doorway of the farm's dilapidated warehouse, a man holding an oil lamp said to Kiritsugu Emiya, and this man was exactly the sleazy man who had bumped into Kiritsugu Emiya during the day.
The sleazy man did not wait for Kiritsugu Emiya's response, but after speaking, he turned directly and walked into the warehouse. Seeing this scene, Kiritsugu Emiya subconsciously gripped the handgun at his waist and walked silently into the warehouse.
Arriving in the warehouse, Kiritsugu Emiya, with the help of the dim oil lamp, saw a few people sitting in various corners of the warehouse, sizing him up as he walked in.
At this moment, the sleazy man, who was sitting on a haystack holding the oil lamp, asked.
"Are you a Holy Grail War participant who came up from below?"
Kiritsugu Emiya did not speak, but simply displayed the command spells on the back of his hand to the sleazy man.
Seeing the command spells, the sleazy man's breathing became rapid, and he nervously pressed further.
"You have a Servant, right!"
Kiritsugu Emiya did not answer, just stared silently at the sleazy man before him.
"Alright! I asked too much. Then let me explain the situation on this level to you. The Sovereign here is a person named Shinji Matou. He became the Sovereign of this level about 50 years ago. However, after winning sovereignty, he did not choose to go to the next level but just stayed here and began his rule... cough, cough, cough..."
The more the sleazy man spoke, the more excited he became. After saying "rule," perhaps he choked on his own saliva and began to bend over continuously, coughing.
"Sorry, I got a bit excited! This guy not only refuses to challenge the next level himself, but he also doesn't allow others to fight on this level. We are all losers who were defeated by him; not only were our Servants killed, but we aren't even allowed to enter the town. I risked my life to find you today! You definitely want to go to the next level, right!"
"Yes!"
"That's great! You know, we have been waiting for someone to be able to defeat him. Don't worry, we will tell you all the intelligence we know!"
In the town hall in the center of the town, Shinji Matou was holding a cup of coffee, looking at Lily who was lying on the office desk writing furiously, and said.
"Lily, it's time to rest."
Lily raised her head and glanced at Shinji Matou, who was smiling gently at her.
"Shinji, my work isn't finished yet. There are still some matters in the town to deal with today. You go get some rest first!"
Shinji Matou smiled, put down the coffee in his hand, and playfully sized up Lily's face.
"You really work too hard!"
At this moment, the door to the office hall was suddenly opened, and a Guard wearing armor rushed into the hall in a hurry.
"My lord! Our patrol found traces of the target elevator having been used today!"
Upon hearing this news, a brilliant smile appeared on Shinji Matou's face. He then brushed back his bangs and turned to Lily, who had already stood up and was fastening her Sword of Promised Victory to her waist, and said.
"Lily, it seems we can have some long-overdue activity! But I really hope it's someone who can accept our philosophy! That way, we only need to have a friendly match!"
"Don't worry, Shinji! This town is under my protection!"
"That is truly reassuring! Let's go, Lily, let's go meet the new Master!"
Kiritsugu Emiya left the farm and returned to the vicinity of the town, only to find that a large group of Guards had emerged from who knows where, and were patrolling the town with a post every three steps.
Kiritsugu climbed up a large tree and looked toward the inn he had arranged for Gudako, just in time to see a squad of Guards having just entered the inn.
"That girl is still useful! We cannot abandon her! Let's go, Assassin!"
Kiritsugu Emiya leaped down from the tree and rushed into the town with Assassin.
At this time, Gudako, as an outsider, was quickly discovered by the Guards under the identification of the local residents. Looking at the surrounding soldiers aiming their cold, gleaming spears at her, Gudako swallowed hard, and then, without hesitation, raised her hands to signal her surrender.
Before long, the Guards surrounding Gudako opened up a path, and Shinji Matou, with Lily in tow, slowly walked up to Gudako.
"You must be the Master who came up from below, right?"
Gudako nodded blankly.
"What do you think of this town?"
Gudako scratched her head and said to Shinji Matou with a smile.
"It's a great place! It's very comfortable here, and the residents are very kind to people!"
"Thank you for your approval. So, would you be willing to stay here and live, and abide by the rules here?"
"Ah! That won't do. Kiritsugu told me that we need to obtain the Holy Grail to save the world! Although I would really like to stay here! How about you let Kiritsugu and me go up, and after I get the Holy Grail, I'll come back down here to live. What do you think?"
Shinji Matou was taken aback by Gudako's statement, then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! What a naive little girl! Don't you know? When this level has a Sovereign, if you want to go up, you can only destroy the Sovereign's authority! And you can only do that by killing me. However, for the sake of this town I created, I will absolutely not die!"
Gudako was startled, then frowned tightly, grabbing her own hair, and asked in distress.
"Is there no other way? For example... for example..."
Shinji Matou watched Gudako, who had been saying "for example, for example" for a long time without saying anything substantial, sighed, and then said.
"Then you should understand by now. State your choice?"
At the same time, Rin, who was monitoring Gudako through the system, was also looking at Gudako on the screen with anticipation, waiting for Gudako to make a choice.
"Bang!"
With a gunshot, Lily decisively drew the Sword of Promised Victory and performed an upward slash, slicing through the bullet that had been fired at Shinji Matou.
Shinji Matou looked at the starry sky with a disappointed expression and said slowly.
"Is this your choice! How disappointing!"
Then, Shinji Matou snatched the sword from a Guard beside him and rushed without hesitation toward Kiritsugu Emiya, who had fired the shot.
"Lily, I'll leave this side to you!"
Lily, holding the Sword of Promised Victory toward Gudako, showed a depressed expression on her face and retorted.
"Shinji is a bad person! He didn't want to attack this young girl himself, so he sent me! Alright, young girl, summon your Servant! Let us settle this fair and square!"
Not expecting such a bizarre turn of events, Gudako looked at the serious-faced Lily in confusion until Martha manifested herself.
"Alright! Master, leave this to me!"
After speaking, Martha looked at the surrounding Guards and pointed a finger at them.
"Shouldn't we let them leave first?"
After a moment of thought, Lily nodded to the surrounding Guards.
On the other side.
Shinji Matou, wielding a longsword and utilizing the swordsmanship Lily had taught him over the past 50 years, easily sliced through the bullets fired by Kiritsugu Emiya.
"Alright, stop struggling! You can't defeat me."
Hearing Shinji Matou's words, Kiritsugu Emiya slowly lowered his gun, pulled out a remote, and said to Shinji Matou.
"This is the detonator for 20 pounds of C4. If you don't want me to destroy this town, let me and that girl leave!"
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