Director Marisbury must be pretending to be sick in the infirmary again today.
Marisbury, lying on a hospital bed in Antarctica, sneezed. He then shrank back into his covers. With a sudden movement, he quickly pulled a cooling patch from the drawer beside him and stuck it on his head, then wrapped the blanket a little tighter. He had sneezed, which meant someone was talking about him! It must be those technicians again!!
I really don't have a single cent left, ahhh—!!
Marisbury silently gritted his teeth under the covers. At the thought of the funds having to come out of his own private pocket again, today was another day he wanted to resign. It would be better to just dismiss all the technicians. Dismiss them!! Sob, I'm at least a Lord of the Clock Tower, an elegant magus. How did my life end up like this?
Putting that aside for now, Marisbury, who was in Antarctica and wanted to avoid some problems, so he occasionally vented his emotions and gave up on himself, turned his gaze back to the city. On the tall building, the night wind blew past like a cold blade.
The killer focused his gaze on the scope. In a place the killer had not noticed, several silvery-white mechanical spiders were quickly climbing up to the roof. The backs of the silver spiders had bright patterns and at the same time, flickered with a faint red light. It was very obvious that there were other devices in the largest part of the spider's location. But this was also normal. After all, if you wanted to take out a killer, if you didn't equip some special things, you wouldn't be able to cause any damage at all.
The killer's pupils slowly dilated in the scope, at the same time filled with coldness. Suddenly, the back of the killer's hand felt a sharp pain. After crying out in pain, he quickly looked up at the back of his hand, only to find a mechanical spider there. Before he could cry out, another silver spider quickly leaped up and landed directly on his chest.
The spider's silver appendages pierced directly into his skin and flesh, and even his bones. Finally, these spiders emitted a red light, and the flashing became more and more intense. At the same time, a mechanical ticking sound was heard, as well as a very familiar sound like that of a bomb about to explode.
This killer only had time to let out a curse before the silver spiders exploded directly. Although the sound of the explosion was not loud, its power could definitely be considered fatal. The spider on his chest had even directly opened a small crater in the killer's chest. Only one arm was left, falling from the tall building towards the ground.
Of course, when this arm would cause everyone to scream and then attract the police was an unknown. After all, there should already be a magus who had set up a barrier around this area. What could be seen, of course, was for ordinary people to see. What could not be seen by ordinary people would naturally never be exposed to them.
With the killer's death, the magi hidden in the dark should also know that he had discovered their tracks.
A hint of contemplation flashed in the boy's purple eyes. He then placed his hand on his earpiece. "Sigma... can you confirm the location of the others?"
On another tall building, a young man with black hair was holding a pair of military binoculars, carefully observing everything around him. The binoculars clearly also had a thermal imaging device. Next to the young man was also a firearm for counterattacking. He even had a pistol hanging at his waist.
"No... I don't have anything here yet... Be careful!!"
Before Sigma could finish speaking, he saw a rocket launcher fly out from who knows where, heading straight for his partner's room. It seemed the opponent also had personnel skilled in electronic technology. As expected of an opponent who had come prepared.
Sigma quickly grabbed the firearm beside him, and then opened a box at his side. Inside the box was a special launcher. After fixing it to the position where he was standing, it immediately launched towards the top of the building where his partner was. He then took out a pulley from the box and fixed it on the grappling hook.
Sigma did not hesitate. He directly grabbed the rope and slid towards his partner's location.
He was a person who was very decisive in everything he did. The combat skills and courage he had trained on the battlefields of the Middle East were the reason for his mature-beyond-his-years demeanor, and also the basis of his confidence. As a person who had lived at gunpoint and knifepoint since he was a child, perhaps the thought of others was "let's give it a try, maybe I won't die." But his thought was "if I'm going to try, I'll try. At worst, I'll just die once." It was precisely because he had lived in such an environment since he was a child that he had long since believed that this life of his was something he had picked up. Therefore, to live one more day, one more second, was a gain for him.
Sigma was the son of Maiya mentioned in F/Z. His knowledge of Emiya Kiritsugu was only at the level of "a famous Magus Killer in the mercenary world." He had a feeling of envy for his mother, who had followed Kiritsugu of her own will. In his childhood, as an orphan, he had been picked up and became a magus who acted as a mercenary. He had once been subjected to horrific human experiments and had almost lost all his emotions.
As for why he was here now, it was also because of his partner. Although he knew some magic, he still considered himself more of a mercenary. And it seemed that because of the different experiences in different worlds, the Sigma of this world seemed to have been taken care of by Kiritsugu. Perhaps he had met his own mother under some circumstances. After all, the Maiya of this world had not died.
It was just that Sigma did not seem to plan on acting together with Kiritsugu and the others. Although he had a feeling of envy for his own mother, he only saw her as a familiar stranger. Otherwise, he would not be following his current partner. He, as a bodyguard, protected his partner's safety, while his partner provided him with food, lodging, and a salary. This life of fair cooperation with a clear price tag was the basis of Sigma's sense of security.
Of course, his identity was also, to some extent, his protective umbrella when he acted in the mercenary world. Of course, it could also be the source of his crises. Kiritsugu would still occasionally act as a Magus Killer in the mercenary world. Maiya, as Kiritsugu's assistant, was also more or less famous and had a record. To avoid Kiritsugu's revenge, or to get revenge on Kiritsugu, some people would show mercy to Sigma, and some would naturally target him.
Kiritsugu had also called him and told him just how dangerous this mission was. Therefore, he had long since been prepared. He had also guessed that the enemy might launch a direct surprise attack on his partner, and had also made preparations to deal with it.