Ryūdō Temple.
"You're Assassin?"
Caster looked at the Assassin wearing a skull mask and carrying a giant sword on his back with some disbelief; after all, he was too different from that Kojiro fellow!
"Witch..."
Just as Assassin uttered the word "witch," Caster blasted a large hole in his chest, revealing ghastly white ribs that looked terrifying.
"Ah, I've gotten used to it."
Caster waved the hand engraved with command spells dismissively, as if mocking Assassin, "No matter what level of hero you were in life, now you are just a Heroic Spirit engraved on the Throne of Heroes. Since you seek the Holy Grail, don't dream of escaping the shackles of the command spells!"
"Do you understand, Assassin!"
"Cough, cough..."
Looking at the wound that showed no signs of healing, Assassin immediately knew that Caster had used some method to greatly reduce his self-healing ability.
However, it wasn't a big problem. That witch's Master was just an ordinary person. If he found the right opportunity to cut off his head with one strike, the witch would lose her Master, and then everything would be easy to handle.
Bang!
Akatsuki knocked the blond guy unconscious with a single punch. She was already feeling a bit bored. After being entangled with Gilgamesh, Illya, the Marshal of Sorcery, and the others for so long, all she wanted now was to go back and have a good sleep—of course, holding a Young lady would be even better.
However, she had just returned to the city and actually ran into these three thugs again?!
"Are the thugs in Fuyuki City all dead? Are you the only ones left?"
How long had it been? That blond guy was actually acting as if nothing had happened, leading two lackeys to harass female students on the street again. Perhaps they thought that since trouble always happened at night lately, they should change their loitering time to the day.
"Wouldn't it be better for young people to read more books and learn something..."
This time, Akatsuki placed a strong suggestion on the three thugs, making them turn over a new leaf, do one good deed a day, and stay away from women from now on.
After finishing this, Akatsuki clapped her hands, left the three thugs where they were, and walked toward the Emiya Residence.
Akatsuki skillfully flipped into the yard of the Emiya Residence and walked toward the front door. Just as she was about to knock, she found the door ajar, and the entire Emiya Residence's interior was filled with residual magecraft.
Through the boundary, Akatsuki smelled a hint of blood. She frowned and quickly pushed the door open and walked in.
The house was a mess, as if it had undergone a fierce fight. Various traces of magecraft and sword marks seemed to tell the story of what had happened here.
There was no longer any enemy presence in the house, but to prevent the opponent from having methods to conceal their presence, Akatsuki still looked around warily.
"Blood?"
There were three different types of blood mixed together on the floor: Tohsaka Rin's, Matou Sakura's, and a male's blood... it should be Shirou Emiya's.
Akatsuki followed the blood trail to Shirou Emiya's bedroom. Pushing open the door, she found Shirou Emiya and Taiga Fujimura collapsed in a pool of blood. Their breaths were so weak that at first glance, Akatsuki thought they were already dead.
Without overthinking, Akatsuki skillfully bandaged their wounds and called for an ambulance.
At that moment, Shirou Emiya's finger twitched. He seemed to sense Akatsuki's presence and forced himself to say, "It's Caster..."
"Don't talk. Don't breathe too fast, or you might tear your internal wounds. Your condition is very serious. Now just wait for the ambulance to take you to the hospital. I've already bandaged Taiga Fujimura's wounds."
"Caster... sneak... sneak attack..."
"I understand. Stop talking."
Seeing Shirou Emiya's breathing gradually weaken, Akatsuki used Marble Phantasm to create a bottle of adrenaline.
After injecting an appropriate amount, Akatsuki heard the sound of an ambulance nearby. She placed a life-sustaining boundary over Shirou Emiya and Taiga Fujimura before flipping over the wall and leaving the Emiya Residence.
"Caster..."
In fact, Akatsuki could probably guess what had happened. After Shirou Emiya and the others returned to the Emiya Residence from the Einzbern Family castle, Taiga Fujimura was kidnapped by Caster, who used her life to threaten Shirou Emiya. Under Caster's coercion, Shirou Emiya unconsciously used a command spell to restrain Saber, leading to Saber being stabbed by Caster's Noble Phantasm.
After obtaining Saber, Caster discovered that Illya and Matou Sakura were two excellent Holy Grail vessels. So, she used a command spell to order Saber and Assassin to stall Archer and Rider while she abducted Illya, Matou Sakura, and Tohsaka Rin.
Akatsuki wasn't sure what role Assassin played in this, but she was certain Assassin was up to no good.
As for where Caster was now, Akatsuki could guess with her toes. After all, she had watched UBW. After getting Saber, Caster would definitely go play wedding dress bondage with her.
"I haven't even played anything that kinky!"
Akatsuki had only just begun to understand Gilgamesh's fondness for Saber in the last Holy Grail War, and now Saber had been abducted by that twisted King-fan Caster. Thinking about it made her blood boil.
"Based on the flow of magical energy in Fuyuki City's ley lines, Caster might still need some time if she wants to summon the Holy Grail directly. So Matou Sakura and Illya should be safe for now. But what did she grab Tohsaka Rin for?"
Akatsuki was completely baffled. "Logically, she has no reason to kidnap Tohsaka Rin."
But what Akatsuki needed most right now was blood. Assassin's poison still hadn't been cleared, and suppressing it had already consumed a lot of energy. Without blood, she feared she might be killed by Assassin's blade if she went to challenge Caster alone.
"If it really doesn't work out, I'll just go on a killing spree and turn this place into a Singularity. That way, things won't be so troublesome..."
Shaking her head, Akatsuki tossed that impractical idea aside.
"I remember... you're that classmate who was with Tohsaka the other day, right?"
At that moment, a somewhat familiar voice sounded. Akatsuki turned and saw Ayako Misuzu, who had just finished exercising.
"Working out?"
"That's right."
"Young people's bodies are so good. Unlike an old person like me, whose body constantly has all sorts of problems."
Ayako Misuzu was stunned, then suddenly felt a pain in her neck. The scenery before her blurred, and she fell directly into darkness.
"Being young is great; you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow."
Akatsuki carried Ayako Misuzu and brought her back to Tohsaka Rin's house to settle her in, then headed toward Caster's base, Ryūdō Temple.
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