"it's me."
Irisviel was standing behind him in a pure white dress.
"No, you are not her, my wife is already..."
"Dead, right?"
"Yet, her personality is still alive here!"
"here it is?"
"The inside of the Holy Grail is the place where your wish can be fulfilled. According to Irisviel's wishes, I brought you here."
The strange lady in front of her raised her head, and Emiya Kiritsugu also raised his head, and saw a black hole like a solar eclipse hanging above his head.
As if it were the center of this strange world, black raindrops were dripping down from the pitch-black interior.
The raindrops fell on his face, and he could not feel any change in temperature. He spread his hands, and Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the rain on his hands, which quickly disappeared like a fake thing.
"That's the Holy Grail, not yet formed, but the container is filled.
Next, just make a wish to it.
Only by doing this can it come to the [outside world].
So, please give it a [form] as soon as possible.
Kiritsugu, only you are qualified to define its form! "
Emiya Kiritsugu felt something was wrong. Instead of hastily making his wish, he asked the woman in front of him who had exactly the same appearance as his wife Irisviel: "Who are you? Why do you use Ellie's posture?" ?”
"The first question, the will of the Holy Grail, you can think of my identity this way.
As for why I use Irisviel's posture, it's because if I don't put on an existing personality as a shell, I can't communicate with others.
Irisviel is the Little Holy Grail, but her false personality fits me perfectly.
At the same time, I think appearing in this manner can erase the strangeness between you and me. I know you very well, just like your wife. "
"The Holy Grail has a will of its own? And you say you understand me?"
"I know this is a little hard to accept, but this is the truth of the matter. The Holy Grail has a will and its own wishes. That is the idea of [being born in this world]..."
"Then let me ask you, how is the Holy Grail going to fulfill my wish?"
"This question..." The woman looked at him tenderly: "Shouldn't you know it better than anyone else?"
"What did you say?"
"Don't you already know how to save the world? So, I will use what you have always done, inherit your principles, and use your method to fulfill your wish..." Irisviel, who claims to be the Will of the Holy Grail Madam, replied with a gentle and soft voice.
"what are you talking about?"
Emiya Kiritsugu felt uneasy.
The woman's hands stretched out, with a gentle look that said, "I can't help you," and she held the man's face: "You are still confused, but it doesn't matter, you will know what to do after you ask yourself clearly! "
"My heart?" Emiya Kiritsugu was stunned for a moment. When he came to his senses, he found himself in a familiar room.
This room was where he temporarily rented in Fuyuki City while he was participating in the Holy Grail War.
There is also a blackboard on the table in the front left, and the information on other Masters that has been investigated is posted on the blackboard.
At this time, the old TV set next to him suddenly turned on, and a male voice exactly like his sounded, but he asked a question: "There are 300 people on one ship, 200 people on the other ship, and a total of 500 crew and passengers." , plus Emiya Kiritsugu, a total of 501 people."
"Suppose that this is the only human being left in the world, and a large hole is broken in the bottom of two ships at the same time, which will cause the ship to sink, and the only one who can repair the ship is Emiya Kiritsugu. Then, which ship will you choose to repair? "
"Of course I took a ship with 300 people." Emiya Kiritsugu was not very clear about the current situation, but he answered the question without hesitation.
On the TV, the same voice as his continued: "After you made your decision, 200 people on the other ship arrested you and asked you to repair their ship first. What would you do?"
"I can……"
Emiya Kiritsugu paused, realizing the answer he would give.
However, at this moment, gunfire rang out outside the window.
This gunshot was very familiar to him.
But it was the sound he was used to using, a micro-shooting gun.
Walking to the window, Emiya Kiritsugu opened the curtains.
The scene suddenly went from the room to the deck of the ship strewn with corpses.
"this……"
The man's eyes widened slightly, looking at the bloody scene in front of him.
"Yes, kill all those 200 people. This is the right choice that a man named Emiya Kiritsugu would make!"
Returning to the room again, the voice on the TV confirmed his thoughts.
"Didi didi..."
The next moment, the phone in his pocket rang.
Emiya Kiritsugu took it out and found that it was the cell phone linked to the bomb detonator, but this cell phone must have been confiscated by the police...
Emiya Kiritsugu chose to answer, and his own voice still came from inside, saying: "Next, the 300 survivors abandoned the damaged ship and boarded two new ships to continue sailing. This time, the two ships There were 200 and 100 people respectively.”
"However, both ships are equipped with bombs. Only if one ship's bomb explodes, the other ship's bomb will not explode. The detonator is in your hand. You will choose which ship to detonate. ?”
"Hey, wait..."
The voice ignored him and continued: "Of course Emiya Kiritsugu will choose to detonate the ship with a hundred people, but at this time, you will be kidnapped by the 100 people sitting on the small boat..."
The sounds inside go on and on, and the scene ranges from the massacre of obstructionists to the moment the ship is detonated.
"Yes, kill 100 people and blow up their ships. That's the right answer."
"Are you kidding? How is this correct?" Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't accept this result: "Only 200 people survived, but 300 people died because of this. The needle of the scale is simply pointing the wrong way!"
"No, there was no miscalculation. You did choose to sacrifice the minority in order to save the majority, didn't you?"
The voice paused, and the scene began to change: "You have been burying those few people who failed to let the scale pointer point to themselves. Even if doing so will result in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, as long as more lives can Therefore be saved, and you will recognize that it is justice!”
. . . .
"There is something wrong with this Holy Grail. It actually uses the trolley problem..."
Kotomine Kirei didn't know what was going on with him now, but he was indeed looking at the man named Emiya Kiritsugu from a third-person perspective. He was controlled by the power of the Holy Grail and went through multiple-choice rescue questions that were like real illusions.
And each of these multiple-choice questions is filled with deep malice, because no matter how you answer or choose, the result will be a tragedy. The only thing the person who answers can do is You just choose which tragedy you want to go to.
The Holy Grail will uses this to reason and judge, but it is really a logic genius.
However, Kotomine Kirei could somewhat understand what the other party wanted to express.
The reason why people on a boat separate is because they have differences, and when there are differences, conflicts are likely to arise, and when there are conflicts, there will be choices.
Emiya Kiritsugu is the guy who stands at the point of disagreement and has the right to choose in order to resolve the conflict.
He pursues justice in the world, but he also wants to end evil in the world.
The Bible says that sin begins from the moment a person is born.
Sin is a natural thing that humans are born with.
Trying to cut it off is like cutting off humanity itself!
"Hahaha……"
Kotomine Kirei couldn't help but laugh. A guy who pursues justice in the world, but the correct answer he got was to destroy all mankind. Isn't this ironic enough, isn't it ridiculous enough?
. . . .
"This is not what I want. What I want is another way. Therefore, I can only place my hope on miracles!"
"You can't include methods that you don't know in your wishes. If you want to save the world, then your wishes can only be realized through the means you know!"
The Holy Grail answers.
"Stop joking, if this is the case, what kind of miracle is this?"
Emiya Kiritsugu disagreed.
"Of course this is a miracle. This is the ambition you once made but ultimately failed to realize on your own. But the Holy Grail can accomplish it for you on a scale that is beyond human reach. What else can it be if it's not a miracle?"
After the Holy Grail responded, the inner torture of Emiya Kiritsugu continued. With deep malice, the scene deep in his memory materialized in front of him again.
Xia Lei from Algoman Island, her father studied Dead Apostle techniques, and she was once her mother's master...
Those beautiful and warm memories that he once had like an ordinary person, turned into cold blades in the tragic ending, piercing his heart mercilessly and tearing apart his emotions at the same time!
Those people were all killed by him with his own hands out of helpless choices and with the right stance...
The memories continued until finally, the countless pains he remembered made him feel numb.
At this time, the Holy Grail's will seemed to have a kind heart and sent him to the last warm place.
It was once in Irisviel's room at Einzbern Castle in Germany.
When her daughter Illya saw him, she rushed over and hugged him: "Welcome home, Kiritsugu, you are finally back!"
The wife on the bed was as gentle as before: "How about it, do you understand? This is how the Holy Grail will fulfill your wish!"
The girl kissed his face and rubbed her soft little head on his neck affectionately and coquettishly, but the feeling was extremely real...
"Next, all you have to do is make this wish. Make a wish to resurrect your wife, and make a wish to take your daughter back..."
Emiya Kiritsugu held Illya in his arms and looked out the window, which was gradually covered with black wind and snow. Before he came to participate in the Holy Grail War, he took Illya in the forest to look for new buds of walnuts in early spring.
Those warm scenes now seem a bit far away.
"Illya, maybe we have no choice but to look for those walnut sprouts anymore..."
"It's okay, it's okay, as long as Illya can be with Kiritsugu and mother forever!"
"Thank you, but dad likes Illya very much. This is the only thing, I swear it is absolutely true!"
Emiya Kiritsugu hugged the girl in his arms, who had the same smooth hair as her mother.
Emiya Kiritsugu's hand was trembling a little, and he moved it to the girl's very thin neck, which seemed to be able to break with just a little force.
"But, I'm sorry..."
He started to push.
"No, what are you going to do?"
Sitting on the bed, 'Irisviel' sensed something was wrong, so she rushed over, grabbed his palm, and squeezed his hand hard to prevent him from exerting any more force.
"Why?" 'Irisviel' of the Will of the Holy Grail asked him. Due to lack of strength, she could not stop the actions of the man in front of her.
The girl's little feet were hanging in the air, kicking randomly in the air.
"This is for justice. Compared with six billion human beings, just two families..."
Emiya Kiritsugu was crying, and the hand holding the girl's neck was shaking violently. He could only use two hands to prevent himself from letting go, but that thin neck was obviously very fragile, but at this time it seemed extremely hard. 'It's like a thing, it can't be pinched at all.
Why doesn't he have a gun in his hand now?
If he had a gun, maybe he would be able to pull the trigger more easily if he used a gun, right?
Just like solving those minorities before!
"I feel so uncomfortable, Dad..."
"I'm sorry, Illya, but soon, soon... you won't feel uncomfortable anymore!"
"No, save me, mom..."
"Ilia!"
"Let me go, Emiya Kiritsugu..."
'Irisviel', the Will of the Holy Grail, shouted angrily, opened her mouth and bit the back of the man's hand.
However, the man named Emiya Kiritsugu seemed to be unable to feel any pain. Also, his heart was so painful that he was suffocating and numb. At this time, what was the pain in his arms?
"sorry!"
Emiya Kiritsugu said his last words of farewell.
"Who can save me..."
"Kacha~"
The voice sounded.
It wasn't the sound of bones breaking.
It was the sound of the window nearby breaking.
Almost as soon as Emiya Kiritsugu exerted his strength, a fist was imprinted on the right side of the man's face.
Ah~
A somewhat familiar feeling of spinning in the air.
Emiya Kiritsugu had never had such an experience many times in his life.
With a bang, he hit the ground not far away.
. . . .
"Pfft~"
If Kotomine Kirei could drink now and was still drinking, he felt that he would definitely spit out what he drank.
Imagine that in a ridiculously serious and ridiculous tragic story, a guy with a somewhat wrong style of painting suddenly appears and punches down the male protagonist who is performing the climax scene...
The absurdity is reduced, but the drama is greatly increased!
“But how did this guy show up here?
This is the inside of the Holy Grail. It should be a special place like a heartscape, right? "
From the third perspective, Kotomine Kirei's heart is full of doubts.
. . . .
After Wu Ke flew near the Citizen's Hall, he heard a faint cry for help.
Therefore, he didn't even pay attention to the battle between Kenneth and Tokiomi Tohsaka, which was nearing the end, and directly swooped down and swooped into the citizens' hall.
When he discovered that the sound came from a pool of black mud, he rushed in without thinking.
It is worth mentioning that before rushing into the black mud, he took a few more glances at the strange cup floating in the air, thinking that it should be something called the Holy Grail...
Then, after rushing into the black mud.
For some reason, others appeared in the darkness.
The darkness doesn't bother me, though.
He just heard the cry for help and flew in one direction.
Soon, he broke through something like a barrier and saw a strange world with only an old castle with one room lit, and black snowflakes falling outside.
Then, through the blurred window, I saw what was happening inside.
Then, things become simple:
When the messengers of justice saw injustice happening, they smashed the windows and broke into the castle.
Punch, and before the assailant can react, he will knock the person away with one punch and save the victim.
