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The others were initially puzzled by Jin Shanshan's actions, but they quickly realized what was going on.
Swish, swish, swish! Everyone, including Joan of Arc, looked astonished, some with simple shock, others with apprehension and fear.
Ultimately, they still couldn't understand what methods Aizen had used to deceive everyone.
"Kenneth, did you do this?"
Sora's voice trembled slightly in shock.
"Just a petty trick."
At this point, Aizen didn't elaborate, but it was tantamount to tacit agreement.
Now that Joan of Arc has initiated the chaos ahead of schedule, there's no need for him to hide too much, and his plan is almost complete anyway.
"of!!!"
With a fierce roar, the golden figure flashed past Diarmuid and slashed towards Aizen.
Diarmuid's pupils contracted as he tried to stop him, but he was a step too late.
Bang! The mercury-based Moon Spirit Essence successfully intercepted the Saber King's surprise attack, and the exploded Moon Spirit Essence splashed everywhere.
"Stop hurting me!"
Diarmuid's spear tip deflected Artoria's attempt to continue her onslaught.
"Get out of my way! It's all his fault that Alice..."
Saber, her chest heaving, was clearly agitated, shifting the blame onto Aizen.
Aizen chuckled, finding her reaction entirely expected.
We can't really treat the King of Knights like a fool. Everyone can guess that he influenced everyone's senses, so he must be the culprit who caused Alice to be accidentally injured by Ea.
In fact, this was Aizen's original plan.
It's about time they couldn't hold back any longer.
Aizen tilted his gaze slightly, looking towards the dark corner.
He wanted to know about that… person called “Partner of Justice”
How long can this man endure? Just because he puts his dreams first doesn't mean he has no feelings.
On the contrary, it is precisely because he values emotions that the man embarks on a path that is destined to never reach its end.
You can't change that man without some kind of stimulation.
Suddenly, the sound of gunfire erupted amidst the chaos.
Deadly bullets hurtled towards Aizen's position, but the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid automatically blocked them.
"Kenneth!"
"Find the attacker!"
Sora and Yan Ye were momentarily stunned, but immediately...
They reacted with varying degrees of shouting.
Just as Aizen raised his hand to reassure them, Sora's expression suddenly turned terrified. She pointed a finger behind Aizen and opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something.
The Servants' expressions changed, and they stopped what they were doing, trying to rush over, but it was too late.
A sharp whooshing sound approached Aizen's ear, and his hair was faintly ruffled by the cool breeze.
A spirit wearing a skull mask appeared behind him, its sharp dagger aimed at his neck.
Taking in the myriad aspects of life, Aizen merely chuckled, picked up his golden sake cup, and continued to refill it. Suddenly, he spoke leisurely, "Hidden until now, was it all for this moment?"
The secret weapon of revealing the effects of one's Noble Phantasm, sacrificing numerous clones to hide it, all to deliver a fatal blow when no one is paying attention to me, and even having Kiritsugu Emiya secretly support and restrain me to guard against my own resistance.
Without the special attire, even I, the... renowned child prodigy, am no match for a Heroic Spirit skilled in assassination at such a distance, even if that Heroic Spirit has been weakened countless times.
"Kirei Kotomine and Kiritsugu Emiya are interesting."
He knew everything! But why wasn't he panicked at all, and why did he look so relaxed? Hassan, who was swinging the dagger, wavered for a moment, and a chilling premonition arose in his mind.
Stop pretending and just die!!!
Suppressing his inner unease, Hassan's murderous intent intensified.
In an instant, various exclamations and shouts mingled together, making it impossible to distinguish who was saying what, and even Joan of Arc's expression became extremely complicated.
She didn't want to kill a Master to break the rules, but with another group of participants willing to pay the near-elimination price to deliver this fatal blow, she couldn't stop them.
Moreover, even if she couldn't stop it now, even a Command Seal wouldn't be enough.
Clang! Sparks flew, and Hassan's eyes beneath his mask shifted wildly.
"impossible!"
"How could you react so quickly and make such an accurate judgment!"
"You're just a magician."
Today's "Kenneth"
It brought countless surprises, but none of them expected that this genius magician would actually use mercury to create a blade and block Hassan's assassination attempt with his bare hands.
Without turning his head, Aizen gripped the "sword" in a reverse grip.
His posture at that moment appeared so dashing.
"Your assassination attempt at this point is nothing more than speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness. But there aren't many easily fatal spots on a person. Even if you know more about their weaknesses, you'll mostly choose the more obvious, wider, and easier-to-hit areas."
"And since the force of your splitting attack is reduced after you use your Noble Phantasm, even if you are still stronger than a human, you won't be much stronger. In addition, daggers are not easy weapons to unleash their power, and given that prediction is not difficult, blocking your assassination attempt shouldn't be too difficult."
""
Hassan was completely dumbfounded.
It sounds simple, but it's something a person can do.
From the time he attempted the assassination until now, less than five and a half seconds have passed. In that short time, he needed to think things through and take action to stop it. He's a "normal person."
All the things I could do, I just fell for... Hassan was hiding from me. Aizen, who was essentially living under a god's-eye view, was completely unmoved. Anyway, nobody knew that everything he said was just a lie.
Soon, seeing Hassan charging towards him, his body tensed. Knowing he had no way out, he could only gamble everything and fight: "I refuse to believe that a mere magician can stop me a few times."
Wow.
Space seemed to slow down many times over, and a figure in a trench coat swiftly traversed the darkness.
"Eight times the control!" A man holding a special pistol stood in front of Aizen, his eyes filled with hatred, the muzzle of the gun pressed against Aizen's forehead.
"You guessed wrong, this is the real killer move!"
Bang!: Lately, people aren't allowed to enter or leave the community freely, so food delivery has stopped, and I've stocked up on a lot of instant noodles. I'm so sick of them!
Chapter 501 Why Did You Have the Illusion That You Were Not Infected? (2/3)
Under Sora's horrified gaze, "Kenneth"
Blood spurted from his head.
Only after several seconds of no change did Kiritsugu Emiya, who had launched the surprise attack, relax.
Two tears streamed down her stiff face, mingling with the blood at the corner of her mouth, as she murmured bitterly, "Alice."
She knew all along that Irisviel wouldn't survive this Holy Grail War.
They had clearly prepared for a separation that could lead to death.
I've long since grown accustomed to this pain.
I should be numb by now, so why am I still feeling a throbbing pain in my heart?
In his youth, Kiritsugu Emiya was a cheerful and gentle boy, but the arrival of nightmares turned him into a pursuer of "justice."
A ruthless and merciless magician killer was born.
Having personally caused the deaths of his father, mentor, and other loved ones, Kiritsugu Emiya gradually lost all reason.
"2"
That is why, now that he has once again experienced the warmth of family, he deeply loves his wife and daughter.
Such people often have more intense and profound emotions than ordinary people.
But his ideals came first.
So, "Shatter, illusion, and mirage."
Accompanied by a somewhat mocking voice, Kiritsugu Emiya's eyes widened as everything around him seemed to shatter and crumble like a mirror.
"How...how could this be?"
With his mask shattered and a bullet piercing his forehead, the last Hassan murmured as he fell backward, exiting the stage in a slow, deliberate motion.
Hassan Sabah has officially been eliminated! "I...I'm out."
Staring blankly at this scene, Kiritsugu Emiya looked at the unharmed Aizen in disbelief: "It was you! How did you do that?"
Based on the previous events, he already knew that the other party possessed magic similar to illusion and hypnosis, but his assassinations were all sudden and unexpected.
Surviving three assassination attempts makes one a true "Kenneth".
They're incredibly lucky; how could they possibly turn around and influence them, ultimately eliminating a Heroic Spirit?
"Tsk tsk, what an unoriginal question."
With a sigh, Aizen glanced at Hisayuu Maiya, who was being held by Finn, and replied, seemingly off-topic, "You're very clever. You, who collaborated with Kirei Kotomine, devised a series of plans against me."
Joan of Arc was also brought here by you, wasn't she? You planned to use three Heroic Spirits to block my three Servants, and then sacrificed Hassan.
By using the submachine gun to draw attention, Hassan had to defend against my Moon Spirit Elixir. This was Hassan's best opportunity. It seems that Hassan had previously enhanced his aura concealment level with Command Seals, which allowed him to deceive the others present.
This isn't your trump card. Your ultimate trump card is the time magic you possess. After all, you can't be sure what kind of magic my technique is.”
"Inherent control, in the final analysis, is also a kind of fixed boundary, an inherent boundary based on the body."
The brain is naturally included, which means that the time required for change is not just about increasing your speed and physical fitness, but also about amplifying the invisible time required for thinking, reaction, and other processes.
If things take an unexpected turn, you, possessing this great magic trick, will be the one most able to adjust your plans and continue the assassination.”
Emiya Kiritsugu was, after all, Emiya Kiritsugu; even though he was extremely upset, he quickly calmed down.
Looking at the unfamiliar yet familiar face before him, he managed to croak, "Are you mocking me?"
Given the meticulousness of his plan, why did he ultimately kill Hassan himself? His alliance with Kirei Kotomine wasn't genuine; his wariness and suspicion of Kirei Kotomine never disappeared, yet this had nothing to do with him killing his own teammate during the assassination.
His plan failed, failed cleanly and decisively, without even a sliver of hope.
No, I'm just a little curious about you.
Aizen chuckled and shook his head.
Kiritsugu Emiya stared at him silently.
Noticing the other party's subtle actions, Aizen smiled and warned, "Don't think you can turn the tide with any action."
The burden of self-control is quite heavy, isn't it? Eight times the normal load puts immense pressure on your internal organs, making your body a complete mess.
Oh, and don't even think that Origin Bullet, which you use as a trump card to break through all magic, will have any effect, because you have no idea who you'll hit.
""
His movements stiffened, and Kiritsugu Emiya's lips moved but he gave up the little trick, his tone unwilling: "How did you do that? I didn't even have any direct contact with you before."
Are you still fixated on this question?
Aizen seemed somewhat surprised, then his tone revealed disappointment: "So, what exactly caused you to have the illusion that you weren't affected?"
Is what people see truly real? Limited knowledge cloud their judgment. No, to be precise, arrogance and fear force people to rely on their meager knowledge to understand reality, because the fear of the unknown makes them instinctively deny its existence.
Aizen paused, then turned his gaze to Gilgamesh's location, drawing everyone's attention in turn.
The king's attempts had ceased, and his dark, gloomy face undoubtedly proved that he had not solved the problem at all.
"I see."
Emiya Kiritsugu slowly closed his eyes.
He understood what the other party meant; it was no surprise that he had fallen victim to a problem that even the King of Heroes couldn't solve.
However, this also led him to two conclusions.
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