After locking onto the Assassin outside Warehouse Street with his golden dragon eyes, Wang Xiaoming gave the others a confident smile.
“Don’t worry, I’ll quickly clean up all the Assassins.”
“All of them!”
402. Kirei Kotomine, Unable to Walk the Path of Delight
In this Holy Grail War, the Assassin's direct combat ability can only be described as weak. They possess the ability to stealth, but they are not stealthy enough. They can even be seen by Kiritsugu Emiya with a sniper rifle, which can only be described as pathetic.
However, this year's Assassins are difficult to deal with in terms of their life force.
Because this year's Assassin is a group. The death of one doesn't count as elimination, and the death of 99% doesn't count as elimination. Only when all of them are dead does it count as elimination.
Therefore, as long as the Assassin is determined to run away, they can scatter and hide in every corner of Fuyuki City, making it difficult to kill them all.
However, Wang Xiaoming plans to use a simpler method to eliminate the Assassin.
That is, to directly find the Assassin's Master!
Now is the first night of the Holy Grail War. Kirei Kotomine should be by Tokiomi Tohsaka's side, helping Tokiomi Tohsaka observe the entire battlefield through the eyes of the Assassin. So, as long as he goes to the Tohsaka residence, he can find Tokiomi Tohsaka.
After letting Merlin take Saber and the others away, Wang Xiaoming jumped up on the spot, shattering the ground while directly leaping into the sky for a hundred meters. He was caught by the Nimbus Cloud that had been waiting above, and then flew directly towards the Tohsaka residence.
The Tohsaka residence is some distance from the port, but in front of the Nimbus Cloud, this distance is nothing. In a few dozen seconds, Wang Xiaoming rushed from the port to the Tohsaka residence.
After arriving above the Tohsaka residence, Wang Xiaoming immediately used his dragonized eyes to investigate. Then, he clearly saw several magical energy reactions in the Tohsaka residence below. Several of the magical energy reactions were very similar. Those should be the Assassins responsible for guarding the area. Although Archer had already been killed, Kirei Kotomine is still an ally and disciple of Tokiomi Tohsaka, so it's no problem for the Assassins to help with guarding.
Besides that, the remaining two magical energy reactions, one magical energy reaction is relatively strong, and one magical energy reaction is relatively weak. The weaker one should be Kirei Kotomine.
After confirming Kirei Kotomine's location, Wang Xiaoming jumped directly from the Nimbus Cloud, dragonizing his left hand into a claw, and thrusting directly down towards the Tohsaka residence below.
Hell Thrust, Four-Finger Penetration!
Wang Xiaoming transformed into a black drill, directly piercing through the second floor of the Tohsaka residence, the first floor, and then directly piercing through the ground, arriving in the final basement.
The sudden fall of the figure in the basement surprised both Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine in the basement. The two of them were still surprised by the battle scene they had just seen, especially Tokiomi Tohsaka, who was still thinking about what to do next. As a result, suddenly the ceiling of his basement exploded.
“Good evening, gentlemen.”
“Caster!”
Wang Xiaoming's voice made his presence return. Tokiomi Tohsaka was also able to see the culprit who had broken through the ceiling of his house.
“You were actually able to find this place!”
This is a very idiotic sentence. In the entire Holy Grail War, the Three Families are fixed participants. This has led to the fact that the Three Families' residences are basically fixed. Everyone knows where the Matou family, the Tohsaka family, and the Einzbern family's residences are. As for whether to go over, it mainly depends on personal wishes and strength.
“Assassin's Master.”
Wang Xiaoming ignored Tokiomi Tohsaka and looked at Kirei Kotomine next to him.
“Use a Command Spell to order the Assassin to commit suicide, or I will kill Tokiomi Tohsaka.”
“Huh? ? ?”
Tokiomi Tohsaka widened his eyes in confusion. Why kill me? Ordering Kirei Kotomine to order the Assassin to commit suicide, shouldn't he directly threaten Kirei Kotomine himself? What's the point of threatening me?
“I’ll only give you ten seconds.”
Wang Xiaoming ignored Tokiomi Tohsaka's complaints next to him, and transformed his left hand into a dragon claw, directly reaching out to grab Tokiomi Tohsaka's neck.
“Ten ~ Nine ~ Eight ~”
Tokiomi Tohsaka felt the claw grabbing his neck getting tighter and tighter, and hurriedly shouted.
“Kirei, hurry, let the Assassin commit suicide!”
Wanting to survive, Tokiomi Tohsaka immediately shouted at Kirei Kotomine. He didn't want to die in Wang Xiaoming's hands. Archer's death in Wang Xiaoming's hands made him understand that he was not Wang Xiaoming's opponent at all. This King Arthur was explosively strong, and there was no chance to escape. The only chance to survive was to let Kirei Kotomine kill the Assassin.
However, after Tokiomi Tohsaka ordered Kirei Kotomine, Kirei Kotomine didn't move at all, because he found that when he saw the negative emotions appearing on Tokiomi Tohsaka's face, his inner fluctuations would be very strong. He seemed to like seeing the negative emotions appearing on Tokiomi Tohsaka's face.
Before, when Archer died, Tokiomi Tohsaka's face had an expression as if his father had died. At that time, Kirei Kotomine's heart was in a burst of fluctuation, and now, Tokiomi Tohsaka's face once again showed an expression that made his heart fluctuate. Kirei Kotomine didn't know what this feeling was, but he knew that he liked this feeling very much!
Therefore, when Tokiomi Tohsaka looked at Wang Xiaoming with a desperate look as he counted to 1, Kirei Kotomine's face even showed a smile unconsciously.
That's right, that's the expression! That desperate look! The way Teacher shows this expression is really great!!
Kirei Kotomine's heart was filled with fluctuations that made him feel comfortable, and the smile on his face gradually became exaggerated, even laughing out loud in the end.
“Hahahahaha! ! ! Ka — —”
Unfortunately, just as he laughed out loud, Wang Xiaoming's claw directly came over and instantly pierced through his throat.
“Now, you understand, right? Your disciple never thought about helping you at all. The reason he helped you was just because he wanted to satisfy some of his own desires, and you were just a tool for him.”
Throwing down Kirei Kotomine's corpse, Wang Xiaoming explained to the dumbfounded Tokiomi Tohsaka.
“Kirei he...”
“What to do next is your business. My business is already resolved.”
Assassin Hundred-Faced Hassan didn't have the ability to act alone, so after Kirei Kotomine died, Assassin quickly returned to the Throne of Heroes. The most basic manifestation was that Aili, who was barely able to walk, suddenly lost consciousness and completely fainted.
Aili's fainting scared Saber. Saber shouted loudly in a hurry, causing Berserker next to her to also shout loudly. Merlin helplessly asked Kariya Matou to appease Berserker, and then he personally went to explain to Saber what was going on, before calming them all down.
After calming them down, Merlin took them all the way back to the hotel using the cover of illusions. Kiritsugu Emiya was anxious outside, but he couldn't find Merlin and the others' tracks at all.
And after Wang Xiaoming returned to the hotel, he immediately rode the Nimbus Cloud back to the hotel.
As soon as he came back, he saw Aili, who had fainted, being held by Saber.
“Caster!”
Saber shouted at Wang Xiaoming, and Wang Xiaoming also understood that Assassin's soul had entered Aili's body.
“Prepare for surgery immediately! Merlin, come help me.”
403. Madam, Your Husband Doesn't Want You Anymore!
Wang Xiaoming doesn't understand the magic of Type-Moon, but one thing Wang Xiaoming can be sure of is that the magicians of Type-Moon are really magical enough. You may already be dead, but as long as you handle the magic properly, you can actually not die even if your head is cut off, and you can even use magic to do more exaggerated things.
The Holy Grail itself is a great magic that creates miracles. By drawing magic power from the earth veins and gathering it to a certain extent, it can even communicate with the Root and use magic power to change the world!
In the world of Type-Moon, magic can largely be summarized in one sentence: There's nothing magic can't do; if there is, it's because you don't have enough magical power!
The Holy Grail achieves wishes by using immense magical power to forcibly change the world, achieving the desired outcome.
Therefore, taking Irisviel's heart out is also a magical act.
After taking the unconscious Irisviel from Saber, Wang Xiaoming, along with Merlin, found an empty room in the hotel and began the surgery. During the surgery, he also called Berserker over.
As for whether Kariya Matou agreed or not? From the moment Kariya Matou saw Sakura, he became Wang Xiaoming's dog.
Merlin briefly explained to Kariya Matou why Sakura was here, and after Sakura told Kariya Matou that she had been rescued by Wang Xiaoming, Kariya Matou couldn't wait to be Wang Xiaoming's dog and directly expressed his willingness to help Wang Xiaoming obtain the Holy Grail.
"I need your help to obtain the Holy Grail?"
Wang Xiaoming threw these words at Kariya Matou, making him embarrassed, and then directly asked him to hand Berserker over.
Since he had already found Sakura, Berserker was useless, and he had no interest in the Holy Grail War, so Kariya Matou directly used a Command Seal to order Berserker to follow Wang Xiaoming's orders.
Therefore, the entire operating room contained Wang Xiaoming, Merlin, and Berserker, who had followed them.
"Wang, why did you bring Berserker here?"
Merlin asked Wang Xiaoming while setting up the equipment.
"Because I'll need him later."
"You'll need him later? Is there something I can't help you with?"
"You could say that."
Merlin looked at Berserker with some suspicion. After being commanded by Kariya Matou, Berserker had calmed down. Although he couldn't speak now, his actions were no longer so violent. He stood there quietly. As a Briton, Merlin naturally recognized who this Berserker was. Wasn't this Lancelot of the Lake? They were old acquaintances; they had even eaten at the same table before.
"Alright, so what are we going to do next?"
"Next, we'll do this."
Wang Xiaoming directly transformed his left hand into a claw and thrust it into Irisviel's chest, directly tearing out Irisviel's heart.
!
Merlin was startled. Didn't you say you were going to perform surgery? You're just taking action directly without any preparation. Aren't you being too rough?
"Don't worry; I have experience with this kind of heart replacement surgery."
Wang Xiaoming noticed Merlin's surprise and immediately replied.
"Can you even have experience with this kind of thing?"
Merlin couldn't help but be curious.
"That's right. I've replaced my own heart. My heart was torn out by an enemy, so I transplanted a heart into myself."
Wang Xiaoming showed Merlin his left hand. The blue magic circuits on that heart were shining.
"This claw is the new ability I gained after replacing my heart. Because I replaced my heart, I am no longer the Red Dragon of Britain, but the Black Dragon of Britain."
"No wonder your claw is black. I thought that if you transformed into a dragon, you should have red claws. Now that you explain it like this, I understand."
Merlin had long suspected Wang Xiaoming's claws. Why was the Arthur King of the parallel world so strong? That speed and strength... so he was no longer human, but had become a dragon. If he had become a dragon, the pinnacle of phantasmal species, then naturally there was no problem.
That surging magical power, terrifying speed, and strength... it was a dragon who had become human, completely fine.
"So this is the Lesser Grail? Doesn't look like much."
Wang Xiaoming placed the heart with the flashing magic circuits aside, then turned and clawed directly at Berserker next to him.
!
Merlin widened his eyes again and watched Wang Xiaoming take Lancelot's heart out.
"Don't tell me... that's Berserker's role?"
"What do you think?"
The corners of Merlin's mouth twitched wildly. He hadn't expected that Wang Xiaoming had taken him from Kariya Matou's hands just to use him as a tool to provide a heart.
After obtaining the heart from Berserker, Berserker collapsed directly, without any resistance. Wang Xiaoming quickly stuffed Lancelot's heart into Irisviel's chest and quickly operated to connect the heart.
Irisviel herself was a homunculus, and a homunculus created to supply the Lesser Grail. Her body structure was relatively simple, and her vitality was relatively tenacious.
Therefore, being having her heart torn out and then having a heart stuffed back in was completely fine in the short term.
As for rejection reactions, such things did not exist, because this place did not emphasize science, but magic!
Lancelot's heart, although not a special heart, was much stronger than an ordinary person's heart. The magical energy contained in a Heroic Spirit's heart was much stronger than that of an ordinary person, and Irisviel was a homunculus with magic circuits all over her body, so in terms of heart compatibility, there was no problem at all.
Under Wang Xiaoming's perfect technique, the heart perfectly integrated into Irisviel's body. After connecting to Irisviel's magic circuits, it began to beat, providing blood and magic power to Irisviel's entire body.
Watching the heart within Irisviel's body beating steadily, Wang Xiaoming nodded in satisfaction, then sealed the hole in Irisviel's chest, sealing it up like a zipper, incomparably simple, just like when he replaced Sakura's heart before!
After waiting for a while, Irisviel's expression softened, and her complexion gradually returned to normal. After waiting for about ten minutes, Irisviel woke up directly.
"Where is this...?"
Irisviel had fainted halfway, so she had no idea where she was. The first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to ask a question, and then Wang Xiaoming's big face appeared in her vision, with a bright smile.
"Madam, you're awake. I have good news for you. Your husband doesn't want you anymore."
"Huh?"
Irisviel tilted her head, full of question marks.
404. Achievement: Clearing the Holy Grail War in One Night
During the time Wang Xiaoming was waiting after replacing Irisviel's heart, Saber, who had been anxiously waiting outside, disappeared. Of course, it couldn't be said that she disappeared. She was called back by Kiritsugu Emiya.
Merlin used illusions to pack up Irisviel and Saber in front of Kiritsugu Emiya and take them away. Kiritsugu Emiya couldn't find them for a long time and was too anxious, so after returning to the base, he immediately summoned Saber back using a Command Seal. Although he felt that Saber was not Wang Xiaoming's opponent, Saber was the key to him participating in the Holy Grail War, so he couldn't lose Saber.
In order to save the world, in order to realize his dream, he had paid too much and sacrificed too much, so for the sake of his ultimate dream, he had to persevere!
He knew from the beginning that Irisviel was the Holy Grail. In order to keep Irisviel's body as viable as possible, he placed Saber's scabbard inside Irisviel's body in order to allow her to last longer. As long as the Holy Grail descended, everything could be realized.
Irisviel, I'm sorry!
Kiritsugu Emiya, ally of justice!
Therefore, when Irisviel woke up, Saber was gone. Now, in Wang Xiaoming's hands, there was only Irisviel.
"Madam, you're awake. I have good news for you. Your husband doesn't want you anymore."
