Chapter 119

The Pentagon.

Now President Trump was stunned, and the assistant beside him had his jaw drop.

It was understandable for a Heroic Spirit to dodge a nuclear blast; after all, their neural reactions and physical explosive speed were maxed out, and human supersonic fighter jets were a joke in their eyes.

Or to withstand the edge of a nuclear blast a few hundred meters away, that was also completely understandable.

But...

Damn it, the center of a nuclear blast with hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius, temperatures more than ten times that of the center of a star, heat sufficient to evaporate and annihilate all matter...

And you’re unscathed?

Oh no, you only damaged a few strands of hair?

That’s too outrageous!

That’s too outrageous!

“Gods cannot be defeated...”

After a long time, Trump sighed, his eyes somewhat lost.

He really didn’t know how to defeat such an enemy when they descended into the mortal world.

The Americas.

In a rather desolate ancient tribe, a bonfire was lit.

“Kukulkan!”

“Kukulkan!”

Many ancient tribespeople had fanatical eyes.

Even the tribe’s witch doctor and priest shouted excitedly, offering their most devout faith.

They had mistaken Gorgon for another deity, a god generally worshipped in Central American civilizations, usually depicted as a snake covered in feathers.

The two deities were too similar, exposed to the tribespeople in the form of the sky screen.

Making these tribespeople shocked into thinking it was a miracle!

……

【Inside the collapsed Saint Church.】

【Medea thought for a moment, weighed the pros and cons, and proposed calmly.】

【“Archer’s Master, let’s form an alliance this time, let’s find the manipulator in the shadows first... no, let’s kill that monster first, solve the crisis at hand, the ownership of the Holy Grail can be discussed later.”】

【“I came here for exactly that; Gorgon and the mastermind behind the scenes are a threat to all of us.”】

【Luo Shu said faintly, glancing inadvertently at the imprisoned Saber.】

【At the time, he had the opportunity to stop Medea from taking Saber, but he had sensed the prying of someone outside the seven Servants, and suspicious, he investigated the previous Holy Grail War, and sure enough, he discovered strange signs.】

【In order to make the person behind the scenes jump out on their own, he hadn’t risked his life to protect Saber.】

【Sure enough...】

【Seeing the scales of the balance tip to one Reverse Reverse Side, the person behind the scenes couldn’t sit still.】

【Immediately, Luo Shu seemed to think of something and raised an eyebrow.】

【“Speaking of which, Assassin?”】

【“...Isn’t he entangled with you?” Medea was somewhat stunned.】

【“Hmm?!”】

【Luo Shu furrowed his brows.】

【The Assassin’s presence had disappeared.】

【Although he was an Assassin-class Servant, Kojiro was more like a swordsman.】

【Most of the time, he didn’t hide his presence at all.】

【The assassin disappearing meant...】

……

83. Hideyoshi is beheaded, summoning... the ninth pillar Heroic Spirit!

A depressing BGM suddenly played, with a suffocating, hair-raising quality.

【On the road to Ryuudou Temple.】

【Kojiro Sasaki was running frantically in anxiety, completely lacking his original elegance and ease.】

【Just as he described himself, he was just a mortal who liked the wind, birds, flowers, and the moon.】

【Naturally, he would also encounter things that made him lose his composure.】

【“Why... the contract was interrupted...”】

【On the road, Kojiro gritted his teeth, his ominous premonition growing stronger.】

【Under the witness of the Holy Grail system, the contract between Servant and Master was inseparable; usually, such a situation meant either a Noble Phantasm like Medea’s, cutting off his perception of his Master.】

【Or...】

【Step~.】

【The footsteps stopped abruptly.】

【Looking at the Ryuudou Temple in front of him, Kojiro stared blankly at what was before him, a feeling of confusion hitting his brain, his hands and feet cold as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.】

【His whole body couldn’t stop trembling.】

“Ahhhhhhh!!”

In an instant, many girls on Earth screamed in terror, their bodies collapsing uncontrollably to the ground, their teeth chattering, completely stunned by fear.

……

【Hideyoshi’s eyes were closed, hanging from a flagpole; the wind blew, lifting a strand of hair.】

【The beautiful head was severed from the neck, hanging in front of the Ryuudou Temple gate, blood flowing down from the severed part.】

【Like... a beautiful still life painting.】

This scene was too impactful; although more people had died before, this was an acquaintance they had been following, equivalent to the existence of the protagonist group, and now they had actually been beheaded and hung on a flagpole like this...

Many people stared blankly at the head hanging on the flagpole in the picture, their whole bodies trembling.

For the first time, they felt that this was indeed a war.

And war was bound to be cruel; how could it be peaceful and harmonious without anyone dying?

……

“I...”

Hideyoshi felt a chill in his heart as he watched this scene, and quickly touched his head.

Finding that it hadn’t fallen off, he breathed a sigh of relief, his body still trembling subconsciously.

……

【“Hide...yoshi...”】

【Kojiro Sasaki trembled slightly, his eyes blank, his brain stimulated to a blank state, even saying his Master’s name was incredibly difficult; the swordsman, once known for his agility, was now stiff.】

【Although he hadn’t known Hideyoshi for long, they had forged a deep friendship.】

【The happy jokes and conversations with Hideyoshi were still fresh in his mind; he vaguely remembered responding to countless topics with a light smile.】

……

【“I have no complaints about my Master.”】

【“Rather, you don’t have the arrogance typical of mages, and I like that.”】

【“What am I pursuing? I am satisfied as long as I keep swinging my sword.”】

【“Although I call myself Kojiro Sasaki, I’m not sure if my existence is real. Oh my, that’s the end of a person who dedicated their life to the sword.”】

【“The Holy Grail? From the perspective of moon-viewing and drinking, it’s a bit too big; dead men’s bones might be better...”】

【“How about occasionally accompanying the moonlight and drinking together?”】

【“What? Hideyoshi, you’re still a minor... can’t drink? So that’s how it is, then I’ll wait patiently for a few more years. Before that day comes, I, Kojiro, will be the sword that guards you, protecting you always.”】

……

【Scenes of the past flashed by, that person who was vivid and laughing in his memory...】

【Now, their head was hung high, like a flag, silently closing their eyes.】

【Kojiro Sasaki came back to his senses, his gaze turning cold, gripping his sword tightly, “My friend, war is cruel, I’ve long been used to it, but I will never...”】

【Suddenly——.】

【“Assassin!”】