Chapter 141

【"Hahaha, Miss Yoko is truly beautiful!"】

【"Hmph~."】

【Ran pouts.】

【Dad, who are you acting for?】

【Fuyuki City, dawn passes, the horizon turning a pale white.】

【Cú Chulainn guards the Shinomiya residence gate all night, his brows somewhat worried, but upon seeing the familiar mustachioed detective return, he breathes a sigh of relief, slowly putting away the blood-red magic spear held against the ground.】

【"Master, how was the harvest?"】

【"Not bad, basically found the mastermind."】

【Mouri Kogoro puts his arm on the Lancer's shoulder, showing a very manly smile.】

【For the safety of Shinomiya Kaguya and Xue Nai, he left Cú Chulainn here.】

【He went out alone to search for clues.】

【Fortunately, his luck was good; he not only obtained information but also returned safely.】

【Immediately, Kogoro thinks, "Speaking of which, where are Xue Nai and the others?"】

【"They are already prepared to set off..."】

【Creak~】

【The exquisite and luxurious door is gently pushed open, and two girls with good complexions walk out.】

【Cú Chulainn sees this and raises the corners of his mouth, not caring at all that his words were interrupted, smiling heroically at the two, "Yo~, good morning, two cute little girls."】

【"Good morning, Lancer."】

【Kaguya and Xue Nai nod, breathing a sigh of relief upon seeing Mouri Kogoro.】

【"Xue Nai, are you all packed and ready?"】

【Kogoro asks curiously.】

【"Yes."】

【The black-haired girl nods, knitting her brows at the thought of the kidnapped Luo Shu, her eyes becoming extremely determined, a ray of morning light falling on her face, setting off a bit of holiness and beauty.】

【As if being tempered in blood and fire, about to transform into a true hero!】

【Cú Chulainn raises an eyebrow and smiles, "Little girl, do you need my help?"】

【"No need, this debt must be settled by myself."】

【Xue Nai refuses, her clear eyes carrying a touch of determination, "Archer must be defeated by me!"】

【"That's a pretty good belief."】

【Cú Chulainn gives a thumbs up, very approvingly.】

【"Xue Nai... you must bring my brother back..."】

【Before leaving, Kaguya bites her lip, holding Xue Nai's hand and entrusting her.】

【"I will,"】

【"I definitely will."】

【Yukinoshita Yukino clenches her fists, her tone firm and powerful, turning around and walking away resolutely.】

【The gears of fate have begun to turn, and every choice will affect her future!】

【However, if she is afraid...】

【Who will carry that ideal?】

【"Walking so fast, I wanted to tell her my deduction!"】

【Mouri Kogoro sighs, looking at the receding background.】

【However, it's not an urgent matter; it's the same to tell her when Xue Nai returns.】

【Half an hour later, the abandoned castle of the Einzbern family in Fuyuki City.】

【The girl takes a deep breath, pushes open the ancient gate, and walks in slowly.】

【Inside the castle, footsteps suddenly ring out.】

【"You're here early, Yukinoshita Yukino."】

【At this moment, a faint voice suddenly drifts down from high above.】

【Xue Nai looks up solemnly, a white-haired woman standing lazily in a high place, as if examining her from above.】

【"Archer, where is Luo Shu?"】

【The girl asks in a deep voice.】

【"Maybe I've already killed him~."】

【The white-haired woman smiles faintly, somewhat playfully.】

【"Is that so?"】

【Yukinoshita Yukino says with some emotion, "I didn't expect my personality to become so nasty in the future, unable to say half a truth."】

【The white-haired woman raises an eyebrow, her smile somewhat playful: "Oh... Yukinoshita Yukino, have you already realized?"】

【"Your true identity, I should have understood it from the first time we met..."】

【The girl states calmly, "It's just that I don't understand, Yukinoshita Yukino's dream as a human was to become the Heroic Spirit she is now, why deny your past self."】

【"What's this, haven't you understood anything at all?"】

【Heroic Spirit Xue Nai spreads her hands helplessly, "The human named Yukinoshita Yukino just held the most selfish idealism."】

【"Wanting to save everyone is impossible; to save the majority means sacrificing a small portion."】

【"The seats of happiness are limited, and those who cannot obtain happiness must be quickly excised."】

【"This is the hero..."】

【"The ideal you firmly believe in, what a partner of justice does."】

【"Saving everyone is being a partner of justice, right?"】

【The atmosphere is somewhat suffocating, two similar yet completely different figures confronting each other.】

【Archer's powerful will interferes with physical reality, and a mental landscape like a mirage emerges.】

【Along with that sorrowful life, that thick feeling of pain and powerlessness, the blood on her hands that cannot be washed clean, all flood into Yukinoshita Yukino's mind.】

【Extremely sorrowful BGM plays, carrying an unresolvable pathos.】

【The Sky Curtain gradually dims, brown light particles emerging, illuminating the surrounding environment.】

【The lens zooms in closer, finally passing through the darkness to see clearly what is behind the light particles.】

【The sunset's red glow shines on the desolate earth, everywhere covered in corpses and skeletons, blood flowing, and in the center, an old tree is about to wither, a white-haired woman leaning tiredly against the tree.】

【Desolation, hesitation, anger, powerlessness in her heart...】

【Finally turning into a thick sorrow.】

【Until she became a Heroic Spirit, she finally understood the most effective way to maintain world peace.】

【It is not to save people as much as possible, but to kill everyone before the accident happens.】

【In order to prevent the spread of a virus, she descended under the guidance of the Counter Force, killing all patients and staff in the bacterial gas chamber, regardless of gender or age, even though these people begged bitterly before they died.】

【In order to prevent the expansion of war in the Middle East, she wiped out all the rebel forces.】

【Even if... there were those children she had raised with her own hands among them.】

【She didn't want others to cry, but the world forced her to make others cry.】

【She only wanted to save, but the world forced her to kill.】

【From a rational point of view, none of this was wrong; her killing did indeed save more people.】

【But the inherently kind Yukinoshita, from an emotional perspective, could not bear this method of using killing to exchange for justice; it is completely contrary to her ideals when she was young, extremely distorted...】

【After thousands of cycles.】

【Heroic Spirit Yukinoshita finally collapsed, wanting to die.】

【However, Heroic Spirits do not have the concept of death; even suicide would not lead to true death.】

【Until she was summoned to the Fifth Holy Grail War, she thought of a way that might make Heroic Spirit Yukinoshita disappear, which was to kill her younger self, causing the timeline to collapse.】

【Although the probability is infinitely close to zero, Heroic Spirit Xue Nai will never give up.】

【Heroic Spirit Xue Nai's memories stop here.】