Chapter 750

The pedestrian street was crowded with people. Su Xiao mixed into the crowd. Kirei Kotomine often wore a black priest's outfit. As long as there was enough time, it wasn't impossible to find the other party in the crowd.

Five minutes later, Su Xiao's gaze swept past the roadside, immediately retracted, and he raised his hand to stop a passerby beside him; he had already discovered the target.

"Hello, may I ask..."

Su Xiao pretended to ask for directions and started chatting with the passerby. The passerby was very polite, so the asking for directions ended quickly. Su Xiao shook his head, seemingly not having received a satisfactory answer.

Kirei Kotomine on the side of the street had already looked at Su Xiao. He had previously felt the other party sweep a glance at him, but upon realizing that Su Xiao was asking others for directions, Kirei Kotomine retracted his gaze.

"Sure enough, it is difficult to track a Heroic Spirit."

Kirei Kotomine's tone was calm. He was tracking Su Xiao's trail, and now it was clearly a failed tracking.

"This... priest?"

Kirei Kotomine, who was just about to turn and leave, stopped his footsteps and turned his head to look at the passerby who was talking to him.

"What is the matter?"

Kirei Kotomine looked Su Xiao up and down, but Su Xiao, who was holding a map and had already disguised himself, didn't reveal any flaws.

"Excuse me, how do I get to the Yongchuan District?"

Su Xiao didn't look at Kirei Kotomine when he spoke, just handed over the map in his hand and pointed to a certain location on it; this was a not-so-detailed map.

"..."

Kirei Kotomine took a small step back before taking the map. It was precisely this small step back that allowed the short knife that had already slid out of Su Xiao's sleeve to retract.

"The Yongchuan District is at..."

Kirei Kotomine briefly introduced the path to Su Xiao. Although the evil beast in his heart had already awakened, the habits left behind would not change immediately. The former Kirei Kotomine was helpful and polite.

"So it's here. I seem to have gone around a few times. I originally heard that there is a restaurant over there with good steak, and I wanted to go try it, but now I have no interest."

Su Xiao's expression didn't change much. When talking to others, an overly large change in expression was an abnormality; a polite smile was enough.

"A student like you shouldn't go to that restaurant; the dishes there are very expensive."

Kirei Kotomine turned and left.

"How did you know I was a student?"

Su Xiao looked at Kirei Kotomine's back in surprise. Kirei Kotomine didn't answer and gradually walked away.

In Su Xiao's jacket pocket, a corner of a student ID card was exposed.

"Good vigilance."

Just now, Su Xiao actually had a chance to act, but considering Kirei Kotomine's physical arts were not weak, if he couldn't guarantee a one-hit kill, Kirei Kotomine would immediately use a Command Spell to forcibly summon the King of Heroes, which would be troublesome.

Su Xiao blended into the crowd. From beginning to end, Kirei Kotomine didn't notice anything unusual.

Kirei Kotomine walked on the street. He was considering his subsequent countermeasures, but the hunger in his stomach reminded him that he needed to eat.

Kirei Kotomine scanned several restaurants on the pedestrian street; there was nothing he liked. However, in the adjacent block, there was a Chinese restaurant; he had once seen the promotional poster for that Chinese restaurant.

A type of food appeared in Kirei Kotomine's mind: that soft and smooth texture, the hot and spicy flavor, made his stomach acid secrete faster, eroding his stomach pouch.

Ten minutes later, Kirei Kotomine walked into that Chinese restaurant, and a waiter greeted him.

"Sir, please come in."

After Kirei Kotomine sat down, he didn't look at the menu.

"One serving of Mapo Tofu, one serving of rice, make the Mapo Tofu a bit spicier."

"Alright, sir."

The waiter bowed and left. This Chinese restaurant was not small, and it was noon, so the restaurant was almost full, which made Kirei Kotomine frown; he felt the dishes would be served very slowly.

Sure enough, after waiting for a full thirty minutes, a plate of Mapo Tofu and a bowl of rice were served on the dining table in front of Kirei Kotomine.

"Sorry for the wait, guest, please enjoy."

The waiter placed a glass of iced orange juice on the dining table.

"I didn't order this."

Kirei Kotomine was somewhat puzzled.

"It is like this, sir has been waiting..." The waiter looked at his watch: "Already waited for more than 25 minutes. According to our shop's regulations, if a guest waits for more than 25 minutes, we give a drink. If the guest doesn't like this flavor, our shop can change it..."

"No need."

Kirei Kotomine took off his coat. Having eaten Mapo Tofu often, he knew that in a while, he would be sweating profusely from the spiciness.

"If the guest needs anything, call me at any time."

After getting Kirei Kotomine's nod, the waiter bowed and left.

Kirei Kotomine took out a thin needle full of runes. He pierced the thin needle into the tofu and rice respectively. After confirming that both were non-toxic, he looked at the glass of iced orange juice. Hesitating for a moment, he inserted the thin needle into the orange juice.

In Kirei Kotomine's view, if someone were to poison him, they would definitely choose the Mapo Tofu and rice, because he might not necessarily drink this glass of orange juice.

Clang—the ice cubes in the orange juice rotated, and water droplets slid down the cup wall.

Although the delicious food was tempting Kirei Kotomine, he was cautious enough. After confirming that all the food was non-toxic, he picked up his chopsticks.

A few minutes later, Kirei Kotomine finished a large plate of hot Mapo Tofu and a bowl of rice. Hot sweat seeped from his forehead, which could be described as refreshing and satisfying.

Having just eaten a bowl of rice and a large plate of super spicy Mapo Tofu, even if Kirei Kotomine was a mage, he began to feel his throat dry.

He picked up the orange juice on the table and drank a few large gulps.

"Ha—"

Kirei Kotomine exhaled a breath of cold air; there was nothing more satisfying than drinking a glass of iced orange juice after eating spicy food.

"Check, please."

Kirei Kotomine tugged at the clothing at his collar.

"Cough—"

Kirei Kotomine coughed lightly. Perhaps because he ate too much spicy food, his throat was very dry, which made him subconsciously pick up the orange juice on the table, wanting to drink another gulp.

"Sir, your... total... consumption..."

The voice beside Kirei Kotomine's ear began to become distant. He immediately realized that he had been poisoned, and it was a deadly poison. But there was no problem with the food, and the juice should also be non-toxic. Where did the problem lie?

The fact was indeed so; the food and drinks were non-toxic. The poison was placed in the ice cubes of the iced orange juice. When the ice cubes melted to a certain degree, the poison inside would flow out.

"I, by the power of the Command Spell..."

Puchi!

A short knife pierced into Kirei Kotomine's throat. This short knife was exceptionally sharp, piercing straight from his throat to his brain marrow.

"Whoo—"

Kirei Kotomine's mouth was wide open, a wheezing sound came from his mouth, and his body tilted backward uncontrollably.

"Sir, your total consumption is one life."

Su Xiao, disguised as a waiter, pulled out the short knife from Kirei Kotomine's throat and grabbed the other party's hair.

Slash.

The short knife slashed through Kirei Kotomine's throat. The three effects of the Slaughter Short Knife's Throat Severing (Passive) + Blood Weeping (Passive) + Moon Brilliance (Passive) were triggered simultaneously.

Equipment Effect 1: Throat Severing (Passive), when severing the throat of any creature, it will cause additional damage value.

Hint: The additional damage value is 50%–60% of the base damage, and the additional damage ignores physical defense and resistance.

Equipment Effect 2: Blood Weeping (Passive), if the throat is successfully severed and Equipment Effect 1 is triggered, a stamina attribute judgment will be performed on the enemy. If the enemy fails the judgment, the Blood Weeping effect can be triggered. The enemy will lose a large amount of blood, with the per-second bleeding damage being 4% of the enemy's maximum health. The bleeding effect lasts for 10 seconds, and this damage has priority.

Hint: If the enemy's health is below 30%, the bleeding effect duration is -50% (5 seconds), and the bleeding effect is doubled (8% of maximum health per second).

Equipment Effect 3: Moon Brilliance (Passive), sharpness +14, armor penetration +10, penetration +9.

Sizzle—

Fresh blood sprayed from Kirei Kotomine's throat. Kirei Kotomine's body stiffened. Under that terrifying additional damage + bleeding damage, he died without even using a Command Spell. He died extremely cleanly. As for whether it was peaceful, one could tell from those two legs that were still kicking that it probably wasn't very peaceful.

To be precise, it should be that he died miserably, twitching.