036 favorites Mahou Shoujo has no bad guys (Ch 036)

A few hours later.

Fuyuki Church is located on a small hill outside of Shinto.

This is the only neutral zone in the Holy Grail War, and tonight it welcomes guests who have made reservations in advance.

“——In accordance with the rules of the Holy Grail War, Kotomine Kirei requires the Holy Church to protect my personal safety.”

“I accept. As a supervisor, Kotomine Risei will ensure your safety. Come on in.”

Even at the door of a church, there might be a magician’s ears and eyes (familiars) hiding, so Kotomine and his son put on a pretentious performance.

From the outside, it seemed that Kotomine Kirei had overestimated his own capabilities by sending Assassin to attack the Tōsaka residence and was defeated, and had hastily withdrawn from the Holy Grail War.

But in fact, his battle had just begun from this moment.

Kotomine Kirei will move from above ground to underground and continue to carry out reconnaissance and assassination work for the Tōsaka camp.

What supported him in doing this was based on his follower, Hassan Sabah.

At this moment, a figure walked out from the shadows in the corner of the church.

A black robe wrapped around a slender, curvaceous female figure, her face covered with the iconic skull mask.

——Assassin, who was supposed to be dead, reappeared.

Although her body shape and even gender have changed, there is no doubt that she is Kotomine Kirei’s Servant, Assassin.

He is the last leader of the Assassin Cult, also known as the “Hundred Faces” of the Mountain Old Man.

Just as the name suggests, an assassin with nearly a hundred faces.

The truth behind the mystery of immortality is that Hassan divided his soul and cut himself into eighty-eight real individuals according to his personality.

The one just killed by the King of Heroes was just one of the many Hassan Sabbahs.

There are eighty-seven more black figures like that.

Although it is a group of nearly a hundred people, Hassan Sabbah has only one spiritual base and the total amount of magic power has not changed.

The more it is divided, the weaker the performance of a single unit becomes, but the inherent skill “Breath Blocking” does not decline.

By making the most of this trait, Hassan the Hundred Faces became the perfect espionage organization.

Possessing all-round skills, rich knowledge, and an incredible mental ability that no one can predict, she can be said to be the most perfect assassin and infiltrator.

Relying on this Zabaniya, she won the election for the leader of the cult, defeating a genius girl who had mastered all 18 kinds of Zabaniya of the leaders of previous generations .

During the conversation between Kotomine and his son, the female assassin remained silent from beginning to end.

“Father, has the Spiritual Instrument still not been able to grasp the rank of that mysterious Servant?”

“Well, still nothing, but the classes of the other six have been determined.”

Kotomine Risei explained: “All the servants except Berserker have appeared, so the only one left is the Berserker.” 2

“is that so……”

Kotomine Kirei had his doubts in his heart, but he didn’t say anything.

In his opinion, since the special situation of “Servants who cannot be observed by the Spiritual Instrument Disk” has already occurred, why should we bother with the normal situation of “seven classes”?

The seventh Servant… may not necessarily be Berserker, father.

To be on the safe side, Kotomine Kirei asked Assassin about the situation of the familiars around the Tōsaka Mansion.

“The familiars present had four different auras. It is estimated that at least four masters saw the scene at that time.”

The purple-haired female assassin added, “If they don’t even bother to send their familiars to monitor the bases of the three great families, then they have no chance of being able to guard against “us”. Judging from the results, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

“Um.”

Kotomine Kirei nodded, and suddenly asked again: “Do you think it’s a pity to let that man die?”

The woman in the bone mask shook her head indifferently.

“Even among ‘us’, Zaid is just an individual with average abilities in all aspects.

Even if we lose him, it won’t have much impact on us as a whole, but——”

“Just how?”

“Although it doesn’t have much impact, it’s still a loss.

It’s like losing a finger. I hope his sacrifice will not be in vain.” 1

Kotomine Kirei was very perceptive to hear that although the woman’s tone was respectful on the surface, she actually harbored strong dissatisfaction in her heart.

“Got it, you can leave first.”

He ordered Hassan the Hundred Faces to continue his espionage work, especially the exploration of unknown Servants and their Masters.

Although he noticed the Servant’s dissatisfaction, Kotomine Kirei was perfunctory and did not say anything to comfort him.

The reason is actually very simple –

Because Kotomine Kirei was already tired and exhausted.

I thought the Holy Grail War would awaken the passion in my heart, but it didn’t.

The Command Spells were not God’s salvation, but instead deepened Kotomine Kirei’s confusion.

Since the real battle began tonight , he found that his heart was still in pain and confusion.

The Fourth Holy Grail War, without the appearance of the destined person (Emiya Kiritsugu), was still too boring for this man.

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After finishing his communication with the Master, Hassan the Hundred Faces returned to his base in Miyama Town.

Among all eighty-eight individuals, she is Hassan Sabbah, who exists as the leader and ruler.

Therefore, she generally does not carry out reconnaissance missions personally, and is mainly responsible for receiving and summarizing intelligence and conveying the Master’s orders.

Perhaps for the sake of convenience in communication, she is one of the few Hassan Sabahs whose face was not peeled off and whose appearance was preserved.

Assassin’s base is located in a luxurious inn in Miyama Town.

Hassan the Hundred Faces has no requirements for his living environment.

In order to become the leader (Mountain Old Man), she had undergone rigorous training that was unimaginable for ordinary people, and after her death she would not pursue material enjoyment at all.

The reason why a luxury hotel was chosen instead of a hidden place like a sewer was actually due to an unspeakable reason.

Hassan the Hundred Faces walked to the door of the hotel room that was used as a temporary base.

As a result, at this moment, the sound of conversation was heard in the room which should have been absolutely quiet.

“!?”

The woman immediately became nervous.

My hiding place has been discovered?

No, that’s impossible!

The pride she felt as the leader of the assassination cult prevented her from having such thoughts.

However, it was an indisputable fact that there was a noisy sound coming from the other side of the door.

Hassan frowned slightly: Could it be that “that guy” did something in the room again?

“…”

As a precaution, she spiritualized herself.

Silently passed through the wall and entered the room.

Then, Hassan the Hundred Faces saw an incredibly strange sight.

“That guy” who was locked in the room by Hassan the Hundred Faces——

A young girl with purple hair and brown skin was sitting side by side with a strange red-haired boy, watching a late-night magical girl anime.

“What’s wrong?”

Shirou looked at the purple-haired, brown-skinned girl.

Loli Hassan, who was originally concentrating on watching the cartoon, suddenly turned around and stared at the wall behind her in silence.

There’s clearly nothing there.

Shirou reacted instantly: “Ah… Could it be that Mr. Assassin has returned?”

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