"Huh? Guest? Ah... well, that guest doesn't like others visiting rashly..."
For some reason, a drop of cold sweat appeared on Abbot Liudong's face. He also bowed slightly and wiped the sweat off his forehead with subtle movements.
Kotomine Kirei looked at Abbot Ryudou's movements of wiping sweat and seemed to understand something.
Were you threatened...?
Or are they taking advantage of each other?
Either way is fine.
Kotomine Kirei remains responsible for this matter, so he must find a way to learn the information.
"I understand. I just want to inquire about some information about that person. It's not rude."
"If possible, please tell the abbot that I have been here before, and...can you at least tell me the name of that person?"
Kotomine Kirei's hands were clasped behind his back, and his expression did not change from the beginning to the end.
"This, this..."
Abbot Liudong was in trouble.
From Kotomine Kirei's momentum and words, for some reason...he actually felt a sense of "indefeatability"...
And that scary woman, why do all these monster-like guys suddenly appear...!
Abbot Liudong gritted his teeth, thought for a moment, and finally turned around.
"Please come back, Father Kotomine. Since that guest lives in our temple, at least we must maintain privacy for him."
Even so...
But the moment he turned around, he still threw out a small notebook.
Kotomine Kirei calmly picked up the small notebook from the ground.
"Then, I understand."
"I'll just visit you next time. Before that, please ask the abbot to inform me."
After saying that, Kotomine Kirei also turned around and left.
so......
【Tamba Momoyo】?
...
"Tamba Momoyo...? Have you ever heard of this name?" Tohsaka Rin's blank gaze swept across the faces of several people one by one.
"Mr. Kotomine, is this the only name you got?" Matou Sakura looked up at Kotomine Kirei helplessly.
This name... is not a name in history at all.
"The other party must have coerced or controlled the monks in Liudong Temple through some method. Without alerting the other party, this is the only information I can learn."
Kotomine Kirei crossed his legs, picked up his coffee and took a sip.
"It's a woman... As far as I know, there have been no female residents in Ryudou Temple before, so this Tanba Momoyo should be the servant who killed Atram Gari Asta.
"
"The other party is very alert. Tanba Momoyo is undoubtedly a pseudonym used to hide his identity."
Matou Shinji analyzed the current situation while playing with the gem spoon in his hand.
"Tamba Momoyo...Tamba used to be the name of a country, but what did it mean after that...?"
Tohsaka Rin knocked on the table and racked his brains to analyze.
Then he lay down on the table.
Can't analyze it.
"The familiars I sent out have disappeared for some reason. There is no doubt that the other party should be aware of our existence, so now - what should we do?"
Matou Shinji spread his hands and looked at Adroson, the red Archer, and Kotomine Kirei.
"...The most important thing now is to stabilize the other party's mentality."
Adrosson lowered his hands from his temples.
"Although the other party killed his master, he did not immediately start other killings. Mr. Kotomine also said that the other party only controlled the monks in the temple and did not kill them, so we should be more cautious.
Just investigate."
This is his opinion.
After all, the other party holds the lives of ordinary people in their hands, and they must try their best to ensure that no ordinary people are killed in such an incident.
"I will launch a new round of investigation. Please stop your private investigation for the time being."
"Don't act rashly until you get the news from me."
Kotomine Kirei also felt something was wrong, looked at Tohsaka Rin, then at the Matou siblings, and said this.
...
"Issei, won't you have lunch?"
In the student union office of the private Souqunhara Academy, Shirou Emiya raised his head with some distress and glanced at Kazunari Yanado who was sitting opposite him.
"Wait a moment...I'm very sleepy now and want to take a rest first..."
Liudong Yisheng's voice still had that half-dead feeling.
Dong dong dong——
There was a knock on the door of the student union.
"Yicheng, there's someone knocking on the door."
Emiya Shirou said softly.
"Don't worry about it, tell the other person that the student union is on break now."
Liu Dong was so sleepy that he didn't even raise his head.
"Liudong, are you there?"
A deep voice came from outside the door.
Bang!
Liudong Yicheng immediately stood up leaning on the table.
If this voice is... it's Mr. Kuzugi, right?
Shirou was startled, but he still analyzed the identity of the person outside the door.
"Kudzugi-sensei!"
Despite the dark circles under his eyes, Liu Dong Yi Cheng said hello.
"Liu Dong, come out for a moment, someone is coming to see you."
"Next time, it's best to make an agreement in advance. During school hours, outsiders can't be allowed to come in casually."
After Kuzuki Soichiro finished speaking, he turned around and left. Following behind Kuzuki Soichiro, the person who then appeared at the door of the student union was...
A girl.
She is very beautiful, a little short and thin, but also has a pitiful and fragile feeling. She is a very beautiful girl.
"Issei, I'm here to bring you a lunch box, okay?"
Hearing this voice, Liudong Yisheng seemed to be petrified on the spot instantly.
This - sound, is -
"Shirou...you leave first."
Liudong Yisheng's expression became very gloomy for some unknown reason.
"well?"
Emiya Shirou was stunned.
"Don't be confused, hurry up and leave!"
Without saying a word, Yanado Kazunari pushed Emiya Shirou by the shoulders and forcefully pushed Emiya Shirou out of the student union office.
"Huh? Wait - I haven't picked up my lunch box yet!"
"I will bring it to you later, now you go out first!"
Just like that, Emiya Shirou was pushed out.
He passed the girl.
The girl turned her head imperceptibly, as if she glanced at Shirou Emiya.
Then--
"Come in!"
Grabbing the other girl's wrist, Liudong immediately pulled the girl into the student union office.
Bang!
He closed the door very hard.
Emiya Shirou was left alone looking at the tightly closed door of the student union, dumbfounded.
"What's going on with this guy Issei...?"
After scratching his head, the good old Emiya Shirou didn't think much about it and could only turn around and leave.
...
"W-why did you come to school!?"
Liu Dong's eyes were filled with tears, and his arms were trembling as he pointed at the girl in front of him.