Standing at the entrance of Liudong Temple, Issei Liudong swallowed and looked nervously towards the middle of the courtyard of Liudong Temple.
Shuten Douji was standing there - she had taken off her disguise, no longer pretending to be a human girl, but had returned to her original appearance - a true evil ghost.
He was wearing a revealing robe, a wine gourd in one hand, and a huge gourd sword in the other. There was a pair of fleshy-looking horns on the top of his head. He had a drunken expression on his face, and there was even a little wine in the corner of his mouth.
"Ah, is it Master?"
"It's been a long time since we've seen each other~"
Her tone sounded like she was drunk, her body was filled with the smell of alcohol like purple mist, and she even staggered a bit when she walked.
She looked in the direction of Liudong Issei and said with a smile.
But in her tone, Liu Dongyi Cheng could clearly hear it——
That sense of sullenness and sarcasm.
Although, maybe it's not directed at myself.
After all... in the morning incident, his role was more of just a controlled master.
"In this Holy Grail War, there are really many powerful servants participating in the battle, aren't they?"
Shuten Douji smiled and walked towards the direction of Liudong Issei.
"It's so powerful that it can suppress me, the lord of the country, and fight."
Looking at the drunken boy like this, Liudong Kazunari subconsciously took a step back.
"Are you—afraid of me?"
Shuten Doji tilted his head slightly, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Liudong Issei.
This is the smile of an evil spirit.
When an evil spirit smiles like this - nothing good will happen.
Such an idea immediately appeared in Liudong Yisheng's mind.
"Obviously you weren't afraid of me the night I first came to the temple. Why are you starting to be afraid of me now - Yi Cheng, can you answer my question?"
In a daze, I don't know what happened, but in short - the evil ghost has appeared in front of Yanadong Kazunari, with a "bright" smile on his face, raised his head, and just like that, he and Yanudong Kazunari
Staring at each other.
——A deep meaning swept through Liudong Issei's whole body starting from his feet.
Yes, why.
Ryuto Kazunari himself was a little confused about this issue.
That night, everything was so dark, a terrifying evil ghost appeared beside him, everyone in the temple fell into a coma, and life and death were in the hands of this evil ghost - one of those situations
Next time, Liu Dong had never felt the slightest bit scared, but now, in the courtyard in broad daylight, he actually felt scared?
And I still had that extreme fear of not being able to move.
Why do you have such a mentality?
"Well...it doesn't matter."
Shuten Doji lowered his head, smiled and pointed a finger on Yanagi Issei's chest.
"I originally thought that when I came to this era, I encountered an interesting toy, but now it seems that it is not that interesting."
"And—since we are in the midst of a Holy Grail War, maybe... we should focus more on the Holy Grail?"
Liudong Yisheng only felt that his body seemed to be trembling a little.
"What...do you want to do?"
call--
What greeted Liudong Yisheng's question was the purple mist.
Just now, Shuten Doji was under control and did not let the purple mist cover Liudong Yichen, but now - she allowed the alcoholic odor to gather.
Liudong Yisheng didn't have any ceremonial clothes on his body that could protect him from the smell of alcohol, so in an instant, he fell completely into a state of intoxication.
"Then...my dear Master, now, please raise your right hand."
Liudong Yichen's eyes were dull, and he slowly raised his right hand following the order from Shuten Dozi.
"Come, tell me."
Shuten Doji's lips opened slightly.
"Assassin."
"Assassin..."
Ryuudou Issei was unconsciously controlled by Shuten-dōji and said the words Shuten-dōji said.
"In the name of the command curse."
"In the name of the Command Seal..."
Buzz——
After saying these words, the single red Command Seal on the back of Issei Ryuudou's right hand lit up.
"Recover your power as the King of Ghosts."
"Recover your power as the King of Ghosts..."
Buzz————Huh……
The command spell disappeared.
thump--
Liudong Yisheng's body also completely lost its strength, he knelt down on the ground, lay forward, and there was no movement.
"A master like this is really useless."
Shuten Doji looked at the drunk Yanagong Issei, smiled and shook his head.
She raised her head and looked at the sky.
"Now, just wait until night, that's it..."
Looking at the scorching sun, Shuten Dozi had a ferocious smile on his lips.
...
"——Issei!" Looking at the surveillance video showing Yanado Kazunari lying on the ground and not moving any more, Emiya Shirou glared and was about to rush out in the direction of Ryudou Temple.
"Shirou, don't worry!"
Matou Shinji quickly grabbed Emiya Shirou and stopped him from rushing forward so mindlessly.
"Shenji, Issei...!"
Emiya Shirou looked at Matou Shinji anxiously.
"Calm down first. In addition to protecting Liu Dong's life at critical moments, my magic creation can also sense his life status and convey the relevant situation to me when he is not far away.
....Issei is fine now, he just passed out drunk. It should be the result of the characteristics of that drunken boy. If you rush out like this without any thought, Liudong will be killed!"
"But......!"
Feeling that he could do nothing, Emiya Shirou gritted his teeth.
This choice is the hardest to make...
It is impossible for Issei Ryuudou not to go back, because if Issei Ryuudou does not return to Ryuudou Temple, Shuten Doji will probably kill the people in Ryuudou Temple immediately, but if Issei Ryuudou goes back,
His own life will be threatened.
"Isn't there any other way?"
"The only way we can do now is to wait for the other party to walk out of Ryudou Temple...Tohsaka and Archer have already targeted Ryudou Temple. If Shuten Douji wants to kill people in Ryudou Temple, she will immediately let Archer
After the arrows were fired, we rushed in immediately to reduce casualties as much as possible."
"I have some magic that can heal injuries."
Matou Shinji looked at Shirou Emiya and said seriously.
The implication was quite obvious.
Be prepared that there will be injured or dead people no matter what.
The danger level of Shuten Doji has reached its limit.