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Chapter 102: Angra Mainyu

  ["Are you kiddihis is nht!"]

  [Emiya Kiritsugu spoke in a low voice, his tone heavy with frustration.]

  ["200 people survived, but 300 died. The needle of the scale is pointing the wrong way!"]

  ["No, that's not a mistake. You did sacrifice the minority to save the majority."]

  ["That's correct, Emiya Kiritsugu."]

  ["You've personally been tipping the scales, destroying those who failed to align with your vision. Even if it leads to a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the number of lives you protect bees more precious as a result."]

  [Kiritsugu's expression darkened as he ched his fists.]

  ["This… is what you wao show me?"]

  ["Yes, this is your truth. This is Emiya Kiritsugu's wish made ma."]

  ["In other words, this is what the Holy Grail exists to do as a wish-granting device."]

  Kiritsugu: "No! No! This is not my goal. This result is meaningless!"

  Irisviel: "Kiritsugu, calm down."

  Tohsaka Rin: "What's going on? Why is he suddenly reag like this?"

  Chihiro: "Because everything he's held onto his ideals, his principles, are colpsing in front of him."

  Waver: "But why? Isn't this what he wanted?"

  Chihiro: "No, the Holy Grail just revealed its interpretation of his wish."

  Chihiro: "Kiritsugu's wish is for world pead ao all flict. But the Grail's ao his wish is to eliminate anyone who causes flict."

  Waver: "Wait, what?!"

  Chihiro: "It gets worse. Humans, by their very nature, are tradictory creatures. As long as huma, so will disputes and flict."

  Chihiro: "So, the Grail's clusion is simple: If all humans are elimihere will be no more flict. That is the 'peace' it offers."

  Waver: "You're saying the Holy Grail wants to kill all of humanity?!"

  Artoria: "What kind of peace is that?!"

  So-ui: "That's horrifying! Is this truly what the Holy Grail is capable of?"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "That's preposterous. The Holy Grail has no such fw. The problem lies with Emiya Kiritsugu's wish itself!"

  Iskandar: "Killing everyoo ensure peace… well, I 't say it's wrong, teically speaking."

  Kayh: "Indeed. It's a brutally logical answer."

  Tohsaka Rin: "Wait! Isn't this the curse Diarmuid cast before he died?"

  Waver: "Yes! His curse has taken effect!"

  Diarmuid: "What?! No, that's impossible!"

  Tohsaka Rin: "Don't try to deny it. You clearly cursed him!"

  Diarmuid: "I didn't! I swear, I don't even know curse magic!"

  Kayh: "Just admit it, Diarmuid."

  Diarmuid: "…"

  Diarmuid felt helpless. He truly had no idea how to use curses. How could he admit to something he didn't do?

  ["No, I don't want that!"]

  [Just as Kiritsugu iy was rejeg this clusion, the Kiritsugu in the video also refused to accept it.]

  ["I believe there's another way! So… I only pce my hope in a miracle!"]

  ["You ot wish for methods you yourself do not uand."]

  ["If you wish to save the world, your wish must be achieved using the methods you know."]

  ["Stop joking around!"]

  [Emiya Kiritsugu roared in frustration, his anger boiling over.]

  ["If I had a way, why would I need you?! How this be called a miracle?"]

  ["Of course, I am a miracle. I represent the ambition you once sought but could not achieve yourself."]

  ["The Holy Grail aplish your wish on a scale beyond human capability."]

  ["If that isn't a miracle, then what is it?"]

  [As the voice tio provoke him, Kiritsugu's surroundings began to shift.]

  [Suddenly, he found himself in his childhood, standing inside his father's boratory.]

  [Kiritsugu turned around, only to see his father, Emiya Norikata, standing before him.]

  ["Father…"]

  [BANG!]

  [Before Kiritsugu could react, the memory repyed itself. His father fell to the ground, lifeless.]

  ["Natalia…"]

  [Kiritsugu turned around again, only to see a white-haired pear behind him.]

  [It was Natalia Kaminsky, his adoptive mother aor.]

  [The se shifted once more, and Kiritsugu found himself on a small, dipidated boat, adrift in the middle of an endless o.]

  ["Emiya Kiritsugu, you are the true 'Angra Mainyu.' You are the ideal vessel to bear the curse of 'All the World's Evil.'"]

  Waver: "Angra Mainyu… so that's the source of the voice?"

  Kayh: "The evil of this world? What exactly is that?"

  Artoria: "Just from the 's clear that it's something deeply malicious."

  Gilgamesh: "Hahahaha! How fasating. This is growing more eaining by the sed."

  Tohsaka Rin: "Angra Mainyu… it sounds like a person's name."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "I've never heard of it. Does it ring any bells for you?"

  Kotomine Risei: "No, I 't recall anything about this name."

  Kayh: "Angra Mainyu is the name of the dark god from a Persian mythology. It's said to be the embodiment of all evil in the world, the souralid darkness."

  Waver: "You're saying there's an evil god sealed within the Holy Grail?!"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Impossible. There's no such record iohsaka family archives. If this were true, we would've known by now."

  Irisviel: "There's ion of this in the Einzbern records either."

  The First Emperor: "Regardless of what's written in your records, it's clear now that this Holy Grail is no good."

  Iskandar: "Agreed."

  ["Now, o question."]

  [The se shifted again, and Kiritsugu found himself ba the Emiya family warehouse.]

  [Standing before him were Irisviel, Hisau Maiya, and Illya.]

  ["Three lives remain. Do you wish to save two or one?"]

  [This time, Kiritsugu didn't hesitate. He stepped forward and killed Hisau Maiya.]

  [The se shifted again, showing Kiritsugu at his home in the Einzbern Castle.]

  ['Irisviel' and 'Illya' were curled up together in bed.]

  ["Wele home, Kiritsugu."]

  ['Illya' jumped out of bed and ran into Kiritsugu's arms, smiling brightly.]

  ["You're finally back."]

  ['Irisviel' smiled gently, saying, "Now you uand. This is how the Holy Grail will help you fulfill your wish."]

  ["All that's left is for you to make the wish."]

  [The video froze at this moment.]

  [Question: What will Emiya Kiritsugu choose?]

  [A: Make a wish to achieve his dream.]

  [B: Make a wish to save Irisviel.]

  [C: Give the right to make the wish to Artoria.]

  [D: Reject the wish aroy the Holy Grail.]

  Irisviel: "Illya…"

  Kiritsugu: "That's not Illya."

  Artoria: "Yes, it's not Illya. That is an illusioed by Angra Mainyu. It is not real."

  Irisviel: "I know…"

  Kayh: "This is troubling. It seems Emiya Kiritsugu has been ensnared."

  Waver: "So this is the reason why Fuyuki City burned down?"

  Waver: "Emiya Kiritsugu released Angra Mainyu aroyed the city?"

  Gilgamesh: "Hmph. Perhaps it wasn't just Fuyuki City."

  Waver: "!!!"

  Chihiro: "Don't let him scare you. Think about it, if Kiritsugu had failed entirely, you wouldn't have bee El-Melloi II, and Emiya Shirou and Rin wouldn't have joined your ."

  Waver: "Ah… right. I almost fot."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "So Kiritsugu must have rejected the Grail, or someone else interveo stop Angra Mainyu."

  Iskandar: "The only person capable of doing that is Gilgamesh."

  Gilgamesh: "Hahaha! Now you turn to me."

  Tohsaka Rin: "I don't think that's likely. It's a miracle he didn't join forces with Angra Mainyu."

  Gilgamesh: "You dare question my nobility, mongrel?"

  Gilgamesh: "Why would I sully myself by aligning with such filth? Do not mistake me, I am the King of Heroes. I have no i in such a pathetic farce."

  Gilgamesh: "Furthermore, I have no desire to destroy humanity."

  Ishtar: "Oh, please. You don't destroy humanity because without them, you'd have no oo rule over and no treasures to funt."

  Gilgamesh: "Silence, useless goddess. You are not fit to speak here."

  Gilgamesh: "And oopic of destru, isn't that what you gods are notorious for? You find excuses to destroy humanity far more easily than I do."

  Ishtar: "We gods don't destroy humans without reason!"

  Gilgamesh: "Hmph. You simply your destru in false justification to appear he truth is, you gods are er than the evils you cim to oppose."

  Ishtar: "This is all your fault to begin with! If you hadn't rejected me, none of this would've happened!"

  Gilgamesh: "Ah, so now you seek to bme me for your own inpetence?"

  Gilgamesh: "Typical behavior from a useless goddess."

  Ishtar: "I—!"

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