66 [66] Tohsaka Tokiomi's Anger
Opening the manga—
It began by describing the situation of Einzbern...
Tohsaka Tokiomi prepared paper and pen on the side.
Unlike the typical readers, he treated it as intelligence, examining it meticulously. Even for the images, he pondered if they held any hidden meanings, whether the placement of chairs concealed something.
He made notes, analyzed, and cross-referenced with other information.
Suddenly, his pen came to a halt.
"No, this manga is in Shonen JUMP... I must go to the company headquarters. That's my advantage. I can't let others see this. I'll hypnotize the company's upper management and have this manga axed! I can't allow others to have the same advantage as me! But... I'll wait a bit. I still need to gather more information."
This issue of JUMP had already been released, so his target was the next issue.
End all of this before the next issue comes out!
With that thought in mind, he continued reading.
"Einzbern... eight years ago. Is this referring to eight years ago from now, or eight years before the Holy Grail War started?" Tohsaka Tokiomi pondered. He had already sent Kotomine Kirei away, and he wouldn't tell anyone about this.
But now that he thought about it, on his way back to the church, Kotomine Kirei might stumble upon this manga...
This was bad, and what was even worse was that he couldn't catch up to him now, especially at such a critical moment.
"I've done something unnecessary again... Einzbern." Just by reading a little, he had understood what was happening.
Einzbern... actually had the artificial human give birth to a child?
An artificial human and a human child...
And according to what "Emiya Kiritsugu" said... he would kill this artificial human? What did this mean... it meant that this woman was the Holy Grail vessel! She gave birth to a child as the Holy Grail vessel...
And then there was Emiya Kiritsugu.
He had collected enough information to be about 80% certain. Emiya Kiritsugu was an outsider Einzbern had hired to compensate for his own lack of combat skills.
"A mage killer... Well, this complicates things a bit. But what is his wish? Emiya Kiritsugu's ideal..."
He found himself curious about this executioner's wish... this man who seemed utterly displeased despite the birth of his child. What was his wish?
Then, he quickly read about Emiya Kiritsugu's wish to "create a world where no one would cry."
"Ridiculous! The wish of a mage killer is for no one to cry? That man?" Tohsaka Tokiomi stopped his actions and couldn't believe what he was reading.
"Could this be the fantasy Kurokawa Kazuya gave this man?" Tohsaka Tokiomi thought for a moment and reached a conclusion: "Hmm... it should be. Oh well... I'll write it down for now."
Tohsaka Tokiomi jotted down Emiya Kiritsugu's ideal.
He then took another piece of paper and wrote, "[Investigate Emiya Kiritsugu]." He needed to investigate what kind of person this mage killer was.
As he continued reading, Tohsaka Tokiomi was stunned.
It read:
Three years ago, Turin, Italy.
"That guy saw even this?" He carefully examined it. It was about the time when he had been explaining the Holy Grail War to Kotomine Kirei and persuading him to help.
Although there were some minor differences, the general direction was remarkably accurate!
He quickly skimmed through this part because it was already known.
And then...
As he continued reading, he came across a man he despised—
"This is..."
He flipped to the cover, finding a man with a hood and two insects seemingly fluttering around him...
"I see, you're also participating in this Holy Grail War... Matou Kariya! A man who gave up magecraft and yet deliberately returned to participate in the Holy Grail War... The head of the Matou family is indeed hardworking. I didn't even recognize you with the hat on the cover... that's my failure."
Then, he continued reading.
"I see, so this is about future events... Hmm, it looks like the head of the Matou family has taken in Sakura. That puts my mind at ease."
At this point, possibly because he saw his wife and daughter in the images, he relaxed for a moment and didn't think about why Sakura was mentioned when she had no connection to it.
He even thought that Matou Kariya returned because he was convinced that he could help in the Holy Grail War since Sakura had been sent away for her safety and the Matou family now had an heir...
When he read this part, that's how he interpreted it.
"Hmm? Immortality? Well... it seems the Matou family has fallen to such a state..." Hearing Matou Kariya speak about Matou Zouken's ideal, Tohsaka Tokiomi shook his head.
"Hmm? Is he trying to confuse Matou Kariya? Or perhaps... I see, I didn't expect Matou Kariya to have this much resolve. He must be planning to obtain the Holy Grail and end everything this time..."
Indeed, the subsequent words from Matou Kariya confirmed his suspicions.
However... something that greatly concerned him was why Matou Kariya used the term "release." Was there something wrong with having Matou Zouken protect Tohsaka Sakura?
"Crest Worm..." Seeing the name "Crest Worm" spoken by Matou Kariya, Tohsaka Tokiomi furrowed his brow.
Then—when he turned the page—
In that instant...
Tohsaka Tokiomi tore the book in his hands to shreds!
Although the girl called "Sakura" in the images looked nothing like his daughter, or was worlds apart from her, with the context of the entire text, he could still confirm that this was his daughter—
"Matou... Zouken!" Tohsaka Tokiomi said each word with emphasis, his facial muscles twitching...
His hand trembled.
He gritted his teeth, didn't say anything, and magically restored the manga, then continued reading.
After confirming this matter multiple times...
He felt like his head wasn't clear anymore—
Bang—
Tohsaka Tokiomi didn't read any further, slamming JUMP onto the table, and grabbing the staff embedded with gemstones from the side, he held it in front of him as if making an oath.
"The Matou family's magecraft must be thoroughly investigated! If... it's really true... if this is what he saw of the future! Betting on the honor of the Tohsaka family head! An existence like this..."
"There's no need for it to exist in this world!"
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