4 Chapter 4: Choices:unedited

Chapter 4: Choices

No matter how speechless Xie Liang felt, the images and narration displayed on the screen did not stop.

"Although he is a murderer, Ryusuke Yusheng's thoughts are not complicated. You find him easy to control, so you start to feel that the situation may not be as bad as it seems."

"You start to consider your next course of action, and the best conclusion you come to is to hide for now and wait for the right opportunity."

"In your opinion, the best opportunity is the night of the gathering of heroic spirits triggered by Lancer Di Lu Mu Duo's provocation in the early stages of the plot. Of course, with your current abilities, it's impossible to compete with the heroic spirits, so you're considering whether to try to kill the masters hidden in various places on that night."

"Although you're not an Assassin, the success rate of this move is not high, but it's not zero either. You know you have to act sooner or later. If you don't seize this opportunity, it will be hard to find a similar good opportunity in the future, so you decide to take a gamble."

Upon seeing this, Xie Liang outside the simulation nodded slightly.

"Hmm, my evaluation is that it's just like me."

Indeed, given his level, it's unrealistic to fight and kill other heroic spirits head-on. Therefore, it's only natural to target the masters of the opponents.

Although it's despicable, the fact that there's no other way is also true. Moreover, Xie Liang is different from other heroic spirits. He doesn't have a sense of honor as a hero, so he doesn't care about doing such "despicable" things.

As long as he can win, as long as he can survive, that's all that matters.

Moreover, although the "Xie Liang" in the simulation thinks that the success rate of assassinating other masters is not zero, from the perspective of the real Xie Liang, instead of saying "it's not zero", it's more accurate to say that there's a high success rate.

After all, on the night of the gathering of heroic spirits, if Xie Liang remembers correctly, everyone's attention was on the fighting heroic spirits, and those masters who were well hidden or well protected were not paid much attention to.

In this way, "Xie Liang", who knows the plot and the approximate hiding places of those masters, as a heroic spirit, as long as he knows the location and has a clear target, the success rate is definitely more than 50%, even if he is the weakest heroic spirit.

"I suddenly feel it's getting interesting, whether it's this simulator or the subsequent development in the simulation."

For some reason, Xie Liang feels like he's watching a drama, and he's looking forward to what will happen next.

Of course, because he's deeply immersed in it, it's not just like watching a drama. Anyway, Xie Liang is very invested right now.

Come on, me.

Give it your all, make a difference!

"In preparation for that night, you need to get information about the time and place in advance, but you know you have the aura of a servant. If you go out to search for information yourself, there's a high chance something will go wrong. So, under the pretext of "this is for better killing", you send Ryusuke Yusheng out to search for information."

"Ryusuke Yusheng easily believes your words and goes around looking for the information you want, while you familiarize yourself with your heroic spirit power at your base."

"Time passes quickly, and by dusk, Ryusuke Yusheng returns home from outside and gives you the useful information as you expected, and asks you to teach him more about killing."

"Teaching a master killer is not an easy task. Even with your flexible and careful thinking, it's hard to come up with a second killing method that can stabilize Ryusuke Yusheng in a short time. So, you pretend to be mysterious and tell Ryusuke Yusheng not to rush, and that you will teach him more when the time comes."

"Ryusuke Yusheng still has no doubts about your words and decides to go to his room to sleep. But because you are a heroic spirit, sleep is not necessary for you. So, you plan to hone your abilities at night, and along the way, think of some novel killing methods to better control Ryusuke Yusheng in the future."

"The first day is over, and from the second to the fifth day, you maintain the same actions as the first day. Everything is within your expectations, and because of the practice of your own abilities, your understanding of magic as a Caster has increased, and you have mastered the skill: Meditation (D)."

"Meditation (D): No consumption, active, can slightly increase the magic recovery rate after use."

"Skills?"

Xie Liang raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this.

"So, you can learn new abilities in the simulation, but it feels..."

It's useless, like meditation.

"Let's continue watching."

"Time comes to the night of the sixth day. According to the information obtained earlier, Lancer Di Lu Mu Duo will provoke tonight, attracting the attention of other heroic spirits and fighting. So, you prepare in advance and plan your course of action."

"You believe that to win this Holy Grail War, the servants who pose the greatest threat to you are Saber Artoria, Rider Iskandar, and Archer Gilgamesh. So, your targets are their masters, namely Emiya Kiritsugu, Waver Velvet, and Tohsaka Tokiomi. If possible, you want to catch all three of them in one fell swoop."

"But Tohsaka Tokiomi is not at the scene that night, he is hiding in the Tohsaka mansion. You rack your brains but can't think of an opportunity to kill him; Waver Velvet is always by Rider Iskandar's side, and it's hard for you to make a move on him under Rider's protection; the only one you have a chance to kill is Emiya Kiritsugu, who is hiding nearby on a high platform."

"So, you decide—"

"1: Go kill Emiya Kiritsugu."

"2: Go kill other masters hiding nearby, such as Lancer's master Kenneth, Berserker's master Kariya Matou."

"3: Do not take action, just watch the changes."