Emiya Kiritsugu noticed it too.

  Recalling Kariya's demeanor in the video, he immediately ruled out Kotomine Kirei as the answer.

  If Kariya had been talking to Kirei, there would have been no need for that frantic expnation.

  He also dismissed Matou Sakura as an option. In this timelihe name "Matou Sakura" referred to the child adopted by Zouken in the inal history. There was no way Zouken would let her out in public so easily, especially where Tohsaka Tokiomi could potentially see her.

  That left only Tohsaka Aoi and Tohsaka Rin.

  After thinking it over, Emiya Kiritsugu chose B.

  Rin had already entered trouble once, when she was traumatized by her run-in with Bluebeard. It seemed unlikely she'd be thrown into such a horrific situation again so soon.

  Still, to be cautious, he and Heroic Spirit Kiritsugu decided to split their answers.

  Watg the video where Kotomine Kirei and Gilgamesh colborated, and knowing the plex retionship between Matou Kariya and Tohsaka Aoi, Emiya Kiritsugu uood everything.

  What a twisted scheme.

  And sidering they had captured Irisviel, he had no doubt he would be the pawn in their sadistic game.

  "No, no..."

  Kariya had also guessed the answer by now, but he g to the hope that he was wrong.

  Torween fear and denial, he chose D, the answer he desperately wished were true.

  He wao believe the approag figure would be Kotomine Kirei, not Aoi or Rin.

  [The time for answering questions ends. Resuming the video.]

  [Video tinues.]

  ["Kariya… you…"]

  [The se shifted to the doorway, where Tohsaka Aoi stood, watg in shock.]

  ["No, I didn't do it!"]

  [Seeing the woman he loved, Matou Kariya froze, panic spreading across his face.]

  [Video paused.]

  [The correswer is B.]

  [gratutions to Waver, Chihiro, Hassan of the Hundred Faces, Emiya Kiritsugu, Zhang Jiao, and Sigurd for obtaining 3 Saint Quartz and advang to the round.]

  [The King of querors, La, Matou Kariya, El-Melloi II, the First Emperor, and Old Bug answered incorrectly and will have 1 Saint Quartz deducted.]

  "No!!!"

  Kariya's worst fears had e true.

  He could already see where this was headed, and it filled him with dread.

  At that moment, he felt a surge of hatred for Kotomine Kirei.

  How could this all be a mere ce?

  Just moments after he ehe church, Aoi appeared.

  Shouldn't she have been safely at Zenjou Manor with Rin? Why had she returo Fuyuki City?

  And how, at that exaent, had Tokiomi's body fallen in front of him?

  As if orchestrated by fate, he'd been drawn forward to check, only for Aoi to witness it all.

  How could all these ces align so perfectly in mere seds?

  There was no doubt in his mind—this had to be Kotomine Kirei's doing.

  Tohsaka Rin: "Wow… even I tell something's wrong here."

  Tohsaka Rin: "Why did my mom suddenly e back to Fuyuki and show up at the church?"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Kirei! Gilgamesh! You traitorous fiends!"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi was livid. The fact that they'd involved his family was an unfivable offense.

  Gilgamesh: "Calm yourself, Tokiomi. Are you saying I don't know how to wield a bde?"

  Waver: "Shut up, Gilgamesh. You don't even have the deit it."

  Even Waver alled by the way Kirei and Gilgamesh had pulled i family members into their schemes.

  Artoria: "Gilgamesh, you have nht to call yourself the Hero King with such behavior."

  First Emperor: "Ihere's nothing noble about this duct."

  El-Melloi II: "Only a tyrant would resort to such tactics."

  Iskandar: "Golden Sparkles, you're crossing a line here."

  Gilgamesh: "Silence, fools. I've dohi!"

  Gilgamesh: "Besides, who's to say these events even involve me at all?"

  Tohsaka Rin: "Oh, really? Everything points to Kotomine Kirei, and you still have the o cim innoce?"

  Tohsaka Rin: "It's a good thing I took you down first. Who knows what horrors you'd have inflicted otherwise?"

  Gilgamesh: "You little—!"

  Gilgamesh found himself momentarily speechless. The truth ainfully clear to everyone. Denying it now would only make him look foolish when the full extent of the plot was revealed.

  Kotomine Kirei: "Teacher, I assure you, the events in the video are uo me. Please don't misjudge."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Kirei, you…"

  Kotomine Risei: "Please, Tokiomi, stay calm."

  Kotomine Risei: "Kirei has dohi, and I assure you, he would never a such a way. Don't let this video damage the boween our families."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Hmph!"

  Kotomine Risei sighed, gng at his expressionless son with a heavy heart.

  He couldn't uand how Kirei had turned out this way.

  What had led him to bee so twisted?

  But at least, for now, Kirei had not succumbed to the temptations of that golden tyrant. He was still the same as always.

  And hopefully, this meant he wouldn't have to keep spending te nights i, dealing with Kirei's strange requests for spicy food.

  At this thought, Kotomine Risei subsciously touched his lips, which still burned slightly from the st dish he'd made.

  Waver: "Chihiro, you really mao clear another question?"

  Chihiro: "What I say? I'm just lucky."

  El-Melloi II: "This isn't just luck, you know."

  Kayh: "Agreed. It's almost as if you already khe answer."

  Chihiro: "e on, there's no way. Even Gilgamesh didn't know the answer, so how could I?"

  Chihiro: "It's just analysis and a bit of good fortuhat's all."

  Gilgamesh: "Hmph."

  [Video tinues.]

  ["Are you happy now, Kariya?"]

  [Tohsaka Aoi k beside Tohsaka Tokiomi's body, clutg him as silent tears streamed down her face.]

  ["Now that he's gohe Holy Grail will go to the Matou family."]

  ["I…"]

  [Kariya was desperate to expin himself, but the words caught in his throat.]

  ["Why? Was it not enough to take Sakura away from me? Did you have to kill him tht in front of me?!"]

  [Aoi looked up at Kariya, her eyes filled with tears, and asked, "Why, Kariya?"]

  "No!!!"

  Matou Kariya shouted in despair.

  Things were unravelily as he had feared.

  Aoi's accusations in the video cut deep, pierg his heart like a knife.

  He had always thought that Tokiomi and Aoi's marriage was merely a political arra, devoid of true love. But now he realized he'd been wrong all along.

  ["It's all his fault! Everything is because of him!"]

  [Kariya's emotions burst forth as he poi Tokiomi's lifeless body. "If not for him, you and Sakura could have been happy…"]

  ["What nonsense are you spouting?!"]

  [Aoi, who was unaware of the full truth, interrupted Kariya, her voice ced with anger and disbelief. "You don't uand love at all, do you? You've ruly cared for anyone, have you?"]

  [Those words shattered Kariya pletely.]

  [The s faded to bck.]

  ["Once, I loved someone. She was gentle and kind. All I wanted was for her to be happy."]

  ["I would have done anything for her."]

  ["But that same love… has kept me in eorment."]

  ["I refuse to let anyohat."]

  ["Do you know who I became this monster for?!"]

  ["If we're all going to die in the end, then why not just—"]

  [Video paused.]

  [Question: What did Matou Kariya do ?]

  [A: His mind colpses, and he nearly kills Tohsaka Aoi.]

  [B: He loses trol and shes out at Tohsaka Aoi.]

  [C: Overwhelmed, he flees from the se immediately.]

  [D: In his frustratioells Tohsaka Aoi the truth about Matou Sakura's suffering iou family.]

  [Please answer within five minutes. Exceeding the time limit will be sidered as giving up.]

  Tohsaka Rin: "That 't be! Uncle Kariya would never hurt my mother, would he?"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Matou Kariya, you disgraceful fool!"

  Matou Kariya: "…"

  Matou Kariya: "No, I would never harm Aoi! Never!"

  Old Bug: "Hahaha, what aertaining dispy."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Silence, you wretched worm! You have nht to speak here."

  Old Bug: "Tokiomi, one day, you'll regret crossing me."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Hmph!"

  Waver: "This is a tough question. Holy, any of these choices seem possible."

  Kayh: "Why not try option B? He could lose trol and sh out."

  Matou Kariya: "Impossible! It 't be B!"

  Kayh: " you really be sure of that?"

  Kayh: "You're clearly falling apart. Who knows what you're capable of in that state?"

  Matou Kariya: "Enough! I would never harm Aoi!"

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