Chapter 1628: Kid, Your Plug-in Has Expired

As soon as Su Xiao walked into the room, the conversation between Shiro Emiya and Rin Tohsaka came to a stop, while Heroic Spirit Emiya stood behind Rin Tohsaka, ready to take her and run at any moment.

Su Xiao glanced at the vigilant Heroic Spirit Emiya and walked further into the room, quickly finding the bathroom and starting to wash off the blood stains on his body.

Bubu Wang was still lazily lying on the tatami, occasionally lifting a paw to rub its behind, while A Mu hadn’t entered the room, staying in the courtyard to prevent anyone from Blood Gate from tracking them here. Bennie’s whereabouts were unknown, presumably off treasure hunting again.

In the bathroom, Su Xiao washed the blood off his body quickly and came out dripping wet, his hair still dripping with water.

“You were… off killing someone, weren’t you?”

Shiro Emiya’s expression wasn’t too good, and he subconsciously tightened his grip on the teacup in his hand.

“Just a personal grudge, it has nothing to do with you for now, unless they come hunting.”

“Hunting…”

Shiro Emiya was startled by his words, but he was more curious about why Su Xiao had gone to kill someone earlier and whether it was indiscriminate killing or related to the Holy Grail War.

“So, what are you planning to do?”

Su Xiao was curious about what this partner of justice, Shiro Emiya, would do. If it developed to an adversarial relationship, he wouldn’t mind taking out this plot protagonist, since the other wasn’t a Son of the World after all.

Shiro Emiya fell silent; he actually didn’t know what to do. To confront Su Xiao head-on? While he wasn’t afraid of death and was willing to die for his ideals, he recognized that in the face of overwhelming strength disparity, his sacrifice would be meaningless.

But as a partner of justice, Shiro Emiya couldn’t allow Su Xiao to commit ‘indiscriminate killing.’ According to his philosophy, ‘when a person is killed, they die,’ he looked at Su Xiao with a serious expression.

“If I die, you would disappear too, right.”

Shiro Emiya lifted his right hand, on which two command seals remained.

With a clang, Su Xiao threw a dagger onto the low wooden table.

“Based on my experience, if you’re going to commit suicide, it’s best to stab through your throat and spine in one thrust. If you have the courage, after the dagger pierces your throat, cut sideways; this will sever your artery or vein, speeding up your death by at least 70%. Don’t think of piercing the heart; if you’re unlucky, piercing the heart can make you struggle and suffer for 1 to 2 minutes.

“…”

Shiro Emiya was left speechless; he glanced at the dagger on the table and then at Su Xiao, finally looking towards Rin Tohsaka.

Rin Tohsaka turned her head, signaling that she wasn’t familiar with him, just a classmate, and didn’t want to commit suicide together with him.

“I was just… metaphorically speaking.”

Of course, Shiro Emiya wouldn’t be foolish enough to actually kill himself; he just wanted to see if he could establish a mutual restraint relation with Su Xiao, which clearly wasn’t possible.

“Is that so, then let’s continue our previous discussion, Rin Tohsaka, how interested are you in the Holy Grail?”

Su Xiao had already noticed that, compared to Shiro Emiya, Rin Tohsaka was a more suitable Master. At least this girl wasn’t a partner of justice, so he wasn’t interested in discussing what justice was with Shiro Emiya; with differing philosophies, he had no intention to impose his own views upon the other, as it would be meaningless.

“Very interested.”

Though Rin Tohsaka participated in the Holy Grail War not solely for the Grail, she certainly wouldn’t refuse if she could obtain it.

“Is that so, then I can make you very strong, at least among the top few Masters.”

“This…”

Rin Tohsaka thought of something and looked back at Heroic Spirit Emiya.

“I won’t serve a useless Master.”

Heroic Spirit Emiya caught on to what Su Xiao was implying, he glanced at Shiro Emiya, though this had indeed been him once, it didn’t mean he agreed with his past self.

Shiro Emiya’s mouth opened and closed; hearing this now, he realized, was he being discarded?

“Shiro Emiya, due to certain reasons, I must rely on you to descend into this world. Considering our differing ideals, I will help you find a new Heroic Spirit.”

“I oppose this.”

Heroic Spirit Emiya spoke.

“Well… actually, I also…”

Rin Tohsaka seemed like she wanted to say something, but Su Xiao looked towards her, his smile unusually gentle.

“If it’s for strategic needs, it’s not entirely unacceptable.”

Rin Tohsaka’s mouth twitched, for a moment there, she felt as if refusal could mean death.

“I also oppose!”

Shiro Emiya’s tone was firm, with a simple thought: instead of letting the demon loose, let it devour him first, maybe this way there would be one less victim.

Shiro Emiya was overthinking things; Su Xiao had no interest in unrelated people outside of Blood Gate, Heroic Spirits, Masters, or Violators; as long as they didn’t seek him out, Su Xiao wouldn’t bother killing them.

As for explaining all this to Shiro Emiya, Su Xiao couldn’t be bothered with the hassle; it was more efficient to change Masters or eliminate Shiro Emiya than to explain exhaustively.

“Since the party involved agrees, let’s decide on it then, right, Master of the Tosaka family.”

“Um~ actually, I also… I agree~”

Seeing Su Xiao’s increasingly gentle smile, Rin Tohsaka immediately changed her tone; evidently, compared to Shiro Emiya, she was much smarter.

“Even if I agree, the command seal is still a big problem, along with the magic power supply…”

“None of that is a problem, the command seal, however many you want, I can get them for you.”

With Su Xiao’s relationship with the Old Priest, his understanding of command seals far exceeded most Masters; command seals weren’t irremovable. The Old Priest once collected a large number of command seals and could freely grant them to others. During the Fourth Holy Grail War, Kenneth requested command seals from the Old Priest and succeeded.

“A command seal is just a kind of mark, very similar to the Holy Mark and Imprint, and if traced back to its origin, the command seal evolved from the Holy Mark.”

As Su Xiao spoke, he took out a cross covered in golden patterns, which served as a ‘keepsake,’ left behind by the Old Priest. Due to his past help, Su Xiao authenticated it for 12,000 Paradise coins after the Fourth Holy Grail War. He could forcibly grant Shiro Emiya a command seal thanks to this item’s existence. Its function was singular, akin to the Energy Stripping Device, but with special properties, processed by the Holy Church.

“A Mu.”

The moment Su Xiao spoke, A Mu entered the room, forming an Ice Warhammer in its hand, indicating that whoever objected would be hammered, very straightforward.

At a speed Rin Tohsaka couldn’t react to, Su Xiao grabbed her arm and pulled her into the next room, moments later.

“Wait, you, you want to, yami…”

Soon, Rin Tohsaka emerged from the next room clutching her arm, while Su Xiao walked straight to Shiro Emiya. Compared to stripping Rin Tohsaka’s command seals, removing Shiro Emiya’s was much simpler, as it was Su Xiao’s own imprint.

When Su Xiao seized Shiro Emiya’s right hand, the command seal on the back of his hand faded quickly and the three command seals belonging to the Archer class soon appeared.

At this moment, all magic connections between Su Xiao and Shiro Emiya were severed, making Shiro Emiya the Master of Heroic Spirit Emiya. Throughout, Heroic Spirit Emiya stood aside with his arms crossed, observing because he understood that if a conflict arose, all Masters in the room would die.