Chapter 116: Captured Sola

Chapter 116: Captured Sola

Tonight, the Fuyuki City Police Department was incredibly busy.

Was it because residents reported monster sightings?

Of course not. The real reason was that the police department had been viciously attacked.

While the main headquarters of the police department was not directly impacted, an unknown terrorist had cut off all the department's utilities. Water, electricity, and communication were all severed, both through regular and backup channels. In addition, the deranged terrorist had also destroyed the tires of all the vehicles.

No one knew how the culprit had carried out the crime. There were no witnesses, no traces left behind. The perpetrator seemed to appear out of thin air and vanish just as mysteriously.

The entire organization was on high alert. All personnel, including civilians with firearms qualifications, were armed, and even those without such qualifications were required to wear protective gear. Elite forces were urgently dispatched to neighboring counties and cities, as well as to allied departments, seeking assistance. Water, electricity, and communication departments were notified to send personnel for repairs. The nerves, already strained by a series of vicious incidents, were pushed to the breaking point.

And all this was happening in the middle of the night.

In such circumstances, reports from the citizens of sightseeing about monsters were naturally ignored. It was as if the news had sunk into the abyss, leaving no trace. It was impossible for a major event like the one described in "Fate/Zero" to occur—alerting the Self-Defense Force and requesting the return of two F-15 fighter jets patrolling the territorial waters.

Without a doubt, the culprit behind the attack on the Fuyuki City Police Department was Shinji.

As for the reasons, first and foremost was the need for secrecy. After all, it would be troublesome to alert the Self-Defense Force, and if they sent a larger-scale investigation team, it would undoubtedly affect the progress of the Holy Grail War. Moreover, those two F-15 fighter jets would only cause trouble and be of no use at all.

In addition, there was another crucial reason—there might be a disturbance at the church tonight, and this disturbance would greatly impact the aftermath of the battle with Caster.

It is worth mentioning that Shinji's original plan was not to attack the police department but to use runic bullets to destroy the two F-15s before they reached Fuyuki City.

In both his past and present lives, Shinji had a dislike for the Japanese military. If he could destroy the two F-15s, it would surely be a blow to the military, and they would feel the pain. Moreover, except for the Army, the other branches of the military in 1994 were practically useless. If he could collect some wreckage and sell it to the Matou family, it might help their materials industry and aviation endeavors. It would be a fitting revenge for his life in the Matou family.

However, this proposal was vetoed by Scathach. The cruising speed of the F-15 is faster than a bullet, and Shinji cannot react in time. Moreover, the cruising altitude of the fighter jet is not suitable for a 7-year-old like Shinji to operate in. It seems that the task of assisting the Matou family will have to be postponed for now.

Helpless, Shinji had to abandon this proposal and instead asked Justeaze to act as a terrorist and disrupt the police department's utilities, water, electricity, communication, and transportation.

Realizing this, a mysterious fatigue invaded Sola's body and mind. Her legs gave out, and she fell backward, losing consciousness.

However, she didn't land on the cold cement ground. The woman who had caught her, Justeaze, prevented her from falling.

Justeaze carefully examined Sola's condition, nodded lightly, and prepared to use communication magecraft to contact Shinji.

Suddenly, several threads wrapped around Justeaze's little finger snapped. The detection magecraft she had set up below had been triggered.

Without time to guess the identity of the intruder, Justeaze picked up Sola and jumped directly from the 40th floor of the Fuyuki Center Tower.

Golden and pure white magical flashes alternated, and a mysterious force countered the Earth's gravity. The two women, weighing over 100 kilograms combined, descended as if they were feathers, lightly floating down.

At the moment they landed, a cheetah-like figure appeared on the top floor of the tower. After careful inspection, this figure arrived at the spot where Justeaze and Sola had been standing.

Moonlight illuminated a slightly pale face—it was Maiya, who had recovered from her injuries.

Maiya cautiously touched the railing with her hand, quickly moving away. One part of it was noticeably warmer than the rest.

The person hadn't gone far yet; there was still a chance to catch up. Thinking this, Maiya hurriedly ran toward the corridor.

Her body hadn't fully adapted to the artificial life form implanted by Irisviel, and there was still some soreness in her ribs. However, it wouldn't hinder her actions.

Thanks to this, Maiya could continue tracking the new Master of Lancer tonight, just like before she was injured. She had planned to capture her while Lancer wasn't around, but she had arrived too late, and the Master had managed to escape!

No, she had to catch her! That was the task entrusted to Maiya by Kiritsugu.

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