Chapter 176: Iris: Otaku Are Truly Disgusting

Chapter 176: Iris: Otaku Are Truly Disgusting

Hearing Artoria's sudden roar, Soji, who was planning to continue persuading her, was taken aback. However, she soon felt relieved.

It was good; she had merely made a casual remark, and Artoria's fighting spirit was already ignited. Soji didn't know the reason behind Artoria's strong animosity towards Merlin, but she thought it was perfect. Tomorrow, she could rely on Artoria to defeat Merlin, and then she would use the hidden explosives in the racing car to blow Artoria away.

In this way, she would defeat two enemies in one go. Soji named this plan a win-win situation, a "I win twice!" No, she should call it "Qin Shi Huang touching an electric wire, Qin Shi Ma!" It might make her seem very devious, but since she had already thought of it, she couldn't turn back. How could she face herself after losing her dignity so shamelessly?

It was somewhat similar to someone losing money in gambling and continuing to bet recklessly to pay off their debts. The reason was the sunk cost; they couldn't let go of what they had already lost. In Soji's case, she couldn't salvage her lost dignity, so that was her sunk cost. She could only continue down the path of losing her dignity recklessly!

"Very good, you look spirited!" Soji was pleasantly surprised, giving Artoria a big thumbs-up and rejoicing in her fervent battle spirit. "Rest assured, the racing car will be delivered to you tomorrow."

"Now, the only thing you need to focus on is how to defeat Merlin in tomorrow's battle."

"No need to say more..." The red-eye effect gradually disappeared from Artoria's eyes, but her intent to kill Merlin couldn't be hidden. Lowering her head to look at the sword in her hand, the Excalibur, which was now only a palm-length blade, she could almost be called a Dagger of Promised Victory. Artoria's anger towards Merlin had reached its critical point.

"Merlin, you shall meet your end tomorrow noon!"

Artoria stood up, declaring Merlin's death with a gaze full of killing intent.

In the Fuyuki hospital corridor, Merlin suddenly felt an itch in his nose and couldn't help but sneeze.

Stopping in his tracks, Merlin asked with a 'friendly' expression, "Who told you that?"

"Well, it was Kiritsugu who told me. Since I've been staying in the castle, all the information from the outside world comes from Kiritsugu," Iris replied.

Upon hearing this, Merlin nodded knowingly. So, it was his own Master who said that, huh? Just don't sleep too soundly, eh?

"Ah, Kiritsugu's room is right ahead." Iris had planned to continue the conversation, but upon seeing the familiar room number, she halted the discussion. Carrying the fruit basket, she hurried to the room and knocked on the door.

"Knock, knock, knock."

After a moment, a slightly weary voice came from inside the room, "Come in."

The door creaked open, and Iris entered, setting the fruit basket on the bedside table before taking a seat next to the bed. "Kiritsugu, I've come to chop you up."

Looking at Kiritsugu lying on the bed, wrapped up like a dumpling, with only his face uncovered, Iris couldn't help but feel distressed.

In truth, Kiritsugu didn't have such severe injuries originally. The reason for his current state was his reaction upon receiving the news that the Holy Grail War had ended from the Holy Church. He burst into tears, wailing loudly and uttering phrases like Baka Yaro,' with his actions being so intense that he triggered a diaphragmatic spasm. As a result, the bones that had just been set were broken again. The previous treatments were almost in vain, and he ended up even more seriously injured than when he arrived at the hospital. It was quite tragic.

Since he couldn't move his head, Kiritsugu had to turn his eyes sideways to see his wife. "You're here, Iris."

Merlin also approached, casually greeting, "I'm here too, Master~."

Seeing his Servant, Kiritsugu's mood, which had slightly improved upon seeing his wife, once again took a downturn.