Chapter 1637: Salted Fish
After receiving a joint report from the Tohsaka family and Einzbern, many people from the Clock Tower were unhappy, but they never came out. The explanation was very simple. A Heroic Soul wasn't something that any mage could handle, let alone a Heroic Soul of such a high level as Gilgamesh.
Not all of the Clock Tower mages were committed to fair play, but at least they usually tried to maintain order.
So, after receiving information that Kotomine Kirei had interfered in the Fifth Holy Grail War, the Clock Tower immediately contacted the Holy Church. The Mage Association and the Holy Church were considered the two largest factions in this world, but their relationship was somewhat strained.
The Mage Association and the Holy Church were initially on hostile terms, but gradually, both sides realized that their hostility wasn't leading to anything good, so they stopped trying to fight.
As a result, in the Holy Grail wars, the association took on the responsibility of conducting battles, and the church provided observers to monitor the progress of the war.
Both sides made concessions to preserve their reputations.
And after the Mage Association informed the Holy Church of Kotomine Kirei's wrongdoing, the higher-ups of the church were enraged. Their right to observe was conditional on the agreement of the association to allow them to monitor the war, and their task was to prevent third-party interference in the course of the war.
The association and the church were already not on very good terms and agreed to such a special war arrangement due to some concerns, and at such a sensitive moment, Kotomine Kirei decided to show everyone his shamelessness. While others went out of their way to become a war watcher, he did his best to denigrate that status. This was obviously a serious blow to the church's reputation. What was even more unpleasant was that the association came to them with "evidence" that only increased the blow to the church several times, and they even said something like: "Your man went too far. We might be able to turn a blind eye to one Heroic Soul, but he's using a Heroic Soul from the last war. This is very bad».
As for why Su Xiao chose to report this to the Mage Association instead of the Holy Church, it was a matter of reputation.
If he had reported this directly to the Holy Church, it would definitely have dealt with this matter secretly for the sake of preserving its reputation, and most likely, it would not have even looked for Kirei, but only informed him to lie low and destroy all the evidence.
But he didn't go down that path. Now, all the higher-ups of the association knew about this matter. If the Holy Church doesn't publicly execute Kirei, it will already be a matter of showing disrespect to all participants in the Holy Grail War.
Two hours later, Su Xiao received a reply from the Mage Association, saying that the Holy Church had already sent an agent from the Funeral Agency to Fuyuki.
He will arrive in this city in at least eight hours.
Seeing the name "Funeral Agency", Su Xiao suddenly had a bad feeling. In his heart, he suspected that the Holy Church wouldn't send strong agents here, as it might fit the concept of interfering in the Holy Grail War, so the most ideal choice would be to send someone in the middle who could help with Kirei's elimination after joining forces with the Tohsaka and Einzbern families.
— Fine. I look forward to seeing who the Holy Church has sent here. I don't think it will be Narbarek, I heard that he has a very bad temper, " Rin muttered and breathed a sigh of relief.
In her opinion, even if Kotomine Kirei didn't die, at least they could find him very quickly.
— Don't think too much of it. If I'm not mistaken, this will probably be a simple driver.
— The driver? What? Rin's eyes were filled with confusion.
Su Xiao looked Iliyasville up and down. She had amazing strength. But it didn't matter now, since he could control it and blow it up if anything happened. As for her Heroic Soul, of course, he would have to make good use of it.
Because of the wait, time passed very slowly, while Bubtney's time flew very fast. Stan and his two deputies attacked the Matou family. Hearing this, Su Xiao raised his eyebrows. Now he was sure that Stan's goal was similar to his — he wanted to use the local forces to find Kotomine Kirei, but he was clearly one step behind him.
The church must have been confused right now as well. Twice in a day, her man had been reported with unpleasant things, and in one day, the three great families wanted to find him. Kotomine Kirei was really unlucky, he didn't even manage to do anything, and already became the main target of the three largest families and two strongest organizations.
At ten o'clock in the evening, the warning magic outside the castle was triggered.
In the brightly lit room, Rin and Iliasville walked over to the crystal ball and looked at the truck, no, more like a trailer, that was slowly driving along the mountain road.
Soon the trailer screeched to a stop in front of the castle's main gate.
The figure opened the driver's door and jumped out of the trailer.
— The castle of the Einzbern family looks simply magnificent.
The person who came out of the trailer was a priest of about 40 years old, wearing a priest's robe and glasses. He was dressed like a typical demon hunter priest, but in reality, he was just an ordinary driver.
— Who is it? Is there such a person in the Funeral Agency? But he looks familiar and seems strong... " muttered Rin, puzzling over who the man was.
— He's just a driver, " Su Xiao replied, feeling a dull pain on his forehead. The Holy Church was indeed made up of a bunch of scoundrels. They really did send an ordinary driver on this case...
Don's father was a funeral director. He didn't know how to kill anyone, he was mainly responsible for transporting other agents. Don was a very lazy man and didn't have much status at the Funeral Home.
Fortunately, Su Xiao didn't need combat agents from the Holy Church, but bloodhounds, but if Father Dong couldn't find Kotomine Kirei, he would be useless.
The homunculus maid quickly brought Don to the castle. He looked a little lazy, or rather, he really was by nature a very lazy person.
— You are responsible for finding Kotomine Kirei, and I am responsible for eliminating him.".
Father Dong had already received an order from the church a long time ago, so he wasn't surprised by the suggestion.
— Should we go now?" Don asked in an energetic tone, as if he hadn't been a very lazy-looking man before.
— Right.
— Then get in my car, I'm the best church driver, but going backwards in the mountains is a bit out of my element.
— …
Su Xiao didn't say anything. Rin, who was standing next to him, covered her forehead with her hand and seriously wondered if this priest had come here to tell them a few jokes.
After almost ten minutes and five fallen trees, the trailer, emitting black smoke, finally turned around.
Fortunately, it was large enough to accommodate Amu and Hercules.
Dong was driving, and Su Xiao was in the passenger seat.
Rolling down the window, he lit a cigarette and held it outside. As for Rin, Ilyasvil, Sera's maid, Amu, and Hercules, they were all sitting on "comfortable" seats in the trailer.
— Is this a torture device? Rin's voice rang out, shaking with rage.
Every bump was felt by them one hundred percent.
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