vncnus Chapter 130 Origin Bullet and Bajiquan
Chapter 130 Origin Bullet and Bajiquan
The dense forest behind the Tohsaka residence fell into a deathly silence.
There was no earth-shattering magical roar of Servants clashing; here, only the most primal killing intent fermented wildly between two shadowy figures like lone wolves.
"Finally, it's just the two of us, Kiritsugu Emiya."
Kirei Kotomine slowly emerged from the shadows of the tree canopy, his jet-black robes almost blending into the night.
His hands hung at his sides, each finger holding three "black keys" that emitted a cold, sharp light.
Upon seeing the man before him, Kirei's soul, which had been empty for nearly thirty years, felt a sense of fulfillment that was almost terrifying.
"I have been observing you and trying to understand you over the past period of time."
Kirei's voice sounded perfectly calm, yet it carried a chilling fervor.
"You and I both have a huge void in our hearts, but you filled it... because of that false ideal called 'justice'?"
Tell me, Kiritsugu Emiya, when you kill without hesitation for that vague and unattainable ideal, do you truly feel pleasure in your heart?
Faced with Kirei's soul-searching question, Kiritsugu Emiya's answer was an extremely cold and decisive physical exorcism.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
There was no nonsense, not even the slightest hesitation!
Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly raised the Calico M950 submachine gun in his left hand and unleashed a deadly barrage of bullets at Kirei at a terrifying rate of more than ten rounds per second.
The 9mm Parabellum pistol bullet instantly tore through the air, forming an impenetrable web of death.
However, in the instant the firelight flickered, Kirei moved.
That's a speed that humans should never have.
Kirei's legs unleashed a terrifying burst of power, his body gliding along the ground like a black cheetah.
Instead of retreating, he charged at Kiritsugu amidst a hail of bullets with extreme ferocity.
"Jingle bells!"
Kirei waved his arms, and the sleeves of his robes, which had undergone extremely rigorous purification, were infused with highly pure magic.
Bullets strong enough to penetrate the human body struck the robes, producing a muffled sound as if hitting a bulletproof steel plate, before being deflected.
Occasionally, a few tricky bullets would be accurately deflected by the black key in his hand with a subtle trajectory that was difficult to detect with the naked eye.
"Is this your answer? That's too cold."
A smile appeared on Kirei's lips.
In just two seconds of firefight, he had already covered a distance of thirty meters and closed in on Kiritsugu.
The three black keys in his right hand transformed into three fierce, cold beams of light, piercing straight at Kiritsugu's throat and heart!
"Wow! This Church agent's physical abilities have reached a level almost identical to a Servant's!"
A hint of seriousness flashed in Kiritsugu's dead fish eyes; he knew he absolutely could not engage this monster in close combat.
"Time Alter - Double Accel (Time-Controlled, 2x Speed)!"
Kiritsugu's heart rate doubled instantly, and his body became a blur as he slid to the side in a way that defied the laws of physics, narrowly avoiding the Black Key's fatal thrust.
At the same time, he suddenly raised his right hand, which he had been preparing all along.
The pistol loaded with "Origin Bullets," its dark muzzle precisely locked onto Kirei's forehead!
Pull the trigger.
"boom!"
A deafening gunshot, like the roar of a wild beast, shattered the dense forest!
This bullet, made from Kiritsugu's rib powder, roared toward its prey, carrying the absolute concept of "cutting and joining."
Once it hits or is intercepted by magic defense, the bullet will instantly sever and run rampage through the enemy's magic circuit, completely blasting them into a cripple from the inside.
But Kirei Kotomine's intuition had been honed to an abnormal level through countless brushes with death.
The instant the muzzle flashed, an extremely intense and deadly sense of crisis instantly pierced his spine.
He did not hesitate at all.
"Buzz!"
An immense, almost tangible surge of magic power instantly flowed into Kirei's legs, forcibly twisting his body at an extremely bizarre angle, despite the impossibility of the situation.
"laugh!"
The Origin Bullet grazed Kirei's left arm, its terrifying kinetic energy tearing through his robes and leaving a deep, bone-revealing gash on the outside of his left arm, with large chunks of flesh being ripped away.
However, what is chilling is that Kirei, who lost half of the muscle in his arm, not only did not utter any pain, but the smile on his face became even more distorted.
"I see... This kind of Mystic Code that can disrupt magic circuits from the inside, is this your trump card as the 'Magician Killer'? It's... amazing!"
The excruciating pain did not deter Kirei; instead, it completely ignited the ferocity that had been dormant within him for many years.
He completely abandoned his defense and, using the momentum from twisting his body, took a sudden step forward.
"Snap!"
The hard ground was trodden into a spiderweb-like pit by Qi Li's feet. This is a close-quarters killing technique in Chinese martial arts that maximizes destructive power.
—Bajiquan!
Without the obstruction of the black keys, Kirei's intact right hand clenched into a fist, creating a piercing sonic boom as it struck Kiritsugu Emiya's chest.
If this punch lands, Kiritsugu's heart, along with his ribs, will be instantly blasted into a pile of minced meat.
There's no escaping it!
Kiritsugu's body simply could not withstand such a fatal injury. In the face of life and death, Kiritsugu gritted his teeth and forcibly squeezed out the last bit of magical power from his body.
He recklessly activated a technique that exceeded the limits of his body.
"Time Alter - Triple Accel (Inherent Time Control, Triple Speed)!!!"
"Pfft!"
Kiritsugu's capillaries burst in an instant, and blood gushed from the corners of his eyes, his nasal cavity, and the pores of his skin.
But at this extremely tragic cost, his body was forced to shift backward by half an inch at the last possible moment!
"Bang, snap!"
Kirei's Bajiquan, powerful enough to split rocks and shatter monuments, did not directly strike Kiritsugu's heart, but it heavily grazed his left ribs!
The sound of bones cracking rang out, and Kiritsugu's four ribs on the left side were instantly broken, with the broken bone spurs nearly piercing his lungs.
He was thrown out like a rag doll.
After breaking a tree trunk as thick as a bowl, he crashed heavily into the muddy ground covered with fallen leaves, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Cough cough... Uh!"
Kiritsugu clutched his collapsed chest and struggled to raise the pistol in his hand.
His vision was blurred by blood, and his brain was experiencing intense dizziness due to the extreme acceleration.
Ahead, Kirei Kotomine, dragging his bloodied left arm, stepped on withered branches and approached Kiritsugu step by step.
"Your movements have slowed down, Kiritsugu Emiya. Is it because your false ideals are no longer enough to sustain you in this fight?"
Kirei drew another black key from his hand, his empty eyes gleaming with extreme pleasure—an intense longing for the blood of Emiya Kiritsugu.
He raised the black keys high, ready to deliver the final blow to this man.
However, at this very moment when these two men, trapped in the abyss, were about to face a true life-or-death struggle.
"Gurgle... gurgle gurgle..."