# Chapter 12: The Least Likable Heroic Spirit
Walking along the bustling street, Su Xiao scratched his cheek. He never thought that one day he would be received with goodwill. If he could return alive, he would visit the church once more.
Just then, a sense of crisis suddenly emerged.
"Hm?"
Su Xiao looked toward a distant rooftop, vaguely spotting Bubu Wang there. The sense of danger he felt was faint but persistent. Based on his experience, this meant someone was observing him from afar.
Su Xiao nonchalantly withdrew his arms into his sleeves, turned around, and entered a nearby shop.
A few minutes later, Su Xiao walked out of the shop, his clothes changed, the disguise mask removed from his face, and a blood-red "Command Seal" appearing on the back of his right hand.
Su Xiao concealed all his equipment, wearing plain civilian clothes. With his altered appearance, the feeling of being watched disappeared.
Su Xiao temporarily didn't reunite with Bubu Wang and the others. After sending a message to Bubu Wang, he headed alone toward the outskirts of Fuyuki City.
Bubu Wang immediately understood the situation and, bringing Matou Sakura along, also rushed toward the outskirts of Fuyuki City.
Along the way, Su Xiao acquired a car. Those who had been monitoring him earlier were either other contractors or some Heroic Spirit or Master.
The combinations of the remaining six Heroic Spirits and their Masters were all concentrated in Fuyuki City. Since Fuyuki City wasn't large, the possibility of accidental encounters wasn't zero.
Su Xiao temporarily didn't want to come into contact with other Heroic Spirits. He needed to head to Ryuudou Temple as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, according to the priest, during the daytime, he couldn't find Ryuudou Temple with the "Skin of the Demon Goat." He could only locate it after eight o'clock in the evening at the earliest.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao arrived at the urban area near Ryuudou Temple. The moment he got out of the car, the feeling of being watched returned.
Su Xiao's expression turned unpleasant. Did the other party think he had a good temper? They had followed him all the way here, and it wasn't just one group.
The reason he was being targeted, Su Xiao guessed, was because he had entered "Kirei Church" and come into contact with the old priest. As the supervisor of the Holy Grail War, the old priest was bound to have many people watching him.
That was indeed the case. Tokiomi Tohsaka, Kiritsugu Emiya, Kayneth, and others had all placed informants near Kirei Church.
Su Xiao entered a residential building with a grim expression. Not long after, Bubu Wang arrived with Matou Sakura and Kariya Matou.
After everyone entered the residential building, the surroundings fell completely silent.
One kilometer away from Su Xiao's residential building, Kiritsugu Emiya put down his binoculars. He was the Master of Saber (Knight of the Sword).
Kiritsugu Emiya was around thirty years old, with black hair, wearing a black trench coat, black pants, and black shoes—all black.
The reason for this attire was that he was accustomed to assassinating magi at night, and these clothes reduced the possibility of exposure.
Kiritsugu Emiya was a Heroic Spirit's Master, and his combat ability was not weak. He was known as the Magus Killer, a ruthless man. He had once removed several of his own ribs, ground them into powder, used soul engineering to condense the bone powder, and crafted it into bullet heads. Bullets made from these were named "Origin Bullets." Any magus hit by an Origin Bullet, even if they survived, would have their magic circuits severely damaged.
"That was a Heroic Spirit's Master earlier? That black one should be Berserker (Mad Warrior)."
Kiritsugu Emiya picked up the sniper rifle beside him. At this distance, shooting the enemy Master, he had an eighty percent hit rate.
It was perfectly normal for Kariya Matou to be mistaken for Berserker (Mad Warrior), after all, this guy was emitting black smoke all over, and the paint on him had dried. From a distance, one couldn't smell the paint on him.
"Should we take the initiative or observe?"
The female assistant beside Kiritsugu Emiya spoke. She had been saved by Kiritsugu Emiya on the battlefield and was completely loyal to him, almost like his weapon.
"Observe for now. I have a bad feeling. That Master is off."
The female assistant nodded. She would follow Kiritsugu Emiya's orders in all actions.
"What about the other group? Should we ignore them?"
The female assistant picked up the binoculars and looked toward the east, where another combination of Heroic Spirit and Master was located.
"Ignore them. If I'm not mistaken, that's Kayneth, Lancer's (Knight of the Lance) Master. The best scenario now is for Lancer's (Knight of the Lance) faction to clash with Berserker's (Mad Warrior) faction."
Kiritsugu Emiya looked through the scope at the window of Su Xiao's residential building. The curtains had already been drawn tight.
"Already noticed? Very alert."
Kiritsugu Emiya placed his finger on the sniper rifle's trigger, while the female assistant beside him began assembling a large firearm—a sniper cannon.
This scene fell into the eyes of a blonde-haired girl wearing a black suit. The strand of ahoge on top of her head was particularly conspicuous. Her emerald-like eyes were pure, and her appearance was beyond reproach.
At this moment, the actions of Kiritsugu Emiya and his female assistant clearly displeased the ahoge girl. She felt that this kind of "sneaky" behavior violated the spirit of chivalry.
"Master, are we going to win through ambush?"
The ahoge girl spoke. Her name was Artoria Pendragon, the legendary King Arthur from ancient Britain, one of the seven Heroic Spirits in this Holy Grail War, taking the Saber (Knight of the Sword) class. Her personality was loyal, upright, humble, polite, and serious. She possessed the inheritance of the holy sword Excalibur.
"Yes. Winning with minimal losses is common sense, just like sacrificing a few to save the majority. You only need to hold off the enemy's Servant."
Clearly, Kiritsugu Emiya and Saber had a severe personality clash.
Hearing Kiritsugu Emiya's words, Saber frowned, but she said nothing. Casually criticizing others was also a bad character trait.
This girl didn't know that she could become a knight, even the legendary King of Knights, but she should never have become a king. There was no such thing as a king without greed or selfish desires.
On the other side, inside a dilapidated, unfinished building.
A man wearing a magus robe leaned against the wall. From his expression, it was clear that his mood hadn't been good lately.
The man's name was Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, a lecturer at the Mage's Association, a genius magus with extremely high prestige among magi.
As one of the Masters participating in this Holy Grail War, Kayneth was very dissatisfied with his Servant—no, extremely dissatisfied.
Originally, he could have summoned a stronger Servant. Unfortunately, due to the loss of the catalyst, he, who had wanted to summon Rider (Cavalry), was forced to summon Lancer (Knight of the Lance) instead.
Actually, summoning Lancer (Knight of the Lance) wasn't that bad, since each class of Heroic Spirit had its advantages.
But of all things, he had summoned Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. Diarmuid was hailed as the "Chief Warrior of the Fianna" in Ireland, also known as Diarmuid of the Love Spot.
Legend had it that Diarmuid possessed a love mole bestowed by a fairy, which could make any woman fall unconditionally in love with him.
When he first summoned Diarmuid, Kayneth saw the tear mole under the other's eye and immediately panicked, beginning to suspect the truth of that legend.
If Kayneth had been single, it wouldn't have mattered. But he happened to have a very beautiful fiancée. Coupled with Diarmuid's handsome appearance and that magical tear mole...
After summoning Diarmuid for some time, Kayneth always felt that his yellow hair was starting to turn green—a vivid, verdant green.