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"Pure?"
Kisaragi Rin looked at himself. In the eyes of the locals in Fuyuki City, he was a high school student named Matou Shinji.
The reason Kisaragi Rin wanted to verify Caren's purity was to confirm the timeline of Fuyuki City.
This timeline, of course, was not the date on the calendar, but the timeline of the retreat of the supernatural in Fuyuki City.
The former had already proven that it was currently within the timeline of the Fifth Holy Grail War.
And the latter?
As early as when he saw Matou Zouken, Kisaragi Rin already knew that the "retreat of the supernatural" must have been caused by something, and not that this world was inherently so.
The reason, of course, was that the old man Matou Zouken had long passed the age of being Sakura's grandfather; without the extension of life through magic, Matou Zouken should have been in his grave.
If this world was inherently an ordinary world where the supernatural was forbidden, then Kisaragi Rin should not have seen a living Matou Zouken at Matou Residence, but rather a photograph of the Matou Family ancestor hanging on the wall.
Therefore, the retreat of the supernatural in this world must have been the result of a person or an event!
And now, Caren said that her father, Kirei Kotomine, died in a big fire ten years ago?
Ten years ago, that was when the Fourth Holy Grail War began, and the big fire that appeared in the original plot was because Kiritsugu Emiya ordered Saber to destroy the black holy grail. When the black holy grail was destroyed, the black mud also flowed out. These black mud possessed the power of destruction that could burn all life, ultimately triggering the big fire.
Kirei Kotomine played both the role of a referee and the Master of the Assassin class in the Fourth Holy Grail War. After Assassin died, he also teamed up with Gilgamesh (male version) to backstab his teacher, Tohsaka Tokiomi.
Kirei Kotomine died in this big fire?
Perhaps, to put it another way, Kirei Kotomine "might have" died during the Fourth Holy Grail War.
The reason for "might have" was that Kisaragi Rin couldn't just believe Caren when she said her father died.
Perhaps this Mapo priest was just faking his death and is now happily watching the players from behind the scenes?
"Did the retreat of the supernatural in this world happen after the Fourth Holy Grail War?"
Kisaragi Rin asked himself. Although he had largely confirmed it, more argumentation was needed.
The Masters of the Fourth Holy Grail War were Tohsaka Tokiomi, Kariya Matou, Kiritsugu Emiya, Kirei Kotomine, Kenneth, Waver, and Ryuunosuke Uryuu.
Kenneth and Waver were outsiders, and the Hyatt Hotel was fine. Kisaragi Rin couldn't know if they also died in the big fire like Kirei Kotomine.
Ryuunosuke Uryuu was a perverted murderer; he would need to be investigated to find out his final fate.
As for the other three, the old unlucky guy from the Matou Family, Kariya Matou, could be known now.
Kisaragi Rin communicated with Spider Mother, asking her to enter Sakura's dream and find out Kariya Matou's fate.
"According to Sakura's dream, not long after she was adopted by Tohsaka Tokiomi into the Matou Family, this uncle named Kariya Matou died in a big fire," Spider Mother said, making a new piece of information clear.
One Kirei Kotomine dying in a big fire could be a coincidence, but what about adding Kariya Matou?
Kisaragi Rin was already eager to go to the Tohsaka Family and see if Tohsaka Tokiomi also died in this perfunctory big fire.
"Do you have a lead?" Yukinoshita Yukino asked from the side. Kisaragi Rin had to go to the Workshop to consult Spider Mother. During the time Kisaragi Rin left and returned, no changes occurred at Kotomine Church.
"It's largely confirmed that the timeline of the retreat of the supernatural in this world is during the Fourth Holy Grail War."
Kisaragi Rin had naturally chatted with the Heroic Spirits and Yukinoshita Yukino about the general information of the Fate World; leaving all the busy work to himself was not the right thing to do.
Hearing Kisaragi Rin's answer, Yukinoshita Yukino pondered for a moment and came up with a name.
"Kiritsugu Emiya?"
"Hmm... I can only say he indeed has a very high probability."
Kiritsugu Emiya was the protagonist of the Fourth Holy Grail War, and in the original plot, it was he who summoned Saber using the lost scabbard of King Arthur as a Holy Relic.
Saber's situation was special; she possessed a physical body. This meant that if she was summoned by Kiritsugu Emiya to participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War, then Saber should have that memory.
However, according to Saber's account, she did not participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
Furthermore, the scabbard, which should have been the Holy Relic for summoning Saber, suddenly returned to King Arthur's hands.
It is now largely confirmed that the retreat of the supernatural in Fuyuki City occurred around the Fourth Holy Grail War. So, isn't Kiritsugu Emiya, who didn't summon Saber in the Fourth Holy Grail War, very conspicuous?
From the perspective of destiny, Kiritsugu Emiya was a protagonist.
From the perspective of experience, Kiritsugu Emiya not summoning the fated Saber would inevitably lead to some change in the Fourth Holy Grail War.
Kiritsugu Emiya was undoubtedly the most likely candidate to cause all of this!
As long as there is an advantage in information, the rest is merely logical analysis.
Yukinoshita Yukino naturally understood this, which is why she pointed out Kiritsugu Emiya.
She continued, "There are no traces of Kiritsugu Emiya at Emiya Residence. I've also replaced Fujimura Taiga. If I want to find his whereabouts now, I can only go to the protagonist, Emiya Shirou, who broke his leg."
"That's true, but there's no need to rush to find that protagonist yet. We have other things to do now that we've come to Kotomine Church."
Saying that, Kisaragi Rin looked at Caren again.
Without needing to be told, Medea understood Kisaragi Rin's intention and began to review Caren's memories from the past two days.
"Indeed, player identities have been planted in Kotomine Church, and there are two of them."
"Both nuns in Caren's memory were good children she interacted with daily. Yesterday, they suddenly took a few days off for something, and it's unclear where they went now…"
Due to the effect of the Paradise's identity placement, the players' images, in the eyes of the Fuyuki City locals, would become the person they replaced; even memory probing wouldn't change this.
Kisaragi Rin didn't think he could figure out the identities of the last two players this way. He was just here to verify one thing.
That is, are Assassin and Archer on the same side?
Now, it was undoubtedly confirmed!
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