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First step, survive the Assassin!
Second step, catch the Assassin!
Third step, confront them head-on!
Only three steps, it sounds as simple as putting an elephant in a refrigerator.
Medea, Kisaragi Rin, and Yukinoshita Yukino were all deep in thought, knowing that the Assassin would undoubtedly prioritize assassinating the three of them.
Time was pressing. Yukinoshita Yukino sighed inwardly and said directly, "Mr. Kisaragi, given your attempt to invite him to play soccer, you must have already provoked the other party, right?"
"Plus, with the three Heroic Spirits you control, whether rationally or emotionally, you are undoubtedly the Assassin's primary target for execution…"
"Yes." Kisaragi Rin naturally knew he was the opponent's primary assassination target.
In other words, it was precisely because of his presence—a person whose death would instantly decide the outcome of the battle—that Kisaragi Rin was confident the Assassin would make a move!
So, how to survive the assassination?
Demonic Hell Sanctuary?
Are the abilities of Heroic Spirits truly enough, given their diverse nature?
"Let me do it, Kisaragi."
Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly spoke, and then she heard Kisaragi Rin's reply.
"No, what strength do you have?"
Yukinoshita Yukino: "…"
Yukinoshita Yukino once again wanted to find an item to make Kisaragi Rin forget their experiences in Demon Slayer. She sighed and continued, "I have the protection of the scabbard; the Assassin's attack can't instantly kill me. And without dying, Lily's Noble Phantasm can restore my injuries at any time."
"The current problem is that their target is very likely me, but I can't use Saber's scabbard."
Yes, Saber's Avalon required recognition to be used. Yukinoshita Yukino successfully gained recognition, and Kisaragi Rin naturally tried as well, but Avalon completely ignored him.
"Then let me disguise as you!"
Yukinoshita Yukino stated her plan.
Then, she looked at her last Command Spell. Achieving an A-rank evaluation in the previous world brought about significant changes in strength. Moreover, Yukinoshita Yukino at least had a sister who was a player.
…
Someone will surely ask, couldn't player organizations with backgrounds use resources to cultivate players into invincible existences, and then, through low-level but high-strength, seize higher rewards and evaluations in the Paradise Game, rolling like a snowball?
In fact, background does have a great effect, but this effect also has a limitation.
That is, the most fundamental aptitude of a player!
Player aptitude is limited. Can a low-level player who has just begun to evolve truly withstand too many evolution materials (bloodline, Skill, physique) at once?
When high-level Skills and powerful bloodlines appear extensively on a low-level player, what they bring is not only invincible combat power at their level, but also a risk of losing control far exceeding their level!
Not every player can fill their player panel as carelessly as Kisaragi Rin.
Under this self-aptitude limitation, players with backgrounds who want to cheat through external forces must always consider whether they can bear it.
Of course, in this world, there will certainly be existences with extremely high inherent aptitude who can withstand Skills and bloodlines far beyond their level from the start, but more often, they are just ordinary players testing the limits of their own aptitude.
The former will become the "high-level players" that Soichiro Kuzuki mentioned are specially cultivated by various organizations.
And the vast majority of the latter, under the threat of losing control, can only carefully accept family resources, test their own bottom line, and use some Skills and bloodlines that fit their current level, not even daring to upgrade these Skills to too high a level.
This aptitude problem naturally has solutions, and here we will only mention the most common one: increasing one's player level!
A basic rule is that when a player's level increases, it brings a gain in free attribute points.
Free attribute points?
What is freedom?
It is an existence that will not burden the player at all. This attribute growth not only does not bring aptitude pressure but, like returning to the placenta, fundamentally transforms everything from destiny, enhancing the player's aptitude!
So, if aptitude is insufficient, even cheating can only be like peeking at a 200-pound classmate's test paper with 600-degree nearsighted eyes. Only if aptitude is sufficient can one directly take someone else's perfect test paper and change the name to their own.
Then someone will surely ask again.
Since Skills and bloodlines cannot be directly applied, wouldn't it be better to just use equipment and items as external forces?
Equipment and items have usage conditions!
Not to mention various bizarre conditions, the most common requirement for equipment and items is often the user's own attributes.
And because it doesn't involve aptitude, the price of equipment and items is clearly higher.
Especially equipment with fewer usage conditions and higher applicability, like Kisaragi Rin's Banner of Demons, which only restricts intelligence level, its price far exceeds that of general equipment.
Everything, at its root, is about aptitude.
…
Yukinoshita Yukino indeed had several pieces of equipment and items gifted by her sister, such as the already used [Kitten Can't Go to Heaven], which had a rule effect. She looked at her last Command Spell, having already decided to immediately unseal an item!
"Kisaragi, I will use an item to temporarily swap our identities. We understand each other so well; remember to disguise well."
"No problem, Miss Yukinoshita Yukino."
Medea: "I will conceal your actions."
Upon entering the King's Army, Medea had already begun constructing a shield, and now, the extraction of magical energy accelerated, obscuring Yukinoshita Yukino's use of the Command Spell.
"I will use one Command Spell to unseal one of my items – Two People Unformed!"
Item – Two People Unformed
Description: Hold my handle. Now, let's swap the identities of "Dad" and "Mom" and see what difficulty makes you always fail to cooperate!
Effect: In Paradise Games with "Identity Implantation," temporarily swap each other's identity settings.
Bonus: None
Usage Condition: Obtain the other party's consent.
The item looked like two coins. When Yukinoshita Yukino handed her coin, which had a "Mom's portrait," to Kisaragi Rin, their Paradise-implanted identities swapped at that moment.
In the eyes of the Fuyuki City locals.
Yukinoshita Yukino became Matou Shinji, and Kisaragi Rin became Fujimura Taiga!
When Kiritsugu Emiya pierced Matou Shinji's brain, under the protection of Avalon, this strike not only failed to kill, but the Fujimura Taiga next to him also smiled.
He said, "I got you."
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