*BANG!*
*Splurt!*
"Hey!"
Hearing the gunshot, by the time Josuke reacted, he found Sakuya standing beside him had taken a step back. Blood slid down her arm, revealing a bullet hole in her shoulder.
'What happened just now?'
'Why couldn't I see the bullet's trajectory?'
Instantly summoning Crazy Diamond to punch toward Sakuya's injury to heal her ("Dora!"), Josuke simultaneously remained vigilant against the enemy.
"Is that a Stand ability?"
Thinking of the Stand summoned by that girl earlier, Josuke pondered.
"A Stand that can heal people?"
"Then I can't let you interfere."
"Miyu."
Seeing Sakuya's wound disappear, Akemi Homura immediately turned her head and shouted to Miyu.
"Mn."
Knowing what Homura intended to do, Miyu surged the magical energy within her body, then unleashed that technique...
"Trace... On."
The sky was suddenly filled with densely packed swords and blades, standing erect in the air, looking exceptionally terrifying.
"That amount..."
Josuke looked at the scene in astonishment, finding it hard to believe.
If those were all real swords thrusting towards them, even with Crazy Diamond's power, it would be difficult to knock them all down.
Meanwhile, Homura raised the gun in her hand, aiming at Sakuya, and both launched their attacks simultaneously.
*Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!*
*Bang bang bang!!*
There was no time to react. Whether it was the swords or the bullets, their flight speed was abnormally fast.
"!"
But Sakuya had already thrown the pocket watch in her hand forward before the attack.
Now, reflected in her eyes were the swords and bullets, all paused in mid-air in front of them.
"Regional Time Stop?"
"Saved..."
Josuke breathed a sigh of relief watching this scene.
With an attack of that scale just now, if he couldn't react, he would probably be turned into a sieve instantly.
'Those two girls don't look very old, but they strike ruthlessly.'
Putting away his previously relaxed attitude, Josuke knew he couldn't underestimate the opponent.
"Did you use your Stand to steal my ability?"
Sakuya looked at Miyu and questioned her.
"To say steal is a bit incorrect."
"Actually, her Stand just recorded 'you' as a person."
"What?"
Seeing the opponent roughly guessing the situation, Homura remained calm even though she was covered in injuries.
Miyu turned her gaze to Josuke beside them, secretly paying attention.
Her Stand, "Sakatsuki," although not yet fully matured, already possessed preliminary efficacy.
That was to record the "people" its Master encountered.
Like the effect of the "Throne of Heroes," engraving them within.
When needed, Miyu could insert the recorded "person" into someone else's body, granting them the power of the recorded person.
It could be said to be like giving someone a "possessing Stand"...
Of course, to maintain such an effect, massive magical energy consumption was indispensable.
But for Homura and Miyu, that was practically no cost at all.
When "Sakatsuki" was first born, due to Miyu's overwhelming emotions, "Emiya Shirou" was engraved inside as a memory.
That was the "Stand" she had inserted into Homura's body earlier.
Therefore, Homura could unconditionally use her brother's "Projection Magecraft."
And intentionally going out with Homura today wasn't solely to fight Caster.
Even though Homura had "Projection Magecraft" to make up for the lack of firepower, defeating an opponent who manipulated time would still be difficult.
So this was the meaning of Miyu's arrival.
Using "Sakatsuki" to record the existence of "Caster (Izayoi Sakuya)" and grant it to Homura.
In this way, in the face of identical abilities, the gap between them could be leveled.
And at this moment, Miyu also noticed Higashikata Josuke's magical Stand ability.
The recording range of "Sakatsuki" required Miyu to be nearby.
Except for "Emiya Shirou," who was forcibly stuffed in relying on memory and overpowering emotions, the rest required proximity.
Just now, the moment Homura fired, Sakuya had already detected the time manipulation ability, so she judged that Miyu's Stand might have stolen her power.
*Bang bang bang!!!*
"Tsk, looks like this will be troublesome."
Josuke and Sakuya shifted direction. As the pocket watch was retrieved, the previously paused attacks plowed the ground like a carpet bombing, completely overturning the surface where they stood before.
"Master... can I leave that girl to you?"
"Hoh? It's rare for you to seriously ask me for a favor."
"Because next, I have to fight seriously; it's hard to attend to the side."
"Heh, no problem. Stand User vs. Stand User, Servant vs. Servant."
Hearing Sakuya's voice, Josuke readily accepted.
"Don't think about it!"
Homura knew the opponent's plan and was thinking of taking out a machine gun to sweep them, but suddenly her vision changed.
"!"
An ancient, massive mansion appeared before her eyes. Blood-red light shone on the building, making it look incredibly eerie.
Looking back, there was only an endless forest and a lake filled with thick fog.
"This is...?"
Faintly having a bad premonition, Homura then looked up through the open old gate and saw the maid standing inside.
"Here, we can fight unscrupulously."
"Being in that environment always made it somewhat difficult for me to perform."
Her eyes even emitting a crimson glow, standing straight in the courtyard, Sakuya looked at Homura outside the gate and spoke.
...
"Archer?!"
Watching Homura vanish into thin air, Miyu was stunned.
"Ah... dragged someone else into that haunted house-like place again?"
"Koichi was scared to tears back then. Well, although that place is a bit creepy..."
"But it's quite suitable for separating the battlefield."
"Next, disobedient children need to be educated properly."
Summoning Crazy Diamond, Josuke looked at Miyu and became serious.
Without that time-manipulating Servant helping nearby, in a battle between Masters, he still had confidence in winning.
Subdue this girl, then take the Dragon Ball, and it would be their victory.
"Trace... On!"
Knowing the opponent intended to attack, Miyu directly used "Projection Magecraft."
*Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!*
"Dora-ra-ra-ra!!"
Using his Stand to smash all the flying swords with fists, Josuke stood with ease.
"Attacks of this level are useless against me."
His posture with one hand on his hip looked so dashing.
And so...
Miyu unleashed "Projection Magecraft" without restraint.
When swords and blades covering the sky and earth like impending rain appeared in the air, Josuke's face went directly black.
"Eeeek!!!"
He turned his head and ran towards a place with cover nearby.
Are you kidding me!
If it were just a dozen, it would be fine, but with a scale of hundreds, how could he knock them all down with Crazy Diamond's two hands?
This little girl... where did she get so much magical energy?!
**PS:**
Miyu's "Stand" is actually quite useless if changed to another person.
Because it looks like it can do many amazing things, but that is built on the condition that both the user and the recipient have massive magical energy.
The stronger the "Stand" stuffed into others, the greater the magical energy consumption.
It's only because this case is special—Homura is connected to Miyu, and Miyu herself is equivalent to infinite magical energy—that resulted in such a good effect.