Berserker blurred through the city as the night took over, millions of points of light blinding the sky overhead, hiding the stars.
This was the most opportune moment to take out either Archer or Shirou Emiya.
Using Selene, he had already confirmed that Rin and Saber had gone out, leaving the two behind.
With Assassin trapped in the three-layered battlefield, helping the Grimoire's Characters to go past their limits, Berserker stood the best chance of injuring either Archer or Shirou.
Then, with Medea's help, he could dispatch at least one of them.
Not to mention, Dark Sakura, Saber Alter, and Ainz Ooal Gown must be recuperating somewhere as well.
Enkidu wouldn't meddle in the Holy Grail War needlessly, either. He was a Ruler-Class Servant summoned by the Counter Force for a very specific purpose — to take care of The Shadow before the Greater Grail could give birth to Angra Mainyu.
Unlike other Ruler-Class Servants, Enkidu wasn't here to oversee the Holy Grail War. Despite that, Enkidu still possessed two Command Seals for each Servant in the War to exert his will upon them.
The only baffling question was that why Enkidu didn't use those Command Seals to take care of Dark Sakura on that night?
Even though Kai couldn't confirm the reason by Enkidu's inaction, the Ad Infinitum could make a logical guess..
The Holy Grail War hadn't truly begin at that moment, and all the Servants were yet to be summoned, preventing the Ruler from activating the Command Seals, perhaps?
Anyway, Kai wasn't worried about Enkidu's interference in his ambushing of Tohsaka Mansion.
Also, with Rider at the Einzbern Castle, and unknown to Kai's plan of going after Shirou, Sakura wouldn't send her to intervene.
Lancer could, but that was something Kai was dearly hoping for, too.
With the Commendable Milestone dangling the tastiest carrot, Gae Bolg, in front of Kai, the only thing keeping him from going after Lancer right now was Gilgamesh.
Lancer was Kirei Kotomine's Servant.
But he wasn't the Overseer's only Servant.
Kirei could summon Gilgamesh next to himself anytime using Command Seal, too.
With Venom and all the Buffs, Kai could easily take on a Servant. But the likes of Enkidu, Gilgamesh, Saber, and Saber Alter were still unknown variables in the equation and could easily resist his full power strike.
Not to mention, all Servants had their own Noble Phantasms.
Even Lancer, who couldn't fight Berserker on equal grounds, despite his rise in strength after losing his evil counterpart to The Shadow, had almost killed him. If it wasn't for his Luck, then Kai had all but died.
But that's also why Lancer wouldn't interfere even if he was lurking around Tohsaka Mansion.
By ambushing Berserker, under Kirei's orders, he had broken the silent alliance between Kirei and Black.
In Kirei and Lancer's minds, Berserker could be coming after them any moment now.
So, they must be on guard against not only Berserker, but Black, Medea, and Rider as well.
And that only left one element that could come in Kai's way today, preventing him from killing off at least one between Archer and Shirou.
The Order's Contestant!
Even as he rushed through the city, hiding his presence as much as he could to not alert any Servant and taking precautions, Kai couldn't help but praise the Contestant with the Video Camera.
Ever since his first arrival for Zouken Matou's Inheritance, and then falling under the Rules of My House, My Rules, he hadn't appeared at all.
And the only reason Kai could think of was the Contestant's Evil counterpart.
Even for Kai, ironically, such a concept of separating good and evil was beyond his reasoning. If it wasn't out of desperation to save Sakura, and sticking to the Hidden Mission he had received after devouring Illya, then he wouldn't have gone that far.
Now, even Kai did not know what was happening with these separated entities.
The only thing to go with was Sakura's feeling of emptiness, which she had mentioned felt like a hole through her stomach.
This Order's Contestant had not only managed to remain underground, but he had also skipped two major battles.
One at the Homurahara Academy and the other last night in the middle of a forest.
Regardless of the reasons for the Contestant not showing himself, it only made sense he wouldn't show himself now, either.
If he didn't have the guts to take advantage of chaos, then he wouldn't appear in front of Berserker, willingly seeking chaos as well.
So, as he saw Tohsaka Mansion, Venom grinned, baring its fang, its tongue slithering out as the thrill of an all-out brawl rushed into its mind.
Even Kai, under Venom's biological armor, smiled, feeling the itch.
He was looking forward to battling Archer, who, like him, possessed a Reality Marble.
Unfortunately, as soon as the smile had surfaced on Kai's lips, it crumbled even sooner.
"Hmm?" Venom growled, sensing Kai's thoughts as well. "What's happening?! Didn't we just pass by that building?!"
Ignoring the oddest feeling that went beyond Deja Vu, Venom boomed toward the distant Tohsaka Mansion.
And, in the very next moment, they passed by the same building.
No feeling of bending of space or the reversal of time.
No warning from the Lucky Intuitions, either.
Despite his mastery over Ancient Magical Script, Kai couldn't even see any sign of Magic through Venom's eyes.
Losing all momentum, Kai came to a stop and looked around, a heavy feeling settling in his heart.
"Get inside," he said.
"What? No! I am more…"
Kai didn't listen to Venom's barks and forced the creature in, revealing himself.
In a pure white overcoat over white pants and shoes, the Demon King's slitted, hazel eyes let out a purple demonic glow, his short white hair flailing against the light wind.
If the spacetime is already severed, then… Kai thought as the AI went through millions of possibilities backed by Lucky Intuitions.
The conclusion he reached forced him to don the armor of Calm.
"To what do I owe the pleasure," Kai said, smiling, locking his hands behind his back, "for Your Eminence to trap a weakling like me —
— Mr. Zelretch."
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