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They scorn science and technology. Yet most magicians never realize just how far humanity could go without magic.

Only by using unconventional methods can one achieve victory. Through battles with numerous magicians, Kiritsugu derived a formula—to defeat a magician, one cannot rely on magic.

Adhering to this philosophy, Kiritsugu Emiya chose modern firearms. Their simple operation, considerable power, and extremely fast attack speed meant that many magicians perished at his hands when the enemy was caught off guard.

This time was no exception. Taking advantage of the current chaotic situation in the cabin, coupled with the magicians' habitual thinking that they would only be on guard against magic, five magicians fell into pools of blood in just one minute.

The 9mm pistol he used, equipped with a silencer, had an effective range of about 50 meters. Within this range, the magician was easily taken down, causing further chaos.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shishikage Kairi discerned a faint gunshot and noticed Emiya Kiritsugu firing a shot from behind. However, what puzzled him was that the man with the pistol seemed to be attacking the doll, but was actually looking for an opportunity to shoot the magician.

Chapter 249 Everyone Takes the Stage (Part 2)

The melee here was actually quite uneventful. The magicians were effectively killing each other by exploiting the blind spots of modern firearms, which they were unfamiliar with. In a short time, half of the magicians attacking the puppets had been eliminated by Kiritsugu.

It's not impossible that some magicians noticed Kiritsugu Emiya's unusual behavior, but they simply strengthened their defenses and didn't take any further action. After all, they were just a group of selfish individuals, and their gathering here didn't mean they were allies.

But as more and more magicians died at the hands of Kiritsugu Emiya, the person who was in charge of overseeing the situation finally realized that something was wrong.

He tossed out a handful of black sand, dissolving the puppets surrounding him, and the Overseer stared coldly at Kiritsugu Emiya.

In fact, his identity as the supervisor was not exposed. Those who were qualified to know his identity did not reveal it, so the other magicians present did not react much to the attack on him.

But in his heart, he already knew that Aozaki Touko wanted to kill him. Even though she knew his identity as the supervisor, she still chose to attack him, which meant that there was a high chance that the matter had been exposed.

However, as the supervisor, he possessed absolute strength, so he remained unscathed throughout the chaotic battle.

Although there was some confusion at first, now that he had ensured his own safety, he finally realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

The files of the magicians who boarded this plane, but due to arrogance and habitual thinking, even when they saw Kiritsugu Emiya, the "magician killer," they subconsciously thought that someone had paid him a lot of money to kill Touko Aozaki.

After all, according to previous investigations, Aozaki Touko's assets were not much, but now it seems that this perception may be absolutely wrong.

In first class, Lydia watched the scenes displayed in the crystal ball with an expression of amusement, while the woman sitting opposite her had reverted to her calm, smiling expression.

"Your forensic science department really likes to find a way to meddle." After a long while, Lydia looked at the female magician of the forensic science department with an arrogance that she didn't have when she was talking to Aozaki Touko.

If Lydia's behavior when chatting with Orange was more of a haughty tsundere than an arrogant one, then now she is completely haughty—the haughty tsundere of a superior towards a subordinate.

The woman opposite him smiled reservedly and then said, "You, who will one day succeed to the throne, must know the importance of rules. Moreover, the Clock Tower is not a charity. In order to ensure its normal operation, we, the Forensic Department, are responsible for making and maintaining the rules, right?"

Although she ended with a question, the tone was as if stating a fact.

Ultimately, the immature Lydel didn't know how to refute, and the other party didn't seem inclined to continue speaking, instead turning to look at Aozaki Touko's corpse.

An ordinary magician cannot fool someone with a Gold-level Mystic Eye, and what lies there now is undoubtedly the corpse of Aozaki Touko.

"It seems that Aozaki Touko failed this test." The woman stated her conclusion in a calm tone, but when she turned to look at Lydia, she found that the other was looking at her with a mocking gaze.

The female magician blinked, puzzled, and asked, "Did my conclusion offend you?"

Lydia didn't answer immediately. Instead, she shifted to a more comfortable sitting position and looked at Orange's corpse. "Why do you think I would be angry about your conclusion?"

"Because of Aozaki Touko's failure, doesn't that mean you've seen through her?" the female magician replied, her lips clenched.

"If this is the only conclusion you can draw, then it means that the Forensic Science Department is nothing special. In that case, may I perhaps offer my opinion to the other monarchs of the Clock Tower about your overreaching ways?"

Lydia first rebuked the other party without any politeness, and then spoke these words from the position of the highest-ranking noble.

Upon hearing Lydia's words, the woman opposite her instantly changed her expression, her eyes filled with fear, resentment, and hatred.

"As expected, you're in cahoots too. It seems I really need to report this to the Barthero family." In this conversation, which lasted less than three minutes in total, Lydel discerned the woman's stance from her reaction.

Then she looked at the crystal ball, as if speaking to herself, or perhaps to others: "This farce is coming to an end. Don't disappoint me, Aozaki Touko."

Schemes can be divided into covert and overt schemes, and this incident was an overt scheme.

For Orange, the incident of being ambushed on the plane was something she orchestrated herself.

After all, rather than letting those people disrupt her plans at an odd time, it would be more convenient to just gather them together and eliminate them. So she spread the word about her return to Japan, bought the plane, manufactured a large number of dolls, and then began to wait for the rats to enter the scene.

This plan was an open scheme to lure willing participants. Although some people withdrew due to Lydia's presence, and then abandoned the simplest and quickest method because they were worried about spending their money, they instead hired Kiritsugu Emiya and the currently unknown Kairi Shishikai, the outcome was still satisfactory to her.

This operation not only cleaned up the mess left over from the past, but also further proved the feasibility of her technology, and Orange was already very satisfied.

She had actually died in the previous attack by the Mafia with explosives, but thanks to the technology she obtained from her counterpart in another world, she had already created a spare body before coming to London. The body that was destroyed that time was actually that spare body.

Her true form has always been kept in her own workshop in the Clock Tower. When she goes out, she uses a body that her soul transferred into, which she made herself and which is indistinguishable from her original body.

Although there was no difference, based on the difference in age and experience, Orange, who had not yet reached the point of being indifferent to any "self," chose a more troublesome method to carefully preserve her body.

On the day she returned to China, she naturally had to bring this body with her.

In the airplane's overhead bins, an ordinary suitcase on the shelf was opened with a "click," and a fair hand reached out from it.

A naked girl with medium-length hair sat up from her suitcase. "Oh dear, I forgot I wasn't wearing any clothes."

She rubbed her eyes as if she had just woken up and muttered to herself, "Hmm, I'm still not used to the shared vision. I need to find a chance to learn multi-line processing."

After saying that, she stood up, reached into her suitcase, and took out a complete set of clothes, including underwear, and put them on in the dark and silent cabin.

Chapter 250 The Ultimate Voudou Spell

"Hmm, they died at Ferro's hands twice, so my plans in Italy can be explained away, right? After all, they provoked me first." Orange, who stepped out of her suitcase, smiled and put on her glasses, speaking cheerfully.

Thanks to Le Zhengling, he gained knowledge and technology for the next thirty years. Although he still couldn't fully grasp it and subconsciously resisted some of the technology, there was no doubt that he was now one of the most difficult beings in the world to kill.

Although she doesn't resist using other bodies in this world, she can't abandon this body that she named "Original". Simply put, she has a minor problem called mental fastidiousness. No matter what, she must protect this original body.

After all, some parts haven't been used yet, so we must preserve them well for someone in the future.

She pushed up her glasses, switching to a cold demeanor. "Lydel should be able to protect my dead body. Hmm, that's valuable testing material. I hope it won't be damaged."

She sat on the shelf with her arms crossed, and kicked the suitcase next to her feet hard with her toes.

"Come out—" That was an authoritative command that brooked no refusal.

A smiling cat jumped out of the box and sat on her lap.

This black cat was a familiar she created based on the black cat that appeared in Yue Zhengling's hospital gown. However, apart from its shape, the creation did not resemble a cute creature like a cat at all.

Its body is entirely black, and it has no thickness whatsoever; it is a flat black cat made of shadows.

No, to be precise, it's impossible to even tell if it's a cat. This thing looks like a cat's shadow, except for its head, which has bright green eyes that resemble Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Orange scratched Shadow Cat's chin, waiting for a signal.

As she stepped out of the box, the battle on the other side of the plane was drawing to a close, but what she was waiting for was not the end there, but the end of everything.

She didn't have to wait long. After the plane suddenly experienced a violent shaking and a loud explosion, she stood up again and headed to depart from economy class.

The shadow cat on her lap had already jumped to the ground the moment she made a move, and at the same time, it humanely licked its front paws, because it knew that the time to hunt had come.

In economy class, Shiki Jie Li cautiously looked at the supervisor lying in front of him. The man was now dressed in rags, his left cheek was a bloody mess, one hand was blown into the left seat, and there was a bullet hole in his forehead.

In fact, the unfolding of the event was somewhat unexpected for him. Shishikage Kairi simply gave him a newly opened Heart Grenade while everyone's attention was focused on Emiya Kiritsugu.

Kiritsugu Emiya, who had been on guard against the Overseer's attack, was also taken aback by the situation. However, this did not stop him from taking the opportunity to finish off the Overseer, so he took the opportunity to fire a shot into the Overseer's head.

However, what happened next was baffling, because the "person" who had fallen to the ground stood up again.

"Is it a doll?" Standing in front, Kiritsugu Emiya could clearly see the true face of the supervisor. Through the bullet hole, he could see that the person in front of him had an empty head.

"Yes, a doll made by my senior sister who studied under the same master. How about it, do you feel like you've broadened your horizons? Mr. Magic Killer?" The rear hatch opened at this moment, and Aozaki Touko appeared behind the door.

With her arrival, the entire space was filled with a tense atmosphere.

The ground was littered with the remains of dolls, along with the corpses of many magicians. The remaining dolls automatically made way for Orange after she appeared, and Orange walked through the hateful gazes of the magicians.

“I caught you red-handed this time, Senior Sister.” Orange walked up to the supervisor and said in a condescending tone, “From that auction, you instigated the feud between me and Ferro, then used a letter to lure me out, had the Ferro family use explosives to ambush me, then went into hiding when things seemed hopeless, and finally on this plane, you used your position to get a bunch of clueless people to kill me. All for this moment, wasn’t it?”

Inside the first-class cabin, the smile on the woman's face as she looked at the crystal ball had vanished, replaced by a narrow, venomous expression. But she soon smiled again.

"So you really underestimate people, Aozaki Touko! Someone like you, who is born to be a winner, will always overlook the inconspicuous stone by the roadside, and end up tripping over it and falling to your death!"

Lydia, sitting opposite her, did not open her eyes. She had already guessed some things when she discovered that Orange's body was not real.

But I never expected it to be about something within the Creative Department. But that makes sense. Before Aozaki Touko appeared, this woman was the most popular successor to the Creative Department. But after Aozaki Touko rose to prominence, she transferred to the Forensic Department. Now it seems that Touko might have known about the trickery all along.

Now that this woman has torn off all pretense and is yelling at the crystal ball, Lydia knows that this is either a sign that she has victory in her grasp or a sign that she's given up entirely.

After all, if they win, the other party will have a chance to make a deal to keep quiet; if they lose, there's nothing more to say, and death is the only outcome waiting for them.

"I'll show you what the highest-level curse I got from the Curse Department is all about!" The dark-skinned woman held the crystal ball above her head and then threw it hard to the ground.

The crystal ball shattered into dust, and that was a signal. In economy class, the previously unnoticed remnants of the ritual also turned to dust at the same time, and then the true curse manifested.

It was a manifestation of the magicians' malice, causing all the magicians in the cabin to clutch their hearts at the same moment, their magical circuits beginning to go out of control.

Seeing this, Aozaki Touko narrowed her eyes. She was the only one in the entire room who did not feel the pain in her heart, but it was precisely because of this that she understood more directly that the target of this curse was her.

In first class, after smashing the crystal ball, the forensic officer tore off the cushion that should have been underneath it, pulled out an exceptionally smooth bone dagger, and then quickly ran to Orange's corpse.

"You think I didn't see that your body is a puppet?! I'll show you the ultimate Voudou spell!" With that, she slashed her arm with the dagger, drawing a large amount of blood into it. As if illuminated, a small black magic circle appeared on the dagger.

"Blood brimming with magic, a space overflowing with magic, and a cursed doll you created yourself! All the conditions are met! Die, Aozaki Touko!!"

After saying that, the woman gripped the dagger in reverse and plunged it fiercely into the heart of the orange doll.

Chapter 251 The Matter Is Over

Voudou magic is the most flourishing branch of Voodoo Magic.

Originating from the polytheistic beliefs of West Africa, the comprehensive magic developed from this is known as The Soul of Kinye, which consists of three main systems: zombie creation, soul magic, and powder magic.

The forensic scientist is now using this three-in-one spell.

The so-called zombies in voodoo are not "monsters transformed from corpses," but rather "servants as obedient as corpses." In essence, they are spells used by Mondu to induce a state of suspended animation in people, causing them to lose their sense of self, and then to manipulate them at will. As a substitute, she created highly realistic dolls herself.

The powder magic is the tool needed for this doll and the Voudou spell. It is made by mixing pufferfish toxin, toad, itch, and bone lime.

The final soul technique was the spare body that Aozaki Touko personally created, serving as the highest-level recipient humanoid.

The black bone dagger pierced Orange's corpse easily into the chest, right at the heart.

After the entire dagger sank into the body, Orange's senior sister clearly felt the pleasure emanating from the dagger, which trembled and continuously drank the blood.

The ritual was completed at this moment. In economy class, the poison powder imbued with cursed power transformed into snakes and coiled around Aozaki Touko.

"Oh my, it actually looks quite convincing." Orange calmly took off her glasses, wiped them with a cloth, and looked calmly at the gray-black curse that seemed to have wrapped around her, but was actually swirling around her.

"If you want to use this cursed magic against me, perhaps you should strengthen it a little more. After all, using such modern mystery to deal with someone like me who has already signed a contract with a fantasy species is really beyond your capabilities. But considering how hard you've tried, I'll give you a score."

After putting his glasses back on and putting away the cleaning cloth, he took a pair of golden woolen gloves from his jacket pocket and, to everyone's horror, grabbed the gray snake that represented the curse.

After all, in the world of magic, directly touching such a tangible curse is tantamount to suicide, let alone the fact that the target of this curse is Aozaki Touko herself.

"On a scale of ten, three points for magical strength and two points for technique. In the end, this kind of rudimentary ritual magic is not even adequately prepared." Gray Serpent looked at Orange's gloves with a fearful expression, as if he had seen some insurmountable enemy.

“The protection of the spirit is twofold. Even if it manifests as a phenomenon, this spirit can only be used for attack and is of no use for the protection of the caster.” The gray snake, caught by Orange, kept twisting its body, trying to break free and escape. However, Orange was holding the snake by its vital spot.

"If the speed of the technique cannot be reduced to less than five steps, it is completely worthless." The hand holding the snake's body tightened slightly, and the gray snake let out a terrified shriek, as if it were being attacked by an insurmountable enemy.

"The cost of the curse, or rather, the expenditure, is five points. With these conditions and resources, if it were me, I would have already completed a magic spell several times more powerful than this childish ritual magic." With a forceful clench of his serpentine body, the gray snake went limp as if all its strength had been drained, and then turned into a clump of quicksand that fell to the ground.

"Finally, I'd give it four points for the level of danger. This kind of ritual magic is so difficult to defend against that it has a very high chance of succeeding for magicians below the color level if they don't have any countermeasures or defenses."

To be honest, the magic trick wasn't as bad as Aozaki Touko made it out to be, because even those not targeted by the curse were greatly affected in the cabin.

In this short period of time, some unfortunate magicians have even died from heart failure.

Seeing that the curse had been completely dispelled of all its magic and even its toxins had been removed, turning it into ordinary dust, Orange strolled over with little interest.

As she passed by Kairi Shishikage and Kiritsugu Emiya, she nodded slightly, then glanced at the remaining surviving magicians. "The rest are up to you. I don't need any living people."

A gloved hand gently patted the two of them on the shoulder, clearing away the lingering effects of the curse. When Touko's hand touched Kiritsugu Emiya, he subconsciously tensed up, but quickly relaxed.

However, Hisayu Maiya drew her gun the moment she recovered, but Kiritsugu immediately pressed her hand down. At the same time, the gun went off accidentally, and the bullet struck the floor, sparking.

Orange looked coldly at Hisayuu Maiya, and knowing she had overreacted, she pursed her lips.

Both sides knew it was an unintentional mistake, but it is an undeniable fact that Hisayu Maiya almost hurt Aozaki Touko.

"Oh dear, it's really kind of you to go to so much trouble, Miss Aozaki. Don't worry, we'll take care of the cleaning for you." Shishikage Kairi said in a nonchalant tone, breaking the awkward silence that was about to fall into place.

Orange frowned, not wanting to dwell on such a small matter. After all, even if that bullet had actually hit her, she would have been unharmed, while Hisayu Mami would have been seriously injured.

"I will not pursue this matter this time, but Mr. Emiya, please keep your subordinates in check next time, as I do not want any more unpleasant incidents to occur between us."

"I understand." Kiritsugu nodded with a rather helpless expression, and then led Maiya to begin "cleaning up" the remaining magicians.

“Well then, I need to get to work too.” Watching Kiritsugu leave, Shishikai Kai also pulled out his pistol, but instead of starting immediately, he asked, “Do you want me to come in with you?”