Act 12: Flowers That Adorn the Pits of Hell Split the Sky Open

All right. It's time for the final showdown. Are you ready, Fujimaru?

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So, you've come, Fujimaru. Miyamoto Iori.

Shousetsu. And...

...Rider.

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Soon, the Waxing Moon's Vessel will be filled, and the Waxing Moon will shine bright in its full, wish granting capacity.

Your lives are the last piece I need to bring the Ritual to its conclusion.

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Hm?

Handy...cap?

Um... It's when you give yourself a disadvantage to make things more fair for your opponent.

Why in the world would anyone ever do that?

Don't be ridiculous. Of course I came prepared.

Uh-oh! Master, those are Shadow Servants!

Tsuchimikado's rules for the Ritual never prohibited the use of familiars such as these, so I brought some.

I'll admit, this is a move taken straight out of Tsuchimikado's playbook...but while it may not put us on equal ground, it should still make things harder for you.

Miyamoto Iori! Saber! Master of Chaldea!

I could ask for no worthier opponents! And so I challenge you!

Have at you!

Got you, Shousetsu!

Ghh! Aaah!

Oho! It's the Waxing Moon's Vessel!

...Hm? Something doesn't seem right...

Shousetsu!

You're wide-open, Rider!

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Rider!

Don't move.

Khh!

It's over, Yui Shousetsu. We win.

...Kill me.

No. There's no point in fighting any longer.

Chaldea's going to collect the Waxing Moon's Vessel, and this Singularity is going to disappear.

The Ritual is finished, Shousetsu.

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Iori, wait! It's not over yet!

This isn't the Waxing Moon's Vessel! You tricked us, Yui Shousetsu!

...What?

This Vessel's magical energy is completely different! It's just a well-made imitation!

What? But...that can't be...

We've lost, Shousetsu.

Rider. So you're still alive.

But your magical energy must be gone now. Like Iori said, it's over.

Yes... Yes, it is.

You just don't know when you're beat, do you!?

Get back, Fujimaru!

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Ri...der... Why...?

Shousetsu!

Dammit! So you've finally let your mask slip, Rider!?

Oh yes. It's quite clear I cannot win with this Shousetsu.

Yes, that's right! If I am going to kill you, I can pretend to be Raikou no longer!

My True Name is Ushi Gozen. I am a demon child, carrying the blood of Gozu-Tenno...

...the god of Jetavana, shared temple of Śakraa child of Indra.

I am a demigod. All living things, prostrate yourselves before me.

I can't believe it. She still has all this power!?

I, Ushi Gozen, will use the wish-granting power to right the world!

Dammit! Here she comes!

By my...Command Spell...!

Yui!?

...Kill yourself, Rider!

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Huh!?

Then...I'll just use...all three strokes!

Kill yourself, Minamoto-no-Raikou!

...Aha.

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What? But...why?

I should be asking you that, my liege.

To what Command Spells are you referring? Don't you realize?

You are not a Master.

Huh!?

What!?

Wha... What are you saying!? Look!

You can see my Command Spells on my hand right here!

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Then...she's in the same position as Iori...

Me? I've got a better question for you. How do you NOT know?

Did someone curse you? Maybe scramble what little brains you've got until they were mush?

Is this what Chiemon was talking about...?

...There was no sign of Takao, Zheng, or Dorothea here.

Tsuchimikado had transformed into a monster. And neither Iori nor Yui are Masters.

...Does that mean Chiemon wasn't, either? Are there no Masters in this Singularity at all?

What... What are you all saying...?

Yes, that's right, Saber. There is only one Master in this Singularity.

...No, that's not quite right.

In this Singularity, the only living human...

In this Singularity, the only living human...

...is you, Master of Chaldea.

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Indeed.

Only the dead have been called to this Singularity. Which is to say, Servants.

Huh!?

...What was that?

You mean...I'M a Servant?

Indeed you are, my liegeRogue Caster, Yui Shousetsu.

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Iori?

Now I see. This explains a lot.

So this is why I appeared in this Singularity even though I'm not a Master.

I'm a Servant who was summoned here because of my connection to the Ritual...a Rogue Saber.

And Shousetsu, you're

S-stop! This is ridiculous!

You're saying I'm a Heroic Spirit? That this body...that I'm no more than a ghost? What kind of joke is this, Rider!?

It's no joke, my liege! Only dead souls walk this land, for these are the bowels of hell itself!

Now, enough pretense! Show us your true form!

Behold! This is the Waxing Moon!

Wh-what the...!? This magical energy is unbelievably powerful!

Look. Up in the sky.

Edo Castle...

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This is the Waxing Moon's true Vessel!

This is the flower that blooms in the pits of hell!

The Waxing Moona forgery of a Tree of Emptiness!