"Why has the color of the sky changed?"
A colleague's exclamation broke the heavy atmosphere of the workday. Seeing everyone in the office gather by the window, staring intently, Tanaka quickly minimized his game to the computer's background and walked over.
In the workplace of Fuyuki City, being too individualistic can easily lead to bullying.
Tanaka, who was initially wondering what was so strange about "the sky changing color," realized upon reaching the window that the sky wasn't the rainy gray he had imagined.
"Blackish-blue?"
Tanaka said strangely, looking at the sky.
In his memory, the sky over Fuyuki City had always been so stable.
Sunlight that felt warm on the skin, just the right amount of clouds and rain.
But today it had turned this color, and for some reason, the blackish-blue of the sky gave Tanaka a very bad feeling.
Looking at his colleagues gathered together taking photos, Tanaka shifted his gaze from the female colleague he liked, only to suddenly notice that the sky seemed to be descending.
Shouldn't the sky be, well, in the sky?
So why was he seeing the top of the office building across the street already being engulfed by the blackish-blue sky?
Tanaka suddenly stretched out his hands and looked at himself.
An office worker, a bit chubby in middle age, not close to his parents, and he had seen his goddess drinking with the section chief at yesterday's party…
"Could it be… I'm going to transmigrate?"
As this thought emerged, Tanaka felt his once chuunibyou spirit could no longer be suppressed.
The sky curtain descended very quickly, and when the blackish-blue appeared outside the glass, others also noticed it.
Tanaka was still thinking about what cheat he would get when he transmigrated, when suddenly, a piercing wail and a cry of pain reached his ears.
He was very familiar with this voice, because it was his goddess, whom he had always admired; even being with the section chief shouldn't have made her utter such a tragic sound.
Tanaka turned his head to look, and his goddess was leaning on the table, her belly ripped open.
A blackish-blue infant tore through flesh and skin, opening its unconscious eyes.
"So it's not isekai, but the apocalypse?"
"Isn't isekai to another world popular now?"
Tanaka thought strangely.
Then his body fell backward, and lividity appeared before he even hit the ground.
——
"It started so quickly."
Witnessing the blackish-blue Demon Slayer covering Fuyuki City, Kisaragi Rin also quickened his pace.
The arrival of the Demon Slayer meant that the Starving Ghost's main body had fully developed.
Rather than dealing with it first, Kisaragi Rin wanted to prioritize dealing with Emiya Shirou.
After all, Emiya Shirou had three additional tasks, and if he accidentally died at the hands of someone else, Kisaragi Rin would be very troubled.
Just then, a Ghost Child that had grown to its second stage appeared before them.
Compared to ordinary human flesh and blood, these guys seemed to be more greedy for magical life force.
Medea had prepared a concealment spell, so it shouldn't have triggered their killing rules.
That is, touching, hearing, seeing.
But unfortunately, the essence of these Ghost Slaves was already close to the Root, and they were simply not affected by ordinary magic. In their unconscious bodies, seeing was seeing, hearing was hearing; there was no possibility of being deceived by magic.
Then came the slaughter. Magic was their favorite food, and even counterattacking could not stop their immortal and indestructible nature. Not even Gilgamesh's Akhilleus Kosmos could stop the spread of death.
Kisaragi Rin even suspected that the Starving Ghost's main body could kill Emiya Shirou, who was equivalent to the Corrupted Holy Grail.
Among the Servants present, only Medea and Saber's Noble Phantasm could affect the Ghost Slaves.
The barrier unfolded by Avalon could not be seen through even by the Starving Ghost, and the sharp blade of Rule Breaker was enough to temporarily shut them down.
Under the power of the Demon Slayer, the Ghost Child appeared in front of Gilgamesh as if flashing.
Before fingers and teeth even made contact, a power that caused all things to die began to spread.
Gilgamesh's face darkened a bit, why did it pick her out of so many people!
The Time Zero domain spread, and Gilgamesh picked up Medea's Rule Breaker and stabbed it into the Ghost Child's neck, shutting it down.
Taking out another golden bag, Gilgamesh put the Ghost Child into the bag, pulled out the Noble Phantasm, and in a matter of seconds, she had dealt with this Ghost Child.
As the Demon Slayer unfolded, more and more Ghost Slaves were continuously born under the power of the Starving Ghost.
"Well done, Gilgamesh."
Kisaragi Rin praised her, making Shinomiya Kaguya, who was responsible for supplying magic power, a bit annoyed.
"The number of Ghost Slaves is increasing, and our condition is already not good. We can't keep unleashing Noble Phantasms to seal these insignificant small fry."
Gilgamesh said earnestly.
"The problem is that as long as these Ghost Slaves find us, we can't get rid of them without sealing them."
Possessing magic power, they were naturally more susceptible to attack than the local residents of Fuyuki City.
Kisaragi Rin: "It's fine, Emiya Shirou and EMIYA will also come looking for us… After all, if they're any later, the local residents of Fuyuki City will be killed by the Starving Ghost, and whether his Corrupted Holy Grail is controlled or not won't matter."
Yukinoshita Yukino retorted, "You make it sound like they're competing to see who destroys this Fuyuki City first."
"That's exactly what I mean."
Kisaragi Rin asked back, "Didn't EMIYA admit that this world became like this because of him?"
"Master, he has indeed arrived."
Clutching Ming Nu's Single Eye in her palm, Medea's Mystic Eyes pierced through the surrounding blackish-blue mist, already seeing EMIYA carrying a wheelchair.
Due to the coverage of the Demon Slayer, the spatial concept of Fuyuki City had completely fallen into disorder.
One step might be opening your front door, and the next step could drop you into a septic tank.
It was only by leveraging the power of the Mystic Eyes that they could see the road conditions around them.
Unless devoured by Ghost Slaves, the corpses everywhere looked as if they had been dead for many days; the presence of lividity and rigor mortis made them look like freshly opened original Chocolettes.
"What in the world have you guys done!"
Accompanied by EMIYA's roar, a fully unleashed Spiral Sword was already fired towards Kisaragi and the others.
"Lily, come back later."
Kisaragi Rin removed Image Splitting from Medea, and Medusa had already taken off Pandemonium Cētus and charged forward.
"Anna!"
"Gorgon!"
"Lend me your strength!"
Medusa once again fused, ascended, and descended upon the battlefield.
Although there were no ten thousand Servants of Iskandar providing Medusa with magic power this time, EMIYA and Emiya Shirou were already heavily wounded!
Only two rounds passed.
Medusa's Pegasus trampled EMIYA's body, pinning him to the ground!
"EMIYA!"
Emiya Shirou looked anxiously at Lancelot and Gilgamesh beside him, but even with them, they couldn't possibly defeat the opponent!