"Gilgamesh?"
Kiritsugu looked at the women, then said: "There's an even simpler way to defeat Gilgamesh: defeat his Master and force him to commit suicide using his Master."
Artoria's eyes showed disgust.
"That's completely against the code of chivalry. We should defeat him through a fair, face-to-face battle."
Kiritsugu knew she would say that.
That's precisely why he had entrusted Artoria to Irisviel, making her the acting Master.
Sora smiled slightly. He had to admit, when it came to flexible morals and being unscrupulous, Kiritsugu certainly had a knack for it.
In terms of tactics and survival, the man was a master.
But unfortunately, his strategy was flawed. The more effective his methods, the further he would stray from his goal, rather than achieving it.
Ultimately, because he didn't understand the Grail's true nature and, failing to see the opening in the sky, rashly destroyed the Lesser Grail taken from Irisviel, he triggered the Great Fire of Fuyuki.
The number of lives he saved throughout his entire life was far less than the number he inadvertently killed in that final act 'for world peace'.
This was the ultimate irony of his philosophy: "sacrificing the few to save the many."
But Sora wouldn't reveal this secret to him just yet.
Because he knew the man wouldn't readily believe him.
He'd be suspicious of how Sora knew.
Moreover, Sora needed to first accomplish his three goals:
Obtain the Holy Grail, purify the Greater Grail, become a Servant free to walk the world, and master the rule of [Mystery].
Only after achieving these three objectives would he consider how to correct this tragic man.
Perhaps also attempt to address the [Root] issue to gain even greater power.
After some debate,
Their first target was decided.
Sora, Merlín, and Artoria would go to engage Gilgamesh.
Kiritsugu would deal with Tokiomi.
This Gilgamesh, this Golden King, was no good.
In the original work, Gilgamesh had corrupted Kirei, leading him to assassinate his own Master, Tokiomi, and then become Kirei's Servant.
Kirei killed his own teacher simply for his own pleasure.
But now the 'pleasure-seeker' had been stabbed in the back by Sora.
So, Gilgamesh was still under Tokiomi's command.
To prevent any accidents, mainly Kiritsugu going rogue, Sora decided to place a restriction on him.
He used abilities from the Naruto World.
Using the Tenseigan, he placed a Genjutsu on the man.
If he tries to kill Tokiomi, it will render him unable to move.
Sora then said: "The problem now is how to lure Gilgamesh out."
"A battle between us will be extremely destructive. It must take place in a place with absolutely no people around."
"Gilgamesh possesses infinite Noble Phantasms. We should fight him in the mountains north of Fuyuki City. Engaging him there will limit the damage to civilians."
Sora hadn't chosen this place randomly. This location was connected to the Greater Grail's leyline absorption system.
Fighting here would give Kiritsugu a chance to see the truth about the Greater Grail.
It was not a wish-granting device, but a tool for the three ambitious, bloodstained magus families to achieve their selfish, narrow desires.
And it had been corrupted by Angra Mainyu, the All-World's Evil.
This would give Kiritsugu a chance to discover the truth.
This was also Sora's small compensation to the man for using him to achieve his own goals.
Hearing this, Artoria's opinion of Sora rose.
He was the first to consider the lives of innocent civilians.
Unlike other Servants who, when fighting, never cared about ordinary people, only about defeating their enemies.
"Well said. The safety of the citizens should indeed be a priority."
She had no idea this was an act put on by Sora.
Furthermore, Sora would never pin his hopes on something like the Holy Grail to achieve 'world peace' or 'happiness for all'.
Having experienced the Naruto World, he knew to consider all aspects and understood that achieving such grand goals required practical steps: educating the people, developing production.
Unlike these individuals who were physically robust but mentally simplistic, fixated on the Holy Grail.
In that sense, Kiritsugu resembled Nagato from Naruto.
Both had seemingly grand goals, yet the means they chose to achieve them were childishly naive.
Thinking an external object could solve the problems within people's hearts?
Wasn't that ridiculous?
Just then, Merlín volunteered: "I'll go lure that Gilgamesh out."
"He definitely wants to kill me."
Sora shook his head. "No need for that. Given his arrogance, if I simply state that I am here, he will certainly come."
'Goldie' was the most arrogant character in the entire story.
A simple, straightforward letter would be enough to lure him to the designated spot.