Chapter 206: No, I’m Touched
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Hassan-i Sabbah, his face hidden behind a skull mask, his body cloaked in black, materialized in the Church basement and knelt before Kirei Kotomine.
"Kirei-sama."
"Report," Kirei said, his brow furrowed slightly.
"I found this—unusual familiar at the Church entrance. It—waltzed right in." Hassan held out the body of a bat. Attached to its abdomen was a small, flip-phone-like device.
"Waltzed in?" Kirei's eyes narrowed. Modern technology combined with magecraft—in his experience, only Kiritsugu Emiya used such methods.
A familiar carrying a cell phone, allowed to enter the Church unimpeded—was this an attempt to—communicate?
"Kirei, what's so unusual about the familiar?" Tokiomi's calm voice came through the communication device.
"It's carrying a cell phone. Emiya's signature, according to the intel. He's trying to contact me," Kirei replied, his voice thoughtful.
"A cell phone? Is it on?..." Tokiomi's voice was suddenly laced with alarm.