I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

What Xia Lei and Natalia are facing is a veritable dead end.

The island where Xia Lei was located was under double siege by the executors and agents. The enforcers are pretty good, their target is only Emiya Noriken, and they won't specifically target the Dead Apostles. The agents are different. They are the church's combat experts specializing in dealing with heretics, and vampires are the ones who must be eliminated.

Each agent can detect and capture the existence of vampires through their breath. It was impossible for Xia Lei to escape the pursuit of the agents in her current state.

The same was true for Natalia. The closed characteristics of the passenger plane's cockpit and the flight altitude of the aircraft destined that Natalia would not be able to escape from the aircraft. Even if the missile did not hit the cockpit, the highly converted kinetic energy would be enough to kill her. No matter how she used magic to strengthen her body, or even being stung by a "Death Apostle Bee" and turning her into a ghoul, it would be useless.

Because of this, when the two of them appeared in front of Kiritsugu, Kiritsugu thought it was a dream or a genjutsu.

In this regard, Xia Lei and Natalia each gave explanations.

Being able to ask Kiritsugu to kill her proves that Xia Lei still retains her self-awareness. She knows that she looks terrible, and knows that she can no longer exist like this, neither a human nor a ghost, and life is worse than death.

Although she didn't dare to stab herself to death because of her survival instinct, she still tried her best in her own way. After Kiritsugu left, she found a cave far away from the village, locked herself in, then used all possible means to seal the entrance of the cave, and waited for death inside.

Because of her previous blood-sucking behavior, the ghouls on the island have been spreading. The agents set fire to the entire island indiscriminately. It was also because the ghouls were spreading and difficult to eradicate, so they had to take such extreme measures.

After purifying the entire island with flames, the agent took it for granted that all the ghouls were dead. How could he have thought that there were still ghouls who could not control their thirst for flesh and blood and come out to attack humans and animals again? Close yourself off.

The closed environment and raging flames also became the best cover for the smell, and Xia Lei escaped by accident.

Of course, this does not mean that Xia Lei can continue to exist. The reason why ghouls are called ghouls rather than dead apostles is because they are in urgent need of new flesh and blood, and this uncontrollable desire will make them no different from livestock. Without the replenishment of flesh and blood, the ghoul's body will gradually collapse and completely disappear from the world, leaving no trace.

Even if instinct defeats reason again and breaks through the blockade and leaves the cave, it will be the same, because the agents have burned all the creatures on the island. There is an inexhaustible supply of flesh and blood in the surrounding ocean, but the vampire is destined to be unable to survive the flowing water. She could not get replenishment from the sea.

It didn't take long for Xia Lei, who lost the source of her flesh and blood, to become weak, and it seemed that she would disappear completely soon. At this time, someone else set foot on this island forgotten by the world.

No, to be precise, it's not a human, it's a vampire, and it's not a dabbler like a ghoul, but a real Death Apostle.

This man saved Xia Lei before she disappeared and took her away from the island to a shelter dedicated to half-baked vampires.

Just as the church takes in orphans and nurtures them, vampires have similar organizations. Some Death Apostles will travel around the world to find vampires who are outside the circle of Death Apostles, and bring them back to give them formal instruction.

To a certain extent, Death Apostles are more careful than humans when doing these things, because on average, only one in a hundred humans is likely to be born as a ghoul, and the probability of becoming a true Death Apostle is less than one in ten thousand. . The low birth rate coupled with the constant attacks by the Templar Church and the Magic Association made many knowledgeable people among the Dead Apostles begin to seek the development of the clan, and thus such an organization was formed.

In the shelter, Xia Lei learned that she was no longer a human being but a monster called a ghoul. She also learned that this state was temporary. If she could successfully overcome this stage and become a true Death Apostle, then she could Control her blood-sucking urges and regain her sanity - until then, apart from changes in her work schedule and eating habits, she will still be her.

This gave Xia Lei, who wanted to die, a glimmer of hope. She didn't want to die. She also wanted to see the boy she regarded as her younger brother again. Before leaving the island, she visited the house deep in the jungle. It was the only place that was not burned down, and there were no bodies of the two people she was familiar with inside. She believed that they were still alive - they had magical powers. Magician, they will be able to escape.

So, Xia Lei settled down in the world of vampires, learning knowledge while trying to control her new body.

Finally, nearly thirty years later, she successfully completed all the transformations, from a ghoul to a Death Apostle, and was able to leave the world of Death Apostles and go out to take action, and it was Natalie who guided her as a novice Death Apostle. Ya.

Compared with Xia Lei, who stumbled along the way and was confused, Natalia's experience was much simpler.

There was more than just Bozak on the plane, there was another big shot with a much higher status than Bozak. To that big shot, Bozak was just an insignificant ant, so he just watched with cold eyes. Even if Bozak died, he still did not take action. Instead, he restrained his aura, hid, and allowed the "Dead Apostle Bee" to wreak havoc. The cabin turned into hell.

Kiritsugu, who had been very Navie until then, hit, ahem, bombed the plane with missiles, and had to take action to protect himself from falling into the sea. Although she did not intend to save anyone, this behavior still gave Natalia a glimmer of hope. Her terrifying desire and ability to survive once again came into play and she successfully survived.

But there was only one breath left. What saved Natalie at this time were the "Dead Apostle Bees" that she had regarded as her biggest enemies and wanted to kill countless times - vampires have a much higher survivability than humans. In order to survive, she took the initiative to be "dead apostles" "The bees" hibernate to continue their existence.

This move impressed the big man who was watching indifferently, and he took away Natalia, who was gradually losing her body temperature due to vampire transformation.

The next development is similar to Xia Lei, receiving training, learning the knowledge of the Dead Apostle world, passing through the two stages of "ghoul" and "living zombie" as soon as possible, and truly becoming a Death Apostle.

Mystery and mystery attract each other, and magicians are much more adaptable to transforming into vampires than ordinary people. Not to mention that Natalia also has the blood of a fantasy succubus, and her affinity is higher than that of ordinary magicians. The teacher is higher. Therefore, Natalia became a vampire much later than Xia Lei, but she became a Death Apostle much earlier. Moreover, her experience as a bounty hunter also allowed her to quickly become independent, and she did not need to be taught from scratch like Xia Lei.

And because she is also a new Death Apostle, Natalia can more easily get along with other rookies.

Thus, the two most important women in the first half of Emiya Kiritsugu's life met.

PS: The current executioners of the church, Hier, Mapo, and the Hansa in FSF have not done extreme things like mass murder. The church, which has a creed of guarding human beings and expelling non-human beings, will not commit murder. A ghoul directly destroys the entire island—unless the entire island is lost.

PS2: Yes, it takes such a long time for a normal person to transform into a Death Apostle - not everyone is a fool like Yuzuka Satsuki, who jumps from an ordinary person to a twenty-seventh ancestor level monster overnight. Not everyone is lucky enough to have their blood sucked directly by an ancestor-level Dead Apostle.

PS3: Although vampires are raging in "Tsukihime" and it looks awesome, if you look carefully at the list of twenty-seven ancestors, half of them have either died or been sealed. In the final analysis, humans are stronger.