In the early morning, pedestrians on the streets of Fuyuki City curiously watched the approaching young man. Whenever the young man got close to them, they would subconsciously distance themselves, only daring to point and whisper after he had walked far away.
"Poor thing, that young man."
"Yeah, he must be getting bullied."
"Maybe his house had a gas explosion, and he's the only one in his family who survived."
The gossiping pedestrians looked at the departing young man with a hint of sympathy. For some reason, gas explosions had been frequently occurring in Fuyuki City recently, and news reports indicated that many people had been injured or even killed as a result.
The young man being discussed by the passersby was none other than Shirou Emiya. At this moment, he was wandering the streets like a living corpse, his lifeless pupils silently scanning the surrounding onlookers, his mind filled with the events of yesterday.
He had personally destroyed everything he had, abandoning the dream he had inherited, and the most important person had died by his own hand. Now, all that remained of him was an empty shell.
"Senpai!"
At this moment, Sakura Matou's voice suddenly echoed in Shirou Emiya's mind, followed by the appearance of Sakura Matou's face with a gentle smile in his vision. She gently wrapped her arms around his neck, her eyes filled with twisted affection.
"Get out! You're not... You're not Sakura!"
On the street, the pedestrians who had been gossiping about Shirou Emiya were suddenly startled. They looked at the young man not far away, who was suddenly clutching his head with a狰狞 expression, with puzzled faces, especially some of the passersby closest to Shirou Emiya.
At this moment, an unconcealable fear appeared in their eyes. They screamed 'monster' and ran away. They had just witnessed Shirou Emiya's shadow detach from the ground and transform into a girl embracing him.
Although the shadow quickly returned to normal, this extraordinary scene had completely terrified them.
"Mon... Monster!"
"No, help!"
In the distance, the pedestrians who had been confused about what was happening a second ago saw the young man kneeling on the ground, his shadow twisting like a monster. The first pedestrians to escape were pierced through the chest by tentacles, their bodies hanging in mid-air.
In an instant, the entire street exploded. The bystanders who had been watching the drama began to scatter and flee, but they realized that the entire street was covered by a faint layer of black mist, and no matter how they ran, they could not escape.
A few minutes later, Shirou Emiya, on the deserted street, raised his head and looked forward expressionlessly, staggering towards the Emiya residence. Only numerous bloodstained clothes and cars that had been forcibly torn apart by monsters remained on the silent street behind him.
Half an hour later, Shirou Emiya walked into his own courtyard, completely ignoring the traces of battle on the ground. He opened the door, walked into the house, and sat in the living room, looking at the shadow beneath his feet as if it was saying something.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, Senpai. I'll listen to you."
The next second, the shadow beneath Shirou Emiya's feet began to twist. In the blink of an eye, the shadow detached from the ground and transformed into Sakura Matou, gently embracing the Shirou Emiya before her, obediently promising.
"Sakura."
Shirou Emiya raised his head and looked at Sakura Matou in his arms with a complicated expression. He could say it was Sakura Matou, or he could say it was Shirou Emiya. At this moment, the two had truly been together forever in a real sense.
However, Shirou Emiya knew that no matter what, it could not conceal the fact that he had personally killed Sakura Matou and devoured her.
Just a day ago, he still possessed everything, but today, he not only abandoned his former dream but also killed the most important person. Even just now, at least several thousand people had died at his hands.
He who once wanted to become a hero of justice had now become a monster who could casually take the lives of thousands.
"Caster."
"Is there anything you need, Master?"
As soon as Shirou Emiya finished speaking, Lu Minghao appeared silently behind him, looking at the Master he had personally created with a smile on his handsome face. Originally, he had planned to directly erase Shirou Emiya's self-awareness.
However, he changed his mind later. If he erased Shirou Emiya's self-awareness, Shirou Emiya would become a puppet without any self.
How could it be as interesting as watching Shirou Emiya's despair and pain with his own eyes?
"........"
Shirou Emiya turned his head to look at the smiling Lu Minghao, his eyes becoming extremely complicated. Before he made a contract with him, Lu Minghao had told him everything clearly. At that time, Shirou Emiya's first thought was to kill Lu Minghao.
However, he realized that he simply did not have the power to do so. Even now, his body and soul were completely under the other party's control. As long as Lu Minghao was willing, he could instantly turn him into a mere humanoid puppet that provided magic power and other things.
Finally, Lu Minghao told him that as long as he obtained the Holy Grail, he could realize all his wishes, including regaining everything he had lost.
Thus, Shirou Emiya chose to become Lu Minghao's Master, yearning to obtain the Holy Grail to change everything. However, what Shirou Emiya did not know was that the Holy Grail he placed his last hope on was actually the All the World's Evil, which gathered the evil of all mankind in the world.
It was impossible for him to realize his wish.
As for why Lu Minghao, who knew all this, still said this to Shirou Emiya, it was of course to give his new Master some motivation to live. It was not because Lu Minghao wanted to see Shirou Emiya completely lose everything after seeing the truth of the Holy Grail.
He was a kind slime, how could he do something to坑 his Master... Isn't that right, former Master Rin Tohsaka?
"By the way, Master, are you sure you're not going out to take care of those troubles outside?"
At this moment, Lu Minghao approached Shirou Emiya with a smile, raised his hand and pointed outside. On the originally deserted street, police cars were roaring past one after another, and a large number of fully armed personnel had surrounded the entire Emiya residence.
Even Kirei, who had been hiding behind the scenes, had come out.
After all, the commotion caused by Shirou Emiya's return was not small. Wherever he passed, the entire street became deserted. Anyone with a slightly normal brain could guess who the culprit was.
"Projection... Start."
Shirou Emiya slowly raised his head to look outside, his pupils gradually turning pitch black, and two pitch-black short swords were projected in his hands.
"Senpai, good luck!"
Sakura Matou hung on Shirou Emiya's back, cheering for her Senpai with a twisted smile on her face, as if she were a girl in love, cheering for her beloved young man who was working hard for the future.
The next second, Shirou Emiya disappeared from the spot, and screams came from the street outside the door, the air gradually filled with the smell of blood.
"As expected of the giant hero I personally created, well done."
On the sofa, Lu Minghao looked at the miserable scene outside with a smile on his face, nodding with great satisfaction. This was the appearance of a great hero. For the sake of his own wishes, he could abandon the entire world, just like Shirou Emiya now, knowing the consequences of doing so, but still doing it.
Even afterwards, he would feel incomparable pain.
"Wonderful!"
In the next second, Lu Minghao raised the teacup in front of him and took a sip, giving himself the greatest praise. After all, he had personally created such a great hero. If he didn't praise himself, who else would he praise other than Shirou Emiya?
............
A few minutes later, Shirou Emiya, with a cold expression and carrying a blood-dripping short knife, walked back in.
"Caster, the remaining Servants, including you, are only three. I want to end the Holy Grail War today and obtain the Holy Grail."
"As long as Master is willing, there's absolutely no problem."
"Okay, let's go then."
Shirou Emiya nodded expressionlessly and turned to walk out of the door. Seeing this, Lu Minghao followed with a smile.
However, contrary to Lu Minghao's expectations, Shirou Emiya didn't immediately go looking for the remaining two Servants, but instead brought him to the bottom of an unfinished building.
"...Shinji Matou!"
Shirou Emiya raised his head, his dark pupils seeming to see Shinji Matou hiding above. Having completely merged with Sakura Matou forever, he had also obtained Sakura Matou's memories. Shirou Emiya knew everything about what Shinji Matou had done to Sakura Matou.
Then, Shirou Emiya ignored Lu Minghao behind him and walked into the unfinished building. In less than a minute, he found the room where Shinji Matou was hiding and kicked the door open.
"Who!"
Inside the room, Shinji Matou, who was sleeping soundly, was startled awake and quickly sat up, looking towards the door. When he realized it was Shirou Emiya, his tense expression immediately relaxed. After all, in his understanding, Shirou Emiya was just a pushover who never refused anyone.
He had no reason to be afraid of him.
"What are you doing here, you bastard?"
As he spoke, Shinji Matou walked up to Shirou Emiya with an arrogant look, patting his face and acting as if he wouldn't be polite if he didn't answer.
"Brother, long time no see. I missed you so much."
At this moment, Sakura Matou's voice suddenly rang in Shinji Matou's ear. But the moment he turned his head, Shinji Matou's expression changed drastically, and he began to retreat in disbelief.
"Sakura...you...how did you become like this?"
"Brother, don't you like it?"
Sakura Matou crawled out from the shadow beneath Shirou Emiya's feet, her head twisted at a terrifying angle as she looked at Shinji Matou, who was retreating step by step, asking with a shy smile on her face.
At this moment, Shinji Matou didn't care about Sakura Matou's thoughts at all. He was frantically looking around, trying to find a place to escape, but despairingly, the windows of the entire room had been completely sealed off. The only exit was the door behind Sakura Matou.
"Sakura, what exactly do you want to do?"
Seeing this, Shinji Matou could only forcibly raise his head and look at Sakura Matou opposite him, asking in a voice that was about to cry.
"Of course, it's to let you experience what you once did to me."
As soon as she finished speaking, tentacles emerged from the shadows behind Sakura Matou. In Shinji Matou's terrified gaze, these tentacles tightly bound him, suspending his body in mid-air... An hour later, Shirou Emiya silently pushed open the door and walked out.
"They really found the correct usage of tentacles."
Below the unfinished building, Lu Minghao, who had witnessed the entire process, subconsciously sighed. He didn't expect that after Sakura Matou and Shirou Emiya got together, they had learned the strongest function of tentacles without any instruction. He had to say that he had chosen the right Master.
"Caster, let's go."
In front of the unfinished building, Shirou Emiya glanced at Lu Minghao, then walked towards the location where Medusa's magical energy had previously appeared. Now, he only needed to kill Medusa, who was Rider, and Heracles, who was Berserker, and he could obtain the Holy Grail and regain everything he had lost.
.........
In the evening, at the Einzbern Castle located in the deep mountains of Fuyuki City.
In the dim room, Illya was lying on the bed, clutching her heart tightly. Just now, she had felt a huge amount of magical energy being injected into it. Similar things had happened four times recently. This was the fifth time.
Illya knew that this represented the departure of the fifth Servant who had participated in the Holy Grail War, leaving only the magical energy of the last Servant before the Holy Grail could fully descend.
"Berserker!"
At this moment, Illya, who was lying on the bed, suddenly sat up and called out to her back. Heracles' huge body instantly appeared behind Illya. In the dim room, Heracles' tall figure was filled with a sense of oppression.
"Let's go, the enemy has already arrived."
"Roar!"
The berserk Heracles roared, grabbed Illya from the bed, and rushed out. Along the way, many walls inside Einzbern Castle were directly smashed through. In just a few seconds, the two arrived at an open space.
"Lieselotte, take everyone and leave."
In the courtyard, Illya jumped down from Heracles' arms and said to Lieselotte, who was not far away and had always taken care of her as a homunculus. Illya understood that the next battle would be the final battle of this Holy Grail War.
Illya didn't want the maids who had always taken care of her to be affected, so she asked them to leave first. After all, there was no point in them staying here.
"Illya...."
Not far away, Lieselotte looked at Illya and Heracles, who were on guard, hesitated for a few seconds, and then chose to turn around and leave, notifying the other homunculi to leave together. After all, if they stayed, it would only distract Illya in the upcoming battle.
"Roar!"
At this moment, Heracles, who was suddenly standing beside Illya, roared. His huge body instantly appeared in front of Illya, his left hand firmly protecting her, and a huge stone sword appeared in his right hand, slashing fiercely towards the front.
Boom!
Immediately afterwards, a huge explosion sounded, illuminating the dim open space with crimson flames.
"Shirou Emiya, it's you!"
When the flames dissipated, Illya raised her head and looked at Shirou Emiya on the castle wall, saying with a hint of surprise on her cute face. She didn't expect that the one who would be fighting her in the end would be Shirou Emiya.
"Illya.... or rather, sister."
Shirou Emiya jumped down from the wall, looking at Illya behind Heracles with a hint of complexity in his eyes. Having obtained all of Archer's memories, he already knew that the girl in front of him was actually Kiritsugu Emiya's daughter, his non-blood-related sister.
