Smack!
With the turning of the corpse, Rin Tohsaka finally saw the face of the dead student, but the moment she saw the face, the originally calm Rin Tohsaka sat weakly on the ground, never having imagined that it would be him who died.
"...Spare me... Why does it have to be you, why today, why at this time... What kind of expression should I use to face that child tomorrow..."
"What's wrong, Master? Do you know this person?"
Nearby, knowing the answer, Lù Míng Hào pretended to be curious and approached the corpse, staring at Shirou Emiya's face, which had begun to turn pale from blood loss, his expression twisted in pain before death.
"Caster, do you have any way to save him?"
Rin Tohsaka looked up at Lù Míng Hào as if grasping at a straw, thinking that it should be easy to save someone like a Heroic Spirit who had just died, right?
"I do have a way, but why should I save him? I wasn't summoned here to bring victory to my Master, and there's no clause about saving people. Besides, he's just an ordinary human student, saving him won't do us any good in the battles to come."
Facing Rin Tohsaka's plea, Lù Míng Hào said with a cold and heartless expression, but in reality, Lù Míng Hào did this just to see if Rin Tohsaka would still use her father's memento, the Jewel Sword, to cast a spell and save Shirou Emiya, as in the original story.
Of course, Lù Míng Hào wouldn't choose to stand idly by regarding Shirou Emiya either, after all, when he saw Shirou Emiya's corpse, Lù Míng Hào suddenly had a whimsical idea to experiment on him.
"You..."
Looking at the unfeeling Lù Míng Hào in front of her, Rin Tohsaka bit her lip tightly and subconsciously looked at the two Command Seals left on the back of her hand. If she used a Command Seal to order Lù Míng Hào, then Shirou Emiya in front of her would be saved.
But if she used another Command Seal, she would only have one left.
However, the Holy Grail War had only just begun, and she would be at a disadvantage compared to other Masters if she only had one Command Seal left.
"Caster, I swear by Command Seal..."
"Stop!"
Just as Rin Tohsaka made up her mind to save Shirou Emiya even if it meant using a Command Seal, Lù Míng Hào quickly raised his hand to stop her. In Lù Míng Hào's view, Command Seals were a great thing that could instantly replenish his Heroic Spirit body with magic power when it was completely exhausted in the battles to come.
How could Shirou Emiya's value compare to a Command Seal? Besides, Lù Míng Hào had already planned to use Shirou Emiya for some experiments.
Now that Rin Tohsaka was planning to use a Command Seal, he might as well go along with the flow and save Shirou Emiya after stopping her.
"Honestly, choosing to use a Command Seal for such a small matter, you really are a willful one."
Saying that, Lù Míng Hào squatted down and dragged Shirou Emiya's corpse in front of Rin Tohsaka over, but it wasn't quite right to call it a corpse. At this time, Shirou Emiya hadn't completely died, but had fallen into a state of suspended animation due to massive blood loss and cardiac arrest.
As long as he was treated in time, he could still be revived, just like in the original story when Rin Tohsaka used the Jewel Sword to heal Shirou Emiya's wounds and replenish his lost blood, and his body came back to life under stimulation.
"Hmph! Anyway, Caster, heal him quickly, otherwise, if he dies because of your mistake, I really don't know how to face that child tomorrow."
Hearing Lù Míng Hào say that she was willful, Rin Tohsaka snorted subconsciously with her proud and娇态 personality, but then realized that this matter was her fault, and turned her head to say shyly.
"I know, I know."
Saying that, Lù Míng Hào directly inserted his hand into the wound in Shirou Emiya's chest in Rin Tohsaka's puzzled gaze, and then stirred with his palm, pulling out a heart that was mostly shattered, with some body tissue still connected to it.
In addition, because he used a little too much force when pulling it out, blood splattered directly, dyeing Rin Tohsaka's fair face bright red, and the rusty smell of blood rushed straight to her nose.
"Caster! What are you doing!?"
"Healing, can't you tell?"
"..."
Rin Tohsaka wiped the blood off her face and looked at Lù Míng Hào's so-called 'treatment' with black lines on her face. In less than half a minute, Shirou Emiya's body had been almost completely emptied by him. If this could be called treatment.
Then those perverted serial killers could be considered merciful.
"Caster, are you sure you're healing, not destroying the body?"
"Of course! Master, didn't you see that his heart has already been pierced? It definitely can't be used anymore, but if I just give him a brand new heart, then it might reject other organs, so I'll just replace the whole set for him."
Lù Míng Hào raised his blood-stained hand and waved it at Rin Tohsaka, indicating that she didn't need to care about such small matters, just a minor surgery to replace a whole set of new internal organs.
In between words, Lù Míng Hào pulled out Shirou Emiya's two big kidneys, which were the last part of his internal organs. It had to be said that he was indeed a man determined to become a hero of justice, and his kidneys were different from ordinary people's.
Immediately, Lù Míng Hào reached for Shirou Emiya's skull, but just as Lù Míng Hào was about to lift Shirou Emiya's skull, he was stopped by Rin Tohsaka on the side.
If Rin Tohsaka could barely believe what Lù Míng Hào had done before, but the head involved Shirou Emiya's memory, and Rin Tohsaka didn't want to save a Shirou Emiya with no memories.
"Tsk, what a pity."
Looking at Rin Tohsaka's arm blocking in front of him, Lù Míng Hào could only express regret, otherwise, he would have wanted to install a brain he had cultivated into Shirou Emiya to see what would happen, after all, this time Shirou Emiya, who would become a Heroic Spirit in the future, had also been summoned.
Although he didn't know who had summoned him yet, Lù Míng Hào wanted to see if the changes in the current Shirou Emiya would affect the future him.
The opportunity to observe two timelines of a single life form in the same place was rare.
"Then, it's time to officially start saving him."
Saying that, Lù Míng Hào raised his head and glanced at the window outside, where the alarm was blaring. Some time had passed since the previous battle, and many ordinary people had arrived here by now.
In order to prevent the subsequent experiments from being affected, Lù Míng Hào snapped his fingers, and the shadows around him instantly dragged all three of them, including himself, into the shadow world. When the investigators arrived here, they only saw a clean, empty corridor.
"Where is this?"
Rin Tohsaka looked around at the eerie world in surprise, everything was upside down, as if it were a reflection of the real world.
"Shadow World."
Casually answering Rin Tohsaka's question, Lù Míng Hào raised his arm and placed it on Shirou Emiya's chest, which had already been emptied, and his arm immediately began to liquefy, with a stream of jelly-like ice-blue liquid flowing into the wound.
In a place that couldn't be seen, those jelly-like liquids began to automatically deform and activate, forming Shirou Emiya's brand new body organs.
A few minutes later, Shirou Emiya's originally pale face had regained its rosy color, his stopped breathing had started again, and at the same time, a strong and powerful heartbeat echoed within the dark shadow world, making him look as if he were asleep.
"Caster, what's going on?"
Beside him, Rin Tohsaka looked at Shirou Emiya, who had not yet woken up, and subconsciously turned her head to look at Lu Minghao and began to ask, worried that Shirou Emiya had completely died due to Lu Minghao's so-called treatment preparation process.
That what was revived now was just a mindless body.
"Don't worry, the treatment isn't finished yet."
As he spoke, Lu Minghao raised his hand and tapped it against Shirou Emiya's heart. With a 'thump,' the sound of Shirou Emiya's heartbeat inside his body became more and more rapid, and his motionless body began to react, his tightly closed eyes beginning to tentatively open.
"Alright, what do you want to do next, Master?"
"Before he wakes up, let's send him back. Let's just treat what happened tonight as a nightmare."
"I understand."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shirou Emiya, who was about to wake up in front of Lu Minghao, sank into the shadows.
"So next, Master, are you planning to continue chasing Cú Chulainn, or are you going back?"
After sending Shirou Emiya away, Lu Minghao turned his head to look at Rin Tohsaka and asked. At the same time, Lu Minghao's dissolved arm began to grow rapidly, and in just a few seconds, it had completely recovered. As for the arm that was previously used to construct new bodily organs for Shirou Emiya...
Lu Minghao had added a lot of good things to it, believing that Shirou Emiya would definitely like it.
"Let's go back first."
After thinking for a few seconds, Rin Tohsaka still chose not to chase Cú Chulainn. What happened tonight was completely beyond her imagination, and Rin Tohsaka needed to calm down and plan her next actions.
"Okay."
After receiving Rin Tohsaka's answer, Lu Minghao took her directly from the shadow world back to the Tohsaka residence.
As soon as they got home, Rin Tohsaka went upstairs alone to return to her room, while Lu Minghao skillfully lay on the sofa and turned on the TV. However, this time the picture on the TV was of Shirou Emiya, who had just been sent home by Lu Minghao.
"Ah!!"
In the picture, Shirou Emiya, who was originally lying on the bed, suddenly sat up, screaming in terror, and his body instinctively retreated backwards, stopping only when he hit the wooden door.
"This... where is this?"
Shirou Emiya looked at the familiar surroundings, then lowered his head to look at the blanket under him, only then realizing that this was actually his room.
"Could it be a nightmare..."
Looking at the familiar surroundings, Shirou Emiya, who had calmed down slightly, raised his head uncertainly, then looked at his chest, where he could still feel a faint stabbing pain.
But now, upon closer inspection, he found that there were no wounds on his clothes at all.
However, does such a realistic nightmare really exist?
"That's really unbelievable."
Shirou Emiya raised his hand and touched his chest, which had been pierced in his dream. It was clearly a dream, but he remembered it so clearly. At this time, Shirou Emiya clearly remembered that he had to stay in the school because of the student council's request.
And just as he was concentrating on repairing the damaged electrical appliances, suddenly a huge explosion was heard, and the terrifying sound directly stunned his brain.
When he came back to his senses, he found that the classroom had become a mess, and all the glass had been shattered in the explosion just now.
Out of curiosity, Shirou Emiya did not choose to leave the school, but instead walked towards the direction from which the explosion had come. And just as he approached the vicinity of the explosion, he saw a battle that completely exceeded human imagination.
Out of instinctive fear, he wanted to leave there at the time, but the sound of his footsteps leaving attracted the attention of one of them, and he was subsequently chased and killed.
"That's really a terrifyingly clear dream."
Recalling the memory of that nightmare, Shirou Emiya lay on the bed and looked at the wooden ceiling, muttering to himself. Moreover, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but ever since he woke up, Shirou Emiya had always felt that something was wrong with his body.
Ding-ling! Ding-ling! Ding-ling!
Suddenly, a series of urgent bell sounds came. Shirou Emiya, who was lying on the bed, changed his expression drastically. Immediately, he noticed that the air at the ceiling position began to twist, and immediately afterwards, a familiar crimson spear appeared in his eyes.
His body instinctively rolled to the side, and just as Shirou Emiya left, the spear directly pierced the spot where he had just been, and at the same time, a man was looking at him with a hint of surprise beside the spear.
"Ah ah! It's very painful to see yourself being killed, I was clearly thinking of you."
Cú Chulainn pulled out the Gáe Bolg that was inserted into the ground, shook his head, and said to Shirou Emiya. Just as he was returning to his Master, he suddenly noticed an aura appearing in his perception, but the problem was that the owner of that aura had clearly been killed by him just now.
Out of caution, Cú Chulainn chose to track down the aura and came, only then seeing Shirou Emiya lying on the bed.
"However, to kill a person twice in one day, is the world always so cruel and bloody?"
Looking at Shirou Emiya, who was looking wary and holding a broken stick made of newspaper, Cú Chulainn flicked his spear and prepared to attack, while also feeling sentimental about the cruelty of this world and the misfortune of the young man's life.
"Trace, start! Material correction!"
Facing the man who should only have appeared in his nightmare, Shirou Emiya hadn't figured out what was going on, but the piercing killing intent made him make the most correct decision, which was to resist with all his strength.
He didn't want to be killed casually by that guy across from him like in the nightmare.
"Heh!"
Looking at Shirou Emiya who wanted to resist, Cú Chulainn sneered, and the spear in his hand shot out like a poisonous snake, easily picking open the long stick in Shirou Emiya's hand, and the sharp blade cut through Shirou Emiya's arm.
Among them, as long as Cú Chulainn was willing, he could have pierced Shirou Emiya's heart again in just a moment.
It's just that, after seeing Shirou Emiya use magic, he had a little bit of combat... or rather, playing interest, just like a cat would treat its prey as a toy before killing it, honing its hunting skills.
"Although it's very weak, he does have magic power, it seems like I can find some fun."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cú Chulainn's figure instantly disappeared from Shirou Emiya's eyes. Immediately afterwards, Shirou Emiya, who had just wanted to find Cú Chulainn, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist, and he flew out like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the courtyard after smashing through several layers of wooden walls.
"Cough cough!"
After rolling seven or eight meters on the ground, Shirou Emiya struggled to get up. Just as he wanted to raise his head to look in the direction he had flown out from, he suddenly heard a whistling sound in his ear.
He instinctively raised the short stick in his hand that had been strengthened with magic.
Pa!
In an instant, the magically strengthened short stick exploded directly, and Shirou Emiya flew out again. It was just that this time, because he reacted in time, most of the power was blocked by the broken short stick, and Shirou Emiya's body only stopped after knocking down the wooden door of the warehouse.
