As if there was a data error, a pitch-black color spread over Shinji Matou's limbs at this moment.
His expression of unwillingness and anger turned into extreme panic at this moment.
Shinji Matou never thought that he would be eliminated in this way. Just as he said at the beginning, Shinji Matou only regarded this Holy Grail War as a game.
A game that can be played over and over again.
But he didn't understand that this game was a game where lives were at stake.
Shinji Matou knelt on the ground, looking at the condition of his body, at a loss, and screamed loudly.
Drake, who was standing next to him, had the same problem.
No, except for Matou Shinji and Drake, the entire world on their side began to collapse, with the red wall as the boundary.
The pitch-black substance began to cover the other half of the sail in front of Emiya Shirou at an indescribable speed, and the ocean and the sky gradually collapsed into pitch-black.
It was as if it had been deleted, and everything was disappearing at an extremely fast speed.
At this moment, the place where Emiya Shirou was standing and the place where Matou Shinji was standing seemed to be in two different worlds.
"Losing the Holy Grail War means death, Shinji, you should know this as a Master!"
Looking at the extremely panicked Matou Shinji, Drake asked helplessly.
"Death, death is a common means of intimidation, right? How can a computer crash be real——"
Listening to Drake's explanation, Shinji Matou's eyes were full of disbelief.
Just like in a normal adventure game, if you are killed by a monster, you will die, but you can be resurrected from the nearest teleportation point or save point.
Of course, Shinji Matou wouldn't care about this kind of death.
In his understanding, the death of failure in the Holy Grail War means elimination.
Then exit the game and wait to participate again in the next Holy Grail War.
But Shinji Matou didn't expect that this time, death would be a real death.
"When everyone arrived here, it was almost the same as death, because only one person could survive--!"
"What's the point of saying this now! Damn it, this thing won't stop--!!!"
Looking at the black substance that had begun to spread towards his body, Shinji Matou's expression became even more panicked.
He looked at Drake with a strong desire to survive, wanting to seek help from her.
"You are my Servant, do something at this moment! Do something!!"
The strong impact of death made Shinji Matou look dazed.
He couldn't believe that he was going to lose his life just because he participated in a game.
You have to know that he is only eight years old now, just an eight-year-old child.
Before I even had a chance to see the scenery outside the window, I had to witness the cruelty of death.
He knew deep in his heart that his death might be inevitable, but his strong desire to survive made him beg continuously.
"If the rules here were so easy to break, they wouldn't have been established in the first place. Besides, I'm basically powerless to do anything about it right now."
However, before Drake could finish his words, the next second - a violent roar came from beside them.
As a servant, Drake only heard a low voice at this moment.
"Illusion collapses--!"
"boom--!"
A horrific explosion occurred in an instant.
The red flames formed into exploding fire tornadoes that rubbed against the air and swept through the atmosphere with a humming sound.
The barrier that was originally used to separate the winners and the losers shattered under this horrific explosion.
A huge mushroom cloud rose before the eyes of Drake and Matou Shinji.
It was an explosion caused by a dagger with a chain.
At this moment, a terrifying wave of air swept towards Shinji Matou.
The powerful impact made it impossible for Shinji Matou, who was kneeling on the ground, to stabilize his body.
Fortunately, although Drake, the Servant, is about to disappear, he still has the power to take on Shinji Matou.
The crimson barrier shattered under this horrific explosion.
The thick fog produced by the explosion rushed into the red world at this moment.
At the moment it poured in, the thick fog began to be covered with a dark substance.
"Really? They're clearly enemies!"
Drake caught Shinji Matou who was sent flying backwards by the explosion. Looking at the shattered red barrier, he seemed to understand something. He covered his forehead and laughed wildly, with great surprise in his tone.
"Maybe, this is what a hero is! That kid would actually do such a thing!"
"This is something I have never thought of. What a pity, before I could even think of it, that kid did it first!"
"what are you saying!?"
Shinji Matou is totally unable to understand the current situation. In his mind, there is only one thing now, and that is to survive. He doesn't want to die so early without seeing everything in the world.
He is not Drake, nor is he Shirou Emiya. From beginning to end, Shinji Matou was not ready to face his own ending.
"Don't pay attention to what I'm saying, Master. Since you have this opportunity, then just live well————!"
"This is my last favor to you, even though it's not really a favor—!"
As soon as he finished speaking, at the last moment when the pitch-black substance covered his whole body, Drake used all his strength to grab Shinji Matou's collar and threw him towards the thick fog in front.
"Well, anyway, it was a great voyage. If there is a next time, I hope you can become more mature and not make me, your adjutant, worry about everything. I hope you can become a qualified villain!"
With a hearty laugh, Drake's body was completely swallowed up by the dark substance and disappeared on the spot.
The first human to or the first person to complete a circumnavigation of the Earth.
A great navigator who changed world history.
I was smiling happily until the end.
"Someone, help me--!"
Looking at Drake who threw him out and then disappeared, all that was left in Shinji Matou's heart was despair.
However, a silver figure emerged from the thick fog at the moment he flew backwards and caught him steadily.
Chapter 562: A Small Conflict in the Infirmary
As Shinji Matou himself said, as a participant in the Holy Grail War, he is just an eight-year-old child.
However, when he was a child, Shinji Matou showed amazing talent for an ordinary person.
At the age of eight, he became the gaming champion of Asia and an outstanding and well-known hacker.
Even Toosaka Rin had to admit that Matou Shinji was a tricky person, and she didn't even want to confront him.
This is recognition of the talent of a child named Matou Shinji.
But because of this, the eight-year-old Matou Shinji did not believe that this Holy Grail War was really a battle at the cost of life.
From the beginning to the end, Shinji Matou had no intention of killing Shirou Emiya.
He just wanted to defeat this person whom he hated so much.
Shinji Matou set his avatar to his sixteen-year-old self, just to show off.
With such talent, the eight-year-old Matou Shinji believes that he is no longer a child.
But when he participated in the Holy Grail War, he showed a childish temper everywhere.
Drake, as Shinji Matou's servant, may have already noticed this fact, or perhaps because she herself does not care about her Master's decision, Drake is very tolerant of Shinji Matou.
Whether Shinji Matou accidentally revealed his real name or made some decisions that she thought were not good, she would only make fun of him.
Even if Shinji Matou spoke harshly to him, he would just smile it off.
“My hand—!!!!!!”
With such a terrified cry, Shinji Matou suddenly opened his eyes, jumped up from the hospital bed, and looked around with a frightened face.
"Brother, you're awake--!"
With a worried voice, the girl named Sakura quickly stopped what she was doing and shouted to Matou Shinji who got up from the hospital bed.
Although it is only in the setting that Sakura Matou is Shinji Matou's sister, she seems to be accustomed to this identity and still calls Shinji Matou that.
"Yakura! I don't have a sister!"
Looking at Sakura who was worried in front of him, Matou Shinji responded while covering his aching head. He would not accept that he suddenly had a younger sister or something.
However, if he really had a younger sister, he would certainly fulfill his duty as a brother and protect her.
At least, that was Shinji Matou's first thought upon realizing that he had a sister.
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!!!!"
However, before Sakura could speak again, Shinji looked at his hands with disbelief written all over his face.
Those hands turned into a pitch-black substance as if there was a data error.
At this time, Shinji Matou realized that everything he had experienced before was not a dream.
The moment he reacted, his expression was filled with panic.
Because he remembered that his servant Drake had said that if he failed, his body would gradually be swallowed up by this dark substance and eventually disappear, dying as a computer in this world.
"That's right, that's right! Since I'm back here, Rider must be back too! She's fine too. As long as she's fine, then I won't disappear!!!"
As if he had thought of something, Shinji Matou became excited. He talked to himself and shouted loudly to the air beside him.
"Rider! Rider! Rider! Rider!"
However, no matter how much Matou Shinji called out, the woman with cherry-colored hair never appeared beside him again.
“In the name of the Command Seal, Rider, return to me—!”
As if grasping at the last straw, Shinji Matou raised the Command Seal on the back of his right hand and issued commands to the space in front of him.
A red mark disappeared just like that when Shinji Matou shouted.
However, no one appeared in front of Matou Shinji.
He also couldn't feel any connection with Drake.
Only the Command Seal on the back of his hand told Shinji Matou that he once indeed had a Servant named Drake.
"Damn it! Dam ...
With such a shout, Shinji Matou raised his right hand again, trying to use two more Command Seals to try to summon Drake back.
But he seemed to have forgotten that as proof of his participation in the Holy Grail War, when the last Command Spell dissipated, he would be locked and deleted by Mooncell again.
"Will you shut up!!! You idiot!!!"
A cold voice filled with impatience came from beside Matou Shinji.
The powerful aura instantly locked onto Shinji Matou and completely enveloped him.
Under this sudden pressure, Shinji Matou closed his mouth instantly.
He looked to the side with horror.
This kind of momentum could never be unleashed by a magician. Apart from the Servants, he could not think of any other existence that could create such an oppressive feeling simply by momentum.
Of course, this momentum and sense of oppression are only visual perceptions, and they are not actually able to make Shinji Matou feel as if he has a stone on his back.
There was a flash of golden light, and a red figure slowly emerged from the side of Matou Shinji.
It was only at this time that Kirito Shinji noticed that on the bed next to him lay a chestnut-haired girl. She opened her eyes in a very bad state of mind because of his loud shouting.
That was his best friend - Hakuno Kishinami.
"You actually won a battle!?"
