Chapter 593: Do you want to know the meaning of life?

"Grandpa Senji, can you let me have a few words with him?"

Emiya Shirou looked at the Archer in front of him and made his request, and Senji Muramasa naturally had no objections.

Thus, Emiya Shirou took over control of the body. He looked at the Archer before him and asked,

"Hello, Emiya... Shirou."

"Call me Archer. Lin Ye calls me that; it's quite fitting," Archer said.

"Alright then, Archer, can you tell me what exactly happened in the future?"

"What's the use of telling you? You won't let me kill you anyway. Aside from venting, there's no point, is there?" Archer sighed; he understood that he certainly couldn't kill Emiya Shirou now.

Therefore, rather than this, he might as well die heroically and generously, which would at least leave a good impression on people.

Yet at this moment, a voice appeared out of thin air.

"There are some things that, if you don't say them, no one will ever know."

Hm?

Hearing this voice, everyone looked toward the sky. At this moment, they saw Lin Ye floating down with Musashi.

Lin Ye had come to join in the fun, while Musashi... she had simply heard Lin Ye say there were two swordsmen about to clash and had insisted on tagging along.

"Lin Ye."

On one side, Tohsaka Rin breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of anything else, with Lin Ye appearing, at least she and her Servant shouldn't have to die. Though looking at it now... it didn't seem to make much difference whether her Servant died or not.

On the other side, seeing Lin Ye appear, Senji Muramasa spoke directly.

"Lin Ye, you're here."

"Mm." Lin Ye nodded at Senji Muramasa, then stuck out a thumb and said, "That sword strike just now was quite good."

Lin Ye also possessed an A++ "Lin Ye Muramasa," though he had never used it. He hadn't expected it to be this good; he would have to find a Reality Marble another day and try slashing with it himself.

Beside Lin Ye, Musashi nodded repeatedly. "That's right, that's right. That sword strike just now was truly strong; it must have been released by someone with an unparalleled understanding of the sword. By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. Shinmen Musashi, you can just call me Musashi."

Hearing Musashi's words, Senji Muramasa smiled and nodded. "Miyamoto Musashi? The legendary strongest swordsman of Nihon. As it happens, I am also the strongest swordsmith of Nihon. However... those two swords at your waist... judging by the craftsmanship, they must have been forged for you by Lin Ye, right? Two A-rank Noble Phantasms; it seems Lin Ye cares about you very much."

"Of course! I am Lin Ye's disciple, after all!" Musashi puffed out her chest proudly and gripped the two swords at her waist.

These were swords given to her by her Master. Forget about them being forged by the number one swordsmith; she wouldn't even trade them for God-forged armaments!

Watching the two of them interact, Lin Ye said helplessly, "Could you two please settle who's in charge first? Let's deal with Archer's business before considering the swords, or else Archer is going to die of frustration."

"I won't feel frustrated," Archer said stiffly.

"You're only fooling yourself. But then again, rather than asking you, it would be more intuitive to let Emiya Shirou experience it for himself."

What does that mean?

Everyone present was confused. At this moment, Lin Ye said to Senji Muramasa, "Withdraw your power and call Emiya Shirou out."

"Alright."

Senji Muramasa nodded, then closed and opened his eyes, and Emiya Shirou's personality appeared.

However, before Emiya Shirou could say anything, he heard Lin Ye say a sentence to him.

"Do you want to know the meaning of life?"

Then, Emiya Shirou saw a flash of light before him, and subsequently, he knew nothing more.

"Lin Ye, what are you doing..." Archer looked at Lin Ye in confusion. He wanted to say more, but his vision blurred, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Lin Ye, what is this..." Tohsaka Rin was bewildered, and Lin Ye offered no explanation.

He waved his hand, and Illusion A+ was cast immediately. Subsequently, images formed by the illusion appeared in the void.

"I hypnotized Emiya Shirou with an illusion, letting him experience what happened to Archer, and then I hypnotized Archer, letting him experience what happened to himself. Tell me, what kind of reaction will they have? Haha, just thinking about it is delightful."

Lin Ye watched this scene with great interest. Seeing Lin Ye's love for watching the drama, Tohsaka Rin gave him a helpless look and moved to his side.

Lin Ye: "Beer, drinks, peanuts—want some?"

Tohsaka Rin:...

Hey! Can you be a little more serious! You're still using an illusion over there! Don't let the cat out of the bag!

Lin Ye: "If you don't want any, I'll eat them myself."

Tohsaka Rin: "Don't!! Give me some!"

Then, Tohsaka Rin sat down next to Lin Ye with a bucket of popcorn to watch the "movie." Lin Ye's illusion was already at A+, surpassing even Merlin's, so with Emiya Shirou and Archer's abilities, they naturally couldn't sense anything amiss.

And the first to play was the scene of Emiya Shirou.

In Emiya Shirou's dream:

【"Where am I?"】

Emiya Shirou looked around. This seemed to be Fuyuki City still, yet Emiya Shirou could no longer feel the presence of Senji Muramasa, as if the Holy Grail War and everything else were just a dream.

Thus, Emiya Shirou continued to live a normal life.

Until...

One day, Emiya Shirou passed by a power station. Just as he reached the entrance, a roar rang out!

573 Boom!

Immediately after, Emiya Shirou heard cries for help coming from inside the power station!

"Help!! Someone, save us!"】

"Come quickly! Someone... *cough, cough*... help... help!"

"She's not going to make it! Hurry! Take her out!"】

People were wailing, yet the fire was merciless; no matter how they begged for help, they could not escape the sea of flames!

Watching this scene, Emiya Shirou immediately shouted, "Hold on! I'm coming to save you!"】

Emiya Shirou rushed in without hesitation! As an ally of justice, how could he turn a blind eye to this?

However, the temperature of the fire was too high, and there were too many people crying for help. 500 people! A full 500 workers were trapped in the sea of flames!

Even though Emiya Shirou could barely hold on using magecraft, reaching these people was already his limit. Looking at everyone being scorched by the heatwaves, Emiya Shirou's eyes were filled with unwillingness.

Incompetence! Because of his own incompetence! These 500 people could not be saved! If he were just a little stronger, everything would be different.

Unfortunately, there were no "ifs."

Emiya Shirou could only struggle in the sea of flames, watching helplessly as this human tragedy unfolded!

Yet at this moment! A voice suddenly rang out!】

"Do... you want a miracle?"】 ===== CHAPTER 595 =====