Arc 6The Mystic Eyes Express

After the Moon Tower murder and Kirie’s battle with Touko Aozaki, Shirou joined Webber aboard the Mystic Eyes Express, where Trisha was murdered and Webber was attacked by Hephaestion. Shirou revived Trisha, discovered Tiamat inside Imaginary Space, and left to help Caleb control his Mystic Eyes in exchange for help finding someone.

  • Shirou attended the Moon Tower banquet with Leinise, then helped Webber investigate the Golden Princess’s murder and identified the Bodhi Leaf as the treasure Atram Galliasta had sought.
  • Kirie fought Atram’s intruders and Touko Aozaki, awakened Twin Children, and joined Shirou in driving off the monster that swallowed Atram.
  • Shirou joined Webber, Gray, Caules, and Fujino aboard the Mystic Eyes Express, where Trisha was found decapitated and Olga Marie accused Shirou before asking him to help.
  • Shirou investigated Trisha’s death with Webber and Caleb, then protected Webber when Hephaestion attacked him and restored his lightning-scorched body.
  • After the train broke down in the Sea of Trees, Shirou cleared a path to the fruit, cut through the Son of Fuhailin’s branches, and returned to confront Hephaestion.
  • Olga Marie found Trisha’s Imaginary Space, while Fujino discovered Trisha’s head inside it and stopped Olga from opening the space prematurely.
  • Shirou used the Hogyoku to reconnect Trisha’s head and body and return her soul, then learned that she suspected Dr. Arest had arranged the murder.
  • Shirou entered Imaginary Space, heard Tiamat singing, and warned that he could hold her back for only about twenty minutes before leaving to help Caleb master his Mystic Eyes.
Chapters 126–150 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 126Bishamon (First Hassan: Trash!)

Okita Souji, Mordred, and Jeanne fought Semiramis and her poison beasts in Babylonian territory. They left Semiramis paralyzed and exposed to Okita Souji’s finishing attack.

  • Okita Souji tried to strike Semiramis, but Semiramis escaped with Spatial Movement and attacked the group with magecraft and poison gas.
  • Jeanne used her Noble Phantasm to shield the group from Bishamon’s poison while Mordred and Okita Souji fought the venomous pythons.
  • Mordred split one python with Clarent, and Okita Souji struck the other at its vulnerable point.
  • Jeanne used her Command Spell to make Mordred unleash Clarent Blood Arthur after Semiramis summoned Bishamon.
  • Okita Souji destroyed Semiramis’s Divine Fish scales, and Mordred’s Crimson Thunder paralyzed Semiramis as Okita Souji launched Nameless Three-Stage Thrust.

Ch. 127Saint's End

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada entered the Greater Grail and successfully wished for the Third Magic, but Shirou arrived intending to destroy it. Shirou challenged Amakusa to a duel while secretly relying on Okita Souji to destroy the Grail.

  • Amakusa Shirou Tokisada learned that seven Heroic Spirits had fallen and entered the Greater Grail to pursue his wish.
  • Shirou arrived too late to stop Amakusa from making his wish and told Shakespeare that he had come to destroy the Greater Grail.
  • Shirou recounted Kiritsugu's story to Shakespeare while Amakusa's wish took effect.
  • Amakusa emerged claiming he had achieved the Third Magic, and Shirou revealed his plan to destroy the Greater Grail.
  • Shirou challenged Amakusa to a duel using only technique, while Okita Souji remained poised to attack the Greater Grail.

Ch. 128A Familiar Force

Shirou defeated Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, destroyed the Greater Grail, and escaped as the Hanging Gardens collapsed. Back at Yugdomirenia Castle, he told Caules that the Servants would soon have to leave, but revealed that he could now heal Fiore's legs.

  • Shakespeare fled as Shirou and Amakusa Shirou Tokisada prepared to fight.
  • Shirou overwhelmed Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, who vanished after Semiramis apparently rescued him with a Command Spell.
  • Shirou photographed the Greater Grail, took a fragment for Touko Aozaki, and destroyed the Grail with a powerful blast.
  • The Hanging Gardens collapsed, and Shirou left while Shakespeare stayed behind to write.
  • Shirou returned to Yugdomirenia Castle and told Caules the Servants would have to leave soon.
  • Shirou told Caules he could heal Fiore's legs, surprising him.

Ch. 129Returned

Shirou restored Fiore’s legs, returned to Fuyuki with Okita Souji, and spent several years building the Emiya family’s strength. In 2003, he accepted Leinise’s invitation to a social event hosted by Izuruma, bringing Kirie along.

  • Shirou used the Hogyoku to restore Fiore’s leg function and materialized the surviving Servants to help Yugdomirenia withstand the Mage’s Association.
  • Shirou returned to Kan'fuze City with Okita Souji, introduced her to Touko Aozaki, and then went back to Fuyuki after resolving Shiki’s problem.
  • Shirou told his family about the Holy Grail War and later trained in martial arts with Okita Souji while continuing to take commissions and help Touko Aozaki.
  • In 2003, Shirou accepted Leinise’s request to attend Izuruma’s social event, where Touko Aozaki was also invited.
  • Shirou brought Kirie to the event after using the Hogyoku to give her Shinigami powers, and she trained with Okita Souji and Ryougi Shiki.

Ch. 130Twin-Faced Tower Izuruma

Shirou, Leinise, and Gray attended an Izuruma banquet, where Shirou greeted the family head and encountered Touko Aozaki. As cheers announced Lady Tiaradra and Lady Estella, their entrance brought a strange moment in which time seemed to shatter.

  • Byron Baru Yeleta Izuruma welcomed Shirou, Leinise, and their companions to the Moon Tower banquet.
  • Leinise observed that the gathering was dominated by the Trancebellio Faction, while Shirou explained how the Clock Tower’s factions could be recognized.
  • Gray asked Shirou what to do at the gathering, and he admitted that he rarely attended magi social events.
  • Shirou spotted Touko Aozaki and called her over, startling Leinise when she recognized the name.
  • The crowd cheered as Lady Tiaradra and Lady Estella were announced, and time appeared to shatter as the ceremonial gown parted.

Ch. 131Counterfeit

At the Izuruma banquet, Shirou met Inorai Baru Yeleta Atolohom and declined her offer to join her faction before leaving with Kirie. Suspecting the Golden Princess and Silver Princess were impostors because their souls differed so greatly, he called Webber to warn him of impending trouble.

  • Tiaradra Baru Yeleta Izuruma and Estila Baru Yeleta Izuruma introduced themselves as the Golden Princess and Silver Princess, stunning the guests except for Shirou.
  • Inorai Baru Yeleta Atolohom arrived, greeted Shirou, and offered him a lecturer position in her faction, but Shirou declined.
  • Shirou left the banquet with Kirie, saying he was responsible only for Leinise's safety and not for politics.
  • Shirou returned to the Tower of Sun and called Webber, warning him to come alone because trouble was coming.
  • Shirou concluded that the Golden Princess and Silver Princess were counterfeits because their souls differed too greatly.

Ch. 132The Elementary School Reaper, Hurry Up and Come!

After Golden Princess was found dismembered in a locked room, Lord El-Melloi II began investigating while Shirou demonstrated his power and denied being the killer. The investigation left the group with the possibility that the Golden Princess Leinise saw the previous night had been an impostor.

  • Shirou examined Golden Princess's dismembered body and joked about the locked-room murder.
  • Lord El-Melloi II arrived to investigate, but Lord Byron objected and had Carina reveal that Tiaradra wanted to flee to El-Melloi.
  • Touko suggested Shirou was a suspect, so Shirou cut through the Moon Tower to show that he had no need to stage a locked-room murder.
  • Shirou repaired the tower and urged Webber to begin his investigation.
  • Webber said the Golden Princess Leinise saw the previous night had been a fake, and Shirou estimated the corpse had been dead for twenty-four to seventy-two hours.

Ch. 133Crowned Chef Scores a Triple Kill

Shirou guarded Leinise during Webber’s investigation, then cooked breakfast that won over the group. Webber found unusual ashes and linked the mystery to an underground auction for a mystical treasure, which Shirou identified as the Bodhi Leaf on Siegfried’s back.

  • After the others left, Webber investigated the case while Shirou and Kirie guarded the door.
  • Inorai asked what Shirou would have done if Lord Byron had pressed the issue, and Shirou said he would have erased Izuruma from the Clock Tower to protect Leinise.
  • Shirou prepared breakfast in his portable kitchen, and Leinise, Inorai, Gray, and Webber praised his cooking.
  • Webber discovered unusual ashes on the floor, examined them, and asked Inorai about a recent underground auction.
  • Inorai said Lord Byron and Atram Galliasta had competed for a valuable mystical treasure, and Shirou identified it as the Bodhi Leaf on Siegfried’s back.

Ch. 134Young People Always Looking for Thrills

Shirou learned that Atram Galliasta’s men had invaded Izuruma after Galliasta lost an auction, and ordered Kirie to eliminate them while sparing the Oil King. Atram boasted about his attack and threatened Lord El-Melloi II, unaware that Shirou was already planning to cripple him if he resisted.

  • Shirou noticed intruders and asked Baru Yeleta whether Atram Galliasta should be spared; she agreed to let him live for now because he had purchased a place in the ritual.
  • Shirou ordered Kirie to kill the intruders except for the most arrogant one, whom she was to recognize as Atram.
  • Webber asked about Galliasta’s failed bid, and Shirou sensed more than thirty intruders approaching but judged them no match for Kirie.
  • Atram showed off the storm he had created, then dismissed the threat posed by Baru Yeleta and Lord El-Melloi II.
  • Shirou sneezed in the Golden Princess’s room and vowed to cripple Atram if the Oil King proved stubborn.

Ch. 135Emiya Faction, Kirie Fujino!

Kirie Fujino helped Byron fight off intruders attacking Izuruma, then faced Atram Galliasta after he struck with overwhelming lightning. The chapter ended with Kirie blocking his attack with her sword.

  • Byron used his bubble magecraft to bring down several intruders, but their lightning overwhelmed him and forced him to one knee.
  • Kirie arrived and killed the intruders one by one with her Zanpakuto and Flash Step.
  • Kirie rescued Byron from Atram Galliasta’s lightning, then revealed the real sword she had been carrying.
  • Atram warned Kirie to leave, but she refused and said she would dispose of him if he was an intruder.
  • Atram unleashed a massive lightning hand, and Kirie threw her sword into its path, stopping the attack.

Ch. 136Awaken, Twin Children!

Kirie used Shirou’s lessons to counter Atram’s lightning, then fought Touko Aozaki with improvised tactics. When Touko unleashed the presence inside her bag and immobilized Kirie, a mysterious voice urged Kirie to call on her power, and she began to awaken it.

  • Kirie explained that her metal sword had conducted Atram’s lightning into the ground, then incapacitated him.
  • Touko Aozaki revealed that she had been hired to oppose Kirie and attacked her with Rune Magic.
  • Kirie evaded Touko’s spells and set her sword alight with chemicals to send flames toward her.
  • Touko opened a gap in her leather bag, releasing a glimpse of her familiar that left Kirie unable to move.
  • A mysterious voice encouraged Kirie to call on her power, and Kirie said, “Awaken... Twin Children!”

Ch. 137Stop It

Kirie revealed her Shikai, Twins, and fought Touko Aozaki’s monster before Shirou intervened. Atram disappeared after being swallowed by the monster, and Shirou left with Kirie while the gathered magi remained to investigate.

  • Kirie split into two real selves and used her Zanpakuto’s untouchable shadows to wound Atram.
  • Touko Aozaki’s monster emerged from its bag and swallowed Kirie’s shadows, prompting one Kirie to prepare to retreat.
  • Shirou arrived, lost an arm to the monster’s devouring power, then regenerated it and ordered Kirie to release her Shikai.
  • Shirou and Touko realized Atram had vanished into the monster, while Inorai confirmed that Kirie was not responsible for his disappearance.
  • Webber, the Silver Princess, and the others gathered as Shirou thanked Touko, sent Kirie home to practice her Shikai, and decided to stay in London.

Ch. 138Webber's Invitation

Webber recruited Shirou to help recover something important aboard the Mystic Eyes Express, and they boarded the train with Gray, Caules, and Fujino. As the group encountered other passengers, Hishiri Adashino tried to recruit Shirou, Yvette joined them, and Caleb Frampton revealed he was attending the auction.

  • Webber called Shirou in London and asked him to help recover something important connected to the Mystic Eyes Express, offering him a new Final Fantasy game.
  • Shirou met Webber, Gray, Caules, and Fujino at a London subway station, and Shirou and Fujino joined despite the invitation allowing only two attendants.
  • The Mystic Eyes Express arrived, and Hishiri Adashino tried to persuade Shirou to join the Department of Law and Politics.
  • Yvette Lehman entered the carriage and reunited with Webber and the others.
  • Caleb Frampton of the Church of the Holy Temple announced he was an auction participant, and Webber persuaded Shirou to put away his sword.

Ch. 139Director! Director Olga, Alive!

Shirou traveled aboard the Mystic Eye Train with Webber and Gray, where he helped Gray overcome her motion sickness and discovered a note from the person who had lured them there. The chapter ended when Olga Marie Animusphere approached Webber and Shirou recognized her as Director Olga, alive.

  • Leondra and Rodin introduced themselves as the auction host and train conductor, and Shirou asked Leondra about her Mystic Eyes.
  • Webber went to sleep after the train departed, while Shirou took care of him and spoke with Gray about how much his family meant to him.
  • Shirou adjusted Gray's affinity with magical energy, giving her slight Magic Resistance that eased her motion sickness.
  • Webber showed Shirou a note from the person who had sent the invitation, who acknowledged their arrival and directed them to the storage room at dusk.
  • Olga Marie Animusphere approached Webber, and Shirou recognized her as the living Director Olga from fate/grandorder.

Ch. 140Death Has Arrived!

Shirou and Webber discussed the Astronomy Department’s interest in the Holy Grail War and Webber’s desire to see a former Servant again. Their conversation ended when they discovered Trisha murdered aboard the Mystic Eye Collection Train, with Olga Marie beside her.

  • Olga Marie asked Webber to help the Astronomy Department cut costs at the auction, and Webber agreed to consider the request despite suspecting he was being used.
  • Shirou told Webber that the Holy Grail War could not grant his wish, while Webber explained he wanted to see a Servant from the previous war again.
  • Shirou sensed blood aboard the train, and he, Webber, Gray, and Fujino rushed toward a scream in the next carriage.
  • They found Trisha dead with her head missing and Olga Marie collapsed beside her body.

Ch. 141You Can't Blame Someone Just Because They're Connected!

After Trisha was found decapitated aboard the train, Olga Marie accused several people before Shirou intervened and proposed using the Hogyoku to restore her. Shirou took charge of the investigation, leaving Webber and Caleb to examine the corpse while Olga Marie watched.

  • Olga Marie grieved over Trisha's corpse and accused Shirou of murdering her, but Webber confirmed Shirou had been with him.
  • Olga Marie then accused Caleb and attacked him with a Gandr bullet, prompting Caleb to approach with Black Keys to knock her out.
  • Shirou blocked Caleb, explained that the Hogyoku might gather Trisha's shattered soul and allow her revival, and accepted Olga Marie's plea for help.
  • Shirou asked Conductor Rodan for permission to investigate, then ordered Webber and Caleb to examine the body from magical and scientific perspectives.
  • Caleb told Webber that although he believed mages deserved punishment, he had not intended to kill Olga Marie, who was mourning her companion.

Ch. 142Kindling

After Trisha was murdered aboard the Mystic Eye Collection Train, Shirou investigated the scene and comforted Olga Marie while preparing to protect Webber. The chapter ended with Webber setting out to pursue something important to him, with Shirou accompanying him.

  • Caleb examined Trisha’s body and concluded she had been killed by a clean decapitation, while the others noted that her head was missing.
  • Shirou deduced that Caleb possessed Mystic Eyes of Past Sight and left him to speak with Webber.
  • Shirou visited Olga Marie, acknowledged her grief over Trisha, and offered to arrange another room, but Olga Marie insisted on staying in hers.
  • That night, Shirou guarded Webber’s room because Webber could not defend himself from the murderer.
  • Webber left his room to pursue something important to him, and Shirou agreed to go with him.

Ch. 143Servant!

Shirou, Gray, and Webber met a powerful woman on the Mystic Eye Collection Train, where she recognized Webber and attacked him. Shirou stopped her sword and prepared to face her.

  • Shirou, Gray, and Webber arrived at the crude carriage where their appointment was set to take place.
  • Shirou told Gray that Olga Marie had been given time and space to recover, while storm clouds gathered over the train.
  • A woman with mismatched gold and silver eyes appeared on the roof and insulted Webber, mentioning Ouminous and his former Master's clairvoyance.
  • The woman declared that Webber should die and slashed at him with her shortsword.
  • Shirou caught the woman's blade one-handed and challenged her as a Servant.

Ch. 144Already Nothing at All

Shirou and his companions were attacked by Hephaestion and her lightning chariot, leaving Webber badly burned. Shirou brought Webber to his room and used the Hogyoku and Fullbring to heal him while ordering Fujino, Gray, and Ulquiorra to guard the room.

  • Shirou fought Hephaestion, who revealed herself as Iskandar's foremost confidant and attacked with a lightning-charged chariot.
  • Webber stopped Shirou from unleashing a devastating attack, and Shirou carried Webber and Gray away before the chariot struck.
  • Caules found Webber scorched by lightning, and Webber collapsed after asking them not to tell the train staff.
  • Shirou brought Webber to his room, ordered Fujino and Gray to guard the door, and summoned Ulquiorra to protect them.
  • Shirou used the Hogyoku and Fullbring to restore Webber's burned body as Olga Marie questioned his abilities.

Ch. 145Stay Here, Don't Touch the Oranges

After the Mystic Eye Collection Train was forced toward the Sea of Trees' Child, Shirou used a projected armament to warm the carriage and prepared to face the ice-and-snow apparition. Webber woke as the train stopped, and Shirou left the others behind to seek the True Crimson Fruit.

  • Shirou treated Webber's injuries, while Gray prayed for her master's recovery.
  • Lord Rodin announced that the train's ley-line tracks had been tampered with and warned that it would enter the Sea of Trees' Child.
  • As snow fell and the carriage grew cold, Shirou projected a golden, sunlike object to warm the room.
  • Webber woke and apologized to Gray before asking to rest for another five minutes.
  • The train stopped in an icy landscape, and Shirou told the others to stay put while he went to pick fruit.

Ch. 146A Rotten Orange Is Still a Rotten Orange

Fujino and Ulquiorra guarded Shirou’s room until he allowed Yvette and Caleb Frampton inside. Shirou agreed to help Caleb control his Mystic Eyes in exchange for investigating Kirei Kotomine, then said he could defeat the Dead Apostles by cutting down the branches protecting the Sea of Trees’ fruit.

  • Fujino blocked Yvette from entering Shirou’s room, and Ulquiorra threatened her with his katana until Shirou invited the visitors inside.
  • Yvette checked on Webber, who complained that she had neglected her self-study assignment.
  • Yvette explained that the Mystic Eye Train had broken down and that Caleb needed to sell his Mystic Eyes because his life depended on it.
  • Shirou offered to help Caleb control his Mystic Eyes if Caleb used his Church connections to find Kirei Kotomine.
  • Shirou declared that he would reach the Sea of Trees’ fruit and cut down the branches protecting it, ending the battle within half an hour.

Ch. 147A Great Lumberjack

Shirou blasted and hacked his way through the Son of Fuhailin’s defenses, seized its core, and encountered Hephaestion while trying to catch the departing Mystic Eye Train. He left Hephaestion facing a Broken Phantasm explosion as he vanished.

  • Shirou used a pseudo-Balmung blast and Broken Phantasms to clear a path through the forest, stunning Yvette and Caleb.
  • Shirou cut through the Son of Fuhailin’s branches, reached its sapphire core, and pocketed it.
  • Shirou detonated a Broken Phantasm behind him and confronted Hephaestion, who had been searching for Ulquiorra.
  • Shirou projected Karna’s Brahmastra, vanished toward the train, and left Hephaestion to face its Broken Phantasm explosion.

Ch. 148Kamen Rider Is the Best!

Olga Marie searched the train compartment and discovered a hidden Imaginary Space tied to Trisha’s Magic Crest, but Fujino stopped her from opening it. Ayano Riri arrived to investigate, while Fujino kept her at bay with her Mystic Eyes and overwhelming physical strength.

  • Olga Marie repeatedly searched the cleaned room after an explosion shook the train and it started moving again.
  • Olga Marie found a spell formula suspended at a fixed position relative to the train and recognized it as Trisha’s Imaginary Space.
  • Olga Marie tried to open the space by turning her wrist and guessing Trisha’s password, but Fujino stopped her, warning that Shirou might otherwise be unable to save Trisha.
  • Fujino spotted Ayano Riri’s white snake familiar under the bed and confronted it for watching them.
  • Ayano Riri entered the room and claimed that investigating the case was part of her job, while Fujino held her at bay with her Mystic Eyes of Distortion.

Ch. 149Getting Carried Away

Shirou reunited Trisha’s head with her body and returned her soul, attempting to revive her. Trisha began to twitch, leaving the group to see whether the resurrection had succeeded.

  • Melvin arrived and went to see Webber aboard the Rail Zeppelin.
  • Fujino told Shirou that she had found Trisha’s head in an Imaginary Pocket.
  • Shirou learned that time did not pass in Imaginary Space and decided he could try to revive Trisha.
  • Shirou used the Hogyoku to reconnect Trisha’s head and body, then returned her soul.
  • Trisha’s body twitched after Shirou’s procedure.

Ch. 150New Juzva Yamete Wakarōda!

Trisha awakened and reunited with Olga Marie, while Shirou learned her Imaginary Space magecraft and heard Tiamat singing inside it. After Trisha suspected Dr. Arest had arranged her beheading, Shirou left with Fujino to help Father Caleb control his Mystic Eyes and search for someone.

  • Olga Marie threw herself at the newly awakened Trisha, and Shirou prescribed her extensive sleep as treatment.
  • Shirou asked Trisha to teach him Imaginary Space magecraft in exchange for saving her, then quickly opened the space himself.
  • Shirou heard Tiamat singing inside Imaginary Space, warned the others about her, and said he could only hold her back for about twenty minutes.
  • Trisha admitted she did not know who had cut off her head but suspected Dr. Arest was the mastermind.
  • Shirou left with Fujino to help Father Caleb master his out-of-control Mystic Eyes in exchange for his help finding someone, while Olga Marie complained about Shirou.
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