His face flushed red. "Of course I understood that I had my own reasons! I know a lot of things, so I'm confident I can deal with Lilith. Shirou, the troubled look you had just now already showed that you had no way to deal with her, right? Hmph, that was only natural. She's invincible—level 999. The reason you can't hurt her isn't anything else. It's because you can't even break through her defenses!"
Level 999?
Shirou had considered that Lilith might be powerful, but wasn't that level a little excessive?
"But what can you do? It's not like you can reset her level to zero." Shirou shook his head, unconvinced.
"Trust me! I have a way, anyway. And I'm an incredibly skilled hacker. I even hacked Moon Cell. Worst-case scenario, I'll use my hacking skills to escape. It'll be effortless."
"Then hack the Moon Holy Grail out for me."
Shinji awkwardly turned his head away.
Still, Shinji's proposal was genuinely tempting.
He looked so confident, as though he had everything under control and possessed some surefire method of victory.
Maybe he should let Shinji give it a try?
If Shirou monitored him from the side, Shinji's safety should be assured. And with Shinji's almost miraculous skills...
Maybe it really could work?
"Shinji, since you're so confident, I'll give you one chance. But if there's any danger, you must retreat immediately. Understood?" Shirou instructed solemnly.
"You agreed? Good, good, good." Shinji answered the latter half of Shirou's words perfunctorily, completely immersed in the joy of getting to infiltrate the enemy as a traitor and stab them in the back.
"Then, Shirou, I'll be going first." Shinji smugly headed outside, nearly walking into a wall. He looked thoroughly pathetic, yet continued onward without realizing it.
And then he did walk into