But Shinji had succeeded.
"I knew it. Being able to speak normally before the spiritrons making up my body completely vanished was one of SE.RA.PH's good points, I guess. I severed my sense of pain—there was no pain at all, so it was nothing—haha. Actually experiencing my body disappearing was so disgusting it made me want to throw up. Though I no longer had that function.
But before I die, Shirou and Hakuno, could you two stop making those faces? If you're really pissed off, then go... go defeat Lilith, defeat BB, and seize the Permissions."
Shirou solemnly nodded.
"We will," Hakuno said, taking Shinji's hand.
After those passionate words, Shinji stared blankly upward.
When exactly had he come to the Moon Cell?
If he remembered correctly, he had entered after replacing his data during another Holy Grail War reset.
That Shirou guy had been quite surprised to see him on the Outer Moon back then. Fortunately, he hadn't been an opponent in the first war.
But by the fifth time, they had to become enemies.
Before the battle began, he had gone to see Shirou, and Shirou had worn the same heavy expression.
Back then, he had decided to disappear before the battle began, but it had been useless. After an unknown amount of time, the Holy Grail War had refreshed again—or rather, reset.
No one had become the Moon's victor, and so he had told Shirou about the final plan.
"Shirou, Hakuno, do you still have memories of the Outer Moon?"
"No. We lost them long ago."
"Ha, good. Listen carefully. You don't just need to survive long enough to leave the Far Side. You must do everything in your power to raise your strength to its peak. Otherwise, you won't be able to defeat that enemy." Shinji