The Light Screen showed flames burning. Accompanied by sorrowful background music, it depicted a city reduced to ruins beneath the night sky, engulfed in raging fire.
A red-haired boy lay amid the ruins, injured and extremely weak, slowly closing his eyes.
When he opened them again, the little boy had become a teenager, and his surroundings had changed as well.
He was now in a warehouse lit by moonlight.
The teenager wore a blue work uniform, somewhat filthy, and lay on a blanket. Under the moonlight, he looked listless and exhausted. Beside him sat a VCD player that was only half-repaired.
The moonlight also revealed the teenager's slightly dirty face. It was none other than the young Emiya Shirou.
Then, Emiya Shirou tried to stand, but the moment he sat up, intense pain surged through his head. He raised both hands to clutch his head before collapsing again.
At the same time, his vision blurred, and he ultimately lost consciousness once more.
The scene left people utterly confused. What had happened? He woke up only to pass out again—this boy's health really wasn't very good!
Of course, that was merely a joke. Those who had witnessed what happened before knew perfectly well that this had to be an aftereffect of Emiya Shirou's apparent split in consciousness and soul.
The sight made those in the real world who cared about Emiya Shirou deeply worried, afraid that he might have damaged his brain because of it.
Tohsaka Rin said, "Emiya... he'll be okay, right...?"
As she spoke, she quickly froze, because in the very next moment, her voice rang out from the Light Screen.
"Let it be known!"
"Thy body shall be beneath me, and my fate shall be thy sword!"
The scene immediately shifted to Tohsaka Rin. She stood in an