Shen Er: Humans Have Limits, So (1st Update)

The final words spoken by Matou Shinji in the Light Screen footage contained far too much information—so much that people were overwhelmed with excitement, and countless discussions sprang up one after another.

At the Emiya Residence, Emiya Shirou could not help looking at Matou Shinji beside him in surprise. "Shinji, what's going on? What happened to the you in there?"

Matou Shinji shook his head. "How could I possibly know? Obviously, there's a huge difference between me and that version of me in the Light Screen footage. Our life experiences must have been completely different. I even suspect that the me in the footage isn't human anymore."

Everyone immediately revealed looks of surprise. Tohsaka Rin quipped, "Hey, hey, Shinji, what do you mean, not human? Did that version of you think humanity had limits, so he decided to stop being human?"

Rin was not trying to insult him with that remark. Matou Shinji had once rather chuunibyouishly declared that the human body was too fragile, and that machinery or digital ascension was the true path forward.

When Rin heard that back then, she had not understood the reference and mocked Shinji for refusing to be a proper human when he could just become a robot instead.

In the girl's mind, what Matou Shinji said meant that he wanted to become a robot.

For such a troublesome girl who did not understand the romance of science fiction, Matou Shinji naturally could not be bothered to explain. They had no common language, after all, so whenever such questions came up in the past, he had simply ignored them.

Yet this time, faced with her jab, Matou Shinji said pointedly, "Maybe you got it right this time, Tohsaka."

Tohsaka Rin: "Huh?"

Matou Sakura, standing nearby, frowned. "Brother, do you mean that the you