Matou Zouken's Self-Imposed Trap

The Light Screen footage rewound time.

This time, it rewound to the morning, just as Emiya Shirou and the others arrived at school.

Emiya Shirou did not notice the rewind, but Red A did.

Just like last time.

It seemed the two Emiya Shurous were treated differently by the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The younger Emiya Shirou had become part of the Infinite Tsukuyomi world—or rather, the true core of its existence.

Once the younger Emiya Shirou began to question this world, the Infinite Tsukuyomi would become unstable.

Red A, on the other hand, did not have that problem.

This could be seen earlier, when Matou Shinji told Emiya Shirou that the world was fake. The Infinite Tsukuyomi world had begun to destabilize and distort, starting from afar and spreading closer.

Another thing was confirmed as well: the time rewind had indeed been caused by Abigail Williams.

More accurately, it had been caused by the Outer Void God behind Abigail Williams.

That mysterious Outer Void God had truly infiltrated the Infinite Tsukuyomi world with Its power, gaining an authority over this game world akin to a GM's control.

Of course, people in the real world no longer needed to care much about the world rewind itself.

What the people of the real world truly cared about was the brief period before the rewind, when Abigail Williams appeared.

The keyhole that opened on her forehead, and the mysterious, eerie purple eye within it, lingered in people's minds like a nightmare of mental contamination, refusing to fade.

The instant they saw that eye, everyone's heart sank. A chill shot through their bodies and straight to their heads, while a panicked feeling of being seen through completely arose from within.

What that eye contained was still too early for humanity to comprehend. It even triggered