Laughed Like a Pig

The Light Screen showed Matou Shinji, who had already set a new low, demonstrating what a fake brotherhood looked like afterward.

Matou Shinji, Emiya Shirou's friend, had once again set his sights on Emiya Shirou.

Their relationship had been shown before. Although Matou Shinji was far different from his counterpart in another scenario, he had still become close friends with Emiya Shirou—or at least, they had once been very close.

However, their relationship had begun to deteriorate a year ago, naturally because of Matou Shinji, that awful-tempered bastard.

Emiya Shirou would never deliberately let his relationship with someone turn sour. His good-natured personality also meant he would not break with a friend. Even if that friend made unreasonable demands, as long as they did not cross his bottom line or violate his principles, he would not mind.

Then Matou Shinji approached Emiya Shirou and gave him a piece of intelligence: Ryudou Temple had a Servant. He had even deliberately steered the matter of the malicious barrier at school toward Ryudou Temple.

Emiya Shirou had no doubts about his friend's words. He believed it, and as a result became furious at—and worried about—the Servant and Master hidden in Ryudou Temple.

After all, another one of his friends, student council president Issei Ryudou, was the young head priest of Ryudou Temple. If dangerous people were inside the temple, wouldn't Issei Ryudou be in danger?

So Emiya Shirou immediately decided to go and investigate.

He also told Tohsaka Rin about it, wanting to hear her opinion.

However, Tohsaka Rin did not believe Matou Shinji at all and felt there was something seriously wrong with him.

Moreover, Emiya Shirou's tendency to believe whatever people told him also irritated Tohsaka Rin immensely. She felt he had utterly failed to grasp the brutality of the Holy