In the living room of the Emiya Residence, a group sat around a table, their faces grim.
This time, besides Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, Illya, and Alcides, there was one more person.
She was Sakura Matou's Servant, R-Sis, Medusa.
R-Sis had come to tell Shirou Emiya to run. Sakura had been completely taken over by her dark personality and become Dark Sakura.
She had attacked the church last night and devoured Gilgamesh, gaining enough magical energy.
Her puppets now included Artoria, Archer, Cú Chulainn, and Medea. Their fighting strength far surpassed that of the group.
And her next targets were Illya and Shirou Emiya.
Before Sakura's dark personality had taken over, her final order to Medusa had been to protect Shirou Emiya.
But Dark Sakura had now reached the point where she would even kill Shirou Emiya to possess him.
That was why Medusa had come. She intended to take Shirou Emiya and flee.
Naturally, Shirou Emiya, who had not abandoned his identity as a hero of justice for Sakura, refused.
Because of a slight deviation in the plot-or rather, because Sakura had made her decision before Shirou Emiya and chosen to end her own life-he had ultimately not given up on being a hero of justice.
Shirou Emiya's goal was clear now: he wanted to prevent tragedy.
The television was reporting that hundreds more people had disappeared last night, along with the collapse of the church and the priest's unknown whereabouts.
The station's initial suspicion was an explosion caused by a gas leak, but how many people would believe that explanation? A gas leak in a church-who would buy that?
As a novice in the world of magecraft, Shirou Emiya still did not understand the gravity of the situation.
He was still grieving over Sakura's transformation into Dark Sakura,