Dislaimer: See Chapter 2.
To put it simply, there have been several disappearance cases in Nagazora City recently.
During this period, there should be a criminal gang lurking in Nagazora City that continues to carry out illegal kidnappings.
His father... this world Emiya Kiritsugu was unfortunately shot while tracking down the culprits.
The words once spoken by the middle-aged man who took him home came to mind.
The moment he realized that the originally traceless clues were nakedly displayed before his eyes, Emiya Shirou's brain suddenly cooled down.
No, rather than saying it was cooling down, it would be better to say that the emotions were being paralyzed.
The anger, disgust, and hatred towards the criminal; the grief and sadness over the murder of his "father"; and the excitement of suddenly finding a clue...these emotions that normal people should have were all frozen.
The only thought left in his mind was "Follow me."
When he came back to his senses, his legs were already moving at an unimaginable speed, for a child that is.
There was no option to just jump out the window.
Because it is the peak time for students to arrive at school, if he jump out of the fourth floor window in public, it will probably make the headlines tomorrow.
A first-grade elementary school student suddenly jumped out of the fourth floor and was still intact. Thinking about it, he really can't laugh.
Peaking his head out of the classroom, Emiya Shirou quickly looked around.
There are no other students in the corridor yet, and except for the surveillance cameras at both ends of the corridor, no one can reach here yet.
If you run at a speed that is within the range of ordinary people's understanding, it would take about four seconds to rush from here to the side of the teaching building.
Next, he just needs to rush out of the side window, and then find a way to activate the Archer class card to jump to the top of the building behind the teaching building. He can temporarily hide from the eyes and ears of ordinary people, and freely exert all the body functions he has when he Install the card.
After planning his actions for the next ten seconds or so, Emiya Shirou ran out the room.
"Hey! Emiya! Don't run in the corridor!"
As he passed the office, the young teacher's roar penetrated his ears.
"Ah, teacher, I'd better ask for leave today -!"
"Huh? What does asking for leave mean -?"
"It means I'm going home today! I'm not feeling very well, so I won't go to class for the time being!"
He apologize in his head for lying a teacher, but now is no longer the time to explain it carefully.
Before she could run after him, he had already turn the corner and jump out of the window.
"I told you not to run in the corridor, you know it's very dangerous! How can you look uncomfortable - where are you?" When the teacher round the corner, he's already gone.
Eastern Time, March 17, 2004, 8:12 am.
Nagazora City, West City District.
After completing Install [Archer] card, Emiya Shirou stood on the roof of a small high-rise building, looking at the police cars driving away from the city.
The ability of that guy [EMIYA] is overwhelming for ordinary humans.
Therefore, after getting out of the sight of others and releasing the class card, the sense of urgency pressing on Shirou's chest suddenly disappeared.
"It's really convenient beyond imagination, the so-called class card."
Without fear, standing at a height that would definitely shatter a person's bones if they fell, Shirou whispered in an inexplicable voice.
"You can actually make me, who is just a dabbler, able to use the power of a heroic spirit."
Sighing, Shirou focused on his eyes, and looked at the speed of movement from this distance. A rather slow police car was firmly captured in the field of vision.
Maintaining a distance of about 500 meters from the police car that was leaving the city, he could reach the scene immediately within a few seconds and would not be easily noticed by the other party. Shirou quietly jump between the rooftops of the buildings.
Once he are out of the sight of others, Shirou have more room for action and thinking.
There is no doubt that the moment he releases the class card, even though he has not yet appeared in front of anyone, everything that happens next will be firmly in the palm of his hand.
If this police car driving out of the city had nothing to do with the recent disappearances in Nagazora City, he could leave quietly without being noticed by anyone.
If the police car finds the culprit and successfully arrests them, his (this body's) obsession will be relieved after seeing that the object of revenge bears the punishment he deserves.
How to deal with the criminal after catching him is the business and responsibility of these police officers.
Considering the worst case scenario, if the suspect poses an obstacle or even threatens the policemen in the police car like last time, Shirou Emiya also has the ability to rely on the excellent sniper capability of [EMIYA] to eliminate all the resistance of the prisoner.
[EMIYA] power should not be abused for his own (Emiya Shirou's) selfish desires.
The driving route of the police car is quite easy to understand.
Although there are many roads outside West City District, they are basically highway intersections leading to other towns.
Because of the high mountains, the highways outside the city are not dense.
In addition, most of the distance between the mountains is occupied by Senba Academy. Apart from the few tunnels that open up the mountains at the foot of the mountains, the only exposed road is the one that leads directly to Senba Academy.
After arriving in the suburbs, the police car suddenly stopped on the side of the road.
Directly ahead is a highway intersection that leads directly to the next city, and on the right is an uphill slope that bypasses the highway intersection and leads directly to the Senba Academy campus.
Emiya Shirou stared at the stopped police car from a distance, his brows suddenly wrinkled slightly.
Because he didn't bring a mobile phone or a watch, he didn't know the exact time now, but judging from the time that had passed since he left school, it should be close to half past eight.
Eight-thirty, for elementary school students in the Far East, is the time when the first morning class begins. It is also the time when the school gate closes and no strangers are allowed into the school without the permission of the guard.
Following this line of thinking, Shirou subconsciously raised his head and looked at the gate of Senba Academy.
As if confirming his guess, the automatic door of Senba Academy opened without warning, and the luxurious Roll-Royce slowly drove out of the school.
It drove from the ramp into the fork connecting various towns, then turned around and headed towards the highway intersection.
At the same time, the police car parked on the side of the road started.
The the police car drove behind the limousine, about fifty meters apart, on the highway leading to Linzhen (idk what this word mean in Honkai world, so if anyone can tell me, I'll fix it later).
Is it a coincidence? Or is it intentional?
Shirou pursed his lips.
An indescribable bad premonition rushed into his mind.
-So.
If the next situation does not develop towards any kind of future that he originally expected.
At that time, he wonder how should he use the power of the class card?
The outskirts of Nagazora City are a plain composed of farmland and disorderly single-family houses.
Approaching the mountains, the plains gradually began to undulate, and the highway originally laid on the land began to turn into a suspended elevated road.
Although it is difficult to find a high-rise building that can easily observe police cars outside the city, the good news is that due to the large amount of traffic in and out of Changkong City, finding a ride-hailing car that can follow behind the police car isn't that difficult for Shirou.
With light steps, he jumped steadily onto the bed of a truck with very little noise.
The one-way highway that leads directly to Linzhen has only two lanes. As long as the police car and the Roll-Royce in front of him are traveling normally without causing a violent commotion, he will definitely be able to hitchhiker this truck to follow them steadily.
The sky suddenly darkened, and the rusty tunnel lights drew two parallel dark yellow ellipsis above the head.
The moment the truck entered the dark tunnel, a sharp stinging pain hit the temples on both sides without warning. Is it because the instantaneous change of light and darkness stuns the visual system?
"Well..."
The sudden sharp sting caused Emiya Shirou to subconsciously cover his forehead.
But in the next second, his expression that showed a little distress due to severe pain froze.
"What-?!"
An indescribable chill, accompanied by a feeling of nausea, suddenly surged into his chest.
Lines.
Thousands, tens of thousands, no - more than that, countless, blood-red threads, like layers of spider webs, appeared out of thin air on the arched wall of the tunnel.
While the truck was driving at high speed, the dense network of wires that completely covered the tunnel wall was like a swarm of squirming worms, making Shirou Emiya feel nauseated uncontrollably.
"What is this...!?"
Accompanied by a whisper mixed with fear, a ghostly rainbow light flickered uneasily in Shirou's pupils.
The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception - Through the physical examination of the [Old Mother Simulator], Shirou already knew what kind of special ability these eyes that appeared inexplicably since he came to this world had.
Also with the help of [Old Mother Simulator], he successfully locked away the completely uncontrollable magic eyes based on external forces.
Therefore, from the time he completed the simulation copy and woke up, until the moment just now, those "lines" that foreshadowed death were in a state of being blocked by the [Old Mother Simulator].
For Shirou Emiya, this was the first time that these demonic eyes, which could see lines of death, would break free off the locking method of the [Old Mother Simulator].
Why did these evil eyes suddenly go berserk? Is it because the shielding method applied by [Old Mother Simulator] has lost its supposed effect? Or is it that the operating efficiency of the magic eye exceeds the limit of the 'lock'? Before considering these two questions, the infiltrating scene captured in his field of vision caused huge panic and anxiety to explode in Shirou's heart.
Although these magic eyes allow him to directly see the death of all things in the form of "threads". But normally, those lines entrenched on the surface of objects and living things are basically simple geometric figures, and they can be counted clearly with his eyesight at a glance.
But - what on earth is this tunnel? !
Rather than saying that it is something covered by the "dead line", it is better to say that it is basically something constructed from the "dead line".
What does it mean to be something constructed from dead lines?
"...Tsk!"
Finally did he understood this.
After suppressing all the coldness and fear that emerged in his chest, Emiya Shirou mobilized all the magic circuits lent to him by the class card without hesitation.
"Trace (projection) -!"
Began a powerful, self-suggestive mantra.
Just like Shirou Emiya's ominous imagination.
The moment he mobilized all his strength, forcibly skipped almost all magic projects, and deployed all the hardest things in his arsenal above his head.
The tunnel, which was more than one kilometer long and traversed both sides of the mountain, sounded a low but violent terrifying sound.
In less than a second.
More than hundreds of millions of tons of rocks and soil easily crushed the arched walls of the tunnel, mercilessly burying Emiya Shirou who was releasing the spell, as well as the vehicles inside the tunnel before they could even cause commotion. Bury them under the darkness, never to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Eastern Time, March 17, 2004, 8:38 am.
Nagazora City, ME Corp. headquarters building.
Twenty-sixth floor, president's office.
Raiden Ryoma sat at his desk, expressionlessly arranging his next schedule for the day.
As the president of a multinational group, Raiden Ryoma is extremely busy beyond ordinary people's imagination.
For most of the past two years, he has been busy traveling to meetings and negotiations.
The Second Outbreak three years ago not only destroyed Siberia's social order, but also plunged the global economy into a quagmire that was difficult to recover in a short period of time.
To be honest, Raiden Ryoma doesn't particularly care about the development of ME Corp.
He was not even a particularly good manager. Compared to leading the company's development direction and formulating the future plan for ME, Raiden Ryoma would rather spare as much time as possible to accompany his baby daughter's side.
It's a pity that as long as Honkai still exists in this world, the current background of the times means that Raiden Ryoma is destined not to regard himself as a qualified father.
If he picked up the counterattack blade, he couldn't hug his daughter, but if he put the blade down, he couldn't even protect his daughter - this sentence is a true portrayal of Raiden Ryoma.
After arranging the day's schedule, Raiden Ryoma rubbed his temples tiredly.
At this time, a deep sound suddenly came from the west. At the same time, a weak vibration slightly shook his body sitting in the office chair.