Shirou Emiya stands on the Terra continent

127 Draw the sword!

"The...red devil of Kitahara?"

Late at night, on a high-rise building in the slums, Emiya stood on the roof and looked out over most of the slums.

After catching up on some sleep in the recliner that Ah Xing brought in the afternoon, Emiya's sleep quality has improved a lot, and he feels a little more energetic now.

While paying attention to suspicious people and things around him, Emiya chatted with Is.

The content of the conversation is very broad, ranging from trivial matters to life ideals.

The purpose of chatting like this is just to cheer up, of course it’s mainly because of Yis’s need.

Emiya was accustomed to such mechanical work.

Habits are habits, but Emiya was still happy that Is wanted to talk to him and find something to do.

Even gears that are constantly in motion need some lubrication to prevent damage.

Just now, Yis discussed the identity of the suspect.

He seems to be an Ursus who fled to Longmen after becoming infected.

Although it is unknown why he assisted in the kidnapping of other infected people, he kept talking about the red devil after being caught.

"Yes, the Red Devil of Kitahara, he is a well-known person in Ursus, probably similar to the Kitahara Guerrillas? No, you probably don't know anything about this, after all, you can't even use electronic products."

On the other end of the headset, Is continued to explain science to Emiya.

It was just some casual chat, but it also allowed Emiya to have a deeper understanding of this land.

Even if it is not useful now, maybe one day in the future, Emiya will need it?

Every sentence, even every word, spoken now is an accumulation of experience for Shirou.

What is experience?

Experience is the accumulation of knowledge, which allows people to clearly know what they should do and thus avoid detours.

Of course, pure popular science is also very boring, so Yis would occasionally make a few jokes.

He can keep playing with the electronic products joke for a while.

He has to grasp it more carefully. He knows that Emiya has been cramming relevant knowledge frantically recently.

"Let's not talk about this. We can still have a pleasant chat. Let's continue talking about the red devil."

Hearing Is mocking him again, Emiya said unhappily.

But now he was more curious about the red devil that Is just mentioned.

According to Is, the other party seemed to have started repeating this sentence after being trapped by his arrow.

"You are so boring. As for the red devil, he disappeared two to three years ago, and we still haven't found any news about him."

"But compared to the guerrillas, the title of Red Devil is more impressive. After all, the former is a group, while the latter is a single person."

"It is said that if you see red light or red figures flashing on the snowy northern plains, you can only pray that you are not the target of the opponent, otherwise you will see your own blood in the next moment."

After complaining about Emiya's reaction, Is began to tell Emiya about the red devil in Kitahara.

It sounds a bit exaggerated, but that's how rumors get more and more outrageous.

But that was only until more than two years ago. After that, the red devil no longer appeared and the rumors gradually stopped.

The information he had in his hands was collected a long time ago, and he just remembered this matter when he looked it up.

The true identity of Kitahara's Red Devil is unknown, and his Originium skills are unknown.

The only thing that is certain is that the other party is on the side of the infected. After all, most of the people they are responsible for clearing out are the mines that oppress the infected or the patrol teams that execute the infected.

It can be said that the infected are hostile to most Ursus people, while the other side is on the side of the infected.

The red light and shadows stood on the side of the infected and were hostile to Ursus, hence the title of Red Devil.

"Why does it sound familiar?"

On the tall building, Emiya looked confused.

He always felt that this so-called red devil sounded a little familiar?

"It's almost like what you look like now, red coat, red arrows, the red devil of Longmen is you!"

Is joked.

"Coat, arrows... is that guy?"

As Is added to the description, Emiya thought of the red knight─Archer.

But this idea was quickly rejected. If it was that guy, he would definitely not sit idly by and watch Ursus oppress the infected.

Although he hated the other party, he had to admit that the other party was powerful.

Two to three years of disappearance...To put it nicely, that's it, to put it bluntly, he is either dead or disabled.

If it really was that guy, Emiya didn't think he would retreat so easily.

It should just be a simple similarity.

"you know?"

Of course, Is could hear Emiya talking to himself and didn't find it strange.

Similar methods, clothing, and Emiya has lost his memory.

It is natural to doubt the relationship between the two.

"No, it shouldn't be the person I think. That guy is very tenacious."

Emiya shook his head to deny Is's question.

He was overthinking it, maybe because he was also thinking it would be better if someone from the same hometown came along?

"Really? What a shame. I thought I would have a chance to learn the true identity of the red devil."

Is had no intention of asking further questions.

There is no need for that. After all, the Red Devil of Kitahara is a thing of the past, and it will be useless even if we get more information.

Unless the other party returns one day and causes a huge impact, this kind of information is dispensable.

"Sorry to disappoint you."

Hearing the disappointed tone coming from the other end of the headset, Emiya also felt a little sorry.

"Don't apologize, expectations and disappointments are part of life."

Yis didn't think too much about it. In his opinion, these were just idle chat.

"Really? You're really open-minded."

Emiya said with a slight chuckle.

While chatting, Emiya's eyes never stopped.

The slums were particularly quiet today, and he didn't even see the hooded man.

So calm that Emiya felt... there was something wrong.

It’s not that there are no people on the streets. If you don’t feel it carefully, it’s actually no different from usual.

It was that Emiya felt that something was missing, and after telling this to Is, Is said:

"This is normal. Even the Originium Swarm will have a sense of crisis when they see someone caught in a trap. I should have let you rest for a day or two before coming back. I didn't expect you to insist on reporting every day."

"So it's my problem?"

After hearing what Is said, Shirou's face was filled with black lines.

Although the other party had explained it in advance, he still insisted on coming...

Forget it, just enjoy the scenery and feel the breeze.

Looking towards Longmen city from here is quite a nice sight.

"If you think so, then there's nothing wrong with that, but we can't rule out the possibility that the other party will take actions that are not in the spotlight."

Seeing Emiya doubting his life, Is felt particularly happy, but he still briefly mentioned that the other party might take action today.

"Darkness under the lamp?"

It seemed to me that he had heard these words somewhere before.

It usually means that people are less likely to notice things that happen close to them, but what Is meant here is that the more dangerous the place, the safer it is, right?

"The sudden death of the suspect caused quite a stir. The other party might have thought that the Imperial Guard would wait a few days before taking action. But they didn't expect that the people searching for them... were not just the Imperial Guard."

There was one thing Is didn't say, which was that the other person who was also pursuing this matter was also a stubborn person like Emiya.

I guess the other party didn't expect that there would be two stubborn people chasing them day and night?

"But now it seems that the other party should be really scared, right?"

Emiya took a few steps forward, came to the edge of the tall building, and looked down.

A normal person would not be able to see people clearly from this height without the help of any equipment.

But Emiya could see everything clearly. Not only the person, but even the patterns and numbers on the manhole cover next to it were clearly visible to him.

You can vaguely see a suspicious person wearing a bamboo hat hiding in the corner.

Yis said not to worry about it and it wouldn't affect their work.

"Maybe? How about it? Want to call it a day early today?"

In response to Emiya's question, Is could only give his opinion based on past experience.

Personally, he hoped that Emiya would have a good rest.

After all, to him, those infected people are just strangers. When he knows someone is persecuting them, he just feels that it is not good, but he will not speak out to stop it. Most people in this world are like him.

But Emiya is the kind of person who would stand up and stop it. Such a person is easily respected by others, but also easily hostile to others.

Simply put, people like this won't live long.

Maybe he was overwhelmed by putting too much pressure on himself, or he was stabbed by the person he was protecting... He has seen this kind of scene many times.

"Go on, start from scratch..."

As he spoke, Emiya sensed something was wrong.

He heard very light footsteps and breathing.

There was also the sound of steel grinding.

"Draw your sword!"

"Trace on─"

Without hesitation, a pair of black and white swords appeared in Emiya's hands.

He turned sideways, overlapped Gan Jiang and Mo Ye together, and placed them in the path where the opponent might attack.

Gan Jiang Moye caught the opponent's attack steadily, and the force of the feedback was lower than Shigong expected.

However, Shirou did not think much about it and immediately took a few steps back to create some distance.

"Very sharp?"

After keeping some distance, Emiya saw the person coming clearly. It was the hooded man.

He retracted his sword and turned to face Emiya.

"Is there something going on? I'm just here to enjoy the scenery. There's no need to take action, right?"

Taking a deep breath, Emiya felt that the situation was a little bad.

He didn't pull up his hood now, and although he was still wearing a mask, it couldn't hide his identity.

It's not some weird TV show or film where no one can recognize you if you cover part of your face.

"I'm not stupid. You didn't even change your coat. Do you really think I can't see that?"

The hooded man, or should I say Chen, sheathed his sword.

She originally just wanted to scare the other person, but she didn't expect that the other person would actually react.

She had not expected this. Although she had learned a little about Emiya's skills from Xingxiong and Shi Huaiya, it now seemed that what Emiya had shown before was only a small part.