I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

silence.

no respond.

This is natural. After all, who would have thought that there is a soul hidden in the Great Holy Grail?

However, Shirou did not give up and continued:

"It's useless to remain silent. I know your existence and I know you can hear me. Why don't you come out and see me? Maybe you don't believe that I have no ill intentions towards you. The founder of the Great Holy Grail, the Saint of Winter, Yu Styza Ritzleich von Einzbern."

There was still no response, leaving the boy alone to perform a one-man show.

"Well, it seems that I can't gain your trust. In that case-"

After waiting for a few more minutes, Shirou sighed helplessly and moved his gaze away from the Great Holy Grail to a shadow in the corner of the corridor.

"——Hey, don't always hide in the dark and watch the show. Come out and talk to me."

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

Accompanied by a voice that has gone through countless accumulations and has a strong sense of vicissitudes, an old man wearing a black formal attire and holding a hardcover book in his left hand walked out of the shadows. Only one person has that white beard and hair without looking old - — "The Gem Man" Kishua Zelrich Shibain'ogu.

The old man walked up to the young man, smiled and said to the Great Holy Grail.

"I assure you, everything he said is true. Come out and we will answer the questions in your mind."

Having said this, the golden sphere, which had been calm as if it were a dead thing, finally reacted. A female figure as pure white as the heavy winter snow emerged from the golden human figure in the center, with a thick glow in her delicate red eyes. puzzled.

"Kishua, what on earth are you going to do?"

"As you have heard, 'destroying the world' or 'rescuing mankind' means the same thing."

Shirou changed into a more comfortable sitting position and replied with a smile.

"How about it? Your Einzbern family's millennium-long cherished wish will soon come true. Are you happy, happy or excited?"

"this……"

Seeing the confusion on Justeza's face, Shirou also began to struggle:

"Uh, why do you have such an expression? Hey, old man Gem, is she really the Saint of Winter? The one who sacrificed herself in order to realize her family's long-cherished wish?"

"Yes, but no. She is still the 'Winter Saint', but she is not the artificial person who fulfilled her family's long-cherished wish at the expense of herself. If it is you, you should be able to understand."

Hearing what Gemstone Man said, Shirou nodded: "Understandable, isn't there the best example over there? That artificial man named Sieg. In other words, the family's long-cherished wish is no longer in your heart. Number one? So, what is your number one? Is it him—Matou Shinji?"

Justeza didn't answer, but her uncontrollable changes in expression betrayed her heart.

"You want to ask me how I guessed it? It's very simple. What a person reveals in a crisis must be his truest thoughts. In the crisis when the Great Holy Grail was taken away, you first separated the Small Holy Grail, and then risked At the risk of exposing yourself, you left your third magic in the Little Holy Grail, and also sent the Little Holy Grail to his Master by 'coincidence'. What is the purpose of this? Don't say it's to stop me, I I don’t believe that boy didn’t tell you the ‘wish’ I should have made.”

Having said this, Shirou paused, glanced across Justeza's cheek, and got the answer he wanted.

"It seems I was right, tsk tsk. It seems that my little fellow countryman is doing well. Oh, oh, you are like this, Sieg is like this for Astolfo, and there is another one for Emiya Kiritsugu. Irisviel, could it be said that the Einzbern family’s androids not only have the same appearance, but also their personalities?”

In fact, this is not only the same lineage, but also a kind of extreme reverse. Artificial beings are born with a lack of emotions, so once they have a human heart, their emotions will be particularly strong, so they can't hide their thoughts, so they will pour out all their emotions to the people they care about, even at all costs.

Perhaps because she couldn't stand Shirou's teasing, or perhaps she simply didn't want to answer, Justeza repeated her question again - "What on earth are you going to do? Bring Shinji and I into this world, and then torture him like this!"

"I have told you my purpose, which is to obtain samples and prepare for purification. By the way, I also want you to think about whether your Einzbern's long-cherished wish is correct. The rest of the matter has nothing to do with me."

"Hey hey——"

Seeing that Baoshiweng had passed all the responsibilities, Shirou became anxious.

"——This is not the right thing to say. You know that I am here and sent people here, so I am an accomplice."

"I only knew that you wanted to give him some guidance, but I didn't expect that you would use such means."

"What is this like? This is the most appropriate way, okay? Don't tell me you can't see the flaws in this kid. Queen Scathach trained his patience and will, and also solved his innate lack of qualifications—— But the most important thing is that she didn’t teach it, or she didn’t have time to teach it.”

"What is it?" Justeza asked involuntarily.

"It is a belief that will never waver and never give up no matter what kind of desperate situation he faces. This is the biggest gap between him and those heroes. Even Astolfo, who is not as strong as him, is worse than him in this regard Much stronger. Take this old man as an example. The pinnacle battle of his life was to kill the origin of vampires, the absolute king, the true ancestor among the true ancestors, Zhu Yue Brownstad. In terms of hard power, Zhu Yue dumped He had two streets. That battle was really dangerous. He was suppressed countless times and could die at any time, but he did not give up, nor did he use the second magic to escape. With the second magic's ability to interfere with time and space, he wanted to leave. Ten Zhu Yue could not catch up. In the end, he risked being bitten by Zhu Yue and becoming Zhu Yue's servant, and successfully killed Zhu Yue. As a price, he was bitten and became a Death Apostle and seriously Aging and losing strength. If it were that kid, he might have escaped long ago. Even if he survived to the end, he would not take such a risk. As he said himself, he is just an ordinary person who has gained strength. Here is his Not strong enough.”

Shirou said, pointing to his heart.

"He is just a powerful modern magician at best. He will never reach the peak. He will never be able to see the true scenery of this planet and this world. He will always be the pawn of the old man!"

"So you want to force him? Completely force him into a desperate situation with no way out and let him complete his true transformation?" Gemstone Weng nodded thoughtfully.

"Yes, people are forced out. Only by completely cutting off his escape route with his irreplaceable bond can he truly force himself to strengthen his belief, give it a try, and maximize his potential - just like you It's the same as when we faced Zhu Yue. This is both a teaching and a trial. After passing the vast sea and sky, I will give him the thing you covet, so that he can truly have the possibility of killing Queen Scathach."

"But, but, what if he fails?" Justice asked anxiously.

"If I leave him so many heroes as companions and he can't pass this hurdle, then I'm afraid he will be like this for the rest of his life and will never reach the height of a chess player. Even if he is lucky enough to dominate an era and dominate the limelight, That's just 'There is no hero, so Zhuzi becomes famous'."

"He will hate you." For some reason, Justeza said this.

"After passing this threshold, even if you hate him, you won't hate him to the bone. If you can't pass it - he is just an insignificant ant. Do you care about the resentment of an ant?"

Shirou's tone was as gentle as ever, but it sounded so harsh to Justeza's ears.

Shenji, you must work harder and give this hateful guy a good beating! ! !

PS: Old Gemstone, you are wrong. When Gemstone Handsome Guy killed Zhu Yue, he was the undoubted template for the protagonist. At that time, the existence of Zhu Yue had already caused a crisis for both the planet and humanity. You can imagine what the two major restraining forces would do when the handsome gem boy attacked Zhu Yue. It was definitely the luck of humanity and the planet at the same time. It was truly Destiny's Son, when you go out and encounter treasures, drink water and get gems, and any level A will be a critical hit.

PS2: How strong is the handsome gem boy at his peak? Well, let’s put it this way, Zhu Yue’s ultimate move is a meteorite with a diameter of 3,500 kilometers hitting the earth - "Moonset". As a result, this "Moonset" was blocked by the handsome gem man with "multi-dimensional saturation bombardment" - just the country There is an Illya event on the server right now. Friends with Illya click into my room. The 3500-kilometer meteorite mentioned in the conversation is Zhu Yue's "moonset". It is the largest known moon-shaped meteorite in the world. One of the strongest attacks.

PS3: Damn your uncle’s NTR. It’s strange that you are a traitor. Why did you rise to the level of NTR just by chatting?