Chapter 3

Riding in the man's police car, Shirou returned to his [home] in Nagazora City

Emiya Kiritsugu in this world is a criminal policeman who has been fighting crime all year round. Before adopting Shirou, the house he lived in was a one-family building with two floors. The location of the house is in the city center of Nagazora City.

It takes about fifteen minutes to get back here from St. Luke International Hospital

On the way home, the man driving the police car kept talking to Shirou about Emiya Kiritsugu.

Judging from the respectful tone of the man when he described Emiya Kiritsugu, the Emiya Kiritsugu of this world seems to have fulfilled his ideal.

Although he has not been able to truly become the so-called " Hero of Justice" but at least for Emiya Kiritsugu himself, until he died under the gun of a criminal he seemed to have no regrets at all about choosing his career as a criminal policeman.

"Is it really okay for you to live alone, Shirou?" After arriving at the door Shirou got out of the police car.

The man rolled down the window of the police car and said in a worried tone, "Although Emiya-san did brag to the police department about how sensible his child is to us, I also know that you spent most of the time when he was out of the police by yourself, but Nagazora City is not safe during this time, so why don't you live with me for a short while."

"Thank you for your kindness but it's okay for me to be alone." Shirou turned his head and shook his head, "But... you said that Nagazora City is not safe during this time? What's going on?"

"...Speaking of this matter may rub salt on your wounds, but I still think you, are qualified to know about this matter." The man sighed faintly, "After all, your father... died because of this incident."

"..." Shirou was silent for a moment, then he clenched his fingers into a fist, "Can you tell me more about it?"

"To put it simply, there have been several disappearance cases in Nagazora City recently." The man said

"We found some clues at the disappearance scene where those people disappeared. Emiya-san...was unfortunately shot when he was chasing the criminal."

"...Shot?" Shirou couldn't help but frown slightly, "In Japan? A country with such strict gun control and there are still gunmen around?"

"It seems that Emiya-san seems to have told you a lot about his work?" The man couldn't help showing a somewhat surprised expression.

To be honest, watching a boy who is still in primary school discuss crimes with him in such a serious and mature tone always makes the situation unrealistic and absurd.

It feels odd but when he thinks that this child is the adopted son of Emiya Kiritsugu, the man felt relieved, "Indeed, although our country has not completely banned guns, the policy on gun management has always been very strict, except for sporting events. Apart from a few rifles, there are no legal channels to obtain other types of firearms, so during the pursuit we... did not expect that there would be snipers lurking in the dark."

"Before Dad was shot, the prisoner did not have weapons similar to yours?" Shirou asked in a deep voice.

"No, the case in which Emiya-san was shot to death is also the first shooting incident in Japan this year." The man let out a long breath as if he wanted to completely vomit out the stagnation accumulated in his chest

"Of course, this is also the first time we have encountered that criminal group."

"Although it is a bit embarrassing to say this, we will not publicize the information about the criminal police's family members to the outside world, out of respect. Even though we found the person on the other side of the riffle we have no way to ensure that no fish slipped through the net. Since you are the only family of Emiya-san, I suggest that you report to us before the criminal group is caught. Police protection is open 24 hours a day"

After hearing the man's heartfelt words, Shirou couldn't help but fell into silence. To be honest, from the moment he woke up until now his mind has been in a state of chaos.

Suddenly appeared in a strange world; He found out there was another boy named [Emiya Shirou] and they merged

The [Emiya Shirou] in this world lost consciousness because he was suddenly informed of his father's death last night

As well as the cause of death of [Emiya Kiritsugu] in this world

In addition to those thin black threads attached to the surface of everything which made him feel dizzy.

All things are strange and important meaning there is nothing that Shirou can ignore now. It was precisely because there were too many abnormal situations, Shirou couldn't grasp the key points accurately in a short time.

—No matter what, let's find a way to solve the mystical problem first.

These strange black lines fill the field of vision...If he was not able to control these lines simple things such as calming down and thinking would become an unattainable luxury.

No matter how immature he is, Shirou can be regarded as a magician.

Learning many mysteries, going deep into the truth of the world, performing miracles that are difficult for ordinary people...

Although he did not inherit the proper knowledge of magic from his father and his father always said that he did not have much magic talent but even so, Shirou still has common sense about mysteries.

Ever since he was able to see those dark thin lines, Shirou could feel that his brain was in a state of boiling all the time. His eyesight also seemed to be weakening a little bit.

Everything in his field of vision began to become blurred.

Shirou's eyesight is already quite good. If he uses magic to further enhance his eyesight, he can even see things hundreds of meters away quite clearly.

Although an image where everything is covered by cracks does look quite dazzling, it did not affect his brain. It is only right that such a severe load is caused by his vision.

Of course... compared to the [exercise] that has been carried out continuously at night for about four years, this level of load is far from reaching the limit of Shirou.

After all, from the day he made up his mind to learn magic, death has always been by his side.

Compared with the risk of complete necrosis of internal organs at any time when practicing magic, the dizziness of the brain and blurred vision can probably be regarded as gentle.

The most important question is how long this strange mutation will last.

And, how will these dark thin lines disappear?

The Shirou who lived in this world had an extremely familiar scent of [death]