Seeing Shirou's nervous attitude, even drawing his swords against him, Hitogami looked very helpless. He clearly didn't expect the other person to react so strongly. He realized that his contact with Shirou might have taken a wrong form, but there was no way to change it now.
"It's rare to be treated with this kind of attitude... Okay, then let me offer a suggestion."
"No need. If you think you're a good person, let me leave here."
Shirou looked coldly at Hitogami, as if he would never trust any force of nature.
Hitogami said with some distress, "Can't you listen to the suggestion before you leave?"
"Liars always like to use fake words to cover up their actions. So, if you don't want to be tricked, you only need to look at what a person does, not what they say."
Shirou faced Hitogami frankly, "If you're not a liar, what you should do now is send me back, instead of continuing to trick me with sweet words here."
"I'm completely being treated like a liar?"
"That's right."
"I'm a god, okay?"
"I don't know if you're a god, but if you're a force of nature, I will never believe any force of nature's words."
Shirou's attitude was extremely firm, not swayed by Hitogami's words at all.
The two swords in his hand even gave off a sharp, cold light, ready to draw his swords if the other person tried to trick him further.
"Okay, okay, you're really stubborn. I was wrong, I give in, okay?"
"Then let me leave."
"Alright, alright... But aren't you curious why you look different from usual?"
In a moment of seemingly honest words, Hitogami suddenly threw a bait at Shirou.
Hearing the other person's words, Shirou was indeed a little tempted.
After all, he was also curious why he appeared in this world in the form of Servant Emiya.
"Curious, right? You're really curious, right?"
Hitogami seemed to have guessed Shirou's reaction and looked very happy.
But Shirou made it clear that he didn't want to be tricked by this guy, and directly swung the sword in his hand!
"That's scary!"
Faced with the sharp blade, Hitogami quickly retreated in fear, also realizing Shirou's unwavering resolve.
So he said helplessly: "Alright, alright, I'll explain it to you. Simply put, this is a space of consciousness. Only a person's spirit, not their body, will appear in this place. If you leave from here, you will return to your original body, but as long as you come here, you will be in the form of a spirit."
"A spirit... does that mean my spirit is showing this state?"
"Yes, I don't know why you turned into this form, but it's probably because there are two souls in your body."
"..."
Hitogami's words made Shirou silent.
Before, Almanfi had described his body as having two souls at the same time. Now that it has been verified by Hitogami again, he realized that there was most likely Servant Emiya's consciousness in his body.
However, Shirou originally thought that he and Servant Emiya were two separate souls that did not interfere with each other.
But if Hitogami's words were correct, it meant that he had already been seriously affected by Servant Emiya, so much so that his spirit appeared in the form of Servant Emiya, instead of his own.
"It seems like you understand something?"
Seeing Shirou's reaction, Hitogami was quite curious. "Before actually meeting you today, I had been observing your situation, but I never thought there would be such an amazing person inside you. The number of connections to fate he has is not less than a god like me. Living with such a being in the same body, it's hard to imagine that you haven't been completely taken over by him."
"I will never be taken over."
Shirou shook his head, answering Hitogami and also setting his own resolve.
He believed that he could defeat Servant Emiya's consciousness and would never be swallowed by the Servant's soul, even though it was difficult, he would definitely do it.
"Your spirit is very strong, but reality often doesn't change according to your thoughts."
"Do you so-called gods just like to talk without helping?"
"Uh..."
Shirou made Hitogami show an difficult expression again.
So he could only say quietly, "Anyway, you see that I understand your situation to some extent, maybe I can give you useful advice?"
"Do you mean you can solve the problem of my soul being taken over?"
Shirou looked at Hitogami, his eyes flashing with hope for the first time.
After all, he deeply realized the effect of Servant Emiya's soul on him, to the point that sometimes he couldn't even tell whether he was Emiya Shirou or Servant Emiya.
Now he could still correctly know himself, but if the time went on, it was difficult for him to ensure that he could maintain his original heart.
At this time, if a higher being could give him help, it wasn't something he couldn't trade for.
"Sorry, I can't do that."
However, Hitogami quickly denied Shirou's hope.
"As a god, you're really useless."
"Are you trying to make me do it? Are you trying to make me do it?!"
Hearing Shirou's words, Hitogami became strangely excited, but he quickly calmed down: "I can't help it. If it were an ordinary soul, I might have some way, but you're different. The other soul in your body is too strong. His existence is comparable to some ancient gods in this world. Although he can't reach the level of the Evil Dragon God, he's more or less a god-general level guy, and can't be easily interfered with."
"You can't interfere?"
"Can't do it."
Hitogami silently waved his hand.
Shirou didn't say anything, but silently remembered the name Evil Dragon God in the other person's words, giving him some understanding of the god-level existences in this world.
"Anyway, let's talk about my suggestion first."
"Since you can't solve my soul problem, I don't need to listen to your suggestion."
"Hey? It's just listening, it won't hurt, right?"
"No, I won't listen!"
Shirou's attitude was extremely firm.
He could never repeat the suffering that Servant Emiya had gone through with Alaya.
With Servant Emiya's experience, he already understood very well that this so-called force of nature might offer suggestions that are beneficial to you in the short term, but in the long run, they will still use people as tools.
After all, people must never imagine that something with a different structure, different morals, and even uncertain emotions will have the same feelings as humans.
That's unimaginable.
Shirou had even made a decision that if Hitogami said anything bad to him again, he would definitely take action and become enemies with him!
"..."
Seeing the powerful presence coming from Shirou.
Hitogami realized that he had completely taken the wrong step.
He used the wrong way to contact Shirou, so it was difficult to make up for it later and make the other person trust him.
But Hitogami still didn't want to give up and could only say with some distress: "You don't want to believe me, but do you think you can survive in the Demon Continent with your own power?"
"Demon Continent??"
"That's right, you were affected by that large-scale magic disaster and transferred to the Demon Continent. This is a place completely different from the Central Continent. There's almost nothing to eat, and the number of demons is on a completely different level than the Central Continent. You have special skills that you can use to communicate, but there are big differences in common sense. Can you really handle it? Are you confident?"
"..."
He was actually sent to the Demon Continent.
Shirou knew a little about the Demon Continent, so he never thought that he would be transferred to such an extreme place, which could be said to be the most dangerous place in the world.
And he also brought Eris with him.
This could definitely be said to be a desperate situation.
Wait, if that magic disaster was a transfer magic, wouldn't that mean that the other people in the Greyrat family have also been transferred to different places besides him?
Fortunately, he had asked the people from the Boreas family to take refuge beforehand.
But even so, if the people from the Greyrat family were in danger, he would definitely not be able to accept it...
Anxiety suddenly arose in Shirou's heart.
He couldn't wait to go back to Buena Village immediately and try to find his family members.
Hitogami saw Shirou's panic and showed a triumphant smile on his face, slowly saying: "How about it, do you want to listen to my suggestion now?"
"No need."
Shirou's attitude was still cold, and firm.
This made Hitogami show an expression of disbelief.
"Aren't you worried about your family members? What if the suggestion I give you can help you find your lost family members?"
"It's not that I'm not worried, it's just that I don't need your suggestion."
Shirou's attitude was very cold, and also had an indescribable resolve: "It's precisely to deal with this kind of situation that I have been working hard to become stronger. Until today, everything I have done is to protect them! So, even without your help, I can still do it!"
"You..."
Shirou's attitude made Hitogami completely hopeless. He never thought that someone would be so stubborn and unable to be communicated with.
Shirou was very calm.
Because he had been preparing for this kind of disastrous event for a long time.
Ever since the Miyu incident, he had been obsessed with power, because he knew that only when he became strong enough could he protect everyone he wanted to protect.
"Let me leave, Hitogami. If you think you're a good god, do as I say, otherwise, I will treat you as an evil god, and even if I die, I will not give in to you!"
Shirou made a complete promise to Hitogami with a cold attitude.
Hearing his words, Hitogami had no choice but to nod helplessly and answer: "Okay, okay, don't regret it."
"I won't regret it."
"Tsk, you're so annoying, I feel like I'm going to hate you to death, Emiya Shirou."
"I don't care about your thoughts."
"...That's why you're so annoying!"
Hitogami almost sighed with no words, and gradually disappeared after saying this, leaving an echo.
And Shirou quickly realized that his consciousness was gradually returning to his body.
After opening his eyes, he found that the surrounding area was a dark night sky, and a bright bonfire was burning in front of him, crackling.
The red-haired girl Eris was unconscious, lying next to him, holding onto his clothes and sleeping soundly.
At the same time, at the other end of the bonfire, a slightly taller man was sitting there silently, giving off a deep feeling of unclear pressure.
Ordinary people would undoubtedly be very wary of such a presence suddenly appearing at their side.
But Shirou didn't have such a nervous attitude.
On the contrary, he didn't have any hostility towards the tall figure, at least not as nervous as he was towards Hitogami just now.
The reason wasn't pure feel.
Although there was this aspect, the main reason was that Shirou felt that since the other person had appeared here before he woke up, it meant that the other person had the ability to attack the sleeping himself and Eris just now.
But not only did the other person not do so, but he also brought himself and Eris to such a safe place and lit a bonfire to prevent the cold.
No matter how he thought about it, the other person wouldn't be a bad person.
Moreover, when it came down to it, Shirou, as an ally of justice, always had a strange sense.
Just like stand users attract each other.
There was also a similarity between allies of justice, attracting each other's attention.
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