In a shop nearby, a man with green hair and wearing goggles that looked like a pilot's was sitting inside, welcoming the new customers in a listless voice. Emiya was attracted by the voice and stopped moving forward. He was in a foreign country and knew nothing about the empire. Instead of asking Liva and the others about the empire, it would be better for him to go out and look for information about the empire himself. Because of what happened last night, Riva did not restrict Emiya's movements in the empire during the day, but he had to go with them at night to complete Esdeath's mission. Emiya was extremely reluctant to follow them. He always felt that Riva was hiding something about their real purpose. However, the best place to learn about the history of the empire is in the bookstore. At least it's more reliable than what Liva and the others said. Thinking of this, Emiya walked into the bookstore. "Excuse me, sir, what can I do for you?" Seeing Emiya coming in, the young man with green hair and about the same age as Emiya walked in with a flattering look on his face, portraying the merchant vividly.
"Well, I want to ask if there are any books about the history of the empire here." Emiya asked the bookstore owner in front of him very politely. "A book about the history of the Empire? Over here." He thought about it for a moment, then turned around and started searching on the bookshelf. "You are not a native of the Empire?" "I come from a place far away from the Empire." Emiya answered his questions very honestly. "Then why do you want to come to the Empire?" "It's clear that the Empire is not a very good place," While he was looking through the books, he chatted with Emiya Shirou from time to time. "Maybe I'm thinking about making some changes. It's better than doing nothing." Perhaps Emiya does not have the ability to change the current situation of the empire, but he cannot and does not want to stand by and watch those people being bullied like this. Even though this is not his country, he wants to do something for the people here. "Oh, I found it. It's this one. No one has read this book for a long time." He pulled out a book that looked extremely thick from the depths of the bookshelf, blew the dust off the cover, patted it, and then placed it on the table in front of him. "Even the locals of the Empire are not interested in the history of the Empire. How can you want to know the history of the Empire?" He looked at the red-haired peer in front of him with more interest. Chapter 68: Emergency "Nothing much, I'm just not familiar with this place, so I want to read the history first."
Emiya scratched his head awkwardly, took out a bag of heavy gold coins from his pocket and placed it on the counter. "What does it mean!" The young man suddenly stepped back, looking at Shigong with a suspicious look, looking him up and down, then put his hands behind his back and twisted his fingers up and down as if they were connected to something. Emiya suddenly took out a large sum of money and put it in front of him, and the green-haired boy was about to have PTSD. He thought that his intelligence base had been discovered by the Empire, so he quickly searched the area to see if there were any unusual people surrounding him. The young man's name is Lubbock, and he is a member of the Night Raid Organization. He usually gathers information in this bookstore, while also keeping in touch with his companions, and sometimes covering their actions. As assassins, when they went to accept missions, most employers would take out a large bag of gold coins and hand it to them, just like Emiya did. So when Lubbock saw Emiya quietly taking out such a huge sum of money, he thought his bookstore had been discovered by the Empire. Because this is not a place where he interacts with the public, except for the members of the Night Raid Organization, it is impossible for any employer to know that the owner of this bookstore is a member of the Night Raid Organization. So the first thing Lubbock did was to check the silk threads he had laid out next to the bookstore to see if there was anything unusual around. "Boss, your hand?" Emiya pointed at Lubbock's hands behind his back with some confusion and asked. He could clearly see one silk thread after another connecting to his back. "It's nothing, my back just itches a little, scratch it." Lubbock smiled awkwardly, shook his head and held out his hand, feeling slightly relieved. Perhaps it could be said that he seemed a little too careless, as he blatantly used his imperial tool in front of strangers. But in fact, it is not the case. On the one hand, the threads of his imperial weapon are extremely fine and cannot be observed by ordinary people. Even Tatsumi, who was ranked among the strongest in the Empire's army, could not discover the trap set by Labok around him without the reminder of others. On the other hand, if he was really surrounded by the Empire, the sooner he used the Imperial Artifacts to investigate the situation, the better. His life was more important than exposing himself. The empire would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go. If he was suspected, he would have no choice but to leave immediately. It was just a place for intelligence gathering, not as good as an imperial weapon user. And Emiya didn't ask any more questions. After all, everyone has their own secrets, and the man in front of him didn't seem to be a bad person, so Emiya didn't expose him. "Can you read it to me?" Emiya lacks everything now, except money. Liva gave Emiya a large sum of money as he went to the street. Originally, Emiya was going to refuse. But Liva said that for people like them, money is of no use at all. As long as he wants, most things in the empire will be free. Unlike Riva, Emiya was a country boy to them. So Riva gave Emiya a large sum of money, since he couldn't use it himself anyway, so he might as well do a favor.
And Emiya also thought that the money was useless to him. He would not live in the empire anymore, so it would be better to let him be of greater use. "?" Lubbock, on the other hand, looked confused. "What?" Lubbock didn't figure out what the purpose of the boy in front of him was. "I can't read, I can just have a normal conversation, so can I ask you for a favor with this money?" Emiya answered Lubbock's question with deep apology. "..." Lubbock originally thought that Emiya was just a country boy like Tatsumi who came from nowhere. I didn't expect that he was actually the son of a hidden landlord. This amount of money was enough for them to launch a night raid to kill those scums that the civilians hated. "Are you sure you don't know how to read?" Shirou Emiya spoke very fluently. Lubbock didn't quite believe that Shirou Emiya was illiterate, and he looked like an educated person. Country people do not necessarily mean uneducated people. At least Tatsumi is educated and can read. Emiya shook his head. Lubbock became an assassin because he had some basic judgment of people's expressions. In his eyes, Emiya didn't look like he was lying. Fortunately, he is a kind person. If Emiya took the money to the street, who knows what kind of bloody storm would be caused. Emiya had also thought about this problem, so he didn't take the money and go to a random hotel to inquire about the matter. If you ask others directly, you may not be willing to tell him, and taking out the money may lead to some bad consequences. Although Emiya doesn't care about these gold coins, he still knows that wealth should not be shown off. He will not cause trouble for himself or others. "it is good!" How can you not make money if you have money? Besides, it's just studying, which is much easier than assassination. Why would Lubbock be unwilling to make that money. This could be said to be a windfall, and he had no reason to refuse. Time passed quickly, and as Lubbock continued to explain, Emiya also gained a preliminary understanding of the empire. If you enter, you will be unable to control the people at home, if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will be permanently destroyed.
But because the empire is unreasonably powerful, it has become extremely distorted. Northern aliens? Esdeath can slaughter them all by herself, there is no threat at all. Without the threat to life and with plenty of food and drink, the only thing left is pleasure. If there is no support from wise ministers and wise rulers, the country will fall into corruption at a very fast speed. The fall of the current emperor’s father has directly exposed the corruption of the empire. "boom----!" An extremely terrifying crashing sound came from outside the door. Even the two people sitting in the store felt the extremely strong wind and the shaking of the ground. What exactly happened outside? Lubbock lowered his head with some impatience, as if he was enduring something. Lubbock, who had been paying attention to the situation around his store, already knew what was happening outside and who was causing such a commotion. But he had to hold his composure. However, Emiya was unaware of the situation outside. He stood up and walked out the door without noticing the abnormality of Labok beside him. "Cough! Cough! Cough!" When Shirou walked out of the door, he was choked by the dust flying outside and it was difficult for him to open his eyes. But a stumble allowed him to see clearly what kind of baptism the ground in front of him had suffered. The whole road is no longer as smooth as before. An extremely wide gully appeared in front of Emiya. A very cute woman with an orange ponytail, her hands transformed into a very thick cannon barrel, her face filled with anger, stood at the bottom of the ravine. "Bully the weak! Die!" Emiya glanced towards the opposite side of her, and an extremely creepy scene appeared before his eyes. Blood was all over the ground, and several ragged people were scattered on the wall, in the gully, and in the shop nearby. Their flesh, blood and internal organs were scattered everywhere, and the entire area of houses was destroyed in an instant. Emiya could see that there were still some people trapped under the house, crawling out with horror on their faces, and no one around dared to lend a hand to rescue them. This place seemed like a disaster scene, with residents running everywhere in panic, and no one was able to take care of themselves. As for those people who were torn apart, Shirou could only see regret and despair in their eyes. Chapter 69: Justice for Both "them----"
Emiya's pupils suddenly shrank, and he remembered that these people were the young men who had bullied other children in this area before. But now, they no longer have the power to bully anyone, and can only repent for their past mistakes in the endless darkness. But what shocked him more than the deaths of these people was that the body of the child who had been bullied was also among the debris.