After the Penguin Logistics "battle" ended, Shirou saw them off at the door.
Under strong insistence from Sora and Texas, he promised to stay home and rest today.
"Alright… what should I do now?"
Looking at the neatly cleaned living room, Shirou started feeling bored after about ten minutes.
He had already finished most of the books in his room. The remaining ones were quite difficult, so he could not really continue reading yet, he would need to finish the easier ones first or get guidance.
Not that he was in a hurry.
He had completely forgotten about his phone and was even considering going out.
"Oh, right. I should write what I just saw."
After the earlier commotion, he had almost forgotten what he was supposed to do.
"Paper and pen… better take a few extra sheets, there's quite a lot to note."
Shirou grabbed some paper and a pen, sat down, and began writing.
This time, the memories contained a lot of information, he needed to record it properly.
"Kanshou and Bakuya, Caladbolg II, Broken Phantasm, Rho Aias…"
When writing the latter two, he made special notes, Caladbolg was used as an arrow. He had seen it twice: once when sniping Berserker from afar, producing a massive explosion, and once against Caster.
As for Rho Aias, it was purely defensive.
Aside from Kanshou and Bakuya, the accuracy of his projections was far lower than Archer's. For example, when Archer projected Rho Aias, it had seven layers but in the memory, he himself could only produce four.
Only Kanshou and Bakuya were close in quality, probably because he had used them directly in battle against Archer.
"And then… Unlimited Blade Works."
After noting down several Noble Phantasms, Shirou wrote those four words in bold and underlined them.
Reality Marble — Unlimited Blade Works.
It was the one thing Archer possessed and the proof of his existence as a Heroic Spirit.
The Shirou in those memories had also grasped it, and with Rin's support, successfully used it to defeat Gilgamesh.
Both Archer and Shirou's projection magecraft originated from Unlimited Blade Works.
His projection was not just creating weapons, the weapons already existed in the Unlimited Blade Works.
When needed, they were retrieved and materialized by expending mana.
Accordingly, higher-level Noble Phantasms required chanting part of the Unlimited Blade Works incantation to project.
Looking at the pages now filled with notes, Shirou finally gained a deeper understanding of his magecraft.
"But I can not practice any of this right now… I will just remember it for now."
He moved his right hand slightly, still feeling a sharp pain.
He put the papers away in a drawer.
"It's past noon already, maybe I should go out for a bit and grab lunch?"
Standing up, he noticed something, his body did not hurt as much as it had in the morning. In fact, he felt like moving around.
"As long as I do not get caught… a little activity should be fine. I will take a walk around the Shopping District."
With that thought, Shirou changed clothes, grabbed his wallet and phone, and headed out.
His old bag had been destroyed in the fire, so he planned to buy a simple shoulder bag.
"The sun's pretty strong today… it's almost February already."
He raised a hand to block the sunlight. The weather was pleasantly cool.
Slowing his pace, Shirou strolled leisurely.
He had grown quite used to life in Lungmen, the transportation, electronics, and local customs.
Though it was his first time seeing so many police or rather, Lungmen Guard Department officers on the streets.
Some were in cars, others on motorcycles, all heading in the same direction.
Still, it had nothing to do with him. He was just an ordinary civilian.
Entering the Mall, he found the same store Exusiai and Texas had taken him to before and picked out a shoulder bag.
The previous one had been too small, so this time he chose a slightly larger one that could hold tissues and other items.
He also went with black, it was less eye-catching than his old white one.
"Just need to adjust the strap."
After paying, he put it on and adjusted it.
Checking the time, he still had plenty left, so he wandered toward the kitchenware section.
That sandwich press from this morning had been pretty nice.
After browsing, he did not find anything he needed, but he did see plenty of modern, advanced tools.
Compared to what he used before, the Penguin Logistics kitchen was already well-equipped, but here there were even better options.
Of course, they were also very expensive.
And he had no intention of buying any, his current kitchen was sufficient.
As he was about to leave, Shirou noticed some commotion near the entrance from the second floor.
"…An argument?"
He frowned slightly, it did not seem that simple.
Even though he could see far, the crowd blocked his view, so he had to rely on sound.
"—Get out of the way!"
A furious shout rang out.
The crowd began to scatter.
"It's an infected criminal! Run!"
"Run!"
"Ahhh!!"
Shirou quickly understood the situation. From a better angle, he saw Guard Department vehicles outside, it looked like they had been chasing a suspect here.
His gaze quickly locked onto the infected.
The criminal was not hard to spot, the man's clothes were torn and bloodstained, with faint Originium crystals visible through the gaps.
…And he looked familiar.
"Please surrender immediately!"
The officers outside shouted through drones, their voices loud enough to make Shirou's ears ring.
Of course, the criminal had no intention of surrendering. He looked around frantically and then suddenly changed direction, running toward a slower-moving mother and child.
"…Taking hostages?"
Shirou immediately understood.
Without hesitation—
He jumped down from the second floor.