In Edward's tavern.
Seeing Ryougi Shiki on TV using a knife to cut off her prosthetic limb and successfully free herself from the control of Mujo Kirie, everyone was curious about how Durin filmed this scene. However, before that, Leticia took the lead and said, "What's wrong with those eyes? I don't think the change in Ryougi Shiki's eyes just now is meaningless..."
In response, Du Lin just explained silently: "Well, I knew you would ask this. Although I have already written a Type-Moon setting collection and plan to release it together with the second chapter of "Fate Zero", I will explain it to you now. That thing is called the Mystic Eye. It is a kind of magic, just like the abilities of various magicians used in "Fate Zero". The difference is that ordinary magic is released through the circuits imprinted on the flesh, but the Mystic Eye is released through the circuits in the eyeballs. At the same time, there are various types of Mystic Eyes. For example, the Charming Mystic Eye and the Suggestion Mystic Eye that can be artificially created can only release this kind of low-level ordinary magic, while some innate powerful Mystic Eyes are very powerful. They can bind, force, contract, burn, hallucinate, have bad luck, petrify, and even see the future. They can already be regarded as super powers that cannot be reproduced by magic or magic."
"I see. What kind of Mystic Eyes does Ryougi Shiki have? They don't seem very powerful..."
In response to the naive words of Winry who was sitting next to him, Du Lin just smiled and shook his head and said, "Well, if you say that Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes are not powerful, then there are no powerful Mystic Eyes in the Type-Moon world view that "Kara no Kyoukai" and "Fate Zero" belong to. Her Mystic Eyes are called the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, which can see the 'death' of things. At the same time, as long as a sharp blade such as a knife passes through the death line or death point of an object, it can directly cause the instant death of the object."
"What?!!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone present showed an expression of disbelief. This was indeed true. After all, under normal circumstances, if you watch the beginning of "Kara no Kyoukai", you probably won't be able to understand what Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes are.
In this situation, most people's subconscious guess is that Ryougi Shiki's ability should be some kind of destructive ability, or the ability to interfere with cause and effect, just like the heroic spirits and magicians in previous stories.
As a result, it is actually possible to directly see and grant the ability of "death". This is just like originally thinking that the protagonist of an anime has the ability of infinite time, but later telling you that the protagonist can actually stop time. This is beyond the scope of logic.
Then, Leticia, who was the first to react, asked, "If you can see the death of things and give them death, then what about the undead? Can you kill the undead?"
"Because the premise of seeing 'death' is to understand 'death', so if you can understand the meaning of death, you can kill it. Otherwise, it is meaningless to kill an existence without the concept of death. For example, if an alchemical tool can be activated, it is defined as alive by Ryougi Shiki, and it can see 'death', so even if it is not a real living thing, it can be killed. On the contrary, if the object to be killed is incomprehensible, such as the world itself, or we still don't know what form of existence of gods, then it cannot be killed."
After hearing what Dulin said, even Beldia asked in confusion: "Is this ability... really possible?"
"Maybe. After all, if there is really someone who can see 'death' itself, then he can undoubtedly be called the god of death. I think it's normal for such a being to do anything."
“… … .”
After this conversation, the tavern suddenly became quiet. Chase couldn't help but ask, "From the film, it's obvious that Ryougi Shiki is not a magician. So is her ability innate? If it is innate, it can probably be called a descent of the gods. The legendary saints and saints are not as terrifying as this."
In response to this, Du Lin immediately shut up and said, "Well, if I tell you this, it would be a spoiler, so it's better not to tell you yet. The only thing I can say is that everything in the Type-Moon world comes from the source, and if there is a birth, there must be an end. The end of things is destined from their birth. When things flow out of the source, their "death" is already determined by the source. The Death Perception Eyes sees the death that already exists in things, which means that the Death Perception Eyes can only kill the "death" that already exists. The Death Perception Eyes just speeds up the process. There are two conditions for obtaining this ability. As for which two they are, you will know as you read on."
After saying that, Du Lin ignored everyone's mmp expressions and started watching the movie on TV. The scene at this time had come to the battle at the highest point overlooking the scenery in the first chapter.
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Imperial School of Mages.
When the students saw the scene of Aozaki Touko reconstructing the prosthetic limbs for Ryougi Shiki, they immediately started talking about it.
"That right hand is actually artificial. Does that mean that the arm was already missing from the beginning? By the way, how was that arm made? It feels exactly like the real thing and can be used freely. Is it directly connected to the nerves?"
"Don't you know? The healing discipline has been studying the possibility of artificial organs. After all, although the church's holy light healing is indeed very convenient and fast, it is impossible to cure diseases such as missing limbs. If artificial organs can really be successful, the logistical support for the imperial soldiers will be more reliable. It is precisely because of this that the empire has invested the most in the healing discipline in recent years. The money earned from writing a paper is higher than your monthly salary from working for a month."
"This is too much! We from the Elemental School strongly protest!"
"Come on, aren't you unhappy about the Elemental School? The Empire will seek solutions to all matters, big or small. Even when a war breaks out, the first person they turn to is the Elemental Mages. You know, the laws are so strict now that we in the Curse School can't even find work. Look, the Necromancer School next door can occasionally get orders to clean up cemeteries!"
"That would require war, but our empire hasn't fought a war for hundreds of years. Under normal circumstances, only water and earth elemental mages often get easy jobs because they are good for the growth of crops. Our fire mages are almost out of work! I suggest that the academy should recruit fire mages as teaching assistants!"
"A fire mage as an assistant teacher? Aren't you afraid of burning down the classroom? Do you want to find a wind mage as your partner, so that you can practice some explosion magic and blow up the entire academy?"
"Brother, if I were a magician of both wind and fire, I would have blown your head up into the sky the first time!"
“… … .”
Involuntarily, as the discussion went more and more off-topic, the whole hall became extremely lively. In response, the instructors who were watching silently with Eagle Eyes on the side looked at the students with helpless expressions and expressed their own thoughts on the plot of the movie.
"This kind of undead, I think, is not a monster created simply out of resentment, it feels more like a man-made vengeful spirit."
"I have the same feeling, but I think it has no purpose. After all, creating something like this in such a deserted place is just to increase the number of dead? In fact, these dead people have nothing in common. It seems more like a random act if you insist on saying there is a purpose. After all, think about it, those powerful undead are more idle than each other, so it is not impossible for them to do such a thing."
"Immortals? Are there immortals in the worldviews of Fate Zero and Kara no Kyoukai? They are fictional worlds, so I guess a lot of the logic is not applicable to our world."
"Honestly, don't you think it's more interesting to talk about the protagonist himself than talking about that vengeful spirit? I still don't know what kind of abilities Ryougi Shiki has."
"That's why I didn't tell you because I can't tell. Of course, if I had to guess, I think the heroine's ability should be to strengthen her own body. I think Ryougi Shiki's skills are pretty good."
"Yeah, I thought so too, but I think it has more to do with the eyes. After all, did you notice just now that when Ryougi Shiki was breaking free from the bondage of the vengeful spirit, his eyes suddenly emitted a strange light."
"Could it be that... Ryougi Shiki's ability is to make his eyes glow?"
"I don't know what Ryougi Shiki's abilities are, but I know your abilities must be brain-dead."
“… … .”
Soon, as the movie on TV continued to play, Ryougi Shiki took advantage of the night and wore a raincoat to come to the building where she was injured before. When the plot came to the official battle, all the magicians present, whether they were students or mentors, focused their attention at this moment.
... ...
The top of the alchemy tower.
Seeing that the plot had reached a critical moment, a group of great sages suddenly stopped their discussion. In fact, they had just been arguing about what the heroine's ability was. Some sages believed that it was a special power related to the eyes, some believed that it was a variant of magic, and some believed that the heroine was just an ordinary warrior who happened to break the shackles of the vengeful spirits. In short, no matter how they guessed, they could not push the possibility towards the direction of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
That's true. After all, if no one told her, who would have known that Ryougi Shiki, who looked ordinary and even a little frail, actually had the magic eyes that could see through death...
Anyway, when Ryougi Shiki walked out from the top of the ruins, the ghosts in the distance appeared in front of her. There were nine of them, including the actual controller. Just as Ryougi Shiki had said in Aozaki Touko's office before, there were eight victims in total...
"Oh, is it finally starting? I really can't imagine how Ryougi Shiki, who isn't even a magician, can deal with these incorporeal ghosts. Even if you said just now that she might have some special abilities, it would be difficult to deal with such a large number of ghosts. Although we might only need a fifth-level or higher annihilation magic, the magicians in this world seem to be quite weak, and Ryougi Shiki isn't even a magician. How can she deal with so many ghosts?"
Yes, the attitude of this great sage represents the thoughts of almost all magicians who can understand the story setting. They know how to deal with the undead and are very clear about how helpless ordinary people are when facing such invisible and intangible creatures.
In history, there were powerful sword masters who were drained of their energy and died by vengeful spirits because they did not carry any exorcism amulets of the priests or magic scrolls. Under normal circumstances, ordinary warriors are almost always defeated by the intangible undead.
Just when a group of people had imagined a thousand possible scenarios, the heroine on TV rushed towards the vengeful spirits standing in a row as if to commit suicide. The scene changed and a vengeful spirit died out of thin air at the hands of Ryougi Shiki.
"How...how is this done?"
"Wait a minute, that makes no sense!"
"Where's Du Lin?! Hurry up and call that guy over here!! How did he come up with this plot? Is his head full of shit? How can physical attacks kill invisible and intangible undead? This is misleading the audience!"
"Yeah, if a warrior who watched this movie really went to die for the vengeful spirits, he would be doomed..."
Seeing the excitement of the great sages, Sage Rosa, who had already finished reading the script, hesitated for a moment whether to spoil the plot, but finally said helplessly: "You are jumping to conclusions too early. Look carefully at the screen on TV. Didn't you notice that Ryougi Shiki's eyes lit up again, and those vengeful spirits had strange lines on their bodies?"
All of a sudden, after hearing what Sage Rosa said, all the sages, including Dean Hohenheim, curiously turned their attention to the TV.
And sure enough, in the following battle, Ryougi Shiki's strange eyes seemed to be possessed by demons and attracted everyone's attention. At the same time, strange lines appeared on the bodies of those vengeful spirits. Whenever the knife in Ryougi Shiki's hand crossed the lines, those vengeful spirits dissipated on the spot as if they had suffered a fatal attack.
"this... ... "
"can't read."
"Me too."
All of a sudden, the great sages present showed confusion at this scene, and Dean Hohenheim also said hesitantly: "Could it be that these lines appear because of Ryougi Shiki's eyes, and as long as she cuts these lines with a knife, these undead will die on the spot?"
"Oh?! I see! I understand! This means that Ryougi Shiki's ability is to kill evil spirits with a sword!!"
"You know nothing..."
"How do you know I like to use a hammer?"
Rosa sighed and was too lazy to explain anything about the subtle remarks made by the great sage of the elemental school who was friendly to fire. She just watched the movie on TV in silence. As the pictures kept switching, the battle between Ryougi Shiki and the vengeful spirit soon came to an end.
Chapter 130: The Release of "Kara no Kyoukai" (Part 4) - The commercial is back, even more exciting
Chapter 130
As Ryougi Shiki's battle with the group of ghosts ended, the perspective shifted and came to a tall building that was completely different from the ruins just now. In the room, a pale woman was lying on the hospital bed with her eyes blank. It was not until Aozaki Touko opened the door of what was obviously a ward that she realized the situation.
“The scenery here is... beautiful, isn’t it?”
"Um."
"Sure enough, I... really like the view from here. In the spring, the flowers are in full bloom... It's like a huge cluster of flowers blooming in the sky..."
“It would be nice if I could see it again next year…”
"You are my enemy."
"Well, the boy you attacked and the girl who attacked you are both my friends, so technically I am your enemy. The purpose of my visit this time is to ask you two or three questions. Of course, I know your current state, so I won't force you. How long have you been here?"
"I don't remember. It's been a long time... a long time. Every day... every day I could only look out the window."
After hearing this, Orange looked around briefly and then understood the situation. This girl was undoubtedly suffering from an unbearable disease and had to shrink into this closed space because she had lost her "wings to fly".
“It’s very painful.”
"But... this scenery will never disappear. No matter how much I hate it, this is all I have."
"So you look out the window day after day, and eventually the view is imprinted in your brain, giving you the ability to look down."
"Yes, when I came to my senses, I found that my vision had reached the sky..."
"Did you lose your eyesight at the same time?"
"Yes, my eyes can no longer see anything, but my scenery remains the same."
"Is this the reason why consciousness came to the sky? But if the ghost on top of the ruins was your consciousness, you should have been killed by Shiki by now..."
"That's not me... That's the 'me' that left alone, frustrated with being trapped in this cage."
"Split personality? No, that's not right. Your consciousness is obviously not split. Does that mean one personality controls two bodies? Did someone give you a new container?"
"Dual existence, that's what the man said."
"Why? Isn't it enough for you to be able to overlook the outside world like this? I don't think you need to let those children jump off the building."
"Those kids came to me on their own, and I thought... those kids could be my friends, but they didn't notice me..."
"Because it is an unconscious contact, it is natural to be unconscious."
"So I wanted them to be aware of me, and if they were aware, I thought they would notice me... I just said to them, 'I'm here, I'm here'... I didn't actively want them to..."
"Is it because of your thoughts that the boy Kuroto was taken away by you?"
"The first time I met him was in the corridor of the hospital... Every week... At the same time, he held a bouquet of beautiful flowers, and I hoped that he would take me away..."
After learning the source of everything, Aozaki Touko stood up silently. She was not a law enforcement officer, so naturally she did not have the power to execute the other party. All she could do was to offer the last advice to this girl who had no hope:
"There are two types of escape: escaping without a destination and escaping with a destination. The former is generally called 'floating' and the latter is called 'flying'. It's up to you to decide which one your [Overlooking] belongs to. However, if you choose one of them with a guilty conscience, then you are wrong, because we don't choose the corresponding path by carrying the sin on our shoulders, but we should choose the right path and bear the corresponding sin on our shoulders."
After saying that, Aozaki Touko turned and left the room.
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The picture on TV gradually began to darken, and the audience in Edward's Tavern was silent, because at this moment, everyone had seen what choice the girl in the story made, and sure enough, as the perspective changed again, a faint monologue was revealed.
[Thinking back to the last words that person left, she... must have known the ending I would choose, because I couldn't 'fly', I was just 'floating' there, because I was weak and couldn't do what that person said, so... I couldn't overcome this temptation, at that time... the flash I felt when my heart was pierced, the overwhelming torrent of death and the pulse of life, although I thought I had nothing, but in fact there was still such a simple and important thing left. ]
[But... it's impossible to face the kind of death I had back then. I won't have the chance to experience such a vivid ending again. The death that pierced me like ash, sword, and thunder... So, I want to get as close to it as possible. No problem. At least the method has been decided. Needless to say, I think the best ending for me is of course to fall to death from a [bird's-eye view] angle.]
The moment the monologue ended, the girl somehow reached the top of the ruins, looking at the distant town with shining lights. With satisfaction and final longing, she chose the destined fall of "flight".
"Only people in that state will know the happiness of death. Because there is nowhere to escape, after ending the aimless escape - 'floating', the first purposeful 'flight' is to seek death..."
Looking at the story of "Kara no Kyoukai" that seemed to have ended, Leticia was the first to sigh: "Although it is probably rare to see such people nowadays, but back then when the empire was not yet established, almost every day people chose to throw themselves into the arms of the God of Light, because life is painful. Even if you want to escape from this dark world, there is no place to escape to. Even if you have wings, what can you do? You are in purgatory. No matter how much you fly, you will only fall. Embracing death is the only choice."
“… … .”
Regarding this, since no one present had ever experienced such an era, they all seemed a little confused. Only the Headless Knight seemed very emotional. However, since his head was now held by Saeki, that look seemed very subtle.
The plot on TV has not yet completely ended. At the very end, in the conversation between Ryougi Shiki and Kuroto Mikiya...
"Do you think suicide is right? Mikiya."
"... Uh, how should I put it? For example, if I was cursed with a very dangerous curse, as long as I was alive, everyone in the world would die, and as long as I died, everyone would be saved. At this time, I would probably choose to commit suicide."
"What kind of metaphor is this? Something that is impossible cannot be considered an example."
In response to Shiki's ridicule, Kuroto Kirei just smiled and said, "Oh, whatever. The only thing I want to say is that the reason I chose to commit suicide is not because I am so strong, but because I am too weak. Because I don't have the courage to live alone against the whole world, so I chose to commit suicide, and isn't this easier? It's easy to tell which is harder, the courage for a moment or the courage that lasts a lifetime. Similarly, it is much more difficult for a seriously ill person to decide to live than to choose to die, because death is only a moment of pain, while living is a lifetime of pain."
"Although it's a bit extreme to think this way, I think it's easier to die. This is the conclusion I came to after making two decisions. I think the person involved might just want to escape no matter what. This cannot be denied. After all, we are just weak humans..."
"But that's not right. No matter how justified the reason is, choosing death is a sign of stupidity and weakness. No matter how ugly or wrong it is, we should live to correct our mistakes. Living and bearing the consequences of what we have done is a very courageous act. Of course, although this sounds great, I don't think I can do it at all."
The most straightforward truth was expressed in a calm tone, which also symbolized that the story was about to come to its true end.
In this regard, the audience in front of the TV in the pub immediately showed the awkward situation of wanting to say something but not being able to say it. It can be roughly compared to a conversation between two people. The former said, "I think this movie is very cool," and the latter asked, "What's so cool about it?" The former hesitated for a long time and couldn't say anything.
After all, there is no nine-year compulsory education in this world, and the general public's knowledge level is uneven or generally low, so it is natural that this situation occurs.
In contrast, the undead such as Beldia, Saeki, Wiz and Leticia seemed very talkative. After all, they had all experienced death and understood how happy it was to be able to choose death on their own.
You have to know that being rejected by the world but still having to live against the world is something that more than 90% of people dare not even think about. It can be said that the four undead present are all brave warriors who have experienced the initial struggle and finally chose to survive. The weak ones would probably have embraced the happier option at the first moment. After all, choosing to 'survive' often requires more courage than choosing to 'die'.
At the same time, while the crowd was chatting, Chase, who was also watching the ending song of the film in deep thought, took the opportunity to ask Du Lin, "Is this the end? Director Du Lin, you took longer to shoot this film than I expected. It shouldn't be just a short film."
"Hmm? Didn't I tell you? To celebrate the successful TV production, I'm going to air three episodes of Kara no Kyoukai, although there are seven episodes in total plus a spin-off."
Immediately, after hearing Du Lin's words, the people who were chatting around him looked at him in surprise. They obviously didn't expect Du Lin to be so generous this time. After all, there was no need to buy tickets to watch TV, and this kind of benefit was free and broadcast continuously in one breath was like a dream.
As expected, after the ending song of the first chapter of "Kara no Kyoukai" overlooking the scenery ended, accompanied by a flash of the screen, everyone saw a series of large words on the screen that clearly stated - "Play "Kara no Kyoukai" Chapter 2 - Murder Investigation (Part 1) later."