Number 88 slowly calmed down and asked again. No. 88 had asked this once during the battle, but Shirou Emiya did not give a direct answer. Chapter 348 Death is the best relief The air froze for a moment, and the entire alley fell silent the moment No. 88 raised the question. Shirou Emiya didn't know whether he should tell them about this. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong, or what the consequences would be. After all, judging from the conversation just now, they belong to the Empire and have been helping the Empire. They are just like the top officials and do not care about human lives at all. Moreover, there is something called a mental network between them which he cannot really understand. Each of them has a different personality, and who knows which one of them will tell the people in the empire that he has returned to the empire. However, Shirou Emiya is not sure how much time has passed in the empire now. He only knows that if the flow of time is the same, he should have been away from this world for three months. "You are————the real body." Seeing that Emiya Shirou remained silent, No. 88 already had the answer in his mind.

With the mental network, information communication between them is naturally very fast. No. 88 was not like No. 97 who disliked thinking. As the captain of the team, he naturally needed to think about many things. He also immediately made sure that there was no abnormality in the laboratory. There is no possibility that an artificial human would suddenly run out. The empire has only one laboratory, and it is under strict protection. It is basically impossible for an artificial human to leave the laboratory without being discovered. Even if there is, something must have happened in the laboratory, and it would not be as calm as it is now. From the very first time they met, No. 88 never let his guard down. But he didn't expect that when he was just doing his routine work, Emiya Shirou would jump out directly. It was only natural for him to fight with Shirou Emiya to test his absurd ideas. Whether it is his powerful fighting skills or his projection magic that is stronger than theirs, it is enough to prove that Shirou Emiya is definitely not a simple android like them. He neither came out of the laboratory nor possessed projection magic that was more powerful than theirs. No matter how much he didn't believe it, he could only infer that Emiya Shirou was the real person. After all, the answer we got from Dr. Fashion was that Shirou Emiya died at the hands of Esdeath, and they also experienced the painful scene of being brutally killed by Esdeath. That deep fear naturally made them believe that their original bodies had died at the hands of Esdeath. "Yes--" Shirou Emiya slowly put down the imperial sword in his hand and looked straight at No. 88. He did not deny No. 88's speculation because he also wanted to know what they would think if they met him. Number 97, who was standing behind Emiya Shirou, was also shocked when he heard what Number 88 said. Ontology? The Mind Network, as the name suggests, is a network, and whether to upload what you feel to the network is up to the individual. If No. 88 did not want to upload his thoughts, then the other androids would certainly not receive the information he was thinking at that time. This is one of the reasons why each artificial person has his or her own personality. Simply put, it is the sacred Kara that connects the minds of each of us.

"You, are you really the real one?" In fact, when No. 88 said this, No. 97 already believed that Shirou Emiya was the real person, because when Shirou Emiya gave the accurate answer, he had uploaded all his speculations to the mental network. At this moment, all the androids received the message from No. 88. And Shirou Emiya just looked at No. 97's incredulous eyes and nodded slightly. He has adjusted his magic power and is ready to fight at any time. As long as Esdeath does not come in person, the Empire should have no means to stop him. Even if Esdeath comes in person, he should be able to escape. Shirou Emiya did not make any promises. Because the last time he came to this world, all he saw was just the surface of the empire. "Shh-!" Number 124 jumped down from the roof and stood next to Number 88. While they were fighting, No. 124 was also keeping an eye on the surroundings. "Have you been suspicious from the beginning?" In front of Shirou Emiya, No. 88 had already dismantled the projected [Noble Chariot] and put away the weapons in his hands. He did not seem to have any hostility towards him. "No, because according to the information, you should be dead." No. 88 shook his head. The person with the most combat data on their mental network was Esdeath. They had no doubt that Emiya Shirou had been frozen into pieces by her. Because in the continuous simulation of their mental network, the probability of defeating Esdeath is infinitely close to 0. Unless some miraculous events are triggered, they will not be able to defeat Esdeath. "Indeed, if I had not left at that time and continued to fight with her, I would have been the only one to die." Emiya Shirou answered No. 88 with a wry smile. His 1% chance of winning was interrupted by the sudden teleportation. The result, which should have been a victory, was reversed at that moment. If I had continued to fight as I had agreed with Esdeath after that incident on the island, I would probably have become her dead soul. "You know that Esdeath and I have fought before, and you should also know that we are enemies." Shirou Emiya stared straight at No. 88, hostility emanating from his whole body, trying to get an answer from his eyes. "Death is the best relief in the empire." Number 97 said beside Emiya Shirou, this was not just the result of his approval, but the result of the approval of all the androids. You have to know that in order to achieve his goal, the doctor arrested countless civilians. Many civilians were arrested on false charges just for walking on the street. Inside the laboratory, they didn't know how many times they heard those people howling. But what they heard most was their own howling. Even at this moment, in the laboratory, some artificial humans are undergoing Dr. Fashion's cruel experiments.

The artificial humans who were undergoing the experiment were wailing in the mental network, but they could do nothing about it. They were not like Seleucus or the Hunter's negotiator, who only saw the bright and glorious side of the empire. They had actually come into contact with the darkness of the empire. After all, Doctor Fashion consumed a huge amount of the empire's financial resources and hundreds, even thousands, of civilian lives to create them. They naturally have to create the value they deserve for the empire. Assassination, frame-up, massacre. These things are within their scope of handling. Chapter 349 Arrogance "In the homes of the nobles, in the upper echelons of the empire, and in the unknown alleys, countless people were tortured to death." Number 124 explained to Emiya Shirou in a low voice, how could they not know about the darkness of the empire? What's more, they are already part of the darkness of the empire. Why are those civilians afraid of them. Every time they meet, they will kill it with thunder and lightning in front of everyone. Without any holding back, their lives were ended as quickly as possible. "So, you think death can free them?" Shirou Emiya frowned and looked around. He didn't know when the entire alley was filled with Emiya androids. In just a short while, the Emiya androids who had nothing special to do arrived at the fastest speed. If these androids had not shown any hostility towards him, Emiya Shirou might have already stood up and started fighting. "This is the best way we can do to help them feel less pain." An Emiya android outside the alley spoke in a depressed mood. "Is there any big difference between you and those people you are talking about?" Shirou Emiya's eyes revealed anger as he looked at these androids with their heads down. Since when did helping others to be freed become an excuse for wantonly executing others? They disregarded life like this, even though he knew very well that it was the distortion of the empire that created their distorted values. It was a blessing that he did not become an executioner who only thought about killing people. But he still couldn't help feeling angry. This is arrogance! "Have you ever thought about why those people want to survive in such a dark and twisted empire? Or, why do you want to live in this world?" Everyone has his or her own meaning and reason for living in this world. Whether it is for loved ones or for ideals. "I want to see more of this world, I want to be able to walk freely in the empire——"

One of the androids responded to Emiya Shirou's question. From the very beginning they were treated as war resources and it was impossible for them to obtain rights in the empire like those nobles. Even a position like Captain of the Imperial Guard is just a nominal position to enable them to better operate within the empire. As the empire's extremely powerful artificial humans, in order to be able to control them, the environment they live in and the food they eat are provided by special people. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that they are simple-minded and are not influenced by power or tempted by money. They don't realize what power, money, and desire are. They have these things, they just don't realize it. "If that's the case, how can death be a relief? Don't you have the slightest desire to live when you die?" They thought of their companions who had become experimental subjects, and could clearly feel their companions' meager desire to survive through the mental network. The moment they entered the laboratory, the moment they faced Esdeath, they knew deep down that they would die. I accept that I will die, but I don't choose to die peacefully. I still struggle to live. Even being treated like that by Dr. Fashion in the laboratory did not affect the desire to survive hidden deep within him. The meaning of Shirou Emiya's words is very simple. Since you all want to survive, why do you think that others living in the empire don't want to survive? I'm afraid that in the subconscious of these artificial humans, they still think, like those nobles and guards, that the lives of civilians are not lives at all. "But even if we don't choose to kill them, they will be captured by those people, tortured endlessly and eventually die in agony. There is nothing we can do." Another Emiya android tried to explain something, and spoke with an agitated look on his face. Captain Emiya's reputation is known to all civilians, so they must have been enforcing the law in the empire for a long time. At the same time, a huge number of civilians were also killed. Shirou Emiya didn't even dare to think about how much blood was on their hands. "There's nothing I can do? So there's really nothing I can do?" At least, in Emiya's opinion, being unable to do something and not doing it are two different things. He would not blame them for not stopping the nobles from committing violence against the commoners, because he knew very well that they had no ability to prevent such a thing from happening. But we have the ability to avoid this kind of thing from happening as much as possible. What did they do? They chose not to let these civilians suffer further, but chose to end their lives directly. Instead of choosing to do your best to make these people's lives a little better. These are things they can do, and although the effect they can achieve is minimal, it is far better than taking other people's lives in this way. The living have more to bear than the dead. The young man knew clearly that he would lose his life just for secretly taking a pancake. But he still went ahead and did it. Was it for survival?

Maybe, but it is more likely that they would do this for important people. "doing what?" They looked at Emiya Shirou in confusion. There are many people with lofty ideals in the empire who want the empire to survive better and longer, but they are just like these artificial humans, or like the Hunters, who want to make the people of the empire happier but do the opposite.