That's right, Tia and Kokutou Mikiya are in a Hummer, with Lancelot as the driver. Kokutou Mikiya is surprised by these things that are usually hard to see.
"My sword spirit," Tia said simply, and then with a wave of her hand, the Holy Sword appeared in her hand.
"Although I already know about these mysterious supernatural things, seeing them in person still feels amazing," Kokutou Mikiya looked curiously at the car, and then at the Holy Sword that suddenly appeared in Tia's hand. "Did these mysterious supernatural things turn the world into what it is now?"
Tia shook her head: "I'm not sure either. That's why I came to find you."
"I see, so you guys have a lot of ways to tell how I'm different from others?" Kokutou Mikiya said.
"Not really. I'm the only one who knows about you," Tia said, naturally leaving out Mifune's Mother and Root Shiki.
"Only you?" Kokutou Mikiya looked at Tia with curiosity.
"Because you're the only normal person who is completely unaffected, I need your help," Tia said.
Even though there are others who know about the changes in the world, like Emiya Kiritsugu, Waver, Tohsaka Tokiomi, Kotomine Kirei and Kotomine Risei, as well as King Arthur, Gilgamesh, King of Conquerors, and Irisviel, all of them were there and saw the changes happen. None of them are normal people. Kokutou Mikiya is the only completely unrelated normal person.
"Really? So no one else knows besides you?" Kokutou Mikiya sounded a little disappointed.
"It's not that no one else knows besides you and me, but among the people who know, you're the only pure normal person," Tia emphasized to Kokutou Mikiya again.
"Huh? Then why not bring those who aren't normal people and have us all investigate why the world changed like this?" Kokutou Mikiya asked after hearing what Tia said.
Tia was surprised and suddenly thought back to the time in the underground Great Hollow when everyone left for their own things. She couldn't help but feel curious.
Back then, Kotomine Kirei said he would deal with the impact on normal people with his father, but in reality, the more normal people know after the change, the more powerful the mystery becomes. So what are Kotomine Kirei and his father doing now? What has their so-called handling turned into?
No one knows what Gilgamesh wants to do.
Tohsaka Tokiomi went to handle things together with Kotomine Kirei. He should probably already know about the changes. Tia is curious about what Tohsaka Tokiomi plans to do.
Emiya Kiritsugu is still investigating Tia's DadMom. Has he made any progress? Tia doesn't want to know at all, but deep down she really wants to know if Emiya Kiritsugu is capable of finding anything out.
King Arthur is probably always with Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel.
Waver and Alexander the Great have probably already arrived at the Clock Tower.
After these days of understanding, Tia is now very curious about what everyone who left the underground Great Hollow thinks after seeing the current world.
You have to know that except for the people who had a change in character on the spot in the underground Great Hollow, everyone else in the outside world probably thinks that the world has always been like this, just like Ryougi Shiki and Asagami Fujino.
"Tia?" Kokutou Mikiya called out to Tia, "Are you thinking about them?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah," Tia nodded. "They're different from you and me. You and I are the only ones in this world who haven't been affected, so they naturally have their own things to do."
Of course, Tia knows that Servants don't count, and neither do special artificial humans like Irisviel.
"I see? That's a pity," Kokutou Mikiya sighed.
Tia could tell that Kokutou Mikiya still seemed a bit unconfident about his own abilities and wanted to ask others for help.
"I've been hoping that someone would come and help me these days, because I feel like it's tiring to keep pretending. Even I feel like I should be angry sometimes, but I don't care at all. Sometimes when I see many people doing the same thing, I even worry about whether I'll be exposed and go do the same thing. I only ever relax in front of Asagami and Azaka, and even DadMom has become strange," Kokutou Mikiya complained to Tia at this time. "Oh right, has that Ryougi Shiki you mentioned also become so strange?"
"Yes and no," Tia said. "Ryougi Shiki has been affected, but not to the extent of those normal people who have greatly changed. The reason why I'm taking you to see her is because she holds the key to unlocking the mystery of this world, and besides you and me, I don't know who else can unlock this key."
"Really? Me? Why me? And what is the key?" Kokutou Mikiya continued to ask.
Tia shook her head: "I don't know either. I only know that Ryougi Shiki should have had Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, supernatural abilities just like Asagami Fujino. You know, Asagami Fujino's Mystic Eyes of Distortion."
"Yeah, although I haven't seen it myself, I know that Asagami has mysterious supernatural powers. Do you mean that Ryougi Shiki originally had them too, but they disappeared because the world became like this, so you need me to help her regain them?" Kokutou Mikiya quickly understood what Tia meant.
"Yeah, Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes might be able to solve the mystery of this world, but I don't know how to solve it," Tia added.
After all, it was the riddle-like words of Mifune's Mother at that time, so Tia naturally couldn't guess what they meant.
"It's me again?" Kokutou Mikiya became increasingly troubled for no reason.
Tia said in her heart that there was no way around it. In Tia's heart, Kokutou Mikiya was the only one who could handle Ryougi Shiki.
Just then, Lancelot said something.
"We're here."
The car stopped, and after Tia and Kokutou Mikiya got out of the car, they immediately saw Ryougi Shiki looking at them.
The first time Kokutou Mikiya saw Ryougi Shiki, he was stunned for a moment, but in the next second, he came back to his senses and smiled.
Ryougi Shiki also walked over and came in front of Kokutou Mikiya. Her smiling face instantly returned to its original aloof appearance, but it was only for a moment before it became smiling again.
Lancelot went to park the car, while Tia stood aside and watched the interesting reactions of the two people meeting for the first time.
Tia didn't notice the changes in Kokutou Mikiya's expression, but she kept paying attention to Ryougi Shiki's expression. The instant change on Ryougi Shiki's face made Tia's heart beat faster, because it meant that Ryougi Shiki might have the memories of the past. After all, Ryougi Shiki's face used to be expressionless most of the time.
(End of Chapter)
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