The infinite sword system has been mastered, and you say this is the dragon clan?

Chapter 189: Ordinary people who accidentally enter the Holy Grail War is a classic segment

That night, Kabukicho in Shinjuku was still full of singing and dancing, with drums and music playing. The neon lights on both sides of the street flashed an ambiguous light, reflecting on the faces of passers-by. The prostitutes in the red-light district were either rosy-faced or exhausted, indulging in sensual pleasures, coming in and out.

Aso Makoto recently changed jobs again. Although the location of her part-time job is still in Shinjuku district and is almost the same as before, the night shift job in this comic book store has the advantage of less traffic and is stable and has no work... She stood behind the counter, her fingers gently fiddling with the buttons on the cash register.

But no matter what, it is still strange to have a comic book store in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, right?

This is what Aso thought when he had nothing to do.

As an ordinary person, she just thought about it and did not dwell too much on such things. Compared with these trivial matters, the salary she could get was the most real.

Asou Makoto sighed softly, turned and walked towards the bookshelf, adding a few copies of Kadokawa Shoten's "Koga Ninja Scrolls" to the comic bookshelf with brisk and skillful movements.

There were still a few scattered copies of "The Case Files of Young Kindaichi" and "Yu-Gi-Oh" on the bookshelves and display racks beside her... She looked back hurriedly and estimated the number of copies missing. She thought there was still some work to be done.

So Aso Makoto trotted back to the counter with brisk steps, turned on the radio and tuned it to the local news station. The exaggerated tone of the host immediately broke the tranquility of the comic book shop at night. The tragic accident of "the bombing of the nightclub building in Shinjuku District" was narrated from the mouth of the news anchor, with a sense of absurd comedy hip-hop.

Aso seriously suspected that this host had switched careers from the fields of manzai or rakugo (similar to crosstalk and stand-up comedy). She could even imagine how the director team appreciated this style of hellish jokes and decided to take a different approach to recruit such a person.

At the same time, the situation revealed by the host also shows that there are fewer and fewer signs of peace in Tokyo these days. There is a trend of impending storms everywhere. Masao can hear similar "serious accidents" on the radio every day -

Nightclubs, gang clubs, underground bars... explosions or bloody group conflicts, each more tragic than the last, as if we had returned to the war years overnight.

Fortunately, the places where these accidents or conflicts broke out were all located in places that were more or less related to the gray industry. For Masao Makoto, who claimed to be a good student, these places should be completely avoided.

"Besides, I feel that the nature of these accidents is far less serious than the Shinjuku incident." As Asou Shin was sorting the shelves, he recalled the back of a red-haired man, and complex emotions flashed in his eyes.

Aso Makoto once wanted to find the mysterious red-haired man who saved her in the Shinjuku incident, but the problem was that she didn't know his name and didn't have a photo of him. This alone posed a huge problem.

She tried to ask her best friend and senior schoolmate, but received no response. She also tried to ask several shop owners in Shinjuku, who she knew well, whether there were any customers with red hair recently. However, after a few days, only one video game store owner kindly told her that a red-haired man had bought an NDS from his store a while ago.

Aso didn't really understand what NDS was. Was it a prop for playing games? But this didn't sound like a very unusual feature. In her stereotype, boys were indeed more likely to be interested in games. The fact that this guy was interested in handheld game consoles only showed that he was normal, but it didn't reveal any useful information.

So Aso's train of thought was interrupted. As a minor who had just been in high school for less than a school year, she had limited connections and resources. It was undoubtedly wishful thinking for her to want to find someone who only knew the characteristics of his hair color.

"Perhaps, even if I know more information, I am not qualified to contact him." Aso Makoto muttered to herself, her voice revealing helplessness. She even began to imagine that the other party might be a super soldier hidden in a mysterious department, who possessed power that ordinary people could not reach, but also meant that there was a thick barrier between him and ordinary people.

Aso Shin was immersed in a boring and overflowing fantasy while she finished restocking. She returned to the counter and continued to listen to the radio broadcast, as if waiting for a miracle to happen.

Not long after, the small bronze bell in front of the store suddenly rang. She subconsciously looked up, but couldn't help but widen her eyes and open her mouth slightly. She found that the figure that had just been circling in her mind appeared in front of her! Could this be a dream?

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"Hey, the store owner has worked hard, and is still open so late!"

Emiya and Eri travel together, and their goal this time is to make a large purchase of entertainment supplies.

Su Enxi and her two teammates will not arrive in Tokyo until tomorrow, and Charlotte is still hiding somewhere and refuses to come out. On the contrary, Eri, who has been increasingly inclined to stay at home recently, suddenly regains her energy and pulls him out with her.

"...It seems that these are all serialized comic books. Do you have the complete editions of the past issues?"

As soon as Eri entered the store, her eyes were drawn to the comics on the bookshelf. She ran briskly to the comic bookshelf and started looking through them. She picked out a copy of "Koga Ninpo Scrolls" and wrote a few words to Emiya in her notebook. Emiya immediately understood what the girl meant and asked the clerk here.

The so-called single volume is a version of the comic that is compiled and published after a certain number of chapters are published during the serialization period, while the complete version is a version that is sorted, edited and revised after the serialization is completed.

"Yes, yes! The complete editions are all in the corresponding comics section! What type do you need?"

The high school girl, Asou Makoto, who was watching the store, ran over hurriedly and pointed in a direction to Emiya and the other man, but she only looked straight at Emiya who was asking the question, and occasionally glanced at his whole body while speaking, as if she was confirming something.

Emiya sensed some kind of passion in the girl's eyes. She acted as if she wanted to keep her eyes glued to him. He looked down at his clothes - ordinary clothes, nothing special. This was strange. There should be nothing wrong with his outfit today, right?

"I want this copy of the Koga Ninja Scrolls first, and for the rest, I'll check out the complete edition section first."

Emiya suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and spoke calmly. He waved his hand, indicating that the clerk could go back to the counter to look after the store, and he and Eri could just pick and choose.

However, Masao seemed to not understand his hint and followed him relentlessly, her eyes always fixed on Emiya.

When choosing full-length comics, it was mainly Eri who did the choosing. She would pull out a comic from time to time, carefully flip through a few pages, and then decide whether to put it in the shopping cart.

Emiya was mostly idle and watching, so Makoto Aso took the opportunity to bring a stool and came over to greet Emiya warmly, serving him tea and water, and a plate of snacks. If there was no good coffee machine in the comic book shop, she would even be unable to resist making a cup of cappuccino and serving it. "Thank you! No, this is too much..." Emiya politely refused the big bag of cookies that Makoto Aso gave him for the third time, and at the same time recalled in his mind whether he had met this girl somewhere before, but in the end he could not think of anything.

"It's okay! Tea and snacks are free!" Aso Shin said again.

"what?"

Emiya's mind was suddenly filled with doubts. Since when did comic book shops allow people to drink tea and eat snacks for free?

Here you can read comics and eat and drink for free, what kind of magical store is this... Believe it or not, next time I will just not leave and stay in the store for the whole day?

After Eri finally finished selecting a basket of comics, she walked towards the counter with Emiya. Seeing that this short shopping trip was about to end, Asou Shin finally became visibly anxious.

Her eyes never left Emiya, she stared at him eagerly, as if waiting for the right moment to speak. However, when the words came to her lips, she didn't know how to put them, and her face gradually turned red.

Emiya noticed her strangeness, "…I've been wanting to ask you since a while ago, Miss Clerk, do you have anything to say?"

"Yes, yes!" Aso said stutteringly.

"I wanted to say... Thank you very much for what I did last time!... I had been wanting to find you but didn't know how to contact you. Today, when I was looking at the store, I felt that you looked familiar, so I couldn't help but take a few more glances, and it turned out to be you!" Her voice became smaller and smaller, and finally turned into a muttering.

Emiya frowned in thought, "What happened last time... I don't remember."

Eri's train of thought was oddly similar. She held up her notebook and asked, "Did you recognize her as the hero who saved her?"

"Yes, yes, yes. Um, my name is Makoto Aso. I hope you can leave your name and contact information..."

As soon as Masao Makoto said this, her face turned even redder, as if she realized that her request was a bit abrupt. She felt that what she said was like shamelessly pursuing a boy who was already accompanied by a beautiful female companion, and she suddenly felt ashamed.

However, Eri was also an extraordinary woman beyond Aso Makoto's imagination. She had no objection at all and even smiled and gave Aso Makoto a thumbs up.

After paying the bill, Masao stood blankly behind the counter, watching the two people disappear into the night. The blush on her face gradually faded away only after they left for a while.

She sat down on the bench, legs stretched out like a duck, head downcast. What did she just say? How shameless...

Makoto Asou reached out and picked up a comic book called "Koga Ninja Scrolls". This was a gift from Emiya to her. There was a phone number and a signature written on it. "Hmm... You really are a good person. I'll write it down."

But then again, she had always wanted to repay the other person, but when they really met, she suddenly found that she seemed to be unable to play any role. After all, she was just a high school student with some social experience, with mediocre academic talent, and was at most good at working hard...

Does that mean I have to work for him for the rest of my life?

Time passed quietly while Masuo Zhen was daydreaming, and soon it was time to close the store late at night. She skillfully turned off the lights in the store, locked the door, carried her bag in one hand, and held a comic book in the other, and walked briskly along the familiar night road.

Familiar road...

As he turned a familiar corner, Masao suddenly froze. He stopped abruptly and stared at the ground beneath his feet. The originally smooth cement sidewalk had turned into a layer of moss-covered broken stone slabs.

She raised her head and looked around, and found that the nearby metal road sign had also turned into a broken wooden sign with crooked words written on it.

Where is this place?
In the distance, several long, shadowy black figures were swaying in the dim sky, getting closer and closer, making Aso's scalp tingle and his hair stand on end.

Recalling the previous "Shinjuku Incident", her breathing became rapid, and her steps unconsciously began to retreat. Then she turned around and hurriedly ran in the opposite direction.

However, the road they came from turned into an unfamiliar and old street scene. At this moment, Aso really wanted to cry and make a fuss. Why did she encounter such a strange thing again?
She ran in panic and confusion, her steps stumbling on the broken stone road, and her palms, which were tightly holding the comic book, were sweating. As she ran, she tried to put the comic book into her bag, but when she accidentally glanced at it, she found that there was a bright red mark on the back of her hand.

She gasped, "Huh... Is this... paint that wasn't wiped clean?"

The current situation was too critical for her to care about such details. She already felt a chill on her back, and the eerie chill quickly attacked her as the shadow approached.

Woo woo woo, no matter who it is, help me——!
"Whoosh!"

Just when she was about to collapse, a petite figure suddenly jumped out from the shadow under her feet, and the ninja sword in her hand drew a sharp bright arc, cutting the shadow servant wrapped in black air in half from bottom to top.

"Assassin Paraiso, reporting for duty. Pledge your loyalty to your new master."

(End of this chapter)