Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Inside the laboratory, they heard those people howling countless times.

What we hear most often are their own howls.

Even now, in the laboratory, some androids are undergoing the cruel experiments of Dr. Fashion.

The androids undergoing the experiments are wailing in the mind network, but there is nothing that can be done about it.

Unlike Seleu or the negotiators of the [Hunters], who only saw the glorious side of the Empire, they had actually come into contact with the darkness of the Empire.

After all, the Fashion Doctors cost the Empire a great deal of resources and the lives of hundreds, even thousands, of civilians to create them.

They naturally had to create the value that the empire deserved.

Assassination, framing, massacre.

These matters are all within their scope of handling.

Chapter 349 Arrogance

"In the homes of nobles, in the upper echelons of the empire, and in obscure alleyways, countless people have been tortured to death."

Number 124 explained to Shirou Emiya in a low voice, "How could they not know about the darkness of the Empire?"

Moreover, they are already part of the empire's darkness.

Why are those civilians afraid of them?

Every time they encountered them, they would kill them in front of everyone with swift and decisive action.

Without any mercy, they ended their lives in the swiftest possible way.

"So you think death can liberate them?"

Emiya Shirou frowned as he looked around. He didn't know when, but the entire alley had been filled with Emiya androids.

In just a short while, the Emiya androids, who had nothing else to do, arrived as quickly as possible.

If these androids hadn't shown no hostility towards him, Shirou Emiya might have already started fighting.

"This is the best way we can help them reduce their suffering."

Outside the alley, a Shirou Emiya android spoke with a somewhat dejected tone.

"What's so different about you compared to those people you're talking about?"

Emiya Shirou's eyes were filled with anger as he looked at the androids with their heads bowed. When did helping others find liberation become an excuse for arbitrarily executing others?

He was fully aware that this disregard for life stemmed from the empire's twisted values, and that he was already incredibly fortunate not to have become a murderer obsessed with killing.

But he still couldn't suppress his anger.

That's arrogance!

"Have you ever thought about why those people wanted to live in such a dark and twisted empire? Or rather, why do you want to live in this world?"

Everyone has their own meaning and their own reasons for living in this world.

Whether it's for family or for ideals.

"I want to see more of this world, I want to be able to move freely within the empire—"

One of the androids responded to Shirou Emiya's question.

From the very beginning, they were treated as war resources and could never obtain the rights in the empire like the nobles.

Even a position like the captain of the Imperial Guard is merely a nominal post to allow them to operate more effectively within the Empire.

As extremely powerful androids of the Empire, in order to keep them under control, their living environment and food are provided by specially designated personnel.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that they are so innocent and have not been influenced by power or tempted by money.

They didn't realize what power, money, or desire were.

They all possess these things, but they are unaware of it.

"If that's the case, how could death be a relief? Didn't you have even the slightest desire to live when you died?"

They remembered their companions who had become test subjects, and could clearly sense their meager will to survive through their mental networks.

The moment they entered the laboratory, the moment they faced Esdeath, they knew deep down that they would die.

They accept that they will die, but they do not choose to die peacefully; they will still struggle to live on.

Even being treated like that by the fashion expert in the lab did not diminish her deep-seated will to survive.

Emiya Shirou's words were quite simple: since you all want to live, why do you think that the others living in the Empire don't want to live?

It is likely that in the subconscious of these androids, they still believe, like those nobles and guards, that the lives of ordinary people are not worth living.

"But even if we don't choose to kill them, they will be captured by those people, suffer endless torture, and eventually die in agony. There's nothing we can do."

Another Emiya android tried to explain something, speaking with a somewhat agitated expression.

For Captain Emiya's reputation to be known to all the common people, they must have been enforcing the law in the Empire for quite some time.

It also resulted in the massacre of a very large number of civilians.

Emiya Shirou didn't even dare to think about how much blood was on their hands.

"Can't do anything? So you really do nothing?"

At least in Emiya's view, not being able to do something and not doing it are two different things. He wouldn't blame them for not stopping the nobles from abusing the commoners, because he knew very well that they were incapable of preventing such things from happening.

However, we have the ability to prevent such things from happening as much as possible.

What did they do? They chose not to let these civilians suffer any more, but instead chose to end their lives directly.

Instead of choosing to do everything in my power to make these people's lives better.

These are things they are capable of doing, and although the effect they can achieve is minimal, it is far better than taking other people's lives.

The living bear more burdens than the dead.

The boy knew perfectly well that he would lose his life if he only secretly took a pancake.

But he still went ahead and did it anyway. Was it for survival?

Perhaps, but more likely it's for someone important that they would do such a thing.

"doing what?"

They looked at Shirou Emiya with some confusion.

Within the Empire, there are many ambitious individuals who wish for its long-term survival. However, like these androids, some, like the Hunters, act in the opposite way, hoping to bring greater happiness to the Empire's people.

Or they are utterly confused and don't know what to do.

Shirou Emiya would not say anything like asking them to join the Revolutionary Army.

On the one hand, he knew nothing about the Revolutionary Army; the only people he knew about were those in the Night Raid.

On the other hand, although Shirou Emiya was not a member of the Empire and did not care whether the country would be destroyed, he knew that the people would suffer the most from the outbreak of war.

Esdeath is currently fighting the Revolutionary Army on the front lines, and the lives of people throughout the Empire have been drastically changed by the war.

Although war was not the main reason why their lives became like this.

Under such a distorted empire, war merely hastened the arrival of this moment.

Money and food will only ever circulate in the hands of the empire's upper echelons and nobles, while the common people will only become poorer and poorer, constantly oppressed by those nobles until they lose everything.

He also knew that although they were his artificial beings, they were different from him; they were native Imperials.

"Do whatever you can, to the best of your ability."

Chapter 350 The Evil Spirit That Shouldn't Have Been Frozen Possessed

"Projection begins, identifying the creative concept, defining the basic framework, replicating the constituent materials, imitating the production techniques, empathizing with the growth experience, reproducing the accumulated years, and the entire project is complete."

As Shirou Emiya slowly recited these words to them, a seemingly plain and unadorned reverse blade with no special abilities appeared in his hand.

"Is that so?"

One of the Emiya characters seemed to be deep in thought, weaving a phantom in his mind according to the eight-beat rhythm shown by Emiya Shirou, and a reverse blade exactly the same as Emiya Shirou's appeared in his hand.

"Clang—! Boom—!"

As the two identical weapons collided in mid-air, the reverse blades projected from them turned into magical fragments that scattered in the air.

At night, in the guard unit's training grounds, they gathered around Shirou Emiya, learning the projection techniques he had demonstrated.

Even though everyone is using projection magic, why is the weapon I project more fragile than the weapon projected by Shirou Emiya?

They scratched their heads in bewilderment as they practiced, projecting the reverse blade into their hands again and again.

Emiya Shirou placed his projected reverse blade in the very center of the hall. The idea was that if their projected reverse blades collided with his own, they wouldn't be damaged, and their projection magic would be largely unaffected.

Presumably, they won't need long to master it, since this kind of training based on experience is shared. Each projection they make is actually equivalent to Shirou Emiya's hundreds of training sessions on his projection magic.

Are you heading to the prison now?

Number 88 looked at Shirou Emiya walking out of the training ground and asked him a question.

"Yes, someone I know is locked up inside."

Emiya Shirou nodded. He didn't need to hide anything from them; in fact, hiding it from them would have been pointless.

Currently, the only beings in the Empire who can sense magic are the androids created using their own magic circuits.

And then there's the fashionable Dr. Gen, who has already transplanted his own magic circuits.

Even though the "Possessed by Evil Spirits" ability allows one to become invisible, the strange magical fluctuations emanating from one's body cannot be hidden no matter what.

Basically, they can sense it as soon as someone moves.

It's practically impossible for Shirou Emiya to escape the Emiya androids patrolling the Empire.

Even if you hide what you want to do, it's pointless; you might as well be honest about it.

"If possible, please do not alert the others in the empire."