Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

At least, it won't be so easy for them to start running.

It will take some time to get used to it before you can stabilize your body and avoid falling because you can't control your strength.

They are now hardly a threat to Shirou Emiya.

No, from the beginning, they had nothing that could threaten Shirou Emiya, unless Akame's weapon was Murasame, or Shirou Emiya really wanted to kill Mine and give her an overwhelming sense of crisis.

After all, Shirou Emiya wasn't wearing the Demon Possession set when he fought them earlier.

He had no idea whether he could withstand the terrifying poison of Murasame; the Avalon within his body might be able to easily eliminate the poison.

But Shirou Emiya dared not gamble on whether Avalon would heal faster, or whether the poison of Murasame would kill him first.

It should be noted that even the [Muramasa] that one projects is basically guaranteed to die upon contact, unless it is a spirit similar to a Heroic Spirit, or possesses magical resistance, in which case it can barely withstand it for a short while.

Unlike heroic spirits, I don't have a constitution called magic resistance. The only thing on my body that has magic resistance is the hat I'm wearing.

"boom----!"

Before Akame could even reach Shirou Emiya with the Imperial Longsword, gravity struck her once more. This time, Akame could no longer stand on the field and knelt down, her sword gripping the ground as she barely managed to stabilize herself.

but----

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

It was just an ordinary imperial longsword; it wasn't sharp enough to easily cut through the ground. The longsword, which had been supporting Akame's body like a cane, shattered into several fragments around her and was squeezed apart by itself.

Akame was also forced to the ground by the powerful gravity.

"Red pupil!"

Susanoo, who was standing nearby, was also startled. He gripped his heavy hammer tightly and ran towards Shirou Emiya's location, but without exception, he was crushed to the ground by the ever-increasing gravity.

At this moment, deep within this forest, only Shirou Emiya stood in the very center of them.

"If I wanted to harm you, I would have done so already. If I were truly on the side of the Empire, you would all be dead by now, instead of listening to my calm words."

Looking at the crowd that had been suppressed, Shirou Emiya slowly explained that he had naturally heard what Najenda and Tatsumi were saying, but Shirou Emiya had no way to prove that he was not a homunculus.

You have to understand that those androids are living beings with flesh and blood. Apart from looking exactly like us, they are basically no different from ordinary humans.

Emiya Shirou did not leave anything in Night Raid to prove his identity, and moreover, he did not join Night Raid; he was merely a partner in Night Raid.

The only solution he could think of right now was to suppress them all and then explain things slowly; this was the safest approach.

No matter how much he says, nothing is as real as this direct suppression.

Seeing that Shirou Emiya had no intention of continuing his attack, Najenda temporarily stopped the [Manifestation of Calamity] she was about to activate.

Even if it costs her own life, she cannot allow the entire Night Raid team to perish here.

Chapter 357 Freeze, Everything

"You're really not dead?"

After a brief explanation, Shirou Emiya and the Night Raid members arrived at their newly established base.

This outpost was not like their previous one, which consisted of an extremely luxurious mansion; it was just a few very simple wooden huts built from the surrounding trees.

Just like the small wooden house behind the Night Raid base, although the Night Raid members didn't have any special building talent, they were skilled in building.

Building a decent-looking wooden house is entirely feasible.

Meanwhile, Shirou Emiya sat by the campfire they had set up, cooking their midnight snack under everyone's watchful eyes.

"Yes, I survived Esdeath's clutches."

Shirou Emiya answered Najenda's question directly.

"Where did you go after that? For three whole months, there was no news of you throughout the entire empire. Even though the Revolutionary Army sent people to investigate, they couldn't find any trace of you."

Najenda frowned. When Shirou Emiya's demon-possessed item was handed over to the Revolutionary Army, they quickly realized just how important Shirou Emiya was. They dispatched people to find Najenda as soon as possible, wanting to have a face-to-face conversation with Shirou Emiya.

But all they received was news that Shirou Emiya had disappeared after his fight with Esdeath.

The news at the time was not that Shirou Emiya died at Esdeath's hands, but that he disappeared.

In the Empire, Shirou Emiya's wanted poster was not torn down, but instead spread even more extensively throughout the Imperial Capital.

He even surpassed the members of Night Raid at one point, becoming the target of everyone's criticism.

But no matter how many people searched, they could not find Shirou Emiya.

More than a month later, with the birth of the Emiya homunculus, the wanted posters for Shirou Emiya throughout the empire vanished overnight.

It was as if there had never been anyone who had fought against Esdeath.

"After the battle with Esdeath, I was almost dead. I escaped using the [Demon Possessed] stealth state and hid deep in the forest to recover until recently."

Shirou Emiya could not possibly tell them that he was not from this world; such a thing was too shocking and too unbelievable.

Moreover, Shirou Emiya's injuries had not fully healed at the time, and he needed a long period of rest.

Although she possesses a certain level of combat ability, she is definitely no match for Esdeath, who has recovered.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that Shirou Emiya didn't actually cause any damage to Esdeath at the time.

He was just a hair's breadth away from killing her.

After hearing Shirou Emiya's explanation, everyone's eyes turned to Tatsumi, who was drinking the soup that Shirou Emiya had cooked.

After all, among those present, only Tatsumi was most familiar with the possession by evil spirits.

He seemed to have completely merged with the evil spirit, and even when he ate, it was his dragon-like head that fed him.

You could see the beast's lips emanating a biological aura.

"If you don't show any murderous intent or hostility towards Esdeath, you can indeed leave by using invisibility."

Tatsumi pondered, the invisibility ability of the demon-possessed was extremely powerful, even Esdeath had difficulty detecting its presence.

That's just difficult to detect, not completely undetectable. If you show hostility or murderous intent towards her, she will lock onto you instantly.

Even if he didn't reveal these intentions to Esdeath, and stayed put, it wouldn't be long before Esdeath found him.

Making noise while moving is tantamount to courting death.

However, Esdeath was unaware that the demon possessed the ability to become invisible.

With his invisibility, Shirou Emiya was indeed able to escape by being possessed by the demon.

At this moment, Shirou Emiya has not yet gained the complete trust of the Night Raid members. Even now, Najenda still suspects that Shirou Emiya is a more advanced android created by Dr. Fashion.

Or, to put it another way, Shirou Emiya did not die, but was instead brainwashed by Dr. Fashion with endless drugs and became a member of the Empire.

The Revolutionary Army is now at a critical juncture, facing a do-or-die situation. Najenda dares not gamble, dares not gamble on whether Shirou Emiya is now a member of the Empire.

Even though Shirou Emiya now possesses the power to suppress all of Night Raid without harming them, Najenda still chooses not to believe him.

They simply took Shirou Emiya to their newly established night raid base after that incident, instead of choosing to take him to the Revolutionary Army's hidden camp several kilometers away.

That gravity field was simply too powerful. I'm afraid that apart from the genuine [Demon Possession] on Tatsumi's body, which could continuously evolve, no one could defeat Emiya Shirou under such ever-increasing gravity.

It's important to know that Yasha-hime's ability to control gravity allows her to attract space debris outside the atmosphere and cause it to fall rapidly above the enemy, resulting in damage that can reach the scale of a nation.

However, Shirou Emiya's control over gravity is naturally no match for that of Yasha-hime. Both the range and the degree of gravity suppression are far inferior to Yasha-hime's, but it is still a formidable opponent.

"Really? There are no logical flaws either."

Najendan touched her chin, seemingly lost in thought.

"Let's not talk about that now, Tatsumi, why were you frozen during the retreat back then?!"

Although Tatsumi's body had become slightly larger due to his fusion with the armor, Leone still leaped directly to his side and tightly gripped Tatsumi's neck under her armpits.

Meanwhile, Mine, who was quietly sipping her soup, glared at Tatsumi with a hint of sullenness.

Chelsea, who was drinking food made by Emiya Shirou for the first time, also put down her chopsticks and bowl, staring at Tatsumi, who was being restrained by Leone, with a smile in her eyes.

Lubbock glanced at Najendan beside him, then pretended not to see anything and whistled in the bright moonlight.

Even though Tatsumi could no longer transform into his original human form, the Night Raid members treated him no differently than they had when they first met him.

"Pain! Pain! Pain!"

"That's what Tatsumi said habitually."

He is now completely integrated with the armor, and it is impossible for Tatsumi to feel any pain from such force.

"I'm not entirely sure either. Even though I've evolved and can move within the time Esdeath freezes, I can't directly withstand her freezing power at close range."

Tatsumi was also very puzzled. The power of the Demon Possession Evolution was something that everyone in Night Raid had witnessed. It was impossible for such ice to freeze him while he was wearing the Demon Possession.

"At that moment, I remember Esdeath seemed to whisper something in your ear when she reached out to freeze you?"

Mine, as the only archer in Night Raid, may not have eyes as good as Shirou Emiya, but they are definitely not bad either; otherwise, she would not be able to carry out shooting missions at long distances.

Tatsumi scratched his dragon-transformed head, trying hard to recall the scene.

After all, the freezing process had already begun the moment Esdeath placed her hand in front of her.

"Now that I can freeze [time], guess whether I can freeze your [evolution]?"

Chapter 358 Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!

"This should be the last thing Esdeath said to me before I was frozen."

Having become one with the armor, Tatsumi gulped down the soup cooked by Shirou Emiya. He had been frozen in ice for four days and desperately needed a lot of food to replenish himself, so he was eating like a madman.

Of course, the injuries caused by being frozen also recovered quickly. The armor gave Tatsumi more than just an improvement in physical fitness and defense. At this moment, he was like a true Dangerous Species, possessing extremely powerful regenerative abilities.

However, maintaining this recovery ability naturally requires a lot of food; without sufficient energy, it is impossible to provide such recovery power.

"It can only be described as extremely fortunate."

Akame spoke softly after finishing a large bowl of soup.

"why?"

Tatsumi asked, somewhat puzzled.