Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

This is Toudou Touka's weapon—the Iaijutsu Narukami. It contains the power to control lightning, making it far more convenient than the Imperial Arms of General Budo, which requires wearing double gauntlets to wield lightning.

The power of lightning erupted here, but it was easily deflected by Shirou Emiya.

Like rain, sword arrows rained down on Shirou Emiya's position once again.

"Shirou Emiya, your magical energy circulation probably isn't as smooth as it used to be."

As the fashion expert spoke, the shockwave erupted once again from the air.

Emiya Shirou unleashed a pair of wings from his back, transforming into a silver lightning bolt in the air as he shot towards the location of the Fashion Doctor once again.

However, a bright red greatsword suddenly appeared in the hand of the android in front of him, instantly unleashing a violent flame, and like a giant dragon, it attacked Shirou Emiya, who was charging towards him.

With the help of the hurricane, the flames became even more ferocious, crashing into Shirou Emiya as he hurtled down the mountain with an aura of devouring everything.

"boom----!"

Terrifying flames engulfed Shirou Emiya, creating a violent explosion in the air.

"call out----!"

A red figure emerged from the smoke.

At this moment, a shield with seven cherry blossom-shaped pieces was shimmering in front of Shirou Emiya.

He swooped down from the sky, instantly overtaking the high-level android in front of the Fashion Doctor. The reverse blade in his hand was poised to strike the doctor's neck with pinpoint accuracy, knocking him down.

Unlike those Emiya androids, Shirou Emiya couldn't defeat Dr. Fashion.

Chapter 363 Determination

The Emiya androids were unaware that a special seasoning was kept in their dedicated kitchen.

To be precise, it wasn't a seasoning, but rather a powder made by Dr. Fashion from the drug that enhances mental strength and erodes the body, ground into powder and prepared using a special process.

The Empire's drugs are designed to be taken for extended periods, creating an addictive and dependent environment to prevent combat tools belonging to the Empire's various forces from becoming detached from the Empire.

This drug was initially tested, but it was abandoned because its effects were not as good as those drugs that could directly enhance physical fitness.

Although it has been improved to some extent by Dr. Fashion, it is still different from other drugs, as the interval between doses is extremely short.

Two capsules are needed daily to maintain the stability of the mental network.

If an Emiya homunculus forgets to take it in due to being busy with official duties, it will fall out of the mind network.

Given the Empire's resource level, providing Emiya's androids with these drugs every day is not a problem.

However, this would consume a lot of time, and neither the fashion expert nor the Imperial officer wanted to do this repetitive and boring work of dispensing medicine. Not all Emiya androids had the free time to arrive here immediately.

Therefore, those who have to stay in one place all day, and sometimes even the fashion doctor has to do it himself, since he is unwilling to replace the Emiya androids who are responsible for maintaining the safety of the laboratory.

Night Raid had been keeping a close eye on this place, ready to strike at any moment.

The fashion expert wasn't afraid of night raids, but he didn't want his experiments to be disrupted.

So the fashion expert once again improved the medicine and gave it to them as a seasoning, instructing the Emiya androids to add it to their meals.

All you need to do is have the guards pour the powdered medicine into the condiment bottle every day.

The Emiya androids were unaware that the seasoning was the very medicine they had taken at the beginning, and that they had now made it a habit to use that seasoning.

As for Shirou Emiya, he has been living with the Emiya Homunculi these days, and naturally he eats with them as well.

Caught completely off guard, he ingested the drug that the Emiya androids had been consuming.

The drug had a negligible effect on Shirou Emiya, but it did establish a very weak connection between him and the Emiya android's mental network.

Shirou Emiya was unaware, nor were the Emiya androids; only Dr. Fashion, who remained deep within the subconscious, became aware of it.

The Fashion Doctor discovered Shirou Emiya during his prison break, but noticed that the androids were behaving strangely towards him, so he didn't reveal himself immediately.

Instead, it has always been hidden deep within their consciousness.

He didn't choose to read the knowledge in Shirou Emiya's brain during the day through that weak channel, but instead chose to absorb everything like a sponge while he was asleep.

This is why Shirou Emiya always feels a splitting headache when he gets up, and it's also why the Emiya androids can project weapons that Shirou Emiya has never projected in front of them before.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”

That was the howling wind.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

That's lightning leaping around.

"Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!"

That was flames surging forth.

A scene akin to a natural disaster is unfolding in the area where the Imperial Guard is located, with countless things being utterly destroyed.

The figure clad in the "Noble Chariot" appeared once again behind Shirou Emiya, tearing through the air as it slashed down towards his head.

"Qiang————!"

A clanging sound erupted from the swords, and Shirou Emiya's Radiant King Sword shifted in a flash, slashing down at the Emiya android.

The Noble Chariot was torn apart like brittle paper by the crimson lightning.

Emiya Shirou raised the Radiant King Sword in his hand, intending to knock it away.

But at that moment, the Emiya android in front of him seemed to suddenly change its consciousness, and its form shifted.

Ignoring Shirou Emiya's provocation, she shifted her stance and slammed into the Radiant King Sword in his hand.

Blood was spilled on the ground.

Before Shirou could even react, the Emiya android's heart was severed by the Radiant King Sword.

The [Noble Chariot] on his body also disintegrated at this moment.

The form of Emiya, the android, was revealed inside.

His eyes slowly gained sentience from the void.

Blood flowed from the King's Sword, which shone brilliantly in Shirou Emiya's hand.

The Emiya android did not retaliate while Shirou Emiya was suddenly stunned. Instead, it weakly raised its hand and pointed behind Shirou Emiya with a trembling voice.

"Please—save them!"

Emiya Shirou saw that a number 88 was hanging on his chest.

This is Emiya 88, who was the first to fight against him.

Following the direction of his finger, one could see a mother huddled in a corner, tightly hugging her daughter, her eyes filled with panic.

She was someone the previous Emiya androids had helped, but now she could only pray for Lady Luck to come and save their lives.

Emiya Hachiba, who previously killed civilians without batting an eye, is now begging and hoping that Emiya Shirou will end all of this and save those lives that should have been insignificant in their eyes, at the cost of his own life.

Emiya Shirou's pupils began to tremble violently, prompted by Number 88.

Only then did he realize what was happening outside the battle.

The aftershocks of the battle spread outwards like waves.

The cries of children, the wails of pain, the calls of those searching for their loved ones.

No one will stop them from escaping this disaster.

These civilians also did not know how to avoid this disaster.

Everything they had was in their house—money, food, and the means to survive.

These commoners were unwilling to give up the food they had worked so hard to afford, and those things were not something they could take with them.

They stubbornly remained in place, praying for the disaster to pass.

But it was torn apart by disaster.

The Imperial Guard Headquarters should be the safest place in the entire empire, but at this moment, it is like a life-devouring monster, constantly killing them.

It was like hell; countless lives perished in the raging flames.

If I had stopped Dr. Fashion at the first moment, if I hadn't been so soft-hearted, and had instead used absolute power to defeat those androids...

Would these civilians then be spared from death?

This was not like the previous battle with [Broken Blade] Labrador, where Shirou Emiya's own abilities were insufficient, and he could only watch helplessly as the residents were slaughtered by the Crimson Lords.

But now, Shirou Emiya has the ability to stop it, yet he doesn't.

He failed to protect these innocent people who shouldn't have been involved in this.

He was clearly capable of doing it.

It's clearly something I could do.

But they failed to do so.

These Emiya androids were not strong enough to hold off Shirou Emiya, and he was able to break free from their entanglement and "kill" his way to Dr. Fashion.

Because of my indecisiveness and my pity for them, countless innocent people died.

Emiya Shirou clutched his heart, a sharp pain emanating from it. It wasn't that his heart had been severely damaged, but rather that he felt powerless in this state.

He understood that these androids were not inherently bad; they simply lacked a normal understanding of the world. With guidance and education, they could surely reform and contribute their strength to the world.

But just because the future is like this, does that mean Shirou Emiya can allow these androids to slaughter civilians at will?

He must choose between those residents and Emiya's homunculus.

However, the androids have already made the choice for Shirou Emiya.

"sorry!"

Emiya Shirou's voice gradually deepened as he suppressed his emotions, and a cleaver appeared in his hand.

As if sensing something, the movements of the Emiya androids suddenly stopped, and a chilling silence emanated from Emiya Shirou.

Chapter 364 The Sins to Bear