Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

The key point is that Shirou Emiya knew nothing about many common-sense things that almost anyone who has read a book would know—no, almost anyone who lives in this society would know them.

But his expression was incredibly sincere.

This left these people quite confused as to whether Shirou Emiya genuinely didn't know, or whether his lying had reached an unparalleled level of sophistication.

All they could do was spend some time explaining some basic facts about this world to Shirou Emiya.

There's even some knowledge about firearms.

For some reason, despite having such strength, he only has a very basic understanding of modern weapons.

I only have a general idea of ​​what a pistol is and what a rifle is; I have no idea about the more detailed classifications and parts.

Just like an ordinary high school student, they discovered that Shirou Emiya had absolutely no understanding of the Armed Detective Agency or the state of society.

"If that's the case, why are there separate armed police and regular police?"

Emiya Shirou harbored doubts.

According to them, armed police should carry out the same objectives as the police, and should logically be classified under the police category, rather than being separated into a separate entity.

However, they quickly answered Shirou Emiya's question.

This information is common sense, so they naturally wouldn't hide anything from Shirou Emiya.

Just like not telling others that rice can fill your stomach, there's almost nothing to hide about such common-sense issues.

The armed detective is not entirely the same as the police; it has a more private nature.

Even though they have the power to arrest and carry weapons, armed detectives perform their duties for the purpose of receiving payment.

As long as I can get paid, within the scope permitted by the Armed Police Law, I can handle any job, no matter how rough or boring.

Therefore, the activities of armed detectives are not limited to those of police officers; they also include activities such as detective work and bodyguard work.

If we had to make an analogy, the Armed Detectives are more like mercenaries, except that, compared to normal mercenaries, the Armed Detectives mostly handle cases on the righteous side.

Moreover, the scope of their work is much wider than that of ordinary mercenaries.

Just as Shirou Emiya was talking with these teachers, the door was pushed open in a very flustered manner.

"Hahaha…!"

Some disordered breathing came from the girl who had broken through the door.

Those were the white-and-red schoolgirl uniforms that Shirou Emiya had seen before, worn by the female students in that abandoned street.

It's something similar to a school uniform.

It seems that this school uniform also has some degree of bulletproof function.

When Shirou Emiya settled the classmates he had defeated in a corner, he also checked their bulletproof vests and, as was his habit, analyzed them.

Following the bulletproof vests they wore, Shirou Emiya discovered that these garments, which looked like school uniforms, also had bulletproof capabilities.

With the protection of two bulletproof vests, students are unlikely to suffer serious injury unless subjected to highly penetrating weapons.

These are not ordinary bulletproof vests; the materials used in them are ones that Shirou Emiya has never seen before.

As for bulletproof protection, ordinary sniper rifle shots can only cause the wearer intense pain; they can't even penetrate clothing.

Am I too late?

Standing at the door was a woman with long, jet-black hair that cascaded down her back, tied with a white bow.

Although she was somewhat flustered, she naturally exuded a gentle and graceful demeanor.

No, not at all.

Lan Bao took another swig of wine and shook his head.

After all, Shirou Emiya had never shown any signs of aggression, and his conversation was very casual. They could even sense that Shirou Emiya was almost completely unguarded around these strangers.

Although they scoffed at this approach, saying that so easily abandoning their defenses was not the way armed reconnaissance agencies should act.

But after being treated like this by Shirou Emiya, they no longer treated him with the same caution as before.

Perhaps she genuinely believed that the man in front of her wouldn't simply choose to run away.

“Hoshiga-kun, I remember you are a shrine maiden at Hoshiga Shrine, right?”

It was a man with pale hair and eyes.

He gently adjusted his glasses and asked Xingjia Baixue a question.

Although everyone present knew who she was and why she had been invited.

"Yes!"

Xingjia Baixue nodded heavily.

When she heard that the academic affairs office had something very important to discuss with her, she rushed over immediately.

She is extremely serious about handling matters.

"Logically speaking, using divination to judge a person's character is not a good thing, but there are no superhumans in the school who can detect minds, so for now we can only rely on your divination."

The white-haired man explained to Xingjia Baixue in an extremely gentle tone.

Some of them did try to force Shirou Emiya to tell the truth through other means.

On one hand, it's because Emiya Shirou is just too cooperative and too honest, answering almost every question with utmost sincerity.

However, the answer was not the one they were satisfied with.

On the other hand, they still haven't figured out Shirou Emiya's true identity or what kind of entity is behind him.

I have never dared to make any rash moves.

This is also the source of their concern regarding Shirou Emiya's strength.

Young and powerful, they are not someone that just any organization can easily boast about.

Given these concerns, they could only try to probe Emiya Shirou in a more moderate way.

Chapter 383 A Fixed Future

"excuse me!"

Hoshiga Shirayuki arrived at the interrogation room and sat in the seat in front of Emiya Shirou.

"fine--"

Emiya Shirou was quite calm, seemingly unconcerned about what unexpected results the priestess might divination about him.

Immediately, Xingjia Baixue took out a deck of cards from her school uniform pocket.

Her expression also changed from its previous gentle and elegant demeanor to serious and solemn.

The teachers outside the interrogation room also looked with great interest at the card in Xingjia Baixue's hand.

In fact, they did know a little about it. There was a student who was once an A-rank student in the Assault Department and transferred to the Detective Department, who was Hoshiga Shirayuki's childhood friend.

Her divinations for that person were almost always correct.

Moreover, the divination at Hoshiga Shrine is known for its accuracy, and many people spend a lot of money but still find it difficult to get a divination done there.

"I remember the information said that the divination techniques of the Hoshiga Shrine priestesses have a very wide range of applications. If you perform divination without a clear purpose, can you really predict anything?"

Meanwhile, the teachers standing outside the interrogation room were whispering amongst themselves, their eyes glued to Xingjia Baixue's movements.

"No, you're overthinking it. On the way here, we explained to her why we needed her to come, and she also asked us what aspects of that person needed to be divined."

The white-haired teacher pushed up his glasses, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

"What does Teacher Koyomi mean?"

The people next to him seemed to understand a little, but not completely.

It seems that she had already discussed with Xingjia Baixue what she needed to have divined, but did not explicitly state it.

"What Hoshiga Shirayuki divined was the past, present, and future of that man named Emiya Shirou."

"Why not just explore the past?"

The teacher still didn't quite understand; what they wanted to know was Shirou Emiya's past, not his future.

"Just consider it my unique personal hobby."

Teacher Koyomi explained with a very polite smile.

What's that in your hand?

Inside the interrogation room, Shirou Emiya looked at the card that had appeared in Shirayuki Hoshiga's hand and asked with interest.

After all, this was Emiya Shirou's first real divination in his life.

He was also eager to know what the outcome of his divination would be.

"These are cards used by the shrine maidens of Xingjia Shrine for divination. We usually use them as a medium to perform spells called divination. Although we can also do divination with tarot cards, the cards we make ourselves are just more accurate."

Hoshiga Shirayuki nodded slightly in response to Emiya Shirou's question. Although the man in front of her was supposed to be a criminal, she did not feel any disgust towards him.

She devoutly arranged the cards in her hand on the table in front of Shirou Emiya like a star array.

They were blank cards, with no pictures or words on them.

At the moment she prayed, Shirou Emiya could feel a very obvious magical fluctuation on the card.

Emiya Shirou's brows furrowed tightly.

Although it differs from the magical power generated by his own magic circuits, or from the magical power at Hagun Academy, it is indeed magical power.

If it weren't for the woman in front of him using a spell called divination, he might not have even realized that magic existed in this world.

No, it's not the existence of magic, but the existence of people who can use magic.

After all, in Shirou Emiya's understanding, magic power is transformed from life force.

Life force exists in every world, so magic naturally exists as well. However, the definition of magic differs between worlds, though they are generally similar.

That's why Shirou Emiya was able to sense it.

If it's a form of use that's completely different from magic, like the power of existence, Shirou Emiya wouldn't be able to sense it at all.