Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

While searching for Rin Tohsaka, Shirou Emiya wandered around the school. Although rebuilding his body was something he wanted to do as soon as possible, he had only just arrived in this world and had at least two months to find a way to do so, so there was no need to rush.

More than rebuilding his own body, Shirou Emiya found the academy increasingly strange.

It's not that she felt strange because this world didn't have her existence. Just like Mordred said, King Arthur was female, while the Arthur she summoned was male.

Shirou Emiya was aware that parallel worlds were different from one another.

However, after wandering around the school for a while, I felt not only the strangeness of being there, but also the strangeness of the things I saw.

For example, an elderly gentleman with very obvious signs of aging on his face, gray hair, and wearing a green military uniform, is a student at this academy.

For example, there's a woman with curly orange short hair, wearing a white smiling clown mask, green eyeshadow, a big red nose and lips, a very thin figure, and strange body and mannerisms. She moves like a crippled rag doll and is also a student at this academy.

For example, there's a man who looks extremely bold and tall, with short green hair, a stubble-covered face, wearing an orange jacket with his chest exposed, and carrying a straw hat on his back; he's also a student at this academy.

For example, many doors in this academy are tightly closed, and no matter how much force you apply, you cannot push them open.

It's as if there are some kind of rules or restrictions; you have to use something like a key to open it.

For example, there are students who only exchange a few words with each other.

All of this made Shirou Emiya feel incredibly strange, but he couldn't do anything about it, nor did he know what to do.

The intelligence is far too scarce.

In particular, he did not find Rin Tohsaka at the school.

Things suddenly became complicated. Although Rin Tohsaka might not be a magician in this world, we would have to encounter her before we could make a judgment.

And now, it seems that Rin Tohsaka doesn't exist in this world.

While it's too early to draw a definitive conclusion, the current situation is that it hasn't been found.

It can't be on the rooftop, can it?

Emiya Shirou thought to himself.

In his original world, he learned almost all his knowledge and information about the magic world from Rin Tohsaka, and this was the only way for Shirou Emiya to understand the world of magicians.

Now that this path has been cut off, Shirou Emiya can only find another way, such as going to the clock tower in London that Rin Tohsaka told him about, or going to Fariagne to find Ferreo and Correspondent.

But none of this was practical for Shirou Emiya, because he only knew that a clock tower existed, but Rin Tohsaka hadn't told him exactly where it was in London.

As for going to Fariagni, those magicians certainly won't be as friendly as Rin Tohsaka.

Although Rin Tohsaka attacked him immediately after discovering she was a magician, Shirou Emiya still saw her as very friendly.

Just as Shirou Emiya was pondering his next move and heading downstairs, he saw Sakura lying by the shoe cabinet at the school gate, ignored by everyone.

Almost the instant he saw how haggard Sakura looked, Shirou Emiya's heart skipped a beat. He rushed toward Sakura, who was lying on the ground, and involuntarily called out her name with great concern.

Its figure quickly appeared from the surrounding space.

Shirou Emiya scooped up Sakura from the ground as quickly as possible, while the surrounding students acted as if they hadn't seen her at all, going about their own business and completely ignoring Shirou Emiya's presence.

But he didn't notice any of these things at all, because at this moment, Shirou Emiya's eyes were filled with anxiety.

He quickly picked up Sakura, who had fallen to the ground, and hugged her.

At this moment, the girl curled up in Shirou Emiya's arms was soaked in sweat, her body burning hot as if covered by flames.

Her breath came out almost inaudibly from the tip of her nose.

He was extremely weak at that moment.

Without a second thought, Shirou Emiya draped the crimson trench coat he was wearing over Sakura and sprinted toward the infirmary as fast as he could. Aside from the rooftop and other inaccessible areas, he had a general idea of ​​the school's layout.

At that moment, a woman with beautiful red hair standing at the top of the stairs clutched her head tightly, as if she had seen something incomprehensible.

Chapter 528 The Holy Grail War with 999 Participants

After carrying Sakura to the infirmary, Shirou Emiya saw that her blood and energy were gradually recovering, her breathing was becoming smooth, and her body temperature was dropping rapidly. He then decided to leave.

But the moment he stood up, Sakura, who was lying on the bed, quickly reached out and grabbed Shirou Emiya tightly.

Seeing the man struggling in his unconscious state, seemingly pleading for help, Shirou Emiya slowly sat down again.

Until Sakura awakens.

Emiya Shirou didn't intentionally keep his hand on Sakura's forehead to feel her body temperature; it was just that the terrifying temperature when he held her earlier had really frightened him.

Fortunately, Sakura doesn't seem to be in too much trouble at the moment.

"Emiya-senpai, are you a participant in this Holy Grail War?"

Upon hearing the words "Holy Grail War" from Sakura's mouth, Shirou Emiya's pupils constricted sharply, and his body suddenly stiffened.

He never imagined that he would hear Sakura utter the words "Holy Grail War" in another world.

I never imagined that I would get involved in the Holy Grail War again.

Sakura's eyes were filled with worry as she looked at Shirou Emiya, yet also with a glimmer of hope.

She was worried and afraid that Shirou Emiya would die because of the Holy Grail War.

But they hoped that Shirou Emiya could participate in this Holy Grail War.

Because if Shirou Emiya did not participate in the Holy Grail War, he would be completely deleted a few days later.

This is something she can't stop, because at the end of each day, she herself faces the risk of being deleted.

If Shirou Emiya were to participate in this Holy Grail War, although it would be fraught with danger, there would be a chance of survival.

Sakura's question to Shirou Emiya wasn't unfounded; she had seen the only remaining Command Seal on the back of his right hand, which was completely exposed.

However, as an advanced AI, she was unable to find any information about Shirou Emiya among the magicians who participated in this Holy Grail War.

That's why she asked Shirou Emiya if he was one of the participants in this Holy Grail War.

However, whether Shirou Emiya is a magician who participated in this Holy Grail War is no longer important.

As a high-level AI, she has already realized that Shirou Emiya is qualified to participate in this Holy Grail War.

Even if Shirou Emiya is unaware of his current reality, she will speak up to remind him, prompting him to recall his memories instead of disappearing during the preliminary rounds.

"Why do you know about the Holy Grail War, Sakura?"

Instead of answering Sakura directly, Shirou Emiya slowly asked a question.

"I am a senior AI in the health center. My responsibilities include managing the health of the Masters and providing guidance to potential Masters—"

Sakura placed her hand on her chest and introduced herself to Emiya Shirou once again.

"A candidate Master?"

Seeing Shirou Emiya's puzzled expression, Sakura's expression gradually turned worried.

Shirou Emiya clearly knows about the Holy Grail War, but he seems completely unaware of why he is here.

For Sakura, this was a completely abnormal situation.

Although the only Command Seal in Shirou Emiya's hand was also abnormal.

"Emiya-senpai, haven't you remembered anything?"

"What are you thinking about?"

"So, Emiya-senpai, what is your purpose in coming here?"

Sakura looked at Emiya Shirou with some nervousness. Given his current condition, he shouldn't be eliminated when the preliminaries ended, but without a Servant, he wouldn't be able to survive the Holy Grail War.

"Obtain the Holy Grail?"

Emiya Shirou frowned as he looked at Sakura. He didn't understand why Sakura's expression had become anxious, but after thinking about it, following Sakura's train of thought, wasn't the ultimate goal of all the mages participating in the Holy Grail War to fight for the Holy Grail in order to fulfill their own wishes?

Although Shirou Emiya doesn't understand many things in the world of magic, he does have a relatively deep understanding of the Holy Grail War.

Of course, he might not be able to express his understanding of the Holy Grail using professional magic terminology.

However, he knows the Holy Grail better than the average magician because he once spent some time inside it.

And in a sense, Shirou Emiya was the ultimate victor in that Holy Grail War.

"No—! Eh? Senior, do you know your purpose?"

Sakura was about to object, but then looked at Emiya Shirou with some disbelief. He knew about the Holy Grail War and what the purpose of coming here was.

But why didn't she sense the presence of Servants around Shirou Emiya?

"Uh, perhaps my memory is a bit damaged. Can you tell me what kind of place this is? What is the situation of this Holy Grail War? And what is the situation of the magicians in this school?"

This was the only way Shirou Emiya could express his current situation.

Sakura looked at Emiya Shirou with some relief. Although the possibility of memory loss was small, it didn't mean it wouldn't happen.

Moreover, as an advanced AI, she also shoulders the responsibility of guiding Master.

"This is the Mooncell, or the Holy Grail that magicians fight over. It is a virtual reality world constructed from spiritual particles on the surface of the moon, similar to the virtual world of a game or similar game constructed in a computer, but much more real than a virtual reality constructed purely from electronics."

"The magicians who can reach this place are called spirit hackers. Ordinary hackers can only connect their nerves to the network to intervene, but magicians can 'spiritually transform' their spirit, body and soul and send them into the computer world as clones."

"Because what exists here is the embodiment of a magician's spirit, body, and soul; if one dies here, one will truly die."

"Those magicians invaded the moon in order to obtain the right to use the Holy Grail, which can grant any wish."

"The Holy Grail is not given to the weak. Magicians must prove themselves as excellent beings, that they are the strongest. As a means of proving this, Mooncell provides magicians with the resources to fight on their behalf, the tools to fight, and partners who feed on the magician's life force and fight together as one."

"The Holy Grail War is a war in which heroes of the past are brought back to life as familiars through contracts with Servants, and they fight for the Holy Grail."

As Shirou Emiya listened to Sakura's explanation, he began to ponder whether he was indeed appearing here in the form of a soul.

If we only consider the Holy Grail War, apart from the fact that the thing called the "Holy Grail" has become a Mooncell that I've never heard of before, everything else is pretty much the same as what I know.

The story is roughly about magicians constantly fighting and eventually obtaining the Holy Grail.

Although the only Holy Grail War he ever participated in was a 7v7v1v1 situation, Shirou Emiya later wanted to understand what exactly happened in the Fourth Holy Grail War in his world.

He also went to Rin Tohsaka to learn about the rules of a normal Holy Grail War.

Shirou Emiya suddenly understood why this world felt so strange. Apart from the magicians who had participated, everyone else was probably like an NPC or an AI like Sakura.

How many people can participate in a Holy Grail War? A normal Holy Grail War only has 7 magicians, and even in the special case of the Red vs. Black War, there are only 14 magicians.

There are probably thousands of students in this school, but at most only a few dozen magicians. No wonder it's so strange.