Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

"If a private duel occurs within the academy, regardless of the nature of the fight, the party who initiates the duel will suffer a reduction in the stats of their Master and Servant, or even more severe punishments —"

really----

Emiya Shirou was secretly thinking to himself that if the Master was relatively weak, he probably wouldn't last three rounds before being defeated. This battle had already begun during the period of hesitation.

"So who will be my first opponent?"

Naturally, Shirou Emiya asked Kirei Kotomine.

If Kirei Kotomine hadn't suddenly called him over, Shirou Emiya wouldn't have even known that the preliminary rounds were over.

He did have a desire to save the magicians who were still trapped in the illusion of campus life.

However, within this academy, Shirou Emiya has difficulty distinguishing between NPCs and magicians.

If Shinji Matou hadn't noticed the incongruity around him and reacted with great surprise, Shirou Emiya wouldn't have even realized that Shinji Matou in this world was actually a magician.

According to Sakura, these NPCs are artificial intelligence characters recreated from data of humans who have existed (or still exist) on Earth.

Because the more realistic the NPCs are as living beings, the more realistic the Masters will react when they interact with them, the NPCs are endowed with artificial intelligence by Mooncell.

These individuals also possess independent thinking and personalities.

Even when facing Fujiwara, Shirou Emiya didn't feel much difference from Fujiwara, whom he said he knew well.

The only noticeable difference is that she often uses the term "magician," but otherwise, she completely inherited Teng Jie's carelessness.

Because she kept going to find people to try to wake up more magicians, she was scolded by Rin Tohsaka.

Just like Rin Tohsaka, who appeared behind Shirou Emiya at this moment, with an expression that seemed to show disgust but couldn't help but make a sound.

Chapter 538 Rin Tohsaka

"Huh? How come you don't know who your first opponent is? Didn't the terminal tell you to check the bulletin board?"

This was accompanied by a voice that seemed to carry disdain and a sense of incomprehension.

The crisp sound of footsteps stopped behind Emiya Shirou.

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Shirou Emiya turned around with a slight wry smile.

That's a girl.

A girl around the same age as me.

Like Sakura in this world, she is someone familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar to Emiya Shirou.

The girl had her hair tied in pigtails and was wearing a red shirt, a black mini skirt, and black over-the-knee high-heeled leather boots that didn't belong to this school at all. She looked extremely beautiful.

She was Rin Tohsaka, whom Shirou Emiya had met a few days ago.

She's also the person I've spent the most time with these past few days.

Although when Shirou Emiya first met Rin Tohsaka, he was, well—, um—.

In words, it was a rather unfriendly, but very pleasant, meeting.

Rin Tohsaka doesn't really want to bring up this process again.

"In this Holy Grail War system, only the Master who wins in the end can leave. Even if you don't have your own Servant, you can't quit halfway through—"

These are the words Rin Tohsaka said to Shirou Emiya the moment she learned that he didn't have a Servant.

But then, as if remembering something, she quickly turned her head away.

Since Shirou Emiya was also a participant in this Holy Grail War, according to their factions, Shirou Emiya was her enemy.

Perhaps it was out of habit, or perhaps it was simply her nature, but Rin Tohsaka felt worried when she heard that Shirou Emiya didn't have his own Servant.

I came to SE.RA.PH., a virtual reality world constructed of spiritual particles, with the idea of ​​obtaining the Holy Grail.

Everyone here is her enemy, an enemy she is willing to gamble her life on.

"But it doesn't matter, because there can only be one winner in the Holy Grail War—"

Thinking of this, her tone towards Shirou Emiya was filled with fighting spirit. So what if he didn't have a Servant? If her first opponent was Shirou Emiya, she would not hold back.

As a magician, in order to seize the sole right to lift the Holy Grail, one must be ruthless!

Even so, Shirou Emiya, who was standing in front of him, showed no fear or timidity, and even thanked him with a faint smile.

why?

After seeing Shirou Emiya leave, Rin Tohsaka, standing on the rooftop, felt extremely anxious.

Her fists clenched involuntarily.

He then swung his fist at the wall as if venting his anger.

He has clearly stated that he and you are enemies, that he wants to obtain the Holy Grail, and that if they meet, he will kill you without mercy.

Why are you thanking me like this? We are enemies who have no choice but to fight each other, and your life will end here because of this.

This is the Holy Grail War, not some child's game!

Then, Rin Tohsaka leaned against the wall and sighed. Why was she so worried about a stranger she had only just met, a stranger who was even destined to become her enemy?

However, he did feel an indescribable sense of familiarity with him, as if he had known him for a long time, but he didn't know him at all.

Even though she had regained her memories, there were no false memories of Emiya Shirou in this academy.

"Shut up!!!"

As if enraged, Rin Tohsaka roared at the air beside her on the rooftop.

After that, Rin Tohsaka would occasionally keep an eye on Shirou Emiya.

She didn't know why she cared so much about a Master who didn't even have a Servant.

At that moment, Rin Tohsaka stood behind Shirou Emiya, her face furrowed, looking at him with a slightly reproachful and worried tone.

How could someone not even know who their first opponent was?

Sure enough, if it weren't for my appearance, Shirou Emiya would probably have been eliminated before even seeing his first opponent.

"Terminal, what's that?"

Emiya Shirou seemed to be used to Rin Tohsaka's tone. He turned around and asked Rin with a question in his eyes.

This was the first time he had ever heard the name "terminal".

"?"

When Rin Tohsaka heard that Shirou Emiya didn't even know what a terminal was, she looked puzzled. Then she looked at Shirou Emiya closely, her face full of disbelief.

Isn't this something that everyone is automatically given when they come into this world?

But seeing Shirou Emiya's seemingly genuine expression, even though Rin Tohsaka had countless doubts, she still explained to Shirou Emiya while taking out a futuristic-looking, cell phone-like object from her pocket.

"That's right, it's similar to a mobile phone. In theory, whether it's a magician or an NPC who comes here, Monncell will equip them with a terminal when they arrive."

"Besides, this is common sense for the mages participating in this Holy Grail War!"

Actually, she just happened to be passing by and overheard Shirou Emiya's question, which sounded like it was written on high blood pressure.

"You don't have it? That's really strange?"

Kirei Kotomine also showed a puzzled expression at this moment, and then, as if he was thinking about something, countless data flashed before his eyes.

"As an advanced AI, this terminal isn't of much use to me for now. I've already loaded your information into this terminal; please use this one for now."

Having seemingly confirmed that Shirou Emiya did not have a terminal, Kirei Kotomine quickly took out an item from his clothes that was exactly the same as the one Rin Tohsaka had and handed it to Shirou Emiya.

And in a very short time, he deleted all the information about himself and logged into the information belonging to Emiya Shirou.

Although the information available about Shirou Emiya may only be the most basic, such as his name, gender, height, and weight.

But that's enough to receive messages from the system.

"By the way, Masters who have passed the pre-selection will receive their own rooms—"

With that, Kirei Kotomine handed a key to Shirou Emiya.

This was originally a place for Servants and Masters to rest, but now it has become a place for Shirou Emiya to rest alone.

Chapter 539 The First Battle Begins

Following the instructions from the newly acquired terminal, Shirou Emiya quickly arrived at the second-floor bulletin board, where a note appeared that was completely different from the surrounding notices.

However, only he and his opponent should be able to see this note.

Otherwise, if there were 128 Masters needing to engage in a battle, this bulletin board would be covered with notes.

Even if it's just to show the match list for this school building, there shouldn't be only this one piece of paper here.

After thinking it over, it seems that only you and your opponent know who your opponents are. Others probably have no way of knowing who their opponents are directly from the bulletin board.

On this snow-white paper, the battle information was written in a very simple way.

Master: Emiya Shirou

Master: Shinji Matou

Battlefield: Ichi no Tsuki no Omoikami

"Hmph! I never expected my first opponent to be such an annoying guy like you!"

At that moment, an extremely arrogant voice rang out from behind Shirou Emiya.

That was the Shinji Matou with the seaweed-like haircut that I had seen earlier at the entrance of the infirmary.

He was also someone Shirou Emiya knew very well.

He never expected that his first opponent would be his old friend, Shinji Matou.

However, Shinji Matou looked at Shirou Emiya with extreme disgust, his eyes filled with disdain.

"Your good days are numbered! Meeting me in your first battle is your greatest misfortune! I will repay you tenfold for what you did to me that morning."