Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Chapter 625 Response Methods

In the infirmary, Rin Tohsaka sat on a chair at a nearby desk, taking a small sip of the black tea that Sakura had just brewed, her face filled with sullenness.

"Julius is now like an undead being, wandering around the arena. If we enter the arena again, it won't be long before Julius reappears!"

She looked at the black tea in her hand and calmly analyzed the current situation.

"Leo, who is in the arena, will soon notice the noise caused by our fight with Julius and may arrive at our location at any time. We can't always be so lucky as to run into Julius near the logout point."

"So all we can do now is take care of Julius before Leo gets here?"

Listening to Rin Tohsaka's words, Shirou Emiya quickly understood that the only solution at present was to address the issue.

They had no way to block Julius, and in fact, Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya had no idea what that negative emotion, which resembled black mud, was all about.

Shirou Emiya wouldn't analyze those things, and Rin Tohsaka couldn't even make contact with them; she also couldn't think of a good way to defeat Julius without actually fighting him.

The best course of action right now is to eliminate either Li Shuwen or Julius as quickly as possible.

Leo wouldn't just stand by and do nothing while watching Shirou Emiya fight Li Shuwen.

He is gentle and refined, with an incredibly mild personality, but he is also a king, a leader. Faced with such a situation, he could almost unhesitatingly order Gawain to unleash his Noble Phantasm.

"I wanted to ask you, do you have a Noble Phantasm that can quickly defeat Berserker? Like Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm, are you able to unleash it again?"

"No, Li Shuwen is too fast! I can't release my Noble Phantasm before he gets close!"

Emiya Shirou looked at Tohsaka Rin and shook his head. Releasing the [Piercing Death Thorn Spear] requires getting into a fighting stance beforehand, and in just that short time, Li Shuwen was enough to rush in front of Emiya Shirou.

If he were to forcibly unleash his Noble Phantasm, even while wearing the [Possessed by Evil Spirits] armor, he would be easily killed by Li Shuwen's force, which could pierce through his armor.

One way to deal with Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm is to kill him before he unleashes it.

Shirou Emiya was unable to do that, which is why he always kept his distance from Cú Chulainn.

Emiya Shirou didn't know how Li Shuwen would react to Cú Chulainn, but if he tried to forcibly unleash his Noble Phantasm, he would die at Li Shuwen's hands due to his lack of preparedness.

Although the projected [Piercing Thorn Spear] could pierce Li Shuwen's heart, such a mutual destruction was not what Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya wanted.

Moreover, for Julius, as long as Shirou Emiya dies, what does it matter if they perish together?

Of course, Shirou Emiya couldn't just stand there in a ready stance, waiting for Julius to come to him.

In fact, doing so might very well result in you standing there all day, waiting for Julius to appear just when you want to leave.

Emiya Shirou needs time, but Julius doesn't care about time. He can even stay in the shadows, like a wolf that keeps a close eye on its prey, until the prey lowers its guard before striking again.

You should know that he is the captain of the Harvey family's assassination squad.

Just then, a gentle voice sounded from behind Shirou Emiya.

"Senior, it's all bandaged up now!"

Beside Shirou Emiya, Sakura Matou gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, put away the medicine and blood-stained bandages on the bedside table, and spoke slowly with a worried expression.

Sakura Matou secretly used her privileges to embezzle the healing potions delivered by Mooncell.

Mix it with the normal medications in the infirmary, apply it to Shirou Emiya's body, and then bandage it up very carefully.

She didn't know why she did this. She was just a high-level AI who had no relation to Shirou Emiya. She was responsible for managing the health of all the contestants, but she gave Shirou Emiya special treatment.

Sakura Matou didn't understand, but she did it anyway.

"Thank you, Sakura!"

Emiya Shirou looked gratefully at Sakura, who was bandaging and wiping his wounds with medicine, and then projected a blood-free shirt onto his body.

"However, there should be a way to get rid of Li Shuwen."

As if he had thought of something, Shirou Emiya slowly spoke.

"What can we do?!"

Rin Tohsaka looked at Shirou Emiya with some surprise, after all, Cú Chulainn's Noble Phantasm was released so quickly that there was no time to use it, let alone other Noble Phantasms.

In that confined space, with Li Shuwen's powerful strength and terrifying speed, almost everything Emiya Shirou could do was restricted.

And those walls were extremely difficult to break; even Shirou Emiya couldn't create distance if he wanted to.

Do you remember that "One-Sword Asura"?

"That Noble Phantasm that left you weak even after its power was unleashed?"

Although they had left the arena, Rin Tohsaka helped Shirou Emiya back to the infirmary at the arena entrance.

Compressing all of one's physical and magical power into a minute is a very bold idea.

However, it is also a minute where you have to give it your all. If you can't defeat the enemy within this minute, then the only one who will be defeated by the enemy is Emiya Shirou.

Even when Shirou Emiya was exhausted, he was still able to force his body to move by sheer willpower.

However, their combat strength is naturally insufficient to continue engaging in direct combat with Servants; at most, they can only barely handle the hostile characters within the dungeon.

Even magic can only be obtained by overdrawing one's own life force.

"【One-Sword Asura】has an advancement, 【One-Sword Rakshasa】, which can concentrate all physical strength and magical power into a single second for a burst of power! However, this will place an even greater burden on the body!"

After finishing his battle with the world's strongest female swordsman, Shirou Emiya stayed at Hagun Academy for a few more days before saying goodbye to Kurono Shinguji.

During this time, Shirou Emiya also met Ikki Kurogane, who had already surpassed Touka Toudou. However, he said that even until his departure, he had never fought Ikki Kurogane, which was a regret.

If he were to actually face off against Ikki Kurogane, Shirou Emiya doesn't know if he could win.

Chapter 626 Eventually, We Will Reach the Divine Realm

"Now that that's resolved, let's discuss the next issue—"

Upon hearing Shirou Emiya's words, Rin Tohsaka relaxed slightly before becoming serious again.

"What am I like in your parallel world?"

She stared straight at Shirou Emiya. After analyzing that Shirou Emiya might be from a parallel world, Rin Tohsaka couldn't help but want to know what kind of existence she was in that parallel world.

And what is her relationship with Emiya Shirou?

"Someone who stood out from the crowd at school—"

Shirou Emiya could only respond to Rin Tohsaka with a wry smile. He hadn't expected his identity to be exposed so easily, nor had he expected Rin Tohsaka to accept the fact that he came from a parallel universe so readily.

In fact, most magicians can easily accept this.

After all, the founder of the Mage's Association Clock Tower was the Second Magician, Kishua Zelrich Schbein'ogu.

The second magic, in turn, is the proof and application of parallel worlds.

Only someone like Shirou Emiya, who knows very little about the world of magic, would be so surprised.

As Shirou Emiya recounted his story, Rin Tohsaka couldn't help but become engrossed in it.

Just like she said in the elevator at the beginning, once what she was doing was over, she would go back to Japan and go to school.

What Shirou Emiya is about to describe is the life she most longs for.

Sakura Matou, a high-level AI, sat to the side at that moment, listening intently as Shirou Emiya described everything about himself in another world.

I shouldn't care about this at all.

Time also passed quickly as Shirou Emiya continued to describe his own world.

Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya returned to the arena once again.

"Tohsaka, let's go find the logout point first!"

They even said they didn't find the first key before hastily fleeing.

This time, however, they came to the arena not to find the key, but to deal with the undead from hell—Julius.

"I know! Go that way!"

Rin Tohsaka responded quickly to Shirou Emiya, her hands moving without stopping as she began searching for nearby logout points at top speed.

It's easy to understand how weak Shirou Emiya will be after using such a technique that squeezes out all of his own power.

The first thing to do is naturally to leave the perilous arena and come to the safer interior of the academy.

Julius himself will come after them as quickly as possible, so the most important thing at this stage is to find a logout point immediately.

Try to leave the arena as soon as possible after the battle ends.

However, plans can never keep up with changes.

After only a few minutes of running, the dark substance quickly devoured everything around them, and the oppressive atmosphere once again enveloped Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka.

That crimson figure, filled with terrifying killing intent, appeared once again in front of Emiya Shirou.

"Roar--!!"

Without any prelude or conversation, an extremely violent roar erupted beneath the dark city walls, like a ferocious beast from ancient times rampaging, inspiring fear in all who heard it.

"boom--!"

The violent atmosphere surged rapidly, and Li Shuwen's clenched fist rose erratically, bringing with it a whistling sound that made one's eardrums ache. It seemed to tear the sky apart, and in an instant, it transformed into a black shadow, shooting straight towards Emiya Shirou's body.

The principle behind 【One-Sword Asura】 is actually quite simple.

Ikki Kurogane once said that humans are biological beings with the instinct to survive.

Even if you force yourself to give it your all, your instincts will not allow you to cross the line.

Instinct will specifically distinguish and retain the part of the force that is sufficient to maintain life functions from the force that is normally used.

However, Ikki Kurogane broke free from the shackles of instinct through sheer willpower. He condensed all the power he possessed into a mere minute, exhausting it completely to unleash explosive combat power in an instant.

This is not a skill that can be mastered simply by understanding it; in fact, Kurogane Ikki has never concealed the techniques he uses for [One-Sword Shura].

If someone were to actually unleash the [One-Sword Asura] technique like him, Kurogane Ikki would likely not feel discouraged, but rather even more excited.

This skill requires not only unparalleled willpower, but also dozens of times more arduous training than others to achieve that tempered and refined physique.

In fact, in that world where talent was revered, no one could reach the same level as Ikki Kurogane.