Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Under the cover of night, the entire Moonsea Academy was filled with silence, and the earth had fallen asleep.

There was no trace of student activity in the corridor.

Apart from the gentle, intermittent breeze.

Apart from the occasional bark of a dog, the desolate school was completely silent.

The sky was studded with twinkling stars, like a silver river made of fine sand lying diagonally across the blue sky.

A faint light slowly streamed down from beside the bed, gently illuminating the originally dark infirmary.

"ha--!"

A breathing sound came from a hospital bed somewhere.

"Senior, have you woken up again?"

Sitting by the hospital bed, Matou Sakura looked at Emiya Shirou, who had suddenly opened his eyes while lying on the bed, with an extremely worried expression.

"Thank you for your help, Sakura."

When Shirou Emiya awoke again, the familiar pain was once again sweeping through his body.

His body felt as if it were being scorched by flames, the temperature on his skin was constantly rising, and sweat was pouring out of his body.

Emiya Shirou lay on the hospital bed with his brows furrowed deeply.

My health is getting worse and worse.

Pain.

Powerlessness.

A feeling of weakness.

Feeling tired.

All of this kept surging from the depths of Shirou Emiya's soul, causing him to sigh involuntarily.

"It's alright, senior. My duty is to manage the health of the Masters. It's what I'm supposed to do."

As she said this, Matou Sakura helped Emiya Shirou sit up and slowly removed the bandages binding his body.

A sticky sound kept coming from Emiya Shirou.

Under the moonlight, it was clear that the shocking wounds on Shirou Emiya's body were still seeping blood, and the bandages that Sakura Matou had untied were all stained with scarlet.

With a look of deep heartache, she took out a towel soaking in warm water, wrung it out, and carefully wiped his body.

"How much longer can I hold on?"

Feeling Sakura Matou wiping him, Shirou Emiya looked at his broken body and couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

Even if Shirou Emiya truly didn't care about the state of his soul, he couldn't continue to bear such an increasingly heavy price indefinitely.

There is a limit to the price a soul can bear, and Shirou Emiya cannot overdraw it forever.

"How many times have I woken up in the night these past few days? Has my health gotten even worse?"

Upon hearing the voice, Shirou Emiya paused slightly, then looked toward the source of the sound.

On another hospital bed not far from Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, lying in bed, rubbed her eyes and looked over with a hint of drowsiness.

"yes----"

Shirou Emiya could only nod helplessly.

Living in the infirmary was not Shirou Emiya's idea.

Only two people know how bad Shirou Emiya's physical condition is right now.

Sakura Matou and Rin Tohsaka.

Sakura Matou was originally a high-level AI responsible for examining Shirou Emiya's body, so she naturally knew the most accurate information about Shirou Emiya's physical condition.

As for Rin Tohsaka, she simply and directly obtained the report about Shirou Emiya's physical condition from Sakura Matou.

Sakura Matou is just a high-level AI, so naturally she couldn't suggest to Shirou Emiya that he stay in the infirmary.

The only person capable of doing something like this and getting Shirou Emiya to agree is Rin Tohsaka.

"Given your current physical condition, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold on until the end of this Holy Grail War."

With a somewhat heavy tone, under the gentle moonlight, Rin Tohsaka stared directly into Shirou Emiya's eyes.

"But, there's no other way, is there?"

Enduring the excruciating pain coursing through his body, Shirou Emiya didn't know what to say.

Shirou Emiya couldn't think of any other way but to continue pursuing the Holy Grail.

The existence of Avalon should allow Shirou Emiya to completely ignore Mooncell's deletion mechanism.

However, its remaining magic power is almost gone, and it no longer has the same powerful effect as before.

At first, after each battle, my injuries would usually be healed by the next day, and all the deletion programs attached to my body would be dispelled.

Now, so much time has passed, and those shocking wounds have not improved; the deletion processes that existed in various parts of the body are still there.

If I were to enter that deleted world again, I would never have a chance to survive.

However, there is a greater chance that I will be defeated directly by Kishinami Hakuno.

If Shirou Emiya had disregarded everything and refused to participate in the Holy Grail War at the very beginning, given Avalon's capabilities, it's almost certain that Mooncell's deletion process would have been powerless against him.

He will survive, just like Gina.

It's just that even if we give Shirou Emiya another chance to make a choice.

He would still choose to get involved without hesitation.

Shirou Emiya wanted to save everyone involved in the Holy Grail War, but he couldn't.

He could only do everything in his power to save those he could.

"That being said, Emiya-kun himself can be considered a miracle, and I believe that he can reach that goal!"

Calm and elegant words came from the other side of Rin Tohsaka's hospital bed.

At some point, Leo also woke up and joined the conversation between Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka.

Unlike Rin Tohsaka, Leo is a real patient in this infirmary, just like Shirou Emiya.

He can only walk with difficulty right now.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be here.

What caused Leo's injuries, which have not yet healed, was not the deletion program attached to him, but the mental world that Shirou Emiya had previously detonated.

“I know, but we still need to be prepared. We can’t leave everything to miracles, and miracles won’t always favor one person.”

Rin Tohsaka didn't turn around, but looked at Shirou Emiya and sighed.

Miracles are not something that can be triggered at will. At least in Rin Tohsaka's view, the occurrence of miracles is the inevitable result of various factors.

"Hehehehehehehehe!!!!!!!!!!"

At that very moment, an extremely eerie laugh broke the silence from the other side.

At that moment, everyone's gaze was drawn to an orange-haired woman sitting on the opposite hospital bed.

"I was just staying up all night playing games! I didn't do anything else! Why are you all staring at me? You guys keep talking!"

Seemingly sensing the gazes around them, Gina, who was sitting on the opposite hospital bed playing computer games, looked at them with a puzzled expression.

Chapter 654 How to deal with Emiya Shirou

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Chapter 655 Before the Decisive Battle

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Chapter 656 The Difficult Acquisition of the Cipher Key

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Chapter 657 Kiss

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Chapter 658 You are also my dearest friends.

"Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!"

A crisp knock echoed down the corridor, which was once bustling with students chatting, but was now eerily quiet.

Apart from Kirei Kotomine standing at the entrance to the final battleground, there was no sign of any other living person.

Even the sound of the breeze passing by at dawn rang very clearly in Shirou Emiya's ears.

"who!?"

An impatient voice came from the multimedia classroom in front of Shirou Emiya.

Ever since Shinji Matou took over the multimedia classroom, he has been treating it as his own room and spending most of his daytime hours there.

Previously, during the fourth round, Shinji Matou would occasionally come out to exchange tactics with Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka, and chat about how to make great strides after obtaining the multimedia classroom.

But after learning that Shirou Emiya's teammate in the fifth round was Hakuno Kishinami, Shirou Emiya basically didn't see Shinji Matou again this week.

As a friend, Shirou Emiya is very worried about Shinji Matou's current situation.

Gina had been locking herself in the warehouse and not communicating with anyone, which caused her mental health problems. Shirou Emiya was also worried about what would happen if Shinji Matou kept himself locked in the multimedia classroom.