Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Why can't you just listen to me?

As the tentacles that were being continuously severed and thrusting towards Shirou Emiya were being stabbed away, a sense of helplessness and worry emanated from the void.

"This body is made of the sword—!"

As the chanting began, the world beneath Shirou Emiya's feet suddenly began to change slightly.

"No, stop! Your current body is simply incapable of activating a Reality Barrier. Even if you only activate it for a fleeting moment, your body will shatter into pieces, and you will die!!!! Stop!!!!"

The moment Shirou Emiya began chanting, the voice in the void was filled with panic, and countless dark substances around him began to erupt, trying to stop Shirou Emiya's actions.

"You know your physical condition better than I do!!!!!"

"You cannot activate Unlimited Blade Works again, nor can you ever activate Unlimited Blade Works again!"

"But getting your attention is enough—"

"What!?"

"Grab my hand!!!"

A sharp female voice called out from the dark currents nearby.

Chapter 680 Reunion

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Chapter 681 The Old Infirmary

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Chapter 682 The Only Person Who Can Remember

"After all, like my senior, many Masters have been unconscious. As a high-level AI responsible for managing the health of Masters, I have to stay here and take care of them. Senior should be the last one to wake up."

"Is that so? Thank you for your hard work, Sakura."

Seeing Sakura suddenly looking a little flustered, Shirou Emiya couldn't help but smile and thanked her once again.

For some reason, Sakura also smiled as she looked at Shirou Emiya, who seemed to be getting more energetic.

No one broke the silence; the two simply stared at each other in this somewhat dilapidated health care room.

Until Shirou Emiya felt that his strength had been somewhat restored.

"Senior, be careful."

Matou Sakura quickly reacted, stepped forward, walked to Emiya Shirou's side, and helped him get off the bed.

Although consciousness has only just returned to the body and reactions will be slow, it won't be long before things return to normal.

Shirou Emiya only needed Sakura Matou's help to stand up, and was able to walk normally afterwards.

"Sakura, do you know what really happened?"

Since all the Masters were unconscious, it was clear that a high-level AI like Sakura, with certain permissions, was more aware of what happened during the fifth battle than they were.

"Senior, your question is perfectly reasonable, but before I do, I need to confirm one thing—"

As she spoke, Matou Sakura picked up a notebook that looked like a medical record and sat down at the desk, gesturing for Emiya Shirou to sit opposite her.

"Do you know who you are?"

As if testing whether Shirou Emiya's consciousness was normal, Matou Sakura began to ask Shirou Emiya about his understanding of the world.

However------

"While what you said isn't wrong, that was the explanation of magicians before magic was extinct. Now, magicians are special hackers who can manipulate their minds and personalities and infiltrate electronic networks."

"Hmm? Senior, don't you know what year it is? Is it because your brainwaves haven't registered properly yet? Or is your memory damage more severe than others, and you can't remember many things?"

As Matou Sakura took notes, she looked at Emiya Shirou with a worried expression.

Shirou Emiya could only smile wryly at this, because he genuinely didn't know these things—the basic common sense of magicians in this world.

If it's about testing Shirou Emiya's knowledge of traditional magicians, he understands perfectly well, because Rin Tohsaka even created a special test to assess whether Shirou Emiya had truly heard what she was saying.

Rin Tohsaka discovered Shirou Emiya's weakness: exams.

Every time I return to Fuyuki City, I have to study all night long to prepare for the exam.

He was so exhausted that Shirou Emiya now feels a bit terrified whenever he sees an exam.

"Hey, never mind, senior, do you remember your Servant and its class during the Holy Grail War?"

"It should be Jeanne d'Arc, and her class should be Ruler."

"?"

"Ruler?"

"Senior, you're not talking nonsense, are you? Although the Holy Grail War does have this class, the Ruler class cannot be summoned in this Holy Grail War."

"Moreover, Jeanne is Lancer, and your memory does seem to be more severe than the other Masters, which explains why you were unconscious for the longest time."

Sakura Matou sighed, covering her head with the hand holding the pen. In fact, there was no need to ask any more questions, as she could even confuse some common sense and the class of her own Servant during the Holy Grail War.

"The last question, and also the most important one."

Do you remember what happened during the Holy Grail War? Even just a little bit.

She had given up hope that Shirou Emiya would be able to recall what happened during the Holy Grail War.

Upon hearing Matou Sakura's words, Emiya Shirou's brows furrowed tightly.

"I remember, so what?"

"As expected, like other Masters, even more confused than other Masters, he can only remember his own name, but cannot recall the memories of the Holy Grail War."

"Please calm down and listen to me—"

Just as she was about to continue, Matou Sakura suddenly realized what Emiya Shirou had just said.

"Etc., etc!"

Sakura Matou covered her head, as if she hadn't reacted yet, or as if she felt something was amiss.

"What did you just say? Could you repeat it?"

“I remember what happened in the previous Holy Grail War.”

"But - but -"

Sakura Matou was a bit stunned. It was a good thing that someone could remember what happened in the Holy Grail War, but why did she find it so unbelievable?

No, Matou Sakura's eyes suddenly cleared. She suddenly remembered Shirou Emiya's physical condition when she was taking care of him.

Although it has been repaired, it is still covered in scars.

And even though he had never told her his name, Shirou Emiya was able to call out his name with great accuracy, and in such an intimate way.

She even felt a sense of nostalgia and familiarity when she was addressed as Emiya Shirou.

So what exactly was my relationship with Emiya-kun before?

But now is not the time to think about these things!

Suddenly realizing her thoughts had drifted off to somewhere, Matou Sakura blushed slightly and immediately looked at Emiya Shirou with a serious expression.

"Senior, weren't you reset to your initial state at the start of the Holy Grail War?"

"Reset? Do you mean the area that used to look like the login screen?"

After all, it was easy to guess that the login-like place was the login method of these spirit hackers, and following Matou Sakura's words, Emiya Shirou immediately understood that it was probably a reset.

"Eh! Yes, that's a reset, which made all the magicians log back in and go through another long period of unconsciousness, resulting in [memory impairment], unable to recall what happened in the previous Holy Grail War, only having some vague impressions."

"Senior, what's the reason for this?"

Sakura Matou's direction was very clear, and Shirou Emiya also closed his eyes and pondered.

That type of data cannot be detected due to the influence of unknown objects within it.

Or perhaps it's because I didn't come to this spirit world legitimately, and therefore can't access my data, so I can't reset it.

Both are possible, but Shirou Emiya tends to believe that the inability to reset is due to the combined effect of two factors.

"I don't quite understand the specific reason either."

These are all just Shirou Emiya's own speculations. Besides, saying them out loud won't help other Masters recover their past memories. Rather than adding to his troubles, he might as well keep them to himself.

"Is that so? Senior, do you remember when you left the Holy Grail War?"

"The fifth battle—!"

At that moment, a pleasant sound came from the loudspeaker in the infirmary.

Chapter 683 Hey, that's hell ahead!

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Chapter 684 Become the Spear in My Hand

In the end, Shirou Emiya escaped the punishment of Mapo Tofu.

Shirou Emiya didn't run away immediately, but instead used the excuse that Leo was currently looking for him and needed to talk to him.

At this moment, Kirei Komine also showed a regretful expression and put away the Mapo Tofu.

"This is so hard! Why is it getting even harder?!"

Before he even opened the door, Shirou Emiya heard a distressed voice coming from inside.

In the quiet classroom, a girl with blonde hair braided into a ponytail and hanging down her back sat in her seat, looking at her textbook with a puzzled expression.