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Chapter 24 Wuzhiqi vs. Sun Wukong (Part ) (Newbies please read on!!!)
23. Wuzhiqi vs. Sun Wukong (Part )
Although he could block out the pain, Shirou chose not to do so for the sake of Toosaka Rin's feelings. Instead, he tried hard to pretend to be grimacing in pain.

I don't know if it was the painful expression on Shirou's face that made her feel a little relieved, or maybe Toosaka Rin came to Shirou for something important to do, but Toosaka Rin did not continue to pursue the matter of Shirou setting fire to her house.

After all, this was the magic assignment she had given Shirou, so it was expected that Shirou would succeed in his training. Besides, he at least remembered that 'arson' had to be performed on pond water, right?

Toosaka Rin rubbed her temples with a headache, and said rudely as if she had just woken up: "Elbow, come back to my room with me."

She even accidentally bit her tongue, and Toosaka Rin started grimacing in pain.

Shirou thought about it and thought, "If it were Miss Musashi, she would definitely say that," so he spoke:

"You're so cute, Toosaka," and then Shirou asked, "What is it?"

Toosaka Rin blushed and grabbed her long hair out of habit. She seemed very nervous and her eyes were a little vague:

“As I said before, didn’t I obtain some memory fragments from your mind that you yourself didn’t even remember?
Previously the contents were discontinuous and incomprehensible, but now I have roughly figured it out, and I plan to hand over your 'past' to you through spiritual communication before the ceremony begins.

This is also for tomorrow's ceremony. Anyway, just listen to me!"

Toosaka Rin finished speaking a long paragraph in one breath.

Shirou found this a bit odd, "Why not give it to me during the day? Why choose this time?"

"Don't let me say something like I'm embarrassed in front of Ms. Musashi, you idiot!"

Toosaka Rin, who was in a bad mood after waking up, picked up her furry teddy bear and smashed it hard on Shirou's face!
Are you this kind of person?!

In Shirou's opinion, Toosaka Rin is shy and introverted most of the time, but very proactive in her actions.

The only exception is when she is in a bad mood after waking up, because when she is in a bad mood after waking up, she seems to completely forget that she is a tsundere.

Shirou could only complain in his heart: You still care about this after all this? Whether it's offering to replenish magic or doing it in front of Miss Musashi, haven't we experienced this situation several times before?

(It’s really hard to understand)

Shirou was dragged into Toosaka Rin's room, and then - she seemed to have really calmed down, and began to hesitate again because of shyness, her hands unconsciously pulling her long hair because of nervousness.

Feeling that this would never end, Shirou took the initiative to summon his spirit to replenish his magic.

[.How many times has this been done to replenish my magic with spiritual power? Even if it is useful, isn't this overusing it? ]

【In summary】

[Emiya Shirou and Toosaka Rin are performing a psychic magic repair, with the goal of obtaining from Toosaka Rin the special memory content of 'Chaldeas-related information' that Toosaka Rin had previously obtained from Shirou]

[Because this is not a normal spiritual replenishment, the calculation is the sum of the inspirations of the two people]

[Difficulty of this time: 75 (if you succeed normally, you will only get the memory fragments. If the number of fragments exceeds 150, the hidden plot "Visitors of Chaldeas" will be triggered - triggering the Chaldea-related plot in advance)]

[Emiya Shirou's 'Inspiration (Spirit Element·Magic Adaptability)': 1D100=59]

[Tousaka Rin's 'Inspiration (Spiritual Element·Magic Adaptability)': 1D100=92]

[Total: 59+92=151＞150]

Just fine! I passed it just like that!
However, this time it was different from the usual summoning and magic replenishment. It was not that Shirou's mind directly 'gained the transmitted memories (knowledge)', nor was it like when Shirou glimpsed Miss Musashi's memories, allowing Shirou to enter the memory illusion.

It was a strange, drunken trance.

The moment Shirou entered this memory environment, he immediately discovered something was wrong.

Because Toosaka Rin also came along!
Logically speaking, the memory environment at this time should have originally belonged to Shirou but was forgotten by Shirou. After Rin Toosaka extracted this memory through summoning magic, Shirou in turn obtained the memory in Rin Toosaka's mind through summoning magic. It's probably a chain like this.

But at this time, Toosaka Rin was also there!

Toosaka Rin, who appeared in the memory illusion together, spoke:

"That's right. This is why I couldn't understand it myself before, so I didn't explain it to you. Emiya-kun, you should have felt it too, right?"

Shirou nodded. "This place doesn't feel like a memory environment, but more like a magic barrier? A magic space? It's definitely not a simple memory."

Toosaka Rin added: "I suspect it's the 'Dreamland' in the folklore and legends of Central and South America. Your memory is connected to that other world. Considering that you are being watched by the Smoke Mirror, it's not impossible for such a bizarre thing to happen to you."

If it was a simple memory illusion, Shirou should have obtained the memories from Toosaka Rin, and these memories formed a memory environment in his mind, and then Shirou's consciousness appeared in it - it was impossible for Toosaka Rin to come in as well.

The two looked around this strange 'dreamland'.

Everything that happened in this dreamland at this moment should be something that Shirou experienced in the 'past'.

This appears to be the interior space of a huge, highly mechanized research base.

The metal walls formed a box deep inside the base, where various high-tech military weapons and the brilliance of the barriers constructed by various magics complemented each other.

In the distance, on another layer of the 'box' space separated by transparent glass, there were many people who looked like researchers in science fiction works, watching the inside of the 'box'.

This seems to be an experimental site.

The person used for the experiment was a young man who was trapped in two types of restraint clothing and restraint techniques: scientific and magical.

There were so many restraints that it was as if the researchers were afraid of the boy who was being immobilized as a test subject.

Toosaka Rin was keeping an eye on those researchers, trying to find clues about who they were and where this research base was from their faces or the markings and emblems on their uniforms.

But Toosaka Rin's efforts were in vain.

Shirou's attention was completely drawn to the 'young man'.

That is——myself.

Yes, there is no doubt that the boy serving as a test subject is himself.

Although the hair color was silver-gray almost white, there was no doubt that it was mine.

Naturally, Shirou didn't remember anything about this memory.

Shirou stared at his 'past self' who was being used as a test subject.

Suddenly, Shirou seemed to have 'recalled' himself, and seemed to be able to feel what he had felt when he was conducting the experiment.
At that time, Shirou——

What did you hear?

What did you see?

That's emotion.

As a test subject, Shirou couldn't describe it accurately - and Shirou, who was experiencing the memory at this moment, couldn't describe it accurately either.

Can feelings be 'heard' or 'seen'?
But Shirou could do it at this time.

In other words, he did something similar "uncontrollably", as if some ability had gone out of control.

People around me cast their gazes over
The experimental subject Shirou was forced to "see" and "hear" without control, and then forced to "understand" - the emotions of many other people were forcibly stuffed into his body.

Expectation, desire, hope, fear, prayer.
Various "desires" mixed together and poured into the mind of the experimental subject Shirou, making him feel miserable. The most were hope and fear.

Many people hope that the experiment will be successful so that they can all gain benefits: generous bonuses, brilliant resumes, capital for showing off, and so on.

Many people are also terrified by the experiment itself: What have I done for them? Is it really right for me to do this? How many people have died? Will I be retaliated against? Will my soul be cursed for such evil deeds? Is what we are doing really to save the world instead of starting a war?

Among the many complex whirlpools of desires and emotions, there are three emotions that are the most intense.

Can Shirou trace back and find the owner of these three emotional vortexes (the key character)?
[The Dreamland of Memory: Chaldea Base, Sub-Servant Experiment Site]

[Among all the people watching this experiment, there are three people whose emotions are the most ‘intense’. Can Shirou trace back the emotions he felt and find these three people? (If he succeeds in finding them, Toosaka Rin can make an additional judgment on ‘whether she knows them’. If she knows them, it may trigger additional plots)]

[Shirou tries to trace back the source of the emotion of "prayer"]

[Difficulty: 20]

[Shirou's 'Inspiration' 1D100=27]

The source of the "prayer" emotion is a man with orange hair similar to Shirou's current one, tied in a single ponytail. He is praying, but what he prays for is not the success of the experiment, but that Shirou, as a test subject, can survive safely.

[Shirou tries to trace back the source of the emotion of 'desire']

[Difficulty: 50]

[Shirou's 'Inspiration': 1D100=95]

The source of the feeling of 'desire' is a man with white silver-colored hair similar to that of the experimental subject Shirou, and with pigtails. The man's face seems gentle and warm, but his desire is extremely strong, so strong that it is twisted. He longs to get the result he wants from the experimental subject Shirou.

[Shirou tries to trace back the source of the emotion of 'hope']

[Difficulty: 75]

[Shirou's 'Inspiration': 1D100=94]

The source of the feeling of 'hope' is a very complex thing that 'looks like a human woman', which Shirou even finds difficult to describe accurately in words.

She had long white hair and overly long bangs that covered half of her eyes. She looked neither like a researcher nor a magician in her attire. This was a feeling of being a 'non-human being' that quietly flowed out from her shadow.
There is no doubt that this inhuman creature with a woman's appearance is the most dangerous existence on the scene!
But her feeling of "hope" was strange. She stared at Shirou, who was a test subject, but was expecting to get "reunion with someone" from Shirou.

Shirou immediately told Toosaka Rin about his discovery.

Toosaka Rin tried to identify the identities of the three people and searched hard in her knowledge base.
First, the man with the orange ponytail who looks like an easy-to-bully little animal——

Toosaka Rin made a prompt decision: "I don't know him."

Shirou also shook his head: "The 'narrator' didn't even make a judgment. It seems that you and him really have no intersection at all."

Toosaka Rin added: "He probably isn't a big shot. If he were, I might have read about him in a book."

Then there was the man with the white pigtails——

[Tousaka Rin tries to identify the identity of the 'male with white pigtails']

[Difficulty: 50]

[Tousaka Rin's 'Knowledge (Collection)': 1D100=82]

Toosaka Rin remembered.

Although she had never actually met this man, she knew him because his identity was well-known in the world of magicians - although he was the 'most low-key' among the 'well-known' ones.

But he's a celebrity after all!

Toosaka Rin has seen it in the textbook!

"The ruler of the Clock Tower! The 'Animusphia Family' of the 'Astronomy Department', an aristocratic faction among the Twelve Monarchs! Marisbilly Animusphia!"

Toosaka Rin was serious, but also confused: "But the Animusphia family has always been called the 'hermits in the mountains'. They rarely go down the mountain and don't participate in the central political struggle. They are lonely stargazers, the synonym of ideal magicians and sages. Most of the active ones are side branches. Why would they do such an experiment?"

After recognizing her, Toosaka Rin showed an expression of disbelief.

Shirou said: Well, I don’t know any of them and I haven’t heard of them.

And the last person, that woman who exuded an inhuman feeling.
[Tousaka Rin tries to identify the identity of the 'strange woman who is not a human being']

[Difficulty: 90]

[Tousaka Rin's 'Knowledge (Luck)': 1D100=99]

Toosaka Rin actually recognized him, and even she was shocked. She took a deep breath and then said a name:
"——Wuzhiqi.

'He' has been called this for over two thousand years."

There is no Zhiqi.

The name of a water monster in the Huai River in ancient legends. It was a strange monster in the Yao, Shun and Yu periods. It was said to be born in the Flower and Fruit Mountain and was a natural-born monkey. It claimed to be the god of the Huai Wo water and built a dragon palace in the Huai River.

When Dayu was controlling the flood, the flood in the Huai and Wo water systems could not be resolved due to the obstruction of Wuzhiqi. Later, Yinglong came down to earth and pressed Wuzhiqi under Guishan Mountain, assisting Dayu in successfully controlling the flood. From then on, the Huai River flowed calmly into the East China Sea.

This story that has been passed down is essentially a classic template of 'the hero conquers the demon and benefits the people'.

But if you study history a little deeper, you will find that Wuzhiqi had been regarded as a god and worshipped in the local area for a long time, long before Dayu fought a great battle with Wuzhiqi during his flood control campaign.

Gods who lose in competition are degraded into demons. This is a very common phenomenon not only in the West but also in the East.

However, in the Type-Moon world.

Let’s put aside research such as the inheritance and evolution of stories.

There is a very simple and crude solution to the unknown and lost contents of the legendary secrets.

That is to ask Wuzhiqi himself directly.

That's right!

In the mysterious world of Type-Moon, Wuzhiqi, who is called a 'god', 'demon' and 'spirit', has never been a 'legend'!
Rather, they are extraordinary beings that are still walking and active in the mortal world from the distant mythological era to the modern times!
--etc

Shirou suddenly remembered the content of the narration option he had seen in the past.

That is
The organization called Chaldea, the content of their experiment is - summoning 'Son Wukong'?
←to be continue!
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Considering that most ordinary people's understanding of Type-Moon is limited to FZ and FGO Absolute Demonic Front animation, I would like to add that the Wuzhiqi here is not my original character, but a character that appears in the spin-off novel "The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II".

In the normal world line, Wuzhiqi seems to be acting in order to "create Sun Wukong".

So the plot here assumes a premise, that is, Wuzhiqi participated in Chaldea's sub-servant experiment, and tried to use Chaldea's sub-servant experiment to achieve his goal of "creating Sun Wukong" - this is the world line.

If you’re interested, I highly recommend checking out the El-Melloi II series of novels!

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