Shirou Emiya is challenging FGO

Chapter 55: The polisher died in the fight with the dice (Please give me a monthly ticket! Please read on!)
54. The Strongest Sisters in History

The battle is over.

As the power of the smoke mirror faded, it turned back into the original mirror relic. After Shirou put it away, the power of Quetzalcoatl disappeared.

The seemingly endless power that was originally within Toosaka Rin's body left her body as the smoke mirror, which served as an anchor, was lost.

In the distant underground magic land of South America, Quetzalcoatl fell into sleep again.

Why did the South American gods sleep there?

No one knows the specific reason. Some magicians speculate that the gods may use this method to keep the monsters sealed in the South American divine realm sleeping.

The South American gods have been doing this for more than tens of millions of years.

As long as the monster doesn't wake up, humanity will not be destroyed.

Some magicians also believe that the South American gods will awaken and return only when human civilization has grown to the point where it can destroy the monster.

Of course, the Smoking Mirror is a special case among the South American gods.

However, although Quetzalcoatl's power has gone, everything will leave traces after the fact, and some of Quetzalcoatl's power will eventually remain in Toosaka Rin's body.

To put it another way, if there is one, there will be two. It is not impossible to summon Quetzalcoatl again in the future. Shirou can now think of a possible way: for example, Shirou can use the power of the smoke mirror, and based on it, he can perform another chain summoning of Quetzalcoatl.

Toosaka Rin finally reached her limit in every sense, lost consciousness, and fell into Shirou's arms.

When Shirou fell back onto the horribly damaged ground of Ryudo Temple—

Although this incident has ended.

But the accident happened as expected.

She watched her sister and Shirou in silence, and followed the Sakura-like soul that fell to the ground, and a strange change befell her.

With her soul body's heart as the center, flesh and blood appeared out of thin air, followed by bones, nerves, muscles, and brain - in the blink of an eye, except for her hair being dyed an ominous pale color, Sakura had returned to her normal flesh and blood body.

Completely resurrected?
If it only goes this far, then that might be the case.

But the changes happening to Sakura did not stop here!
Her physical strength continued to surge, and abnormal and strange features appeared on her body: dense scales covered her body, wriggling as if breathing, and dragon horns and tail broke out of her originally mortal body.

Although she is getting stronger, Sakura can only feel pain. This is not a metaphor, but a literal pain of heart-wrenching pain!
Her body was constantly repeating destruction and rebirth, constantly transforming into the appearance of the evil dragon before!

What's going on here?

Shirou wasn't actually particularly surprised by this.

Because the Buddhist gods had already anticipated these things, Sukuna naturally told Shirou before he left.

In other words - it doesn’t matter, Bodhisattva Guanyin will help.

Rin, who was originally in Shirou's arms, opened her eyes again. An incredible fragrance emanated from her body, and colorful Buddha light dragged her body into the air.

Rin——No, that's not right.

It was Guanyin Bodhisattva who was using the body of the unconscious Rin to have a conversation with Shirou.

"King Gilgamesh, since you are already here, why hide?"

Before the Bodhisattva finished speaking, countless chains emerged from the void and tightly bound Sakura, who was transforming into an evil dragon - but it did not stop the changes in Sakura's body, it only slowed down the speed of the changes.

A person who seemed both familiar and strange to Shirou - a young Gilgamesh who looked to be the same age as Shirou, walked out while clapping his hands.

But since Guanyin Bodhisattva knew, maybe Jill is not his enemy at this time?
Young Gilgamesh smiled at Guanyin, revealing the sweet smile of a 'beautiful young man': "Hello, Sister Guanyin, shall I explain the next thing, or shall you? Or shall I just go through the procedure and give out the prizes for clearing the level?"

Guanyin also responded with a polite smile: "Since I have the opportunity to come here, it means that I have a destiny with Buddha. Let me explain the following and deal with the aftermath. Then let Shirou make the choice."

Fortunately, Shirou has this kind of personality.

He is rarely 'surprised' or 'overwhelmed' by any super development.

Shirou would just accept everything that was happening in front of him and silently prepare himself.

Guanyin Bodhisattva did not beat around the bush and directly explained to Shirou what the trouble was that she had to deal with personally after the battle.

The source of all evil is still the dragon demon.

This is not quite accurate. It would be more accurate to say that this is the "bad luck" that the Dragon Demon Azdahaka encountered as the examiner and question setter in this "exam".

In other words, it is the result of bad luck.

You can also blame "Damn Smoky Mirror!" - After all, that's how Smoky Mirror got his nickname 'Wind of Impermanence'. If you encounter bad luck around him, it's basically a good idea to just blame him.

Let me briefly talk about Long Mo's original 'exam plan (script)'.

According to Long Mo's idea, he would just beat the three candidates to death in this test - nothing more, nothing less.

As long as all three of them can pass, there will be an additional test with rewards.

Specifically, it was created by the Dragon Demon using his own power and the energy of the ancient star dragon in the dragon vein of Fuyuki City as raw material - the star dragon baby.

That’s right, the key point is the two words ‘young dragon’.

In the original test questions of the Dragon Demon, the difficulty of defeating this young dragon was not very high. Part of the additional test was a 'reward' and part of it was an 'additional test'.

The reward is the star dragon itself.

The content of additional tests actually comes after this.

After Shirou signs a contract with the young dragon and subdues her, she will serve as Shirou's familiar, growing and fighting with him simultaneously.

But there is a catch.

The baby dragon created by the Dragon Demon and given to Shirou is a 'split soul' that the Dragon Demon split from himself using his own power. It is like the Dragon Demon's daughter.

If left alone and allowed to grow normally, this young dragon will inevitably become the next demon, the devil who incarnates evil!
If she cannot be completely "subdued", she will sooner or later become a demon - in other words, she will sooner or later become Shirou's enemy.

If one wants to subdue this young dragon, one must use one's "heart" to suppress the seeds of evil in her innate nature during the process of training her, and correct and educate her into a "righteous" attitude.

If you can't do that, you are the enemy.

This is definitely a difficult problem for Shirou!
Even though Shirou seems to be able to ignore malicious pollution attacks now, this is actually because he does not have a "heart" in the normal sense now, and it is difficult for such attacks to target him.

But if he wants to subdue the young dragon, Shirou must not only perfect his own heart, but also use his heart to suppress and purify the young dragon.

This can be said to be a 'gift' and 'lesson' tailor-made for Shirou by the Dragon Demon.

If Shirou can really do it, then the white dragon of light born from evil thoughts will become Shirou's right-hand man, and that day will be the day of Shirou's decisive battle with the dragon demon.

If Shirou can kill the Dragon Demon, then the Dragon Demon's daughter will take everything from her father, replace it, and purify it.

This is also the ultimate goal of the Dragon Demon Azdahaka as the Absolute Demon King: to train a warrior of light who can completely kill him.

Let the world be saved, let human wisdom be sublimated, and let mankind get rid of "evil thoughts" - in terms of the result, it is equivalent to allowing all mankind to "ascend to goodness".

The Dragon Demon was the sacrifice prepared for this. This was also his own choice: to become the "evil that must be defeated in order to achieve the ultimate good."

Why did Azdahaka, the absolute demon king, aim for this? This is a very complicated topic, and it involves dualistic philosophy, which is endless, so I won't go into details here for now. Just know this fact.

If Shirou ever reaches the point where he has to duel with the Dragon Demon, the Dragon Demon will explain himself.

In short, the Dragon Demon's plan was perfect.

But there were so many accidents during this process! So many that even Dragon Devil couldn't help but complain in his heart, "It's all the fault of the smoke mirror!"

Although this development was very interesting, the subject he had originally assigned was now a mess, leaving Long Mo helpless.

First, Sakura Matou and the flesh of the Albion Dragon were inexplicably attracted to the Dragon Demon's ritual site. The Dragon Demon didn't notice it at all, and Sakura was "reincarnated" as his daughter.

What does this mean? Does it mean that Sakura is born with some potential to become a "demon king"?
Then, Kiara Sesshōin from the parallel world suddenly came and killed her, bringing with her a lot of her own 'Demonic Bodhisattva' power!

Directly feed the original baby dragon and make it leap to evolution!

Right now, this evil dragon, except for not having a divine core and divine power, its physical fitness alone has reached the divine level!
In fact, it is almost the same as the 'Demon King'.

No?

In the Dragon Demon's original plan, this thing was supposed to grow up with Shirou and the others! No matter how fast it grows, it will take at least ten or twenty years!

But because of the damn smoke mirror, a smoke mirror suddenly appeared and fed her to this point.

hateful!

Without the bond formed during training, the Dragon Demon would not be able to see the joyful scene of Shirou having to face his most trusted partner who grew up with him becoming a demon and having to fight a life-and-death battle!
But this is not over yet!
The result of all the unexpected circumstances is this.
At this moment, Sakura's soul, who was only seven years old, had to endure the oppression of the malicious power in the body of the Demon King-level evil dragon that had grown too much.

Her personality could be devoured and digested at any time.

With such a coincidence, could it be that the dice script is hinting that Sakura has the potential to become the 'Absolute Demon King'?
In short, listen to Guanyin: "If you go through so much trouble to defeat the devil, but the final result is still a tragedy, it would be too disappointing - Azidahaka thinks so.

Of course, it is also because of your previous excellent performance, clearing out and destroying an evil 'Buddha', that I have the opportunity to help you 'clean up'. "

Guanyin provided two solutions for Shirou to choose from.

The first solution is the simplest and most brutal: Guanyin Bodhisattva will use her great magical powers to completely destroy the evil dragon part, leaving only the Sakura part.

But this solution has two disadvantages.

"First, the 'Dragon Power' that you were supposed to gain has completely disappeared. Second - Shirou, are you able to control the Dragon Demon Power in your body now?"

The answer is no.

Shirou could feel that although his soul had been blessed by the Warrior of Light, this blessing itself would not bring any bonus to his combat power. Instead, he would receive help from the God of Light after certain conditions were met.

In normal times, its main function is to seal the power of the 'Dark Warrior' that resides in Shirou's body.

Shirou felt as if there was a switch in his body that he could turn on at will. Once turned on, the blessing of light would stop suppressing the power of darkness, and the latter would bring a leap forward in Shirou's strength!

But the flaw of the latter is not the amount of power, but that the power itself is very dangerous and has serious side effects.

This side effect is both mental and physical. After releasing the dark power for a long time, Shirou's "self-frame" that he had barely built up in his heart will be shattered, and he will ignore the people around him and do all kinds of crazy things in a radical and impulsive manner.

And the pressure on Shirou's body will continue to increase exponentially.

Shirou right now could probably only use this power normally for a few seconds.

"You are still too young now. When you grow up and your own strength becomes stronger, you can better control the power of the dragon demon as a dark warrior." Guanyin Bodhisattva also advised Shirou sincerely.

The bottom line is: Shirou is still too young.

Shirou tried to break the seal of the Blessing of Light.

The next moment, a force so powerful that it would intoxicate ordinary people surged out of Shirou's body!

The dragon bone mask appeared on Shirou's face again, and the power of the dragon demon emerged!

It was only on for a second before Shirou shut the power off, causing the unformed mask to shatter.

The answer is obvious: leaving aside the mental issues, the pressure is too great for Shirou's body at this age.

If you want to increase your physical strength to withstand more power, you must use the power of the Smoke Mirror Relic to strengthen your body.
But, think about the Dragon Demon. Even the Dragon Demon Azdahaka was troubled by the side effects (bad luck) of this power.

It is true: unless you have no other choice, don't borrow the power of the smoke mirror.

You can only exercise diligently and wait for your body to grow up.

In fact, Shirou found that although he had gained a lot from this trip, the most simple and side-effect-free thing was
It turned out to be the 'slashing technique' that Sukuna taught him!
This thing itself is simple and crude, and has considerable growth potential. Not only is it useful now, but it will also steadily become stronger as Shirou grows!
Sukuna was right. The simpler and more straightforward the effect of a spell, the more powerful it is. To be more precise, the more "useful" it is. But isn't "useful" also a kind of strength?

But this will bring up a new problem -

Guanyin said seriously: "There are still many people in this city who are suffering from the black mud. You can't absorb the black mud now. When you can do it, it will be at least ten years later. By then, it will be too late to save those people."

As she spoke, Kannon stared into Shirou's eyes.

Shirou showed no particular emotion.

Just asking: "What is the second option?"

Guanyin glanced in the direction of Gilgamesh and Sakura and continued:
“For the second plan, we will take special measures to banish the evil dragon and Ying, who has become inseparable from her, to a different dimension—of course, the contractual connection between you will not be severed.

You can still summon it as a 'summoned creature' by paying mana.

However, this choice is equivalent to transferring the original pressure of the "heart" and "body" to the soul.

Regardless of whether she can hold on or not, you can also let her absorb the black mud and save the countless poor innocent people who are suffering from the black mud on the hospital beds."

Shirou was silent.

No matter which choice is made, it seems to make sense and both seem to have their own correct points.

The first option is the safest. After all, strictly speaking, Shirou has no obligation to save those people, and Sakura no longer has to bear such a heavy power and can get personal relief - although this choice will result in the loss of the power of the evil dragon.

It is undeniable that the second option is the most tempting.

If we leave Sakura aside, the second choice, Shirou, can both gain the power of the evil dragon and save those innocent people, which can be said to be the most perfect result.

Choose 1 or 2.

Objectively speaking, option 2 seems to be the most reasonable.

After all, in option 2, only Sakura would be sacrificed.

What's more, Shirou cannot confirm whether this Sakura is the real Toosaka Rin's sister. Maybe she is just some piece of flesh imitating Sakura's appearance, personality, and soul?

Apparently this could be considered as a kind of test of Shirou by Guanyin herself, right?

Shirou: "."

Guanyin Bodhisattva stared at Shirou silently.

Jill was looking forward to something with great interest.

[So, regarding the aftermath of dealing with the evil dragon, what is Shirou's choice?]

[1. Plan 1: Conservative choice: destroy the evil dragon, give up the evil dragon's power, let Ying be liberated, and give up the opportunity to save those who are tortured by the black mud]

[2. Plan 2: Radical choice: retain the power of the evil dragon and let Ying bear all the curses. This way, she can also save those who are tortured by the black mud.]

[3. "Ying, you choose."]

【1D3=3】

Shirou decided to let Sakura choose for herself.

After all, the person actually involved in this choice is Sakura, and it seems difficult for Shirou to choose on her behalf.

Or Shirou thought: "If it were Ms. Musashi, she would definitely let Sakura decide her own fate."

However, although Shirou lets Sakura make her own choice, he still has to wait until she can endure the erosion and curse of the evil dragon's power before making a judgment.

[Can the soul that looks like Sakura withstand the pain of the evil dragon's power and make her own choice?]

[Difficulty: 50]

[Sakura's 'will': 1D100=96 (Who are you?)]

Shirou was surprised: "?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva was silent: “.”

Jill laughed happily.

Sakura was not in a state of confusion. After hearing Shirou's voice, she burst out with some incredible strong obsession. She temporarily resisted the evil dragon's curse and thought carefully with a clear mind, trying to make her own choice.
[Additional judgment first]

['Soul of Sakura's appearance' current 'favorability' towards Tousaka Rin (sisterly attitude, no yuri elements, please don't think wrongly and then think you are poisonous to yourself and then criticize me)': 1D100=100 (?)]

['Favorability (attitude)' towards 'myself': 1D100 = 32 (hiss——)]

【‘樱模样的灵魂’现在对士郎的‘好感度’1D20+80（毕竟发生了那样的事情，再考虑樱的性格，给个80保底）=20+80=100（？？？）】

[Attitude towards Musashi: 1D100=59 (A woman she doesn't know)]

[Although I don’t know what will happen in the future, at least this is the attitude for now]

What is Sakura's mental state now?
She had a strong admiration for Shirou and his sister Rin, especially the sight of the two of them standing together.

She wanted to take Rin's place and stand beside Shirou.

But she also has a pretty strong sense of self-loathing towards herself.

why?
Because when she learned from the intelligence that she might not be the real Sakura, not the real sister of Rin Toosaka, Sakura couldn't help but have this thought in her mind:
"Since I'm not the younger sister, it's okay for me to take Shirou away from my sister, right?"

"If I pretend to be my sister's younger sister, and then find a way to make her give Shirou to me."

But the next moment, Sakura felt a strong sense of self-loathing for having such thoughts in her mind.

How can I, who am so terrible, so inferior, deserve a position beside Shirou?

How could anyone be better to be by Shirou's side than his sister?
In Sakura's mind, there emerged a scene where Rin, facing the evil god's aggressive and desperate situation, resolutely dug out his own heart for sacrifice, thus bringing about a miraculous reversal and the opportunity to rewrite the entire battle situation.

I am not worthy of it at all.

Now, as long as I am qualified, it is enough to stand beside them.
Therefore, Sakura's choice is -

[The option chosen by the Sakura-like soul is]

[1. Plan 1: Destroy the evil dragon, give up the evil dragon's power, free yourself, and give up the opportunity to save those who are tortured by the black mud]

[2-10, Plan 2: Retain the power of the evil dragon, bear the pain of all the curses, and save those tortured by the black mud on behalf of Shirou (because the above will is very successful, Sakura's probability of choosing this plan increases by 9 times)]

[1D10=2 (Hmm, it seems that even if the probability is not doubled, option 2 will still be chosen)]

Sakura chose option 2.

reason?

She forced a smile and looked at Shirou:

"If it were upright heroes like Shirou and his sister, they would definitely choose option 2."

It was not a simple impulse, but a serious choice. Shirou confirmed this through the information in the narration.

This thing is surprisingly useful in this situation.

then.

Sakura and Shirou's official subordination contract is established.

Sakura became Shirou's 'Shikigami'.

Simultaneously.

In Shirou's eyes, Sakura is someone who "I don't know if she is Rin's sister".
It became 'Sakura'.

【现阶段士郎对樱的‘态度’：1D50+50（见证樱的选择，获得50基础值）=27+50=77（意外正常的点数）】

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