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Chapter 70: Senko Muramasa (Please give me a monthly ticket! Please subscribe automatically!)
68. The Legend of the Legendary Demon Sword

Toosaka Rin did not hide the secret from Sakura, but told Sakura that they were going to go to war with the Matou family for her.

Of course, Toosaka Rin's original words are very much in her personal style:
"Of course! It's not all for you. Considering that the Greater Holy Grail has been contaminated and has become a huge time bomb in Fuyuki City, as the lord of Fuyuki, I have the obligation to dismantle it for the sake of my people!

The Matou family will definitely stop this, so no matter what, we must have a battle - so Sakura, you don't have to bear too much psychological burden, this battle is not all for you. "

After all, my sister is such a weird person.

In the end, Sakura was unable to say what was in her heart: "I don't want to be Tousaka Sakura or Matou Sakura anymore, I want to be Fujimaru Ritsuka."

She was a little worried that her sister would get upset after hearing this and think that she wanted to completely sever their sisterhood.
My sister always makes the right choices when it comes to major issues, but when it comes to emotional matters, she easily gets upset and gets stuck in a rut. Many times, her sharp comments on other people's personalities backfire on her.

For example, before sending Sakura to the Matou family, Toosaka Rin deliberately distanced herself from Sakura, who had not yet been sent away, in order to "make herself make up her mind" and "Sakura and I are no longer sisters from now on." She also had a quarrel with Sakura, who was very scared and in pain at the time. After the quarrel, Toosaka Rin herself felt very uncomfortable and later came to her to reconcile.

Now Sakura knows that her sister's awkward personality is called 'Tsundere'.

And after Sakura had a preliminary understanding of her own physical condition, she also made a choice.

Except when she's eating and turns back into a figurine, Sakura usually turns into a mimic - specifically, she turns into a mechanical watch and wears it on Shirou's right wrist.

In this way, when Shirou is in danger, he can use Sakura as a 'shield' at the first moment.

Sakura herself can also transform into clothes during fierce battles and be worn by Shirou to protect his body and block damage for Shirou.

"I will use my body to protect you, Senior!" Ying said this as if it was a matter of course, "If you want to hurt me, you have to step over my body first!"

Such a heavy yet natural statement made Toosaka Rin feel very complicated. She could only say that she was worthy of being a student under Dragon Mother (Devil).

Shirou didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Because Sakura's current body is actually part of the evil dragon's flesh and blood, she and the evil dragon actually share a health bar, and the evil dragon itself, as a star dragon, has a very powerful immortality.

Rather than turning herself into Shirou's meat shield, it would be more accurate to say that Sakura was engaging in a tug-of-war with the evil dragon to "grab the health bar".

If the defense fails, it means that Sakura can no longer hold on in the tug-of-war with the evil dragon's crazy consciousness and temporarily falls into a coma.

Sakura herself isn't actually very dangerous; it's her will that's mainly tested.

Evil dragon? As for the evil dragon, it didn't say it had any objections, right?
It's its own fault for being disobedient. If it were obedient, Shirou could just release it as a meat shield - or turn it into armor for Shirou to wear.

Sakura's soul accompanied Shirou throughout his training this time.

In other words, this time, Long Ma's class is actually a double tutorial for Shirou and Sakura.

In the words of the Dragon Mother herself: "If Rin is a companion who fights alongside Shirou, then Sakura will literally fight with Shirou in the future, so you should get used to acting with Shirou on both the physical and spiritual levels as soon as possible."

Specifically, after Long Ma taught Shirou step by step how to have a "dialogue" with the weapon itself, Sakura's spirit took her place.

Step-by-step instruction in every sense of the word.

After all, it is impossible for the Mother of Dragons to teach meticulously throughout the entire process. She mainly gives a start and guides the chosen children in the general appropriate direction of growth. As for whether they can succeed, it depends on themselves.

For Sakura.
Compared to Shirou, who was concentrating on training without any distracting thoughts, the gaze of Ryougi Ori, who was watching their training nearby, was more glaring.

Theoretically speaking, he shouldn't be able to see Sakura in her spirit state, right?

Forget it, let’s ignore this weird big sister (big brother)!
For Sakura and Shirou, the most important thing at this moment is the content of Dragon Mother's "course":
"Shirou, do you know the difference between the Noble Phantasms in the hands of the Heroic Spirits and the treasures in the Treasure of King Gilgamesh?"

"The answer is 'wish'."

"The power of the Noble Phantasm in the hands of the Heroic Spirit is not only the effect of the Noble Phantasm itself, but also the 'fantasy', 'respect', 'admiration', 'yearning', or 'fear' and 'curse' of countless people throughout the long history for the weapons in the hands of the heroes and the heroes themselves."

"The power of the Noble Phantasm in the hands of the Heroic Spirit has two parts. One part comes from the Noble Phantasm itself, and the other part comes from these 'wishes'."

"That is why the Noble Phantasm of the Heroic Spirit is called the 'Noble Illusion'."

"The so-called 'Real Name Liberation', in the hands of a Heroic Spirit, not only liberates the power of the Noble Phantasm itself, but also the power of these 'wishes'."

"What is missing from the treasures in Gilgamesh's treasury is this 'illusion of nobility'. The treasures he can take out are, after all, only the treasures themselves."

"Gilgamesh can also release Noble Phantasms, but the power he can exert against Noble Phantasms that are not compatible with him is limited, and he cannot exert the effect of the power of 'Wish (Noble Illusion)'."

"Shirou, you are in a similar situation."

"Of course, you have an advantage over Gilgamesh in this respect. You are generally compatible with swords and other weapons. However, it is difficult for your projection to stably project the 'wish' part."

"In the final analysis, the strength of wishes fluctuates. The popularity of the same hero varies in different regions. A person who is a hero in country A may be regarded as an enemy in country B. This instability will cause the results of your projection to be unstable as well."

"In a sense, Gilgamesh is your best teammate, but at the same time, he is also like your natural enemy - you are his natural enemy."

"You can't project other servants' Noble Phantasms stably and at a low cost, but the Noble Phantasms that Gilgamesh threw out mostly didn't have 'wishes' on them. For you, it's like receiving a big gift package."

"The King's Treasure itself is a black box-like space. This is also true for Gilgamesh himself. Apart from the ones he uses the most and is most comfortable with, and the ones he made and put in there, he himself has no idea where most of the other treasures came from."

Long Ma pointed out the key:

"Infinite parallel worlds, theoretically infinite Gilgamesh, but they all share the same space of the King's Treasure. Because of this special entanglement feature, there is even a situation where there is a 'job named Gilgamesh'."

"Gilgamesh taking the elixir of rejuvenation, or the gender-changing potion, is actually equivalent to switching to another Gilgamesh that matches the effect of the drug among countless Gilgamesh."

Sakura suddenly became alert for some reason when she heard this.

"In other words, the Gilgamesh you are facing recently is not simply a change of gender, but rather a female childhood Gilgamesh from another parallel world."

"——Of course this matter itself is not important."

Long Ma emphasized. This was for Sakura to hear.

"The key is that Gilgamesh's unique characteristics are connected to the King's Treasure - the real name should actually be called the 'Babylonian Secrets'."

"Try to think about it, Shirou."

"There are countless parallel worlds and various Gilgamesh. They go to various world lines. Because they are all 'collectors', they will actively look for and collect treasures and put them all into the treasury."

"Well, suppose this happens--"

"Gilgamesh in a parallel world found a treasure chest containing a large number of treasures. She emptied the entire chest into her own King's Treasure."

"But what she didn't know was that a certain Asura god or Buddha secretly tampered with the process and put something he had prepared into the treasure house that she had taken away in one go."

"This thing went through many twists and turns, and finally one day - when it met you, it was launched by the unsuspecting Gilgamesh. In the end, it was not retrieved by her, but fell into your hands and officially became your weapon."

"Do you think that the thing in your hands is an accidental 'drop' from Gilgamesh, or a gift indirectly given to you by the Shura God?"

“The real answer is: neither.”

"The encounters between people are like mutual attraction, and the same is true for these adventures. It is fate, compatibility, destiny, or simply luck.

Asura gods and Buddhas are afraid of being involved in cause and effect, so they cannot be 100% sure who will eventually get the things they secretly added.

Therefore, when you actually get it, it means there is a "fate" between you and it!
You attract it, and you and it attract each other."

"Shirou."

“You have to believe in this, believe in the destiny between you and it, have faith—then imagine, and through imagination, guide your abilities.”

"Use fate as a bridge, then walk across it, understand it, communicate with it, and then gain its true power."

"Once you succeed in doing this, you can be considered to have truly mastered this power - mastered 'Three-Phase Projection'!"

Under the personal guidance of Dragon Mother, Shirou tried this feeling, imagining himself as a craftsman forging a sword with a hammer, constantly dropping the hammer, which was both forging and "listening and communicating" with the weapon.

Sakura assisted Shirou, trying hard to imagine herself as a bridge connecting the two parties, so that Shirou could complete the task more quickly and accurately with less effort.

then--

A name, the name of this unnamed sword, appeared in Shirou and Sakura's minds.

No, perhaps it should not be said that it 'emerged' here, it should be said that the nameless sword itself told Shirou and Sakura its name.

The knife whispers—

"I don't have a name. I didn't get a name."

The knife is telling the history of the past, the story of the unknown man and the knife hidden in the long river of history:
"I am the thing called 'the demon sword Muramasa'"

[(The following plot is the bonus plot for Shirou's great success. If you successfully clear the bonus plot, Shirou will gain an additional bonus skill: 'Zanpakutō Forging')]

Then, Shirou felt the same dizzy feeling as when he entered the memory fantasy with Rin, as if he was drunk.

But this time, it was not Rin who entered the memory fantasy with him, but Sakura.

At the same time, Shirou also saw new content in the narration record -

[Trigger the hidden plot 'The Demon Sword Muramasa: The Descendant of Thousand Sons Muramasa']

[The god 'Susanoo (also known as 'Susanoo', the hero god who killed the Yamata no Orochi in Japanese legend)' threw this demon sword entangled with obsession into the king's treasure, waiting for the destined person to obtain it and resolve his resentment]

then.

Shirou and Sakura, through the "narration" of the unnamed sword in their hands, learned the story behind it and the person who forged it.

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The great ancestor - the legendary swordsmith, he is a man called Senko Muramasa.

Sengoku Murakami was originally a branch of another famous sword-forging school, the Masamune Sword.

However, because the swords they forged were "too sharp", there was a clear gap between them and the authentic swords of the time, so they were separated from the main swords, and this led to the famous "Muramasa Sword".

The descendants of Sengo Muramasa are called the Muramasa clan.
They inherit and constantly hone the memory of sword forging. They are a group that does not specifically pass down bloodline, but rather passes down skills.

With the prosperity of the craftsman family, the so-called "Muramasa sword" does not actually refer to a "sword named Muramasa" or a "sword made by Muramasa". Muramasa itself has become a "famous brand".

As a famous family with a history of hundreds of years, the Muramasa clan has forged more than just samurai swords. The spear used by Honda Tadakatsu, one of the three great spears in Japan, was made by the Muramasa clan. It is said that this spear is so sharp that it can cut off a flying dragonfly just by standing it upright, hence the name - Dragonfly Cut.

However, the prosperity of the famous family will eventually come to an end.

When Oda Nobunaga, who was called the "Demon King" during the Japanese Warring States Period, executed Tokugawa Ieyasu's legitimate son with the Muramasa sword, the reputation of the Muramasa sword was shrouded in a shadow.

Later, when Nobunaga was only one step away from unifying Japan but was betrayed and burned to death, the descendants of his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi were finally defeated by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the Edo Shogunate era founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu arrived (the Tokugawa Shogunate lasted until the modern Meiji Restoration).

But Tokugawa Ieyasu has always been thinking about the "Muramasa Sword".

Because the first two heads of the Tokugawa family were killed by the Muramasa sword, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was also injured twice by the Muramasa sword in his later military career, and the injury was even in the same place.

Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu concluded that "Muramasa sword is an unlucky object."

The Muramasa clan has been shrouded in bad names such as "demon sword" and "evil sword".

However, this statement itself is absurd.

The reason is very simple: because the quality of the Muramasa sword is so good, whether it is used as a sword or a spear, it is a first-class weapon, so it is naturally equipped by a large number of samurai.

It is not uncommon for both the enemy and the enemy to use Muramasa products.

In fact, the ones who used the Muramasa sword the most were the Tokugawa family themselves.

However, it was precisely because of Tokugawa Ieyasu's statement that many people who opposed the Tokugawa family named their swords "Muramasa", hoping to defeat the Tokugawa family with the power of the demon sword.

An ironic situation arises.

The Muramasa clan no longer dared to promote their own brand and had to make changes in order to survive.

However, some people who opposed the Tokugawa shogunate were secretly pursuing the so-called "demon sword Muramasa". They believed in the demonic or divine power in it and bought it privately at a high price. As a result, some evil people claimed to be Muramasa and forged the Muramasa sword to sell it on the black market.

The craftsmen who originally belonged to the Muramasa Workshop left one after another, and the number of swordsmiths dropped sharply. Even if there were still people forging swords, they no longer dared to continue their activities in the name of "Muramasa".

And now, after many twists and turns, this "unnamed sword" fell into Shirou's hands. It is the "demon sword" forged by the last Muramasa.

This nameless demon sword has another name in various legends - 'Murasame'.

It is said that if the Muramasa sword can kill a thousand people, it will gain demonic nature and become the demon sword Murasame.

This statement is actually not wrong in a sense. Although Japanese swords are sharp, they are not durable. They will basically reach their limit after cutting meat and bones with two or three people. If you can use one sword to kill a thousand people, then there must be some supernatural power behind it.

And this 'last Muramasa'.
[The forger of the demon sword in Shirou's hand, the 'last Muramasa'.]

[1. He is the descendant of Senko Muramasa]

[2. Not descendants, but inheritors of skills]

【1D2=2】

【Let’s determine the gender】

【1. Male】

【2. Female】

【1D2=2】

The last Muramasa is not the descendant of Senko Muramasa, but just the inheritor of the skills - this is not a very special identity, because the workshop built by Senko Muramasa was once prosperous, and all those who studied and forged here can become the descendants of Muramasa.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu's words "this era is unlucky" became a curse in itself - a curse on the Muramasa clan.

The original "family" thus fell apart.

As a result, a strong obsession developed in the heart of the last remaining Muramasa, Miss Muramasa.

"Since you said that what we forged was a demon sword, then I will forge a real demon sword for you to see!"

"I will use the real demon sword Muramasa to kill (overthrow) you (the Tokugawa family)!"

It's not surprising to think so.

In the end, Muramasa travels around the country, looking for various talented people with strange powers, or looking for real monsters - traces of monsters, gods, etc.

Just to forge the strongest demon sword with real extraordinary power!

←to be continue!
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