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Chapter 72: Pickup Girls: Shirou (Please give me a monthly ticket! Please subscribe automatically!)

70. Death Shirou

The reason why Ryougi Ori made such a sudden move, besides the fact that he really treated his brothers as brothers, there was actually another reason.

From Ryougi Ori's perspective as an outsider, this is what happened to Shirou:

Shirou was holding a samurai sword like a monk in meditation. The samurai sword in front of him suddenly turned into a strange translucent woman. Then, under the gaze of Ryougi Ori, Shirou literally "reached into the opponent's chest and pulled out a knife", and the woman disappeared.

As a descendant of the Ryougi family with a strange bloodline, Ryougi Ori could see at a glance that the recast katana in Shirou's hand was no longer the previous 'unnamed sword with no highlights except for its strength', but had become a 'Zanpakutō' that could directly harm souls.

Both the forging process and the final result made Ryougi Shiki, who has a special liking for sword-like weapons, very happy!
Shirou responded to Ryougi's request of "Give us some too!"

"can."

I agreed without thinking.

"But I have to prepare the materials first." Shirou explained, "Not just you, I plan to find a way to make one for everyone."

Liang Yi Zhi couldn't help but whistle when he heard this.

She looked Shirou up and down in amazement. "You really are an incredible swordsmith! Could you be the descendant of the legendary swordsmith Sengo Muramasa, whose blade is so sharp that it can even hurt ghosts and gods? Or is it his reincarnation?"

"That kind of thing doesn't matter." Shirou didn't care. "Compared to that, strengthening everyone's strength is the most urgent task. The situation in the upcoming decisive battle may be worse than we expected."

Yes, that's the real point.

Shirou has already made up his mind: since he has successfully obtained the ability to 'forge a Zanpakutō', he will equip everyone with one.

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In order to obtain the materials needed to forge his Zanpakuto, Shirou immediately set out to find Toosaka Rin.

Through telepathy established through the heart, Toosaka Rin told them that she was going to Asagami Fujino's room and asked them to come there as well.

On the way to the rendezvous, Sakura couldn't help but ask Toosaka Rin in the private telepathic communication channel of the three people: "Why is it named [Narakamikiri Muramasa]?"

That’s right, there were actually three people involved in Shirou’s previous sword-forging process.

Sakura provides the materials, Shirou is responsible for forging, and Toosaka Rin is responsible for naming.

Ying felt that such a meaningful weapon should be created with the participation of three people.

Shirou simply thought: Rin is the one who reads the most among the three of us, and must be the one with the best literary talent, so there will be no problem letting her be responsible for naming.

Toosaka Rin did not answer this question directly, but suddenly mentioned:

"When Shirou was drawing the blind box gift from Gamesh, in the narration record of the 'recorder' that Shirou saw, wasn't there an additional option of 'Chidori' compared to last time?"

Chidori (チドリ) is a famous sword worn by Tachibana Dosetsu, a famous general in the Japanese Warring States Period. It is said that Dosetsu once used this sword to cut off lightning, so it was also called "Raikiri", and Dosetsu was also called "Raiden General" for this reason.

"Such legends are usually either made up or stories of ancient warriors fighting monsters that have been passed down as stories."

Toosaka Rin said:

"From a magician's perspective, Tachibana Dosetsu must have killed a monster that had the ability to manipulate lightning, and then used the monster's remains as material to forge a sword that could harness the power of lightning, so he was called the Thunder General, right?
But these are not important. What is important is the "chain". Since Chidori appears in the options that you may draw when you draw the blind box, Shirou, it means that you may have some degree of fate with "Chidori".

It is from this perspective that I am here for you——"

"It's 'the three of us'." Ying Yi suddenly emphasized.

Toosaka Rin shrugged, indicating that she didn't care about these details that much: "Anyway, the name 'Narakamaki Muramasa' is a variation of the Chidori Raikiri legend that I came up with on the spur of the moment.

'Naraka' means 'thunder' and 'thunder god', 'Naraka-kiri' means 'cutting through thunder and lightning', and Muramasa is the name of a swordsmith. After all, what we are doing is essentially completing the forging of the sword that Miss Muramasa failed to complete, right?
Narukami-Kiri Muramasa, if translated into Chinese characters, is actually very simple, that is: the sword made by Muramasa that can cut through lightning - such a simple and straightforward name. "

The meaning is indeed simple and straightforward enough.

However, writing in Chinese characters does seem to give off a mysterious and powerful feeling.

Shirou didn't really care about these trivial details, he just simply thought: Toosaka Rin is indeed a cultured person, the name she casually came up with could actually have so many twists and turns.

At that time, Shirou came to Asagami Fujino's room according to Toosaka Rin's request.

Asagami Fujino, who had always been expressionless, had creamy white - porcelain-colored skin like a doll, and sat still like a real life-size doll. After sensing the presence of Shirou's arrival, the expression on her face relaxed a little.

Since she was a child, Asagami Fujino has always played the role of a rich lady as requested by the adults, but because of her analgesia, her reactions are always slow - for example, if she is accidentally bumped into by someone and they apologize to her, she will be stunned for a moment, then guess how strong the bump was, and finally react.

A weirdo like her was thrown into a group of ordinary people to grow up. She was accustomed to being alienated, feared, and even bullied.

However, after arriving at the Tohsaka family, a place full of weirdos and no normal person except Sakura - or so Sakura herself thought - she felt a lot more relaxed.

I always tell everyone I meet: "The meal before was really delicious."

I didn’t know and thought she had some strange foodie attribute.

"Let me explain the situation."

Toosaka Rin stood up, asked everyone to come closer to her, and then took out a crystal bottle.

Inside the crystal bottle was a turbid, dark, muddy liquid that looked like dried blood.

"This is the black mud we recovered from the victims of the black mud. Most of it was absorbed by Sakura, but I still kept a lot of it as research material.

I have already said before that the essence of this black mud is the blood of the dragon demon Azi Dahaka, and the blood of the dragon demon has the ability to "grow dragon seeds". It is not only blood, but also the embryo of life and soul. It is undoubtedly the top-level "material". "

That is to say-

"Let's use this as the base material for forging the Zanpakutō. If it's not enough, we can scrape some more from the sealed evil dragon! Since ancient times, the bodies of dragons have been the material for forging divine weapons."

good idea!
Anyway, the evil dragon didn’t say that he had any objection, right?

the most important is--

Toosaka Rin looked at Fujino and said, "For you, Fujino, making a Zanpakutō for you is also a part of the treatment."

"Forging a sword can heal me?" Fujino tilted his head, seemingly confused.

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Forging a Zanpakutō - This is an ability that Shirou accidentally acquired while mastering the 'Three-Phase Projection'.

There are two types of materials that are needed to forge a Zanpakutō.

One is the 'base' - this part can be replaced by Dragon Demon Blood (evil dragon material).

The second is the "part of the soul" of the holder.

Each Zanpakutō will therefore be bound to the person who donated his soul. This does not mean that the soul is consumed, but rather a contract-like relationship.

Shirou explained: "It's called 'Forging Zanpakutō', but the actual principle is that during this process, I will [project] the 'potential' and 'latent ability' of the person who holds the sword through the soul, and finally shape it into the shape of the sword.

Because it is a soul blade, it can also damage the enemy's soul. That's why I call it 'Zanpakuto'."

Toosaka Rin took over Shirou's words: "And this will also be the key to our treatment of your condition, Fujino. Fujino, your illness is now divided into two parts.

Part of it is your father's evil"

Toosaka Rin paused and changed the topic:

"Your father deliberately used drugs to create 'painlessness'. His idea was to use painlessness to seal your superpowers.

Your superpowers come from the blood of the shallow god - but it's still the same old problem. The strange bloodline brings power to the exorcist, but it also causes the exorcist's mental mutation. The stronger the power, the easier it is to go crazy and degenerate into a ghost. "

Toosaka Rin sighed:
“But the Asagami family has long been in decline, and the Asagami family itself is a branch of a merchant family. They did not inherit the mysterious part of the inheritance at all, and they have no knowledge of this aspect. Your father thought he had sealed your ability - but he was wrong.

He did not seal your ability, but made you 'unable to sense the existence of power' because of painlessness. Since you cannot sense the existence of power, you cannot use this power.

In essence, this is actually a continuous rampage. The power is constantly accumulating in your body but cannot be released. Although it cannot be seen physically, your mind has been extremely distorted and deteriorated.

Once you reach your limit, or become crazy because of something, these uncontrollable forces will be released in one breath - destroying yourself and the surrounding environment."

It's like a small living nuclear bomb that is not even aware of itself.

Because of this, Fujino's treatment is very complicated. It is not enough to simply treat the physical disease directly to relieve the pain.

"Theoretically, you can only control your power if you reach a spiritual level like a high monk. Only in this case can you cure your painlessness and this stubborn disease caused by your father's ignorant and foolish behavior be cured."

This is the only theoretically feasible treatment method that Toosaka Rin can imagine.

What made Toosaka Rin unhappy was that while Asagami Fujino's father paid for their treatment, he also told Toosaka Rin: "If she can't be cured, then kill her. We don't want to see her tragic end of becoming a monster."

If the person who made a deal with Asagami Fujino's father was not Kotomine Kirei but Toosaka Rin and Shirou, they would definitely not be able to help but beat him up on the spot!

Normally, Asagami Fujino would have to practice Buddhism and receive treatment at the same time, which would take a long time, perhaps a lifetime, before she could fully recover.

But Shirou's new skill, forging a Zanpakuto, brought a turning point!

"In the final analysis, Fujino, the root of your problem is that your power is too strong and too dangerous, so dangerous that it is harmful to you!

But as long as you successfully build your Zanpakutō, you don't need to 'use your own abilities', but 'use your abilities through your Zanpakutō', and transfer the side effects that originally required your body and mind to bear together to your Zanpakutō!"

That's right!

This is the surprise!
"If you can succeed, you can grow together with your Zanpakutō by training together, and gradually master your own power! Not only can you heal diseases, but you can also become stronger in the process!"

Ying listened attentively and after roughly understanding the principle behind it, she couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the standard equipment for a beautiful young lady exorcist should be a samurai sword."

Asagami Fujino, who didn't quite understand, just nodded slightly: "I'll listen to you."

Her eyes had never left Shirou since he arrived.

Shirou had already begun preparations for forging the sword.

"Let's get started." Shirou said seriously.

As long as it succeeds, not only will Asagami Fujino have hope of treatment, but it will also add a fighting force! Not only Asagami Fujino, not only Ryougi Shiki, Shirou plans to make a Zanpakutō for all of his people!

Under the gaze of everyone, Fujino silently drank the dragon demon blood that Toosaka Rin handed to her.

The curse began to attach to and corrode Asagami Fujino's body.

Shirou's right hand reached out to Asagami Fujino's chest, mobilizing the magic power in her body circuits with a force as if he wanted to pierce through her chest, make a hole, and then dig out her organs!
This action does not require actual touching. What Shirou really wants to touch is not Fujino's body, but her soul.

Asagami Fujino hesitated for a moment, because of the pain syndrome, she seemed to have misunderstood something.

At first, I thought I should show an expression of pain, so I groaned: "Hmm"

But she hesitated again, perhaps thinking that she should act more shy, so she turned her head away again.

But Fujino couldn't help but let her eyes drift towards Shirou.

Sakura: “.” Are you putting on some weird show! ?

The acting is so exaggerated!

Rin, however, was concentrating on Shirou's hand: "It's about to begin."

If it fails - then let Sakura extract the black mud from her body, and the treatment plan for her condition can only be discussed again.

Projecting the soul, forging into shape——

Imagine swinging a hammer and forging a sword.

"This body is the bones of the sword."

Shirou chanted the spell of Infinite Sword Works. Although it is not possible for the inherent barrier to directly cover the real world at present, it is still possible to activate the Infinite Sword Works in the subspace and use its power for forging.

What's more, Shirou now has an additional helper in his unlimited swordplay. For some reason, it seems that the swordsmith Miss Sword Spirit regards Shirou as the reincarnation of her ancestor 'Senko Muramasa'.

Shirou wanted to continue calling her 'Muramasa'.

But the swordsmith Miss Sword Spirit was terrified: "How dare I - how am I qualified to call myself by your name!? Ancestor, please give me a name, give me a name!"

Shirou didn't care if he had any relationship with that 'Senko Muramasa'.

Anyway, no matter who he was in his previous life or his previous life, even if he knew it, it would not change Shirou himself now. He is still himself now.

So Shirou thought about it, and took a Chinese character from each of the 'Ama-Musuko Sword' that the swordsmith Miss Sword Spirit pursued and the name of the demon sword she forged, 'Murasame', and combined them together to name her 'Senko Musame'.

Shirou's hand glowed, and just like that - it pierced through Fujino's chest!
It did not pierce through her chest, but instead went straight into her body like a non-existent spirit.

Then caught 'something in it'.

Fujino couldn't help but groan in pain. This time it wasn't an act, but her soul was really captured.

Fuse and forge the dragon demon's blood with Fujino's soul

Casting magic into shape——

And then from her body, from Asagami Fujino's soul - 'took out' her Zanpakutō!!!

With the assistance of Cong Yu, Shirou began to forge the sword!

[Shirou forges her own 'Zanpakuto' for Asagami Fujino! ]

[Difficulty: 100]

[Shirou's 'Sword cuts the flesh, heart cuts the soul': 1D100=85]

[Cong Yu's 'Demon Sword Forging (Assistance)': 1D100=84]

【Total: 169 (stable!)】

——Success
The shape of a sword, the shape of a soul, the shape of a man——

The blood of the dragon demon, the soul of the sword wielder - and, the final raw material, is the 'heart (curse)' of Shirou, the swordsmith.

Shirou pulled hard, and the Zanpakuto belonging to Asagami Fujino took shape and was pulled out!

He then projected a scabbard, sheathed the sword, and handed Fujino's Zanpakuto to her.

Fujino took the Zanpakutō.

Asagami Fujino immediately discovered something incredible.

She touched the palm part of her Zanpakutō and felt the 'touch'.

Solid touch.

Strange, yet familiar.

A complex feeling of "emotion" that Fujino didn't know how to describe surged from her body.

For a pain-free patient, she cannot feel the sensation of wearing clothes, cannot feel the touch of her feet on the ground, living is no different from being dead, and any movement is more like drifting like a ghost than exercise.

And this drifting soul, at this moment, finally regained a sense of being alive——

Unable to describe the feeling, Asagami Fujino finally decided to take action - she carefully took Shirou's hand.

An incredible thing happened.

When Fujino touched Shirou's body - Fujino touched the part of Shirou's body and regained the 'feeling of touch'.

Is it because the material of Zanpakutō contains Shirou's 'Heart (Curse)'?
In order to cherish this unfamiliar feeling, Fujino unconsciously increased the strength with which she hugged Shirou.

Sakura and Rin watching this scene: "."

【Asagami Fujino obtains a Zanpakutō】

[Asagami Fujino has obtained the characteristic 'Death God' - forging a sword with soul, using soul to harm soul. Although it is only a tiny fragment, the holder of the Zanpakutō can obtain the characteristic of 'this character card can be used as a Death God' (obtaining the 'Special Attack against Servants (Fake)' characteristic, which can increase the damage caused to Servants to a certain extent. The degree of increase depends on the strength of the Death God)]

[Looking at Asagami Fujino hugging Shirou tightly in front of her, feeling the 'real feeling of being alive']

[Shirou's 'reaction': 1D100=42]

[Tousaka Rin: 1D100=26]

[Emiya Sakura: 1D100=20]

Rin and even Sakura didn't have any special thoughts or jealousy, and they didn't show any outburst at this time.

Because Fujino Asagami's experience was too tragic.

Abandoned by her mother, treated as a monster by her father, and still thought she had good intentions and said, "If things really go wrong, just kill her."

Rather than jealousy or anything like that, I felt more pity and happiness that she had regained her life.

Asagami Fujino held onto Shirou's hand tightly.

Shirou could feel that Asagami Touno was crying. Although she opened her mouth wide, she couldn't make any sound and her tears couldn't flow down, but she was indeed crying.

Her soul, her heart, was crying and rejoicing.

Maybe this is what Shirou and Fujino were referring to in the previous judgment of the great success of the Spiral Curse? Shirou could more or less feel Fujino's heart at this moment.

The broken heart is being repaired.

And Sakura, who has become a part of Shirou's strength, can clearly feel this.

Jealousy or something, although Asagami Fujino's figure made Sakura couldn't help but complain "Is this really reasonable!?".

But at least for now, Sakura was happy that Asagami Fujino had been redeemed and had no such thoughts.

Sakura suddenly thought of something, so she clapped her hands and said to Asagami Fujino, "Congratulations."

Toosaka Rin also applauded: "Congratulations!"

however

"Your parents don't want you anymore." Shirou said suddenly.

Too straightforward a statement. Shirou said this while gently patting Asagami Fujino's shoulder.

Although the other party is the 'big sister' who is much older than Shirou.

"But I, we need you," Shirou said frankly, "We need your strength, let's fight together, as a family."

Although this statement seems a bit strange, never mind, let's not worry about these details now.

Even so, although it would probably take another two to three years for Fujino to fully recover from her various illnesses, she already had the fighting power to be called a true 'exorcist'.

For Shirou, this is probably equivalent to having a "sister" who likes to touch him very much from now on, right?

But there was no pause for even a moment because of the successful forging of Asagami Fujino's Zanpakutō!
Ryougi Ori (Shiki Ryougi), Tousaka Rin, Emiya Kiara, Kotomine Kallen, Miyamoto Musashi

When the traveling priest returns, there are: Kotomine Kirei, Emiya Kiritsugu, Illyasviel, Weber, and Lanis.
Counting Shirou's own Narukami-kiri Muramasa.

A total of twelve Zanpakuto need to be forged!

Before the decisive battle at the end of the month - we must increase our combat effectiveness as much as possible!

Some children are still too young. Even if they cannot become combat forces, at least they should be able to protect themselves!

——With the return of the traveling priest Kotomine Kirei with a large group.

A knife maker's job!

Before the decisive battle begins, the continuous forging judgment of the Zanpakutō begins!
←to be continue!
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