Shirou Emiya is challenging FGO

Chapter 81: Bai Di Zi vs Mo Xu Luo (2! Please give me a monthly ticket! Please subscribe automatically!)
79. Ultimate Projection

"Bankai: White Emperor's Son, the God of Years"

Strictly speaking, the Bankai displayed by Toosaka Rin at this time is not her real Bankai, but a technique woven by Toosaka Rin. It is the magic that Toosaka Rin uses to guide the power of her origin, the 'Venus Origin Goddess'.

Taking the identity of Shirou, the person who is currently the closest to Rin Toosaka, as an anchor, Shirou is defined as 'Son Wukong' and herself is defined as 'the reinforcements invited by the monkey', thereby borrowing the power of 'Taibai Jinxing' which is closely related to Son Wukong's position as a god.

In essence, it is a kind of spirit summoning technique - also known as "Shen Da". In the southeastern coastal areas and Southeast Asia, it is called "Ji Tong", and in the northeastern region there is a similar term "Chu Ma Xian".

In order to reduce the difficulty, the Taibai Jinxing that Toosaka Rin chose to descend was the 'Pipa Fairy Taibai Jinxing' who was popular on a small scale in the central region of the Tang Dynasty. Not only did the time match the Tang Dynasty when Sun Wukong was active, but the 'Pipa Fairy' was essentially an imported goddess from the Persian region at that time.

That is, the Zoroastrian Venus goddess who obtained the title of Taibai Jinxing in the Eastern Celestial Empire.

If we have to define it using modern people's ideas, it should be considered as a distant relative of Taibai Jinxing, a classic old man.

Furthermore, the identity of the Zoroastrian goddess Taibai Jinxing also coincides with the theme of the mythological war in Fuyuki City at this time - the siege of the Zoroastrian 'Head of the Evil God, Angra Mainyu'.

Don't underestimate these details!

The continuous accumulation of these details is equivalent to reducing the difficulty of Toosaka Rin's descent layer by layer!
The grand ceremony that was supposed to be held over a year could now be realized with a hastily assembled ritual system - it became possible!

Although it is a false Bankai, this beauty is real.

The God of Venus, the God of Death, is in charge of killing!
After Toosaka Rin successfully activated the descent, according to the plan, the minimum requirement of her mission was to entangle Angora Mainyu and not give him the opportunity to steal the house.

How much more she can achieve beyond this depends on Toosaka Rin's own ability!

See to what extent Toosaka Rin can utilize the temporarily acquired power of Venus!

Imitating Angora Mainyu who temporarily adjusted Sakura's body to the prime of her physical life in her twenties, Toosaka Rin also used the power of Taibai Jinsei to adjust her own body to that of a twenty-year-old.

It should be said that this is also an application of "planetary projection technology".

The basic principle is 'the speed of light and the distance of light years' - as we all know, light travels at the speed of light in the infinite universe. In other words, when we see the light released by a planet one light year away on Earth, the picture we actually see is 'what happened on that planet a year ago'.

Because the light carrying the image from a planet one light year away takes a year to reach Earth and be captured by human vision.

The miracle created by this phenomenon, also known as the "ritual", was also recited by the poet (magician) Li Bai, who was the incarnation of Venus, in the Tang Dynasty:

"When did the moon appear in the blue sky? I will stop drinking and ask.

People try to reach for the bright moon but cannot catch it, yet the moon follows people wherever they go. "

The allusion comes from "Asking the Moon While Drinking Wine - My old friend Jia Chun asked me to ask it".

This is poetry, but also a spell that contains the power of God. It is a kind of "thought magic system" unique to the Eastern Celestial Empire.

Magic of Thought: Drinking Wine and Asking the Moon: Li Bai

"Today people do not see the ancient moon, but this month once illuminated the ancients.

If the ancients and the people of today are running water, they will see the bright moon all the same. "

Recite some poetry!
In this way, the power of the curse can be channeled!
"The ancients and the moderns are like flowing water, all looking at the bright moon together are like this!"

By using the light refracted by the planets, I project my future adult self onto my present self, temporarily "taking the power of the future".

This is a mythical level thought magic technique belonging to Taibai Jinxing!

Toosaka Rin used it successfully!
Strictly speaking, this technique is a "joking technique".

From the perspective of a modern magician, this technique is not only difficult to use and has harsh activation conditions, but the actual effect is not that strong.

It can be said that one's future self's appearance is temporarily projected onto one's present self, and that one's future power is temporarily taken, but the caster itself is still the 'present self' and not the 'future self'. It is almost impossible for one's present self to easily exert 100% of the power of one's future self.

But Toosaka Rin is a genius!
Relying on her origin as the 'Origin Goddess of Venus', she overcame all the troubles and drawbacks!

I can win! I am now - I can win!
Toosaka Rin was absolutely sure of this.

She could now even see what was happening in 'Sakura's body' at this moment.

Sakura possesses a special physique called 'imaginary attribute'. The biggest flaw of this physique is that it is too special. Even looking at the entire human history, there are only a handful of people who are capable of using imaginary attribute. Even Toosaka Tokiomi couldn't find someone to teach him.

But if 'humans' don't work, what about 'gods'?
The so-called imaginary number properties, in scientific terms, are similar to the characteristics of "quantum uncertainty state".

Because it 'does not have certain fixed characteristics', once it can be controlled, it can be 'shaped into any characteristics' at will.

To use metal as an analogy, it is the universal metal in fantasy stories.

Through this, Angra Mainyu allowed Sakura's body to acquire the characteristic of "perfectly adapting to all the evil in this world", and used it to manipulate Sakura's body into the battle.

Then, the characteristic of 'adjustable time' was added to Sakura's body.

Just like some kind of "character-creating game program" with particularly comprehensive functions, Angora Mainyu adjusted Sakura's body age with just one click, bringing it to her prime age of around 20 years old!

Using excessive strength causes the body to suffer backlash and get injured?
It doesn't matter.

Just add a 'manually adjust injury degree button' below the 'health bar'. Even if you instantly suffer 99% of your maximum health injures, just adjust it back to 1% immediately!

Before Sakura's body reaches its limit and her flesh is devoured by the imaginary attributes without leaving any residue, she is simply immortal!

No matter what kind of attack she faces, as long as she understands it, she can use such a simple and crude countermeasure: give herself the characteristic of "immunity to this damage".

No, rather than being 'immune' to the type of attack that can be easily penetrated, it is more accurate to say that it has 'adapted' to it. It is not that it has 'become able to defend against it', but because of the adaptation, that type of attack has become 'ineffective'.

It is simply the strongest back-strike bug punch!

--but!
The current Toosaka Rin can catch up!

The God of Killing, Taibai Jinxing, showed her a path to victory!
——Powerful cards often come with risks
——But a truly powerful card is one that overcomes all risks
——However, no matter how powerful the effect of the card (ability) is, the person using the card (ability) is still vulnerable.

If you can't solve the card, then solve the opponent's duelist! If you can't solve the ability, then solve the opponent himself!

Use an attack that the opponent cannot understand or adapt to in a short period of time, and defeat him in an instant!

The current Toosaka Rin can do it!
She saw it.

Taibai Jinxing, as the "rescuer invited by the monkey", taught another technique to Tosaka Rin, which fully utilized her star god's physique and combined magic with martial arts.
Speaking of this, it is very suitable for the Tousaka family. After all, the Tousaka family is a family that combines martial arts and magic.

Using special footwork and combining it with the trajectory of the planet to perform super-speed transfer——

This is an ancient secret technique of the Taoist system. Its history is even older than Taoism itself. The founder of the Xia Dynasty, Yu, witnessed and imitated the footprints of the star god to create it, so it is also called "Yu Bu".

"Tian Gang Bu - step on the Tian Gang Bu!"

The star god is the planet, and the footprints of the planet are the footprints of the star god.

Simply put, it is to use the coordinates of the place where the spiritual vein of the planet flows under your feet as the basis for a "hyperspace jump"!
The figure of Toosaka Rin, who has transformed into the White Emperor, keeps flashing, approaching Angora Mainyu again and again, and swinging out a slash!
At the beginning, Toosaka Rin had just started using it and was not very skilled at it, giving Angora Mainyu the opportunity to dodge and speed up to dodge.

Of course, the evil god also thought of ways. She tried to reduce her presence or evade by moving at an irregular speed - but all these tricks were useless!

Because at this moment, the evil god's body is still trapped inside the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City. Even though his power has begun to leak out, he is actually remotely controlling Sakura's body to fight.

In other words!

Sakura: "Sister! She's there!"

Sakura's soul is fighting as one with Shirou at this moment. The connection between soul and body is inseparable. No matter how the evil god dodges or hides, Sakura can accurately capture her position!

The soul also has instincts, and her instinct is to return to the body, so Sakura can accurately capture her location based on this instinct!
Keep indicating its coordinates!

Then--

Step by step and fight!

Toosaka Rin's figure keeps flashing! Keep chasing!
Because the tradition has been lost, few people nowadays know how Taibai Jinxing, the God of Death, fights.

But it is said that during the Tang Dynasty, Taibai Jinxing came down to earth and was born as the legendary poet Li Bai. In addition to being a poet (a magician who used 'thought magic'), Li Bai was also a legendary swordsman and knight in the Tang Dynasty, nicknamed 'Drunken Swordsman' and 'Green Lotus Hermit'!
At this very moment, Toosaka Rin is recreating this legend!
Almost wine!
Knight's Journey!
Tiangang Steps——continuous displacement pursuit!

There is no way to dodge it! There is no way to avoid it!
Even with the lightning speed of Lancelot + Zeus Bull, they cannot escape from Toosaka Rin's increasingly rapid pursuit!

She couldn't even defend herself! Toosaka Rin's slash went straight through the evil god's block! It went through Sakura's body - and didn't cause any damage?

No, that was to prevent her from having a chance to 'adapt' to the 'Space-Time Slash' that Toosaka Rin successfully performed under the guidance of Taibai Jinsei.

The principle is the same as the "Asking the Moon with Wine" technique.

To describe the actual effect, it is more like every successful attack of Toosaka Rin will leave a "mark" on Sakura's body under the control of the evil god.

The more marks there are, the greater the power that will be unleashed when Toosaka Rin detonates them in one go!

Qinglian Sword Song!

This is the secret of the Green Lotus Sword Immortal Li Bai (Taibai Jinxing)!

Will not give the evil god a chance to use the imaginary attributes to 'adapt'!

The moment the 'ultimate move' is used, the accumulated damage pool is detonated in one breath, directly clearing Sakura's health bar!

The only drawback to this strategy is that even if she wins, Sakura's body will undoubtedly die.

What made Toosaka Rin feel a little sad was that, except for herself, no one else present, including Sakura herself, seemed to have much inclination to save their own bodies.

It's better to say that Sakura is still on the board of directors and urges Toosaka Rin to do things faster.

No matter what! The overall situation is important!

If Sakura's body could be completely destroyed like this, the evil god Angra Mainyu would lose the catalyst to easily interfere with the outside world and could only continue to retreat into the Holy Grail system in frustration - the temporary salvation team could then slowly figure out how to disintegrate it along with the Holy Grail system.

In other words, victory!
(However, since we can think of this, Angolan Mainyu himself must have thought of it too)
Green Lotus Sword Song!!!

From a visual perspective, it seemed as if the figure of Toosaka Rin, the son of the White Emperor, the God of Death, instantly transformed into many wonderful shadows, and at the same time transformed into sword energy and attacked from all directions, engulfing the figure of Kuroyura!
However, the seemingly decisive move did not actually work.

The attack was supposed to cut Hei Ying into pieces, but in the end it only achieved the result of cutting her into pieces.

The cut flesh did not bleed like an ordinary person, but instead a huge amount of sticky black mud "blood" gushed out, which was obviously a million times more than that of an ordinary person, leaving Hei Ying's body intact and not actually destroyed.

This was also an expected result: because it meant that the temporary rescue team had successfully forced Angola Mainyu into a desperate situation in the first phase.

The first stage of Angora Mainyu is 'Angora Mainyu who uses the power of Matou Sakura to fight'

Next is the 'second stage' -

In other words!
It's Angra Mainyu who 'uses his own strength to fight'!
She finally started using her own strength to fight!

——But on the other hand, this also means that the temporary salvation team has finally reached the stage where they can theoretically kill the evil god!

Before this, the one that Shirou and the others were fighting against was not so much an evil god as it was the 'Magic Hollow Sakura' who might grow to this level in the future.

Including summoning and driving those shadow servants, they are actually Sakura's abilities. They are the future form of Sakura's "imaginary number attribute" power.

When all of these were overcome by Shirou and his companions, the evil god who had to use his own power directly
What power is she using?
She is the one who is parasitic inside the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City, constantly devouring the dragon vein energy that the Holy Grail has accumulated from the earth veins.

These energies are not only her strength, but also the basis for her existence - that is, her life.

Zhuge Weber: "In the second stage, the evil god who shows her power will definitely be more powerful! But her power comes from the dragon vein energy that has been tempered and accumulated by the Holy Grail for sixty years - when she uses this energy to fight, it also means that she is consuming her own life!

As long as we can hold off until her energy runs out and don't give her the chance to go to the mortal world to kill and sacrifice new lives for replenishment, we will win!

Now, whether we attack or she attacks us, we are both consuming her own life!"

Ying helped Weber summarize it in a simple and understandable way: "This guy's skills do not consume mana but HP!"

Weber was stunned for a moment, then thought about it carefully and realized that this was the case. "That's right! This is also the reason why Angola Mainyu, who had not been forced to this point before, tried not to use this trick as much as possible."

"Then here comes the question, my Lord Brother." Lanis tilted her head and looked at Weber, and asked in a sweet voice that made Weber's scalp numb, "Angora Mainyu finally showed her health bar and used her own power. What kind of power is she capable of?"

Weber helplessly threw up his hands this time: "I really don't know. There is no record of this kind of information. Even if there is a record somewhere in the Clock Tower, I am not qualified to check it with my authority.

In fact, Angra Mainyu's presence in Zoroastrian mythology is very subtle. "

Angra Mainyu is the god of evil and the embodiment of all evil in the world. Although he is the evil side of the dualism of good and evil in Zoroastrian mythology, his actual role is far less than that of the seven evil gods under him.

Among the seven evil gods under his command, the dragon demon Azdahaka has the most scenes.

Dragon demons are often considered to be "priests of evil gods" and the spokespersons of evil gods.

From the perspective of novel narrative, the evil god itself seems to not exist at all.

However, the evil god Angra Mainyu is set to represent 'all the evil in this world', so all the evil deeds that occur - including the actions of the seven evil gods - can all be seen as the embodiment of Angra Mainyu's actions.

But there is a very subtle setting here.

The most active dragon demon Aziz Dahaka, most of his actions are centered around the fight for 'aura (power of light)'.

I can only say that you don't need to understand the contents of ancient Persian mythology so clearly.jpg——
"I can only speculate from the perspective of mythology," Weber said, "Since she is 'all the evil in this world', would she have a characteristic that makes it difficult for any 'malicious' attack to be effective against her?
She is evil, she defines evil, and murderous intent is often considered the most common type of "evil intent". If you attack her with murderous intent, it is equivalent to letting her attack herself, so it is difficult to be effective.

Of course, there are more exaggerated statements, such as: she can materialize all weapons, energy, and power created by humans with malicious intent.

No matter what, our method of winning remains the same, that is to use up her 'life'!"

Before Waver finished speaking, Shirou, who was driving Susanoo to fight against the Fallen Bull, immediately saw the new narration record:

【——Human Evil: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty Revealed】

[It is 'Angora Mainyu (False Human Evil)']

[Although it is an embryo of the void that has not yet been born, it already possesses certain powers——]

[Power of the beast: Nega Justice]

[If there is a trace of darkness in that justice, it will not be able to harm 'Angora Mainyu (false human evil)']

Shirou immediately told Waver in a concise manner: "The military advisor is right."

However, Toosaka Rin immediately brought bad news and good news.

Toosaka Rin's bad news: "My attacks have almost no effect on him."

Toosaka Rin's good news: "Although it was only a little bit, my attack was still effective on her!"

Sakura immediately responded, "HP-1?"

There were just a few people present who understood.

Weber hesitated for a moment, but immediately understood the reason. He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "There must be an antidote within seven steps—just like in the United States, although there is lead poisoning, drinking Coke helps to excrete lead!"

Because he was in such a hurry, Weber also used a metaphor that was difficult for ordinary people to understand.

"It's Shirou!"

But when he said this, everyone reacted.

That's right!

Shirou!

Although he is often criticized as 'Shirou with murderous intent', when Shirou was fighting the enemy at this time, he really had no murderous intent, and even the hostility could be ignored.

The so-called murderous Shirou actually had nothing to do with murderous intent - Emiya Shirou remained silent, just kept swinging his sword, and kept exercising 'necessary violence'.

And Toosaka Rin's heart is now Shirou's heart, and they are in perfect harmony. To a certain extent, her attacks can be regarded as Shirou swinging his sword!

That is to say-

"If it was Shirou, then he could have done some damage!"

Shirou made a prompt decision: "Rin, change people."

Substitution?

Everyone was stunned. What substitution? How was it done?

——Except Toosaka Rin
Toosaka Rin immediately understood what Shirou meant, because the two of them were now literally on the same page.

It is still the power of the previous 'White Emperor's Son (Taibai Jinxing)'.

This incident is also recorded in Norse mythology: Sigurd, the hero who killed the evil dragon Fafner, ate Fafner's heart, and his own heart turned into a dragon's heart, turning him into a giant dragon in human form.

There seem to be similar ceremonies around the world, right? The heart has always been considered the essence of a person's life and existence.

So--

Could it be that Toosaka Rin, who holds Shirou's heart, can also be Shirou?

The magic construction is logically feasible.

But 'Rin now' obviously can't do that.

Then——what about the 'future Rin'?

With the help of the power of the White Emperor (Taibai Jinxing), let’s try to turn this idea into reality!
verse!

Shirou and Rin chant poetry!

Drink and ask the moon!

“When did the moon appear in the blue sky? I stop drinking and ask it now.”

““People try to reach the moon but cannot catch it, yet the moon follows people wherever they go.””

projection--

[Shirou and Rin perform magic together, trying to project Shirou himself onto the body of 'White Emperor', and Shirou controls White Emperor to fight Angora Mainyu]

[Difficulty: 80]

[Shirou's 'Chanting Poem': 1D100=82]

[Tousaka Rin's 'Chanting Poem': 1D100=39]

[Tousaka Rin's trait 'Scholar (Occult)': 20]

[Total: 141]

““——I only wish that when I sing and drink, the moonlight will always shine in the golden cup. ””

When the Year Killing God Bai Dizi opened his eyes again, Emiya Shirou and Toosaka Rin had already completed the 'name change'.

At the same time, as if to symbolize the true "personal presence" of the evil god himself, Angra Mainyu's appearance also changed. He was no longer just a blackened version of Sakura, but became a...
Woman? Or man?
It gives people the dual impression of "a young woman with unique charm" and "a dangerous and unapproachable young man".

It seems to have an organ similar to a dragon's tail, which cannot be accurately defined by human gender.

It's more like a 'beautiful but dangerous humanoid creature' made of 'black and white pieces of meat with various human characteristics'.

no doubt--

Although it is a fake counterfeit.

But that figure is definitely a replica of the evil god that will appear in the final battle between good and evil in the Zoroastrian dualistic mythology.

She spoke—

Perhaps because she was introduced to the world through Sakura's body as a catalyst, her secondary sexual characteristics are more female.

This is completely different from the situation in "other normal world lines, where Shirou Emiya appears in the world as a catalyst." (Note: Under normal circumstances, it is the Angora Mainyu that looks like Shirou Emiya that can be drawn in the FGO game)
"senior"

Why do you call Shirou that?
Is it also because of the elements inherited from Sakura?

"Why do you have to be my enemy?"

Perhaps because he knew that Shirou in front of him could bypass the effect of his beast power "anti-justice" and hurt him, the evil god actually took the initiative to try to talk and communicate with Shirou:
"Senior should be able to understand, right?
——'We (truth, goodness and beauty)' just want to be born into this world. This is our wish, and also the wish of 'you (all mankind)'. "

"I don't understand what you are saying. If there are brackets in your words, then say everything in the brackets."

The evil god tilted his head. "Even if I told you, you would still kill me for others, right? Just like Mithra would want to see, just like Bahram would do, just like Ahura Mazda would carry it.

Senior, can't you choose to let me be born (not kill me) for my sake, not for the sake of others, but just as my partner?"

Well, Shirou couldn't understand what she said at all, although the other party seemed to be trying to communicate with Shirou.

Just like Shirou couldn't understand why the recorder of the narration called this evil god the 'Beast of Truth, Goodness and Beauty'.

Just like Shirou couldn't understand why these so-called 'all the evil in this world', 'human evil', 'beasts' and other monsters did not have the characteristics of 'threat to humans', and why the light bestowed by Mithra had no reaction.

If you can’t understand it for now, then don’t try to understand it.

So, Emiya Shirou said nothing and just kept swinging his sword!

【Human Evil Appears】

[Faced with Shirou, who has temporarily borrowed the account of 'White Emperor' and is attacking with the power of the God of Death, the choice of 'Beast of Truth, Goodness and Beauty' is.]

[1. The battle between the devil and the hero! Of course it's a head-on confrontation! ]

[2. Dodge, evade, try to find an opportunity to break through the defenses and destroy the Tosaka family residence, break through the 'Fuyuki City Temporary Data Model Barrier', and go to the real world to devour four million humans as a sacrifice for your own rebirth]

【1D2=2】

——She actually escaped! ?
Well, from a rational point of view, this is indeed the most reasonable choice, but Shirou is a little uncomfortable with it.

Strictly speaking, Shirou Emiya does not have much combat experience. The only enemies he has truly fought to the death are Gilgamesh and the dragon demon Azdahaka.

Both of them are the type who, even though they know there is a better option (flying a kite), still choose to confront Shirou head-on because of their pride as a king or demon lord.

Angra Mainyu, even if she was just a fake counterfeit, was still the chief of the evil gods, a being like the mother of the dragon demons.

"How could you be so cowardly?!"

This was not because Shirou had any ill intentions, just as there was no evil in Shirou's murderous intent. Shirou's roar at this moment was simply because he felt "Is this guy worthy of being the superior (mother) of the Dragon Demon, who is both my master and father!?" He felt that the pride of the Absolute Demon King had been tarnished by him, and he felt "annoyed".

Chase!

[Since there is no "evil" in Shirou's killing intention, the beast's power "Anti-Justice" cannot take effect and no additional correction can be obtained.]

[Evil God's 'stealing home': 1D100=58]

[Shirou's "Interception": 1D100=91]

【58＜91】

"A waterfall plunges three thousand feet"

Sing the verses!
Perform mind magic by chanting verses!

From Li Bai's "Looking at the Waterfall at Mount Lu"

Chant the poem! Unleash the power of Li Bai, the son of the White Emperor, and Taibai Jinxing!

The violent energy continued to condense, compress, and sublimate on the Zanpakutō in Shirou's hand, emitting a light like the flowing galaxy!
“——I think it’s the Milky Way falling from the sky!”

Swing out a sword!
Between the evil god and the Tohsaka family's residence, a torrent of light fell from the sky like a waterfall!
The second divine bull was forced back by this light!

At one point it even seemed to be out of control!

This also let the evil god know that she had completely lost the chance to win by cheating, that is, she did not need to defeat Shirou and others, she only needed to bypass them and go to the real world to enjoy the "four million sacrifices" that countless mortals in Fuyuki City had prepared for her for sixty years.

We can only fight, we must fight.

The evil god sighed helplessly, looking at Shirou approaching him——

"So sharp, Senior?"

Then, the final decisive stage of this battle was announced.

The evil god pierced the body of the second sacred beast, the bull, which was the incarnation of the great god Zeus, with his bare hands. Amid the wailing and roaring accompanied by thunder, he bathed in the gushing blood. He dug out the bull's spine with one hand and dug out its enlarged heart with the other hand and put them to his lips.

Bloody sacrifice.

The death of the sacred bull brought blood, but the blood did not disperse like other blood bound by gravity. Instead, it surged along with the power of the evil god, turning into black mud that covered the sky and surged into the sky!

Then they all rushed towards the original monster, the 'Fallen Divine Bull'!
Sakura's exclamation succinctly described what was happening: "They merged!"

Completely give up the possibility of "taking shortcuts to the real world".

The evil god was forced by the heroes and had no choice but to take the path of "showing his blood bar" and then "head-on duel"!

Two sacred bulls of Zeus + "R'lyeh Text (Cthulhu Infinite Magic Furnace)" + the evil god Angra Mainyu

It's more like a stitched monster than a monster.

In Greek mythology, there is a monster called "Centaur", so should the thing in front of us be called "Centaur"?

That doesn't seem quite right, a centaur is a monster whose lower body is a horse and upper body is a human.

But the super-giant stitched monster in front of him had a complete cow's lower body and a huge minotaur's upper body.

Both the upper and lower body have an integrated bull head.

Rather than a complete creature, it is more like a stitched monster. The joints between the different creatures are very rough. It is not a complete whole, but is covered with countless sticky throbbing muscles - no! Look carefully, those are not muscles at all, but countless tentacles of indescribable alien creatures!

The weapons held in the hands of the bull-headed monster on the upper body were not the giant axes or spears commonly seen in fantasy works, but two swords made of scarlet lightning.
I don't know if it's Shirou's illusion.

Shirou always felt that the other party's sword-holding posture was very similar to his own.

(Imitating me?)

Shirou and Toosaka Rin immediately switched back to their respective bodies.

Meanwhile, Shirou pressed Waver, "Military Advisor! Is there a way to beat this thing!?"

Weber was sweating profusely: "I don't know! Who knows how it will fight at this stage before we actually meet it? But no matter what, our victory conditions have always been clear!

No matter how strong she is - just don't let her have the chance to absorb sacrifices and replenish her energy through massacre!

Then we just need to keep fighting! Just use up her energy reserves!

Even if she could mobilize the power of the earth veins to assist in the battle, her own strength was limited!

The energy accumulated through the Holy Grail system during the past sixty years is neither long nor short. I don’t know how long it will take, but it will definitely be used up at some point!
You guys try to hold on a little longer. Chaldea and I are almost done with our magic. I'm not sure we can win with this, but it will definitely help drain her energy reserves!"

That's right.

No matter what cards the two sides have, at least the victory conditions are very clear.

Then - keep fighting!

Swing the sword, swing the sword again, and keep swinging the sword until the enemy is destroyed!

Toosaka Rin also returned to the interior of Susanoo, and transformed the power of the White Emperor into a posture similar to the "fairy ribbon" in Eastern mythology, attached to the back of Susanoo, and fought together!
come on!

No matter what means you have, no matter what abilities the evil god has, all we have to do is 'take it' and then 'fight back' - until we win!
Besides, Shirou also has an advantage. It is true that the evil god's petite body is hidden in the stitched monster's overwhelming body, but in the final analysis, it is still Sakura's body.

Sakura's soul can lock onto her hiding location!

As long as you aim and attack there, you can effectively consume her life energy!
".Actually, there is some good news, but I don't know if it can be considered good news."

Waver took a deep breath, even though his teeth and lips were trembling:
"It's true that the other side looks scary, but in the final analysis, it's a fake, a counterfeit imitating the real Angra Mainyu. Even if she has the power of Angra Mainyu, she won't be able to use it.
We don't know what kind of power Angra Mainyu has, and she probably doesn't know either!
so--"

Weber suddenly froze.

Everyone was stunned.

Only Kotomine Kirei had an imperceptible curve at the corner of his mouth, unnoticed by anyone.

The minotaur raised its front hooves, and with the sound of stomping accompanied by thunder, it soared into the sky, spun in the air, drew an accelerating arc, and then began to dive!

Shirou and the others thought that this guy was still determined to commit evil, and was planning a death charge to raze the Tohsaka family's mansion and the mountainous area of Fuyuki City where it was located to the ground.

This judgment is not entirely wrong.

Normally, if she did that, it would be Shirou's chance, and he could try to cut directly at the rushing stitched monster.

The force is mutual, Shirou can also swing his sword to cut off its body!

——It should have been like this

but failed!
Facing the charging monster, Shirou, Rin, and Sakura together used the white Susanoo in the White Emperor mode to swing their swords to fight back, but their attacks were blocked before they hit the stitched monster!
The white Susanoo's slash could not break through the barrier on the opponent's body, and then, maintaining this strange stalemate, the giants of Shirou and others were pushed back!
The continuous retreat and huge body directly rewrote the surrounding terrain. Ten thousand tons of soil were constantly blown up into the sky. Shirou planned to use the mountains as support behind him to relieve the force -

But it's no use!

Instead, Shirou and the others were constantly pushed back downwards. No matter how Rin and Sakura tried to strengthen the strength of Susanoo, cracks still continued to appear, and the repair speed could no longer keep up with the speed of damage!
How is this going! ?
"Little Da Vinci!" Weber couldn't help but exclaimed, "Didn't you say you deleted all physical attack effects from the enemies? Why is this still happening?

How come the situation has turned into that we are the only one being attacked, and our counterattack is completely ineffective? What on earth is going on with that barrier! ? "

"I don't know," Da Vinci waved his hands in confusion, "I don't mean literally, I don't know. I mean - I don't know what the enemy is using now. I can't understand what that barrier is, nor can I understand the damage it has caused!
Although its squeezing may look like a physical attack, it is actually not the case at all!"

Little Da Vinci looked at the countless garbled data streams displayed on the instruments at the Chaldea base and was completely at a loss:
"I can't understand what the enemy is attacking with!"

But this question did not last long.

Because someone immediately gave the answer in the public channel.

“It’s ‘human magnetism’”

It was Kotomine Kirei:
"Using human will to drive the nerve bioelectricity in the body to generate electricity, which then rotates to form a magnetic field, and then distorts the laws of physics within the range of the magnetic field. If such a huge body is used, the magnetic field generated will be like a barrier.

Because it is driven by will, the shield-like thing is like a materialized 'wall of the heart' - that is, the mental state of 'rejection psychology' is materialized into a distorted physical phenomenon, achieving an effect that can be called absolute defense."

Sakura was stunned: "What is this AT force field?" (Note: From the animation "Neon Genesis Evangelion" (EVA), "AT Field" is the abbreviation of "absolute terror field", abbreviated as AT field, literally translated as "absolute field force field", is the root of the term "absolute field")
"How did you know?" This was what Lanis focused on.

However, without Kotomine Kirei's further explanation, Waver immediately understood the reason: "It is because Father Kotomine's current fighting method is to obtain the power of the Dragon Demon by imitating the Dragon Demon Azidahaka!
Father Kotomine is equivalent to a fake Dragon Demon, and the evil god is a fake Angra Mainyu, so she defines Father Kotomine as a derivative of herself.
If the real dragon demon is the outflow of the real power of Angra Mainyu.

Then the power exerted by Father Kotomine can also be regarded by the false evil god as 'the outflow of his own power'. Since it is her own power, she can naturally use it - wait! "

Waver slapped his thigh. He didn't have time to worry about how long Shirou's machine could last. A new problem immediately emerged: "Father Kotomine! Be careful! You might be controlled by her!"

[Because Kotomine Kirei is using the 'power of the Dragon Demon Azidahaka' by 'playing the role of the Dragon Demon', and he is playing the role very successfully.]

[Therefore, it is possible for the evil god to use his status as a 'superior' to manipulate Kotomine Kirei, the 'impostor who plays the role of the dragon demon']

[Evil God's 'Superior Control': 1D1000=527]

['Playing method: Azidahaka' Kotomine Kirei's 'Spiritual confrontation': 1D1000=959]

【959＞527】

Kotomine Kirei simply made the sign of the cross calmly: "Amen."

Too reliable, Father!

You are as reliable as Azdahakar Dragon Demon Dragon!
Kotomine Kirei even came up with his own suggestion: "The false evil god, her personality is based on Sakura. In this case, if Sakura can concentrate, she may be able to break through."

This is undoubtedly a breakthrough idea!

but--

[The evil god tries to contact the 'real Azdahaka']

[Difficulty: 50]

[Evil God's 'Calling Azdahaka': 1D100=82]

The dragon demon who was impersonating Kotomine Kirei fell silent.

He silently switched back to his true identity in his heart, and then 'answered' the communication from the false evil god: "Hello?"

Evil God: "Aziz Dahaka! What are you doing? Help me! Even if I am a false and all evil in this world, aren't you looking forward to seeing me born into the world!?
And that guy named Kotomine Kirei is stealing your power through acting, and you don’t care!? "

The Dragon Demon sighed helplessly: "My lady, first of all, since you are an imposter, I am not your subordinate. Secondly, Kotomine Kirei successfully used the method of impersonation to obtain my power, which means that he passed the trial. Those who pass the trial are naturally eligible for rewards."

"You're not going to help me!?"

"This is your test, and you have always had a great advantage, right?"

"But my beast power is ineffective against them! They have someone who can defeat me! There is a senior who can really kill me! What if I really lose? What if I completely lose this chance to be born into this world!?

This existence that restrains me suddenly appeared! Isn't it obvious that fate wants to crush me to death here! ?

No matter how big my advantage is, my seniors may use some ability that I don’t understand to defeat me in seconds at any time!
Senior, you will definitely win against me! You will definitely win! I definitely cannot win against you in a head-on fight!"

The Dragon Demon couldn't help but shook his head in his heart: "You are too blunt, my lady, who is the boss? Or are you also affected by Sakura's personality? So you don't have a true sense of self-awareness, this aspect is not good, no matter how much you pile up, it will be like this in the end." But the Dragon Demon quickly changed the subject:
"However, you don't need to rush. After all, this is your trial. And for her, this is also the 'trial time' that I have been waiting for a long time and prepared for her.

Miss, your existence itself is also a test I prepared for her. From this perspective, I will certainly help you and deliver the most fatal blow to them."

Who is the 'she' that the dragon demon is talking about?
It's actually not hard to guess.

You can get the answer by just using a simple process of elimination.

In the team gathered around Shirou, there is such a person who doesn't fit in.

She was using the power of the Dragon Demon and even received personal guidance from the Dragon Demon, but she had not gone through the "trial" and yet she got all of this.

Even the opportunity for her to join the team was an unexpected event that Long Mo had not expected.

Shirou, Rin, and Musashi, the three users of the dragon demon power, have all experienced struggles on the line between life and death, exhausting their wisdom and bravery, regardless of success or failure.

But she didn't.

——To be more precise, the trial that the Dragon Demon General had prepared for her was "postponed".

The postponement has arrived - at this moment.

“They paid, they worked hard, they made sacrifices – and thus, they were rewarded with the trials.”

"But what about you?"

"Let's put aside your experience as Fujimaru Ritsuka in your previous life, but if you want to start over in this life, you will have to go through new trials."

“A person’s life, from the end to the beginning, is a trial.”

That’s right, this person who had been thoughtfully paid an advance of ‘reward’ by the Dragon Demon, and therefore had to face the harsher and more painful trials specially prepared by the Dragon Demon for her—

It's 'Emiya Sakura (Fujimaru Ritsuka)'

"The content of the trial is: Because of your existence, the people you care about are forced into a desperate situation."

The dragon demon took action.

When the evil god borrowed Sakura's personality to create a wall of heart force field, forcing Shirou and Rin into a desperate situation.

When only Sakura can stand up and break through the wall of the evil god's heart.

He took action.

The cruelest trial was brought down—

"Even if the soul is separated, as long as the body exists, they will always be connected. The soul instinctively desires to return to the body. You rely on this connection to help Shirou and Rin locate the evil god's body.

However, this is also your most fatal flaw.

Yes
'The soul's instinctive desire to return to the body'"

[Dragon Demon: Azi Dahaka has taken action]

[The trial that falls upon Sakura is to work with the evil god to pull Sakura's soul back to her 'original body'! ]

[Difficulty: 900]

[The power of the beast of the evil god, 'Anti-justice, all the evil in this world': 1D1000=219]

[Dragon Demon's Support 'Power·Absolute Demon King': 1D500=406]

[Dragon Demon's Support 'Power Thousand Magic': 1D500=459]

[Total: 1084]

Dragon Demon: My lady, in your eyes - oh no, I should say in Sakura's eyes, what kind of invincible hero is Shirou?

——So, at this moment
At the forefront of the fight against the Stitched Monster, Sakura becomes the only hope.

Sakura was originally saying "I, I will try my best!" to cheer herself up in the public channel, but her communication channel suddenly became deathly silent.

By the time Shirou saw the narration's record and learned what had happened, it was already too late.

Because when the record appears, it is equivalent to having happened.

Unlike the evil god who has complicated feelings for Shirou!

The dragon demon grabbed Sakura's soul and pulled her into the body of the stitched monster - back to Sakura's original body!

Almost at the same moment, the will of the evil god engulfed Sakura's consciousness, and at the same time, through Sakura's soul, which had become Shirou's Zanpakutō, it also affected Shirou!
The evil god is trying to devour and assimilate Sakura's soul - to make 'himself (Sakura)' become Sakura (himself).

This action also allowed Shirou and Sakura to see the evil god's past.

I saw the truth of the past that led to the birth of Angra Mainyu - no, that's not right, it should be said that it led to the birth of 'all the false evil in this world', the birth of this false evil god.

long long ago.

Or maybe not that long ago.

The fake Angra Mainyu - a young man, born in an ordinary family in an ordinary mountain village.

The young man may have equally ordinary parents.

Young people may have brothers and sisters who are not much older than them.

It was a poor mountain village. The villagers were kind, simple and full of upright beliefs. They worked hard, supported each other and worked hard.

However, life has not gotten better.

Any disaster can disrupt the daily routine that was barely maintained.

Thus, a certain custom was formed in a certain village.

The general content of the custom is:

"Our lives have not improved and there must be a culprit."

This is an unsolvable problem. The souls of people who cannot be redeemed need an object to vent their resentment - a sacrifice called "evil".

So, one day, perhaps a certain young man of a certain person was chosen by the honest and kind villagers.

For everyone's sake, a certain young man was chosen.

A young man was imprisoned on the top of a mountain, his right eye gouged out, his hands and feet cut off, and he was tortured with contempt as an absolute evil. In the end, after experiencing all the pain that a human being could feel, the young man died as a matter of course.

This is an old bad custom.

It is also a 'bad habit' that still exists in almost every accessible part of human civilization.

If there is a common enemy - if there is 'someone' who becomes the public enemy and becomes the victim of 'all bad things are because of him', it is incredible how easily everyone else can unite.

It would be best if that 'young man' really was a heinous criminal.

If that 'certain young man' is not a bad person then he must be a bad person.

'A certain young person' does not refer to a specific person, but to all those who 'may become that person'.

In the origin story that Shirou and Sakura saw, the "young man" who did nothing but was called "the evil of the world" by people.
When he actually looked up, Shirou and Sakura did not see the face of any specific man.

Instead, in an instant, countless faces of men, women, children, old people, etc. flashed by.

The devil's cave where 'a certain young man' was imprisoned was already filled with piles of bones.

It could be because the man is ugly, or because the woman is beautiful, or because a child has a strange vision when he is born, or because an old man does something stupid when he has dementia.

So, 'someone' becomes the sacrifice to everyone else.

As a result of this continuous accumulation, a fake person called Angra Mainyu was born.

The appearance of 'someone' kept changing in the eyes of Shirou and Sakura.

No! wrong!

Not just 'someone'.

Even the den where 'someone' was imprisoned was constantly changing, from an isolated small mountain village to a dark corner of a bustling big city, and even to the center of a bustling big city.

The shackles that bound "someone" also changed from chains to the debt bills in the hands of men, the household account books in the hands of women, the report cards in the hands of children, and the resumes in the hands of young people.
The so-called 'Human Evil: Truth, Goodness and Beauty', what exactly is the so-called 'Beast of Truth, Goodness and Beauty', the truth was laid out directly in front of Shirou and Sakura by the Dragon Demon.

The real evil god Angra Mainyu cannot become the 'Beast of Truth, Goodness and Beauty'.

Only a false evil god can become the 'evil of mankind'.

The so-called "human evil" called "truth, goodness and beauty".

At its core, it is - 'false justice'.

It sounds very abstract, and the example of the birth of a false evil god seems to be just a cliché criticizing the harm of backward religious superstitions to people.

But not so.

The so-called 'beast of truth, goodness and beauty' covers a much wider range.

such as:

It is very troublesome to use real-life examples.

So it is better to use the perspective of screenwriters in story creation industries such as "animation" and "film" as an analogy.

In the story, there are two opposing camps.

Both sides have their own justice that they uphold, such as "more courageous", "more kind", "more progressive", and "mastering more scientific and advanced productivity".

The opposition between the two camps is not simply about the black and white, good and evil of people, but about the ideals that each camp adheres to and their firm belief in "their own correctness".

When both camps are successfully established and widely loved by readers, new challenges will be presented to the screenwriter.

Because the screenwriter also has his own "justice".

That is to make the ending acceptable to more readers.

Therefore, the screenwriter cannot defeat the "justice" of either side and can only adopt the strategy commonly known as "making dumplings".

For example, in the story, a powerful and evil villain is created very awkwardly, forcing both sides to unite, and then the friendship between the two sides is built by killing the "evil villain" together.
It's not about solving the problem, it's about putting it aside.

For the screenwriter, this villain who does all kinds of evil is the "sacrifice".

People need to gain spiritual comfort by "defeating evil".

If not, create one.

In reality, such actions are often carried out "under the banner of achieving justice for the majority."

To put it in a smaller context: for example, in the process of educating their children, parents unconsciously make them despise low-paying jobs, even if the content of those jobs is closely related to the maintenance of daily life and law and order.

This kind of contempt is actually inadvertently regarding it as evil.
Angora Mainyu - 'The Beast of Truth, Goodness and Beauty', is not a specific person.

It is the collection of all the evil that flows out of everyone, intentionally or unintentionally.

People were cursing him.

People are also making wishes to her.

"For a better tomorrow, we must eliminate you."

"In order to legitimately destroy you, you have to be evil."

"In order to make our hearts happy, you must be an evil god who will slaughter innocent people at will regardless of right or wrong."

Thus, the wishes of people who firmly believed that they were true, good and beautiful and that they were "for the good of the majority" came together and gave birth to this beast.

'All the evils of this hypocritical world'

'Anti-justice'

'Angora Mainyu'

It does not have an individual personality, but is a turbid collective. It responds to the wishes of people who yearn to realize truth, goodness and beauty, and attempts to bring about a great disaster in the world as "a minority who can be sacrificed with a clear conscience."

She would kill people, massacre and sacrifice many people, regardless of right or wrong, good or evil, beauty or ugliness.

Because only in this way can she be regarded as a great disaster "sacrificed for the happiness of the majority" and "sacrificed for the minority" by people with peace of mind.

It’s a contradictory beast.

Even as an animal, she is a hatchling and will always be just a hatchling.

Because if she wants to truly mature and emerge, this can only be achieved at the moment she is successfully born, causes a great disaster, and then is destroyed.

In other words, the moment of maturity is also the moment of its fall.

After that, it will enter a new round of reincarnation, waiting for the world to accumulate enough "truth, goodness and beauty" again, and then look for a way to be born into the world again.

presumably--

Every time she is born, a large number of people (one-third of all lives) die.

In order to eliminate her as a public enemy, people will be forced to unite, and after victory, relying on the unity achieved in this process - and the human resource vacancies caused by the large-scale population losses, the majority of survivors (two-thirds of the lives) will usher in a new round of prosperity.

Until a new round of "truth, goodness and beauty" accumulates.

This cycle continues over and over again.

Or, when human history continues to spiral upward in this way until a utopian society with universal, fair and reasonable welfare rules is established.

As a beast, it is probably the weakest.

Because it can never mature, because the meaning of her desire to be born is to be destroyed after that.

"No need for extra mercy."

The Dragon Demon's voice entered Shirou and Sakura's minds:
"No matter what, no matter what her background is, the fact that she will be slaughtered indiscriminately once she is born will not change. This fact cannot be changed by a few people, and it cannot be changed by a few 'heroes'.
Only the "people" as the majority can create together the "history" that will completely eliminate it.

The hero just needs to enjoy the glory of destroying it.

This is the meaning and value of 'all the evils of this world' as falsehood. "

Can't believe him.

We cannot take Dragon Demon's statement for granted.

Because doing so is equivalent to acknowledging the necessity of the existence of "all the evil in this world."

Because this is equivalent to using the "heroic historical view" to negate the "people's historical view".

A hero cannot be a hero belonging to heroes alone, but a hero belonging to the people. Everyone should become a hero, big or small.

If this cannot be done - if one can accept the views of the dragon demon and the evil god for the sake of peace of mind, then the 'Beast of Truth, Goodness and Beauty' will never be destroyed.

This will be painful.

The mental torture will continue.

But, to put it simply, once you agree with the 'beast of truth, goodness and beauty' for the sake of temporary comfort, it is equivalent to accepting this 'hypocritical concept of truth, goodness and beauty'.

You will be engulfed by its chaotic consciousness.

Shirou will lose his ability to fight, and Sakura will be swallowed up by it and lost in the "peace of mind (hypocritical truth, goodness and beauty)". In this way, it will be even more difficult to win the Fuyuki Incident!

If Sakura can't hold on here, then in order to destroy the beast of truth, goodness and beauty here, Sakura will have to be killed together with her!
This is definitely something Shirou and Rin don't want to see, so they will try every means to rescue Sakura, and the difficulty of winning this battle continues to increase!

This is the trial (exam) that the Dragon Demon prepared for Sakura.

As for Shirou, well, Shirou was just implicated this time. After all, the Dragon Demon couldn't predict the future completely. The Dragon Demon didn't know in advance that Shirou had actually acquired the ability to 'forge Zanpakuto', and he used Sakura as the material to forge his own Zanpakuto.

[The time for trial has come! ]

[This is the test that the Dragon Demon prepared for Sakura. Shirou was dragged into this because of the soul connection of his Zanpakutō.]

[The content is to fight against the spiritual erosion of "all the evils of this false world"]

[Difficulty for Shirou: 30]

[Shirou's 'will': 1D100=81 (not surprising)]

[Difficulty for Sakura: 96]

[Sakura's 'will (degree of shaken)': 1D100=38]

[Correction provided by the skill 'Steel Resolve' (this skill was obtained by Sakura in her previous great success, so it is only considered as an additional correction here and is not included in the difficulty): 1D100=95]

[Total: 133]

Shirou had no intention of wavering at all - that's right, he was not the kind of soft-hearted person who would get entangled in such matters.

But after learning the truth about the karma carried by the 'Beast of Truth, Goodness and Beauty', Sakura was greatly shaken.

(This is simply forcing and persecuting the victim, forcing the victim to commit a crime, and then eliminating her with a clear conscience!)
Perhaps it was her empathy as Sakura, or perhaps it was the remnants of her memories of her past life as Fujimaru Ritsuka that resonated with her, but Sakura was deeply shaken.

She couldn't handle it on her own, she just forced herself to endure it, to persist and to hold on.

Even if he wavered, he still held on: Was it because he didn't want to see Shirou and Rin take greater risks?
Or maybe it means.
Sakura looked sadly at the false Angora Mainyu, the false evil god, who held up her own face in her sea of consciousness, eager to see herself being devoured and assimilated by her.

Ying pursed her lips and said, "I can't let you kill me. If I let you become the real perpetrator here, then there will be no turning back for you."

Evil God: “?”

The evil god couldn't understand, couldn't comprehend the meaning of Sakura's words.

The sad beast of truth, goodness and beauty is just eager to be born, eager to destroy one-third of mankind (the minority), and eager to become a sacrifice for the happiness of two-thirds of mankind (the majority).

He doesn't even have a real personality, but is just a fake (projection) that thinks based on Sakura's personality. Or perhaps it's the remnants of Fujimaru Ritsuka's personality in his previous life.

Sakura's words will not change anything about the evil god.

What the evil god wants to do remains the same.

However - for Shirou, thanks to Sakura's perseverance, a worse situation was avoided!
The content of the battle will not change.

If you want to save Sakura, you have to destroy this young beast that is eager to be born!

The confrontation in the spiritual realm only lasts a moment in reality.

Although Toosaka Rin knew what Shirou and Sakura had just experienced, there was no time to explain so much now.

In reality, the problem facing Shirou and Rin is that they originally planned to rely on Sakura to try to break through the evil god's AT force field, but now they have to think of a new way!

Even after losing Sakura, the maintenance of Susanoo's form became unstable again!

It might not be long before the Susanoo controlled by Shirou suddenly opens its mouth and goes into a runaway state.

Is there a way to overcome all of this and then seize the opportunity to turn defeat into victory?
Shirou looked up and saw the wall of his heart rotating and unfolding through the magnetic field in front of him. At the same time, an evil god with an ominous black halo appeared behind him. This guy stole the entire skill set that Father Kotomine had used before!

But then again.

In this field, perhaps no one is more convinced than the evil god himself that 'the senior's words will always lead to a way out of this situation'?
Although Shirou felt strange being addressed as 'senpai' by her.

But - she was right!

Shirou really has a way!

"Rin! I want to project the Taibai Jinsei technique!"

Shirou couldn't do it now?

Then let 'Future Shirou' come!

Let Shirou, the future man who can break the impasse, come!
"You come and help me!"

Toosaka Rin, who is in close contact with Shirou, immediately understands Shirou's plan - how difficult is it to do this?
At this point, Toosaka Rin no longer has the mental energy to think about these things.

After all! I can only go up!
--projection

The target is the thought magic of Baidizi, Li Bai, and Taibai Jinxing: "Asking the Moon with Wine"

Taking advantage of the delay in the propagation of light in the universe, the light of the future is projected to the present, the information of the future is transmitted to the present, and the power of the future is projected onto the present self.

Although the principle seems to be very complicated, the effect is simple and clear——

Is it really?

No, in fact, its effect is not that simple.

Because in the Type-Moon world, there is no such thing as a 'completely predetermined fate'.

The future is the future, the present is the present.

As for the present, what kind of future we will arrive at will always be uncertain unless there is special force intervening.

Therefore, the key to successfully launching this technique lies in the caster's thoughts.

The practitioner must be able to accurately describe and imagine his or her future self in his or her mind.

What will a person become in the future?
At present, this has infinite possibilities. Countless possibilities correspond to countless parallel worlds.

In other words, Taibai Jinxing's technique is actually an imitation of one of the five major magics - the magic of "Parallel World Interference" mastered by Grandmaster Toosaka Rin.

This is not difficult for Toosaka Rin. After all, Toosaka Rin is a genius, and she is very proud and confident, and has a very clear plan for her future growth.

Rin may not be able to imagine what she will be like in 20 or 30 years, but she can imagine what she will be like in 10 years.

In other words, the actual operation process of this technique should be: the practitioner first "assumes a future for himself", and then firmly believes that this future is his own possibility, and then selects a future posture that is closest to this assumption from the infinite parallel worlds, and projects it onto his current self.

But this is very difficult for Shirou, because Shirou, who became a mushroom man due to the disaster of Fuyuki, has only recently gradually grasped the sense of "living in the present". It is a bit too difficult for you to ask him to "imagine the future"
but!

The foreshadowing has already been laid.

The trial that the Dragon Demon gave to Shirou ended in an unexpected failure, which led to the appearance of the evil spirit of Kiara Sesshōuin from the future in another world.

She brought information about the computer magic of that world, and also brought information about the "possible future" of Shirou Emiya in that world.

Shirou would not become that Kuroe Miya, he would not become that 'evil mortal enemy', that killing machine that went down a strange path.

But the current Shirou needs the power of Kuroe Miya——he needs the mature 'Projection Power' of his future self!
For Shirou, there is no need to "imagine the future", just try hard to imagine "Kuromi Palace"!
Toosaka Rin reminded Shirou: "Once the technique is activated, it will be subjected to a 'test' on the spiritual level? This description should be more accurate."

Toosaka Rin hesitated for a moment, then reminded: "If you succeed, the feedback in reality will be just a moment. If you fail, you will faint for a short time in reality - don't feel psychologically burdened, I will find a way to buy you some time!"

"Okay," Shirou said without hesitation, "I believe in Rin."

"Don't be so straight at this time!"

——Ceremony starts

The moment it was activated, Shirou understood why Toosaka Rin described the process of this technique as "a mental test".

Shirou's consciousness rushed into a fog.

No, that's not right. It's not 'fog', it should be said that we are facing a 'sandstorm' head-on.

Shirou's intuition told him that if he wanted to successfully complete the ritual, he had to move forward, against the wind in the sandstorm, without being able to see the 'front' clearly.

However, the more you advance in the sandstorm, the more your self-awareness will become blurred, and a voice will constantly ask the caster:
"who are you?"

"Where are you going?"

“What kind of life do you want to live?”

If you want to move forward despite the headwinds of the sandstorm, you must continue to answer this question in your mind and constantly "imagine" your "future".

Who is your future?
Where is your future going?
What kind of life will you live in the future?
Keep thinking, keep moving forward. In this process, Shirou's body will continue to grow and get closer to the future.

However, the more you try to approach the future mentally, the more you keep moving forward and constantly "imagine the future", the more fragile your self-awareness of your "present self" will become.

The body seemed to have turned into fragile glass.

At this point, if you want to move forward, it is more about relying on spiritual "instinct" than on strong will.

Spiritual instinct - the desire for the future.

Does Shirou Emiya really have such a thing?

I don't know. Shirou doesn't think he has this ability (performance) now, so he needs Toosaka Rin's assistance in this process.

Even though Shirou thought it was so difficult for him, he decided to do it.

reason?

This isn't a case of asking 'why do this'.

It's a 'gotta do it' situation!

Go ahead!
Keep going!
To build the future.

Imagine the back of 'that guy (your future possibility)'!

[Shirou attempts to project the White Emperor's thought magic - "Asking the Moon with Wine (Pre-taking the Body in the Real World)"]

[In this way, you can project the power of your future self onto your present self, and gain a chance to break through.]

[Difficulty: 150]

[Emiya Shirou's 'Instinct (Desire for the Future)': 1D100=97]

[Kuromi's 'Response': 1D100=40]

[Tousaka Rin's 'Assistance (White Emperor's Son)': 1D100=7]

[Tousaka Rin's trait 'Scholar (Occult)': 20]

[Total: 164]

【BGM：emiya】

- Shirou was wrong
Because of the mushroom man's physique, he made a mistake from the beginning.

His personality is modeled after Miyamoto Musashi.

Ms. Musashi's biggest confusion at the moment is her "own future". Because she is confused about her future, Ms. Musashi always tries her best to find ways to be optimistic and cheerful and "live in the present".

However, no matter how much he imitates, Shirou is not Musashi after all.

The magic is so close, but the decisive gap still exists.

A desire for the future?

Come to think of it, didn't Shirou show this once before?
When he was fighting against the evil spirit Sesshōin, and saw the memory of his so-called 'future self (Kuroemiya)' brought by Sesshōin, didn't Shirou show a strong resistance to that future? !

It’s just that Mushroom Man Lang is so dull that he can’t even notice or he can’t accurately describe and understand this feeling:

"I will never become that future you (Kuroemiya)"

Strongly reject one of the future possibilities -

Isn't it also a kind of hope for one's future self?
The body in the glass state was shattered, but underneath it was the more mature figure of the future Shirou who had completed his growth!
I saw it.

Shirou saw a figure from behind.

The back of a man with white hair, a slicked-back hair, holding a samurai sword, wearing a black coat, and hiding a gun as a concealed weapon under the coat!
He turned his head and stood at the edge of the spiritual space in front of him that was already cracked like glass, looking at the figure behind him who refused to be his own "self" and just wanted to borrow his power!

Using a declarative tone, he spoke in a questioning tone:

"Can you keep up?"

Can you keep up?
"wrong."

Shirou accelerated and sprinted, his body growing in the process, getting closer and closer to his opponent while always maintaining a visible difference.

Shirou wasn't going to 'follow him'.

Because Shirou never intended to be him!

Shirou also doesn't plan for his future and remains stagnant at his level!

But sooner or later you will surpass it!
But now I need to borrow your strength!
Whether it's 'Partner of Justice (Emiya Shirou)'

Or 'Evil Enemy (Emiya Shirou)'

As long as it's Emiya Shirou (me), I will definitely lend a helping hand in this situation!

and so--

"It should be whether you can keep up with me!"

Shirou charged forward, piercing through the illusion of his future self.

At that moment, Shirou saw the black Emiya. He also saw the red Emiya, the snow Emiya, the Emiya of the sea of data, and various phantoms of Shirou Emiya (himself).

Smash the space in front of you!
——Replay the accumulated years

——Empathetic growth experience

——Imitation production technology

——Copy the constituent materials

——Imagine the basic framework

——Identify and create concepts

"Projection Start"

Shirou opened his eyes again in reality!
The real me has turned into the 'imaginary Shirou Emiya' that Shirou had constructed in his imagination, a combination of many of Shirou Emiya's futures and his current hopes!

It is different from the thought magic of Taibai Jinxing used by Toosaka Rin. If I have to say, Shirou's projected thought magic has become a mutated special skill because it incorporates a huge amount of causal threads connecting the present and the future.

Shirou's thought magic -

"'Pre-projection of the False World and the True World' - let's call it this." Toosaka Rin, who understood what happened to Shirou immediately and who had almost no time to put in any effort during the projection process as Shirou completed it by himself, helped Shirou name this thought magic as a cultural person.

[Great Success Reward: Shirou obtains his own thought magic "Pre-take of the False World and the True World". When the condition of "an extremely strong desire for the future" is met, he attempts to obtain "the power of his future self"]

Shirou didn't care about what the narration was recording at this time.

Because at this moment, he has more important things to do.

Projection of 'the knife' seen not long ago.

Something that made the dragon demons watching the battle stunned and extremely happy!
That is--

Kotomine Kirei's 'Zanpakutō'!
[Having acquired the power of his future self, Shirou's projection target is Kotomine Kirei's 'Zanpakutō'! ]

[Difficulty: 750]

[Shirou's 'Projection Magic (Pre-take of the False World and the Real World)': 1D1000=844]

Projection successful.

Then, unleash the power to sound the clarion call for counterattack!

"Swastika!"

Father Kotomine's Bankai is also the power of the Dragon Demon Azdahaka
“——Khvarenah!!!!”

←to be continue!

(End of this chapter)