Shirou Emiya is challenging FGO

Chapter 87: Will Fujimaru Ritsuka dream of Oma Zi-O? (1! Please give me a monthly ticket! Please subscribe automatically!)
85. The strongest modern Fujimaru Ritsuka
mentioned before.

The evil god calls Shirou "senior", which is actually a misunderstanding. The seven-year-old Shirou did lose his memory and his heart due to the disaster. After he turned into a mushroom man, he needed to borrow Miss Musashi's heart (personality) to think and act.

But Shirou was not born without a heart. He was born only able to borrow the personalities of others and did not have his own personality.

He was only temporarily ill.

Just like Asagami Fujino, it was because of the illness that her personality temporarily changed.

But the disease can be cured.

Shirou has experienced many things, whether it is an intense adventure or a peaceful daily life. After accumulating little by little, the missing heart will gradually be made up.

Shirou now has become much more normal compared to the boy who saved the world back then.

But compared to normal people, beneath his expressionless appearance, he is actually more honest and dull in his heart. He is more accustomed to taking direct action rather than preaching - of course, when the problem cannot be solved by force, he will occasionally seem to be "talkative" and mutter a lot of words.

People who are not familiar with Shirou would think that he is a ruthless, quiet and violent machine.

Those who are familiar with Shirou will know that he is just a bit of a gossip.

Of course, he still retains the ability to "listen to other people's inner thoughts". Because of this ability, although he seems to be expressionless, he is actually good at listening, good at hearing the essence of other people's inner problems hidden under their words, and pointing them out straightforwardly.

People who are familiar with him may think that Shirou is "too good at straight-ball attacks".

Shirou is the type of person who can keep a straight face and ask other people about their privacy without them getting angry or losing control.

People who are not familiar with him may think he is gossipy or reserved.

But as long as you spend a little time with him, you will find that he is actually very approachable, although he may occasionally make some common sense mistakes - in fact, it can't be said that he makes mistakes, it's just that his common sense is somewhat different from that of ordinary people, so he appears to be "gossipy" and "repressed".

He is just ruthless and doesn't talk much most of the time, but when it's time to talk, he becomes very talkative.

Shirou, who was good at listening, noticed the true nature of Blackcaster, who seemed to be 'unkind' and 'chatty, not like King Arthur'.

--Lonely

She is a lonely person, but not autistic. She is the kind of person who pretends to be sunny and cheerful, deceiving herself so that she can "have good expectations for the future" and barely survive.

Her loneliness actually comes from her desire to get along with others, and to be accepted by others sincerely, but she is also afraid of being hurt.

She is like a monkey.
Shirou hesitated.

Looking at Caster, who was eating rice and meat like a starving ghost, the clean plates without even a bit of grease left on them kept piling up around him.

It looks more like a wild boar than a monkey.

She was lonely, but she didn't want to be lonely forever. If someone was nice to her and gave her an apple as a reward, she would eat it happily and then follow that person happily.

Shirou guessed: she must have met someone who was good to her and believed in him from the bottom of her heart, but was betrayed in the end - that's why she looked the way Shirou saw her.

Like a wild boar covered with thorns.

You want to snuggle up with someone for warmth, but you are afraid of getting hurt, so you put up your thorns, but the thorns themselves can easily hurt the people around you.

".Have you ever had a companion?" Shirou asked Caster.

"Yes, we had quite a few friends in the trenches with us," Custer said in a muffled voice.

"You mean, they're all dead," Shirou said firmly.

Custer was stunned: "Oh my god! If he's not the boss, is there anyone who speaks so straightforwardly as you?"

But he didn't deny it.

So Shirou said: "I will not really die. I will be your friend - your boss, and employ you for life."

"You're just feeling sorry for me." Custer lowered his head. "Nocknalei. Someone said something similar to me before, but she still died. We had an agreement, and she died no matter how much I cried, scolded, or begged her."

"I do feel sorry for you." Shirou admitted directly, "Because you are still rejecting me now, and if we can't understand each other's past, the only thing I can do for you is to 'be nice to you out of pity'."

"Thanks, boss." Custer whispered, "I understand what you mean. Just think of it as being cheated. I will work for you."

"No, you didn't understand me." Shirou shook his head.

Custer: "I understand, I understand. Those who pity me and try to win me over, whether they are truly kind to me or just want to use me, always say this at the beginning."

"I mean - it doesn't matter if I die, because I have a backup plan."

Caster was stunned. She raised her head and looked directly at Shirou. This was the first time she looked at Shirou Emiya seriously.

This young man had hair that looked like flames of forged steel and he wore a turban with a forehead protector made of metal armor plates. Strangely, the forehead protector covered his left eye, leaving only his right eye exposed.

He always had a blank expression on his face, and the only eye that was exposed was his right eye, which was an abnormal golden color - it had a luster like burning molten red gold. Just looking into that golden eye would make ordinary people feel shocked and unable to look directly at it.

The slender pupils were golden eyes that burned like those of a wild beast.

Just looking at him like this would make one think he is a 'fire type' character.

Sensing Caster's gaze, Shirou pointed to his right eye and said, "It wasn't like this before, but some strange blood got mixed into my body. After living together for many years, it mutated and became like this. If you feel uncomfortable..."

You can avoid it if you feel uncomfortable. I will wear contact lenses when I go out - Shirou wanted to say this.

Unexpectedly, Custer suddenly said, "It's quite cute. It reminds me of the super cute cat that Morgan has."

Cat—cat?

Shirou was stunned. Although his expression was still expressionless, a 'dull' aura emanated from him: normally, shouldn't he be associated with a snake or a dragon?
In fact, the reason why Shirou's eye looks like this now is also the external manifestation of the long-term influence of the Dragon Demon Blood for ten years.

But
"It is said that the design of modern dragon images is largely based on the habits of cats." Shirou could only say this, "It's not wrong if you say so."

Custer immediately realized that he had said something that made the topic awkward, so... uh, he lowered his head and continued to eat.

Shirou sighed imperceptibly: What on earth did she go through to become such a twisted person like Altria?

Shirou could only change the subject somewhat awkwardly: "Anyway, I have told all my companions that even if I die, I will definitely be registered as a guardian by the Throne of Heroes, so even if I die, you just need to find a way to summon me immediately.

I am the kind of person who will not leave even if I die, but will stand beside my companions and continue to fight. "

Custer scratched his head, his eyes a little vague: "Boss, you don't need to say so much, I am your employee, or do you like to be called 'henchman' or something like that?

I know you feel sorry for me and want to show your nice attitude towards me - but I don’t really care about these, really, you treat me well and I work for you, it’s that simple.

Boss, do you know how I died in the end? "

Shirou shook his head.

Custer sighed, but did not put down the knife and fork in his hand. Instead, he continued cutting the meat while speaking calmly:
"In the end, I still stood with that bastard Queen Morgan. Although she is also a bastard, she is a good bastard different from other bastard fairies. I am probably completely different from the 'Master of the Holy Sword Altria' that you know, boss.

My destiny was not to become a holy swordsman or a knight king.

Instead, it is the 'raw material for forging a holy sword', destined to be forged into a holy sword and then wielded by the 'savior'.

I'm not even a human being, just an immature 'sword embryo'.

I was finally forged into a holy sword, wielded by Queen Morgan, and defeated the boss. As a holy sword or a magic sword, I perished together with the boss, and the fragments fell into the abyss. As for whether Morgan saved the world after that? Did she become a true savior? To bring peace and happiness to my shitty world?
That’s none of my business!
I don’t know about that, and I don’t care. I’m just a little country girl who has been given the fate of saving the world for no apparent reason.”

Custer shrugged and stuck out his tongue:

"My whole life, I have been used as someone's 'sword'. Some are good to me, some are bad to me, but I am fine. Whoever I serve as a sword to is not a sword? As long as you, the boss, provide me with enough food, I don't care whether you are a hero or a devil, or whether you are kind or hypocritical.

I don’t care whether I am a holy sword or a demonic sword, and it doesn’t matter whether I am used to save the world or destroy the world.

If you need me, I will be used as your sword - our contract is that simple.

Ah, but my level seems to have dropped now, and I need to start training my sword skills again."

Caster scratched his head and looked at Shirou awkwardly.

Shirou was silent.

You are a stubborn guy. Fortunately, Shirou has the ability to read the narration.

This wild boar princess covered in thorns - at least the thorns on her body had been softened a lot when facing Shirou.

She was just being stubborn in her words.

Shirou reluctantly stood up, walked to the kitchen again, and started cooking again.

Custer's eyes lit up immediately: "Wow! Boss! Our benefits are so good? Did you know that I can eat a lot and not only did they not punish me, they even gave me extra meals?!"

Shirou held his forehead in his hand because he was speechless. "I saw that you ate too much. I guess that Rin and Sakura, as well as the Digital Heroic Spirits they summoned, might not have enough to eat. These are not enough for you? Just tell me, I will give you more food. Anyway, ordinary ingredients are basically unlimited these days. If you want to eat some strange monster dishes, you have to hunt them yourself."

"Great!" Custer jumped up happily when he heard that he could have unlimited extra meals. "I love you so much, boss! You're the best!"

Shirou couldn't help but shake his head.

This Altria Caster is said to be a dark version, but why does she give Shirou the feeling of a loser who is giving up?

I don’t know what the real Knight King Artoria would think when she sees a subspecies like me.

(I understand why I summoned her from the Data Storm.)

Similarities at the soul level, similarities at the fate level.

Is this also a kind of fate?

Shirou paused.

He suddenly thought of something, so he poked his head out from the direction of the kitchen and reminded Custer: "You said your ability is to 'turn into a sword for me to wield'?"

"Yes. Boss, do you think this ability is too abstract and rare to understand? It's okay. I can explain it to you."

"No, that's not what I meant." Shirou waved the spatula in his hand, interrupting Caster's 'self-introduction' that was as skilled as a social animal. "Just pretend that your ability doesn't exist. I don't have to let you go to the battlefield - so when my companions come, don't tell them about this yet."

Custer tilted his head: "What should I say when they ask me what abilities I have?"

Shirou: "Besides that, you can say whatever you want."

"Boss, is there any bad guy among your companions who might want to take advantage of me?" Custer became alert.

"That's not the case. If you simply complain to them, they will easily accept you. There is one person (Ryougi Ori/Ryougi Shiki) who is very interested in rare swords, but she is not the focus."

"What's the point?"

Shirou said solemnly: "Someone (Sakura) will think you are stealing her job."

Custer: “???”

Shirou felt that if Caster really told the truth, he seemed to be able to see the scene where Sakura pointed at Caster with a conflicted face and shouted "Awesome!!!" and "I only need one of your sword!"

Talk about it.

Could it be that Shirou Emiya has some kind of destiny to wield two swords and become a dual-sword warrior?
Anyway!

The food is ready! No matter what strange creatures come later, Shirou must at least make sure their appetites are satisfied!
Could there be some strange creature being summoned? Shirou couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

Flat once told Shirou that in this celestial world, no matter what happens, it is not strange.

Because - Toosaka Rin's previous life was the 'Origin Venus Goddess Astarte'.

Even though Astarte is dead and her power is gone, after she is reincarnated into this world, she will bring a huge amount of data with her invisibly.

(.Rin won't summon any weird things, right?)
[Who is the 'Digital Heroic Partner' summoned by Toosaka Rin? ]

[1. Shirou Emiya (Red A Template)]

[2. Shirou Emiya (Black A Template)]

[3. Shirou Emiya (Miyu's brother template)]

[4. Shirou Emiya (unnamed template)]

[5. Shirou Emiya (the recent popular 'If Shirou Emiya was influenced by Avalon and became Ms. Morgan')]

6. Ishtar

[7. Ereshkigal]

[8. Ishtarin (Good)]

[9. Ishtarin (evil)]

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=7】

what happened?

Although the first five options were all 'Emiya Shirou', for some reason, Shirou had an inexplicable feeling that he would feel extremely nauseous if he got option 5!
Could it be that the subspecies of the being called Emiya Shirou have continued to increase, and the number of strange subspecies has increased! ?
Fortunately, I got option 7, Ereshkigal.
Shirou knew this name.

Because Ishtar and Rin are related as the 'Venus Goddesses', when Shirou was learning about Ishtar, he also learned some information about the Sumerian goddess who is Ishtar's sister.

From a mythological perspective, the goddess Ishtar (Inanna) is the Earth Mother Goddess who represents the abundance and harvest of human life, while Ereshkigal, who represents human death, is the Terrible Mother Goddess who symbolizes death and corruption of the earth.

The Mother Goddess of Fear. I'm afraid she will be a very scary, troublesome, and bad-tempered being.

Shirou thought subconsciously in his mind.

Rin is related to Ishtar, and Ereshkigal is also weakly connected to Rin because of their sisterly relationship and sometimes they are considered to be two sides of the same goddess from the same origin.

She has the lowest probability among the options, and only occupies one option. In a sense, option 689 is actually an option related to Ishtar.

The one with the lowest probability is always more likely to hit. Maybe fate really likes to play jokes.

Shirou is ready for this 'Ereshkigal'!
(I don't know what type of food she likes)

Can Uruk's top chef conquer the stomach of the terrifying mother goddess of the earth?

and many more!

Shirou tilted his head.

(As the Goddess of the Underworld, does she really have a stomach? It can't be a skeleton, right?)
Shirou was on high alert.

At the same time, Sakura's results came out -

[Who is the 'Digital Heroic Partner' summoned by Emiya Sakura? ]

[1. BB]

[2. Meltlilith]

[3. Parson Lip]

4. Candy Cane

5. Violet

[6. Protea (King of Flowers)]

7. Medusa (Anna)

8. Medusa

9. Kama

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=9】

Shirou: What are those options 1 to 6 for Sakura?
As for the final answer, Kamasiro actually knew it.

Kama is the 'God of Love' in ancient Indian mythology.

There are two of her most famous stories.

One is that the gods in heaven once suffered from a demon named Taraka. Later, the gods learned through various methods that only the son of the god of destruction Shiva and the goddess of the snow mountain Parvati could defeat this demon.

However, Shiva was concentrating on his practice at that time and ignored Parvati.

So, under the coercion, inducement and deception of the gods, Kama gritted his teeth and shot the arrow of lust at Shiva, hoping to restore their love as husband and wife.

However, Kama's behavior of disturbing people's practice angered Shiva, who opened his third eye and burned Kama to ashes. What is the fate of the divinity that has been directly subjected to the power of Shiva, the god of destroying everything, that is, the god of the universe, and turned into ashes? Different versions of the story have different differences.

Some versions have it that a new god of love, Kama, was born later.

There are also versions that say Kama was resurrected thanks to the efforts of his wife.

Although Kama seems to be an unlucky social animal who takes the blame from beginning to end in this story, she plays a very important role in the story of Buddhism.

It is also disturbing people's practice.

The only difference is that this time the target changed from Shiva to Sakyamuni, and her name changed to Mara.

When Shakyamuni attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree, Mara tried every means to stop him. He sent three beautiful girls (some say he transformed himself), threw flaming discs, dropped rocks or weapons, sent monsters to attack, and caused heavy rain and storms... However, Shakyamuni turned the thrown discs and weapons into flowers, and his enlightenment was not stopped.

As shown by Kama who obstructed Shiva and Mara who obstructed Shakyamuni, they are defined as beings that "obstruct practitioners."

Alias: “Parimar, the demon king of the sixth heaven” who resides in the sixth heaven of the six desire heavens, the heaven of joy and freedom.

Perhaps it can be said that Kama and Mara are gods who represent both the good and evil sides of the concept of love.

In the past ten years, Shirou has not encountered any major events like those ten years ago. Perhaps due to the lack of experience, his strength has not grown as rapidly as it did in those two months ten years ago.

During these ten years, Shirou spent most of his time practicing asceticism in imitation of Buddha.

He has been honing his basic skills and stabilizing the power in his body - especially the power of the dragon demon.

While investigating the life of Sakyamuni, Shirou also learned something about Mara (Kama).

For Shirou, meditating under a waterfall is simply a daily routine.

Shinji also came along at first, but she soon ran away because she couldn't stand it anymore. Only Sakura accompanied Shirou in his hard training. Rin? As for Tousaka Rin, her training was mainly focused on magic research. In this regard, she only practiced martial arts.

Shinji's main focus is alchemy and spirit magic, and her goal is to build a "real knight system!" for herself.

Facing the ascetic Shirou and Sakura, Shinji often complains about them, "Are you Shiva and Parvati, or Shakya and Mara?"

The reason is that, when they were meditating at the waterfall, Shirou was shirtless, while Sakura was wearing minimal thin clothing, and after getting wet, it was so charming no matter how you looked at it, and the scene was so vivid no matter how you looked at it. Sakura standing there seemed more like she was seducing and affecting Shirou's hard practice than practicing together.

[(What is the "influence" that Shirou has had on Sakura during these ten years of hard training. 50 is the middle value, the higher the value, the greater the positive impact, and the lower the value, the greater the negative impact)]

【（1D100=1）】

Shinji would occasionally warn Shirou with some inexplicable words: "Shirou, you have to be careful. Sakura is not practicing with you at all. She is enjoying herself! She is enjoying your soaked body and witnessing and recording your growth in the past ten years! She is not in pain at all, but enjoying herself! If you are practicing Shakya, she is practicing Mara! Her mind is definitely full of joy Zen! When you all come of age, she will definitely be the first one who can't help it!"

Shirou didn't really understand what Shinji was trying to say.

But he could indeed feel that as Sakura grew older, not only did she become more and more like a homebody, but her personality seemed to be more and more like a "little devil".

Sometimes his hostility towards women who are too close to Shirou - except for Rin Toosaka - becomes more and more obvious.
In addition, compared to Rin, Sakura showed unexpectedly strong talent in spirit magic. Shirou was the same as always, only good at 'projection magic' related techniques.

She can even use spirit particle magic to a certain extent, perform rituals based on the gods 'Kama' and 'Mara' - setting Shirou as 'Shiva' or 'Shaka', thereby defining herself as 'Kama' or 'Mara' in mysticism, and thus imitating their power.

Maybe it's some kind of competitive spirit with Toosaka Rin's 'White Emperor Mode'?
However, perhaps because she is worried about being disliked by Shirou, Sakura will still consciously restrain the more stubborn part of her character and will not take the initiative to do things that she thinks might make Shirou dislike her.

It feels like she is the type of landmine who could become a dangerous bomb if something happens to Shirou someday.

(Come to think of it, could it be because of this connection that Sakura's Digital Heroic Partner is Kama?)
In fact, Ryougi Ori has reminded Shirou from time to time: the pair of sisters around you are actually the type that may turn into demon kings at any time, so Shirou, you have to be careful.

Just when Shirou was worried: Would the Digital Heroic Spirit they summoned be a special case like Caster who was "difficult to deal with"? ——

Both of them brought back their summoned partners safely.

Shirou: "?"

Even Shirou couldn't help but look confused when he saw the people they each brought back.

The expressions on Rin and Sakura's faces were similar to Shirou himself.

What Rin brought back was a blonde version of herself that looked like a little girl.

'The Mother Goddess of Terror' Ereshkigal. There was no sign of terror in her at all. She followed Rin into the house obediently, hiding behind Rin the entire time. She looked timid, but her eyes were full of curiosity about everything around her.

After seeing Shirou, she bowed to him politely and respectfully: "Hello, I am Rin's Digital Heroic Partner, and my job is Lancer. Um, you are the master of this house, so should I call you 'Master'? You can just call me 'Elly'."

So polite! So well behaved! What kind of terrifying mother goddess? She is simply a little angel!

——By the way, why does Ereshkigal look like Toosaka Rin?

The girlish transformation of her body can also be explained as "her level as a Digital Heroic Spirit is still very low."

As for Kama that Sakura brought back.
It is a little girl version of herself with white hair!

I didn’t know and I would have thought it was Sakura from ten years ago showing up again!

Unlike little Ailei, little Kama looked like a kitten that didn't want strangers to come near him. He had a gloomy face the whole time. He didn't even walk back with them. Instead, he was held under the armpit by Ying, who looked very embarrassed, and was forcibly carried back.

"This kid looks like Assassin." Sakura looked helpless.

Kama: “.” Kama, with a gloomy face, showed no intention of speaking the whole time.

Since they are all level 1 when we brought them back, we don't have to worry about them being able to cause trouble for now, right?
Looking at these two people, Shirou felt that he didn't know how to explain to Waver, who had high hopes for their first summoning - was this test of the Digital Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique a success or a failure?

Forget it. Shirou thought: I will just report the truth, and let Waver deal with the rest on his own.

At this moment, Custer, who was still holding a roasted pig's trotter in his mouth, heard the news and came over. Looking at the magical scene here, he was very surprised: "Boss, you are married? Your two wives and two daughters are so big now?"

Shirou (with a strange emphasis on his attention): "How do you manage to talk with something in your mouth?"

Lin (embarrassed mouth twitching): “.”

Ying (with eyes shining with joy): "!!!"

Ai Lei (tilted her head, not understanding): “?”

Kama didn't mean to say anything, but the expression on her face became even uglier. She turned into countless blue flames on the spot, and then the flames penetrated into Sakura's body and disappeared without a trace.

Isn't Kama a little too introverted?

Could she be the Kama when she was burned to ashes by Shiva?
"Senior, I have also tried hard to communicate with this child, but for some reason she seems to have given up on everything and doesn't want to care about anything. She doesn't respond when I ask her."

Sakura gave Shirou an apologetic look and added:
"But I can use her power. It feels like I have an extra pendant on my body. Maybe we'll have a chance to slowly improve our relationship in the future?"

This means that before Kama is willing to open her heart, her existence is just like Sakura becoming Shirou's Zanpakutō, with the additional enchanted damage of 'Fire of the God of Love'?

Toosaka Rin also told Shirou through telepathy: "My situation is similar. Although she is very obedient, when I ask her about her identity, she only says things like 'I am the goddess Ereshkigal', 'I am your Digital Heroic Partner' and so on. She doesn't know a lot of things. Maybe the situation will improve after the upgrade?"

Good guy.

In comparison, perhaps Shirou's Digital Heroic Spirit partner, Altria Cast, is the one who is easiest to communicate with?
Snapped!
Shirou clapped his hands and put them together, announcing the end of this awkward and chaotic scene!

"That's it for now, let's eat first."

☆

If we don’t consider Weber’s stomach pain.

Things went smoothly afterwards.

Little Ailei had no intention of causing any trouble and was very well-behaved and obedient. Kama was autistic and silent, so they didn't cause any more trouble.

Custer only needs to honestly explain his life situation to win the favor of Toosaka Rin and Sakura (poor thing)——

[After hearing about Custer’s experience]

【远坂凛的对她的‘态度（怜悯）’：1D50+50（远坂凛性格使然）=37+50=87】

[Emiya Sakura's 'attitude (pity)' towards her: 1D100=84]

——Well, nothing unexpected happened. Everything developed normally.

It’s better to say that Custer’s past life was really too miserable, so miserable that anyone with normal values would feel sorry for her.

And Caster also remembered Shirou's instructions to her and did not let out the word "I can become Shirou's sword", thus not causing Sakura's hostility.

Everything is going well.

In 2004, the Holy Grail system in Fuyuki City had been dismantled, and even the entire city of Fuyuki City had disappeared.

Everything seems to be in peace and tranquility, moving steadily towards the future.

Although because there were no major events and the lack of pressure of life-and-death clashes with powerful opponents, Shirou's growth has slowed down and is more limited to basic skills and stable strength. But peace is a good thing.

No one knows how long the peace will last.

After all, if a story begins, it often means that a hero is needed, and a world that needs a hero itself means a huge crisis.

If only the 'story really began'.

Shirou's daily routine of studying, practicing hard, delving into cooking, and occasionally going to defeat data lifeforms that cause trouble, is probably coming to an end?
Talk about it.

Ten years ago, the 'chosen children' saved the world.

Ryougi Ori is already 24 years old, Asagami Fujino is already 23 years old, they are already adults, and with Illya who is almost 19 years old, they are now like Kiritsugu, people in society who often run around the world to various events.

Ryougi Ori now runs a Yorozuya, where Asagami Fujino and Illya both work. Although the base is also set in Akihabara, they often have to go on business trips - the alliance is short of manpower. In fact, Shirou and Sakura also have to go on business trips from time to time, only Shinji and Rin are researchers, so they stay in the base most of the time.

Shinji's main research area is the development of applied engineering for spirit particle magic.

Toosaka Rin was looking for a way to restore communication with Chaldea. For some reason, there had been no news from Chaldea in the past ten years, and no one knew how chaotic the flow of time on both sides was.

The youngest child: Kiara Emiya is fourteen years old this year, and Kallen Kotomine is fifteen years old this year. They are still children, and their main focus at the moment is going to school and practicing with Father Kotomine. They also work part-time as patrol officers for the original Akihabara body.

The two of them are considered the local permanent combat force.

Even such a child has to be used as a permanent combat force, so it is conceivable that the alliance is stretched in terms of combat power. Shirou can understand why Waver and Lanis are eager to promote the "Digi-Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique".

It has only been four years since the year 2000, when the real world was invaded by games and humans and the space they live in were highly digitized.

If another ten years pass, in 2014 or 2024, who knows what kind of terrible monsters will appear in reality?

But Shirou is not a developer. He can fight, but he can't help with research. In terms of research, Shirou can only help with making swords and the like.

Just when Shirou was thinking: When I report the situation to Waver later, I can also ask Shinji when she can summon her Digital Heroic Partner.

A sudden change occurred!

A new 'plot-related judgment content' suddenly appeared in the narration!
Shirou suddenly became serious.

In fact, he has never forgotten it. Ten years ago, the narrator specifically mentioned this critical time node in 2004.

Shirou had not forgotten, and neither had the chosen children, and they had been on guard ever since.

It's just that the entire celestial world has been changing so rapidly in the past ten years - especially after 2000, that they have never been able to figure out what the "big story" of 2004 will be.

There are too many miscellaneous events, but compared with the battle to save Fuyuki City in 1994, these events can only be regarded as minor episodes that are off-topic, except for the digital invasion of reality in 2000.

Shirou has been waiting for the narration to update the plot judgment content, and he has been waiting until two-thirds of the year has passed, and now, it finally appears!
[2004 has arrived. Should we directly enter the main storyline of "Fate/Grand Order (FGO)" 'Flame Pollutes the World (Humanity Burns)'? 】

[1. Before this, there seems to be an episode (additional judgment on what it is)]

[2. Start directly]

【1D2=2】

coming!

Shirou tensed up!
In 2004, the big plot is finally about to begin!

'The flames pollute the world'? What does this mean?
Shirou notified Rin and Sakura immediately. They were originally comforting Caster while enjoying the food, but they put down their cutlery at the same time and began to prepare for the battle!

What exactly is the mutation?

Just as Shirou was thinking this, a communication request suddenly popped up in the upper right corner of Shirou's sight.

It's Weber.

connected.

Waver didn't come to ask about the follow-up test results. He went straight to the point:
"Something happened to Illyasviel!"

Something happened to Illya?

Before mentioning this, I must first briefly explain what Illya, Shirou's sister, has been busy with recently.

Starting from the beginning of 2004, a series of small-scale "false Holy Grail Wars" and "incomplete Holy Grail Wars" suddenly appeared in various parts of the celestial world.

These Holy Grail Wars are collectively referred to as 'Subspecies Holy Grail Wars'.

In this subspecies of the Holy Grail War, there is neither the Greater Holy Grail system nor the "Lesser Holy Grail" as a reward for making wishes, and even the Master does not have a Command Seal.

Those who are involved in the Subspecies Holy Grail War will summon Data Servants in a daze, and then, under the guidance of a mysterious voice, begin fighting with other Masters.

Among these, only a small number of sub-species Holy Grail Wars will result in loss of life. Most of the sub-species Holy Grail Wars start inexplicably and end inexplicably. Even the summoned servants find it inexplicable. Except for some battle-crazed servants, most of the servants cannot even fight.

The Alliance naturally tried to communicate with those servants in an attempt to understand the situation.

But either nothing could be learned from the questions, or the unstable subspecies Holy Grail War ended inexplicably - a normal Holy Grail War usually lasts seven days, while these subspecies Holy Grail Wars only last two to three days on average.

Moreover, the locations are refreshed all over the world without any rules.

The participants involved thought, "Is there someone testing the game?"

The only result that the Alliance has discovered from research on these data servants is the 'Digi-Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique' that Waver is now testing on Shirou.

Although nothing major has happened, we can't just leave it alone.

So in 2004, the chosen children were very busy and had to run around everywhere - there were few situations where they needed to fight, but it was really troublesome to record the data.

Testing the 'Digi-Heroic Spirit Summoning Technique' was actually Shirou and Sakura's first chance to spend a long time with Toosaka Rin this year - it could be considered a 'vacation'.

Illya has also been busy investigating and recording the subspecies Holy Grail Wars in various places recently.

According to Weber:

"Just now, we received a message from Illyasviel. She said that on her way back to Akihabara, she found the magical fluctuations of the subspecies Holy Grail War at the site of the former Fuyuki City. After investigating, she discovered that a 'secret realm' had actually formed there!
Then, the news of Illyasviel stopped. "

Finished speaking.

Shirou, Rin, and Sakura all began to prepare for the long journey at the same time.

Even Custer, who was eating heartily as if he could never be full, put down the pig's trotter in his hand when he saw that the atmosphere was not right: "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Except for you, I have already informed everyone. Ryougi, Asakami, and Emiya Kiritsugu have all stopped their original work and are rushing to the ruins of the old Fuyuki City. I have already informed Father Kotomine and he has already set off.

After Lanis and I finish processing the documents on hand, we will set off immediately. You should also leave quickly - but when you get there, don't rashly enter the subspace of the secret realm! Just observe from the outside and wait for the main force to meet up!

Don’t rush it!”

☆

——Don't rush things.

That's what Weber said.

Three hours later, Shirou, Rin, Sakura, the three people from Fuyuki City, along with newcomers Caster and little Elle, arrived at the outskirts of the old Fuyuki City ruins.

As the sea level rises, the former Fuyuki City has disappeared under the sea without a trace.

Shirou had returned to Fuyuki City in the past few years, but there was nothing here anymore.

Because the world itself is digitized, people can easily expand space through spirit particle magic. The space size of an ordinary bungalow may be that of a Western-style mansion. Because of this, people have extremely low requirements for the amount of land for survival.

In this era, the only things that can be considered luxuries, apart from the rare materials dropped after hunting powerful Dead Apostles or defeating giant beasts, are the foods grown using traditional natural methods.

Obviously, even if technology improves, no one is interested in redeveloping the old land that was submerged by the sea.

Except for the mosaic cities where people live, most of the land on the earth is deserted.

The same is true for Fuyuki City.

When you normally come to see it, at most you can see some land that was originally on the top of the mountain, or the upper floors of skyscrapers that have not been completely sunk.

But it's different now.

"What...is that?" Sakura muttered to herself.

The entire Fuyuki City was surrounded by something that appeared out of nowhere and looked like a 'light fence'. The height of the light fence went straight into the sky, and it was probably more than 10,000 meters just by visual observation.

"Boundary? Who set it up?" Lin frowned. She started to investigate: "No, the underwater part is also completely surrounded."

Custer narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance: "Look carefully, in the center of the city, I seem to be able to see the shadow of a huge tree? It's so big! The huge tree stretches all the way to the sky. Could it be the legendary world tree?"

No one can answer these questions.

Shirou began to look for Father Kotomine, who, in theory, had arrived before them - but he could not find him.

".There's no point just waiting here! Sakura, if we can't find Father Kotomine, then let's try to attack this light fence! Use Getsuga Tensho!"

Shirou, who was a man of action, was obviously unable to wait any longer.

Instead, Sakura hesitated: "But Shirou, didn't Professor Weber ask us to wait?"

"I know, so I didn't say to force my way in, but to try attacking from a distance."

"Shirou, calm down." Rin also spoke to persuade Shirou.

Just as Shirou was looking for Kotomine Kirei and kept dialing the number, hoping that Kotomine Kirei or Illya would reply -

The incoming call notification suddenly lit up!

But it's Shinji's.

Shinji: "Wait for me! Wait for me! Although you don't always count me as a combatant, I was also a member of the group that saved the world ten years ago!"

"It's too dangerous here." Now it was Shirou's turn to persuade Shinji not to get too excited. "Go find Gamesh. She's always elusive. You're the only one among us who often finds her to play games with."

"I looked for her! But I couldn't find her - anyway, as for that Jinpika, if there's any big news, she'll come by herself without us notifying her!"

Just when Shirou was still trying to figure out how to persuade Shinji, a non-combatant, not to get involved—

"what is that?!"

The first person to notice the change and scream out in surprise was Sakura.

It's flame.

A huge fireball, whose visible width was over three thousand meters, suddenly appeared in the sky above Fuyuki City. It fell from the sky and slammed head-on into a towering tree that had come from nowhere!
The giant tree that looked like the world tree in Norse mythology was instantly ignited.

The entire city of Fuyuki was set on fire - and then there was an explosion!

The fence of light only blocked the flames that seemed to burn the entire world for a moment before it was shattered from the inside. However, the exploding flames showed no sign of stopping!
Everything happened so fast that there was not even time for Shirou's team to react before the flames devoured everything within their sight.

Fire, explosions, and earthquakes. Earthquakes?

No! wrong!

It was not just a simple earthquake, but the entire world beneath our feet - the entire celestial world, was swallowed up by the burning flame. Even the planets beneath our feet began to disintegrate, and countless data lights surged into the sky uncontrollably!

What happened?

In the moment before Shirou lost consciousness, he only heard Sakura mumbling in a dream:

".Humanity is burning, here it comes."

And the last words that appeared in the narration——

[Heading to 'Singularity F: Flame-Suppressed City: Fuyuki 2004'——]

[When did Shirou enter the plot of "Flame Pollution World (Humanity Burning/Part 1)"? 】

[1. Arrival at Chaldea before the Chaldea Explosion (Additional Story Judgment)]

[2. Arrival at Chaldea after the Chaldea Explosion (Additional Story Judgment)]

[3. Directly appeared in the singularity F: Fuyuki City (If this option is selected, the introduction of Fujimaru Ritsuka will be carried out first - that is, a simple explanation and judgment of the plot before Fujimaru Ritsuka arrived at the singularity F Fuyuki and met Shirou)]

【1D3=3】

[Additional judgment first: How did Fujimaru Ritsuka and Shirou meet? ]

[1. Normally, I met Shirou at Singularity F]

[2. Summon Shirou as your Servant]

【1D2=2】

[Then add judgment: Rin, Sakura, and Caster's 'Lucky Judgment']

[Difficulty: 50]

[Successful people will also land at singularity F, otherwise they will randomly land at other singularities]

[Rin's 'Luck': 1D100=44]

[Sakura's 'Luck': 1D100=14]

[Castor's 'Luck': 1D100=69]

[Only Caster followed to singularity F, while Rin and Sakura were randomly dropped into other singularities (the same goes for the other chosen children)]

After confirming the final content——

Shirou realized something.

(The scope of this "burning" is not just Fuyuki City, but the entire world?)
What Shirou didn't know was that the adventure and disaster he was about to face would not be as simple as 'burning the whole world'.

Past, present, future

Human history is ignited——

Then, Shirou's consciousness fell into darkness.

[The following is the hidden judgment content]

[This section assumes that Shirou cannot find it even after he wakes up. It is for the readers to see - mainly because inserting it into the plot will make the narrative rhythm inconsistent, because the previous part directly jumps ten years]

[This paragraph contains a lot of content, and it would be too troublesome to write all the brackets, so I will omit them.]

[During these ten years, the chosen children all received training from Kotomine Kirei - that is, 'human magnetism' (Note: Chapter 77 explains what human magnetism is)]

[Additional judgment results]

[Difficulty: 75]

[A value greater than this is equivalent to mastering the 'human magnetism'. Above this, the higher the value, the better the results. Great success means that you have reached the level of initial mastery of the 'magnetic field'. Further growth requires special experiences and tempering.]

[Emiya Shirou's 'Human Magnetism': 1D100=11]

[Tousaka Rin: 1D100=34]

[Emiya Sakura: 1D100=48]

[Matou Shinji: 1D100=78]

[Liang Yi Zhi: 1D100=68]

[Kotomine Kallen: 1D100=38]

[Emiya Kiara: 1D100=100 (Who are you?)]

[Asagami Fujino: 1D100=32]

[.It seems that none of the chosen children have the talent of human magnetism. Only Shinji has mastered the basic human magnetism - and Kiara has already reached the level of 'magnetic field'! ? ]

[However, the full value of Kiara's great success reward is calculated like this. Shirou is good at projection magic. With Kiara's help, he can practice the projection of human magnetism. What percentage can Shirou project? If it is greater than 75, Shirou can indirectly use human magnetism through projection magic. If it is a great success, Shirou can project the 'magnetic field']

[If successful, it will deepen the special bond between Shirou and Kiara, and will have an impact on subsequent plots.]

[Shirou's 'Projection·Human Magnetism': 1D100=86 (not yet at the level of 'Magnetic Field')]

[Okay, Shirou, the judgment plot before the start of the Humanity Burning Arc ends here for now. As for the other details, I will make reasonable use of the existing dice content.]

[If I were to judge every detail, even 100,000 words wouldn’t be enough, so I’ll keep it simple here.]

[Then comes Fujimaru Ritsuka’s judgment——]

[This time, I will not judge Ritsuka's various talents and righteousness values. They will all be assumed to be 50. Unless it is a great success or a great failure, I will assume that Ritsuka will start as an ordinary person.]

[How did Fujimaru Ritsuka start this story? 】

[1/4, Classic Start: Arrived on the day of the first soul transfer, awakened by Mashu, and everything was too late]

[2/6, classic start, awakened by Fufu, Fujimaru Ritsuka with a strange 'duplicate' physique (game protagonist template) (game protagonist template, can switch gender with one click, the master's skill effect will have the strength in the game. It has been determined before, so the mental gender is assumed to be female. Add the reason for determining why there is such a physique)]

[3. Classic start, but the chain reaction leads to being awakened by Kirshtalia]

[5. Classic start, but awakened by Ophelia]

[7. Classic start, but awakened by Kadoc]

[8. Classic start, but awakened by Pepeloncino]

[9. Classic start, but was awakened by Fujimaru Ritsuka (male)? ]

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=6】

[The one closest to the protagonist of the game is Fujimaru Ritsuka. Because of the previous judgment, the default spiritual gender is female]

[So, why does Fujimaru Ritsuka in this world have this kind of physique? ]

[1/3/4, no special reason, innate supernatural powers (game protagonist template, can use super powerful costume skills like the game protagonist later)]

[2. Blessing of the Smoky Mirror (Hidden Smoky Mirror God's Choice)]

[5/6/7, innate supernatural powers, and it is not just a simple gender change, but the ability to manipulate one's own body with high precision, the ability to 'transform (self)' (equivalent to the innate mushroom man physique)]

[8. Ability gained by being possessed by a certain demon pillar (survival ability is enhanced, but it is equivalent to an invisible ghost)]

[9. The incarnation of a certain 'beast (human evil)'? ]

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=10】

[1D2=2 (Big Failure!?)]

What does it mean to have a big failure at this time?

[1. In this world line, Fujimaru Ritsuka is disguised as the Demon Pillar! (Additional judgment on which Demon Pillar is impersonating)]

[2/6, It is Fujimaru Ritsuka who has reached the end of the road in another world line and turned into a "beast" (additional judgment on which beast's power he has obtained)]

[3. A certain 'villain boss' incarnation lurks in Sesshōin Kiara? (Additional determination on whether to retain memory during the time travel)]

[4. Same as above, it’s the giant god Attila]

[5. Same as above, is it Tiamat? ]

[7. Same as above, is it Beast Nero? ]

[8. Same as above, is it Kama? ]

[9. Same as above, is it Goetia?]

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=2】

[What kind of Xinlixiang are you? 】

[Additional judgment, from whom did this Ritsuka obtain the power to become a 'beast'? ]

[1. Goetia (Beast of Mercy)]

[2. Beast Nero (Fallen Beast)]

[3. Koyanskaya (Beast of Appreciation)]

4. Tiamat (The Returning Beast)

[5. Kiara Seshoin (Happy Love)]

6. Kama (Fallen Love)

[7. Fufu (Beast of Comparison)]

[8. Camazotz·Forgotten/Brave (If this option is selected, it is assumed that you are currently in a state of amnesia. You need to go through a special plot and be stimulated to recall your memory or power)]

[9. Plural beasts?]

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=9】

[How many beast powers did this evil Fujimaru Ritsuka, who failed to save the world in his previous life, obtain? 】

【1D7+1=6+1=7】

[Then determine which seven beasts' powers were devoured by this Ritsuka.]

[Oh no, it's to directly determine which one is not obtained.]

[1. Goetia]

[2. Beast Nero]

[3. Koyanskaya]

4. Tiamat

[5. Seshoin Kiara]

6. Kama

【7. Fufu】

[8. Camazotz]

【1D8=3】

To sum up:

[In another world line, Fujimaru Ritsuka () failed to save the world, and became the final evil beast of mankind, absorbing the power of other beasts except Koyanskaya, and then reincarnated into the world line of this book]

[After reincarnation, his identity is still Fujimaru Ritsuka]

[Because he absorbed the power of Camazotz, although Camazotz's power of the Brave King is the strongest, due to its side effects, Ritsuka lost his past memories, and even the power of the beast was basically 'forgotten']

[As a result, the reincarnated Ritsuka lives a new life that is no different from the ordinary Ritsuka]

[It's basically like opening a second round, right? 】

[So, the ability to modify physical data is actually an unconscious overflow of Kama's "body transformation" ability, right? ]

[Therefore, if the awakening plot is triggered, the ability to be awakened first will be Kama's ability by default]

[In other words, Ritsuka in this world line is equivalent to a super powerful guaranteed plug-in! ]

[However, the side effect is that if you rely too much on her power, once you regain your memory, Ritsuka herself may become the most terrifying boss.]

[Forgetting is both a curse and a blessing. Only by forgetting the fact that I am a monster can I live as a human being in the present and still maintain my human form. I can pretend to maintain the 'fact (lie)' that I am 'still a human being'.]

[That's probably it]

[Then we begin a simple introduction to the story of 'Fujimaru Ritsuka'——]

←to be continue!
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Note: Because Shirou's cooking was a big success, Caster temporarily became more lively (opened his heart). As for the feeling of déjà vu of someone else, it's an illusion! It's all an illusion! I wrote it based on Caster!

(End of this chapter)