Shirou Emiya is challenging FGO

Chapter 92: Wukong God of War! Come out! (1! Please give me a monthly ticket! Please subscribe automatically!)
90. Open the road of life and death! You are more Shirou than Emiya!
[Additional explanation]

[The Heroic Spirit Servants will unconsciously hate or be hostile to 'the current Ritsuka in this book'. This is not something I forced into the story, but is a setting in the original FGO——

When the human principle is burned, the Heroic Spirit Servants will unconsciously hate the Demon King Goetia who killed the humans of the past, present and future and subverted the history of mankind, as well as the existence that has a positive relationship with him.

[Roman is Solomon, Solomon is the father of the Demon King, and Ritsuka here is also 'seen as Goetia']

[In the original work, Dr. Roman was always treated with unconscious hostility by the Heroic Spirits he met because of this. Most of the Heroic Spirits themselves were not even aware of this. Instead, some crazy Servants with brain problems were able to communicate with Roman relatively normally.]

[This setting is an Easter egg in the original FGO, so even if you have played the original, you probably won’t know it if you haven’t studied it carefully.]

[When I wrote it before, I wrote it as a matter of course, and subconsciously thought that everyone should know this setting. I made the mistake of empiricism, which led to the failure to provide additional setting explanations. I am very sorry (tiger landing style.jpg)]

☆Main content☆
——At the same time, at the Chaldea base

Roman is leading a team to repair Chaldea's lifeline - the power plant.

There are four Chaldea power plants in total, all of which are practical nuclear energy magic creations - nuclear power plants.

Theoretically, as long as one of the four power plants is still operating, it can maintain the lifeline of the Chaldea base to a minimum, but - this thing is first and foremost a nuclear reactor.

If one of them explodes accidentally, then everyone will be finished.

Take a step back.

Even if there were no problems with the power plant, if the entire Chaldea base - this urban fortress built on the Antarctic Mountains collapsed, everyone would still be doomed.

Chaldea is disintegrating, this is a fait accompli. The unknown bomb demon is very familiar with the structure of Chaldea and blew up the pillars with great precision. It is obviously an insider.

The reason why this insider did not directly detonate the nuclear reactor was probably because the place was too sensitive. No matter who it was - even the ruler of Chaldea - who went there would be strictly monitored and recorded.

However, even if the reactor had not been directly detonated, the Chaldea base would have been destroyed - from a common sense point of view.

But there was someone in Chaldea who transcended common sense.

Caster's Servant, Da Vinci.

She modified Chaldea's summoning of heroic spirits and her own Servant Contract, setting her own androids as her own Masters, freeing herself from the constraints of the contract. Even if there is no power plant to supply magic, her androids will provide her with magic power.

With her further improvements, Chaldea's Heroic Spirit Contract system was greatly weakened - although the contract itself became weaker, it also made mass production of Masters and Servants possible.

The original restriction of 'seven masters and seven servants' disappeared.

The restriction that each person can only have three Command Spells was also cracked by Da Vinci.

As long as the base is stable, Masters and Servants can be mass-produced. Although the power of the Command Spells has been greatly weakened (to use numerical values as an analogy, the normal Command Spell is 1 = 100 fixed value correction, and the weakened Command Spell is 1 = 1D100 fluctuating value correction), it has become possible to restore one Command Spell every day when there is sufficient magic power.

If the original version represents the concept of quality, then Da Vinci's point is the concept of quantity.

Such a genius——

But shortly after the communication with Shirou was cut off due to the incident many years ago. To be more precise, he was ignored after Professor Leif brought in the new director Olga Marie to succeed the position of Chaldea director who suddenly died of the old director.

The reason is, "Old Director Marisberry is gone, and no one can control you. Da Vinci, you will definitely be unable to restrain your desire to do big things and conduct experiments, right?"

Leonardo da Vinci said: Don’t say it, don’t say it, it’s true.

As a result, many of the veterans left behind by the old directors, including Leonardo da Vinci, were "purged".

It is not difficult to understand why people do this to "change dynasties".

Olga Marie looked vicious, but she was actually a soft-hearted person, so there was no real bloodshed. They just replaced the police with a new group of people - many of the old people also ran away on their own initiative, and the sudden death of the old director scared many people.

At this moment.

Da Vinci touched his chin and said, "From a rational point of view, the only people who could blow up Chaldea so efficiently and covertly, besides me, are Olga Marie and Professor Leif, right?"

However, Director Olga Marie and Professor Leif were both in the control room, at the very center of the explosion. They are probably dead now?

Little Da Vinci was horrified: "Mom! Are you finally unable to hold back and blow up Chaldea!?"

"I'm kidding. Although I have had this thought for a long time, am I not saving Chaldea now?"

Da Vinci shrugged, not considering who was behind it.

Unless there is a miracle, the disintegrating Chaldea base is beyond saving.

Then Da Vinci will use a miracle to save the Chaldea base!
Leonardo da Vinci's treasure, 'The Almighty', is literally an all-purpose treasure.

The method that Leonardo prepared to save the disintegrating Chaldea base was to merge his treasure with the Chaldea base itself.

"I was originally planning to use it to flip the table and physically seize the Chaldea base when I have a falling out with Marisbury. Well, it's a surprise that this plan can be put to use."

Da Vinci originally thought of fusing the Noble Phantasm with the Chaldea Base to usurp ownership of the Chaldea Base.

If it is used like this now, it means that after Leonardo usurps the ownership of the Chaldea base, he will treat it as his own treasure and carry out "repairs".

What was broken, which load-bearing column was blown away - Leonardo da Vinci could easily know these.

Then, all you have to do is use some simple projection magic to install what's missing.

It’s not that difficult.

There's just too much content to fix.
Little Da Vinci, who was helping with the repairs, was sweating all over. "This is so perfect! It's simply at the state of art! It must have been made by you, mom, right?!"

Da Vinci refuted the nonsense of his rebellious daughter: "How is it possible! If it were me, the four nuclear reactors would have exploded and sent the entire base into the sky! There would be no 'disintegration process' at all!"

The daughter thought about it and agreed that if she were to take over, she might be able to destroy Chaldea more thoroughly.

[When will Da Vinci be able to repair the Chaldea base to the point where it can resume contact with the front line? (By default, it will be restored when the protagonists meet Olga Marie at the latest)]

[If the communication can be restored in advance, Da Vinci will be able to provide Shirou with magecraft knowledge support from the rear.]

[Difficulty of repairing the inter-time and space communication function in advance: 250]

[Da Vinci's 'Repair': 1D100=90]

[Skill: Star Pioneer EX correction: 1D100=98]

[Skill: Talented Wisdom EX Correction: 1D100=70]

[(Because the Noble Phantasm 'Almighty Man' was taken and fused with the Chaldea Base, Da Vinci temporarily lost his Noble Phantasm)]

[Total: 258 (Really?!)]

In the process of repairing the Chaldea Base, because the treasure merged with the Chaldea Base itself, in a sense, Leonardo da Vinci became half an urban elf or urban god of the "fortress city" of the "Chaldea Base".

Leonardo da Vinci, who had a panoramic view of the Chaldea base, suddenly discovered something strange!

A change that has never been discovered before!

After the death of the old director, many old people either voluntarily withdrew or were purged. Da Vinci took this opportunity to delete Shirou's existence records and experimental data from Chaldea, and only backed them up in his own brain.

As long as the people involved back then don't say anything, no one will know about Shirou——and the content of the celestial world experiment.

Shirou's own body was also hidden by Leonardo.

Leonardo da Vinci had originally been conducting experiments in Chaldea to create various androids. Although these were cruel human experiments, since Leonardo da Vinci used herself as the material, no one had any objection to the large number of 'androids or clones with Mona Lisa faces' in her personal warehouse. Shirou's body in the real world was also hidden among them by Leonardo da Vinci.

Over the years, Leonardo da Vinci has also observed and recorded Shirou's body in the real world.

She discovered many incredible things. For example, theoretically the soul was no longer in this body. After the "Fuyuki Incident" that year, although the communication was interrupted again, Shirou's body in the real world actually began to "grow".

It's not just about 'development'.

This body fixed in the nutrition cabin unexpectedly showed signs of "exercise"!

Even the 'heart' in this body had changed, it was no longer Shirou's heart, but a new heart made by the Dragon Demon with his own blood.

Where is Shirou's true heart?
In the body of Rin Toosaka in the celestial world!

The reason why Shirou has developed a habit of sticking close to Toosaka Rin is probably because of this.

Da Vinci guessed that it was probably because of the incident that Shirou established a connection with the real world, allowing his physical state in reality to be synchronized with his physical state in the celestial world.

The resonance between body and soul could perhaps be considered a kind of 'return to nature' of the soul?

Da Vinci felt that sooner or later, Shirou would come to the real world and reclaim his body—or vice versa.

But now something strange has happened!
Shirou's body, which was hidden by Da Vinci, has disappeared!

Little Da Vinci immediately reminded her: "Mom! In order to bypass all outside surveillance and secretly observe and record Shirou's vital signs, didn't you seal some of your soul fragments in his body as an 'anchor point'?

This connection still exists! You can try to track his signal backwards - the Human Burning may have affected the celestial world, causing Shirou-kun to be forcibly kicked out of the celestial world. His body and soul resonated with each other and may have drifted to the singularity! Or he may have been summoned by someone!"

Correct!
Originally, the reason why Da Vinci didn't use conventional machines or techniques to monitor Shirou's body was because Professor Leif was often watching her, making it difficult for her to do anything tricky, which caused such trouble, but now it unexpectedly worked wonders!
Da Vinci immediately began to search for the signal location of Shirou's body——

Then I found it.

Singularity F! Fuyuki City in 2004! Suburban forest!

The two lines of the battlefield between Da Vinci and Shirou intersect here!

"Hello! Are you there? What's going on over there? Holy shit!"

Da Vinci was dumbfounded:

"Why did you fight with such a monster!?"

☆

The time is slightly adjusted back.

Shirou has made up his mind: to confront the pollution berserker Hercules head-on!

It is undeniable that Shirou is a little bit high.

But it's definitely not reckless.

Rather, it was the helpless conclusion that Shirou came to after calmly considering the current situation.

If it was just a simple one-on-one fight, there might not be so much trouble.

If the Pollution Berserker in front of him locked his 'hatred value' on Shirou, then Shirou would naturally have more flexible tactical options.

But his hatred is not on Shirou, but on Ritsuka!
Ignore Lixiang's safety?

If he did that, he wouldn't be Emiya Shirou.

You can only fight head-on, you can only break through head-on!

Faced with the purely numerical monster in front of him, Shirou can only fight it head-on and defeat it numerically!
As for Shirou himself, in Sakura's words, he is "the most troublesome and terrifying mechanical monster". Simply stacking numbers is not actually Shirou's forte.

So, is there any special method - or in other words, does Shirou have any 'mechanism' that can make up for the numerical gap between him and Hercules?

Shirou has a secret technique - Three-Phase Projection.

But the principle of three-phase projection is that Shirou gradually understands his opponent by observing and listening to his opponent's "voice", and through the improvement of his understanding, he then projects their "heart, skill, and body" onto himself.

But the pollution berserker Hercules in front of him had no thoughts at all!

There was only a roar like thunder!

It's simply a beast!
A pure numerical monster, or a numerical monster without heart!
There was nothing in Shirou's 'mechanism' that could deal with him.

but! Yes!
——Tousaka Rinyou!
The mechanism of Shirou, this "super mechanism monster", is that because he transplanted his heart to Rin Toosaka, he and her are half of each other.

Shirou's Tri-Phase Projection has an advanced technique that allows him to project the magic of others.

But Shirou himself lacks talent as a magician. His talent is in the field of magecraft. He is not good at studying techniques, but only good at using them.

As for projecting and copying other people's techniques, it naturally requires the ability to research and understand.

But - what if it is a 'replication of one's own technique'?

It may sound strange and counter-intuitive, but it is true.

In Shirou's eyes, Toosaka Rin's technique can be regarded as 'his own technique'.

The technique that Toosaka used is the 'technique that Shirou uses'.

Toosaka Rin used the technique and remembered the feeling of using that technique - Shirou will also 'remember' these!
Toosaka Rin's technique is Emiya Shirou's technique!
By the way, the reason why the copy swordsman Shirou Emiya was able to copy the archer lady's "Holy Spear Technique" so easily was because from Shirou's perspective, "she is also himself."

If the difficulty of Shirou projecting other people's magic is 100, then the difficulty of projecting Toosaka Rin's (his own) magic is 1.

So, among the techniques that Toosaka Rin has used, are there any that can be used to break the current situation?

——It really exists!

During the decisive battle of the Fuyuki Incident, Toosaka Rin once constructed a ritual that went a long way in terms of concepts, linking the Quetzalcoatl in Mayan mythology with Taibai Jinsei, thereby borrowing the power of Taibai Jinsei and completing her own Bankai, 'White Emperor's Son, the God of Years'.

What Shirou wanted was not the 'White Emperor's Son, the God of Death' - Toosaka Rin could transform like this because her origin was the 'Venus Goddess', but Shirou's was not, so the conditions were not met and the chain could not be formed - but the related technique that Toosaka Rin had performed before.

Shirou has a fragment of the 'Stone Egg' that gave birth to Son Goku in his body, so he is connected to Son Goku - Shirou actually knew this a long time ago.

But for a long time, Shirou only had a "talent similar to that of Son Goku", but he could not directly guide the power of Son Goku through magic like Toosaka Rin did.

Even if he obtained the Ruyi Jingu Bang, he lacked the method to use its power (not everyone can wield the Ruyi Jingu Bang as a weapon as easily as Sun Wukong). Although Shirou had been researching it over the past ten years, the lack of opportunities during the ten years of peace meant that he did not make enough breakthroughs.

He simply buried the golden cudgel in his body as a conceptual weapon to suppress the damage to Shirou's soul, fill the gap, and prevent the damage from worsening - and then wait for the opportunity.

What is opportunity? When does opportunity come?

During these ten years, Shirou continued to practice, consolidate his foundation, and grow, but during these ten years, he never encountered an enemy that could force him into trouble.

but!
Now is the time for opportunity.

Opportunity - right in front of you!
Hercules!
He has a life similar to Sun Wukong:
Born to be extraordinary (Demigod and Stone Ape)
Master's Teaching (Chiron and Bodhi)

Being troubled by the gods (Hera's frame-up and Bimawen's position)
Rebellion against the gods (rescue Prometheus and havoc in heaven)
The Journey of Sublimation (Twelve Trials and the Journey to the West)

Merit is complete (Hercules and Fighting Buddha)
Besides--

Although most people don’t know it at all, Hercules is indeed formed with the image of Sun Wukong, and they are heroes with a complicated fate!

The Sutra on the Birth of All Tathagatas' Dharma Eye, which Illuminates Everywhere, says: There is a 'Bodhisattva of Great Power and Wisdom,' who wears a tiger-skin robe, holds a vajra stick in his hand, has great magical powers, can subdue the Dragon King and all demon kings, and has a great affinity with Venerable Subhuti.

The Yuan Dynasty's "Journey to the West Pinghua" - one of the important prototypes of "Wu Chengen's Journey to the West" also records:
"Master Xuanzang went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. On the way, he passed by this mountain and saw this monkey spirit trapped in a crack in the stone. He removed the Buddha's will and took it out, making it his disciple. He gave it the Dharma name Wukong and changed it to Sun Xingzhe. He went with Monk Sha and the black pig spirit Zhu Bajie. On the way, they subdued demons and monsters and saved the master from danger, all thanks to Sun Xingzang's magical powers. When the master arrived in the West, he received the Buddhist scriptures and returned to the East. The master attained the fruit of 'Meitan Buddha Tathagata', and Sun Xingzhe attained the fruit of 'Great Power King Bodhisattva'."

In fact, before Wu Chengen's version of Journey to the West, Sun Wukong's title was more often not the Monkey King, but the 'Great Power King', and this Great Power King refers to his identity as the 'Great Power King Bodhisattva'.

Wu Cheng'en's version of Journey to the West also commemorates and pays tribute to the 'original work', for example, the title of 'Great Power King' was given to Bull Demon King, and in the 61st chapter it was mentioned that "Bull King was originally a monkey in disguise, and now he has just met the source."

However, the Bodhisattva Vajrapani himself is not an original Buddhist entity.

Rather, it was evolved when Gandhara Buddhism absorbed the image of Hercules during its exchanges with Western Greek culture.

Hercules and Sun Wukong, the two top heroic gods in the East and the West, are connected through the "Hercules King Bodhisattva" of Buddhism in the middle.

But it is obvious that there is a huge difference between Hercules and the image of Sun Wukong today.
That is the difference in their attitude towards "women". Hercules had many descendants, and although there were related descriptions or sequels about Sun Wukong after Wu Chengen's Journey to the West, they were ultimately not mainstream (until it changed again in modern times, which led to a quarrel).

Is that really the case?
In fact, in "Wu Cheng'en's Version of Journey to the West", Wu Cheng'en once described it as "writing too much and missing some things" or "paying tribute to the original work".

In the 42nd chapter of Wu Cheng'en's version of Journey to the West, Guanyin Bodhisattva and Sun Wukong had a humorous conversation, almost like a crosstalk, about the precious jade bottle. The gist of the conversation was that Guanyin Bodhisattva was joking that Sun Wukong was a world-famous habitual thief and she was afraid that Sun Wukong would take her jade bottle away.

However, what is very strange is that in Guanyin's "joking words", she mentioned very abruptly that she was afraid that Sun Wukong would see the beauty of Guanyin's dragon girl and abduct her along with the jade bottle.

But Sun Wukong's answer was "After I became a monk (Buddhist), I no longer do these things."

However, in Wu Cheng'en's version of Journey to the West, there has never been any description of Sun Wukong as having a "fickle heart" before this.

This paragraph is either accidentally omitted by Wu Chengen, or it is a tribute! It is a tribute!

After all, before Wu Cheng'en, the image of Sun Wukong in the Eastern novel world, just like the image of King Arthur in the Western novel world, had already undergone countless adaptations and interpretations.

Before this, Sun Wukong was sometimes not even a monkey, sometimes not the Great Sage Equaling Heaven but the Great Sage Who Knows All, and sometimes he even had a wife, and his wife was robbed. He also made trouble in the Heavenly Palace for his wife. Like Hercules, he met women and had relationships with them during his adventures - and even gave birth to offspring. There are records of this.

These differences can be explained as "changes in the prototype of the prototype during the evolution of the prototype" in the process of magic composition.

If I have to say, the most classic image of Sun Wukong should actually be a fusion of the Great Power King Bodhisattva and the Water Ape Great Sage Wuzhiqi.

Just like the Venus goddesses in different regions will absorb local elements in their images and personalities after arriving in different regions, changing with the regions and times, the prosperous Tang Dynasty was also the most confident and open period in the Eastern world, so it is not surprising that such a thing happened.

Hercules≈Bodhisattva of Great Strength——established!
Sun Wukong≈Bodhisattva King of Power——established!
So

Hercules≈Sun Wukong——established!
——The proof is complete!
Theoretically, there is no problem with the construction of the technique!
The problem lies in the actual operation of the next step.

Shirou is only good at projecting the technique used by Toosaka Rin, but this technique, in Toosaka Rin's hands, is used to connect "Quetzalcoatl" and "Taishaku Venusi".

If Shirou wants to successfully activate the technique now, he must modify the technique originally designed by Toosaka Rin.

Modifying a technique is actually "re-editing" the technique.

Waver was the best at this kind of thing. Although he was very weak, he was proficient in this art. Therefore, despite his weakness, he got the exaggerated title of "King of Destruction" in the world of magicians.

This is the time to test the magician's talent. But Shirou's talent is not in being a 'magician', but in being a 'magician'!
The reason why Shirou didn't use this move at the beginning was because he was stuck at this step and he couldn't do it.

But the accident happened again.

Or is it fate?
The immortal stone egg that gave birth to Sun Wukong is the ancestral vein of the ten continents, the source of the three islands, and the essence of the earth. According to more modern magicians, it may be that the Flower and Fruit Mountain was formed by the eruption of an underwater volcano, and the immortal stone egg is the star spirit born in the inner sea of the Earth Star, the essence of the earth, and later absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, and finally met the wind and turned into a stone monkey.

Does this description give you a sense of déjà vu?

That's right!

The birth of Aku Hinako is also very similar to this!

It’s just that the place where Akebato was born was full of people, so she turned into a human form, and the place where Sun Wukong was born was full of monkeys, so he turned into an ape form!
With the help of the power of the Earth Spirit Mustard Hinako, relying on this additional similarity with Son Goku, perhaps the difficulty of the technique can be reduced, allowing Shirou to forcibly shape the 'power of Son Goku'!

Shirou intends to use his great strength to forcibly complete the technique, like pointing a mirror at Hercules in front of him to project (reflect) the appearance of Son Goku - and then borrow Son Goku's power!

come on!

All Shirou had to do was withstand Hercules's frontal attack while forcibly completing 'Magic Projection' and 'Magic Compilation' with the assistance of Akagi Hinako.

What.

After hearing Shirou's plan, Aku Hinako was stunned: "No? Shirou, listen to what you say, is this human? How feasible is your action? Are you betting on a miracle?!"

Shirou just responded calmly: "It's not a question of 'choosing to do', but something that 'must be done'."

Unless the person has committed a heinous crime that is unforgivable, Shirou doesn't need a reason to help those in need.

Hercules has his eyes on Ritsuka for some reason.

But Shirou will not abandon Ritsuka, even if the contract is transferred.

after all--

"Ji, before this, she never thought of abandoning you, even if it put her in danger."

".I know, I have never thought of abandoning my juniors." Aku Hinako couldn't help but murmur, "Why are you so similar to her, not only in appearance, but also in personality. You are so cruel to yourself."

There really is no choice.

The beast that was once a heroic god must be defeated head-on, and it cannot be delayed for too long. It must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise he will face the situation of being attacked from both sides by him and Athena.

On it!

In adversity, surpass your limits and break through yourself!

——Open the road of life and death!
Just when Shirou and Aku Hinako were about to give it their all -

Shirou's eyes suddenly flashed with the judgment content related to Da Vinci.

at the same time!

"Hey! Are you there? What's going on over there? Holy shit! Why are you fighting with a monster like that?!"

Completely unexpected reinforcements appeared!

da Vinci!
This character card has never been more reliable!

For unknown reasons, Shirou's situation as Saber's Servant is similar to that of Saber Altria summoned by Emiya Kiritsugu during the Fourth Holy Grail War. Neither of them was summoned as a Servant as a dead Heroic Spirit, but became a Servant as a living person.

Since they are living people, why do they need to be worshipped by demons? We will discuss these issues later!
"Da Vinci!" Shirou was surprised and delighted, "Use your invincible Star Pioneer to think of a solution!"

Because the incident happened so suddenly, Shirou even made some OOC lines that ruined his character.

Fortunately, in order to monitor Shirou's physical condition, Da Vinci cut off a small part of his soul and stuffed it into Shirou's body, just like when he made little Da Vinci. This connection not only allowed Da Vinci to contact Shirou at this critical moment, but also immediately synchronized all the causes and consequences for Da Vinci.

Da Vinci immediately understood what he had to do, and immediately gave the order: "Combine the strength of the three of us! Shirou, you are responsible for resisting Hercules, and don't let his violent spirit affect the composition of my technique! I will be responsible for compiling and revising the technique! Once I have revised it, you can activate it!"

Aku Hinako quickly asked: "What about me? What can I do?"

Da Vinci: "You are responsible for the ritual material!"

Akagi Hinako: “.”

Although it feels like something is not right, it is not wrong! This is indeed the combined strength of three people!
[Using Hercules in front of me as a reference, I projected the power of Sun Wukong to compete with him! ]

[Difficulty: 200 (Da Vinci is an unexpected reinforcement, and there was a great success with Da Vinci, so the difficulty calculation here does not take Da Vinci's value into account. It is still the highest difficulty of "If there are only Shirou and Aku Hinako, 200 (full quota) will be successful)"]

[Shirou's 'Counter Hercules (Reduce the interference of Hercules' violent spirit and ritual construction)': 1D100=68]

[Aku Hinako's 'Guiding the Energy of the Earth Spirit (as Ritual Material)': 1D100=69]

[Da Vinci's 'Formula Composition and Formula Compilation': 1D100=94 (Who are you?! Where did you hide Da Vinci!?)]

[Skill Star Trailblazer EX correction: 1D100=56]

[Skill Talent Wisdom EX Modification: 1D100=22]

[Total: 309]

——Success
For the first time, Shirou truly channeled some of the power of Son Goku.

Hercules is one of the prototypes of the artistic image of Sun Wukong.

Coupled with the earth spirit guided by Akebono Hinako, the power that Shirou successfully projected this time was not the side of the 'Monkey King' or the 'Fighting Buddha'.

But it is its 'prototype' - or a power similar to its 'dharma form'.

Shirou was risking his life to fight Hercules head on. Every time the saber in his hand collided with Hercules' sword and axe, it seemed like a stalemate, but Shirou's body - the nerves that were fused with the magic circuits would whine, and his blood vessels would burst because he could not withstand the excitement of the great power, and blood would splatter!

But Shirou will heal himself.

No, that's not right, not 'treatment'!
He was considering himself as a 'sword', constantly 'forging' the wounds on his 'sword', and constantly beating the 'sword' back to its 'intact' shape!

His body and his soul were constantly heating up, and the blood turned into a burning cloud of fire as soon as it splashed out.

No one knows how painful this is.

It is true that mushroom people can block out the sense of pain, but this kind of "forging and repair" is essentially a hammer on the soul. The pain is unavoidable and the excruciating pain is unimaginable.

It seems that every time it is 'forged' it can be repaired to the most perfect state, and it seems that every time it can easily 'restore full health', but Aku Hinako, Custer, and Ritsuka can all feel that this seemingly efficient treatment method also has flaws.

Just like metal will eventually reach the limit of 'metal fatigue'.

If he relied too much on this move to repair himself, the "life limit" of Shirou's soul would be directly depleted!
In the most extreme cases, one may even be reduced to ashes and unable to enter reincarnation!
unless--

"Open the Road of Life and Death"

Shirou muttered.

"Cultivate an indestructible body!"

He suddenly stopped all his movements. He no longer swung his sword to fight Hercules, nor did he move flexibly to fight with Hercules. He just stopped there.

The mad beast that had lost its rationality, the monster that was once a hero, now held in its hand a sword and axe that would either kill him instantly or cripple him if he took a head-on blow even if he was a legendary hero. It fell towards Shirou's forehead!
Shirou's body has not yet been refined into the Vajra Indestructible Body. Although he now has a preliminary understanding of what the Vajra Indestructible Body is, he has not yet found the method to refine it.

If it hits, it means death.

However, that little distance just a few inches away can never be reached again.

A hand, a huge stone ape's hand covered with monkey hair, steadily took the blow that was enough to crush the dragon's body.

The essence of the earth guided by Aku Hinako finally turned into a majestic translucent phantom after Leonardo da Vinci's ritual was completed and activated.

A stone monkey with a height of over three meters - in other words, with a body size similar to that of the mad god Hercules in front of him, appeared behind Shirou!

Just like the move Miss Musashi used before.

The so-called 'stand-in'?

Shirou didn't know if his current power was based on the same principle as Miss Musashi's 'Kurigara'.

After all, the construction of the technique was based on Toosaka Rin's technique, and Leonardo da Vinci made emergency modifications on the spot. It wouldn't be surprising if Leonardo da Vinci mixed some of his own understanding into it, right?

The only problem that was not a problem was that Shirou did not feel the 'heart (self-awareness)' in his stand 'stone monkey'.

To be precise, its heart is Shirou himself.

Shirou has two teachers.

One is the dragon demon Azdahaka, who often appears in public, guides Shirou in martial arts training, and strengthens Shirou's body.

The other is Son Goku, who rarely appears but always guides or leads Shirou to "cultivate his mind" in some way, either openly or secretly.

This time, they finally borrowed some of his power, but he still did not take action himself. Instead, he let Shirou do it himself and use it.

This substitute only has some of Sun Wukong's power as the 'King of Strength', but does not have Sun Wukong's heart - that is, it does not have Sun Wukong's combat experience and martial arts.

Only numerical values.

Even Shirou has to do it manually.

Driving it to fight is a very difficult thing for Shirou now. When controlling the stand to fight, Shirou himself, who is not used to it, will have difficulty moving.

But that's enough.

This may be due to the fact that within the construction range of the technique, the power (phantom) of Sun Wukong was guided out (summoned) with reference to Hercules in front of him.

Although it is just a blank slate with empty numbers now - but these numbers are enough to rival the Berserker Hercules in front of him!

ended.

In fact, the battle was already over, and Shirou's victory could be declared.

The remaining question is how Shirou can win.

Admittedly, the Pollution Berserker Hercules did force Shirou into a desperate situation at one point, but that was based on pure numerical crushing.

Berserker Hercules is still too weak for Hercules.

The battle-crazy part of Shirou that he inherited from Musashi even felt sorry for this: if Hercules had not lost his martial arts, this would definitely have been a more exciting and thrilling battle.

He has no martial arts, no wisdom, and only brute courage. If he cannot have an overwhelming advantage in numbers, he will have little room to play.

Shirou even had time to think about something that was a bit 'distracted' - how would the stone monkey speak?

As for the battle cry - how does the monkey cry? How does the stone monkey cry?

Is it enough to just roar like a monster?

Wouldn't that be too embarrassing?
Shirou himself has never cared about things like 'face', but what does Son Goku (teacher) who borrowed his power think?
His dark history caused a commotion in Heaven. If you think about it carefully, it was also because of "saving face", right?

If you don't handle it seriously, he might be unhappy.

Hercules and the Stone Ape Dharmadhatu grabbed the two ends of the giant sword and axe respectively and began to wrestle.

Just the contest of strength between Hercules and Hercules King made the air around them explode with uncontrollable sounds!

In the end - although Shirou felt that, from a rational point of view, his teacher (Son Goku) who had attained Buddhahood should not care about these things, as a disciple, he still had to save his reputation.

——Stop! Where is the monster running to?

It seems like something is right and something is wrong.

After all, Shirou is not Son Goku himself, and the phantom of the stone ape's Dharma image here is not controlled by Son Goku himself, but the result of magic's reflection of Hercules.

Hercules.
Speaking of which, Shirou suddenly remembered: Among the comics that Sakura liked, there was a comic called "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", in which one of the protagonists' design prototypes was also Hercules, this character also used a stand to fight, and his battle cry happened to be the unique symbol of that character.

Then borrow it and use it for a while.

“——Oh my!!!”

The wrestling match between Hercules and Strong King ended in a tie.

Because the huge stone sword and axe used as wrestling props could not withstand the power of these two monsters!
Suddenly collapsed!

The destroyed stone sword and axe were instantly shattered by the thunder transformed from the aura of Zeus around Hercules - the rubble was melted by the extremely high temperature around the stone ape's body!
The body of the Stone Ape Dharmadhatu is covered with cracks, but that does not mean it is incomplete. Rather, it is the result of the overflow of energy from its origin - the origin of the star that is connected to the deep volcano of Mount Huaguo.

The extremely high temperature of the lava mixed with Shirou's 'furnace' needed to forge weapons.

The world is the furnace! The stone monkey is forged!
Hercules' real weapon, the 'Sword of Hercules (Marmiadoysse)' forged by the god of fire Hephaestus, was not in his hands (that thing finally fell into the hands of King Arthur).

The Stone Ape Dharmadhatu is also temporarily unable to use the Ruyi Jingu Bang - the damage to Shirou's soul has not been repaired yet, and it is too risky to use it forcibly.

The remaining weapons, then, are the strongest—and most primitive—weapons of both sides.

Body!

fist!

For both parties, who are at the top of the heroic gods in Eastern and Western legends respectively, they can hunt monsters and kill dragons with bare hands!

Hercules: "▃▄▅▆▇▉▉!!!"

Roar! Scream!
Fist and fist!
Kick and kick!
Although both parties seem to be huge in size, they actually have flexibility and speed far beyond common sense!

In just a few seconds, hundreds of punches were exchanged!
Within a few seconds, there were hundreds of collisions between thunder and lava!

Within seconds, the shock wave from the explosion flattened the surrounding land!

The outpouring shock wave alone created countless potholes in the forest outside Fuyuki City, just like where meteorites had landed!
It’s like the light and shadow of a mythical battle reappears!
At first glance, it seems that Hercules has a slight advantage.

After all, Hercules now has no Master, so he doesn't have to worry about the burden that the battle will put on the Master, and the Holy Grail directly provides infinite magic power.

As for the Stone Monkey Dharmakāya, Shirou himself is needed to control it.

Too much power output will also backfire on Shirou, causing continuous damage to his body. Shirou's body is constantly bleeding, and it seems that if it is not "repaired", it may shatter at any time.

But the fact is, although Hercules can stably exert the upper limit of his numerical power - but the upper limit is just here.

Shirou still has a trump card - that is 'Hollowification'.

But there is a problem with this 'hollowification'. Shirou obtained this power when he was seven years old. Theoretically, after ten years of training, Shirou has become stronger and has continuously consolidated his foundation. He should be able to control this power, right?
It shouldn't make you crazier and more irrational after using it, right?
Shirou originally thought so too.

But what Shirou didn't expect was that this thing was actually growing along with Shirou's growth!
Not only is the power of the virtual state growing stronger, its side effects on the mind are also growing stronger!
After investigating many classics, Toosaka Rin and Waver could only speculate based on the records in Shenzhou's classics that this thing was actually Shirou's "second heart" and Shirou's "monkey heart".

How to tame the monkey mind?

The book (Journey to the West) says that one must embark on a journey, go through hardships, and achieve success.

But no one knows how it works specifically.

(But we didn’t do everything in these ten years. If we only used it for a short period of time, we wouldn’t be polluted by the ‘mind monkey’ and go crazy.)

Shirou stared at Hercules in front of him, controlling the Stone Monkey's Dharma Image and fighting with him at supersonic speeds of "Ola! Ola! Ola! Ola! Ola! Ola!" while waiting for the opportunity.

Both sides are fighting head-on regardless of the consequences.

Then, at the moment when both parties have reached their limit - there should be a moment when both parties enter a "rigid state" at the same time.

(Seize that opportunity, activate the Hollow, and penetrate his spirit core - end the battle!)

(I originally wanted to find an opportunity to suppress him, and then refine his spirit core into the 'Mask of Godhead' to enhance his combat power. Now it seems that I don't have the luxury of that. I should end this battle as soon as possible, and then go back to deal with Athena as well!)

(Note: The Divine Mask is the technique that the Dragon Demon used Shirou's body to perform)
Shirou thought about a countermeasure, and then -

[What was the result of Shirou's battle with Hercules? ]

[1/3/4/7, conduct a confrontation judgment. If Shirou's numerical difference is large enough, there is a chance to create Hercules's 'Divine Mask']

[2/6/9, too late. Blur! ]

[5. Athena is coming! ]

[8. Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly rushed out and used himself as bait to attract Hercules' attention, causing Hercules to reveal a fatal flaw! (What Shirou did when Hercules suppressed Altria in FSN)]

[10. Chaos Super Expansion]

【1D10=8】

Shirou: "?"

Akagi Hinako: “?”

da Vinci:"?"

Custer: "?"

Everyone's attention was focused on the passionate fight between the two mad gods in front of them, and no one expected Ritsuka's sudden action.

Was it because she misjudged the battle situation and thought Shirou was at a disadvantage?

Or was it because she sensed the malicious intent of the Polluted Servant Hercules towards herself and realized that he was targeting her?

Or is it a combination of both, and Ritsuka believes that he must protect this 'burden', so Shirou is facing difficulties and falls into crisis?
While no one was able to react, the girl silently made up her mind and took action!
——Who on earth does this inexplicable altruism and super strong action resemble?!

←to be continue!

(End of this chapter)