Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"what?"

A chorus of responses arose, and at that moment, Kugizaki Nobara noticed that Fujimaru Ritsuka seemed to be acting somewhat unusually today, and asked in surprise:

"Ritsuka, you seem a little different today than usual. It can't be just my imagination, can it?"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Fujimaru Ritsuka, scrutinizing her from head to toe. Fujimaru Ritsuka felt somewhat uncomfortable and couldn't help but examine herself.

"Is your clothing not on properly? Or is your hair a bit messy? Or maybe your shoelaces are undone?"

"No, that's not the problem,"

After observing for a while, the panda stroked its chin and said:

"How should I put it, it just gives people the feeling that Ritsuka, you seem to be in a better state than usual today."

"That's right! That's it!"

Kugizaki Nobara quickly nodded in agreement.

"Oh, I see."

Fujimaru Ritsuka breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and then smiled:

"Maybe it's because I slept very well last night, but when I woke up today, I felt like I had a lot of energy."

Upon hearing what Fujimaru Ritsuka said, Jeanne Alter, who was standing to the side, seemed to be somewhat happy for some reason.

"Indeed, sufficient sleep is quite useful for the body's recovery."

"That's great, I woke up once in the middle of the night last night."

The group chatted and warmed up at the same time, and soon got into their morning exercise.

After a while, Gojo Satoru appeared in people's sight, and his sleepy and listless appearance also attracted people's attention.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 42 Reflections and Speculations: The New Spirit Origin Shadow

Hisahito Itadori asked curiously:

"Gojo-sensei, did you not sleep well last night?"

Yeah, haha~

As he spoke, Gojo Satoru yawned and said weakly:

"I think I had a nightmare yesterday. I dreamt that I was being urged to work non-stop until I was completely exhausted before they let me wake up."

Imagining the scene described by Gojo Satoru, everyone couldn't help but shudder:

"It is indeed quite terrifying."

At this moment, Fushiguro Megumi objectively offered her evaluation:

"Gojo-sensei, that's just how you are normally, right? You should be used to it by now, and you shouldn't be having nightmares because of this."

"Don't say such terrifying things like 'getting used to work' in such a serious tone, Hui!"

Gojo Satoru put his hands behind his head, looking as if he couldn't accept reality.

But the next moment he quickly returned to normal, rubbing his chin thoughtfully:

"But what you said is also true."

"Although I can't remember the specifics of the nightmare, how should I put it? It was a more oppressive feeling, a feeling of having to constantly exert all my strength."

"Hey, boring."

"It's gone. It's gone."

Wujiao was left alone to ponder deeply, while the others scattered and returned to the playground to continue their training.

Gojo Satoru came to give Yoshino Junpei, a complete newbie, some simple introductory lessons, while the others did what they wanted.

After all, the second session of the exchange meeting will not start until tomorrow, and today is a rest period as a buffer.

After a simple morning warm-up, Fujimaru Ritsuka summoned the spirit origins of Scáthach and the elderly Li Shuwen to provide training for Zenin Maki and the others.

"Wow, what is this?!"

Hisahito Itadori, seeing this training method for the first time, looked on with curiosity and eagerly asked:

"Can you add me?"

During yesterday's exchange match, in his battle with Toudou Aoi, he was taught a technique called "Black Flash" by his opponent, which improved his overall skills.

However, yesterday's battle with Toudou Aoi felt somewhat surreal, as if some inexplicable elements had been mixed in, causing the other party to now affectionately call him "brother" whenever they see him, and even say that they went to junior high school together, which is quite baffling.

In short, he is now eager to spar with anyone other than Toudou Aoi to test how much his strength has improved.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's get started!"

Fuhei Hui was so overwhelmed by Li Shuwen that she had no energy left to be distracted and immediately called for backup.

"Okay, here I come!"

Yuujin Itadori didn't care about martial ethics. Upon hearing Megumi Fushiguro's call, he immediately joined the battle, choosing to fight alongside him in a righteous brawl.

Then, he and Fukuhei Hui were beaten down by Li Shuwen.

Li Shuwen, a martial arts master who has honed his skills to the extreme and transformed his techniques into Noble Phantasms, is considered one of the most formidable opponents among the Servants of Chaldea.

Even if it's just a Spirit Origin Shadow, it's definitely not something that Megumi Fushiguro and Yuujin Itadori can easily handle right now.

On the other side, Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't pay much attention to the situation there. Instead, she summoned Ryougi Shiki's spirit origin shadow separately and stared at it blankly, as if she was thinking about something.

Seeing that Fujimaru Ritsuka remained motionless after summoning her Spirit Origin Shadow, after a while, Kugizaki Nobara couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Ritsuka, what are you thinking about?"

"Um, I was testing an ability, but it seems to have failed."

Startled awake, Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched her head and smiled wryly.

The Shadow of the Spirit Origin is a weaker version of a Servant, but only in terms of scale and numbers. Its inherent skills and Noble Phantasm mechanics are retained, as is Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.

Everything originates from a source; where there is birth, there must be an end. The end of things is called "death."

The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, as the name suggests, are mystical eyes that can directly see death.

The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can see the death lines and dead points that exist in all things (Ryougi Shiki cannot see the dead points). The death lines have no distinction between soft and hard, and can be cut along the death lines effortlessly, no matter how hard the object is.

When the death line is cut, it is not a physical separation, but a result of things being led to death.

"All things" refers not only to physical objects that can be seen with the naked eye, but also includes illusory things such as memories, spiritual power, curses, and concepts, all of which can be killed by Ryougi Shiki.

Getting back to the main point, what she was trying to do was to see if she could precisely unleash the power of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception by manipulating Ryougi Shiki's Spirit Origin Shadow, which was essentially trying to make the Spirit Origin Shadow kill her fatigue or something similar.

But obviously, the experiment failed.

"As expected, it doesn't work."

Fujimaru Ritsuka had actually guessed this result long ago. After all, it was too much to ask such detailed requirements of a mere Spirit Origin Shadow without self-awareness.

But if that's the case, what should we do next?

She didn't suddenly decide to conduct this experiment; rather, she believed that Ryougi Shiki's abilities were best suited to handle the upcoming situation and could immediately resolve many of the immediate problems.

For example, killing the curse on Megumi's sister awakens her; severing the connection between the sisters Mai and Maki allows them to reach their complete forms; or even directly killing the Ryoumen Sukuna within Yuuji Itadori without harming Yuuji himself.

Although these are just her guesses, if she can make them happen, then the future progress will undoubtedly be much smoother.

Of course, her experiment has now failed, so it's too early to talk about these things.

"So the only option is to summon a Servant, but..."

When this topic came up, Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression became conflicted.

Because she doesn't have the corresponding artifact!

If I had known the situation would be like this, I wouldn't have eaten the chocolate that Ryougi Shiki gave me for Valentine's Day last time. At least I could have used it in an emergency.

Even if you summon someone with chocolate, the person you summon might be the first person to make chocolate.

But now, is it only possible to use herself as a relic for the lottery?

The thought of this situation made her feel a pang of liver pain.

".etc!"

Suddenly, she remembered something else.

Besides Ryougi Shiki, there is another Servant in Chaldea who possesses the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception!

Although her relationship with Ryougi Shiki cannot be simply distinguished as one person and another.

However, it is certain that, in some ways, this Servant's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are far stronger than Ryougi Shiki's.

Could her spirit origin shadow do that?

"Try it."

Having made up her mind, Fujimaru Ritsuka released Ryougi Shiki's Spirit Origin Shadow and immediately began the summoning.

Spirit Origin Shadow, Summon!

As the red light of the Command Seal on her right hand flashed, a dark figure resembling Ryougi Shiki appeared before Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Aside from the difference in job type, the two differ in appearance as follows:

Ryougi Shiki has shoulder-length short hair and wears a yukata with a leather overcoat; while this servant has long, cascading hair and wears a completely elaborate kimono.

This Servant is also called Ryougi Shiki, but she also has another name—

Root cause analysis.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 43 An Unexpected Summoning Method