Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Ryudou Kazunari put down his financial report and greeted Emiya Shirou with a weary expression.

Sitting opposite him, Ayako Mizuki's face was full of disagreement.

Although she harbored no ill will toward Ryudong Ichisei, Ryudong Ichisei did not have any affection for her.

She and Rin had also threatened the accountant to allocate funds to the archery club as activity expenses.

And this matter happened to come to the attention of Ryudong Ichisei.

During the subsequent investigation, they discovered many hidden issues in the allocation of funds within the sports department and numerous internal unfair practices.

In addition, the sports department's funding was unusually high, making it difficult for many other departments in the school to survive, so a reform was decided upon.

This matter was refuted by the vast majority of the student council members, and many of the issues involved were problematic, which is why he kept putting it aside.

After talking with Shirou Emiya, just as the holidays were approaching and the school was allocating funds again, he swiftly began to implement his plan.

The result was that the entire sports department was very hostile towards him, and even the teachers came to suppress him.

These reforms are also difficult to implement within the Ministry of Sports.

Even the funds originally intended for other clubs were withheld by the teacher, so he could only keep them in the student council.

This is a protracted tug-of-war. If he shows even the slightest weakness, he will soon be defeated by the sports department, and the reform will never succeed.

Therefore, Ilseong Ryudong's sleep has not been very good recently.

It wasn't just because Ayako Mitsuzuri kept pestering him; he also desperately wanted Shirou Emiya to help him.

Unfortunately, Shirou Emiya currently has several subjects he failed.

"Emiya, are you interested in joining the archery club?"

Ayako Mizuki felt that if Shirou Emiya were brought to the archery club, Kazunari Ryudou might allocate more funding.

She knew, of course, that Shirou Emiya had only recently returned to school and hadn't yet joined any departments.

Furthermore, she had asked Ryudou Kazunari, and Emiya Shirou had not joined the student council or any other department.

"No, no, that's not necessary. I'm not good at archery, and I probably won't have much time to spend at school."

Emiya Shirou continues to reject Mizuki Ayako with the same reason he rejected Ryudou Kazunari.

After all, he really rarely had time to stay at school.

Joining the department is just taking up a spot for nothing.

If he hadn't witnessed Atalanta and Chiron's archery skills, Shirou Emiya might have thought his own archery skills were quite good.

Although Chiron had given him guidance, he still felt somewhat inferior to those Heroic Spirits in archery.

Chapter 301 Ayako Misaki's Warm Invitation

How will you know if you can do it if you don't try?

With a smile on her face, Ayako Mitsuki stood up and walked towards Shirou Emiya.

She comes from a family that upholds the spirit of martial arts and is proficient in all eighteen martial arts styles.

Furthermore, Ayako Mitsumi has been training in karate at a dojo in Fuyuki City, and her karate skills are already sufficient to serve as a substitute instructor.

Ryudou Kazunari also visited the karate dojo where Ayako worked and trained.

His assessment was that Ayako Mitsumi's karate level was comparable to his own, but if they were to actually fight, Mitsumi would probably win.

It's worth noting that Kazuki-sensei has been guiding Ryudou Issei's karate.

Ayako, who was proficient in various martial arts, could tell at a glance that Shirou Emiya had practiced martial arts and that it wasn't just physical training.

Both his breathing and walking styles have been significantly improved, demonstrating a certain level of skill in generating power.

Although Shirou Emiya did not receive professional training, he would unconsciously refine his stance through constant battles.

Ayako Mitsuki could clearly sense that Shirou Emiya was someone who had trained.

Simply exercising your body won't help you adjust your posture.

She just didn't quite understand what Shirou Emiya was practicing.

Rin Tohsaka's Bajiquan and Kazunari Ryudou's karate were easily recognizable to Ayako Mitsuki at a glance.

As for Emiya Shirou, she found him somewhat unfathomable.

For someone with a little talent in martial arts, mastering another skill is not difficult, because many skills are interconnected. The difficulty lies in mastering it.

If Ryudou Kazunari were to participate in archery, he would basically be able to master it, but it would be difficult for him to reach the level of Mizuki Ayako.

Just like Artoria, who can also use a bow in combat, and whose accuracy and strength are not low, it is difficult for her to reach the level of archery skills of Archer.

It's just that people with a martial arts background find it easier and can master it in a shorter time than those who have no martial arts background at all.

Ryudong Ikseung's current achievements in karate are the result of many years of diligent and hard work.

Only someone with exceptional talent like Ayako Mitsumi could be proficient in all eighteen martial arts.

Even Ryudong Kazunari had to admire her for this.

Ayako Mitsumi wanted to recruit Shirou Emiya into the archery club, partly because of Ryudou Kazunari's budget constraints, and partly because she naturally felt that Shirou Emiya, with his martial arts background, would be easier to manage than the newly joined archery novices.

"Ichisei, there should be a place where we can shoot arrows at Ryudou-ji Temple!"

Mizuki Ayako turned around and asked Ryudou Kazunari.

"Uh, there's a dojo behind the temple. That's where Mr. Kuzuki and I practice karate, and we even have bows there—"

Before Ryudou Ichisei could finish speaking, Mizuki Ayako pushed the wryly smiling Emiya Shirou toward them.

He could only sigh as he pushed up his glasses with his fingers, then put down the documents in his hand and walked away with Ayako Mizuki.

Emiya Shirou was also quite helpless. He had only wanted to thank Kazunari and Kuzuki-sensei for their help, but he didn't expect to be entangled by Mitsuri Ayako.

Didn't I already explain why I couldn't join the club?

He wasn't good at refusing people, so he could only come to the dojo at Ayako's urging.

Ryudou Kazunari came along partly because he was worried that Mizuki Ayako would cause trouble, and partly because he wanted to see how long it would take Emiya Shirou to master archery.

If Ayako Mitsuki could tell that Shirou Emiya had practiced martial arts, there was no reason why Kazunari Ryudou wouldn't have noticed.

He wasn't particularly concerned about it, but since Mizuki Ayako had brought it up, Ryudou Kazunari also wanted to go and observe.

All martial arts are simply different in terms of skill and strength. Although Shirou Emiya may not be able to use a bow, you can tell a lot just from the way he shot his first arrow. There is no reason why Kazunari Ryudou would not go and observe.

"Teacher Ge Mu!"

At this moment, Souichirou Kuzuki was practicing his fist techniques at the dojo when he saw Shirou Emiya and Ayako Mitsuri approaching and quickly stopped what he was doing.

He stared at them with an extremely serious expression.

"The pastries are delicious."

Kuzuki Souichirou nodded, indicating that he really liked the food that Emiya Shirou had given him.

"Is Mr. Kuzuki practicing here?"

Ayako Mitsuki asked.

"Ah."

Soichiro Kuzuki didn't say much, he just nodded.

What are you planning to do here?

"Let's borrow the archery dojo. Maybe Emiya will become a member of the archery club."

"Really? The archery dojo is over there."

Following the direction pointed out by Kuzuki Souichirou, behind a door in this dojo, one can clearly see the target.

"Thank you, Professor Kuzuki!"

Ayako waved her hand and pushed Shirou Emiya toward that direction.

Kuzuki Souichirou stopped what he was doing and followed.

Although it's not nice to say it like this, Souichirou Kuzuki felt a strong threat from Shirou Emiya.

He felt that if he were to fight Shirou Emiya, he would probably be defeated very quickly.

"Mitsuzuri-kun, I have studied archery, but I'm not very good at it, and my posture isn't standard either."

Emiya Shirou looked at Mizuki Ayako with a wry smile.

He had already practiced archery many times during junior high school.

Because Shirou Emiya discovered that he could easily see things at a great distance, he tried shooting arrows.

It also hit the trees a hundred meters away with great ease.

After that, I also became obsessed with archery for a while, and my posture was extremely standard.

However, after so many battles, and with Chiron's guidance, Shirou Emiya had forgotten what the standard archery stance looked like.

Chiron had completely adjusted his posture to be the most suitable shooting method for himself, and with Chiron's bow, the arrows he shot were barely up to Atalanta's level.

However, Chiron was still a long way off. Shirou Emiya had imagined in his mind that if he were to exchange arrows with Chiron, his arrows would probably be shot down in mid-air.

Furthermore, Chiron can also cover his area like a rain of arrows while hitting the aerial sword arrows he has shot out.

However, if he were to wear two pieces of the Demon-Binding Armor, his sword arrows would be intercepted when he got closer to Chiron.

If we could use external magic, Chiron would be able to only try to dodge and would have difficulty retaliating.

In the Holy Grail War, which Shirou Emiya did not participate in, Atalanta's arrow aimed at Siegfried was intercepted by Chiron, leaving her with little chance to retaliate.

Chapter 302 Archery Skills as Solid as a Mountain

Having sensed the profound difference between them, Shirou Emiya naturally wouldn't be too complacent about archery. Moreover, after witnessing the existence of people like Shana and Esdeath who could master breathing techniques with just a glance, he felt even more inadequate.

Emiya Shirou also became more humble.