Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

"call out----!"

An arrow hit the bullseye with perfect precision.

"!"

"!"

"when!"

Mizuki Ayako and Ryudou Kazunari stared in disbelief at the arrow that had already hit the bullseye.

They weren't surprised that Shirou Emiya could hit the bullseye so accurately with a single arrow.

"You, that was way too fast!"

Mizuki Ayako rubbed her eyes in disbelief, then looked at Ryudou Kazunari beside her.

"Did you see clearly?"

Liu Dongyi shook his head.

What shocked them was that they didn't see Shirou Emiya draw his bow and shoot an arrow, nor did they see how the arrow was shot out or how it hit the bullseye.

In the blink of an eye, the arrow was already stuck on it.

Shirou Emiya could only shake his head with a wry smile. Chiron had taught him that as an archer, one must possess excellent close-combat skills and be able to utilize the bow and arrow effectively in close combat.

As an archer, you will inevitably face situations where you run out of arrows and when enemies get close.

Therefore, having extremely strong close-combat ability is very important to them.

However, Shirou Emiya already possessed excellent close-combat skills, and Chiron did not teach him in this area.

He simply did his best to teach Shirou Emiya archery.

For example, shortening the time it takes to draw and shoot an arrow is one of the things Chiron taught Shirou Emiya.

In battle, drawing the bow takes a lot of time, and the enemy will not let you take the time to draw and shoot. In a duel between two archers, shortening the time to draw the bow will also give you a significant advantage.

Shirou Emiya possesses exceptional talent in archery, and because of the Guardian attribute inherent in him, Chiron's [Divine Wisdom], which would otherwise be ineffective on a human, also exerts some effect on him.

This allowed Shirou Emiya to absorb almost all of Chiron's archery experience and techniques in just one afternoon.

"Um, Shirou, could you slow down a bit?"

Ryudou Kazunari suggested to Emiya Shirou.

Emiya Shirou nodded. Accustomed to quickly drawing his bow and shooting arrows, he momentarily forgot how to slow down. At such close range, Emiya Shirou didn't even need to aim.

You can shoot even with your eyes closed.

Only when shooting at long range is a brief aiming time required.

"call out----!"

"call out----!"

"call out----!"

Three piercing sounds rang out, and one arrow struck the bullseye immediately after the previous one.

Every arrow hit the same spot.

Although Shirou Emiya was capable of piercing the previous arrow with the next one, he did not do so.

These arrows belong to other people, so Shirou Emiya would never do that.

"..."

Mizuki Ayako and Ryudou Kazunari exchanged a glance and then fell silent.

Emiya Shirou is very casual when it comes to archery. In Chiron's words, he shoots whatever position feels comfortable, and everyone's best posture and the best bow position are different.

Even the best position and posture for exerting force can change depending on the shape of the bow.

Moreover, the best position for exerting force is not necessarily the best position for drawing the bow. These positions vary from person to person, so you often need to try and change things up to find the best one.

Chiron's advice was to do whatever made him comfortable, since people like them, who had essentially surpassed ordinary people, didn't need to consider many things.

In the eyes of Ryudou Kazunari and Mizuki Ayako, Emiya Shirou's casual shot hit the bullseye with ease.

Is this because he's not good at archery?

Although Ayako Mizuki has an extremely strong competitive spirit, she would put aside her competitive spirit when faced with someone as overwhelming as a mountain, because she clearly understands that she is not capable of doing such a thing at this stage.

It's as if she understands that she is no match for Souichirou Kuzuki, but she doesn't strive to surpass him.

Because there is a chasm-like gap between them, it is impossible to see how to catch up.

“Indeed, there is no need for Emiya to join the archery tradition.”

It's meaningless, that's what Ayako Mitsuri thought to herself. Just like she had practically no rivals left in archery and wanted to quit, Shirou Emiya had reached the point where he could hit the target accurately with a simple pull of his bow.

Forcibly dragging him into the archery club would be pointless; the entire archery club couldn't even provide him with any guidance.

Perhaps some guidance could be given on posture, but Shirou Emiya doesn't seem like someone who wants to participate in the tournament.

Moreover, even Shirou Emiya, with his archery skills, felt somewhat hopeless, let alone the members of the archery club.

As the club president, Ayako Mitsumi has now given up on the idea of ​​recruiting him into the archery club.

"Emiya Shirou, he really is no ordinary person."

Such skill, appearing in a sixteen-year-old boy, made Kuzuki Souichirou fall into deep thought.

His first thought was whether Emiya Shirou was a member of that organization, since it was incredibly difficult for someone his age to possess such skill.

However, Shirou Emiya seemed to be a native of Fuyuki City, and Souichirou Kuzuki immediately ruled out this possibility.

After all, Soichiro Kuzuki initially thought he could only live peacefully for half a year before the organization would send someone to kill him, but he never expected to live like this for four years.

Emiya Shirou put the bow and arrows back in their places and removed all his protective gear.

He hadn't practiced archery like this in a long time, and he missed it a bit.

After all, Shirou Emiya mostly uses the bow in battle, and he hasn't trained in archery for a long time.

He also sensed that he wouldn't be able to make much progress in archery skills in the short term, and that the only way to increase the damage of his sword arrows would be to improve his physical fitness and use special sword arrows.

For example, there's the poisonous [One-Hit Kill, Murasame], the [Radiant King Sword] which can explode at an even faster speed, and the [Invincible Golden Sword] which has the widest explosion range.

The variety of swords and arrows also increases the tactical versatility of Emiya Shirou.

Chapter 303 A New Door Has Been Opened

These were all minor incidents. After ten days of hard work, Shirou Emiya finally passed all his make-up exams.

God knows how much time Shirou Emiya spent studying.

In any case, aside from Shirou Emiya's consistent training and practice, he attends classes at school during the day and receives one-on-one tutoring from Sakura in the evenings.

Sometimes Rin Tohsaka would come over and tutor Shirou Emiya with Sakura.

Since becoming acquainted with Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka has frequently visited the Emiya residence, ostensibly to prevent Shirou, as a magician, from harming Sakura.

Actually, he wanted to spend more time with Sakura.

However, Sakura wasn't particularly opposed to it.

At first, she was a little afraid that her grandfather might say something, but the bugs on her body did not react, which temporarily put Sakura's mind at ease.

She so wished that this dream could continue.

During his holidays, Shirou Emiya would also visit Ryudouji Temple to help Kazunari Ryudou resolve some student council issues or other school problems.

During his free time, Shirou Emiya also went to the Matou family's house, but was stopped at the door by Shinji Matou and did not see the kind old man.

However, Shinji said that he seemed to still be alive, just in poor health.

So Shirou Emiya handed over the pastries he had made to Shinji.

He also told Sakura about this, asking her if she needed to go back and visit Zouken Matou.

However, Sakura shook her head and refused, probably because she was afraid that Shinji would beat her up.

Emiya Shirou thought to himself.

But these are their family matters, and it's not appropriate for me to get involved.

Later, during an outing, he ran into Kirei Kotomine, who was eating Mapo Tofu at a Chinese restaurant.

Under his influence, Shirou Emiya took a small bite of the Mapo Tofu recommended by the priest.

He believed that Kirei Kotomine would not harm him.

He then completely lost consciousness.

Even when he was bleeding out, Shirou Emiya did not lose consciousness. However, when he ate Mapo Tofu, he seemed to have lost his mind and could not think of anything.

It seems that in the last moment before I lost consciousness, I heard the word "pleasure".

When he opened his eyes again, he was already back home.

Emiya Shirou felt so much pain on his face that he lost all feeling, as if he had fallen face down into the Mapo Tofu after taking that bite.

At that moment, Shirou Emiya felt as if his soul had left his body. If it weren't for a lingering attachment, Shirou felt he might have actually died there.

This isn't Mapo Tofu, it's Death Tofu!

Sakura looked at him with a worried expression, while Rin chuckled to himself.

Lying beside Emiya Shirou was Fujimura Taiga, who was also unconscious.

"Sister Teng, what's wrong with her?"

Emiya Shirou covered his head and asked in a daze.

"When Fujii heard that you, Shirou, were tricked into eating Mapo Tofu by a priest, she angrily ran over to confront that priest."

Rin explained, hands on her chest.

"Then, I don't know what method the priest used, but Fujii chose to challenge Kirei Kotomine, and with her incredibly strong willpower, she ate Mapo Tofu bite by bite without losing consciousness."

"Then, why—"