Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

They couldn't afford to repeat the incident where Dr. Fashion and Esdeath found them and launched a night raid on their base, so they were extremely meticulous about concealing their tracks.

Under normal circumstances, the best way to leave is with Najenda's flying dangerous mount.

However, against the Emiya Legion, whose ranged attacks were extremely accurate, they were simply sitting ducks, so they abandoned this method of leaving long ago.

After a short while, the Night Raid team slowed down to rest.

"Who is he?"

Najenda frowned and asked Shirou Emiya, who was wearing the [Demon Possessed] outfit in front of her.

She did notice him as she left, but her first priority was to get out of the encirclement of the Emiya army.

Since Shirou Emiya came out of prison with Leone and Tatsumi, and Leone did not have any conflict with him, Najenda looked at Shirou Emiya with a wary attitude and did not intend to make a move for the time being.

"Zheng—!"

The demonic possession was quickly dispelled, revealing Shirou Emiya, who wore a red and black cloak and a school uniform that was out of place in this era, with red and white hair.

After continuous modifications, Shirou Emiya finally combined the Holy Relic created by Jeanne d'Arc, which could provide healing abilities and resist a certain amount of magic and curses, with the Night Hat worn by Shana, which could provide defense and store items.

"Emiya?"

Najendan muttered in a low voice, her previously wary eyes suddenly changing.

"laugh----!"

Just like a bullet passing through the air.

A silver sword light appeared from behind Shirou Emiya, the sound stirred up by the tip of the sword flashing through space.

To onlookers, the seemingly ordinary imperial longsword transformed into a blur of motion in an instant, hurtling toward Shirou Emiya's neck with astonishing speed.

"Ding!"

With a crisp clash, the reverse blade and the Imperial longsword collided in the tranquil forest, sparking a dazzling shower of sparks.

The instant he sensed danger, Shirou Emiya did not hesitate for a moment. He turned around sharply and collided with the weapon in the hand of the person behind him with remarkable precision.

That was Akame, who had already donned the [Possessed by Evil Spirits] spell.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

With a series of bursts of air-tearing sounds, Akame, her expression cold, transformed her slashes into a torrential rain, mercilessly enveloping Emiya Shirou.

"Throat".

"heart".

"Chest".

"abdomen".

"Between the eyebrows".

As if determined to kill Shirou Emiya, the torrential high-speed slashes were aimed at the vital points of these people, each strike potentially fatal.

"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A series of crisp, clashing sounds reached the ears of the other members of the night raid.

Akame's swordsmanship was so exquisite that even Esdeath would have found it somewhat troublesome, yet Shirou Emiya blocked it so easily.

Emiya Shirou frowned, wielding his reverse blade with utter bewilderment, the pace quickening as the flashes of the blade and the sparks of fire continued to erupt.

"He's not one of those—!"

Just as Tatsumi was about to tell Akame to stop, he was quickly interrupted by Najenda.

"If Dr. Fashion spent a lot of effort creating a more refined Emiya android, isn't that a trap?"

Yes, they did see the real Shirou Emiya, but Night Raid only spent a few days with him.

Several days were not enough for them to truly understand everything about Shirou Emiya; they did not understand where those Emiya androids came from.

Moreover, Shirou Emiya's disappearance was due to that battle with Esdeath, and they didn't believe Esdeath would let Shirou Emiya go.

In reality, in their hearts, Shirou Emiya was already dead, and the existence of those androids was a product created by them using Shirou Emiya's corpse.

Tatsumi might be somewhat surprised, but he would still believe that Shirou Emiya was not dead. However, Najenda was different; she knew Esdeath perfectly well, and Shirou Emiya had no chance of surviving.

Unless he could have actually defeated Esdeath at that time, he would never have survived unless Shirou Emiya had submitted to Esdeath.

There are only two outcomes if you fall into that woman's hands: either become her loyal subordinate or die a miserable death.

Moreover, given the previous incident where the base was exposed due to Tatsumi's carelessness, Najenda naturally viewed things with extreme vigilance.

The mere fact that he is possessed by a demon is not enough to prove Shirou Emiya's identity.

Having been frozen in prison for so long, Najenda didn't believe that the Emiya androids weren't capable of projecting the ability to be possessed by demons.

However, those Emiya androids can indeed project the demonic possession, but because the Night Raid team was hiding, they had never seen the demonic possession short sword in its form, and directly projecting the armor would consume a bit too much mana.

The place they are returning to during the night raid is not their new base, but a stronghold that the Revolutionary Army has established near the Empire, a stronghold that is crucial to their success or failure.

Najenda must be extremely careful, otherwise everything they have done for the people of the Empire will be in vain.

If the Shirou Emiya in front of them is indeed a new type of android created by Dr. Fashion in his laboratory, then all the preparations they have made at the Revolutionary Army's base will be known to the Empire.

In Night Raid, Tatsumi is the easiest to persuade with reason and emotion. Dr. Fashion can certainly create a more perfect Emiya android to gain Tatsumi's trust, and in turn, Night Raid's trust, thereby stealing the Revolutionary Army's movements.

She had to nip this risk in the bud.

Najenda and Akame will not have any pity for this, as a considerable number of Emiya's homunculus have died at Akame's hands.

As a leader, Najenda naturally had to abandon this useless pity. She did not want her momentary compassion to cause the deaths of others in the Night Raid.

Moreover, Shirou Emiya is not a member of Night Raid, nor does he have a deep emotional connection with Night Raid. In this situation, it is better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free.

"Can't someone please explain this to me?!"

Emiya Shirou shouted loudly at Akame, who was dressed as a demon-possessed woman.

His hands, however, did not stop moving at all, continuously resisting her attacks.

Akame's attacks were incredibly swift and deadly, but for Emiya Shirou, who had always fought against swordsmen with special abilities, they weren't that difficult to deal with.

Even if Shirou Emiya's swordsmanship was poor, with such endless infusion of sword techniques, his swordsmanship naturally reached a considerable level.

Moreover, Shirou Emiya's physical abilities were already far superior to Akame's at this point.

Although the markings on his head were not visible due to Avalon, Shirou Emiya did indeed have the markings revealed.

The growth that overdraws on life force not only directly improved Shirou Emiya's physical fitness by a large margin, but it is also one of the reasons why Shirou Emiya was able to easily surpass those who had been training in just a few months through continuous training.

This is the power gained by overdrawing on the future.

However, Shirou Emiya did not intend to actually clash with Night Raid, so he remained on the defensive and did not choose to take the initiative to attack.

Chapter 356 Gravity is a great crowd control skill

However, Akame cannot continue to entangle herself with Emiya Shirou indefinitely.

The fact that the Emiya Legion hasn't arrived yet doesn't mean they'll never catch up.

If Shirou Emiya is indeed one of those homunculus, then their location has been exposed, and the Empire will soon send people to surround and annihilate them.

"Susanoo!!"

Najenda called out in a deep voice, and Susanoo, who was also wearing the [Demon Possessed] outfit, stomped his right foot on the ground and charged towards Shirou Emiya's position like a cannonball.

The heavy hammer in his hand drew a perfect arc in the air before being swung down heavily towards Shirou Emiya's head.

"boom----!"

The hammer, vibrating through the air, grazed past Shirou Emiya and slammed heavily onto the ground.

With a loud crash, the ground shattered, and debris flew in all directions.

"call out----!"

The golden beam of light also shot with remarkable precision behind Shirou Emiya at the very moment he dodged Susanoo's hammer.

The relentless attacks were overwhelming and impossible for a normal person to withstand.

However, Shirou Emiya did not want to continue this entanglement, as such a battle would yield no results.

Gravity—Solution!

At that moment, a bright red fan was pulled out of his black and red night hat by Shirou Emiya, accompanied by a faint red glow.

The several times gravity applied to Shirou Emiya was instantly released at that moment, and he stomped the ground hard, his speed exploding in an instant.

With a surge of energy emanating from his body, Shirou Emiya vanished from the spot.

The golden light missed its mark, passing through Shirou Emiya's previous position, grazing Susanoo and Akame's sides, and piercing through the trees behind them without any obstruction.

Mine calculated precisely that even if her attack passed through Shirou Emiya from behind, it would not harm Akame and Susanoo, who were fighting Shirou Emiya in front of her.

However, the battle is over!

"!!!!!!"

An immense pressure was placed upon everyone present except Tatsumi during that instant.

Lubbock, who was secretly manipulating the threads, was instantly forced to the ground.

During the battle, Shirou Emiya was constantly observing his surroundings; he hadn't just seen Mine preparing to fire.

They also saw Lubbock secretly controlling the silk threads around himself.

Not far away, Mine was also unable to withstand the immense pressure. Gripping her weapon tightly, she was forced to the ground, unable to stand up again.

Leone and Najenda also knelt down under this force.

Only Akame and Susanoo managed to maintain their balance amidst the sudden surge in gravity, standing up and gripping their weapons tightly, staring intently at Shirou Emiya with extremely strong killing intent.

Emiya Shirou didn't amplify the surrounding gravity too much, because everyone's tolerance for gravity is different, and he wasn't trying to eliminate the night raiders.

I just hope they can listen to me properly and clear up this misunderstanding.

Feeling the increased gravity around her, Akame's hand gripping the sword hilt trembled slightly as she strode towards Shirou Emiya's location, but her speed noticeably decreased by more than half.

Under such gravity, Akame and Susanoo's mobility was greatly affected. If it weren't for the blessing of [Demon Possession], they would have been unable to move an inch under this force.