Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

The bullet machines that were continuously pouring into the smoke exploded instantly.

"Kuwaayi Nie!"

Accompanied by a seemingly unorthodox sound, in the air where there was nothing at all, purple-black spikes seemed to have rubbed against something, and then turned into a whip and lashed to the side.

"You can determine my location just by sound? That's really powerful—"

The next second, several pitch-black objects that looked like some kind of weapons appeared in the air where there was nothing but trees. They collided directly with the pitch-black whip and then shattered.

A middle-aged man wearing casual pants with his leg hair exposed, a pair of flip-flops, and an emerald green cape flew out backwards.

After he fell to the ground and bounced a few times, he covered his waist where he hit the ground, slowly stood up, and looked at the thick smoke with a smile on his face.

"It's really unexpected that you can even use [Evil], Emiya Shirou!"

The thick fog slowly dissipated, and a sphere surrounded by a pitch-black quagmire-like substance appeared in the purple fog.

As the pitch-black quagmire unfolded, Shirou Emiya's body, riddled with holes and soaked in blood, appeared before the uncle's eyes.

Chapter 966 The Sixth Holy Grail War!

Replacement magic, Emiya Shirou remembered that Toosaka Rin had also mentioned it, it was a very basic magic, the principle of which was a low-level basic magic of degraded exchange.

For example, if you have a spoon in your hand, after using the replacement magic, it will be replaced by a spoon of worse quality than the original one. As the number of replacements increases, the spoon will become worse and worse until its quality is degraded to nothing.

As for replacing space, this kind of thing is actually as outrageous as the projection magic that can project a treasure.

The Endsworth family's replacement magic, like Emiya Shirou's projection magic, transcends common sense in magic in terms of scale, precision, and scope of application.

It is impossible for a normal magician to achieve the level of Shirou Emiya of the Endsworth family using substitution magic and projection magic.

Shirou Emiya had never thought that the other party could actually replace the armor on his body directly.

After all, if it was possible, shouldn't I have replaced the armor I was wearing when I arrived at the Endsworth family?

However, the reason is very simple, because the other party is an ancient magician who has existed for thousands of years. The ancestor of the Endsworth family is the spiritual concept of a magician who has survived from thousands of years ago to this day - Darius Endsworth.

The substitution magic he mastered was naturally not on the same level as the substitution magic Angelica mastered.

When Shirou Emiya attacked the Endsworth family, Darius did not take Shirou Emiya seriously at all, and did not even regard him as a threat. He planned to leave it entirely to Angelica and Beatrice to deal with.

Not long after he made the move, Emiya Shirou was transported across the world by the collision of the two EAs.

The black mud did not absorb too many bullets, because at the moment he used the black mud to resist the bullets, Darius once again used the replacement magic to transfer the black mud used to resist the attack.

"Bankai - All is gone"

A bloody blade suddenly appeared in Shirou Emiya's hand, and the wounds on his body caused by the bullets were healed in an instant.

"Another unexpected treasure. It can defend, attack, and heal. Even though he is a magician, he has not been poisoned until now. It is really a combination of offense and defense!"

Darius praised Shirou Emiya's strength without hesitation. After all, the opponent was an existence that even Beatrice, who possessed the divine power, and Angelica, who used the card of the oldest king Gilgamesh, could not defeat together.

"Trace on"

A scarlet spear appeared in Shirou Emiya's hand. He stepped on the black mud and stomped the ground hard. He wanted to strike through the opponent's heart with one blow.

When Darius saw the spear in Emiya Shirou's hand, his expression couldn't help but freeze. Then the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Without hesitation, his figure became illusory and disappeared into the air.

The surrounding forest gradually disappeared, and the other party's voice came faintly from the air.

"I don't want to be pierced through the heart by GAE BOLG of Cuchulainn! Today's temptation is enough—"

"I guess you are ready for the Sixth Holy Grail War!"

At this moment, Emiya Shirou's frown deepened.

Shirou Emiya had never expected that the other party knew the true name of the treasure in his hand. In this case, there was no way for him to use Kayaborg to attack the other party.

passive!

Falling into a passive position again!

But this is almost inevitable. After the opponent knows that you have extremely strong frontal combat capabilities, you will naturally choose to move the battle to the back and into the dark.

Because only in this way can you limit your own power to the greatest extent.

If we were on the moon, we wouldn't have to worry about the disaster caused by the battle.

Shirou Emiya will not hesitate to continuously project and release his Noble Phantasms to directly annihilate the opponent on a large scale.

But it doesn't work here, this is Fuyuki City, this is the urban area.

And his maximum attack range is only this building, which means that at most he can only destroy this building under his attack.

However, the other party's activities are not confined to this building, so there is no point in blowing up the building.

"Three people——"

Shirou Emiya murmured. He and Sakura once again overlooked one thing, or rather, they did not realize that the other party had never been limited to only one person coming to this world at a time.

It’s just that neither Emiya Shirou nor White-haired Sakura has a way to determine the number of people, and the other party can hide. Even if there are really many people, as long as the other party does not show up, Emiya Shirou can't guess how many people have come to this world.

"Assassin is a job that really makes me feel uncomfortable."

Looking at Darius who left unharmed, Shirou Emiya could only stare at the place where he disappeared.

From the initial encounter with Hassan the Cursed who was planning to launch a sneak attack on Arthur, to being pierced through the heart by Li Shuwen on the moon, to using his own aura to block Shuten-doji who was trying to deal with him, to now Darius who can easily leave right under his nose.

What made Emiya Shirou uncomfortable was not Assassin, but the breath blocking. The most important thing was that he had no ability to deal with the breath blocking.

If he were to face Li Shuwen again, his heart would be ruthlessly broken by him again. Shirou Emiya suddenly began to miss Jeanne d'Arc's revelation.

If Joan of Arc were here, the other party would not have been able to leave so easily, and she would not have fallen into such a passive situation so easily.

Now the only chance to turn passivity into initiative is to wait for White-haired Sakura to build a safe passage to the world where the Endsworth family is.

"Building a safe world passage is not that simple. At least it is impossible to do it in such a short time!"

Sakura could only shake her head at this.

"In the intelligence war, the other side has the upper hand—"

In previous battles with Servants, Emiya Shirou knew the opponent's Servant's weaknesses and what kind of fighting the opponent's Servant was good at, but the opponent did not know what kind of Noble Phantasm he could project, thus suppressing the opponent.

But in the current situation, the black mud has been exposed, and the other party also knows what the black mud is. It sounds very familiar. The other party also knows about the treasure Gayeborg that can be used to deliver a fatal blow secretly. It is not possible to kill with one blow without the other party knowing about it.

As for the Infinite Sword System, he could feel it when fighting with Angelica. The opponent's fierce attack was obviously intended to stop him from chanting and release the Infinite Sword System.

Fortunately, he has enough cards up his sleeve. Even if he has exposed a considerable part of his abilities, Shirou Emiya still has cards up his sleeve that the other party doesn't know about.

Chapter 967: Stable yet Crisis-ridden Fuyuki City

"I feel like Fuyuki City is very unstable lately—!"

In Luvia's mansion, Toosaka Rin, dressed in a maid outfit, looked at the newspaper in her hand with some melancholy.

It has been more than two weeks since I collected the last job card. Not only has the earth veins of Fuyuki City not stabilized, but various problems have occurred frequently recently.

"There seem to be quite a few gas leaks, and basically the locations of gas explosions have more or less magical fluctuations."

Luvia also nodded, as if confirming what Toosaka Rin said.

"Wait! When did you go to investigate those places?"

"Oh wow! Do you think everyone has to work part-time like a down-and-out young lady like you? Of course I went to investigate as soon as I realized something was wrong!"

Luvia glanced at Toosaka Rin who was holding a broom and gave her a very contemptuous smile.

"Do you think you can relax your vigilance after collecting the job cards? We still haven't discovered the identity of that armored man yet?"

Facing Luvia's ridicule, the veins on the back of Toosaka Rin's hand holding the broom bulged, and she wished she could hit Luvia in the face with the broom.

"Do you think I really didn't do anything?"

"Although the job cards have been collected, I don't know why the ground veins of Fuyuki City are still disturbed. The passage to the virtual number has been closed, so it should recover naturally."

"Huh! Aren't you the Tohsaka family the managers of the Fuyuki City leylines? This is clearly your job, but you're making it sound like you've done something great!"

"Besides, you haven't found a solution yet!"

Luvia's words were full of disdain for Toosaka Rin's words. If her teacher hadn't insisted on her coming, she wouldn't have come to this Far East place at all. What's more, collecting job cards and stabilizing the land veins of Fuyuki City were all preparations for Toosaka's success.

"Tie-Mei! Didn't you find the magician who has been causing abnormalities recently? Do you want to have a fight?"

"Ha! Do you still want your salary? You talk to me like this in my mansion!"

hateful!

For the money and gems, I endure it!

It doesn't matter if they fight outside, but if they fight inside Luvia's mansion, Toosaka will have to pay for everything that is broken. The little bit of money she earned with great difficulty will be lost in the end. Wouldn't it be a waste of her time working here?

Be normal!

Be normal!

"Oh yeah, where's Miyu?"

Today is a rest day, and logically, Miyu should be at Luvia's mansion, but she has been here for a while, but there is no sign of Miyu.

"She went to Illya's house early in the morning. The relationship between the two is really deep!"

"Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. Let's go ask Lord El-Melloi how to solve the problem of the ley lines in Fuyuki City."

at the same time--

"Miyu, are you going to visit Muramasa-nii today as well?"

On the way, Illya, who was wearing casual clothes, asked Miyu helplessly.

Now Miyu basically goes to Emiya's house every day, but unfortunately, after so long, she still hasn't seen Muramasa mentioned by Illya, the man with white hair who looks very similar to Emiya Shirou.

Even on weekends, when they went to visit early in the morning, the other party was not at home.

I don’t know what the other person is doing every day. Basically, I can hear rumors about him but can’t see him.

"Well, we'll meet when the time comes, but it's definitely worth investigating."

Ruby floating next to Illya didn't care about it. After all, they all lived in Fuyuki City and would meet each other sooner or later. What's more, it didn't know why Miyu wanted to see her.

"However, more than half a month has passed, and we still haven't met. This is indeed a very strange thing. How can a high school boy have so many things to do every day?"

"Miyu once blocked the door of that house at four in the morning, and she didn't show up until school started. It felt like she was not at home all day!"

"Hey! Is this why you were so drowsy that day, Miyu?"

Illya was very surprised, she didn't expect that such a cold and quiet Miyu would do such a thing.

"But Fujimura-sensei said that she often bumps into him outside."

They didn't expect that Fujimura Taiga actually lived next door to Muramasa, and they heard from Teacher Fujimura that the other person's cooking skills were very good, so she would occasionally go to Muramasa's house for meals.

"Actually, I feel like it's just a matter of luck. If Miyu had just let things take their own course, she might have been able to meet him."

Ruby sighed. There were indeed signs that the other party had lived here. Both the neighbors nearby and the vendors in the commercial street had a deep impression of this man.

After all, Shirou Emiya had already left a deep impression on them, and then a white-haired Shirou appeared. Even if the other party did nothing, it would still leave a deep impression on them.

"Sister, I think we still need to be careful. The other party is a magician. The situation may not be as simple as we think."

Sapphire was very wary of the elusive Muramasa, whom she had never met before. Most magicians were not good people.

People like Luvia and Toosaka Rin are rare among magicians.

Moreover, according to the information that Lady Luvia had found, the other party was too mysterious, so mysterious that it seemed as if he had come here from another world.

"Brother Muramasa is a good man!"

Illya didn't know what to say, so she could only nod to refute Sapphire's words.

"Anyway, let's go take another look today. If we still can't meet him, let's go back first."

Miyu was no longer as excited as she was at the beginning. After such a long time, she had already calmed down.

So, where is Shirou Emiya at this time?

"Senior, the research on the job cards has been completed. I have bound them to the Holy Grail you brought with you--!"

BB's somewhat cheerful words came into Emiya Shirou's ears. Although they were a bit complicated, he still solved them.

"It will take another half a month to build a stable and safe passage between worlds. Sorry!"

White-haired Sakura's words, slightly tired but filled with apology, also came out slowly.