Shirou Emiya is determined to kill all the cursed spirits and evil spirits

For example, the [Tengen] today, if Emiya hadn't stockpiled so many Ten Thousand Talismans in advance, he would have broken the rules. How could it be so easy to make the other party compromise quickly?

But the moment Emiya pushed open the door, what caught his eye was Gojo Satoru, who had opened the freezer door and was rummaging through the drawers.

"Ah, you're back?"

"Come on, come on, I'm almost starving!"

"......"

"It's only afternoon now, why are you back so early?"

Emiya walked into the room helplessly and closed the door, then gently took the ingredients he had selected from Gojo Satoru.

Well, unsurprisingly, there aren't many unpalatable vegetables.

"Such an important thing happened here, how can I still waste time outside?"

"I just took care of all the enemies and rushed back immediately."

After saying that, Gojo Satoru not only gave Emiya a thumbs up, but also showed a mouthful of white and neat teeth.

Is this a compliment to him for beating up Tianyuan and accomplishing what this guy wanted to do but hadn't done yet?

"So, Principal Ye Moth has told you everything?" asked Emiya.

"Ah, that's right."

"An ancient sorcerer from thousands of years ago... who has barely survived to this day dares to act so recklessly. He must be disgusted by his own long, disgusting life, which is like a termite..."

"But coming back to the point, I seem to have encountered a problem on my way back."

Gojo Satoru didn't seem to want to dwell on this topic, and immediately switched himself to another state. He spoke to Emiya in an ambiguous tone, "Yeah, I remember now. I think someone said they were looking for you at the Tokyo school."

"Two beautiful girls, an old woman with missing teeth, and even a young boy..."

"Emiya-kun, your time management doesn't seem to be very good. Do you want me to teach you?"

"...ha?"

Volume 1: Chapter 162 It is time to step into the era of spell technology

Two girls, an old lady who sounds quite old, and a young man?

Emiya couldn't remember when he had ever provoked such a combination. Even if he counted them separately, it seemed that the people he knew in this world couldn't make up this group, right?

After all, he had only been in this world for about a month, so he remembered clearly who he had met and what their names were.

Also, what does Gojo Satoru's sarcastic tone mean? Is it a metaphor for his immoral life?

Well, when it comes to time management, of course no one can compare to the other. There are only a few people in the world who only sleep three hours a day on average.

But Emiya always felt that there was another hidden meaning in Gojo Satoru's words. Could it be that... he was jealous?

However, according to Emiya's understanding, this jealousy was not emotional jealousy, but simply that Gojo Satoru suspected that the delicious food that should have been enjoyed by him alone was shared by many other people.

.......Bar?

"I know, I know. I'll go check out what the situation is like over there."

"As for time management, Mr. Gojo, you should first address your own issues. You claim to be saving time, but aren't you still ignoring the students' situation?"

"If you have nothing to do right now, why not go to the training ground and check on the students' training status... If you think my training direction is off, you can make some corrections."

It was impossible for Gojo Satoru to disturb Emiya's state with a few words, because he had already been baptized by the memories of several 'Emiya Shirou' and was working hard to transform into a complete and powerful state.

At that time, he will be the only one to poison others, so how could he be put under pressure from others?

However, Gojo Satoru himself felt a little embarrassed when he heard Emiya accusing him like this.

"Really? It seems like I've been neglecting their progress recently. The original plan was to train more talents..."

"Could it be that having Emiya-kun take care of the child is simply too reassuring for me?"

"......"

Emiya, who didn't buy it at all, glanced at Gojo Satoru, then placed the meal he had prepared in front of him, and immediately turned around and pushed open the door.

"Okay, I'm going to go see what's going on over there."

boom--!

"Ah~ah~ Emiya-kun is truly reassuring."

While Gojo Satoru was bringing the food to his mouth, his eyes remained fixed on the entrance for a long time.

"Ena-chan should be pretty happy right now...!!!"

“It’s so hot?!?”

It appeared, and this is the only flaw of [Infinity] today.

In order to taste the delicious food made by Emiya himself, Gojo Satoru had to first remove the spell around his tongue, and then he was accidentally scalded by the hot food.

If there were enemies in this world that could hide in hot soup, we could probably launch a sneak attack at this moment?

Well, but he also has to be able to bear the anger of Gojo Satoru after the assassination failed and his hard-earned delicacy was destroyed.

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On the other side, Emiya called Ijichi as soon as he left the room, and asked him to take him to the location of the High Commissioner specifically for receiving foreign visitors.

Although Ijichi had just suffered a big scare with Principal Yega in Tianyuan, work and life still had to go on.

Even if he immediately submitted a leave application saying he wanted to go home and recuperate for a few days, he would have to wait until his superiors approved his leave and then successfully handed over all his recent work.

However, for Ijichi himself, being with Emiya is the second most relaxing thing after being with his students, and the former is even much safer than the latter.

"Mr. Emiya, the visitors this time are Miss Miwa from the Kyoto school, and your friend Miss Yotsuya... It's worth mentioning that Miss Yotsuya also brought two freelance sorcerers with her, seemingly wanting to discuss something with you."

"Do you want to go see Miss Miwa first, or..."

Because the two sides arrived at a similar time, Ijichi could not overstep his authority to help Emiya make a choice, so he could only try to ask the other party for his opinion.

"Jianzi brought two freelance sorcerers with her? Could it be that she's in some trouble... Then we should go check on her first."

If possible, Emiya even wanted to meet with both sides together, so that no one would be left waiting... But if both sides came together, the problem seemed to become more complicated?

After all, it is impossible for him to obey and handle matters on both sides at the same time.

Even if they knew the visiting sorcerer well, the high-ranking officials wouldn't let them directly into the innermost layers of the multi-layered barrier for safety reasons. So, under Ijichi's guidance, Emiya passed through several nesting doll-like barriers before finally finding Miko in a room, along with two freelance sorcerers sitting beside her.

That old woman looked like a sorcerer, and even a simple change of clothing could easily make people think of her as a sorcerer. But the man on the other side...

Rather than a sorcerer, Emiya's first impression of him was that of an unconventional magician... the kind who used sleight of hand to perform for the audience.

"Emiya-kun?"

The moment she saw Emiya, Yotsuya Miko immediately came over happily. If there weren't two other people behind her, she might have just attacked him.

"Who are these two...?"

Emiya just nodded slightly to Yotsuya Miko, then turned his attention to the two people who also stood up behind him.

Anyway, it wasn't like they hadn't seen each other for a long time. At most, Mitsuko would ask Emiya out once every three days.

"Hmm... Do you remember the mountain god we exorcised earlier? Grandma Sanzhi had actually noticed decades ago that it was gradually breaking free from its seal and tried to stop it."

"Then, she became a servant of my Shikigami...her master."

In just a few words, Emiya understood what had happened.

Even if they have no direct connection with the General Directorate, a true magician will still use his kind nature to exorcise those dangerous cursed spirits... They probably discovered that the trouble had been solved by him when they were preparing to fight the cursed spirit again.

"I came here not for anything else, but just to thank you in person... Thank you very much for giving her relief..."

Grandma Sanzhi slightly bent her not very flexible waist.

The two divine servants did become the cursed spirits of Jianzi later, but that was only the appearance of the condensed curse power. The real souls had been completely liberated at the moment the mountain god died.

"Exorcising a dangerous cursed spirit like that is the right thing to do. You don't have to do this, old woman."

Unlike when he faced Megumi Fushiguro, Emiya stepped forward and gently caressed the other person, then asked, "So you came here this time just to express your gratitude?"

"No, no, I have something very important to do here."

The man who had been silent just now suddenly came forward, opened his suitcase and placed it in front of Emiya.

"I believe that the times are progressing, so it is only natural that the world of spellcasting should also progress."

"Because I wanted to express my gratitude, I brought this product to the Tokyo campus... It's a smart drone that can be used to detect cursed spirits. Would you like to try it out?"

Volume 1: Chapter 163 If ​​Gong Ruo doesn’t abandon me, I’m willing to be your godfather!

Compared with the staff of the General Administration of Spells, the High School of Spells, and the three great families, freelance sorcerers are actually the group that truly occupies the largest part of the sorcery world.

Due to its population density, Tokyo and its surrounding areas are extremely prone to the birth of powerful "curses".

The number of cursed spirits has decreased a lot compared to ancient times, but some imaginary cursed spirits with strange shapes are often brewing. Not only do they have strange abilities, but their levels can reach level one or even special level.

This is probably because ordinary people in the city who are under constant high pressure also have their own unspeakable troubles.

The times are indeed progressing and changing. People living in cities no longer fear nature and gods indiscriminately, but negative emotions are not necessarily much lower than in the past, and there is even a subtle trend of continuous increase.

Don’t forget that there is another premise behind this trend: the modern population is several times larger than in the past.

In the past, when people fell into poverty, they could still deceive themselves by saying that it was their fate or punishment from the gods. But the tragedy of people in modern society is that they clearly know where their misery lies, but still have no way to change this situation.

For example, you spend all your life savings to buy a small place to live, but end up with a dilapidated house and a mountain of debt...

In fact, everyone knows who is wrong, but what is the reality?

Those who really made mistakes are still at large. They have no power and can only spend the rest of their lives carrying despair or end their lives.

Such things are just a microcosm of society, not an exception.

The despair of just one person could easily give rise to a cursed spirit of level two or so. How could the personnel of the high school completely suppress all the cursed spirits in dozens of cities across Tokyo?

In such a situation, only those difficult-to-deal-with cursed spirits would be specially assigned by the high-level specialists, and the remaining low-level cursed spirits would basically be dealt with by the magician associations in the city, that is, free magicians.

They knew that even if they relied on their reputation to work under the director, it would be difficult for them to reach the level of a first-class magician, so they simply refused to endure the harsh work regulations. This was normal.

The number of freelance sorcerers in Tokyo alone is more than three times the number within the tiered classification. If you add in all the other regions that don't have a high school to govern them, the actual number of this group will be several times greater than what is currently the case.

Most freelance sorcerers are either lucky enough to have their descendants inherit their skills like Kugisaki Nobara, or they find a talented young man to inherit their mantle.

The simplest one is similar to Jianzi's original aptitude for the Yin-Yang eyes...it's almost one in a million, right?

However, there are still only a few people who are born with the ability to see Yin and Yang. Most sorcerers can only see cursed spirits after awakening the ability to wield cursed power.

The two people standing in front of Emiya at this time were freelance sorcerers who inherited the skills in the master-disciple relationship. The divine servant who was killed and transformed by the "fake mountain god" was the master of Granny Sanzhi, and the young man was Granny Sanzhi's disciple.

It is quite rare to have three generations of masters and apprentices gathered together at the same time.

If we were to measure their strength, the master who was killed by the 'fake mountain god' was barely at the level of a first-level magician, and Granny Sanzhi was only barely at the second level now.

The most gifted person among the three generations is the youngest generation - [Prodigy Rom].

Rom was born with perfect Yin-Yang eyes. Ever since he could remember, he could clearly see all cursed spirits and even the movements of the "curse". Some less skilled sorcerers might not be able to match the pupil power of his birth.

The master and his disciple had always placed high hopes on this child prodigy, but until the day their master passed away, Rom was still a taciturn boy, and even left Grandma Sanzhi's side not long afterward.

Known as a child prodigy since childhood, he is actually quite curious about the world, because the more he sees, the more unknown things he will find...

The more a person learns, the more he will feel that the ocean of knowledge is endless. That’s probably what it means.

But this does not seem to be the case for Rom himself.

Because after several years of study, he found that the sorcerer seemed to be a rather limited profession.

It is obvious that this era is changing with each passing day - everyone is learning new knowledge every day, school textbooks are eliminated every few years, and past truths will be devalued after just one experiment.

The reason why they work so hard is that the times are driving people to progress. If they dare to slack off, they will be washed away by the surging waves and die under the tide of the times.

But it was in such a world that what Granny Sanzhi taught him was outdated knowledge from who knows how many years ago. Any subsequent sorcerers who dared to make the slightest change to this knowledge would be considered as treason.

Even at a young age, Rom realized this was a mistake, so he left Grandma Sanzhi's side. At that time, he naively believed that there were still so many sorcerers outside that small town, and that the sorcery world outside might have been very different.

Unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment...

After leaving the town he once belonged to, Rom discovered that the outside world of magic was actually far more feudal than that of Granny Sanzhi. The mountain of family feudalism even pressed directly on their heads together with the government, leaving almost no ways and opportunities for outsiders.

It's not even just the system. The knowledge feudalism in the world of sorcery is even more serious. Everyone treats being a sorcerer as a job. No one ever thinks about new problems, but just completes the task blindly.

Perhaps this knowledge is indeed what the sorcerers of the past gained at the cost of their lives, but there is no eternal truth in the universe, and the same is true in the world of sorcery.