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

Before he walked away like a heartless man after dinner, Gojo Satoru left these words to Emiya.

Ever since Emiya met this guy, he often looked nonchalant, as if he didn't care about anything.

It’s not that there are no feelings in the heart, but that kind of casualness that thinks you can change everything at any time.

This can be easily seen from the opponent's initial duel with Emiya. He has been explaining his abilities to Emiya, and even after his domain was suppressed by the Backlight Sword, he did not completely collapse.

It is true that the domain has been eliminated, but won’t the attack of the Backlight Sword be unable to kill him even if it is aimed directly at the head?

At that time, he was still able to control the difference in hard power between Emiya and himself.

Later, when the technical college was invaded and the lives of the students were threatened, he was a little more serious but still maintained a playful attitude - on the one hand, he believed in his students, and on the other hand, he believed that he was still strong enough to control the situation at any time.

It wasn't until this moment that Emiya truly felt the emotion in his heart, which was undisguised anger.

After the "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" incident, Gojo Satoru personally found Geto Suguru after he was defeated by Otsutsuki Yuta, and personally executed his friend who had completely gone against his original ideals.

He used a spell to complete this process, preventing his friend from transforming back into a cursed spirit, and also tried his best to maintain the integrity of his body...

Who would have thought that this would be exploited by the enemy?

The spell was originally engraved in the flesh. Since it has already mastered the spell of [Necromancy] which can borrow power from ancient sorcerers, it is not impossible that it has the special ability to invade the body and usurp the spell.

This kind of utter blasphemy is something Gojo Satoru could never forgive.

After he finally left Emiya's room, the matter came to a temporary end.

Although they knew the enemy's goals and that they were preparing to completely break off relations, it was still difficult for them to directly take effective countermeasures.

In fact, if Emiya were to be the final decision-maker, he would still do so even if he knew that large-scale protective measures would cause the temporary suspension of social operations.

Because in his eyes, people's lives are always more important than anything else.

However, for the rulers at the top, as long as the casualties do not reach a certain level, they are acceptable. However, the economic losses caused by the shutdown of society are completely difficult to predict.

They always think that the latter is more important than the former, and even if a debate breaks out accidentally, they can use various public opinions to guide the direction of the event.

You have to get the benefits anyway, but if something really happens, just don't go to them.

As for what to do about the possible attack from the cursed spirits... Aren't the General Directorate and the Curse High School responsible for dealing with all of this? What does it have to do with them?

It is difficult for a government with a complex structure to be ruled by one person alone, but without a clear leader and belief, its functions will tend to be unable to function normally and will be shut down.

It is really too strange to do such a thing if you can.

This means that they currently have no definite way to deal with the possible dangers. The only two things they can do are to be extremely vigilant and to improve their own strength as much as possible.

The former cannot be achieved by Emiya alone. As for the latter, he already has the direction of [Reversal Technique], but the students still need to improve!

As a qualified teacher, Emiya will never let his students encounter any accidents in the upcoming danger, so he must improve their abilities as much as possible.

We can set a small goal for now... For example, how about everyone reaching the same level as when Kokichi piloted the Ultimate Mecha Maru Zero?

If you have that kind of ability, protecting yourself from danger will definitely not be a problem.

Sweat more in peacetime so that you can bleed less in war.

Naturally, Emiya would act on such an important matter immediately. So, early the next morning, he notified everyone in advance and gathered them together at the largest training ground within the technical high school.

"You should remember, right? Just a few days ago, a cursed spirit with intelligence comparable to humans attacked the exchange meeting. Its power was several times stronger than that of an ordinary special-grade cursed spirit..."

"In fact, there are more than one cursed spirits with such extraordinary wisdom and power. They have secretly formed an alliance and are waiting for an opportunity to overthrow human society."

Before carrying out the devilish training, Emiya of course had to explain the cause and effect a little bit so that they would know why they would have to suffer so much next.

"The united cursed spirits are going to overthrow humanity... Is this true?"

Hearing this, Zenin Maki's face was naturally full of distrust.

Whether there are intelligent cursed spirits is another matter. The main point is that cursed spirits only pose a threat to a small number of humans at most. There has never been a situation in history where cursed spirits have become a threat to a country.

This is like saying that goblins from another world are preparing to overthrow the Elf Empire. Normally, one would doubt the strength of those guys first.

"Perhaps the Spell World can indeed easily stop them, but that's no reason for you to slack off."

"You should have seen that cursed spirit before, right? Then you should know that you are no match for it. And the cursed spirit representing the forest is relatively weak among the enemy."

"If we don't even have the ability to defeat them, we have no right to mock their plans for success."

Facing Zenin Maki who didn't seem to care much, Emiya criticized her mercilessly.

Of course, the winner can mock the loser, but that is a right that belongs exclusively to the winner. How can a group of people who can't even enter the battle look at everything from the winner's perspective?

"..."

"You're absolutely right, Emiya-sensei."

Facing this teacher who deserves her respect, Zenin Maki was able to recognize her own condition and the correctness of the other party's words in a short period of time.

Her power so far hasn't been strong enough...that's indeed her problem.

"Very good. Because we don't know when the enemy will attack again, and any of you who rashly confront those cursed spirits will inevitably end up defeated... We can't rule out the possibility that they, possessing intelligence, will decide to defeat us one by one."

"So next I will conduct targeted training for everyone and also provide you with stronger weapons... But of course this will be after the training is completed."

Emiya did not directly reveal the news that the enemy was likely to launch a large-scale attack. After all, this kind of information is not necessarily better the more people know it.

Even on the side of Gojo Satoru and Yaga Masamichi, they would only reveal information to trustworthy sorcerers in order to improve their ability to deal with sudden disasters.

"First up is you, Maki."

Emiya directly called Zenin Maki aside from the team. This was certainly not because she had just asked him a question, but because he just happened to have an idea that could improve her.

What does the real 'Reverse Heaven and Curse' look like? Didn't he just witness it a few days ago?

"Your [Heaven and Curse Binding] transfers all of the cursed energy into the strength of your physical body, right?"

“That’s true…”

"As a fellow Zenin family member, you should know that ten years ago, a master of the Reverse Heaven and Curse Binding appeared there... He was very powerful, to the point where he could easily exorcise special-grade cursed spirits with the right tools."

Now, after being taught and improved once by Emiya, Zenin Maki has just reached the lower limit of the ability of a first-level sorcerer.

"I know, but I've never seen that guy."

Ten years ago, she was just a young child, and even the existence of [Heaven and Curse] had not been detected yet.

"But speaking of that guy's abilities..."

"I've already met him."

"Next, I will work hard to train you in his direction. You won't be able to keep up unless you risk your life."

"Your dream should be to return to the Zenin family and become the head of the household, right? That guy was only kicked out of the Zenin family back then, so just catching up isn't enough. You definitely have to become stronger than him."

"......"

"it is good!!!"

Volume 1: Chapter 143 You Must Become a Qualified Assassin

When the Zenin family first discovered Zenin Maki's 'Reverse Heaven and Curse Binding', the reverse and expectations were not much better.

Even though there was already a precedent like Fushiguro Shiori, which let them know that one could become a character comparable to a powerful sorcerer without cursed power, they only gave her a little space to cultivate and survive, and the feeling of disgust still existed.

It's like a warrior without magical talent suddenly appears in an aristocratic family famous for magic - admitting that the other party is powerful is one thing, but whether to give a certain degree of respect is another matter.

The sorcerer's family is different from the magician's family in the novel, but the discrimination remains the same.

Compared to this, the magician family on the other side might be even better.

Often, the more ancient the magician family's heritage, the more prosperous it will be, and it will also have a large fortune in normal society.

The family is prosperous, but there can only be one person who can truly inherit the [Magic Seal].

The loser in the inheritance may take some of the fragments and create a new magic family, or he may become a magician who obeys the orders of the original family completely.

As for those blood relatives who were not born with magical talent, they would be sent to deal with matters in normal society and might never know the existence of magicians in their entire lives.

But in every sense, the superior people in normal society are countless times better than those who are looked down upon in the Jujutsu family, right?

Even Zenin Maki's miserable childhood was not only reflected in herself, but also in her younger sister Zenin Mayi who went to Kyoto school.

As two sisters, one has no talent as a magician, while the other has a pitifully weak talent as a magician. Both of them are despised and spurned in the Zen family.

Because they shared the same suffering, the two sisters had a very close relationship when they were young. At that time, the reason why little Maki wanted to work hard to become stronger was also because she wanted to protect her sister.

But as time went by, the two gradually became strangers, until they gradually developed the mutual hatred they have today.

However, this kind of hatred between siblings is often due to some misunderstanding in childhood. After the battle at the last exchange meeting, the relationship between the sisters has eased a lot, but this does not hinder Maki's ideal when she left the Zenin family -

That is to become a powerful enough sorcerer, then return to the Zenyuan family with dignity, become the head of that place, and finally completely change this wrong and cold-blooded environment.

So after Emiya mentioned this possibility, Zenin Maki immediately became extremely alert and ready to give her all in the upcoming special training at any time.

She had never seen what the complete form of 'Reverse Sky and Curse Binding' really looked like, but wasn't it enough for Emiya to have seen it?

Zenin Maki's physical fitness, including various attributes such as strength and speed, is still quite far behind Fushiguro Shinobu. This gap can still be made up through acquired training, but it also requires sufficient time to fill.

What Emiya wanted the other party to learn in a short period of time was certainly not such basic things, but the fighting skills and ideas like Fushiguro Jiro.

When facing different enemies, you need to use the advantages of different weapons to win - the current Zenin Maki does not have the powerful special-grade cursed tools with different functions like Shinji did in the past, but Emiya can solve this problem.

At the same time, she must also learn the ruthlessness and cruelty in battle... It is indeed shameful to launch a sneak attack on the enemy when he is tired, but the reality is that only those who can win are worthy of defining all this.

What's more, the opponents are cursed spirits who have no bottom line and will target ordinary people? There is no shame in implementing such a battle plan.

"Have you heard of Assassin?"

Emiya suddenly asked.

There are already enough students in the technical high school who are capable of engaging in frontal combat. Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Panda... Each of them is only suitable for the front battlefield.

Therefore, in the short term, Emiya positioned Zenin Maki to become a key character like Assassin who could decide the outcome with one blow.

After all, no one ever said that an Assassin couldn't be completely proficient in melee combat instead of assassination, right?

"Assassin...?"

Even if English is included in the daily curriculum of technical colleges, are these rare words really something that ordinary teachers would mention?

"This term was originally created in the mid-12th century to describe the fictional character 'The Old Man of the Mountain' and his followers, meaning assassin."

"The Assassins may have existed in history, but they only seemed to exist for a short period of time... but this is not the topic we should discuss."

In fact, the reason why Emiya is so familiar with this term is because there is also a class called Assassin in the Holy Grail War.

Their power is far less terrifying than that of normal Heroic Spirits. The normal [Holy Grail War] seems to only summon supporters of the Assassins, but this does not mean that they do not have strong enough combat power.

At least as long as they are willing to hide in the dark and look for opportunities, it is not difficult to sneak attack and kill truly powerful servants.

"All I mean is that I want you to train yourself in the direction of an Assassin, that is, to pursue extremely efficient, one-hit kills in combat."

"The best way to ensure your safety is not to improve your strength, but to kill the enemy."

"Investigating intelligence, gathering information, waiting for an opportunity... and then using that information to launch targeted attacks. This is precisely why Fushiguro Shiro became a magician killer."

They are not sorcerers and have never been looked up to by sorcerers, so why do they have to fight in the sorcerer's way?

From the moment he left or was driven out of the Zenin family, Fushiguro Jyouji had already given up all his dignity, otherwise he would not have changed his surname to Fushiguro by marrying into the Zenin family.

Without any unnecessary self-esteem, he could of course kill his target in any appropriate way and decisively escape when he thought he was no match for his opponent, thus perfectly ensuring his own safety.

Although it is unknown why he picked up the self-esteem he had abandoned at the last moment of his life and wanted to challenge the sorcerer's "Strongest" to prove himself...but his philosophy is not wrong, and it can really make him achieve the title of "Tyrant".

"Huh? Wait, assassinate... me?"

Zenin Maki had never thought of taking this path, and she had never thought that her teacher would suggest her to work in this direction.

"Of course. Let's take the simplest example: there's a cursed spirit in front of you whose entire body is solid except for its back. Once it fully enters combat mode, it can easily cause casualties to Itadori and the others."

"Will you choose to hide while your companions fight, waiting for an opportunity to attack their weaknesses and kill the cursed spirits, or will you foolishly fight alongside them and then sit back and watch your companions get killed or injured?"

"..."

"Of course it's the former?"

Unless you are a madman who is obsessed with martial ethics, why would a normal person choose the latter option?

Moreover, martial arts fanatics who choose the latter are often the type who can easily defeat the enemy.

"Similarly, in larger-scale battles like these, with many individuals fighting different enemies... in such situations, it's difficult for a single individual to turn the tide."

"But what if there was a key figure roaming the battlefield, who could precisely strike at each enemy's weakness, freeing up more combat power from the intense confrontation to relieve pressure elsewhere..."

"Just this simple change in strategy can significantly reduce our casualties."