Chapter 344: Fate/Fateful Night XVIII
It's not the same......
Although I don't want to admit it, the unfolding of things is too sudden, and it is completely different from what I planned. Looking at the unconscious Tosaka from afar, and Father Yanfeng in the distance, Shirou suddenly had a dizzy illusion. He vaguely felt that there was a huge conspiracy slowly surrounding him, and at both ends of the conspiracy, there were two forces playing and tug-of-war, and now, the sources of those two forces had appeared on the field.
At one end is Nobita, and at the other end is Father Yanfeng.
As for the others, such as Katsuki-sensei, Caster, NCER, etc., they are just pawns on the field, and they can be discarded without hesitation in order to achieve their goals.
Looking around the battlefield in the chaos, he could see Soichiro Katsugi walking towards him with an extremely steady pace, and in such a life-and-death battlefield, his walking speed could only be described as "moderate". With each step, his eyes wandered over Shirou, as if he had some strength left in guard. It's also a little weird to say, obviously at this juncture, Shirou suddenly relaxed, only felt that his body was very relaxed, and wanted to lie down on the spot and make up for the unfinished dream just now. The passage of time slowed down inexplicably, and his eyes were no longer fixed on Katsugi - he would come sooner or later anyway, and in the last seconds of his life, he wanted to see others.
Archer and NCER are in a hard fight, and the guy often complains about his own wrongs, finds fault with himself, and finally comes. Obviously he was an archer, but I didn't see how he used a bow and arrows, but instead played hand-to-hand combat with NCER with two daggers...... Looking at his appearance, he seems to be quite happy to play, and he has a bit of a chess opponent.
Nobita is playing magic with Caster...... Shirou doesn't know when he learned magic, he has a nose and eyes. From his "layman's point of view", Nobita was just seeing the tricks, and every time Caster unleashed powerful elemental magic, he lazily chanted a spell, restrained it with another magic, and then gave him a period of preparation time to perform the next spell. The contest between the two is huge, but if you look closely, you will find that Nobita is not serious at all.
yes, if Nobita really wants to kill her, wouldn't it be nice to just use the trick against the rider...... Teleport behind him, pull out his silver sword, and backstab. The three steps are done in one go, and the silver sword has the effect of destroying demons, even if the caster casts a magical defense ability in an instant, it is useless.
He's simply stalling for time.
As for why...... Shirou couldn't think of it in a short time, and he didn't want to think about it either.
That's it.
Kuzuki got closer and closer to him, and his body could barely move, so it was over.
Emiya Shirou's life, a short, unimpressed life, will come to an end here.
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But...... Why, what is still restless in the heart? Is there something shouting at you, is that the will to survive?
The fire in his memory is still not extinguished, and as soon as he closes his eyes, Shirou will return to that night again. The moon was as sleek, cold, and unforgiving as it was now, and the flames spread out, and he stood dumbfounded on a ruin, with terrible flames as far as the eye could see. The memories of his childhood were as vivid as they were engraved in his mind, and he remembered his father-in-law, the man named Kiritsugu Emiya, who was anxious and hesitant as he searched for survivors in the ruins, as if he had fallen into some kind of paranoid madness.
Finally, he found himself, and he found him.
It turns out that he has already faced death once so early...... He was so close to the black robe of death that he barely dodged the scythe scar around his neck.
The moment he found Shiro, Kiritsugu's face was full of tears, and he said repeatedly in a tone of gratitude and trepidation, "I found you, I finally found you......"
That man, should have ...... Be a messenger of righteousness.
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"No ββββ!!"
Shirou's eyes suddenly opened, and he straightened his neck and let out a painful and unwilling wail.
Yes, now it's a battlefield, and I'm participating in a "war". And what about strong comrades-in-arms? What about a reliable Servant? The battle situation is ever-changing, and relying on others will not survive in the first place, and you ...... Gotta Live! Because he had already made an agreement with Kiritsugu to become a "partner of justice" and to do what he failed to do instead of him! He has to rely on himself to save and protect something, and only in this process can he get closer to Emiya Kiritsugu and his father little by little!
Just as he did not give up on himself in the midst of the fire that day, he himself ...... Now there is no right to give up on yourself either!
βtraceonοΌ (The projection begins)" He let out a loud shout and raised his right hand, only to see a faint blue light solidify in his palm, releasing a powerful magical power at the same time. Small dots of light flew from all directions, gathered in his palm, and finally condensed into an incomparably sharp dagger. On closer inspection, all the details of the dagger are the same as those in Archer's hand, the shape, color, and even the tiny notch in the blade.
Unable to squeeze his strength out of nowhere, Shirou stood up again, panting. The projection magic just now had already brought him a certain amount of consumption, and now his breath was disordered, his steps were vague, and even the only hand holding the weapon was trembling, but only the light in his eyes was unusually shining.
Because he has decided to live.
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"Haha...... In such a desperate situation, did you still not give up, and completed the so-called 'projection magic' at the last minute? What a strong will to survive, he really deserves to be your son. Yan Feng Qili sighed at the moon, as if he was confiding in some old man, "It's a pity...... The weapons projected in a short period of time are destined not to have much magic. In other words, it's just a dagger with no appearance......"
Kashirou used his last strength to stumble towards Katsugi and stab his dagger into the heart. His five fingers were very hard, holding the last hope tightly in his hands, not giving Ge Mu a chance to shoot it away. Due to the might of his blades, he could only take a few steps back and distance himself. Seeing an opportunity, Kazuki raised his arms like lightning and locked Shirou's right wrist, followed by an extremely skillful set of grappling, bone unloading, and over-the-shoulder throws. The boy's body was swept around in the air, his legs down, and he fell heavily to the ground.
"Knock ββ!!"
This fall completely unloaded Shirou's last bit of strength, and the dagger he had finally condensed also slipped from his hand, fell to the ground, and was kicked away by Ge Mu. Shirou only felt that the world was spinning, and the whole world seemed to be suddenly turned upside down, and the bones in his body were about to fall apart. He stared blankly at the dark night sky, and suddenly felt a little funny, maybe life is like this, sometimes, you have tried your best, but you still can't change the result, just push back an inevitable ending for ten minutes.
Without Nobita, without this series of adventures falling from the sky, Shirou would have experienced this terrible sense of powerlessness around the age of twenty-five. He had to make a deal with the world's inhibitions, at the cost of his "soul" after death, in exchange for what he wanted.
However, now everything is different.
And, tonight, it is not destined to be this "some time".
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"That's pretty much the end of it."
Nobita teleported behind Katsudagi, reached out his right arm, and pressed down on his raised shoulder. This press can be described as a breakthrough, and it just stopped the punch he was about to hand out.
"Aster, be careful!" The caster in the distance didn't expect that he would suddenly use the ability to teleport, and turn on the power of the magic array to the maximum as soon as possible, but because his own Aster was also under his hostage, he didn't dare to directly blast the light cannon out. The two groups fell into a silent confrontation for a while, and Nobita broke Kazuki's hand with absolute brute force and took Shirou from him with a smile, as if declaring the sovereignty of this stage.
"I've seen what I want to see, and you've gathered enough information about me and the power of the alliance these two kids have." His gaze crossed the layers of smoke and dust and fixed on Yan Fengqili, "The decision has been made, and the next time we meet, I will find a way to end everything." β
"What an arrogant statement, Nobita." Qili had already heard Nobita's real name from Shinji, and it sounded like a Japanese name, and then he turned over the modern history and brief history of Japan and didn't find out the origin of the name, "The Holy Grail is an indescribable sacred thing, and you, just a servant summoned by it, dare to change its rules?" Don't you think it's a bit arrogant? β
"I wasn't the one who changed it." Nobita smiled meaningfully, "There are other people." β
"Sounds like some kind of inheritance." Qili nodded slightly in Shirou's direction, "If you're not mistaken, you seem to be very optimistic about this young man." β
"You see that?"
"If you wanted to save him, then according to the abilities you just showed, you would have saved him a long time ago." Qili said unhurriedly, "If you want him to die, don't come at all, let us kill him." But you came, but you didn't do your best, and you got serious again the moment before Mr. Emiya was about to die...... I can only think that you want him to go through some ordeal and then transform. β
"Exactly." Nobita didn't deny it either, and admitted it with a big grin.
"Do you believe he can change everything? Even though...... The opponent is the Holy Grail, and by the way, all the Heroic Spirits who rely on the Holy Grail to exist in this world? After guessing Nobita's idea, Qili's voice became more and more pleasant, and he didn't seem to care at all that the two sides were on opposite sides at the moment, "It's not an easy task. β
"There's no such thing as an 'easy errand'." Nobita smiled and replied, "It's good that I have more work experience." β
For a while, the two looked at each other and smiled, thinking that this grandson was about to finish.
"What? Is this coming to an end? Shinji watched the situation on the field change in disbelief, even if he was as stupid as he was, he could analyze something somewhat, "But, Father! Emiya isn't dead yet! β
ββ¦β¦ Well, it's true that Mr. Emiya's life is hard. Qili nodded approvingly, "It's like his father." β
"Who cares if his life is hard or not, you promised me to kill him, why is he still alive? Are you going to run away with your tail between your legs? Bastard things, one by one, so useless! Seeing that the cooked duck was about to fly away from his mouth again, Shinji yelled angrily, like a child who had been robbed of candy, "There are three heroic spirits, and they can't even beat one of them, isn't it waste?!" As a member of the Magician Church, you can't even uphold fairness...... You wait, I'm going to react to the higher-ups, I'm the future head of the Jian Tong family, and I will definitely be able to do it! β
He pointed his finger at Qili's nose and shouted loudly, "I don't care, unless you hand that slut into my hands along with her sister, otherwise you will wait for the demotion!" β
"......" Qili smiled and looked down at him, the smile on his face was sincere and earnest, and he didn't seem to be angry at all by the series of insults just now.
"Mr. Makiri." He laughed and said, "Let's save the happy things for later." β
In this way, under Shinji's anxious and angry gaze, Nobita used teleportation to force the group to withdraw, and this battle that almost took Shirou's life came to an end.
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