Shirou Emiya Stands on Terra Chapter 41

Listening to Exusiai, Shirou more or less understood.

While it sounded simple, there were actually many things to pay attention to. For example, infected creatures had different ways of congregating, and Catastrophes varied greatly. It was easy to say, but one might be completely confused when actually doing it.

However, Shirou had an experienced veteran, Exusiai, to guide him. As long as his aptitude wasn't too poor, he should be able to occasionally fill in for Exusiai, or even replace her directly.

"Want to try? I just saw a group of infected creatures. Let's see if you can find them."

Exusiai handed the telescope to Shirou and asked.

After thinking for a moment, Shirou did not take the telescope.

He hadn't forgotten that he was a Magus… No, strictly speaking, he should be a Magus.

Using magic as a convenient tool, that was all.

Reinforcement magic was a very versatile type of magic.

"Feeling too much pressure and afraid of making a mistake? Don't worry, guns jam sometimes. We can handle it if something happens. Worst case, we'll walk back to Longmen!"

Seeing that Shirou didn't take the telescope, Exusiai thought he lacked confidence. She was the same at first. If there wasn't anyone else in the team who could handle it, she wouldn't have done it!

Exusiai's words were well-intentioned. If Shirou really didn't take it because he lacked confidence, he might have been motivated. However, Shirou didn't choose the telescope because he had something better.

Nothing was more useful than taking action.

"Teace on—"

Shirou said softly. This time, he wasn't projecting, but using reinforcement magic to enhance his eyesight.

When he opened his eyes again, the world in Shirou's eyes was vastly different.

Filtering out useless information, Shirou quickly located two areas where infected creatures were congregating.

One was about three kilometers away, and the other was about one kilometer away. Exusiai was likely referring to the latter.

"Are you saying it's about a kilometer ahead and to the right?"

Shirou pointed to the front right.

"Hm?"

Exusiai, who was holding the telescope and still planning to encourage Shirou, frowned, sensing something was wrong.

A kilometer ahead and to the right… Praise be to Laterano, was that the one she had just seen?

The effective range of this telescope was just over two kilometers. She could barely see clearly within two kilometers using the telescope, but what about Shirou? Seeing a kilometer with his naked eyes?

Longmen Curses, she was going to report someone for cheating.

"What's wrong? Did Shirou get it right?"

Croissant asked, looking at Exusiai's expression change from a question mark to shock, and then to wanting to report him.

"That's the one I was going to have you find with the telescope. Shirou, your eyesight is too much of a cheat! Do you usually spy on others?"

Exusiai, her mood slightly calmed, quickly thought of a strange way to use this ability, and it wasn't illegal. She could completely claim she was just enjoying the scenery.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. No wonder Shirou didn't seem interested in them. So that's why.

Exusiai felt she had discovered the truth!

"No."

Shirou's mouth twitched slightly at Exusiai's speculation. The dessert he had originally planned to bake for her was gone.

If Exusiai had been a little more normal, Shirou might have already baked her an apple pie.

"That's truly enviable, being able to see so far."

Sora was a little envious, but it was only envy. After all, everyone had their own strengths.

"Let's not talk about that. Shirou, how far can you see?"

Exusiai believed Shirou when he said he wasn't spying, as he didn't seem to lie much usually.

Exusiai was now curious about how far Shirou could actually see. She felt that one kilometer wasn't his limit.

"About three to four kilometers? There's another one directly ahead."

Shirou thought for a moment. The way he was using his abilities now was learned from Rin in the magic tower. Magic was very useful in daily life.

58 Telescopes? What garbage!

"Directly ahead? Now that you mention it, there does seem to be something…"

Hearing Shirou's words, Exusiai quickly picked up the telescope and looked ahead.

After searching for a bit, she did indeed see what appeared to be a congregation of infected creatures directly ahead. However, it was still quite far, so she couldn't see clearly.

After the car drove a little further and the distance closed slightly, Exusiai confirmed that Shirou was not mistaken. There were indeed infected creatures directly ahead, so she had Texas take a slight detour.

"Go for it, Shirou, you're on scouting duty."

Once she confirmed it was safe, Exusiai decided to slack off and put away the telescope. With Shirou around, who needed a telescope?

A telescope that could see two kilometers? What garbage!

Their Shirou could see four kilometers directly!

"Exusiai, you're too lazy! Just giving up like that?"

Seeing Exusiai hand her work over to Shirou, Croissant couldn't help but complain.

"You should still do your own work properly," Sora chimed in to defend.

"Agreed," Texas added the final blow.

"Ahem... Am I giving up? I'm just putting the right person in the right place. You guys know how tiring it is to constantly use binoculars." Exusiai felt like her teammates didn't cherish her anymore now that they had Shirou!

Shirou was just a bit better at cooking, good at tidying up the house, and occasionally made desserts for everyone to enjoy, like a perfect girlfriend.

It seemed most people were better than her? Never mind then.

"I don't mind, but you still need to tell me about any other precautions." Shirou was fine with Exusiai's desire to slack off, but he just wanted her to tell him about any potential issues first.

"Shirou, you're spoiling Exusiai too much. She'll become useless like this." Sora, standing nearby, finally realized why her teammates were becoming more and more degenerate – they were all spoiled by Shirou.

It started with slacking off only when they were in the dorm, but now it had gradually spread to their work. If this continued, Penguin Logistics would become "Slacking Logistics," with everyone slacking off.

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, I'm useless." Exusiai, slumped in the passenger seat, gave a thumbs-up.

However, Shirou's words made Exusiai sit up straight and get into a more alert state. After briefly sharing some of her experience with Shirou, Exusiai decided to rely on Shirou's information and then confirm it herself. This way, her burden wouldn't be as heavy. Looking around with binoculars wasn't very comfortable, especially while moving at high speed.

"Do I not need to watch the rear?" Shirou asked, having checked the front, left, and right without finding anything unusual.

"The rear? You can only see it from this position, but we don't usually use it." Exusiai pointed to the sunroof above her. This was a specially made opening for her. It was usually covered, but if needed, she could remove the sunshade, open the window, and shoot directly from there. It could also be used to check the rear situation when being pursued, but it wasn't typically used. After all, opening the sunroof would let in a lot of dust, making it uncomfortable for both her and the people inside the car.

"I see... Then I'll take a quick look from the window." The main reason Shirou asked was that he had just sensed malice from the rear. Although he didn't know why he could sense malice after arriving here, after a few experiences, Shirou had pretty much confirmed that he only felt malice when it was directed at him. This meant they might have already been targeted.

"So serious, just like Shirou." Watching Shirou unbuckle his seatbelt and cautiously peer out the window towards the rear left, Sora could only admire how Shirou seemed to put his heart into everything.

"Yeah, Shirou would probably do well wherever he goes." Croissant strongly agreed with Sora's words.

"Exusiai, it looks like there are people behind us to the left, about a dozen cars." Shirou adjusted his angle. About a kilometer to the car's rear left, there were several cars following them. He wasn't sure if they were following them, but it was better to be cautious.

"What? Seriously?" Hearing Shirou's words, Exusiai stopped slacking off. Croissant and Sora also stopped chatting and picked up their weapons, getting ready.

"I'll accelerate first. Shirou, keep watching. If they're still closely following us, there's definitely a problem." With that, Texas floored the accelerator. While driving at such speeds was exhilarating, it wasn't a pleasant experience for the others in the car. But this was an emergency situation! They just had to bear with it! The people inside the car tightly gripped whatever they could grab. At such high speeds, holding onto something gave them a sense of security. Even though they knew they were safe, they were still scared.

"Are they still following?" After pulling away for a distance, Exusiai asked.

"Although we've gained some distance, they seem to have accelerated and are catching up." Shirou checked and confirmed that they were indeed accelerating towards them.

"Prepare for battle!"

Texas didn't ease up on the accelerator, but on this vast plain, they were like prey being chased.

And the ones chasing them from behind were the wolf packs of the plains.

What needed to be done now was to widen the distance and shake them off, or to fight back when they were about to be caught.

They had quite a few things loaded in the back of the car, so the possibility of being caught was higher than shaking them off.

They could only have their teammates prepare to fight.

"I'll see if I can hold them off. Texas, please drive a bit more smoothly."

Shirou assessed the situation. Within about a kilometer, he could fire to suppress them, and it seemed they didn't have any weapons that could reach over a kilometer. So, he should be quite safe.

The only thing to worry about was Texas, who was driving, suddenly swerving and knocking him off the car.

"Don't worry about my driving."

Texas bit into a Pocky, showing no doubt in Shirou's abilities.

Even if Shirou messed up, at worst, he'd just get off the car and fight. It wasn't a big problem.

After getting Texas's approval, Shirou opened the car window, grabbed the roof above, and exerted his strength to flip himself onto the roof. Fortunately, the car window was quite large, allowing Shirou to successfully get onto the roof.

"Longmen Curses, playing this wild?"

Seeing Shirou's actions, Croissant was completely taken aback.

It was cool and stylish, but doing that in this high-speed environment really showed how incredibly daring he was!

59 Using swords as arrows is too fantastical, isn't it?

Standing on the car roof, the Holy Shroud around his neck was constantly blown by the wind.