Chapter 67

Although there was no one there when they arrived, the place was quite clean and dust-free, indicating that it was well-maintained.

Croissant stretched her arms a little before heading to the weight training facility, but the weight set by the facility surprised Shirou.

Although I knew that Croissant were the most heavy-duty items in Penguin Logistics, this weight was still a bit exaggerated.

In contrast to Croissant, who went straight into heavy training, the other three were more conservative, warming up properly in place before heading to the facilities they needed to use.

Exusiai and Texas went to the treadmill, while Texas went to an open space, picked up two swords, and then said to Shirou, who was warming up:

"Help me practice a couple of moves."

Texas handed one of the swords to Shirou and then said this.

"No problem, let's stop here?"

After taking the sword from Texas, Shirou examined it closely. It was unsharpened, but it still had its weight and could still cause injury as a blunt weapon.

"That's enough."

Texas swung the knife in her hand, getting used to its weight.

The reason she wanted to fight Shirou was simple: Texas had only ever seen Shirou use a bow for long-range attacks.

From Isv, we can learn that he approves of Shirou's close combat skills.

This piqued Texas's curiosity: what exactly constituted the exceptional combat skills that would allow Is to Isv?

"What? Texas's going to fencing with Shirou?"

Croissant noticed the two people over there and spoke up loudly.

Seeing that Texas was going to Shirou with Emiya, Sora, Exusiai, Croissant all put down their training and found a good spot to watch the show.

Texas is Penguin Logistics' close-combat representative!

If these girls faced Texas unarmed, they would basically be doomed to lose, since Texas was now wielding her most proficient weapon: a sword!

"Go Shirou! Defeat Texas!"

Exusiai, the victim of the hand-to-hand combat with Texas, voiced her support for Shirou.

"Quiet down."

Texas squinted at Exusiai Croissant Exusiai Sora move away from Exusiai to avoid being affected by Texas's gaze.

"Haha..."

Shirou smiled awkwardly as he watched this scene.

He had gotten used to the feel of the sword, although it wasn't as good as the Projection. But it was just practice, so he wouldn't push himself any further.

"Sora, count down for ten seconds. Exusiai, record."

Texas said, after slightly increasing the distance between herself and Shirou.

"Okay, then let's count down: ten, nine..."

Upon receiving instructions from Texas, Sora began to count down loudly, and there was no other sound in the room except for Sora's voice.

Croissant and Exusiai each took out their phones and focused on recording.

Meanwhile, Shirou and Texas shifted all their attention to the two sides.

Because he only has one sword, and it's not too heavy, Shirou holds it with both hands, just like Saber.

Texas, on the other hand, was more casual, holding her sword in one hand and posing as if she were about to charge forward.

"Three, two, one!"

As the countdown reached one, Texas quickly rushed towards Shirou's direction.

"Wow, that was fast."

Shirou marveled at Texas's speed but didn't make a move rashly.

Without using Magecraft, Shirou's strength and speed are inferior to those of Texas, Terra.

The only thing he could do to beat Texas was probably the fighting techniques he had in his mind.

Knowing how to fight and actually using it are two different things.

"Snort."

Texas's first attack was easily caught by Shirou.

However, Texas did not choose to retreat, but instead continued to swing her sword and launch fierce attacks on Shirou.

In those few short seconds, Texas attacked at least a dozen times, but Shirou blocked them all.

Shirou was even able to launch a counterattack, forcing Texas to retreat.

"Is all you can do defense?"

"I've been forced to retreat, "Texas said defiantly.

She wanted to see Shirou's true strength; if he didn't attack, then it would be pointless.

"As you wish."

Shirou accepted Texas's challenge, after all, it was just a sparring match.

Holding the sword in both hands in front of him, Shirou swung it towards Texas.

"Too slow!"

Texas dodged Shirou's attack by sidestepping, and at the same time thrust her sword out.

Shirou turned around to dodge the attack, then switched to wielding his sword with one hand and launched an attack on Texas.

"!"

Texas was caught off guard by Shirou's sudden change in fighting style. After barely managing to defend herself for a few moments, her sword was knocked away by Shirou.

"It's my victory."

Shirou sheathed his sword and chuckled.

The reason he used both hands to hold the sword was simply to lull Texas into a false sense of security.

After all, his best tactic is to strike unexpectedly and catch the enemy off guard.

"Ha... that's true."

Texas recalled what had just happened and naturally realized that she had been tricked by Shirou.

However, she wasn't upset. If it were a real fight, she would indeed be dead.

And she didn't even go all out.

88 Shirou is toying with Texas

At the training ground, the Penguin Logistics team gathered together to watch the video of Texas vs. Shirou that Exusiai had just recorded.

"Oh! So you beat Texas by underhanded tactics, Shirou?"

The game was going too fast, Croissant Texas was a bit rushed at the end.

It turns out that Shirou was attacking with a two-handed sword, but then suddenly switched to attacking with a one-handed sword.

This is a classic case of a LYB (a character from a Chinese MMORPG) killing someone on their first meeting.

"Is this what you call tactics?"

Dissatisfied with Croissant's statement, Shirou grabbed the two horns on Croissant's head with both hands and shook her left and right until she was Croissant.

"Stop shaking me, stop shaking me, I'm going to throw up... ugh..."

Croissant managed to escape Shirou's clutches by faking vomiting.

"Speaking of Shirou, you... your close-combat specialty is dual-wielding, just like Texas, right?"

The usually Exusiai suddenly remembered the black and white twin swords that Shirou had Projection in front of everyone at the very beginning, which were very likely Shirou's most frequently used weapons.

Texas is also skilled at fighting with two swords, which means that neither of them used their full strength just now.

"I guess I use it often, so what's wrong?"

Shirou Croissant, replied that for him, using dual swords was simply something he was more comfortable with.

"How about another round of dual-wielding?"

Croissant suggested that although she wasn't particularly interested in sparring, it would be different if it were with people she knew.

People are always curious about seeing another side of the people they know.

"I'm fine."

Texas took a sip of water and said that this was originally her goal, but Croissant brought it up for her.

"If Texas is fine, then I'm fine too."

Shirou stretched his arms; he had come to burn off some energy, and a sparring session was just what he needed.

"Yay!"

Seeing that the two were about to start the next game, Croissant excitedly set up her phone.

She had been focused on the recording and hadn't been paying close attention to the two of them, but this time she was going to watch them practice properly.

"However, it seems there are only these two training swords."

Sora, who originally wanted to help the two get their training swords, realized after walking over that there were no training swords left.

Most of the other training swords were broken; it seemed that only the two swords the two men had were still usable, and the rest were other weapons.

"Hmm... how about you throw a couple of rounds, Shirou?"

Exusiai turned to Shirou and asked.

"It's possible... but that's a bit unfair to Texas."

Shirou felt that Exusiai's suggestion was somewhat inappropriate.

After all, if he uses Projection, there will be Magecraft correction, which is somewhat unfair to Texas. The sparring just now was based on the fact that neither of them was using their preferred weapons.

Although it's not a competition, this kind of practice isn't very interesting, and Shirou doesn't really want to use Magecraft to bully people.

"Then let's use the weapons we're good at."

Texas took out the hilts of two Originium lightsabers from her coat and said.

"Hey? Isn't this a bad idea? It's easy to get hurt."

Sora wasn't as interested in this sparring as Exusiai and Croissant were; she just hoped the two of them wouldn't get hurt.

She was already a little worried when she held the unsharpened training sword, and now she felt even more uneasy about fighting with her own weapon.

"It's okay, just be careful."

Texas Shirou far superior to her in swordsmanship, so she wasn't too worried about Shirou. Besides, he wasn't a novice, and with a little care, he wouldn't hurt anyone.

"Hmm... then there's no problem."

Seeing that Texas was using Originium Arts, Shirou didn't need to worry too much.

As for Originium Arts, he has recently been reading Mr. Xue's book and has gained some understanding of its principles. Overall, it is similar to what he initially thought, a kind of Magecraft- like technique.

The difference lies in the fact that Magecraft requires Magic Circuits and magical power, while Originium Arts requires Originium from a staff or the infected person's own body.

"That's settled then, two weapons can be used at a time."

Texas swung the hilt of her sword to form the lightsaber. She remembered that when Shirou supported them on the snowfield, he used a massive amount of sword rain. If it was used in that way, she wouldn't be able to handle any number of them.

That method of use would be extremely taxing for Shirou, so he probably wouldn't use it unless absolutely necessary.

"No problem."

Being able to use Gan Jiang Mo Ye would be extremely beneficial for Shirou.

He only used it twice after he traveled through time: once against a thug and the other time as a test in the basement.

The experience of using it twice was... rather poor. After all, one session ended before it even started, and the other was against a machine, and then it was targeted by Isv.

"Then that's settled, just like the troublesome countdown."

Texas casually turned on her phone to record a video and handed it to Sora, indicating that she should record a video for him.