He Didn't Say It, But That Doesn't Mean I Don't Know / When Shinji Smiles, Lives Hang in the Balance

"Not going bald doesn't mean you won't age," Chloe asked tentatively. "Haven't you thought about doing some recreational activities? Like going out with a girl or something."

"I'd like to find a female companion," Shinji said with a hint of regret, glancing at the office doorway. "It's a pity I haven't had a good opportunity to make a move."

Chloe pursed her lips; she realized Shinji even when Shinji went to find Artoria amidst the firepower of the entire Knights of the Round Table, he hadn't considered her at all.

For a moment, Shinji and Chloe remained silent, sitting quietly and admiring the blue sky outside the window.

As the sun set, turning the sky a beautiful orange-red, Chloe suddenly spoke after nearly ten minutes of silence.

"How about you come out for a walk with me? Just as an old friend."

Chapter 84 He didn't say it, but that doesn't mean I don't know.

"What do you mean I'm not good with computers? Boss, I'll prove you wrong!"

In the office, Ophelia sat at her computer desk, tapping the keyboard with two fingers.

With Fate/Zero's box office entering a stable period, the cast and crew, including Shinji, suddenly found themselves with less free time.

Since there's nothing much going on right now, Shinji decided to give everyone a long vacation so they could all get some rest.

Of course, Shinji wouldn't explicitly say that it was Chloe's comment about "premature aging" that triggered his decision.

Ophelia did get a vacation, but instead of using her precious time to relax outside, she stayed in the office to study computers.

A modern Magecraft can't be someone who doesn't even know how to use a computer. --Shinji's words.

As Shinji's loyal secretary, Ophelia felt that she absolutely had to learn how to use a computer during this vacation.

However, Ophelia did not ask Shinji to teach her. Instead, after learning about the basic operation of a computer from others, she prepared to explore it on her own.

Shinji's earlier comment, "Ophelia is busy enough, she doesn't need to learn computers," spurred Ophelia into a vow to learn computers herself and give her boss a real shock.

"Well... computers are just gadgets created by ordinary people to show off their cleverness. They're nothing special. A top student like me from the Clock Tower could easily handle them."

Although she said that, Ophelia was still quite excited and expectant when she pressed the power button and the computer turned on normally.

"The boot-up process is complete... Next, it's time to use the mouse..."

Following the notes in her notebook, Ophelia used the mouse to try and browse the web.

"Hmm... I didn't expect that even staying in my room, I could connect to information from around the world. For an average person, the internet is pretty good. No wonder the boss insisted that we use it."

After saying these words, Ophelia stared intently at the Google search bar for a full five minutes.

"Okay, the webpage is open. What's next?"

After staring blankly at the screen for five minutes, Ophelia realized that she didn't seem to have a specific purpose for going online.

"Should I... start a blog?"

Looking at the advice Artoria had given her in her notebook, Ophelia hesitated.

In truth, neither the Magecraft nor the secretary needed to keep a blog, but recalling Artoria's enthusiastic smile when sharing her blog with her fans, Ophelia felt a little eager to try it herself.

Perhaps because of her family background, although Ophelia doesn't show her emotions very much, she is actually quite easily fascinated by certain things.

"In the past, famous Magecraft would write their autobiographies in ink on parchment as proof of their existence. So, for a modern Magecraft like me to use a computer to write a diary is quite progressive."

Ophelia pressed each key on the keyboard with her index finger, her focused expression suggesting she was studying the Third Magic.

"A mere keyboard... let me show you what Ophelia is capable of."

An hour later, Ophelia looked up and wiped the sweat from her brow; she had finally finished her own blog page.

"Alright, the preparations are complete. What should we write next?"

Ophelia flipped through the notebook, which contained records of the blog posts of several Heroic Spirit Actor.

To increase interaction with fans, Shinji specifically requested that several actors, including Artoria, post on their blogs at least 1-2 times a week and take the time to reply to one or two fan comments.

Of course, Shinji asked Gilgamesh, a Heroic Spirit who speaks without thinking and could easily provoke the wrath of fans, not to post on his blog.

Although the messages sent by the Heroic Spirit were often messy due to a lack of operational experience.

For example, Cú Chulainn's blog posts are mostly about his own fishing trips where he either lost or got caught out, or about fishing with Red A and Uncle Hai and ending up losing.

This interactive format was well-received by fans, who were experiencing direct communication with a celebrity for the first time. Even though it was only online, it was enough to excite them.

Artoria's blog is quite focused; she basically turned it into a "food guide to Fuyuki City."

However, fans didn't complain about Artoria writing about food all the time; instead, they found the foodie King of Knights adorable.

Furthermore, Artoria's food diary is very popular. Don't be fooled by Artoria's love of food; she has excellent taste and her comments on food are very insightful.

During previous fan events, the fans who traveled from afar all ate at the restaurants recommended by Artoria, which made those restaurants a fortune.

Some restaurants even went so far as to display signs at their entrances proclaiming "[A restaurant favored by His Majesty the King of Knights]" to attract customers.

However, Ophelia didn't want to write a food diary like Artoria did; she thought it would make her look like a glutton.

"Artoria and Tohsaka- san once said that blogs should only be written about things you're interested in, otherwise it's easy to give up halfway through. Things I'm interested in..."

Naturally, Ophelia typed the word "[boss]" into the webpage.

"No, no. If the boss sees this, he'll immediately know it's mine!"

Ophelia quickly deleted the words she had typed.

"Right, just write it from the Servant Heroic Spirit. The boss has so many Heroic Spirit, even if he sees it, he won't guess it's me."

Ophelia applauded her own cleverness.

"Then... then... to further confuse him, I can change 'Master' to Japanese; it's a way of adapting to local customs, you know."

Ophelia muttered to herself as she edited her blog.

An hour later, Ophelia finally finished her first blog post, which read as follows:

My master (Shujin) is secretly dating Miss Flora behind my back. He didn't say anything, but that doesn't mean I don't know.

In reality, Shinji didn't go on a date with Chloe; they just went out for a walk.

Anyway, Second Master himself wouldn't admit it. In his words, "Can a date even be called a date if you haven't even slept together?"

However, Ophelia 'Little Secretary was unaware of her boss's dating theory; in her view, this was dating.

"Concise and to the point, I'm truly remarkable."

Ophelia looked at the article displayed on the screen and then laughed happily.

"Well, I'm just adapting to local customs; it's not because Chinese characters are too troublesome that I'm using kana."

After offering her own explanation, Ophelia turned off her computer, got up, and left the office.

However, Ophelia, who wasn't very fluent in Japanese, subconsciously forgot that "shujin" in Japanese not only means "master" but also "wife" when referring to her husband.

Within just a few hours, Ophelia's blog was flooded with comments like "You have to be strong," "Keep going, don't lose to a cheating husband," and "Just divorce this scumbag."

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Shinji was unaware of the trouble his Little Secretary had caused online; he was now back at work after a perfect vacation.

That being said, Shinji, who was on vacation and having a good time, simply lay on the office sofa in a "Ge You slouch" position, looking up at the ceiling with a bored expression.

"Shinji, have you heard?"

At the other end of the sofa, Kariya shared the news he had heard with Shinji.

"I heard Toho is planning to reboot Godzilla."

"Reboot? How do they plan to film it?" Shinji raised an eyebrow. "Are they casting Hideaki Anno?"

The first thing Second Master thought of when he heard "reboot" was "Shin Godzilla of the thugs."

"No, they plan to get help from North American filmmakers," Kariya replied. "They'll reportedly use the most advanced computer technology in the US, and to maximize the effectiveness of the technology, they even plan to hire a European or American Director to make the film."

Shinji uncle's words was of the movie "Godzilla," directed by Roland Emmerich, which was heavily criticized.

Shinji said gloatingly, "I hope Toho doesn't lose the design drawings when they're giving them to the production team."

Kariya didn't understand Shinji's words. "So what if the design drawings are lost? Just make another copy, right?"

Shinji sneered, "That's exactly what I meant."

Ultimately, the claim that the design drawings are missing is just an excuse; it's the arrogance of Westerners that makes them disdain using Japan designs.

After the movie was released, it was criticized relentlessly even in North America, so they had no choice but to come up with a lame excuse to get by.

It can be said that the 1994 version of Godzilla perfectly reflects two common problems of Hollywood filmmakers.

One is that what I make is the best in the world, and you, the audience, can only passively accept everything I do, including my distorted aesthetics.

Hollywood's attempts to skeptical audiences' tastes have happened more than once, but each mishap fails to teach them a lesson, and they still dare to do it again.

Another problem is shirking responsibility. If the film project succeeds, it's all my credit; if it flops, it has nothing to do with me.

This is probably what they mean by "success has a thousand fathers, but failure is just an orphan."

No, it's not just a Hollywood problem; it's a common problem among all Europeans and Americans.

"God bless the Toho executives, I hope they don't get a heart attack from anger." Shinji made the sign of the cross on his chest rather insincerely.

"I feel like you're casting a curse on them."

Kariya complained.

Shinji: "Nobody can predict the future."

Who knows, audiences around the world might actually accept this version of Godzilla?

Even in Shinji life, no matter how much Godzilla fans criticized the 1994 Godzilla film, it was still undeniable that it was the most influential Godzilla movie before the MonsterVerse came out.

Otherwise, Godzilla wouldn't have had two seasons of 40 episodes of animated content released after its theatrical run as an extension of the film's story.

There's no way around it, the tokusatsu (special effects) genre is just too niche. Even if Hollywood movies are terrible, at least they're appealing to casual viewers.

Just as Shinji and Kariya were chatting and arguing, Touko rushed into the office carrying a thick stack of documents.

"Junior, our technology development has hit a bottleneck."

As soon as she entered, Touko put all the documents she was carrying on the desk, making a loud noise.

"What's the problem?"

Shinji glanced at the documents piled on the table, taller than his shoulders, and felt a headache coming on.

"Insufficient ability".

Touko replied succinctly, "Your idea of adding Magecraft to projection technology is interesting, but it's too difficult to implement in practice. With my current knowledge, I can't realize your idea."

"Do you have any solutions?" Shinji asked, rubbing his temples.

"Summon Heroic Spirit," Touko said firmly. "I need a Caster, a true ancient Magecraft, not some Uruk Axe King who just throws Noble Phantasm around all day and doesn't even know any proper Magecraft!"

Chapter 85 Shinji's Smile: Life and Death Uncertain

In the conference room of TYPE-MOON Film Company, Shinji gathered several of his key members together.

"Master, why have you summoned us all here?"

Cú Chulainn yawned listlessly.

Compared to Diarmuid, who was busy recording promotional videos, he had a lot more free time, enough to spend a whole day fishing at the beach.

"Something came up."

Shinji, holding his notebook, addressed everyone, "It's about the new slots for summoning Heroic Spirit."

"Are they recruiting new users again?"

Cú Chulainn immediately slumped down, becoming completely listless.

Summoning a new Heroic Spirit means that the Master wants to make a new movie, and one in which they won't even appear.

Since it wasn't his business, Cú Chulainn had no motivation to listen any further.

To everyone's surprise, Shinji's first words were, "Cú Chulainn, how about I summon your teacher?"

"Absolutely not!"

Cú Chulainn had been lying on the table like a lapdog, suddenly became as agitated as a teddy bear, slamming his fist on the table and shouting with all his might.

"Never summon that old woman! Master, you have no idea what kind of monster you'll summon!"