Shirou: These Heroic Spirits Are Idiots. They Can't Even Beat Humans

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of blows rang out.

Red A's twin swords were repeatedly knocked away by Cú Chulainn, but no matter how many weapons were knocked away, he could always pull out a brand new one.

Because the filming focused on the UBW route, Shinji emphasized Red A's Projection ability, showing him Projection various weapons when Lancer knocked his weapons away.

Compared to the familiar Spiral Sword and Gan Jiang Mo Ye, Red A Projection quite a few weapons, but he has rarely had the opportunity to show them off.

Bang!

Another longsword was deflected by the red spear and embedded itself in the studio floor next to Shinji.

"That Cú Chulainn guy, he always does this when he gets into a fight," Shinji complained helplessly. "I just hope he doesn't break the crystal ball."

Medea, fanning herself, said, "Oh dear, Master. You can't expect dogs to do things they can't. Besides, even if they get hurt, I'm still here, aren't I?"

Shinji's reply revealed his capitalist nature, "But I still feel bad about making you redo the materials! And it's not even hot today, why are you fanning yourself?"

Medea smiled slightly beneath her robe, "I'd be happy to."

Ever since watching the Hebei Bangzi opera version of the play "Medea," this Greek Witch has developed a particular fondness for fans and carries them almost everywhere she goes.

[Caster Medea with a fan, is this a Type-Moon version of the fan-wielding mom?]

"Ugh... it's so cold."

Shinji shivered involuntarily, chilled by his own meaningless, lame joke.

Chapter 92 Shirou: These Heroic Spirit are so stupid, they can't even beat humans.

A fit, red-haired boy rushed into a classroom at lightning speed.

He kicked open the classroom door and rushed forward before the skeletal monsters inside could react. He cleanly and efficiently broke their spines with his wooden sword and then knocked them to the ground.

The boy moved as nimbly as a well-trained hunting dog, but his moves were somewhat chaotic and disorganized.

However, with the boy's skills, dealing with these slow-moving monsters was more than enough.

Bang!

In an instant, the last monster fell to the ground, and the boy had defeated all his enemies.

"Cut!"

Shinji shouted through a megaphone, "Shirou, that was great!"

"Where."

Shirou smiled and took the towel handed to him by the crew assistant, wiping the sweat from his face.

Clap, clap.

The Dragon Fang Soldiers, knocked to the ground by Shirou, made a grinding sound as they clenched their teeth.

Soon, these guys reattached their bodies, which had been severed in two.

"Thank you all for your hard work."

Shinji wasn't surprised by the bizarre scene; instead, he smiled and greeted the people on the floor.

Clap, clap.

The Dragon Fang Soldier, now with his bones installed, rose from the classroom floor and gave Shinji and Shirou a very strange bow.

Then, the group of guys took a basketball from the staff and lined up to leave the classroom.

Shirou's lips twitched as he said, "No matter how many times I see this scene, it still feels very eerie..."

These dragon tooth soldiers were naturally provided by Medea, and to make it easier for Shinji to film, Medea even gave them a minimum level of intelligence and incorporated Shinji's blood into them, allowing Shinji to easily control them.

Medea originally intended for these Dragon Tooth Soldiers to be as obedient as robots, following Shinji's commands.

As it turns out, whether it's because Shinji's bloodline inherently contains a goofy attribute or not, these Dragon Fang Soldiers, once activated, immediately gravitated towards comedic roles.

Putting everything else aside, it's pretty weird that they play basketball every day after filming, not to mention that these guys always break bones (literally) every time they play basketball.

Anyway, every time Shirou sees these guys shatter into pieces on the basketball court and then piece themselves back together bit by bit, he always unconsciously pinches his cheeks to try and clear his head.

"Yeah, these guys are actually pretty cute," Shinji said thoughtfully, stroking his chin. "What was that... oh right... ugly-cute."

"I just don't get your point."

Shirou shook his head and denied it.

"Alright, forget about these guys, let's see how your acting goes."

With that Shinji pulled Shirou to the post-production studio next to the classroom/film set.

After slightly editing the footage, Shinji showed it to Shirou.

If there's one major difference between UBW and HF and Shinji's previous two films, it's that the action scenes of Shirou Emiya, an ordinary person, have suddenly increased.

Fighting Heroic Spirit with one's own body—that's a stupid thing that only a fool Shirou Emiya would do.

In fact, Shirou himself also felt that his character in Shinji's script was quite stupid.

Of course, even more foolish were the Heroic Spirit who fought Shirou.

Heroic Spirit losing to ordinary people?! Do you guys even know how to play?!

However, scripts are just scripts; in reality, it would be very difficult for Shirou to personally kill Heroic Spirit.

Furthermore, Shirou isn't an action star or a martial arts expert, so even with Kiritsugu's training, Shirou is still far inferior to those Heroic Spirit.

Therefore, in order to cover up Shirou's lack of martial arts skills, Shinji could only cut the scenes into smaller, more fragmented ones to avoid long fight shots.

Shinji previously filmed 70% of action scenes involving fights between Heroic Spirit. This time, due to the actors' poor skill level, he was forced to cut some scenes, which really tested his skills.

"Never mind, let's just treat it as editing practice."

Shinji consoled himself with this thought.

At the same time, in order to help Shirou improve as quickly as possible, Shinji would basically shoot a section of Shirou's action scenes, then roughly edit it down, show it to Shirou, and tell him what needed to be improved.

"He seems really silly."

In the film analysis room, Shirou Emiya watched himself stumbling and staggering on the monitor and couldn't help but comment.

"Yes, at this stage you're still a beginner, so you need to show your immaturity." Shinji nodded. "Overall, it's already about 80% of the effect I envisioned..."

Hearing this, Shirou couldn't help but ask, "Eight minutes... does this mean I have to reshoot?"

"No need." Shinji shook his head and patted him on the shoulder. "That's enough for a TV series, but you still need to keep working hard."

Shirou rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

"By 'continue,' you mean my fight with that arrogant guy, right?"

"Those are two of the most important action scenes in the entire series. How well they're filmed will determine the minimum standard for UBW," Shinji reminded her with a smile. "But don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"After hearing what you said, how could I not feel pressured? I understand Tohsaka always disagrees with you."

Shirou realized that Shinji, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, wasn't a kind person at all.

Shirou Emiya has been in excellent condition these past two days, and the filming of the school battle scene in UBW has gone very smoothly.

Shirou's progress in action scenes is nothing short of phenomenal, so fast that even Shinji is a little jealous.

Although it still relies on "short, quick" editing to cover up problems, it's certainly enough to put on a show and fool the audience.

"Is this the true power of the protagonist's halo? Now I understand why this guy was able to evolve into a monster comparable to Servant in less than a month in the original story."

Shinji sighed as he watched Shirou chasing and fighting Shirou on set.

Seeing that Shirou was in such good shape, Shinji simply changed the filming plan.

Shinji originally planned to film a few more action scenes for Shirou to practice, but since Shirou is in such good shape now, he decided to film a few dialogue scenes first.

This isn't about balancing work and rest; it's about using dialogue to help Shirou immerse himself in the role more quickly and understand Shirou Emiya's state of mind in the UBW story.

Only in this way can the classic duel between Shirou and Red A be filmed well.

That scene was depicted as a battle between Shirou and Red A, but in essence, it was a conflict between their Human Order.

Therefore, fighting scenes alone are not enough; the interspersed dramatic scenes must also be excellent.

Shinji wasn't too worried about Red A's performance in this regard. This guy had wanted to kill his red-haired self for a long time, even if it was the "Shirou Emiya" from this Parallel world.

What Shinji didn't know was that Red A himself was also feeling very awkward.

Shirou's Projection Magecraft is terrible; it's already an extraordinary feat that he can Projection a sword shell and not break it after being hit once.

Shinji's skill level was such that he couldn't get Shirou to use his Projection weapons for filming. So, apart from shots of Projection swords, other shots either used props or Noble Phantasm Projection by Red A.

For Archer (Red A), it's truly a case of "when I'm attacking myself, I have to Projection my Noble Phantasm onto myself so that he can use it to attack himself."

It's like an endless series of nested dolls.

That being said, Red A did not hesitate.

Anyway, it's all about beating "myself," so whatever the conditions, as long as I can get a beating, that's fine.

This made things more difficult for Shirou, as filming action scenes is never an easy task, and bumps and bruises are unavoidable.

Adding to Red A's discomfort was Shirou's "unintentional" heavy-handed attack, and he even sprained his ankle during an action scene.

Fortunately, the injury wasn't serious, and since Shirou is still young, it won't significantly affect the upcoming filming.

This is also one of the reasons why Shinji had to change his plans to film the dramatic scenes; the Lead Actor was injured.

Shirou's injury made Shinji even more enamored with the Heroic Spirit Actor.

Ordinary people need several days to recover from injuries, but Heroic Spirit, as long as their Spirit Core are intact and their magic power is sufficient, can regrow even a missing arm, just like Namekians.

On set, Shirou stood alone in front of the camera, preparing to film today's dialogue scenes.

Strictly speaking, although this scene is a duel between Shirou Emiya and Red A, it is more like a solo performance by Shirou Emiya.

"Before this..."

In a room decorated like Eizenbern Castle, Shirou stands alone facing the camera.

He tried his best to keep his expression calm, but his eyes burned with a flame of fighting spirit.

"Archer, have you ever regretted it?"

Shirou asked this question.

"Of course. I, no... you, should never be a friend of justice."

Even though it was off-camera and he was just reciting lines to help Shirou get into character, Red A's clenched teeth tone made Shinji a little afraid that he would actually rush up and chop Shirou down.

"Is that so? In that case, you really aren't the same person as me."

Shirou breathed a sigh of relief and smiled with satisfaction.

"What?"

"I have never regretted anything. No matter what happens, I will never regret anything!"

Shirou slowly walked towards the camera, his firm voice like that of a lion just awakened, constantly baring its fangs, ready to devour anyone at any moment.

"Therefore, I absolutely cannot agree with you!"

"If you are my ideal, then you must be a wrong ideal, and I will personally drive you away!"

"Cut! This one is approved."

Shinji said to Shirou Emiya, "Well done! Very well done, Shirou."

"Where."

Shirou smiled modestly at first, then muttered to Red A, who was standing behind the camera, "I thought you were going to rush over and kill me with a single blow."

Red A spread his hands and gave a disdainful smile.

"Hmph~~"

"What do you mean?!" Shirou's temples throbbed with excitement.

"Well, a guy without ideals isn't even worthy of my attention," Red A sneered.

[As expected, you sly Man with a Back View, you actually still yearn to be a hero, right?]

Shinji, standing to the side, shrugged.