After hurriedly burying Zouken's corpse—or rather, puppet—Shirou quickly sent Sakura off to sleep. Let this troubled night end soon, though tomorrow would not be peaceful either.
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Chapter 6 Shirou: I had already learned Hassan's essence
The next morning, in the Emiya Residence's storehouse.
Shirou finally dug out a box. It would be his trump card in this war.
Origin Bullets.
Several of the other participants in the Holy Grail War were formidable, such as Cú Chulainn and Artoria. Though these Heroic Spirits had been turned into cards before being summoned, making them much weaker, and unfavorable compatibility weakened them further, the participants themselves were also magi. If any of them pulled out some hidden spell, he could very well be finished in a matchup like this.
Naturally, he had the best compatibility with his own card. On top of that, Sakura could summon Rider. Rider, Medusa, was also highly compatible with Sakura. With the two of them joining forces against the other participants, and Origin Bullets as a safety net, they held a considerable advantage.
Especially now that Rider and Assassin had already been eliminated, they only had four enemies left.
The only thing Shirou worried about was Gilgamesh's card.
Its holder was Angelica.
Having lost her emotions after being transformed into a puppet, she could use Gilgamesh's card without worrying about suffering a backlash from the King of Heroes' personality.
As a result, pride and complacency would hardly appear in her. Even with the card weakening the Heroic Spirit's power, an unarrogant Gilgamesh was still the strongest existence in this battle.
Shirou even suspected that the unweakened Gilgamesh from the Fifth Holy Grail War might not be able to defeat a weakened but unarrogant Angelica.
With that card alone, Shirou was still confident. Once he activated Unlimited Blade Works, Shirou countered Gilgamesh in a sense. He could use his speed to sever Gilgamesh's arm before he drew Ea.
But with Einzbern's Teleportation Magic thrown into the mix, it became terrifying.
In the original story, Shirou had lost because that final, nearly unavoidable strike had been redirected by Einzbern's Teleportation Magic and hit himself instead, causing him to miss his last chance.
If there was anything that could break through that defense, then among the methods Shirou currently knew, only one might work: Origin Bullets.
"Senpai, are you preparing something? It smells in here, um..." Sakura covered her nose as she entered the storehouse. This place had not been cleaned in a long time. When Shirou practiced magecraft here, he could not even be bothered to deal with the air quality. The PM2.5 levels here were probably horrendous.
"Yeah, making some preparations before the battle." Shirou took out the matching handgun and stood up.
The matching pistol was unbelievably heavy. It really was a massive thirty-millimeter-caliber gun. At that caliber, it could practically count as a cannon!
"Sakura, how is Rider's card working out? It should be all right, shouldn't it?" Shirou closed the box containing the Origin Bullets. He had taken everything he needed, including ten matching Origin Bullets. Even if Angelica appeared, he was confident he could get Sakura out safely.
"After trying it out, I found it suits me very well. Just as you said, Senpai, it feels as though it was tailor-made for me. Also, do you have any plans?" Sakura asked.
A plan?
Shirou did have one. Though he could summon King Hassan, that did not mean his own style suited such brute force. He preferred using skill to overcome strength. Besides, after summoning King Hassan, he could only fight for a little over ten seconds, which was far too short.
Emiya himself was not a Heroic Spirit who liked to charge in headfirst. On the contrary, he was a technical fighter with different strategies for different Heroic Spirits. That was also the style Shirou preferred.
Analyze specific circumstances specifically—this was the living soul of Marxism. Heavy fog.
The enemy currently had four members left: Lancer, Saber, Caster, and Berserker.
Among them, Lancer had a class advantage over Archer, like dealing double damage or something.
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