Half a Year

Unfortunately, Aoki shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Emiya, this is not something I can decide. Let's finish this deal first, and stick with the one million ryo. I will inform the head of the family about the cooperation."

"Alright, thank you for your help, Mr. Aoki."

In truth, having said all that, Shiro already knew the answer: this matter was most likely doomed to fail.

After all, although Shiro is from the Emiya Family, he is Jonin Shiro; he's just using the family name.

Refusal was understandable, but in doing so, Shiro realized that he absolutely could not take control of the plan, and could only try his best to gain more benefits.

This is the safest approach; rashly intervening will only make the Emiya Family's situation more dangerous.

In any case, the core of this plan is Shiro himself, and they can't get around it no matter what. Therefore, Shiro only needs to try to get a little more on top of his existing share.

At the same time, it's important to maintain a good balance. Fortunately, Shiro first went to see Minamoto. Given his mother's relationship with Gardenia, this shouldn't get out.

Otherwise, the Emiya Family would have a hard time getting by in Konoha.

After careful consideration, Shiro felt a sense of relief. He had been too arrogant before; the Hawk Plan was simply beyond Shiro current capabilities, and he had been a bit too greedy.

It would be best to get a larger share of the profits as it is now, and thankfully, Shiro didn't announce it publicly, otherwise, he would have lost face big time.

After figuring it out, Shiro focused on his training and stopped thinking about other things. In the end, it was because his strength was too low. If Shiro had the strength of Madara Uchiha...

Then no one will come to share this cake with Shiro.

And so, half a year flew by, during which Shiro made considerable progress.

First of all, my mental cultivation has made great progress, and now Projection four or five Noble Phantasm at the same time without any problem.

Secondly, there has been significant progress in Magecraft. Currently, they are learning Territory Creation and have become more proficient in Reinforcement Magecraft. (Explanation after Territory Creation)

Finally, and most importantly, after six months of hard work, Shiro has finished preparing the materials for making the Magic Crest.

Today is the day the Magic Crest is implanted. Just to be on the safe side, Shiro called Sakumo over so he could interrupt him if anything seemed amiss.

After learning about the risks involved with Shiro, Kushina informed Tsunade to allow them to return temporarily, since she was the best Medical Ninjutsu in Konoha.

After seeing Tsunade, Shiro felt much more at ease. Although he owed her another favor, as the saying goes, "A lot of lice don't itch, and a lot of debts don't worry you."

After everyone arrived, Shiro first Projection the Rule Breaker. Without this, Shiro couldn't guarantee the success rate. There was only one copy of this material, so Shiro couldn't afford to be careless.

"System, prepare to provide assistance."

"The system is ready and can provide assistance at any time."

Upon hearing this, Shiro did not hesitate any longer and immediately implanted the Magic Crest he had prepared beforehand into his right forearm.

"Ah!!!"

As soon as the Crest entered his body, Shiro felt a sharp pain, as if his bones were being crushed!

"Shiro." Seeing Shiro screaming in agony inside, everyone's faces showed worry, Kushina even wanted to rush in.

"Calm down. According to Shiro, this situation is normal. Don't rush in and disturb him."

"That's right, Kushina. Lady Tsunade has said so, let's trust Shiro."

Kushina took a few deep breaths to calm herself down and said, "I understand, Minato. Tsunade- Tsunade, I acted impulsively."

"It's alright, worry makes you lose your composure. Although we haven't had much contact, he shouldn't be a reckless person. Let's just wait patiently."

At this moment, although Shiro was enduring intense pain, his mind was still relatively clear thanks to his six months of Meditation Technique.

I'm currently calmly assessing the progress in my mind, although the screams from my mouth haven't stopped...

After a while, Shiro felt the pain subside slightly. Gradually, Shiro waited until only a little residual pain remained, along with the pain from occasional spasms.

He took the pre-prepared medicine and began to apply a technique to his hand. This technique could reduce the rejection reaction, so Shiro was very careful in applying it. After all, compared to this, the previous implantation was just an appetizer.

The real difficulty in implanting Magic Crest lies in the subsequent rejection reaction, and Shiro's preparations largely focused on this aspect.

Normally, the rejection reaction of Magic Crest relies on several generations for assimilation, which takes a long time and therefore doesn't consume much energy. However, Shiro doesn't have that much time, so he can only ask the system to speed up this process for him.

Naturally, the risks are many times higher, which is why more preparation is needed.

At the same time, the pain it causes is several times greater than before!

At this moment, Shiro felt that his six months of arduous meditation training had been incredibly wise; Shiro had previously greatly underestimated the pain involved.

If he hadn't gone through these six months of training, Shiro probably wouldn't have had the courage to begin the next stage of acceleration.

Before long, Shiro finished his preparations and took a deep breath.

Shiro said in a deep voice, "Let's begin, System."

"Accessibility features activated, acceleration initiated."

"Aaaaaah!!!!"

As the system's voice faded, Shiro felt pain several times stronger than before.

"Shiro!" At this moment, Kushina and Minato outside also clenched their hands and looked inside with worry.

"Has it begun?" At the same time, Tsunade and Sakumo's expressions also became serious. According to Shiro's previous statement, this was the most urgent moment.

If anything unexpected happens, have them rush in and cut off Shiro's right hand immediately! Also, assure them that you have a way to restore his right hand, and that they shouldn't hesitate to do so when the time comes!

At the same time, Shiro also told them about the normal phenomena that occurred during this process, so that they could make effective judgments.

Fortunately, Shiro was well-prepared, and the system was powerful enough, allowing him to complete the assimilation without any major incidents.

"The Magic Crest has been assimilated; auxiliary functions are now disabled."

As the system notification sounded, the blue light on Shiro's right forearm gradually dimmed, and Shiro collapsed to the ground.

"Shiro!" Upon seeing this, Kushina and the others rushed in immediately, but someone was even faster. Sakumo rushed in first, picked up Shiro, and headed to the hospital.

"I'll take him to the hospital first." With these words, Sakumo disappeared from Minato's sight.

"Sakumo- senpai is still as fast as ever. Alright, that kid should be fine, I'll be going now."

"Tsunade- neechan, aren't you going to see the Hokage?"

"Old man? No, I'm leaving now. The kid's fine, don't worry about him."

"Alright, goodbye Tsunade- neechan then."

"Okay, goodbye."

"Sigh~" At this moment, a weary sigh came from the Hokage's office.

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