Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

He slept until noon. If Sakura hadn't woke him up for lunch, Shinji felt that he could have slept until night. After all, he almost risked his life for his first victory yesterday. If he hadn't successfully used the illusion in the end, he would probably be dead now.

Sure enough, no matter how well one practices, there will be many fatal loopholes in actual combat. For example, in his expectation, as long as the first knife stabs the vital point and then the next quick knife cuts the throat, an ordinary person will not be able to fight back.

But he obviously underestimated the vigilance of criminals who had been evading the police for years, causing him to miss two chances to kill.

Looking at the injuries he suffered due to his misjudgment, Shinji sighed in regret, took out a long-sleeved shirt to cover the bandages on his body, dressed neatly and prepared to go out for dinner. Suddenly, he looked back uneasily at the corner where the "dirty thing" was hidden, and quickly walked over to find something to cover it up. Only after he was sure that he would not be discovered did he dare to leave with peace of mind.

But when I went out, I only saw Sakura sitting alone at the dining table.

"Where's father?"

"Father has not been home for the past two days. Uncle Kariya came back to make lunch, but he left just now."

"Oh, I'll be out for a while after dinner. If dad comes back and asks me, remember to tell him that I'm going out to play with my friends."

"I know, brother, didn't you tell me this this morning?"

Shinji felt a little confused while eating. Last night, he couldn't bear to see Sakura looking so pitiful, and he was gentle to her for once. Today, he continued to maintain a cold attitude as usual, but why did this little girl look at me in a strange way?

Sensing that something was not right, Shinji quickly finished his meal and immediately slipped out of the house and went to his training ground.

There are many trees on the back mountain, and the road is not easy to walk on. In addition, it is connected to the school, so there are usually no people there on weekdays. This is why Shinji chose this place.

This is public land, and ordinary construction teams are prohibited from developing here, but what does this have to do with Shinji? If you don't allow you to build upwards, who can stop me if I use earth escape to build downwards?

It's a pity that I haven't learned the earth escape yet...

He walked to a tree with a target painted on it, pulled out the wooden-handled knife stuck in it, activated his Sharingan, and threw it at a tree ten meters away, hitting the bull's eye! But he immediately grimaced in pain because of the wound on his body.

Shaking my head, it seems that I can’t do any physical activity today, so I’ll try this!

Then he took out the fist-sized rubber ball he had just bought from his pocket...

At this time, people who understand will ask, Shinji, Shinji, why don’t you use the water ball first?

His eyes suddenly opened, and three magatama slowly rotated in his blood-red eyes. [Of course, it’s because for me who has the Sharingan, water balls are too easy! ]

He held the rubber ball in his palm and consciously mobilized the magic power in his body to gather it in his palm. The rubber ball in his hand suddenly seemed to be squeezed by something, changing its shape irregularly, but it showed no sign of exploding.

“…Huh, no more!”

After less than ten minutes, Shinji threw the ball aside and leaned against the tree, panting. It wasn't because he didn't have enough magic power, but his Sharingan couldn't hold on any longer.

Sure enough, this body is still too weak...

I lay flat on the grass, closed my sore eyes, and listened to the rustling of leaves, the chirping of birds, the honking of cars in the street, and the sound of gunfire in the distance...

"This group of people... is really enough. How dare they be so rampant in broad daylight?"

……

Shinji was very satisfied with the location of his tentative base. Although the magical aura in the environment was very weak, which was not conducive to setting up some magic workshops and barriers, it was relatively safe enough, which was the most important thing at the moment.

When she got home in the evening, Sakura told Shinji that Yumiko had been hospitalized for the past few days because of excessive shock. Fortunately, she was fine and would be discharged soon. The criminal Ryunosuke Amayura was also reported by the media, claiming that although the criminal had been killed, the murderer was someone else, and even cut off the criminal's right hand, which seemed to be an act of venting anger. In the end, it was defined as the enemy of the criminal who killed him and fled, and reminded citizens to be careful when going out!

Hearing this, Shinji was speechless...

I, a kid who faced criminals head-on, almost got killed and then successfully killed my opponent, but I didn't even dare to go to a clinic. You little brats, who didn't even have a scratch on their skin, had to be hospitalized for a little fright, and you were still being cared for in various ways...

The most outrageous thing is that they actually described him, the hero of Fuyuki, as a murderer on the run! How could this be tolerated?

"Oh, by the way, the news also said that there seemed to be a private chemical factory on the seashore that illegally developed chemical weapons, which caused a huge chemical explosion. The light pollution and leaked toxic gases had a great impact on the surrounding area!"

“…I’ll bear with it!”

"Brother, what did you say?"

"fine."

"Oh, then brother, would you like to accompany me to visit Yumiko tomorrow? I'm a little worried about her..."

"No, I'm not familiar with that yellow-haired guy."

[It's just a life-saving grace]

"Oh well…"

When Sakura heard Shinji's decisive refusal, she looked visibly disappointed. It was obvious that she was not looking forward to visiting Yumiko.

The next day, Shinji continued with yesterday's training, but seemed to have hit a bottleneck. An ordinary rubber ball was squeezed into that shape, but it didn't explode. Shinji felt that he seemed to be missing something, but he also had to admire the quality of modern manufacturing.

He still came back in the evening. After dinner, he heard Sakura say that Kariya would come back in the afternoon and wanted to look for him, but when he saw that he was not at home, he said that he would wait for him to come back and go to the pavilion in the east to find him.

[Hehe, it’s finally here]

Following Sakura's instructions, Shinji came to the pavilion and saw a figure sitting alone there.

It was already dark, and Kariya was sitting on a bench, hunched over. With his graying hair, he looked like an elderly man. But when Shinji got closer, he realized that the situation was much worse:

Dull eyes, crazy look, distorted face, I'm afraid the lunatics in the mental hospital look like this...

Shinji didn't intend to remind him out loud, but sat silently next to the poor man.

After a long time

Matou Kariya seemed to have just noticed Shinji's arrival and looked towards the sun that had long disappeared.

"Can you do me one more favor?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"Besides Sakura, I would like to ask you to take care of Rin... She is Sakura's sister."

Shinji casts a suspicious look at Kariya.

"Rin's father was killed, and her mother... was also killed by me..."

After saying this, as if the riverbank that had been hit by the tsunami had finally collapsed, unstoppable tears slid down Kariya's face and dripped onto the stone slabs.

"All along... I have been constantly trying to bring happiness to Sakura and Rin, and I have fought hard in the Holy Grail War... I hope to bring Sakura out of this hell, and I am even willing to sacrifice my own life for it!"

"But... everything is ruined."

As he spoke, Kariya began to cover his face and cry. When he had almost vented his emotions, Kariya wiped away his tears and took out the thing that Shinji had been thinking about from his pocket.

"This USB drive contains all the magic knowledge I can get my hands on. There are some key magic that Zang Yan doesn't allow me to touch... I'll keep your affairs confidential, and I hope you can treat Ying well... Now, I'm going to finish off those bastards!"

Shinji, who had remained silent, looked at the man in front of him with a tragic look on his face. Then he spoke:

"Aoi is not dead."

"!"

Kariya suddenly turned his head and looked at Shinji in disbelief.

"Although he is not dead, he will lose his memory after being rescued due to the severe head injury, and his body will not be able to move normally."

"As the heir of one of the three great families, Rin has a great background and a great talent for magic. With the help of the church, her future will be much smoother than mine..."

“But I accept your request. I will protect them from now on. So… in this final battle, please, as Matou Kariya, show them and the world your anger just for yourself.”

“Don’t hesitate, don’t regret. At the end of your life, you can work hard for the choices you made. The results will no longer matter.”

After a moment of silence, Shinji's tone gradually became gentle, and he continued: "I will bring Sakura to visit your grave in the future. Remember to die beautifully..."

"……Thank you!"

"It looks like Sakura has found a good brother!"

The two stood up at the same time and walked away from each other. They were now going to fight for different goals, regardless of whether the final outcome was happy or not...