The Nuclear Sword Fairy from a certain cartoon

"Are you a repeater?"

Tried a few more times, still got the same answer.

"There must be some way to open it..."

The school was already in front of him. Shirou, who was thinking in his heart, stopped talking to this Sanwu system and walked into the campus.

While humming, Shirou stepped up the stairs of the teaching building.

"Starting today, I have to go to the toilet by myself~"

Going up to the second floor of the teaching building, Shirou opened the classroom

At the back door, what caught the eye was a group of chirping and noisy primary school students. There was obviously a certain distance between the girls' group and the boys' group.

After arriving at his seat, Shirou propped up his cheeks and stared boredly at the bare cherry blossom tree outside the window. The light purple-brown branches had been turned white by the frost at some point.

The voices of the surrounding primary school students came to my ears.

"Did you see the Kamen Rider yesterday?"

"Look! It's amazing, isn't it? It can actually become huge!"

"I really want to grow up!"

"Hey, did you secretly go to the video game arcade yesterday? I saw you playing King of Fighters!"

"Wow! Did you actually discover it!?"

"Humph~ You don't want your mother to know about secretly going to the video game arcade to play King of Fighters, right? Then be good... take me with you after school!"

"Gu... okay then."

The students did not interfere with each other and formed small groups to discuss topics such as Kamen Rider and King of Fighters with their friends.

Although he looks seven years old, Shirou is not of the same age group mentally and is not interested in these things.

At the lower right corner of the blackboard at the front of the classroom, today's number and the name of the student on duty are written in white chalk.

"Today is already Friday..."

In other words, after today, it will be Saturday.

……

Elementary school classes were a bit boring for Shirou.

After school, he left the school directly.

It was now dusk.

The afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the streets and alleys, and the orange light flew between the buildings.

As the time gets later and later, the number of pedestrians on the street gradually becomes fewer and fewer.

In fact, Fuyuki City has issued a curfew in the past few days.

Recently, there have been a series of bizarre murders and abductions. The police have called on citizens to avoid going out at night. Smart people have followed this instruction.

There is something bad hidden in the dark night of the new capital, and human instincts should be aware of this.

The sudden cracks in the once peaceful daily life shake everyone's heart.

Shirou, who was almost arriving at the door of his home, suddenly noticed something and raised his head to look at the sky.

The sky above Fuyuki City seemed to be stained with blood, and even the moon became brighter and brighter.

boom----!

A violent explosion sound came from the direction of Yuanzang Mountain.

Immediately afterwards, Shirou saw "it".

It was a black sun, hanging high in the sky, like a symbol of the end of the world.

"All the evil in this world...!?"

The moment he saw the black sun, Shirou couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

There is not even time to escape, or there is no way to escape at all.

The black mud filled with the curse of "all the evil in this world" has the power of destruction to burn all life. At this moment, it falls like a waterfall from the black sun in the sky.

That was not a black sun, but a huge "hole", and black mud continued to flow out from the inside of the "hole".

Picture: "All the evil in this world", location: "Images/1672998904-100352746-109768301.jpg"

The killing started like this, and the mud of death that smelled the breath of human life turned into a burning curse and attacked them.

The cursed waterfall falling from the sky did not stop, and the black mud submerged a large number of buildings in the blink of an eye.

Raging black waves spread through the streets and alleys of the city, sweeping away helpless people like a tsunami.

Burn down the house, burn down the yard.

Both those who tried to escape and those who were already trembling were burned to death without exception.

"All the evil in this world" that has been waiting inside the Great Holy Grail for 60 years, as if celebrating this short release, mercilessly deprived all the lives it came into contact with.

"Damn it! It's actually today!"

Shirou sped up and ran towards home.

However, this street, which is made of asphalt and concrete, is no longer the same color as it used to be under the cover of black mud.

The "hole" in the sky disappeared, and the black mud stopped pouring out, but the mud caused a large-scale fire, and the people who could not escape turned into charred corpses one by one.

The night sky was illuminated by the grand red lotus fire, and the banquet of death was endlessly staged on the ground.

The lives and cities that were on the verge of destruction were displayed in front of Shirou.

Large pieces of black mud fell from the top of the building, submerging Shirou's 7-year-old body in it.

At that moment, Shirou felt that all the bones in his body were in severe pain. His young body simply could not bear such pain.

At the last moment when his consciousness was about to fade away, Shirou saw a scene.

A blond man broke free from the black mud and stood on the top of the pile of ruins. His jade-like red eyes looked down at the scene with indifference.

cut.

Next to him, a burly black-haired man also stood up from the black mud. There was impatience and madness in his eyes, as well as an incomparable desire for something.

At this moment, both of them turned their gazes to the other side, staring at the figure that emerged from the leaping flames.

It was a man whose clothes were somewhat torn and stained with black stains. He walked unsteadily like a sleepwalker, wandering on the burning street.

His once sharp gaze disappeared, and his eyes were empty and lifeless. He looked so absent-minded that he probably couldn't even recognize the things in front of him. All his fighting spirit had long been gone, leaving only nothingness.

The man walked like a zombie, exaggerating the apocalyptic atmosphere.

Only this last scene remained in Shirou's hazy vision.

Gradually, consciousness drifts away from reality.

Shirou felt that his pain disappeared, his sense of existence also disappeared, and even his thoughts seemed to be blurred in the boundaries of dimensions.

Perhaps that's why the emotionless electronic synthesized sound that followed was so clear.

[tick………………]

[Host death detected...]

[Forced restart...]

[10%…]

[30%…]

[60%…]

[80%…]

[100%…]

[Restart completed! ]

Chapter 2 The Power of Heroic Spirits

The vague consciousness gradually became clear, and Shirou felt the existence of his body again.

"Well……"

Opening his eyes, he saw a dim room illuminated by moonlight and a gray-white ceiling.

Shirou found himself still lying on the bed, covered with a familiar quilt.

Fragments of memories before his death flashed through his mind, and all of a sudden he lost all sleep.

Shirou sat up in bed and glanced at the calendar.

It has been confirmed that he returned to a week ago.

Shirou got out of bed and walked out of the room, then walked into the bathroom.

Turn on the faucet at the bathroom sink and splash the clear, colorless water on your face.

The stinging coldness calmed Shirou.

"Holy Grail War..."

Presumably because he entered a new world line, Shirou's memory before his death was extremely clear this time.

"If the Holy Grail War has begun, no matter how hard I try to escape, I will eventually perish as the evil in this world descends."

The summoning of heroic spirits, the Holy Grail War, all the evil in this world... all related things are connected by Shirou.

"Should I run away?"

However, when this thought arose in his mind, Shirou always had a premonition.

No matter how he escapes, all of this will probably roll towards him like the wheel of fate.

A strong sense of urgency came over him, making Shirou's heart beat faster and his body tense up.

Shirou, who was concentrating on thinking about countermeasures, suddenly felt like he was being hugged.

A warm and familiar feeling enveloped his body, and his soft red hair fell on his cheeks.

"Shirou, you seem very nervous. Did something happen?"

His mother's gentle voice reached his ears, making Shirou's tense body and mind relax.

Suddenly, Shirou understood the reason why he had to repeat the same mistakes despite dying countless times in those memory fragments.

It's right next to you, isn't it?

Seeing the two similar faces reflected in the mirror embedded in the wall on the bathing table, Shirou's eyes trembled slightly.

Inexplicably, a certain desire was ignited in my heart.

Unconsciously, the mouth opens and closes to make sounds.

"I want to be a partner of justice."

Hearing these words that Shirou suddenly uttered, Mrs. Orihara was stunned for a moment, then smiled and touched her child's head.

"Silly boy, what nonsense are you talking about."

Mrs. Orihara thought her child was confused, held him tenderly for a while, and then returned to her bedroom.

Shirou returned to his room and spoke calmly in the room where he was the only one left.

"System, is this still the original world line?"

[The world line has been restarted. ]

Got this answer.

Before, various memories of death appeared in Shirou's mind from time to time.

The last death was probably a world line that had never been opened in all the memories.

Now, with the last death, the world line is restarted, and everything starts again.

"What should I do……"

Shirou pressed his chin in thought.