There was no perfunctory attitude, nor any suspicion towards Sakura. As always, he acted as if he knew nothing.
When seeing Sakura's genuine smile, Emiya Shirou couldn't help but smile as well.
However, this repetitive day is about to end here.
The faint light of the setting sun penetrated the window of the infirmary and slowly shone on Sakura who was lying on the hospital bed.
Just today, the purple-haired girl named Sakura lay in bed for an unusually long time.
"senior--!"
A light and gentle voice sounded from in front of Emiya Shirou.
"Senior, you should have discovered the fact that it repeats every day."
With a mixture of tears and laughter, Sakura looked at Emiya Shirou beside her with great tenderness.
Emiya Shirou didn't shift his gaze at all, he just stared straight at Sakura, didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
Since Shirou Emiya was able to discover that Sakura was the only one who did not repeat her actions during the same day, she could also discover that Shirou Emiya did not actually lose his memory and kept repeating what he did on the first day.
"How did you find out?"
Shirou Emiya sighed. He naturally knew how Sakura discovered him, but he still couldn't help but ask, because he understood that since Sakura decided to reveal her cards at this time, she was naturally ready to end it all.
"That's not even a senior. He doesn't hide his thoughts at all!"
Sakura covered her mouth and let out a somewhat piercing laugh, but Emiya Shirou could hear a very obvious bitterness in it.
"However, even if Senior knew that this day kept repeating because of me, he would still take great pains to accompany me every day -"
As she spoke, the girl named Sakura looked out the window where the setting sun was shining, and slightly stretched out her right hand, as if she was recalling everything she had experienced with Shirou Emiya in the past ten days.
That's right, this has been repeated for ten days since Emiya Shirou arrived here.
Looking at Sakura bathing in the sunset, Shirou Emiya said nothing. He could feel the tension and conflict in Sakura's heart from the way her right hand kept tightly grasping his hand.
"Thank you, Emiya-senpai!"
Sakura slowly withdrew her gaze and expressed her gratitude to Emiya Shirou from the bottom of her heart.
Because of Shirou Emiya, he experienced things that his original AI self could never experience.
It is impossible to experience such emotions in just ten days.
She was grateful to Shirou Emiya, but also reluctant to leave him.
But she wanted to save Shirou Emiya more than she wanted to stay with him.
Sakuramoto had no intention of constantly restarting the day.
But at the end of the day, she suddenly remembered that she seemed to have not found any information about a magician named Shirou Emiya.
So at the last moment, she once again used the authority of her advanced AI to investigate Emiya Shirou.
However, during her continued investigation, she confirmed a result, a result that she could not accept at all.
Chapter 531: Moving Towards Tomorrow
That is, in Mooncell's view, Shirou Emiya's existence is more like a virus than a wizard.
Whether it is that Shirou Emiya himself does not belong to this world, or that Mooncell inferred from the abnormal fluctuations of magical power in his body that it might have an irreversible impact on himself.
All of this made Mooncell reject Shirou Emiya.
Since he is not from this world, Shirou Emiya's seizure of the Holy Grail has almost no meaning for the future of this world.
And since his own existence is almost identical to a certain existence with which he has signed a contract, and since Shirou Emiya is a human from another world.
Mooncell chose to observe for the time being.
It summons humans from the ground and lets them compete in exchange for a one-time right of use. It is not seeking the "strongest person", but the survival competition itself is the object of Mooncell's observation, which serves as a "ruler" for it to understand humans.
Shirou Emiya is still a human being, even a human from another world. Mooncell simply regards Shirou Emiya as more like a virus, rather than a virus itself.
It can be said to be somewhere between a wizard and a virus.
If Shirou Emiya can really obtain the Holy Grail, then Mooncell will regard Shirou Emiya as a virus and destroy him.
But in the Holy Grail War, only one person can survive. If Shirou Emiya becomes the last one, he will be regarded as a virus and eliminated.
If Shirou Emiya fails to become the last one standing, he will die in the Holy Grail War.
Even if Shirou Emiya did not become the last one standing and did not die in the Holy Grail War, he would not be able to survive.
Because he no longer has a physical body, when the Holy Grail War ends and Mooncell returns the wizard, Shirou Emiya's soul will dissipate in the material world because there is no physical body to carry it.
No matter which situation it is, there is no possibility for Emiya Shirou to survive.
It is precisely because of this that Sakura uses the authority of her advanced AI to repeat what happened on this day over and over again.
But she didn't expect that Shirou Emiya's will could even fight against the system. Even if this day was reset, Shirou Emiya still had some memories.
And these memories will be fully restored under constant triggering.
Unless Sakura keeps repeating this day and constantly wears down Shirou Emiya's will until his will can no longer maintain the stability of his memory, Shirou Emiya can forget everything that happened.
But why would she treat Emiya Shirou in such an abusive way?
On the third day, Sakura was ready to face Shirou Emiya's questioning and accept his accusations.
But Emiya Shirou clearly knew everything, but pretended to know nothing and accompanied her without any resentment.
At that moment, Sakura's heart was constantly tangled and she was constantly caught in contradictions.
Especially on her fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and even eighth day, Emiya Shirou still had a faint smile on his face and did not treat her differently because of her selfishness.
She was prepared to face Shirou Emiya's wrath, but nothing happened.
Sometimes, when Shirou Emiya saw that she was in a bad mood, he would even speak out to comfort her.
You have to know that Shirou Emiya is not ignorant, but he knows everything and understands everything.
Because of this, Sakura's inner conflict and guilt became even deeper.
She wanted to repeat this happy moment forever, she wanted to stay on this day forever.
But what about Emiya Shirou?
There was no way she would really trap Shirou Emiya on this day forever because of her own selfish desires.
Tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.
She is an NPC in this Holy Grail War and also an advanced AI.
In this world, each NPC has his or her own responsibilities, thoughts and personality, but the personality is disposable and cannot deviate from the set outlook on life.
After the war, the records of NPCs and AI will be confiscated by Mooncell, and the rest will be reset and adjusted for the next war.
The manufacturing process of advanced AI is the same as that of NPC, but it is given firm human rights, personality and soul. Due to the high production cost of advanced AI, after the war, only the record will be reset, and the personality will be retained and moved to the next Holy Grail War as a fixed role.
Advanced AI cannot delete the acquired records by themselves, because submitting them to Mooncell is their principle and the meaning of their existence.
And Sakura wanted to keep this record forever, but Mooncell's AI testing was conducted every day during the pre-selection period.
If Mooncell discovers his abnormality, he will inevitably be deleted and replaced by other advanced AI.
Originally, she just wanted to delay time and find a way to save Emiya Shirou.
But she couldn't find any way to save Shirou Emiya, and because of her own selfish desires, Sakura kept repeating this day.
However, she didn't want to continue to restrain Shirou Emiya like this, nor did she want to make Shirou Emiya worry.
In the end, amidst constant conflicts, Sakura chose to sacrifice herself.
And this was her responsibility.
The advanced AI was created to know the Master. It was a violation of Mooncell's rules to use its own selfish desires to repeat the same actions over and over again.
At this moment, Emiya Shirou didn't know how to comfort her.
Sakura slowly loosened the hand that was tightly holding Emiya Shirou, opened her arms, and hugged Emiya Shirou with great force.
Tears fell drop by drop on the crimson windbreaker on Shirou Emiya.
At this time, the sky outside has become dark, and today seems to be ending at this moment.
In the past, at this time every time, Shirou Emiya would return to the school gate.
But now——
"Goodbye, Emiya-senpai——"
As Sakura spoke, everything in front of Emiya Shirou's eyes suddenly turned dark, as if his head had suffered an extremely powerful blow, and he lost consciousness instantly.
Sakura, who was hugging Emiya Shirou in front of her, suddenly had dull eyes, as if her consciousness had been deleted by some existence.
The next second————
"senior--?"
The girl named Sakura spoke unconsciously, then slowly sat up from the bed and placed Emiya Shirou steadily on the bed.
The girl didn't know why, even though she didn't know him, she showed such emotion. Looking at Emiya Shirou lying on the hospital bed, the girl named Sakura couldn't help but waver in her eyes.
Even if you lose your spiritual memories, the memories recorded in your body continue to live.
She should have forgotten everything and returned to normal AI, but the moment she looked at Emiya Shirou, her emotions were constantly shaken by the truth of the matter.
"Maybe, I should take a good rest--"
Saying this, Sakura walked over to the wooden table in front of Shirou Emiya's bed and placed her hands under her head.
As an AI, she didn't need to rest, but for some reason, she felt her body was filled with fatigue.
Once again, she turned her head uneasily to look at Shirou Emiya who was sleeping soundly on the hospital bed, and slowly closed her eyes.
Sakura, who had been unable to fall asleep, seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep at this moment. Her chest rose and fell in a very regular pattern, and her breathing quickly became smoother.
Sakura's lips unconsciously revealed a smile, as if she had had an extremely happy dream.
On the other side, in the midst of a black ocean that was so filthy that it was impossible to describe it in words, a woman with long purple hair that went past her knees, a red ribbon tied on the left side of her head, and wearing a sailor suit, crawled out.
There was unspeakable anger in her eyes as she looked towards the distance which seemed to be the center of the entire black ocean.
He kept roaring in his mouth.
"Unforgivable!"
"Unforgivable!"
"Unforgivable!"
Chapter 532: Matou Shinji
Bright light penetrated through the window and poured down from the sky from somewhere unknown, gradually filling the originally dimly lit medical room.
"cherry--!"
Shirou Emiya looked at the pure white ceiling in front of him, and the memories of yesterday flooded into his mind in an instant.
Just like in the past, I lost consciousness instantly at that moment.
But when he woke up again, he was not at the school gate, but on a hospital bed.
"Senior, are you feeling any discomfort?"
Hearing Shirou Emiya's call, Sakura, who was sitting at the table, quickly stood up and walked towards Shirou Emiya, with a hint of worry in her eyes.
"No, it's okay—"
Emiya Shirou looked at Sakura who quickly came over and responded softly.
"According to the examination, apart from the injuries you have accumulated, there is nothing abnormal in your body—"
Sakura also quickly scanned Shirou Emiya's body and responded to him with a light and gentle voice.
Although she was the AI responsible for managing the physical health of the Masters, she was unable to heal the injuries that had already accumulated on Shirou Emiya.
"cherry--!"
Shirou Emiya looked at Sakura with some confusion as she suddenly spoke like this. He could feel that something seemed to have left her body.
"Excuse me, is there anything else I can help you with?"
