I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

The heat is in full swing, day and night.

Except for eating, drinking, and taking necessary breaks when tired, masters and apprentices, old and young, devoted all their time to the practice of forging.

The old man is like a snow-capped mountain on a plateau, melting ice and snow and turning into a river. Young people are like reservoirs under the plateau, trying their best to accumulate water and reserve themselves.

As for the Holy Grail War, neither young nor old have any interest in participating.

In the old man's own words, what could the knifemaker wish for?

There are only two things: to forge a knife that satisfies you and the knife user, and to pass on the skills so that future generations can stand on your shoulders and continue to study and go higher and further.

Both of these points must be accomplished with one's own hands, relying on something with an unknown identity like the Holy Grail? ——That is an insult to the knifemaker.

And Shirou's idea was even more simple. I was involved in it in the first place. I was extremely lucky to meet my master and follow him to learn the peak skills I dreamed of. There was no need to risk my life pursuing such illusory things. If you have that time, why not learn more from Master.

In a sense, both the master and the apprentice are extremely pure people who devote themselves to forging without any distractions. In another time and place, perhaps it would have been ten years of seclusion forging knives, and then the knives became world-famous.

It's a pity that this is Fuyuki, the intersection of fate and the center of unsettled struggle. Being here, you are destined to have no peace.

The arrival of Shiki and Mina not only allowed Shirou to see surprising things he had never seen before, but also brought strife and disaster.

Superpowers, vampires, magicians, and beasts exuding the aura of death appeared one after another, which suddenly overloaded the boys' monotonous brains and put them into a huge crisis.

The overwhelming black beast tide, the unheard of strange creatures, their huge numbers broke the silence of the night, and also overwhelmed the pure land in the young man's heart.

No matter what kind of monster he encounters, he can kill it with one sword even though he wields the magic knife with two swords. His own teacher, Chiko Muramasa, was even more powerful than he imagined. He could fight one against a hundred and still not fall behind. However, this still could not withstand the huge number of beasts, nor could it cover up the still immature self and Wei Na's powerlessness in front of the beast tide.

Gradually, the encirclement net of the beasts became smaller and smaller, and the small courtyard that the boy regarded as a pure land was also encroached by the beasts. It was at this time that the mastermind behind the scenes appeared and launched an encirclement and suppression campaign against the most powerful fighting force among the four, Qianzi Village.

In desperation, Senko Muramasa detonated his Noble Phantasm, the forge vital to swordsmiths, hoping to kill his enemies with flames that could melt any metal.

Unfortunately, it failed to do so, and all the raging beasts were killed, but the chaos behind the scenes that was comparable to the "Sea of ​​Life" at the beginning of the creation was even better than the flames.

The four races of men, women, old and young were finally forced into a desperate situation, and Shirou, the simplest one, became helpless.

"After I come to cut it off, the old man and Shirou will take Mina away. I will use the knife that the old man hit to leave scars on them that can never be erased."

Although Liang Li is a woman, she possesses a spirit that even men cannot match.

She used her finger to draw the blade of "Higangiri", and when the "Demon Sword" saw blood, it became more murderous. She put her injured finger to her mouth again and applied it gently, and it bloomed with strange colors under the firelight.

Just when she was about to launch a final assault on the "Chaos" that was about to break through the sea of ​​fire, a hand stretched out from behind, grabbed her collar and threw her out, followed by Shirou and Mina. , in the end only the strong old man was left standing there, still wearing a mean-looking smile on his face.

"You're a pretty girl, but why can't you use your brain? You can't stop those monsters right now. I really want to wait until you fully master the 'Higan Kiri'."

"Old man..."

"Besides, you are still young and far away from death. This task should be done by the old man. Your strange eyes should have noticed that the old man is not a living person at all, so he is suitable as one of those 'dead corpses' 's opponent."

"Master!!!" At this time, Shirou also guessed the old man's plan and shouted loudly.

"Shirou, you are very talented and diligent enough. You have almost taught me everything you need to teach. Now you have to rely on your own practice. Don't let me down!"

"But--"

Shirou wanted to say something more, but the old man waved his hand impatiently.

"Just leave if I tell you to, don't talk nonsense! Little girl, drag him away!"

"Thank you, old man."

After all, the two men had experienced countless battles. Without any pretense, they grabbed Shirou's sleeve and dragged him back.

Wei Na next to him bowed deeply to the old man: "Thank you, grandpa, I will remember you forever."

"Hahaha, good, good... I'm really lucky this time in this world. Not only did I meet Shirou, but I also met two very interesting women. It's a pity that they are not the right age."

The old man laughed, then turned to look at the three tall men in black who had walked out of the fire.

"If you don't interrupt me, let me just say thank you."

"You're welcome, Faker, I'll still give you this little time." Roa was also smiling, happily, "And, I'm sorry to tell you, they can't run away."

"Really?" the old man asked with an undiminished smile.

"Yes." Nero Kaos said dullly.

The next second, the waves of the Sea of ​​Chaos rolled, releasing the original seeds of life, evolving into various flying monsters and flying into the air.

However, before they could leave the fire scene, countless sword lights suddenly lit up in the sky, killing all the monsters released by Nero Kaos.

The old man below twirled his gray beard and mocked the owner of the herd with eyes sharper than the light of a sword.

"I'm sorry, it doesn't matter what you say. You'd better not underestimate me. I'm not good at swordsmanship, but if I fight hard, I think I won't lose to anyone."

"Really? Then go die." Nero Kaos snorted coldly, and the "Sea of ​​Chaos" continued to be reborn.

At the same time, Roa and Araya also strode towards the old man.

"A bunch of idiots, don't you see it? The old man is already dead."

The old man didn't move, still twirling his beard.

"Finally, let me, a dead man, tell you one thing. Never make an enemy of a knifemaker in a knifemaker's house, otherwise be prepared to be stabbed through the heart by random knives - get up!"

One word of mantra is like the emperor's edict. All the knives in the small courtyard, successful, failed, complete, broken, burned by the flames, not burned, as long as they have a little bit of the concept of swords, all are pulled out. Rising from the ground, one sword flew into the air and flew forward, connecting end to end, and laid out a line of sword array between the old man and Luo A.

The sword formation is like a military formation. Anyone who enters this formation will be killed without mercy!

PS: Unlike Shirou, Muramasa seems to be quite romantic. He once expressed his envy to Guda who spent the night at Tamamo Mae's house. See FGO1.5.3 for details.

PS2: Why is Murata Faker? Because Muramasa is also good at making fakes, he created a fake artifact at the end of 1.5.3 - there is no reason why fakes can't beat the real thing, said a guy possessed by Muramasa.

PS3: If you don’t mind spoilers for Chinese server players, please continue. The last sword Muramasa made was Dumukari Muramasa, which is the Amancongyun Sword. However, everyone knows how the Amancongyun Sword came about. The sword Muramasa made can only be fake. What's even more interesting is that this guy claims that I have been using this sword my whole life. This is so damn interesting - it turns out that Shirou's series are all fakes.