So Archer immediately accumulated power, his gaze fixed intently on Hayashi.
He even had the thought of drawing his sword to strike at the girls beside Hayashi, forcing Hayashi to defend.
But seeing that Hayashi showed no hostility, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He tried his best to appear completely non-threatening, his voice carrying a slight tremor:
"Manager, I'm here to eat."
After saying this, he glanced at Arato Hisako behind Hayashi, who had just begun preparing her dish.
His meaning was clear - he wasn't here to cause trouble, he was here to eat.
Seeing this, Hayashi said again:
"Sir, as I mentioned earlier, our shop is already closed."
"If you need something, you can go elsewhere, or come earlier tomorrow."
Archer nodded, then prepared to leave.
He didn't want to stay here any longer.
Moreover, his master Tohsaka Rin had already contacted him urgently multiple times, asking about the situation.
His only reply was one sentence: "Don't move!"
Outside the late-night diner, atop a hundred-story skyscraper, Tohsaka Rin stood in the cold wind at the edge of this high-rise building, looking down toward the late-night diner with worry filling her brow, completely puzzled.
How could a small diner possibly be dangerous?
Originally, since there was still some time before the Holy Grail War officially began, she wanted to increase her rapport with Archer and train together.
After training ended, she realized she hadn't eaten anything all day and felt very hungry.
So she thought about finding something to eat.
After looking around, she saw that the late-night diner nearby still had its lights on, plus there was an extremely rich aroma coming from there - a super enticing smell she had never encountered before.
For this reason, she commanded Archer to go look in that late-night diner to see if there was anything good to eat.
As a result, Archer actually transmitted a tense emotion to her - an emotion she had never felt before.
She still remembered when she first summoned Archer, he descended from the sky, even smashing a big hole in the roof of her family's towering attic.
Then this Archer was buried under countless boulders.
But when she dug Archer out, he maintained a composure and confidence like an emperor sitting on his throne.
Combined with his muscular body, over two meters tall, silver hair, and cold gaze, he looked like a top-tier powerhouse in every way.
Even after exchanging a few words with Archer and analyzing his strength.
She discovered that Archer's power was terrifyingly formidable.
Originally, she wasn't particularly confident about winning the Holy Grail, only hoping for a miracle.
But unexpectedly, after understanding Archer's strength, her confidence soared.
She even believed that even if the other six heroic spirits - even if two or three of them attacked together - their side would have a chance of victory.
Because Archer's abilities were terrifying to the extreme.
His class was ranged attack, yet this guy particularly liked close combat.
You had to know, his specialty was ranged combat as an archer - his strength could only reach its limit during ranged attacks, while close combat meant he would be restrained and couldn't even display one-tenth of his power.
Yet Archer's close combat abilities were terrifyingly unimaginable.
Tohsaka Rin deeply suspected that even the close combat classes among the six major classes would find it difficult to easily defeat him in close combat, and might even be defeated by him.
If he used his ranged archer abilities, how terrifying would he become? Tohsaka Rin didn't dare imagine.
For this reason, Tohsaka Rin was in a great mood and wanted to eat something good even late at night.
But as a result, on Archer's first stop after she sent him out, he transmitted an emotion of despair to her.
That was the despair and powerlessness when encountering a completely unmatchable opponent.
She could even sense a soul-trembling reaction from the emotions Archer sent her.
After all, they had a master-servant relationship connected by soul contract, so she could directly sense the other's emotions through their souls.
She could feel that Archer wasn't confident he could resolve the trouble before him, but rather had absolutely no confidence in solving the current problem. He was more afraid that if he moved recklessly, it would displease that mysterious person who could instantly strike him down.
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Tohsaka Rin was shocked, immediately understanding how dangerous her current situation was.
But according to Tohsaka Rin's recent understanding and analysis, including information gathering about other mages.
She knew who the mages participating in this battle were, but definitely none of them were from this late-night diner.
But logically, shouldn't the staff and manager of this late-night diner be ordinary people? How could they be so terrifying?
For a moment, Tohsaka Rin was very puzzled and worried.
Could it be that she would die before achieving success? That would be too unlucky - her wish hadn't been fulfilled yet.
Then Tohsaka Rin looked gravely toward the late-night diner.
Inside the late-night diner, Archer was now preparing to step backward, like a minister facing an emperor, extremely cautious.
After all, Archer really couldn't guarantee that Hayashi wouldn't change his mind and take his life.
Toward such an absolute powerhouse, he held ultimate reverence and always maintained the principle of using words to resolve things rather than resorting to action if possible.
Besides, he had no confidence in escaping from Hayashi's hands.
Even though he was a spirit body that could turn invisible, it would be useless.
Just then, Arato Hisako, with her big eyes open, very scared but full of curiosity, quietly asked:
"Hayashi-kun, what did that ghost look like?"
Arato Hisako's eyes were filled with intense curiosity.
As soon as these words came out, Takanashi Touka, Nakiri Erina, and Tohru, who had been trembling and immersed in fear, all looked at Hayashi with curious gazes, all very excited.
They were all curious about what this ghost would actually look like.
Hayashi smiled:
"Don't worry, he's sort of a ghost but not really a ghost - just a normal person, except he's a spirit body."
"Of course, calling him a ghost wouldn't be wrong either, but there's nothing scary about it."
This made the girls even more curious.
"Really? Does he look similar to us humans? Are there any differences?"
Tohru asked excitedly.
At this moment, a thought appeared in her mind.
That this so-called spirit body, that is, the ghost, was actually the same as her.
For example, her essence was a dragon, but she could transform into human form.
In her view, this so-called spirit body was actually some kind of non-human creature that took human form but could turn invisible - nothing particularly special beyond that.