Chapter 114: Emiya: The Students' Situation Is Indeed Too Dangerous
"Sleeping so soundly, aren't you?"
When Emiya rushed back to the Exchange Event venue a few dozen minutes later, he found Kasumi Miwa still lying peacefully where she was.
Coma and sleep are two completely different physiological states.
The former is usually due to traumatic or pathological reasons, and it's nearly impossible to wake someone using normal means. The latter, however, is merely a natural physiological state; a person's consciousness might even remain clear, and they can be awakened with just a slight stimulus.
Emiya was quite certain that Kasumi Miwa must have recovered from the initial coma, as she was sleeping quite soundly on the withered grass, with her breathing steady and even.
The only issue was probably...
Emiya tried for a long time but couldn't wake the girl up.
Initially, he worried if something was wrong, but this doubt was dispelled after she subconsciously swatted his hand away and smacked her lips.
She was lying there as if she were dead, but she was purely just asleep?
"Well, maybe she's been too exhausted lately. A good rest is not bad."
Emiya, noticing that Kasumi Miwa was indeed sleeping soundly, did not force the issue.
He gently picked her up and sent her back to a guest room at Jujutsu High, not forgetting the broken katana on the ground.
After doing all this, Emiya immediately rushed to the area designated for the injured Sorcerers and students.
Although most of the Tokyo school students didn't sustain major injuries during the Exchange Event, the subsequent invasion incident did injure quite a few people.
Besides Inumaki Toge, who was injured by Hanami, others encountered new enemies after leaving the barrier. For example, didn't Ijichi just mention Todo Aoi and Itadori Yuji saving many Sorcerers?
At the same time, this incident made Emiya deeply realize one thing—
The weapons he currently provides the students with are clearly far from enough!!!
After all, they are all rushed experimental products. Apart from being sturdy and able to handle Cursed Energy, they have no special utility.
Calculated by Noble Phantasm rank, they could at most be rated as D.
They were fine for fighting against the Kyoto school students, but when truly staking their lives against enemies like Cursed Spirits and Curse Users, the lack of trump cards was immediately exposed.
Emiya must try to forge stronger and more effective weapons and tools.
Furthermore, some issues with the students must be addressed...
After first checking on Inumaki Toge and confirming that his injuries would heal in just a few days, Emiya then headed to Fushiguro Megumi's hospital room.
Coincidentally, Fushiguro Megumi was not alone; Itadori Yuji and Kugisaki Nobara were also there.
One of the biggest advantages of having a small number of students is probably that senseis don't have to worry about student unity issues, right?
With only three students in the entire class, how could they possibly split into four small groups?
"Fushiguro-kun."
The three students were chatting quite happily, but in order to deal with the following issue, Emiya spoke up to interrupt them.
There are some things that Gojo-sensei might not know how to handle, but Emiya cannot ignore them.
"Yes, Emiya-sensei."
"Emiya-sensei... why are you here?"
Fushiguro Megumi responded immediately, while Itadori Yuji was still asking the unnecessary question.
"With my students injured, how could I, as a sensei, not care?"
Emiya answered as he approached Fushiguro Megumi.
He first glanced left and right at Itadori and Kugisaki standing nearby, implicitly asking if he should continue the conversation under these circumstances.
"It's fine, Emiya-sensei. If you have any questions, please ask directly.
There's nothing I need to hide from my companions."
Fushiguro Megumi seemed quite honest on this point, as he genuinely regards his classmates as important companions, unlike some who are purely self-interested—which is certainly a good thing.
"Is that so? I don't mind at all, since I just wanted to ask something; it's fine if everyone hears it."
Emiya casually waved his hand, then his expression immediately became serious, and he asked Fushiguro Megumi: "So, I want to know, when facing that Special Grade Cursed Spirit, what were you originally planning to do?"
From Fushiguro Megumi's perspective, he must have thought that support would take at least a few more minutes to arrive. So, in order for himself and his companions to last through that time, he had to do something.
Fighting with all his strength to stall for time, or making some cruel sacrifice...
Isn't there a saying that goes: you don't have to run faster than the enemy, just faster than your teammate?
However, Fushiguro Megumi's choice was the complete opposite.
"If I recall correctly, your Innate Technique, Ten Shadows Technique, requires you to Tame a Shikigami on your own before you can use it?
Before that, you, as the caster, can initiate the Taming Ritual at any time, which is summoning the Shikigami that targets both friend and foe... it will inevitably target you as the one to be eliminated, but it will also intend to attack others, correct?
At that time, were you planning to use your life to stall for time for Inumaki-kun and the others?"
Emiya doesn't know how powerful the final Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique is, but even from the periphery, he sensed the aura emanating from that area at the time. Whether Hanami would die is unknown, but Fushiguro Megumi himself definitely wouldn't survive.
"...Really?!"
Before Fushiguro Megumi could speak, Itadori Yuji was the first to ask.
"Yes."
Fushiguro Megumi, silent for a moment, finally nodded.
"But I don't think my decision was wrong. If I wasn't decisive at that time, maybe all three of us would have..."
"That's why your growth in strength is inferior to Itadori Yuji, who only entered the Cursed World a month ago."
Emiya made his judgment before the other finished his reasoning, causing Fushiguro Megumi to immediately widen his eyes upon hearing this.
Could he defeat Itadori Yuji wielding a great sword now? That's really uncertain, but Itadori only became a Sorcerer a month ago; why?
"A Cursed Technique should be a tool for a Sorcerer to fight with, not a puppet to be dominated by the technique.
If you harbor the idea that you can solve all problems simply by dying... then you will never truly grow."
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