In the small courtyard of the Fushiguro family, Toji and Eichi stood facing each other. Eichi, having nothing to do, decided to spar with Toji, and the equally bored Toji agreed.
"Come on, kid, let me see if you've improved recently."
Toji waved his hand at Eichi.
It wasn't their first time sparring, so they both understood each other's skill levels.
Although he had his close friend Geto to practice close combat with, their relationship was very good, and they were both the type to consider their friends, so they didn't hit too hard.
Later, Eichi remembered Toji, an early close-combat ceiling, and came to him for guidance.
The facts proved that Toji's strength was truly formidable, and he truly showed no mercy.
However, that was in the past. After a long period of sparring, Toji no longer found it so easy to take down Eichi.
Seeing Toji let him go first, Eichi didn't hold back. He accelerated with a run-up, then launched an aerial flying kick towards Toji's head.
Since he had the opportunity to attack first, he naturally had to use a fierce offense to gain the upper hand. As the saying goes, prolonged defense is bound to lead to a mistake. If he could suppress the opponent with a first strike, forcing them to reveal an opening, then victory was half complete.
Toji raised both arms, his right arm protecting his head, and his left arm slightly lower, protecting his chest, blocking all of Eichi's attack routes.
After blocking Eichi's flying kick, Toji moved with the force towards Eichi's side and rear.
Eichi turned his head, staring at Toji to prevent him from launching a surprise attack from behind.
With both feet on the ground, Eichi originally intended to follow up with a spinning heavy punch, but seeing Toji's upturned lips and his right hand ready for defense, he gave up on punching. Instead, he squatted down and kicked backward with force.
Slap.
Because his defensive stance was too high, Toji couldn't completely block the kick.
He looked down at his kicked abdomen, and Toji shed his previously casual attitude, becoming serious.
The two stood apart again.
Eichi attacked again, throwing a straight punch with his right hand towards Toji's head. Toji used his left hand to slap Eichi's forearm, deflecting the punch.
Eichi's punches came out one after another, and Toji swayed left and right, occasionally using his arm to block and his palm to parry, neutralizing Eichi's offense.
Seeing that his attacks couldn't Breakthrough Toji's defense, Eichi began to change his attack style, using his legs, which had greater power, to attack.
He threw a punch with his right hand, and Toji dodged sideways as Eichi had anticipated. Then, Eichi followed the momentum, turning into a back-spin kick.
Toji had been maintaining a distance that allowed him to both attack and defend, so this strike didn't connect.
Eichi's continuous high kicks made Toji less composed, beginning to evade somewhat frantically.
The continuous attacks also made Toji somewhat annoyed.
"Kid, was that kick fun just now? It's my turn."
Seizing the opportunity, Toji grabbed Eichi's ankle, revealing a cruel smile.
Toji's right hand, gripping Eichi's ankle, flipped upward, and his right leg kicked fiercely towards Eichi's head.
Eichi's pupils instantly contracted, and he threw his head back with all his might to dodge.
Toji's attack grazed Eichi's face, leaving a scratch.
After dodging the attack, Eichi jumped up, his ungrabbed left foot kicking fiercely towards Toji.
Toji released Eichi's right foot and took a step back. Eichi supported himself with one hand on the ground, adjusting his stance.
"That kick was really vicious. If it had hit me, I probably would have lost consciousness directly."
"But I didn't hold back on those kicks just now either."
Wiping the scratch on his face, a slight smile appeared on Eichi's face.
"Oh, you kid, are you starting to enjoy fighting too?"
This time, Toji initiated the attack.
He threw a whip kick at Eichi, who dodged sideways.
Toji's whip kick was extremely powerful; the air itself let out a resounding crack from the impact.
Unlike the continuous kicks Eichi had just used, a powerful whip kick meant it required a longer charging time.
Eichi quickly found an opportunity to counterattack.
While dodging Toji's attack, he turned and whipped his left arm like a lash towards Toji. The moment this strike was dodged, he smoothly followed up with a spinning heavy punch.
Toji blocked with crossed arms.
Seeing that the attack didn't work, Eichi immediately pulled back his right hand and adjusted his posture.
The next moment, Toji's attacks came like a storm.
Their battle continued for a long time, only stopping when the increasing commotion was discovered by Fushiguro Minako.
"Kid, you're improving quite fast."
Toji said, still wanting more.
Although it wasn't a life-or-death struggle where he used all his strength, Toji had, for once, become serious in this battle.
"What, are you afraid of being surpassed by me?"
"You? Go back and Cultivate for another 100 years."
After dusting themselves off, the two entered the house.
After tidying himself up, Eichi bid farewell to Fushiguro Minako and left the Fushiguro house.
As he left, he could faintly hear Fushiguro Minako complaining to Toji.
"Eichi is still a child, Toji-kun, you should have gone easy on him. Why did you hit him so hard…?"
Toji scratched his head helplessly; that kid didn't go easy either.
After returning home, Eichi went into the bathroom, changed his clothes, and took a refreshing shower.
Once everything was done, Eichi began his Cursed Energy Cultivate for the day.
Whether it was Cursed Energy or other power systems like Qi and magic, a solid foundation was incredibly important.
So, Eichi would Cultivate for a period every evening to solidify his fundamentals.
After finishing his Cursed Energy training, it was time for the main event recently: research into Heroic Spirit Media summoning.
"The progress recently has been quite good. At this rate, I should be able to summon an Heroic Spirit Media before going to High School."
Heroic Spirit Media is making rapid progress now. On the anime front, the second Sakura route of fate is about to finish airing, and on the novel front, the revised fate zero has already been released.
Eichi's main focus in fate zero was on Artoria. The original Artoria, compared to the Artoria penned by Nasu, was not mature enough, so Eichi made certain modifications to strengthen Artoria.
In terms of games, many copies of the fate game have been sold, and its influence is not small. Riding on the fame of fate, fate extra also sold well.
Overall, Heroic Spirit Media is currently progressing well.
He entered the basement specially prepared for Heroic Spirit Media summoning.
He raised his right hand, and the Command Spell on the back of his hand emitted a crimson light. Cursed Energy continuously poured into the Holy Grail, and a translucent figure slowly solidified before Eichi.
The person in front of him was petite, with golden shoulder-length hair tied up. She wore a blue dress, and over the dress was a white armor. Because of the clever design, the armor and the blue dress seemed to be one, forming a blue and white dress-armor.
Eichi began to increase his Cursed Energy output, and the girl's originally dull pupils gradually regained their rightful brilliance.
A golden longsword appeared before the girl, and she naturally placed her hands upon it.
"3 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, success."
The summoning of the Spirit Origin Shadow was finally stable. The Fusion of the second Chimera was also completed a few days ago, and now all that remained was…"