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Chapter 24: There Are Parallel Worlds in Singularities

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  Chihiro: "e on, admit it. The person in that picture looks exactly like you, doesn't he?"

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  Waver: "It's true. The resembnce is uny, same build, face, even the hairstyle."

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  King of querors: "Hero King, could it be that you have this kind of taste in your private life?"

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  Artoria: "Disgusting…"

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  Hero King: "Silence! If you keep talking, I'll end you!"

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  [You have 5 mio ahe question. Please begin.]

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  "Kid, how should I approach this one?" Zhang jiao asked.

  Chihiro smirked. "Just pick the ohat feels the least like Gilgamesh."

  "I'd suggest D and F."

  "D, I uand. It does seem different, but F.…" Zhang jiao replied.

  "You 't ahis question based purely on appearahink about it, Gilgamesh is sant. Do you really think he'd wear something so… undignified?"

  Zhang Jiao nodded. "That's true. If he doesn't even have that much self-respect, then he isn't worthy of being called a king."

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  Meanwhile, at the Tohsaka resideohsaka Tokiomi carefully asked filgamesh's opinion. "King, how should I proceed with this question?"

  Gilgamesh, visibly annoyed from all the otion, replied, "It's obvious. Both D and F are certainly not me."

  Tohsaka Tokiomi breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes, I thought the same."

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  [Time's up. The quiz is now over.]

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  [Now announg the correswers.]

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  The system began to reveal the answers, prompting a mixture of curiosity and dread from the partits.

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  [A: This version of Gilgamesh is an ination who has remained in the human world, familiarizing himself with modern life.]

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  Keh: "Ination?! Hero King, you mao obtain a physical body?"

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  Waver: "Does that mean you actually won the Holy Grail War?"

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  Hero King: "Hahaha! Was there ever any doubt?"

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  The King of querors: "Victory or defeat, it doesn't matter. Even if I were to fail, I'd still charge forward without hesitation."

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  Artoria: "Well, I certainly won't make it easy for you."

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  Gilgamesh scoffed. "You clearly don't know the extent of my power."

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  [B: This image depicts a young Gilgamesh. It's uaiher he appears as a child due to drinking the potion of youth or by some other means.]

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  The King of querors: "A potion of youth! You really have everything, don't you, Hero King?"

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  Gilgamesh grinned. "My treasury holds all manner of treasures."

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  [C: This version of Gilgamesh is from a parallel world, an older and more reflective king who views Arthur Pendragon as a rival.]

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  Waver: "Ah, so this one is from a parallel world. It did feel slightly different."

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  The King of querors: "In another world, you're actually rivals with King Arthur? Seems like you two are destio cross paths no matter the reality."

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  Hero King: "The oute remains the same in every world."

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  Artoria: "That remains to be seen."

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  [D: This is Angelica Ainsworth, a member of the Ainsworth family in the world of Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya. The image shows her using the Gilgamesh Css Card in bat.]

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  Gilgamesh huffed. "I khat woman wasn't me."

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  Waver: "What's a Css Card?"

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  Chihiro: "It's a magical item that grants the user the abilities of a Heroic Spirit temporarily, much like a specialized magical artifact."

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  Gilgamesh's eyes narrowed. "So, a mere thief dares to wield my power? If I ever enter her, she'll regret it."

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  Keh was skeptical. "A magical item that grants the power of a Heroic Spirit? It sounds absurd."

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  Chihired. "The world is vast, Director Ken. There's plenty of room for the unusual. You shouldn't let it get to you."

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  Waver: "Are there such cards in our world?"

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  Keh: "Not that I've heard of."

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  [E: This is a depi of a wise and mature Gilgamesh, ruling with a strict but just hand, known as the Wise King.]

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  The King of querhed. "Hahaha! This version seems more like a true king pared to you, Hero King."

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  Waver: "It's hard to believe these two are supposed to be the same person."

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  Hero King: "Tch. That one is himself, and I am me. Don't fuse us."

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  Chihiro: "ay to deny your own other self."

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  [F: This is Nebuezzar II, the sed king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.]

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  [He is referred to as the "Gory Hero King" eared in the "Parallel Seventh Singurity - Babylon: Critically Propserous City" after the demon queen "Draco" summoned Nebuezzar's soul using the Holy Grail in 27th tury Bd made him possess the body of the stro hero.]

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  Everyone: "!!!"

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  The expnatio everyone speechless. There was more to this than they had expected.

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  Gilgamesh beamed with pride. "Hahaha! Did you hear that? The system itself aowledged it—I am the stro Heroic Spirit!"

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  Chihiro rolled his eyes. "You're missing the point."

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  Waver agreed. "Exactly. Shouldn't you be more ed about the part where it says 'possession'?"

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  Gilgamesh's triumphant expression faltered slightly.

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  "Tokiomi! Who exactly is this Nebuezzar II?!"

  Tokiomi, trying not to show his nervousness, quickly expined. "Nebuezzar II was the son of Nabopossar, founder of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. His reign marked the peak of the empire's prosperity."

  Gilgamesh scoffed. "Prosperity? Are you saying it rivaled my Uruk?"

  Tohsaka Tokiomi hesitated. "…"

  He wisely chose not to answer, unsure whether Uruk's prosperity could indeed be matched.

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  Keh was visibly struggling to prehend the st expnation. "What kind of introdu was that?!"

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  Keh: "Singurities, the seventh o that, and something about parallel worlds. The amount of information is overwhelming."

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  Keh rubbed his temples. Although the cept of singurities had long been discussed within the Mage's Association, it had remained a theoretical subject mostly handled by the Department of Astronomy. Now, to learn that these singurities actually existed, with at least seven firmed, was disorienting.

  More surprising was the fact that parallel worlds existed within these singurities.

  No wonder Director Ken was feeling a bit light-headed.

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