[Fan] Chapter 31-35

### Chapter 31: A New Master! Humanity, So Ugly!

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“So I’ll be retreating this time.”

Gilgamesh scowled at the distance, his voice carrying fury.

“...Very well, once I’ve purged these traitors, we’ll resume our banquet.”

“That won’t do, Gil. How can a king display such displeasure?”

“You, who only think of running away, dare to lecture me on the way of kings?”

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【Doflamingo: “Oh? Looks like the newcomer isn’t some small fry.”】

【Luffy: “Eh? What do you mean?”】

【Hidan: “Idiot, if it were some piece of trash, he’d just squash it instantly.”】

【Ruiko Saten: “I don’t know about the other Servants, but didn’t Mr. Merlin say before that King Gilgamesh is top-tier? Doesn’t that mean the one arriving could be on that level too?”】

【Tokiomi Tohsaka: “No! Impossible! With the King’s dearest friend, plus the King himself, two out-of-spec existences already exceed the concept of a Holy Grail War. There’s no way a third one could appear!”】

【Dr. Romani: “Exactly. This is just a Grail War, not some crusade against Humanity’s Evil. Adding another one would be far too extravagant.”】

【Merry: “Heehee is that really so? Romani, you’ve been watching too many Magical Girl Merry-chan streams, your brain’s gone mushy”】

【Kakashi: “Maybe he just ran out of mana? After all, he already unleashed his trump cards. He must be exhausted.”】

【Might Guy: “Kakashi has great experience in this field—he must be right!”】

【Kayneth: “It does look that way... but something feels off.”】

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[Fate World]

Many magi, seeing Enkidu choose to withdraw, leaned toward the belief that he had exhausted his mana.

After all, the battle those two waged was like a full-blown holy war. The sheer scale of magical energy was beyond imagination. If it had been them, they’d have been drained to nothing in an instant.

No... truthfully, they might not even have had the mana to activate a single Noble Phantasm. Any action could have bled them dry.

But the truth was very different…

“Heh.”

With her short orange hair and elegant green dress, the bewitching witch Aozaki Touko sneered.

“A bunch of fools.”

Neither combatant had used so much as a drop of their Master’s mana. Exhaustion? Impossible.

One carried the Holy Grail itself. The other was the very embodiment of the earth, able to turn even the Counter Force into mana.

Their clash was the struggle of monsters, full of impossibilities that defied the magus world’s logic.

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[Ultraman Tiga World]

“If only this world had Heroic Spirits too…”

Daigo’s gaze flickered, his heart heavy.

If such powerful beings truly existed here, would he still have to stand as Tiga?

His hand brushed the Spark Lens at his chest, confusion swirling in his mind.

Does humanity truly need Ultramen…?

.........

Across the Multiverse

People everywhere wondered.

The battle between Gilgamesh and Enkidu was already terrifying beyond reason—who would dare interrupt it?

Could there really be someone so reckless, so ignorant of death?

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—How beautiful this is.

On a deserted street, a young girl stared blankly at the towering skyscrapers before her.

Amid this steel jungle, she looked so small.

The high-rises loomed like titans, proclaiming the city’s rise and prosperity.

The indescribable sight left the girl breathless.

And yet… though she stood at the very heart of a busy intersection, not a trace of another human could be seen.

The young girl failed to notice. Exhausted, she sat down on the ground, tears dripping as she whispered apologies she could not stop.

“Daddy, Mommy… I’m sorry. I couldn’t do it.”

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【Zenitsu Agatsuma: “What’s going on here? Was this kid abandoned? Why is she apologizing?”】

【Accelerator: “You haven’t noticed what’s wrong yet? A city this prosperous could never be completely empty. That leaves only two possibilities.”】

【Last Order: “Misaka explains that the two possibilities are: one, humanity is already extinct except for this girl; two, this is actually the girl’s inner world!”】

【Vice Admiral Tsuru: “The mental world theory is most likely. After all, this child has already appeared in the videos before—right there in the city near the desert.”】

【Naruto Uzumaki: “So what does that mean? I don’t get it.”】

【Jogo: “If you don’t get it, just keep watching. Quit yapping, brat.”】

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【Scene shift】

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Snowfield Central Hospital.

“As expected, the chances of your daughter regaining consciousness are very slim.” The female doctor glanced at the report in her hand, her voice heavy as she explained to the girl’s parents.

“Counting today, she’s been hospitalized for a full year. Are you saying her condition is getting worse?” the father asked anxiously.

“No, not physically. Her body shows no significant deterioration. But regarding the recovery of consciousness... while the bacteria don’t seem to be mutating, they may eventually interfere with brain activity.” The doctor tried to sound as gentle as possible.

She even gave examples to ease their worry.

“Our daughter’s consciousness aside, what about her reproductive functions?” the father suddenly cut in.

“...Huh?” The doctor froze, stunned. Consciousness—‘aside’?

“The lesion is only in the brain. None of her other organs are abnormal,” she answered, still bewildered.

At once, the parents’ faces lit up with joy.

“Wonderful! In that case, everything’s fine!”

“We’ll keep paying the hospital bills. Thank you, doctor, thank you so much!”

Without even visiting the daughter who had been unconscious for a year, the two left cheerfully.

“Good grief... what’s with those two?” After they were gone, the doctor sighed to herself. “Next time maybe I should recommend them to the psych department.”

She gently pushed open the ward door. On the bed lay a girl as delicate as a flower, lovely and fragile. Pity welled up in the doctor’s heart.

A year ago, this girl, named Tsubaki Kuruoka, had been admitted after falling into a coma.

Tests revealed lesions inside her body, clustered around the brain. The cause was confirmed to be some unknown bacterium.

But further investigation only deepened the mystery.

The bacteria weren’t contagious—by all theory, they shouldn’t have been able to erode her body at all. Yet the reality was that the girl had been sleeping for a year because of them.

“I’ll definitely cure you.” The doctor pulled the blanket higher around her shoulders. But in the next instant, a chill of dread ran down her spine.

On the back of the girl’s hand...

...a blood-red sigil had appeared!

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【Enju Aihara: “What the heck? That’s insane! Are all parents like that, Rentaro?”】

【Rentaro Satomi: “...No... I don’t know either.”】

【Tokiomi Tohsaka: “Wait! That girl has a Command Seal?!”】

【Aizen: “I believe I already know the answer.”】

【Lev: “Humanity... what a repulsive species you are—”】

[Fourth War Era – Matou Household]

“No... the old man couldn’t possibly be mistaken.”

Matou Zouken narrowed his eyes, the decay in his black gaze pulsing.

Faint though it was, he could sense it—

The stench of crest worms, unique to the Matou family!

That girl’s Command Seal confirmed it: she was indeed one of the participants in this Holy Grail War.

Yet what baffled Zouken was this: if the Grail War would only occur centuries later, then how had that faraway city, Snowfield—tens of thousands of kilometers from Fuyuki—connected across time and space to the Matou family?

And if they were crest worms... why did they feel so utterly unfamiliar to him?

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### Chapter 32: Humanity’s Pinnacle! Beyond Yin and Yang! The One True Human!!!

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What came to mind was… pain and terror.

“We’ll make you into a great magus,” her parents said, their hopeful gazes falling upon the girl.

Even with her young heart, Tsubaki Kuruoka could understand the love behind those words.

But… pain was all she felt.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts—!!

The searing agony made her scream and wail, her face twisted with tears of suffering.

Happy memories, joyful doubts, sorrowful recollections—all of them were devoured and overwritten by pain.

“I’m sorry… I’ll try harder…” the girl choked out through sobs, wiping her tears.

If this had been mere abuse, perhaps she could have shut her heart away. But no—she truly felt her parents’ love.

So it must be that she had failed to live up to their expectations. All she needed to do was endure—endure everything—and that would be her best gift to them.

That way… they would love her even more, wouldn’t they?

But what the girl did not know… was that what her parents loved was never her as a person.

Their love was for the future she could create as a magus. Their every effort, every hope, was poured into that alone.

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Across the multiverse, no one spoke. Veins bulged at their temples as they silently endured, their rage barely contained.

They had already guessed part of the truth, but still—they could hardly believe it.

How could parents treat their own daughter like this?

No… there had to be some reason.

They had to see what was really going on!

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[Black Bullet World]

“Rentaro… what does this mean? Do parents really not love their children?” Enju forced a strained smile, asking the young man beside her.

If it were monsters like them, then yes—being unloved was only natural.

But that girl… she was so cute, so beautiful…

“...Enju,” Satomi Rentaro opened his mouth, but no words came.

Yes, sometimes even he wondered. If one’s child was a monster, a curse… did a parent’s feelings truly vanish completely, swallowed by hatred and despair?

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[Tōsaka Household]

“How vile…” Tokiomi Tōsaka finally pieced things together.

As a magus, he knew there were few methods to strengthen magical aptitude.

Generally, a child’s capacity was determined at birth. But there were indeed foul methods to forcefully enhance it.

Such tricks, to one who called himself a noble, were beneath contempt.

And yet… a faint ache gnawed at Tokiomi’s chest, as though some unseen calamity was already set in motion.

“Hmph.”

From afar, the Ancient Beast—scarlet serpent eyes glinting—smiled cruelly, radiating pure malice and delight.

Tokiomi, you personally cast your daughter into hell. Centuries later, that same karmic chain would drag another “mongrel” into hell as well.

“All of this is your fault, Tokiomi.”

...

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The girl’s parents came from magus lineages. They were among those who had stolen fragments of the original Holy Grail War system.

But what they obtained was not only the Grail framework—

They also seized part of a magus’s “Insect User” magecraft system, then began adding their own innovations.

After decades of trial and error, they conceived a method: if multiple strains of altered bacteria were cultivated and implanted into a young magus, it could artificially expand their magical circuits.

When the technology was completed, they bore a daughter. She became the first sacrifice.

And indeed, her magical circuits were dramatically amplified.

But one strain of bacteria ran rampant—and stole the young girl’s consciousness away.

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...

【Gabriel: “...Filthy scum, worse than beasts!!!”】

【Aizen: “Human desire is endless—it breeds too much evil.”】

【JoJo: “No doubt about it, these animals should be stripped of the title ‘parent’ and given a MUDA MUDA MUDA judgment of justice!”】

【Naruto Uzumaki: “Th-That’s impossible...! There can’t really be parents like that!!”】

【Edward: “Parents like those deserve death!”】

【Kagaya Ubuyashiki: “How could it come to this! Even a tiger does not eat its cubs!”】

【Alien God: “So it is true... Earth’s humans are not only savage and greedy, but won’t even spare their own children?”】

【Escanor: “Such beasts should be burned to ash by the sun itself.”】

【Gazef: “Parents... tasty.”】

【Chaldea Gudako (Chaos Evil): “Damn it! Don’t stop me! If I can locate that world, I’ll turn those two into fireworks!!”】

【Mashu (Eggplant-chan): “Senpai, I’ll go with you!”】

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[AoT’ World]

Eren’s eyes burned red, his teeth grinding audibly.

Compared to his mother, those two beasts weren’t even worthy of being called human!

And yet, confusion gnawed at the boy’s heart. In a world so peaceful, without Titans, without sudden calamity—

Why did misfortune like this still exist?

Humanity... what is it that you truly need?

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[Demon Slayer Corps]

“The world fears demons... yet there are men who are worse than demons.”

Himejima Gyomei wept, palms pressed together, drowning in sorrow.

In his inner world, the vision too continued to play.

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[Fourth War Era – Matou Household]

“So that’s it.”

Matou Zouken’s decayed black eyes rippled as realization dawned.

That girl’s aura of familiarity—it was because of this.

“To think they dared steal the Matou family’s secrets. Two little rats.”

But knowing this, Zouken felt no concern. They were fools who didn’t even comprehend crest worms. Even if they possessed the fragments, what kind of Servant could they summon?

Did they truly think scraps of knowledge could call forth beings rivaling Gilgamesh and Enkidu?

Ridiculous.

He shook his head, sneering.

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[Church]

“Love is patient, love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

Kirei Kotomine’s solemn voice echoed as he raised the Bible high.

“Fool.”

Gilgamesh sneered, splashing wine across Kirei’s face.

The Bible fell to the floor. Kirei stopped his prayer—yet in his hollow eyes there was ecstasy, satisfaction!

“My king... so this... is pleasure?”

...

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Snowfield, the Kuruoka household—

“Soon the leylines will surge with power, the Command Seal will appear on my hand... then my preparations will be perfect.” The man stared at the back of his empty hand, lost in feverish fantasies.

“Yes, and we’ve prepared a holy relic that could even be called a Noble Phantasm. In emergencies, it can even serve as a weapon.” His wife smiled sweetly.

“Ah, yes. Since we are to summon the First Emperor himself, we must show proper reverence. Everything must be ready!”

At the mention of that Heroic Spirit, a fanatic gleam twisted the man’s face.

For this was—

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【Iskandar: “Hahahahaha! So it’s him?! If I could meet him here, I would die with no regrets!”】

【Luffy: “First Emperor? Doesn’t sound like a big deal.”】

【Nami: “You idiot, shut up! He’s an emperor—just the title alone is terrifying!!”】

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[Fate World]

A certain fox in a sharp OL uniform shuddered.

At the very name, countless visions of Qin’s brutal laws surfaced in Koyanskaya’s mind—alongside that colossal figure, towering like a star-filled cosmos...

That figure—was the pinnacle of human existence.

He who conquered death.

He who transcended yin and yang.

He who reached eternal truth.

The one and only True Human, sovereign of the mortal realm beneath heaven and earth!!!

---/---

### Chapter 33: A New Top-Tier Servant! One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!!!

[Avalon]

Wait… which First Emperor?!

Lostbelt or Proper Human History… no, they’re the same, aren’t they?

Merry shot up from her bed. Sure, she felt so sad~ (delighted) about that child, Tsubaki Kuruoka… but compared to that, if he could really be summoned, the show would be too good to miss!

Do you even understand the weight of a Grand Spirit Foundation from Proper Human History?!

Not a Grand Class, but still possessing a Grand Spirit Foundation. Who else in all of history could claim that?

The immortal “True Human” body, in some sense the strongest Servant… and on top of that, the “twin tails” she adored from Earth!!!

Merry cheered wildly, ready to worship “Brother Zhang.” Why? Because he deserved it!

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[Qin Lostbelt]

A breeze over a stone bridge, water flowing beneath, dust rising in the distance, ancient charm lingering.

At the bridge’s end stood a towering figure. His face was cold, but without a flicker of emotion, he watched the two figures on the projected screen.

“By the laws of Qin, dismemberment would suffice. However…”

The First Emperor’s gaze lingered on the so-called holy relic shown in the image.

“That trinket… it cannot summon Us. At best, it might call forth a flood dragon.”

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[A Certain Magical Index World]

The safest city—Academy City.

“No, something’s off.” Ruiko Saten tilted her head, confusion written all over her face.

“What’s off? Tell us, Ruiko!” The other three of the Railgun quartet pressed her curiously.

They noticed that Ruiko seemed to have an uncanny ability to guess exactly what would happen next on the screen—almost like… almost like she was reading the script!

“I think… the one summoned won’t actually be the First Emperor.”

“Ehh? That’s just your guess, right? Don’t mind us,” Ruiko said, her cheeks flushing under the stares of two super-powerful senpai, a Level 5 and a Level 4.

“Come on, Ruiko~” Kuroko whined, “If you tell us, I’ll even share my Onii-sama’s adorable Guata underwear with yo—”

"Kuroko, you’re rotten from birth!!” Misaka Mikoto’s face burned red as she cut her off. Guata underwear?! She’d never admit to liking that! Hmph—!

“Fine, fine, I’ll talk already!”

“Here’s what I think. The Holy Grail War is a summoning ritual. To summon a Heroic Spirit, you usually need a corresponding relic—like that middle-aged magus who summoned Gilgamesh.”

“Right, so what’s wrong with summoning the First Emperor here?”

“That’s the problem. From our god’s-eye view, we already know Tsubaki has received a Command Seal, meaning she’s the Master. Her scum parents’ wish should have failed.

So without a relic, how would Tsubaki summon a Servant?”

The trio stared at her, wide-eyed.

Ruiko drew a deep breath. “My guess is… affinity. The Master herself could serve as the medium for the summoning.”

“The one who interrupted King Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s battle earlier… might very well be the Servant Tsubaki summoned through affinity!”

...

Meanwhile, in the Fate World

Fifth War Era

“Ah–choo!!”

A twin-tailed girl, often called the “Saint Widow,” sneezed loudly.

“Archer! Are you bad-mouthing me?!” Rin Tohsaka snapped.

Red Archer: “….?”

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Across the Multiverse

Everyone stared coldly at Tsubaki’s wretched parents.

If they really summoned the legendary First Emperor… would he, like Gilgamesh, open with “Kill the Master”?

Heroic Spirits all carried their pride. They were once real beings in history. Except for certain evil types and the occasional loyal hound, surely no Servant would tolerate such beasts, right?

Doggo: “….?”

What’s wrong with being a loyal hound?!

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【

Neither father nor mother cared in the slightest for their unconscious daughter.

Perhaps… they never had.

They rejoiced only that Tsubaki’s reproductive system remained intact—still usable as a tool for bearing children.

They longed only for the Command Seals of the Holy Grail War to appear on their hands, so they could summon a powerful Servant and seize the Grail in one stroke.

But…

The Command Seals never marked them. Instead, something else surfaced—

Rot, collapse, ill omen, calamity—

“W-What… what is this?!” the man shrieked in horror.

Bang—

When he turned, his wife had already been devoured by spreading, festering sores, collapsing heavily to the floor. The man too was consumed without mercy—

That was the catastrophe known as “Plague.”

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【Jeanne: “Wait! What’s happening?! Could someone already be striking before the Holy Grail War has even begun?”】

【Prelati: “Tch. Where’d this French peasant girl come from? With no knowledge at all. Go read a few more books before speaking.”】

【Yuji Itadori: “But why suddenly plague? In a modern city, how could someone just contract that out of nowhere?”】

【Jogo: “Are you brain-dead, human brat? We’ve come this far and you still don’t get it?”】

【Yuji Itadori: “Better than being filled with crap like you.”】

【Jogo: “...You little… I swear I’ll beat the shit out of you today until you’re clean!!!”】

【Gabriel: “Doesn’t matter. I’m satisfied. Those scum deserved to go to hell!”】

【Chaldea Gudako (Chaos Evil): “Satisfied already? Shouldn’t they have been strung up and tortured first?!”】

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【

In the pitch-black city center, the girl named Tsubaki Kuruoka continued to cry and scream.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, don’t abandon me, please, I’ll do my best, just don’t abandon me!!”

But she never understood—her parents would never respond.

From beginning to end, their “love” had never been for her.

Her wails echoed in despair. In that empty world, no one answered. Such was reality…

But—!

In that instant, something noticed her.

Suddenly, her crying stopped. In the abyss of darkness, a faint light pierced through, shining into her sorrowful eyes!

Though the world was shrouded in shadow, a thunderous sound burst forth in the silent void.

Her Servant—her very own—had answered!!!

This Servant was too strange, so much so that no body even appeared, only a deeper darkness, a deeper despair.

But the girl was not afraid. For the first time in her world of loneliness, there was someone… who could fill that void.

“Query: Are you the Master who summoned me?”

Fuzzy consciousness formed words before her eyes.

“Master?” The meaning was unclear, but the girl smiled brightly and replied, “Hello, I’m Tsubaki Kuruoka.”

Still asleep, she dreamed of a world where her parents were with her again.

“Happy birthday, Tsubaki,” they said, smiling as they prepared a party—though they had already been devoured, controlled by the plague.

“Yes!” To her, they seemed unchanged, still loving her deeply. Only this time, they no longer mentioned magic.

The happy girl ran to her room, gazing gratefully at the dark shadow cast upon the wall.

“Thank you—it was you who brought Papa and Mama back, wasn’t it?”

The shadow slowly revealed three pale lines, as if smiling in reply.

The girl’s joy swelled—

In that abyssal dark, one could glimpse the outline of a rider on horseback, trampling skulls, forever spreading calamity and ill omen.

Pale Rider — the Horseman!

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[A Certain Magical Index World – Academy City]

“Ahhh! I get it now!!!” Blue-Hair(Aogami Pierce) suddenly shouted in the middle of self-study class.

He finally understood!

Komoe-sensei, Kamijou Touma, and the others stared, baffled.

Blue-Hair adjusted his glasses, the reflection flashing unnaturally. He pointed straight at Kamijou, his voice dropping low.

“New machine’s always touching your belly—!”

“That’s it!! The Pale Rider is just like Kamijou—he’s a lolicon!!!”

The entire class went silent, then all at once showed expressions of: “You know… that actually makes sense.”

They whispered among themselves—rumors about him secretly keeping a holy saintly loli at home as forbidden treasure.

Kamijou Touma: “....???”

Brits… bloody hell!!!

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### Chapter 34: Humanity’s Evil! A Beast Beyond the Holy Grail War?!

【

To project reality into dreams—

That was likely the unconscious blossoming of her magical power.

And that Pale Rider—

He could not understand human emotions.

All he did was lend force to the unconscious magic of the girl, pushing it along.

Like a machine, like a program, he faithfully reenacted the knowledge of the Holy Grail War.

But precisely because of that, he was terrifyingly strong—

He raised the girl high, making her the most feral, most fearsome dark horse of this Grail War!

He would grant her every wish.

That night, somewhere far away, a surge of magical power roared.

The dreaming girl felt fear.

So—

He went.

If his Master feared it, then all he had to do was kill it.

A black shadow split off toward the source of the magical power, while the true body remained at the girl’s side, guarding her.

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【Gabriel: “So it really is this guy. Even if he takes different forms in other worlds, his lolicon nature hasn’t changed! This time’s just perfect.”】

【Ereshkigal: “Eh—eh—eh?! Is it really the Pale Rider?!”】

【Illya: “So gentle… like my Berserker! But my Berserker is still the strongest!!”】

【Shinji Matou: “Wait, what even is this thing?!”】

【Merry: “Honestly, I hype up Brother Zheng all the time, but compared to him, this one might be even more fun! Who’d have thought even the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—such vague existences—could manifest as Heroic Spirits in the Grail War?!”】

【Magneto: “The true Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse!”】

【Ruiko Saten: “Plague—the Black Death that swept away thirty million lives, the Spanish Flu that claimed fifty million more… a rider of calamity who calls forth all manner of deadly winds.”】

【Barbatos: “Ehehe a wind that brings calamity? I don’t really get it, but it feels kind of gentle”】

【Kiritsugu Emiya: “Whatever calamity it may be—he is the only one who answered the cries of a child in despair.”】

【Dr. Romani: “Wh-What?! Impossible! How could something like this be summoned?! This is… too shocking!”】

【Smoke Mirror: “Noisy. Did Yahweh teach you to prattle so much?”】

【Merlin: “Oh, just to mention—this one is at least top-tier Servant level~”】

【Kiritsugu Emiya: “Wait. The Master herself is still unconscious, isn’t she? Doesn’t that make her the greatest weakness?”】

【Merry: “Heehee, if you ever run into him, why don’t you try and find out?”】

【Sapphire: “Illya’s father, you mustn’t! If you encounter this Servant, surrender immediately!!!”】

【Chaldea Gudako (Chaos Evil): “Surrender? Why? Kiritsugu, if you meet him, your wish will come true!”】

【Kiritsugu Emiya: “…? My wish? Come true? How? And how do you know what my wish is?”】

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[Fate World]

Everyone was stunned. From veterans to mere dabblers in magecraft, they all froze in shock.

This… this is supposed to be a Holy Grail War?!

You call this a Grail War?!!

Then what were the last five Grail Wars?

Child’s play? A bunch of kids squabbling in the sandbox?!

What is the Holy Grail War?

Put grandly, it’s an epic clash where Heroic Spirits stake their lives for their Masters, to lift the Grail and grant their wishes.

Put bluntly, it’s a contest of lunatics—delusional, narrow-minded fools trying to use scraps of the Age of Gods to wish for world peace or other equally idiotic dreams.

And if you dig deeper, it all began because colossal disasters once threatened mankind. The Counter Force created the Heroic Spirit system, summoning seven heroic guardians to protect humanity.

The original descent rituals and Heroic Spirit summoning were meant to save the world of man.

But later, out of selfish desire, humans twisted and degraded them—what remains today is the Holy Grail War.

So… has Snowfield unearthed the original descent ritual?!

Does this city of millions plan on not surviving at all?!

One Gilgamesh plus one Enkidu—you could barely explain that away with something like a natural gas explosion.

But now Plague itself appears?

What will you call it this time—avian flu? Swine flu?

Madness. They’re all mad!

No magus dared speculate on the “weight” of this Grail War anymore. Three out-of-spec existences already—if they can’t be contained, the entire city might be turned into a wasteland.

But… is that really the truth?

[Snowfield]

The magi who planned this Grail War were utterly dumbfounded.

Compared to outsiders, the locals were even more shaken.

Three out-of-spec Servants were shocking enough… but what if they told you eleven more Servants hadn’t even revealed themselves yet?

How would you react then?

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[Crown Temple]

“They actually summoned that thing—”

A white-haired youth with dark skin, nine rings on his hand, stared calmly at the chaos playing across the screen.

Solomon… no. Goetia.

The one called Solomon was long dead. The being now occupying that body was Goetia.

As for that ominous figure on the screen?

As one of Yahweh’s own creations, Goetia knew it well.

“The Pale Death… to think it could descend in Grail form. But at this level, it will ultimately evolve into ‘Humanity’s Evil.’”

And what is Humanity’s Evil?

That which threatens the course of mankind itself, that which destroys humanity.

Goetia couldn’t help but laugh. He glanced back at the strange light bands behind him, his gaze ice-cold.

Humanity’s Evil—born from humanity, yet bent on humanity’s annihilation.

How laughable.

At this rate, by its very nature, it will inevitably become the “Humanity’s Evil” of this Holy Grail War.

If a Beast could be born within the Grail War itself—

Now that would be fascinating indeed.

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[Fifth War Era – Einzbern Castle]

“Berserker is the strongest! Berserker surpasses even the top-tiers!” Illya huffed indignantly.

Her jewel-like red eyes shone with childish stubbornness. “Berserker, would you protect me the way that Servant in the video protected his Master?”

“Rooaaar!” came the reply—just as always, but this time full of certainty.

“Hmph! If Berserker were in that Grail War, no one could stand against him,” she declared with conviction.

At the very least, that arrogant Gilgamesh would definitely be smashed by Berserker.

She didn’t know why, but she always felt a strange hostility toward Gilgamesh. Just the thought of his eyes made her own ache faintly.

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### Chapter 35: Bonus Scene? The Multiverse Shaken! You Call This a Holy Grail War?!!

【Scene flashes—】

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Thunder boomed across heaven and earth. A wisp of black mist, heavy with endless killing intent, shot toward the desert’s heart.

By then, humanity’s oldest companion, Enkidu, had already calmed the wrathful, raging king.

Gilgamesh smiled faintly. “No matter how many forms you take, you never change.”

With that, he once again raised Ea. Scarlet magical circuits spread across its surface, space fracturing layer by layer.

From afar—the stars themselves began to bend toward Ea!!!

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[Naruto World]

“…You’ve got to be kidding,” sweat dripped down Kakashi’s face, even activating his Sharingan in agitation.

According to his own “Kakashi’s Theory of Chakra Management,” shouldn’t both of them be completely drained by now?

Had they recovered while resting?

No—he quickly realized. This wasn’t happening after Rider’s scene. That footage must have taken place earlier.

Which meant… these two monsters were going at it again?!!

Jealousy and awe surged in his chest. If only he could keep going endlessly… no, even just unleashing three Raikiris in a row would be enough!

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[Ultraman Tiga World]

Daigo, the “three-minute true man,” stared dumbfounded at the battle on-screen.

“This… this isn’t logical at all?!”

Why don’t they have a timer installed? At least a flashing red light!

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[Demon Slayer World]

“Monsters! You so-called Heroic Spirits are the true monsters!!!”

Kibutsuji Muzan shrieked, eyes splitting wide, as if realizing something horrific.

Why would the world give birth to such beings?!

Across the multiverse, countless spectators swallowed hard, just as shaken.

Impossible. Totally impossible.

Everyone knew—the rule was, you fire your ultimate move once and the fight ends. That was accepted across countless worlds.

But the blinding white radiance left no room for argument. It was undeniable!

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The stars gathered. The sea of clouds dissolved.

Stars, moon, the lights of ten thousand homes—all became a single, overwhelming daylight.

“This will be our last strike tonight—!”

Above and below heaven, there were only two figures.

“Take this well! Let it be the promise of our reunion!” Gilgamesh roared with laughter.

“I was thinking the same.” Enkidu spread his arms, replying gently.

“Enuma Elish—Heaven and Earth Split Apart!!!”

“Enuma Elish—Chains that Bind the Gods!!!”

In the starry sea, the azure Earth slept. Above its surface, a blazing sun bloomed open.

So radiant that even on the Moon, 380,000 kilometers away, it could be seen clearly!

On the eastern horizon, a faint line of dawn broke—yet none noticed its beauty.

For compared to this, dawn itself was as fireflies beside the moon.

Hurricane winds swept the land, clouds over thousands of li hollowed out as though by God’s own hand.

When golden brilliance banished the night, spilling across the earth, all gazes turned in stunned silence to the sight before them.

In the desert, a massive crater hundreds of kilometers wide radiated scorching heat and terrifying mana.

It stood as a silent testament to its master’s dread power.

Tine collapsed to her knees, trembling at the sight of that towering figure who, in a Servant’s body, had altered the very face of the land.

Above and below heaven… none but the King.

This was—

The Holy Grail War!!!

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【The video ends here.】

Across the multiverse, scalps went numb, throats went dry, pupils shrank to needlepoints!

Countless spectators sat frozen, unable to recover from the epic legend that had just unfolded before their eyes.

When they finally came back to their senses, their minds replayed the words from the very start of the video—

【On the earth a thousand years hence, let us meet again in the style of Uruk!】

Did this mean… on the ancient land of Uruk, battles like this were as casual as eating and drinking?!!

[Chaldea]

Ritsuka and Mash’s faces went pale.

What kind of monsters awaited them at the Seventh Singularity?!

If the king there was truly this powerful, what sort of beings would they have to face?

Monsters as strong as King Gilgamesh himself?!

【Tendou Kikunojo: “This is true power! With this power, I could kill every monster! Create a happy world!!”】

【The Little Emperor: “Are all kings like this?! What should I do, Minister Onest?!”】

【Dio: “This battle… it’s got me so high I can’t stop!!!”】

【Yakumo Yukari: “What a feast, a banquet between friends—how enviable.”】

【Aleister: “If mere descent can achieve this, then if a true vessel carrying the full Spirit Origin appeared… would its power reach the level of a Demon God?”】

【Aiwass: “Not quite… but there may be beings beyond even that.”】

【Sakata Gintoki: “Ahhh! Not enough, not enough! I could watch this forever!!”】

【Natsu: “Same! The power of friendship—no matter how many times I see it, I’ll never get tired of it!”】

【The video ends here—bonus scene incoming for this world, please stand by.】

Bonus scene?

The crowd, who had just been clamoring for more, froze in confusion.

What’s a bonus scene? An egg? A colored egg? Something you can eat? Do we each get one?

They soon found out—

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“The Holy Grail War”—what meaning lies behind this name? Some may know, some may not.

But even if you understand, most of your knowledge will prove meaningless.

Because the “Holy Grail War” held here is built from layers of falsehood, a counterfeit, an “alternative” ritual.

【What is ‘alternative’? What is the Sixth Holy Grail War?】

【Counterfeit Faction:】

Archer — Gilgamesh

Lancer — Enkidu

Rider — Pale Rider

Caster — Alexandre Dumas

Assassin — The Nameless Fanatic

Berserker — Jack the Ripper

【Player Faction:】

Saber — Charles I

【True Faction:】

True Avenger/True Archer — Alcides

True Rider — Hippolyta

True Assassin — Hassan-i-Sabbah

True Caster — François Prelati

True Lancer — Sigma

True Berserker — Huwawa

【And finally—appearing last, the goddess of war who holds beauty, love, and wealth, wielder of the Bull of Heaven—Ishtar!!!】

【With the false Grail War as sacrifice, the true Holy Grail War is called forth.】

【“Well then… time to purge the fakes, isn’t it?”】

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【Ishtar: “Yes, yes, I knew it! I said, why is only my bull over there!”】

【Ishtar: “Ohohohohoho~~~ As expected of me! Hey, you on the other side—use my bull! Smash them hard! If you don’t beat that golden mongrel until he shits himself, it doesn’t count! And don’t spare that mud-doll either!”】

【Gilgamesh: “Heh. You most ancient harlot! Last time your bull’s meat rotted before I could finish eating it, and now you send me another?!”】

【Enkidu: “Ishtar, you actually enslaved Huwawa?!”】

【Rin Tohsaka: “…Holy Grail War?! You call this a Holy Grail War?! Stop joking with the whole world already! Apologize properly to our Fuyuki Grail War!!!”】

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