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"No, that's not it. I just wanted to ask how long until the Holy Grail War begins?" Kurokawa Kazuya said as he walked over. "You should know about this, right? After all, you've been here for ten years, haven't you?"

"Do you want to participate in this Holy Grail War?" Gilgamesh said with a smile. If the person in front of him knew his real name and it wasn't the first time they had met, then he should naturally know his strength.

But... even so, she stood in front of him very naturally, as if she wasn't worried about making a move at all.

Or rather, even if he did it himself, he was confident he could escape.

It's amazing that he can maintain such a posture in front of the King of Heroes.

but--

The Holy Grail belongs to him. Anyone who dares to steal anything from the King will surely meet a very difficult end, won't they?

“No, I’m not interested in the Holy Grail.” Kurokawa Kazuya said with a smile, “In this world… well, I want to achieve a different ending, so I want to know the specific date the Holy Grail War will begin. It’s pointless to talk about it now.”

"Hmph, are you still keeping secrets from me?" Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint in them. However, after thinking for a moment, he still didn't make a move: "Alright, I'll tell you then. The Holy Grail War will begin in about four months! If you don't amuse me by then, I'll kill you. Hurry up and summon your Servant; that way, you might still have a chance to live, you bastard."

"Four months... no, I should say a year, that's a bit of a rush..." Kurokawa Kazuya pondered for a moment. In fact, he had just experienced the FSN storyline in the dream world a few nights ago.

I've been experiencing it inside for the past few days.

However, dreams are dreams after all, and there are still limitations; they are not as unrestrained as reality.

The outcomes one can achieve in a dream are limited, but in reality...

Perfect timing! He was planning to take Ryougi Shiki to a parallel world for a visit. Fighting and killing like this isn't ideal, but a peaceful, everyday world would allow him to bring her over without worry.

"I understand. Well then, see you again in a while."

Kurokawa Kazuya checked the time; an hour had passed since he arrived.

Three hours have passed in my own world by now.

School will be over soon, so...

That's all for today. See you again sometime.

Chapter 308 In Preparation

"What an amazing man."

Looking at the spot where Kurokawa Kazuya had been, Gilgamesh slowly walked over and picked up the papers from the ground: "Has it completely disappeared? From this world... I see. So this is how he travels through parallel worlds. Hmph, perhaps it can bring me some amusement, you bastard."

.....

"Yes, about three hours have passed." Kurokawa Kazuya checked the time and nodded in satisfaction.

Different worlds have different timelines, and even the flow of time is different.

It gives people a rather confused feeling.

The flow of time here is three times faster than before, while the world where my sister lives is much slower. Several years have passed here, but only about two years have passed there.

D4C's capabilities are truly amazing.

Not only does it possess such strong abilities, but its attribute values ​​are also quite good.

but...

The power of his other Stand is weakening.

The Stand ability that can distinguish between truth and falsehood and draw out other people's souls—the power of Atom—is weakening!

A person can only have one substitute.

This limitation has not disappeared even in this world.

His current situation is somewhat similar to DIO's situation at the beginning.

He possesses two Stands: The World and The Purple Hermit.

However... with further control over his body, the Purple Hermit's Stand slowly disappeared, while the Stand World's abilities grew stronger and stronger.

I'm in a similar situation now.

Stand D4C has two forms.

He felt that as long as he gave up the power of Atom, he would be able to completely master D4C's second ability.

but...

Although D4C's second ability is also good, it allows him to place himself in "light," or rather, within a dimensional barrier, so that attacks he receives will be transferred to others without affecting him. It seems like a weaker version of Avalon.

However, relatively speaking, he still needs the power of the god Atom more. That ability to see into people's hearts can be very effective in many situations, and is more important than his already excessive defensive power.

so...

"Let's try to keep things as they are... try to maintain the balance between the two Stands." Thinking this, he used Atom God a few times to throw a few punches out of thin air.

I feel like I've regained some balance.

Whichever ability you use, that ability will become stronger.

It will end when it completely absorbs the power of another Stand.

This kind of thing should be avoided as much as possible.

but...

Having two Stand abilities simultaneously gave him a feeling of being torn apart, though it wasn't too severe yet. What if he obtained a third Stand ability...?

"That's good. It feels more realistic to have both ability and limitations. Otherwise, it's wrong to only receive or only give. The price will have to be paid sooner or later... It's better to pay it sooner than later. Otherwise, who will control it and how much interest will be involved? There's no clear contract for this."

Rubbing his head, which ached from using the two abilities consecutively, Kurokawa Kazuya let out a long sigh of relief. The Ripple effect was relieving the pain.

It should be fully recovered in just a few minutes.

"Shiki's about to get out of school, let's pick her up first..."

But... he didn't even go to the company once all day... he should be fine, right? Anyway, he's rarely there.

However, I suddenly feel a bit sleepy.

"This feeling... Merlin?" Recalling this familiar feeling, Kurokawa Kazuya frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then sighed and went to bed.

There was about an hour left before Ryougi Shiki was dismissed from school.

Hopefully, it can be resolved within this timeframe.

Why is this Flower Magician being called here when he should just stay put in Avalon?

Sure enough, as soon as I lay down, the world transformed into a sea of ​​flowers.

Merlin, the magician of flowers, appeared there.

Good morning, Kurokawa Kazuya.

"It's already afternoon, so please tell me what you need to say quickly. I still have to go pick up a client."

"Yes, yes." Merlin smiled gently. "It's nothing serious. But, what are you planning to do?"

"What do you mean?"

Merlin looked at Kurokawa Kazuya and said, "As you know, Artoria from this parallel world is currently in my hands. However, her mental state is extremely unstable. It would be terrible if she woke up now. So, I'm going to arrange a suitable dream for her. You're quite good at this kind of thing, right? Especially now... you seem to have gained the ability to travel to parallel worlds. There must be a time in other parallel worlds when Artoria is redeemed, right? Tell me what you think?"

"That's fine... Well, I happen to be making something similar recently, so I'll just send you a copy when it's done."

"Yes, that's great."

"However, how am I supposed to do this? You're in Avalon, right? Not that Avalon with the Noble Phantasm, but the real, existing Avalon. How am I supposed to give you this?"

“A dream will suffice,” Merlin said with a smile. “After all, I’m half nightmare, so I can manage something like this. Well then, I’ll leave it to you.”

"Alright, please wake me up quickly, I still have things to do."

"Yes, yes, I understand."

After saying that, Kurokawa Kazuya felt a little dizzy. When he came to his senses, he was back in his original room. It was all like a dream.

No, those were just dreams.

I checked the time; it was just past 3 p.m., almost time for Ryougi Shiki to finish school.

"So much to do today." There's no time to leave, let's drive over.

......

As always, it was a dull and boring day.

After tidying up her textbooks, Ryougi Shiki slowly walked out of the school.

No students walked with her, but she didn't care.

With her style of doing things, others might encounter some unpleasant situations, but she is Ryougi Shiki, not to mention the Ryougi family behind her. She herself can directly beat those ungrateful people to a pulp.

As for the parents coming to contact...

At that time, she was taken care of by her family... However, even so, one thing that couldn't be changed was that she had no friends.

But that's enough.

Seeing the person waving at her from the school gate, Ryougi Shiki felt a little relieved.

Ah...yes, that's enough.

How was your day?

The question was the same as always, and the answer was naturally the same as always: "Nothing, it's still the same."

"Is that so?" Kurokawa Kazuya nodded. "By the way, about the parallel world I told you about during the day."

"What's wrong?"

"I just awakened it when I went back. It's my Stand ability to travel between parallel worlds," Kurokawa Kazuya said with a smile.

Chapter 309 1993

"So fast?" Ryougi Shiki looked at Kurokawa Kazuya in surprise: "Didn't you say it would take another month or even a year or two?"

"After all, there are many factors that affect the awakening of a Stand, and even I can't predict the exact time. It's quite unexpected that it awakened today."