There is indeed a problem with my summoning spirit system

Chapter 238 236. The Bewitching Game
"Hey, Kirei. Have you discovered the true meaning of the question I asked you?"

"What do you mean?"

Gilgamesh's words made Kotomine Kirei somewhat puzzled.

Is there something incomplete in my thinking just now?

No matter how he thought about it, Kotomine Kirei couldn't find the answer to the question Gilgamesh posed.It is the humility of a clergyman to learn humbly about things that he does not understand. Kotomine Kirei asked Gilgamesh straightforwardly:

"Tell me, Archer. Assuming Kariya Matou wins in the end, what's the point?"

"No, it doesn't make any sense at all. Hey, don't look at me with such a scary expression. How many times have I told you that I'm not joking. The question itself doesn't make any sense, but behind the question , hides another more interesting and significant question."

Gilgamesh paused for a few seconds and looked at Kotomine Kirei with interest:
"As I said, it is meaningless to assume that Kariya Matou won the Holy Grail War. But why, a man like Kotomine Kirei who is almost completely rational, completely pragmatism and realism, has not felt it Do you realize that you are actually wasting time thinking about a meaningless question? Don’t you think this matter itself is worth thinking about?”

"Just say it. What exactly are you trying to say?"

"If I just asked you the same question using other Masters as an example, you will immediately realize that this question is meaningless, and directly clear this boring question from your mind. But for the Master of Berserker, Your reaction was quite different. Instead of thinking it was a frivolous question, you indulged in the hypothetical thinking with interest."

"Engaging in futile busyness, what can support this wasteful action is interest, of course, including curiosity, desire to explore, etc. But these all show that you get happiness from what you are doing, you Be intoxicated by it. Congratulations, Kirei, this is what is called entertainment. A form of activity performed purely for pleasure."

"Entertainment? Is that what you mean by pleasure?"

Gilgamesh nodded:

"of course."

Kotomine Kirei suddenly realized something, he tightly grasped the soft armrests on the left and right sides of the sofa with both fists, and squeezed out a few words between his teeth:

"No, that's not right!"

"There is absolutely no element of pleasure in Matou Kariya's fate. The longer his life is, the heavier the pain and lamentation accumulate in him. For him, ending his life early is actually A kind of redemption. Entertainment through this kind of thing is absolutely not allowed!"

"Kirei, why is your definition of pleasure so narrow?"

The so-called chicken talking to a duck, playing the piano to a cow, is perfectly appropriate to express Gilgamesh's current appearance.

However, the difference between Gilgamesh and the situation described by these two words is that he clearly knows that the man he is talking to has understood the meaning of what he said, just because of the impression left on him by his past experience. Persistence and shackles made him resist his own ideas.Therefore, Gilgamesh strikes while the iron is hot:

"Pain, lamentation, despair... Is there any contradiction between them and pleasure? Pleasure has no specific form. The reason why you feel confused and resistant is precisely because you don't understand this."

"No!" Kotomine Kirei shouted angrily.

"King of Heroes, only a demonic person like you is happy to taste the pain of others, this is a crime that should be punished!":
"Do you think that pleasure itself is a sin? You are very wrong."

Facing Kotomine Kirei's roar, Gilgamesh's reaction was just to frown calmly:
"Of course, the so-called facts speak louder than words. Those sneaky bastards you sent out just now should be doing some sneaky things under Tokiomi's arrangement, right?"

Kotomine Kirei didn't speak, but Gilgamesh, who always had his eyes above his head, didn't feel displeased. Instead, he said very patiently:
"Since you have doubts about my words, then you can try to follow your followers to see the situation of Caster and the others. Believe me, you will definitely gain something."

Kotomine Kirei was silent for a long time, and finally got up from the sofa and stood up.

"What? Kirei, don't you plan to have a few drinks with me?"

"Sorry, King of Heroes. I have something to do."

"Okay then? It's a 'must do to get the Holy Grail' anyway, right?"

Kotomine Kirei didn't answer, but walked straight out of his private room.

Glancing at Kotomine Kirei's back, Gilgamesh squinted and smiled, his extremely handsome face by human aesthetic standards looked very amiable.

In ancient Babylonian myths and legends, Gilgamesh was the ruler of Uruk, with a high-level divinity of two-thirds god and one-third human.Once a tyrannical ruler, but transformed into a promising king after his friendship with Enkidu.He is the most admired hero by the people of Uruk in southwestern Mesopotamia, so he is called the King of Heroes.

But just as there is only one step between a genius and a madman, the distance between gods and demons is much closer than the distance between gods and people.

When Kotomine Kirei satirized Gilgamesh for being demonic, Gilgamesh didn't get angry. On the one hand, it was because Kotomine Kirei was not wrong from a certain point of view, and on the other hand, it was because the hero In the king's eyes, Kotomine Kirei was a very interesting human being, worthy of his attention and some tolerance.

Many people who own pets have been scratched and bitten by their own cats and dogs, but as long as there are extenuating circumstances, such as accidentally hurting their pets during playfulness, resulting in being caught, basically The masters are not angry.

In Gilgamesh's eyes, Kotomine Kirei's resistance was only temporary.

In front of the transcendent who once owned everything in the world, the thoughts of mortals are just a poor cover-up of children.

Naturally, the dark side of Kotomine Kirei's heart can't hide from Gilgamesh.

The true face of the "happiness" that Kotomine Kirei has been pursuing...

"Pursue for your own excitement. This is the right way to entertain. Then entertainment will bring pleasure, and pleasure will guide you in the direction of happiness."

"The road has been pointed out to you, Kirei. It has been pointed out to you very clearly, so, what are you going to do next? Forget it, don't guess, and enjoy the unexpected direction of the story's development. Interesting things."

Gilgamesh's body turned into spirit particles and dissipated, and the exquisite glass goblet fell to the ground, splashing stardust.

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"Hey, Rider! You're lying on the bed again, eating senbei and playing games! Every time you make the gamepad full of oil, do you know how much work it takes to wipe it clean?"

Weber Velvet has gone crazy several times already.

After arriving in Fuyuki City, Weber found a single two-story small building in the suburbs, and used magic to hypnotize the owner of the small building, an old couple, making them think that Weber was his grandson who was studying abroad and lived in it. .

In the early hours of the morning, Rider and Waver returned to the temporary residence after finishing the banquet in Einzberenberg.

It will be daytime soon, and because he plans to go to the library to look up information about Iskandar and other suspected historical prototypes of Heroic Spirits during the day, Weber decided not to sleep for the time being today.

After making this decision, Weber went downstairs and made himself a cup of coffee to refresh himself.

However, when he returned to his bedroom on the second floor, what he saw was a giant foot-picker lying lazily on the bed, chewing senbei and playing games.

"Oh, don't be so stingy? Don't you often play games? I still learned how to play games with you."

"I'm relaxing! Occasional relaxation! Just to give my tense mind a rest. And I don't get oily on the gamepad! I still use it myself!"

"Eating can absorb energy and reduce your magic burden. I'm doing this for the sake of it!"

"Obviously the least expensive way is to transform into a spirit body. If you refuse to transform into a spirit body and insist on keeping your body, you are simply greedy!"

Waver snatched the game controller from Iskandar's hand.Iskandar shook his head helplessly and sat up from the bed.

"Oh, always so angry..."

Although with Iskandar's strength, if he really used his strength, he would not be able to grab the game controller if he gave Weber two more hands, but Iskandar did not do this.

"This thing called a gamepad, the button on it is really too small, isn't there a bigger one?"

After hearing Iskandar's complaint, Weber subconsciously looked at Iskandar's hand.

As expected of a two-meter-tall muscular man, Iskandar's hands were like cattail fans, and his fingers were extremely thick and powerful, with one finger as thick as his own.

After all, things like game controllers are designed according to the size of normal people's palms. Oversized hands like Iskandar are not in the target group of manufacturers.

Weber placed a cup of steaming coffee in front of Iskandar.He also sat down on the bedside with another cup of hot coffee.

Iskandar took a sip of coffee and stuck out his tongue.

"Although this thing called coffee smells delicious, it tastes weird, sour and bitter. Why do you like to drink this kind of thing?"

"It's supposed to refresh your mind. Isn't it enough to have a scent? Besides, this is already an American style with water. If it's espresso, it will be thicker. If you don't like bitter ones, I will add more sugar and milk later."

Weber took a sip of hot coffee, glanced at the game controller, and wondered:

"The same gamepad, didn't you always play well before? Why are you suddenly complaining now?"

"The game I played before was something called a strategy game. Just press it slowly. It doesn't matter if the controller is smaller. But now I have found a new type called an 'action game.' It takes a moment." Keep pressing various buttons, so..."

"I see."

Weber glanced at the TV used as a monitor. Due to the suspension of the game, the promotional video CG of the game is currently playing on the TV screen.

In the film, an ancient general in silver armor, holding a long spear and wearing a narrow azure cloak jumped suddenly and slashed down in the air. The long spear in his hand bowed due to the huge force, smashing a building boat into two pieces.

Another general in black animal pattern armor jumped out from the other side, holding a weird weapon that looked like a giant dart, and started fighting with the silver armored general.

The two warriors switched battlefields while fighting, and the power of the battle was simply devastating.

"Is this a new game? It looks pretty good."

"How is it? I have a good eye for choosing games, don't I?"

Iskandar patted his thick pectoralis major, and gave a thumbs up with some pride.

"May I give it a try? Where are the operating instructions and button settings?"

"It doesn't matter, the buttons are quite simple. You see, the one on your left thumb that can be rotated is the direction. The buttons on the right are for normal attack and special attack. There is also a cyan energy bar at the bottom of the screen. A super skill that can only be used after running left to the far right..."

While being a magician, Weber is also a video game enthusiast.Usually, I often fill out questionnaires from game companies, and spend a lot of money to buy some limited edition games.Seeing an interesting game, he doesn't just itch.Under the introduction of Iskandar, I tried it.

"Look, kid, this is one of the two confronting characters you saw before. There are some hidden characters in this game that can only be selected after achieving some achievements, but this one can be selected from the beginning. I think he It's pretty useful."

Wei Bo was playing, and suddenly felt as if he remembered something.

His master suddenly stared at the screen motionless while playing the game. Even the big-hearted Iskandar was frightened. He asked:
"What's wrong? Brat? Is there something wrong?"

Weber turned his head slowly, pointed at the characters on the screen, and asked Iskandar:
"Hey, Rider, do you think this character is a bit similar to berserker?"

"Ah? Berserker? This...really looks a bit like it, with silver armor, white horses, and spears..."

"Where did you find this game?"

Iskandar turned his huge head around a few times, found a box under the bed, and handed it to Weber.

"It's in this box."

Weber took the CD-ROM box from Iskandar. Before coming to the island country, he did a lot of homework, plus he likes video games, so he can still recognize the relatively simple and common square characters printed on the box.

"Three...Three Kingdoms?"

Weber scratched his head and asked the emperor:
"I don't know much about East Asian culture. Rider, when you were summoned, weren't you given basic knowledge about modern times and memories of history? Do you know what the Three Kingdoms are?"

"Three Kingdoms? That seems to be the ancient historical period of a country called Hua Guo in the west of the island where we are now, in the southeast corner of the Asian continent? In my memory, this history seems to be quite famous?"

(End of this chapter)