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After such a turbulent and magnificent night, by the time Noah returned to the Tohsaka Family residence, dawn was almost upon them.
Rin Tohsaka and Saber had probably already gone to rest, leaving the entire Tohsaka Family hall silent.
Noah did not turn on the lights. He simply sat down on the sofa, letting his body sink deeply into its softness as he stared at the ceiling for a long time without reacting.
"Master."
Rider, who had entered spirit form and remained at Noah's side, spoke softly.
"Do you not need me to continue searching for Zouken Matou?"
Only then did Noah come back to himself. He shook his head.
"No need. Zouken Matou has already hooked up with Gilgamesh. He's probably at Gilgamesh's side. Even if you found him, you likely wouldn't be able to do anything to him, right?"
Gilgamesh.
The oldest King in human history.
That guy really was a little troublesome.
Noah felt that if Rider brought out her true full strength and used all of her Treasure Tools and skills, she would have no trouble matching Artoria, the Knight King, or Heracles, the great hero.
Among the Servants in this Holy Grail War, Rider's strength would absolutely not lose to any Heroic Spirit.
However, Gilgamesh was an opponent on an entirely different level.
In terms of raw power alone, Gilgamesh could not possibly match Rider.
But Gilgamesh's Treasure Tools were simply too unfair.
After all, everyone had their own weaknesses.
And when those weaknesses fell upon Heroic Spirits with clear records in myths and legends, they became even more obvious.
Gilgamesh, who possessed the prototypes of all Treasure Tools, only