He could be certain that the boy in the picture was him, because the Chains of Heaven beside the boy could not be faked.
That meant there were only two possibilities for the version of himself in the picture.
Either his childhood self had been summoned directly, or the version of himself in the picture had drunk this bottle of rejuvenation potion for some reason.
He leaned toward the second possibility.
After all, his childhood self should not have had the Chains of Heaven.
[C: This picture showed Gilgamesh carrying two swords on his back, with two locks of hair hanging over his forehead. He looked younger and more heroic than the previous Gilgamesh.]
Artoria: "Huh? So you know how to use a sword too, King of Heroes?"
King of Heroes: "Of course. I am proficient with every weapon."
Waver: "The King of Heroes in this picture looks younger than the one in the earlier video."
King of Heroes: "Ha, do I not look young now?"
Waver: "No, it's just an impression."
King of Heroes: "An impression..."
After thinking for a moment, Gilgamesh brushed two locks of hair forward to serve as bangs, leaving Tokiomi Tohsaka and the others around him staring in bewilderment.
[D: This picture showed an expressionless blonde woman with twin tails and a mature figure. The armor on her lower body was clearly the same style as Gilgamesh's, but her face bore no resemblance to his at all.]
King of Heroes: "..."
King of Conquerors: "Hahaha, King of Heroes, this female version of you has quite the figure."
King of Heroes: "Mongrel, are you an idiot? One look should tell you this woman isn't me."
Kayneth: "Indeed, she doesn't look much like him."
Although yesterday's Old Saber and Our King were of different sexes, their appearances were ninety percent alike. This Female Gilgamesh, however, bore no resemblance to Gilgamesh whatsoever.
[E: The picture showed Gilgamesh wearing a white headcloth, holding a clay tablet in his right hand and an axe in his left. Judging by his appearance, he seemed slightly older than Gilgamesh, but possessed more of a king's majesty.]
"Tch, so it's him."
Gilgamesh could hardly fail to recognize his own elderly self.
Yet although these two were clearly the same person at different ages, they seemed like two different Heroic Spirits.
King of Conquerors: "King of Heroes, you really are a man of many talents."
With a clay tablet in one hand and an axe in the other, he could not tell whether this was a Caster or a Berserker.
King of Heroes: "Hmph."
[F: The figure in this final picture looked almost identical to Gilgamesh in the video, but he was wearing rather little.]
[All he wore on his entire body was a black loincloth. Everything else was gold jewelry, along with a black clover-shaped ornament between his brows.]
"Ah!"
Several female group members immediately covered their eyes.
This picture was too much of a shock for them.
Feng Xi: "Pfft! Gilgamesh, so you have this kind of fetish too!"
King of Heroes: "Shut up, mongrel! That is absolutely not me!"
Although he often went shirtless, he had certainly never exposed himself to the extent of going without pants.
The exhibitionist in picture F was definitely not him, Gilgamesh.
"What are you looking at?!"
Seeing Rin Tohsaka look at him as though he were a pervert, Gilgamesh immediately stomped in fury.
This damned system was slandering an innocent man out of nowhere.
Chapter 24: Singularities Have Parallel Worlds Too
Feng Xi: "Stop trying to hide it. Can't you see the person in the picture looks exactly like you?"
Waver: "Indeed, he's clearly the same person, whether you look at his build, face, or hairstyle."
King of Conquerors: "King of Heroes, do you really have this sort of hobby in private?"
Artoria: "Disgusting..."
King of Heroes: "Shut up! I'll kill you all!"
[You have five minutes to answer. Begin answering now.]
Zhang Jue: "Kid, what should we choose for this question?"
"Just go by your instincts and pick whoever looks least like Gilgamesh."
Feng Xi said with a smile, "I think we should just choose D and F."
Zhang Jue: "D is easy enough to explain. I also think she doesn't look much like him, but F..."
Feng Xi: "You can't judge this question by appearances alone. Gilgamesh is such a proud man. Do you think he would dress so shamelessly?"
Zhang Jue: "That's true. If he lacked even that much sense of shame, he would be completely unworthy of being called a king."
"My king, what should we choose for this question?"
Meanwhile, at the Tohsaka Family home, Tokiomi Tohsaka was cautiously asking Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh had to be the one to decide this question, or he would surely put on a sour face again.
Gilgamesh: "Let's go with D and F. Those two are definitely not me."
He had gotten angry so many times today that even he felt tired.
Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Yes."
Fortunately, that matched his own judgment.
[Time is up. Answering has ended.]
[The answers will now be revealed.]
Five minutes passed, and the system began revealing the answer to this question.
[A: Gilgamesh, having gained a physical body and remained in the present world, familiar with modern life.]
Kayneth: "A physical body! King of Heroes, you actually obtained a body!"
Waver: "Does this mean he won this War of the Holy Grail?"
King of Heroes: "Hahaha, isn't that the inevitable outcome?"
King of Conquerors: "It doesn't matter. Even knowing I will fail, I will not back down."
Artoria: "Exactly. I won't hand victory over to you so easily."
King of Heroes: "Hmph, it seems you still don't understand my power."
[B: Young Gilgamesh. As for why he appeared in this form, whether he drank an elixir of rejuvenation or manifested directly in his childhood form, the specifics are unknown.]
King of Conquerors: "A rejuvenation potion! King of Heroes, you even have something like that!"
King of Heroes: "Hmph, my treasury contains everything."
[C: Old Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes from a parallel world. He shares a world with Arthur Pendragon and regards her as his formidable rival.]
Waver: "So he's the King of Heroes from a parallel world. That explains why he felt a little different."
King of Conquerors: "But to think you still became King Arthur's opponent in another world. It really feels like you two are bound by fate."
King of Heroes: "No matter the world, the final outcome is predetermined."
Artoria: "Hmph, who knows?"
[D: Female Gilgamesh, "Angelica Enzworth," a member of the Enzworth Family's Dolls Corps in the world of "Oath Under Snow." The picture shows her fighting with Gilgamesh's Class Card.]
Gilgamesh: "Hmph, I said this woman couldn't possibly be me. Just as I thought."
Waver: "What's a Class Card?"
Feng Xi: "It's a card that allows its user to temporarily obtain a Heroic Spirit's power, essentially a special Mystic Code."
King of Heroes: "So she's a mongrel who steals my power. She had better not cross my path."
Kayneth: "Impossible! How could there be a Mystic Code that lets a mage use a Heroic Spirit's power?"
Feng Xi: "The world is vast and full of wonders."
Feng Xi: "Director Kayneth, build up your tolerance a little. Getting startled at every little thing can give you heart disease."
Waver: "Then do Class Cards exist in our world?"
Kayneth: "Impossible. I've never heard of them."
[E: Wise King Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes in his old age, a great king who strictly leads his people.]
King of Conquerors: "Hahaha, King of Heroes, compared to you in the video, this one looks more like a king."
Waver: "Are these two really the same person?"
King of Heroes: "Hmph, he is he, and I am I. Don't lump us together."