Chapter 441: The Holy Trinity
[Under everyone's stunned gaze, the torso moved first—it shot toward you like a magnet drawn to steel, merging into your body in a flash. Golden markings briefly surfaced across your skin before fading away. Your physique grew stronger, more agile, and your divinity surged dramatically. (You obtained the Saint's Relic: Torso.)]
[Next came the heart. Though its movement was slower, its fusion was far more forceful. The instant it merged with you, vein-like ridges burst across your chest before sinking beneath the skin as it melded completely with your own heart. You felt reborn; your heartbeat grew powerful, filled with vigor and joy. (You obtained the Saint's Relic: Heart.)]
[Then came the right arm. Just like when you obtained the Saint's left arm, it merged silently into place. Strength coursed through your limb, as though infinite power rested within your grasp. Your divinity continued to grow. (You obtained the Saint's Relic: Right Arm.)]
[Next were the ears. Their fusion drastically heightened your hearing—you could almost catch the faint voices within people's hearts. Your divine power swelled even further. (You obtained the Saint's Relic: Ears.)]
[Then came the feet—the last to move, yet the fastest to merge, as if trying to make up for lost time. In an instant, your feet gleamed like burnished bronze forged in divine fire (Note: this and the following "eyes like flames" are references from the Book of Revelation 1). They became stronger and surer, while your divinity rose like a traveler ascending Kunlun, facing wind and snow, tempered toward transcendence. (You obtained the Saint's Relic: Feet.)]
[Finally came the right eye. It had once been fused with Bruce Wayne, but now, drawn by the resonance of the other relics, it began to emerge. Though Bruce tried to stop it, a blazing eye wreathed in fire tore free and flew straight into you, embedding itself within your right socket. Flames burned in your vision; you could now see across a thousand miles, and your divine essence boiled and began to ascend. (You obtained the Saint's Relic: Right Eye.)]
[Once all relics had assembled, radiant light burst from you so intensely that none around could bear to look, bowing their heads instead. In that instant, the entire world seemed frozen—only you and your counterparts across parallel worlds could still move. This was the sign of the Saint's impending manifestation.]
[From your right shoulder grew a new head—crowned with thorns, serene and gaunt, identical to your own. Only then did you realize that once all other relics gathered, the final one—the Saint's Head—would be born.]
[Moments later, that head merged seamlessly with yours, filling you with perfect clarity and wisdom. As the saying goes, "Only upon climbing the mountain does one realize how vast the sky; only upon reaching the sea does one grasp how small the waves." Your divinity had now fully transcended. You had become a true Saint!]
[And with it, you perceived things of a higher dimension. You understood! (You obtained the Saint's Relic: Head.) (You obtained the Divine Skill: Immortal Saint.)]
[Your Stand's power also underwent a clear evolution—it had now reached the absolute limit of this world! "Rainbow Catcher" retained all its previous abilities, but could now also alter the shape and size of raindrops to form various attacks, manipulating rainfall to create storms, curtains of rain, and converging torrents—allowing you to command the battlefield with precision. It belonged solely to your true body and would not vanish with the Saint's Relics.]
[Moreover, upon fusing with you, the Saint's Relics resonated as though you were the very creator of this world. You now possessed a portion of its governing authority—and could leave it at will through the power of your divinity.]
[Soon, the versions of yourself—white-coated and cold-eyed, world-weary in a black suit, bald and caped in yellow, crimson-cloaked and awe-inspiring, dragon-robed and crowned, ancient and sword-wielding, blond and elegantly dressed—each nodded to you in silent salute before vanishing.]
[And then came the question—how could you leave this world without regret? You fell into deep thought.]
[Moments later, you relaxed your brow, an answer forming. If this world's spacetime was the base plane, then the Saint's Relics could only exist here; they would lose their power upon entering another. And so—you knew what to do.]
[You decided to try eliminating this world's misfortune. As it is said: "A true gentleman is neither greedy, nor confused, nor violent." That was your guiding principle.]
[Instantly, your body split into three—thus fulfilling the Holy Trinity. One was your physical body, remaining to continue the race alongside the others, to finish the journey under your name—ordinary or glorious, it would live a full life here as your anchor in this world.]
[The second was the vessel carrying the Saint's Relics. Just as the Holy Grail in your previous life was a miraculous relic born from Christ's legend, you would attempt to transform the Saint's Relics into a Grail and, using the "Spirit Summoning Ritual: Heroic War," enact a grand magic to save this world.]
[Seven Heroic Spirits, standing at the seven apex attributes, would appear to defeat the supervillains obstructing this world's future.]
[As for what remained of you—only your soul—unbound, free to return to your own era.]
[With partial dominion over this world, you altered everyone's memories, erasing all knowledge of the Saint's Relics and replacing it with the rules of the Holy Grail War. Their recollections of you, too, changed—you were now remembered only as an extraordinary rider.]
[Without hesitation, you relinquished your body and power, drew the Saint's Relics from yourself, and fused them anew. Bathed in blinding light, they transformed into a radiant golden Holy Grail, resting in the heart of the icy plain.]
[You turned for one last look at this world. Then, your spirit slipped free of your body, passing without hesitation into a rift of time and space.]
[Moments later, time resumed its flow. Everyone's eyes fixed upon the shining Grail, and as one, they reached toward it.]
[Meanwhile, in another timeline, you opened your eyes. Before you sat a cup of faintly blue poison. You smiled, rose to your feet, and said to yourself—"The affairs of the nation are the affairs of the family."]
[Simulation complete!]
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