Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Jolyne looked at Nakano Maruo with a slightly embarrassed expression.

Reality is indeed unfolding as Nakano Maruo predicted, and now that he has encountered himself with the protection of the workshop, his abilities have failed to make a difference.

Then Jolyne brought the extraordinary beings and the players to the Nakano Five.

As he said, the prophecy that was supposed to come true turned into a hoax because of his appearance.

"So why can't they have contact with the extraordinary?"

Jolyne asked directly.

Nakano Maruo's strength didn't seem to suggest he was afraid his daughter would be in danger.

And the invitation from the amusement park?

Is it really necessary to take such a low-probability event to this extent?

Or, if he were afraid that the Nakano Five Sisters would be invited to become players by the park, Nakano Maruo wouldn't have rushed to Jolyne so urgently to tell him: You're in big trouble.

Faced with this question, Nakano Maruo took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Looking around at his daughters, he hesitated for a moment before asking Jolyne, "Do you really think quintuplets can be born so easily?"

"what do you mean?"

Jolyne looked around and saw that the five parts were divided into five equal parts, but she didn't understand what was wrong with them.

Are you trying to tell me that these five equal parts are actually babies brought out of the amusement park?

"In fact, there have never been quintuplets."

Thinking of his wife, Nakano Maruo lowered his head to hide his emotions.

"There have never been quintuplets; Reina only gave birth to one child at the time."

However, this child was born with five personalities, and I used certain methods to separate these five personalities into independent individuals.

Chapter 356 The Truth About the Quintessential Quintuplets

Jolyne remained silent, and the five Nakano sisters stared at Nakano Maruo in astonishment.

What does it mean that there are no quintuplets?

Nakano Miku asked incredulously.

The word "personality" that Nakano Maruo uttered kept echoing in their minds. It took Nakano Miku several seconds to realize what she had heard.

There were no quintuplets? Reina gave birth to a child who was born with five personalities?

What kind of strange plot is this?

Having just learned about the player and barely recovered from the shock of the soul swap, Nakano Miku was then told about her unacceptable past. She felt her worldview crumble too quickly.

Nakano Maruo did not answer, nor did he go to see his five daughters.

Because he couldn't tell them the whole truth about the past face to face, Nakano Maruo kept his gaze fixed on Jolyne's face.

Looking at this player who shouldn't have appeared, Jolyne, whom he couldn't influence with his own power.

"I am just their stepfather."

Nakano Maruo said calmly, but noticed that Jolyne's face showed no surprise, which made him think of other things.

"There have never been quintuplets. Ichika and the others' mother, Reina, only gave birth to one child."

This statement is somewhat incorrect, because the quintuplets existed before Rena gave birth to that child.

There was a slight mishap.

Nakano Maruo began to tell his story.

"Regarding Rena's ex-husband, all I know is that he was a scumbag who abandoned his wife immediately after finding out that Rena was pregnant with quintuplets."

He was indeed a scumbag, but even more despicable than abandoning his wife.

Because this guy is a player.

I don't know what he wants to do. When I went to visit my pregnant teacher, the babies in Rena's belly had begun to devour each other under his power.

But I am too weak.

At the time, I had only recently become a player by accident. After forcing that guy to retreat, I had no idea what he had done to Zero, nor was I able to stop it.

In the end, Zero gave birth to a child who devoured the other four.

A year later, as I grew stronger in the amusement park, I discovered that this child was born with five personalities.

Later, I used some methods to separate these five personalities into individual characters, which are now Ichika, Nino, Miku, Yotsuba, and Itsuki.

Rena was just an ordinary person. After this incident, she refused my help and chose to raise them alone. I also focused my attention on the amusement park. When I emerged from a crucial game, Rena reappeared before me.

At this point, Nakano Maruo paused for a moment.

His emotions were like a stagnant pool, but in reality, they were already surging. Just recalling this memory felt like being pierced through his soul by countless needles.

Jolyne remained silent. If Nakano Maruo became a player while Rena was pregnant, then there might be another reason why Rena eventually died of illness.

The reason for this is not something you can ask casually.

She is sick, it seems to be due to overwork.

But even with the power I had gained, I still couldn't save her. Now I understand that the guy used Zero to complete a ritual.

It wasn't just the four unborn children who were swallowed up in this ritual; Zero, the vessel of the ritual, was also beyond saving.

Later, I married Reina and became Ichika and the others' stepfather.

A few months later, Reina passed away.

As her last words faded, Jolyne's gaze turned to the Nakano Five Sisters.

His question was why Quintessential Quintuplets couldn't come into contact with the supernatural, and Nakano Maruo started directly from Quintessential Quintuplets' birth story.

It's true that telling this story is the best way to explain why the Quintessential Quintuplets can't access the supernatural, but Jolyne felt that Nakano Maruo's story wasn't meant for him. He just wanted to use this conversation to tell the Quintessential Quintuplets, who had already accessed the supernatural, the truth of the past.

And the reaction of dividing into five equal parts?

In fact, from their perspective, the part of the story is not much different from what they know.

The former is that the ex-husband abandoned Rena, and Rena eventually died from overwork. The latter is that the ex-husband used Rena to complete a so-called ritual, which caused Rena's death.

Anyway, it's all Zero's ex-husband's fault, but the truth sounds too complicated.

The twists and turns left the Nakano Five Sisters somewhat bewildered.

They opened their mouths, wondering what they should say.

"Father, is that guy still alive? We must kill him to avenge Mother!"

Please, not long ago they were young ladies from wealthy families, and now they're switching to the "Chen Xiang saves his mother" channel?

This isn't an American action movie; there aren't that many rapid emotional shifts.

What they need most right now is to slow down and think carefully about what they've heard.

"What's so special about that ritual? Is it dangerous for them to come into contact with the extraordinary?"

Jolyne asked.

"You can say that."

Maruo Nakano: "Regarding that ceremony, you should know how important aptitude is for players, right?"

Jolyne nodded and continued, "There are too many worlds in Paradise. I don't know what world that ritual came from, or if it was just a crazy idea that suddenly popped into his head."

According to my research, the effect of this ritual is that it causes five infants of the same origin to devour each other, ultimately bringing together the essence of all five individuals.

“Zero’s ex-husband doesn’t seem like someone who would consider the future of his children.”

Kill a mother and four children to create a child whose innate abilities are five times greater than those of an average person?

It sounds like someone who has suffered a sudden blow and wants to entrust the future to the next generation.

But this guy's character...

Joren pondered for a moment, then said with interest, "I have a feeling that there's a second step to this ritual, such as using this child of the same origin to refine medicine to improve one's own aptitude."

Nakano Maruo: "..."

"I thought of that too, because the last child born is almost certainly not going to become a player."

Chapter 357 Solution

Jolyne: "Can't be a player?"

"To be precise, it's almost impossible for them to pass the Paradise Trials."

Nakano Maruo explained, "My player title is [Epitaph]. My main ability system... you can think of it as the divinity of some mysterious worlds. My power can observe the future and even make the future develop in the direction I have predicted."

The root of the problem is that my current strength comes from continuous growth over the past ten years at the amusement park, while I made mistakes due to my lack of vision in the past.

That is, there were never quintuplets; there was only one child born with five personalities.

When these children were one year old, I separated them into individual children.

At first, there was no problem, until I broke through my strength after a game and suddenly predicted that Ichika and the others would be invited by the amusement park to become players.

And become a player...

The problem then arises with the trial mission.

The five of them are essentially one person. If the park invites them, they will definitely be regarded as one person and enter the same trial world simultaneously.

What will this lead to?

The park will detect anomalies again and increase the difficulty of their trials several times over.

This is why I made the prophecy, ordering their future to be confined to the ordinary.

And now, Jolyne, you've ruined everything by showing up near them when you shouldn't have.

I can't hide it a second time. The amusement park's invitation could come at any moment, and Ichika and the others could enter a trial mission twice as difficult at any time.

Nakano Maruo stared at Jolyne, who stared back expressionlessly.

Now he understands why his Stand reacted so strongly to the Nakano Five Sisters.

Silver Chariot Requiem possesses the power to control all souls and spirits. Its own Stand awakened a portion of Silver Chariot's power to exchange souls, which is why it reacted to the special beings, the Nakano Five Sisters.

The key point is that he didn't know about this, and the stand-in thing was an accident.

However, it goes without saying who is responsible; the real issue now is the few people around us who are equally responsible.

The five of them are essentially the same person. The Paradise will treat them as a single player and pull them into the trial. However, they are actually five different individuals in the trial world. The Paradise will detect the anomaly and double the difficulty of the trial missions they experience.

In this situation, Jolyne could only say that the fact that her father hadn't beaten her was already a testament to his composure.

Can a blank letter resolve this?

Jolyne asked.

Nakano Maruo frowned. "No, Bai Han's purpose is to make players leave the Paradise. Their problem is that they can't pass the trial missions, and those who can't pass the trial missions aren't players to begin with."

"So what's your plan?" Jolyne pounded on the table and said, "You can't tell me you haven't prepared any contingency plans at all."

"There are methods, of course, but they are difficult to use."

Nakano Maruo hesitated for a moment before finally shifting his gaze from Jolyne to his five daughters. Although they hadn't understood what he was saying, they realized that their situation was very precarious.

"Since the presence of all five people in the trial mission will double the difficulty of the Paradise, let's return them to their original state."

That is, to let the five of them live in one body with different personalities.

While this would allow their trial missions to return to normal difficulty, it would also cause another problem: once they become players after the trial missions are completed, their existence would be fixed by the amusement park.

This means that as players, they will be completely bound to one person; the quintuplets will eventually disappear, returning to the individual with five personalities, and their future will never involve separation from each other.

"Why can't you leave?"

Jolyne questioned, "First, do as you say, turn them into one person, pass the trial mission, become a player, then exit the paradise through the White Letter, and then re-divide them into five individuals."