Was that what happened...? No wonder I couldn't contact my Mirror Person. She was with another Klein just now. Hmm, that sounds a little strange, as though we're competing to see who can recognize the right person...
Hearing Klein beside her denounce the other man as a shadow, Angel hesitated, her assessment of the situation shifting once again.
She turned her gaze toward the other Klein, who stood surrounded by Colin, Lovia, and Derrick, half protected and half guarded, wanting to hear his rebuttal.
He raised his face, across which transparent worms crawled. His eyes, one filled with madness and the other representing composure, fixed on Angel as he said in a teasing tone:
"Everything you said to deny that I'm real applies equally to you, doesn't it?
"When I used Enyouni to push open the doors to the Giant King's residence, that power of 'corruption' contaminated him, then contaminated me through our mystical connection, tearing you away from me and turning you into an independent 'shadow.'
"Back then, you were a black shadow with nothing but an outline, no discernible features. Now you've used the powers of a Faceless to become another me, deliberately creating reversed features on our left and right sides. You summoned her Historical Projection before I could, hoping to exploit her first impression and make her regard me as the fake.
"Were you afraid that, once I met up with her and made contact with the City of Silver team, you'd have no companions left beside you except that marionette of yours, whatever the hell it is?"
First impressions... Angel frowned slightly, recalling her recent experiences. She realized that the "Klein" beside her had indeed been her only source of information. He had also been a little too eager to express himself, seemingly emphasizing all