"Heehee, which one of us do you think is prettier?" The two Kaguyas smiled as they beckoned to Jiu Ming.
"...Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
The two Kaguyas simultaneously put on thoughtful expressions, then quickly gave the same answer. "The lie first."
"Take off your clothes to tell the real from the fake!" Nodding, Jiu Ming tossed the watering can in his hand aside and spoke solemnly.
He was immediately rewarded with two enormous eye-rolls.
"What about the truth?"
"Mm..." Jiu Ming fell silent, only speaking after a while. "The truth... Come on, each of you take a slap from me. I guarantee we'll immediately see who's prettier."
"You really have no sense of romance."
The two Kaguyas rolled their eyes at Jiu Ming in unison. "Don't you think you're awful?"
"Anyway, you can't die. It's only a slap... Or should we use the lie method instead?" Jiu Ming suggested with a face full of malice. Both Kaguyas promptly took a step back.
"You can keep the tree company by yourself. I need to go assign the work."
The moment she finished speaking, the peaceful air between the two Kaguyas vanished without a trace, replaced by a certain... mutual displeasure!
Kaguya's original body pointed at the clone with an utterly haughty expression. "You! Hurry up and go back in my place and listen to Eirin properly. Don't embarrass me by giving yourself away."
"Why should I be the one to go? This is obviously something only the genuine article can do. I don't think I can fool Eirin." Kaguya's clone had perfectly sound reasoning, and laid it out with great logic. But Jiu Ming immediately saw that this clone had ulterior motives... The clone and original, identical in nature, immediately began a 'serious' competition!
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