Sky Striker Ace, but Symphogear

She would not give up anything she had gained because of this. At most, she would use gentler methods when dealing with these special cases.

"Huh? So that wasn't the real body?"

Only then did Kohinata Miku realize that the Raye she had just hugged was not the original.

"You could tell just by looking. This body isn't wearing the equipment used to assist observation. I can't do anything about the original body, but if I'm making a duplicate, I'll definitely make it healthy."

The reassembled Raye pointed at her right eye. The headset display she usually never went without was absent.

"But it felt just like I was hugging the real Raye..."

Miku held a hand before her eyes, recalling the sensation from before, a trace of doubt stirring within her.

"If it couldn't be replicated perfectly, it wouldn't serve as a disguise. This body has all the functions a human body should have, and it can smoothly transmit the five senses to my original body."

"Forget it. There's no point in you knowing any of this... Sigh, I tried twice, and both attempts failed. After this, I'll have to use a more troublesome method to make you give up."

After briefly explaining the duplicate body, Raye's thoughts turned to her two failed attempts. She did not understand why, despite earnestly trying to persuade them, she had not succeeded even once.

"...No matter what you do, Raye-chan, I'll never forget you or give up on you!"

Hearing Raye openly plotting something right in front of her, Hibiki Tachibana immediately gave her answer.

"A burst of determination is only temporary. Don't think surviving once means you've won. Until you give up, I'll keep trying. That's why I enrolled using a duplicate body this time."

Looking into Hibiki's bright, resolute eyes,