I Became a Spirit in Date A Live, but I Refuse to Date

The situation was a disaster. With surveillance down, they couldn't locate Shido to teleport him.

Below the Command Seat, Reine looked calmly at Kotori and spoke.

"This may be unfair to Lingmeng, but we need to ask her to come back."

"Yeah..."

Kotori nodded lightly.

Lingmeng had only just left, so calling her back so soon felt wrong.

But with a Spirit like Kurumi, Lingmeng was the only one who could deal with her.

After all, the best way to fight a Spirit was with another Spirit.

And if that failed, Kotori would have to do it herself...

With that thought, Kotori picked up the Microphone and connected to Lingmeng's earpiece.

"Finally done with today's work. Time to go home and play games. I still haven't leveled up the Queen."

Lingmeng had already reached the door of her apartment.

A few days earlier, she had downloaded Honkai Impact 3rd. Her old phone had been too lousy to run it, so she hadn't played.

Now that she had a new phone, she'd downloaded it to give it a try.

To her surprise, after only a few days, she'd pulled the Queen on a single draw.

She'd been overjoyed. It was the first time in her life she'd ever been that lucky.

Just as Lingmeng put her hand on the doorknob, ready to go inside and happily grind away at Honkai Impact 3rd—

"Lingmeng, hurry to Shido! He's in trouble!"

Kotori's shout rang out so loudly that Lingmeng's ears hurt. Apparently, she'd forgotten to take off her earpiece when she got back.

Wincing, Lingmeng covered her ear and spoke irritably.

"What now? Haven't I finished my work? I still need to go home and try out the Queen."

"I don't know who this 'Queen' is, but this isn't the time for