I Became a Spirit in Date A Live and Refused to Date

Kurumi said nothing. She merely tilted her head.

"That's all right~ I told Miss Mana and the others about my abilities when we fought earlier. I'm just repeating myself."

"Hm? Is that so?"

As Lingmeng spoke, she glanced at Shido in the distance.

Her look seemed to say, You knew, so why didn't you tell me?

Shido scratched his cheek awkwardly, as if to say, You didn't ask...

Ahem—back to the fight.

Kurumi raised both guns and aimed them at Lingmeng. At the same time, the shadow beneath her feet spread again.

More Kurumis than before emerged from it. No matter how many times Lingmeng saw them appear together like that, it sent a chill down her spine.

Zhongsheng: "Ohoho... I'm over my heatstroke. That headache kept me up until midnight yesterday. It was awful."

Twelve Abilities? You're Cheating, Aren't You!?

One Kurumi after another slowly rose from her shadow, laughing eerily.

"My Angel, Zafkiel, controls time. Each number on its clock represents one of my abilities.

"My first ability accelerates time. As for all these other versions of me... they're my Timeline Selves—versions of me from different timelines.

"Simply put, Lingmeng, you can think of them as my clones."

Kurumi explained without a hint of urgency.

Lingmeng frowned as she listened.

"You control time? No wonder you beat Tohka and the others. And the ones Mana killed before were all your clones... No wonder she couldn't kill you, no matter how many times she tried..."

As Lingmeng muttered, she counted the numbers on Kurumi's clock.

"One, two, three, four, five..."

She counted roughly twelve numbers, just like on an ordinary clock.

If Kurumi was telling the truth, she had at least twelve different abilities.

"Twelve abilities—you're cheating, damn it!"

Lingmeng pointed at Kurumi indignantly.

Then—

"You're one to