Want to run?
Zzzzt!!
Black-and-red lightning flashed.
Tokisaki Kurumi stared wide-eyed at the expressionless version of herself before her, her petite body breaking apart bit by bit like glass struck by a stone.
A gust of wind blew past, leaving the spot utterly empty.
Only a "Kurumi" remained, carrying a long-barreled Flintlock over her shoulder and wearing a disdainful smile that should never have appeared on her face.
Just then, the Dream Spirit's icy voice rang out:
[Combat test 23 concluded. Time elapsed: 8 seconds.]
After that icy voice rang out.
The "Kurumi" standing there vanished.
The real Tokisaki Kurumi reappeared, then stared blankly at the endless plain.
When Tokisaki Kurumi came back to her senses, she spoke with a complicated, peculiar expression:
"Am I really that strong?"
Remembering the twenty-three times she had just been killed by herself made Tokisaki Kurumi dizzy.
They were both Demigods, and her opponent was a copy of herself made by the Dream Spirit, which meant her opponent was using abilities she could use herself.
"Stopping time is one thing, but what was that move that made the air seem to solidify, leaving me unable to move? Spatial Solidification?"
"And what was with swinging once but making it feel like I'd been hit dozens of times? What the hell was that? Why did a swing from a single Flintlock hit me dozens of times? That wasn't a time ability, was it?"
"And most importantly, isn't shooting bullets supposed to be my specialty? Why did I get batted around like a ball with a Flintlock all twenty-three times?"
"That makes no sense!!"
Tokisaki Kurumi was starting to shut down.
When she had seen Luo Shu defeated in one move earlier, she had thought it was because of the enormous gap in strength between