Kamen Rider Date A Live

"...Darling is so cunning! How could I possibly ask you anything more after saying that?... But never mind, I won't pursue it any further. Well then, Darling, you must keep your promise, okay?"

With a smile, Miku didn't say anything more and quietly returned to her seat (left thigh). The moment after Miku finished speaking, Kurumi spoke to the original agitω.

[Hehehe... (Seriously, this really forces me to make up my mind to hand that over to him...) Shido-kun, the moment you summon Miku-san, summon me too—after all, such a grand stage needs not only a dazzling songstress but also thousands upon thousands of supporters. And, there's something else I want to give you.]

"Ah, I'll leave Miku to you, Kurumi."

Hehe, I'll take your orders.

With a charming smile, revealing a dazzling smile that could mesmerize any normal man, Kurumi returned to her seat, her eyes gleaming as she clearly pondered something.

[Shido, be careful. I'll maintain the barrier until the battle ends, so fight with all your might.]

"Ah, thank you so much, Rinya. I understand, because you are one of the people I can trust with my life."

Just before his consciousness was about to transfer back to his body, Rinya spoke to Shido in her unique, gentle, and comforting voice. Shido smiled slightly and replied to Rinya.

【Okay. Go, Shido! I'll do my best to support you from the rear!】

"what……!"

Leaving a smile behind, the consciousness of the original agitω returned to its body.

"It's time for you to make your appearance! Miku, Kurumi!"

As the original substance agitω spoke, a purple-silver light started from the left thigh and covered the rest of the body. Then, Miku, dressed in a spirit suit and semi-transparent, appeared to the left of the original substance agitω. At the same moment, one of the remaining three clumps of black mud rapidly transformed into Miku's appearance. Using the black mud, Tohka's slashing spirit appeared on her arm and attacked Miku!

【Oh dear, it's not that simple!】

A soft, silvery laugh suddenly emanated from the original agitω. Immediately afterward, a black and red light emanated from its right shoulder, staining its left shoulder and head the same color. At the same time, Kurumi, clad in her spirit dress and with a semi-transparent body, appeared to the right of the original agitω. Simultaneously, one of the last two clumps of black mud transformed into Kurumi's likeness, wielding Kotori's Scorching Demon Blade, and attacked Kurumi. To be honest, the scene was incredibly bizarre…

However bizarre it may be, the power of this attack should not be underestimated. After all, a massive weapon is far more powerful than a small one—but…

Come out—we!!

Without any panic, Kurumi revealed a smile that was both alluring and bloodthirsty, raising her left hand like a noble lady—and in the next moment, Kurumi's shadow suddenly grew larger, and countless hands reached out from it, with one Kurumi after another emerging from the shadow.

[The feast of slaughter... has begun!]

Accompanied by Kurumi's words, which sounded like a command or a soliloquy, countless Kurumis emerged from her shadow, each displaying a different expression. They raised their flintlock pistols, channeled their spiritual power, and began firing at the clones of Kurumi and Miku!

[Hehehe, we've temporarily held them back, but we can't hold them back for too long... Miss Miku, now's your time to shine!]

The sheer number of Kurumi clones formed a human wave, temporarily holding off the attacks of the imposter Miku wielding the Fierce Killer and the imposter Kurumi scorching the Demon Slayer—but Kurumi knew that this was only effective temporarily, and that her clone army would gain no advantage against an immortal being.

However, it would be different if Miku were present.

Miku, who understood what Kurumi was talking about, didn't hesitate much and immediately summoned her angel.

【Come forth—Gabriel, the Songstress of the Broken Army (march)!!!】

As Miku called out, an enormous pipe organ with a keyboard of light appeared behind her. At the same time, an incredibly exciting melody, accompanied by Miku's lively movements on the keyboard, resounded throughout the battlefield.

Power began to surge forth continuously. Everyone who heard the march felt their strength rise, their bodies felt lighter, and their movements against their enemies became lighter and faster.

Hehe, this is really grand... I can't slack off either. But before that...

Kurumi floated to the front of Primal agitω, revealing a smile, and placed a beautifully decorated black and red square box, about the size of a palm, into Primal agitω's hand.

This is a gift, and also a promise. But you can't look at it now, Shido-kun.

Without explaining what was inside, Kurumi revealed a mysterious smile, and after speaking, she floated away from the original substance agitω again, raised her arm high, and called out.

Come on, Zafkiel!!

A giant clock, nearly twice the height of Kurumi, appeared behind her.

[Oh dear... Although I wasn't really planning on fighting... but clones and all that... even I wouldn't easily accept that.]

【Zafkiel - Aleph!】

Having used the Time-Accelerating Bullet on herself, Kurumi vanished in the blink of an eye, making it impossible to pinpoint her exact location—well, with so many clones of Kurumi around, it would be a miracle if she could tell them apart.

After Kurumi and Miku began their own battles, the original agitω looked at the last remaining clump of unchanged black mud, revealed a cold expression, and spoke to that clump of black mud.

"I'm not going to call out to the last one—so if you don't do something soon... it will disappear completely, okay?"

As soon as he finished speaking, agitω's right hand flashed with a multicolored light, and ten circular objects suddenly appeared, rotating and circling around agitω. At the same time, a white slashing spiritual power directly struck the last remaining clump of black mud!

Chapter 258: The Angel of the Knights & the Changing Witch

Chapter 258: The Angel of the Knights & the Changing Witch

boom!

"Hehe...that's exactly right!"

The last remaining clump of black mud, of course, would not sit idly by and wait to die. After sensing the slash from the original substance agitω that could split it into several pieces, it suddenly underwent a change!

With a loud bang, the pitch-black mud, now shimmering like agitω, used its equally black double blades to sever the attack, at the cost of its hands being shattered by the spiritual energy attached to the blade, causing it to explode behind it!

"..."

The copied Shining agitω looked down at its vanished hands, remaining silent as if lost in thought. At the same time, it moved its shoulders, and black mud gushed out from the broken opening, quickly forming a new pair of hands and a new blade.

"Don't just stand there, I haven't really made my move yet."

Clang!

Plain, emotionless words suddenly flowed from behind the copied Shining agitω, and before the copied Shining agitω could dodge or retaliate, a white blade flashed and the copied Shining agitω was cleaved in two!

"???!"

The head armor that copied Shining agitω, which should have been just a simple helmet, now showed an expression of incomprehensible confusion and fear.

Indeed, the copy of Shining agitω understands that there is a terrifying gap between its current strength and the original agitω, a gap that is so vast that it is impossible to see clearly and arouses fear. Therefore, it is normal for it to be killed in any way before it completes its plan. But now, why does it feel like it is being split in two? The part that was split has completely disappeared.

If we don't get out of there, there's no doubt we'll disappear completely!

The thought flashed through his mind, and he acted almost instantly—copying the two halves of Shining agitω's body, he simultaneously swung his sword at the original agitω from two different directions!

Regardless of the power of these attacks, the sight alone would scare the timid to sleep at night... But unfortunately for him, Agitω is quite bold—after all, he's the kind of man who dares to build a harem. (Shido: Hey!)

"It's scary enough... but useless!"

Along with the evaluation of the original agitω, the original agitω raised the huge heavy sword in its hand, which was nearly twice its own length and had a strange hilt. It swung it forward and spun it, creating a gust of wind. The powerful wind pressure caused the two parts of the clone agitω to freeze instantly.

"cut!"

A single, simple word, accompanied by the roar of the greatsword's compressed wind pressure, swept towards the two-part clone of Shining agitω like a cannonball!

(Killed one...!?)

The intense wind pressure generated by swinging the greatsword made him realize that the original substance, which had been copied and shone, was unable to move again, and the thought of winning had already formed in his mind.

but……

"Shido, be careful!"

[Shido is an imposter!]

A familiar, urgent voice came from his ear, and a reminder with the exact same tone rang in his mind. This strange event even startled the original agitω. And while the original agitω was stunned, a tiny black sphere darted into the back of the clone shining agitω!

boom!

With a loud bang, the armor on the back of the cloned Shining agitω suddenly changed, and a pair of huge black wings shot out, instantly flying away from the original agitω!

"So... that's what you were planning!"

Upon seeing those jet-black wings and the changes in the replica of the Shining agitω's back armor, all the clues that had been puzzling about why the Evil of This World chose to divide itself into eleven pieces suddenly connected, revealing the truth!

At this moment, before the primordial agitω, whose brain cells were already at full speed, could even inquire about the black figure that was urgently chasing after the black spheres, a rapid, familiar call entered the primordial agitω's mind.

[Give me that now, Shido!]

—————Back to the dividing line of the origami battle time—————

(We're already quite a distance away from Shido... Counterattack begins!)

Everything is unfolding exactly as Origami predicted—using the attack of the Metatron to draw her clones away from the original Agitω, then concealing her other angelic moves to prevent them from being imitated, using them as a final trump card.

Now, Origami feels she's almost far enough away—now is the time to strike back!

【The Angel of Annihilation - Mal'akh!!】

Raising her right hand to the sky, and following Origami's new command, the Extinction Angel, which had been in lightsaber (kadour) mode, suddenly stopped her storm-like attack, deftly dodging the attack from the clone Origami that was attacking from behind with a replica of the Extinction Angel. The clone gathered behind Origami, forming a pair of pure white wings.

Using the Extinction Angel in Skywing Mode, which grants it the ability to teleport instantly, Origami gently flapped its wings and suddenly appeared above the copied Origami in the next instant!

As Origami teleported above her clone, she began to gather spiritual energy at the tips of her wings on her back. As she appeared, several rays of light as thick as bowls shot out from her wings!

【Succeeded! 】

Having just fought, Origami was certain that her attack would severely damage her clone.

but……

Clang clang clang clang clang!!!

【Ugh! The Angel of Annihilation—Artelif!】

The battle turned in an instant—the replica Origami's two arms suddenly transformed into chain pendulums with diamond-shaped blades at the ends, and began to swing and twirl, forming a chain array centered on the replica Origami, blocking Origami's surprise attack!

Then, in the next moment, several black mud weapons shot out from the fake Angel of Annihilation, piercing Origami's left shoulder, who had become careless because he was confident of his victory!

Origami, realizing the situation had changed the moment she was hit, made the most correct judgment almost instantly—she used her right hand, which was wrapped in spiritual power, to pull out the sword formed from black mud. While purifying the sword with spiritual power, she manipulated the Angel of Annihilation to transform into a crown shape and launch a huge cannon of light to bombard the clone Origami. Although her left shoulder was pierced by the sword, because her body was semi-transparent and close to being ethereal, she did not suffer any serious injury, which did not affect Origami's battle.

As it turned out, Origami's action was absolutely correct—because the moment Origami was struck by the sword, the copy of Origami, whose hands were originally chains, transformed its right hand into a huge, pitch-black assault rifle, which, accompanied by the interference of the chains, stabbed at Origami—if Origami had chosen to defend instead of attacking, it would probably have been injured again by now.

After all, Origami's Extinction Angel has a rather small defensive range, and even if it moves at will, it cannot be done instantly—because it takes time for the Extinction Angel to coalesce into a shield.

However, Origami's action of firing the light cannon rendered the attack of the copy Origami useless - whether it was the chain of the binder or the assault gun of the piercer, they were all made of black mud and could not stop the light cannon of the extinction angel!

Without a sound, the clone Origami's body and weapon were vaporized, leaving a large hole, and the cloned weapon disappeared completely. However, Origami dared not be careless anymore. The angels of Yuzuru and Yagura, who had just appeared, were stolen in this way. Although they only had the appearance, it was clear that these clones shared information. Moreover, although they copied themselves, they could also copy other angels according to their own judgment. From this, it can be seen that this clone has its own intelligence.

But so what? It just adds a little more trouble. However, to prevent new variables from arising, we really need to resolve this all at once.

Origami understands that while she can destroy her clones with her own angelic power, she also knows that some of her angels are incredibly troublesome just by their appearance—giant axe cannons, giant golems, swords, and so on.

Moreover, the clone that she had just hit with her shot had now recovered most of its body—Origami understood that unless she destroyed it all at once, she wouldn't be able to finish off her clone!

Now, four solutions have emerged in Origami's mind that could eliminate all the clones in one go.

First: keep bombarding with the cannon crown. This has a high chance of killing your own clone directly. However, the cannon's fire is a straight line that cannot be moved, which reduces flexibility. As long as you are prepared, it is easy to dodge. So this plan is out.

Second: Use the mode that the Angel of Annihilation has not used before - Angel of Annihilation - Shemesh, to launch a rain of light bullets for wide-area annihilation - but this move is an indiscriminate bombardment of a field, and the hit rate will drop a lot, so it is still a pass.

Third: Using the Kabbalah Armor, numbered No. 1, a melee-specialized armor called the Radiant Armor, which he keeps in his possession, in combination with his ranged-specialized Angel, it can be said to be a perfect match. However, putting aside the fact that this is not a different world, it would take a lot of time to apply for approval from the higher-ups to use the Kabbalah Armor, so this point is also directly rejected.