Chapter 25: Chapter 25: Attacking Supergirl
"Zaydas-sama, I'm taking Asia-chan with me to go shopping."
Seeing Ravel so kind and helpful, Zaydas smiled and replied, "Of course, feel free to spend as much as you want~"
"That's what I intend to do..." She paused, realizing something. Frowning, she asked, "Wait, isn't the card I'm using my own money? The way you say it, it sounds like you're the one paying."
Zaydas chuckled slightly: "Haha, you must be overthinking it, Ravel-chan."
"Am I?" She was suspicious but still decided to trust him.
Zaydas turned toward Grayfia.
"Grayfia-nee, are you taking the two of them?" he asked.
"Yes, Zaydas-sama." She nodded.
With Grayfia accompanying them, Zaydas knew he didn't need to worry about their safety.
The Fallen Angel who fled at the first chance she got might still be around. It's hard to say whether she gave up on Asia. Worse yet, if someone of a higher rank has her information and takes an interest in Asia.
'I'll still have to deal with Diodora Astaroth later,' Zaydas reflected. 'Although his older brother is a great friend of my father, that doesn't mean he'll go unpunished if he still has twisted thoughts about Asia.'
Now that Asia had become part of his Peerage, her problems were his problems too.
Stretching as he climbed the stairs, he murmured softly:
"Alright! Since I'm alone, I'll head out for a bit too."
Even though it had only been a short time since he returned from the TSSDK (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken) dimension, he felt that staying home doing nothing would be a huge waste.
'Is it right to think this way?'
Although he thought so, the truth was that, with the difference in time flow, this mindset could become a problem. However, for now, he decided to go to the DC AU dimension.
'Great Sage.'
[Done!]
Without needing to explain, all preparations were made.
The familiar sensation of using Dimensional Jump overtook him.
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2:51 PM, Tokyo.
Zaydas appeared in the air in his 'Devil' mode.
In the distance, he saw something that made him rub his eyes.
'Two Supergirls? Besides that, one of them is being attacked by Batgirl, Wonder Woman, and Frost?' Zaydas thought. 'Why are they attacking the real one and helping the fake? Or, aside from the Supergirl being attacked, are the rest fake too?'
How did he figure it out? Simple. He read the mind of the fake.
Frost has light blue skin, long ice-blue hair tied in a ponytail, blue eyes, and prism-shaped earrings. Wonder Woman has long dark blue hair, fair skin, and blue eyes. Batgirl has fair skin, long wavy red hair, and green eyes.
"BANG!"
"BOOM!"
As Zaydas was reflecting, Supergirl was struck by a devastating punch from Wonder Woman. Her body was sent flying, bouncing off the asphalt before violently crashing into a building. The impact caused a red car to flip over multiple times and catch fire.
Smoke rose as the car burned.
Frost slid across the ground, creating ice wherever she passed. Reaching Supergirl, she pointed her hands and fired an ice cannon in her direction.
Supergirl, barely recovering, growled in anger. Her eyes quickly turned red, and lasers shot out from them.
"BOOOM!"
"Got you, fake Supergirl!" the fake said, attacking with her own eye lasers and hitting Supergirl's ribs.
'Wait… There's only one fake? So the rest were deceived by her? Seriously?'
Crashing through the building, Supergirl, now with her hero outfit torn and some blood where she had been hit by the laser, shot up into the sky at high speed. Pointing her finger at the other Supergirl, she shouted:
"What are you saying? You're the fake! Guys, wake up! She's the fake, why won't you believe me?!"
Supergirl clenched her fists, feeling the anger boil under the humiliation. How was it possible that her own allies couldn't see the truth?
"You won't fool us, fake Supergirl!" Batgirl flew through the sky with a pair of bat-like wings and screamed, "AHHHHHHHH!"
"Whoosh!"
From her scream, a powerful shockwave hit Supergirl, who crossed her arms in an X to defend herself.
"Damn it, just use the Lasso of Truth, and everything will be cleared up!!" Supergirl shouted, frustrated.
"You stole it, remember?" Wonder Woman retorted. "Pretty convenient, isn't it? Give it back, and then we can do things your way!"
"Don't listen to her, I am the truth," the fake said. "Remember the time I helped you hide from the principal at the hero school when you accidentally destroyed her statue?"
"Yes, I remember," Wonder Woman replied.
"Grrrr!!" Growling again, Supergirl's expression was anything but good. "She must have investigated me. Can I also talk about the time we first met? It was on a video call, remember?"
Frost interrupted: "That's something many people know, it's not that hard to figure out. Just surrender, Fake Supergirl, you don't stand a chance against the four of us!"
Their battle continued. Seeing Supergirl being attacked from all four directions with no chance to dodge, Zaydas created four ice shields.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Four consecutive sounds echoed as the spheres of destructive power, hidden in each shield, fired forward, heading toward the four.
"What was that?" Dodging, they were surprised.
Appearing beside Supergirl, Zaydas said, "This is the second time I've helped you while you were in trouble, Supergirl."
"It's you!" She recognized him immediately. Even though several days had passed since that day, she would recognize him even if he became a ghost!
"Oh? Looks like you've been looking for me. Should I feel flattered?" he asked with a playful smile.
"Cut the nonsense, don't you see I have more important matters to deal with right now?" Supergirl retorted.
"Sigh… I thought you'd be more grateful. After all, I just saved you, didn't I?" Zaydas pretended to be hurt.
"D-Don't say nonsense! I had everything under control!" she exclaimed, but her flushed expression betrayed that even she didn't believe it.
"Who is he?" Wonder Woman asked no one in particular.
"I'd like to know too, he's a hottie~" Frost said, adding, "But it looks like he's siding with the Fake Supergirl, which is a shame..."
"Is she really the fake?" Batgirl began to doubt.
Not because she was charmed by the crimson-haired boy's good looks, but because she had been feeling for some time that something about all this was very strange.
But if she was the real one, how could the supposed Fake Supergirl know that?
Everything seemed very confusing and suspicious to them.
"If only I had the Lasso of Truth with me…" Wonder Woman murmured.
"Oh, are you looking for this?" Zaydas appeared in front of her, surprising her.
In his hand was a golden rope.
"How?" The Fake Supergirl was incredulous.
She had already been worried about this boy's arrival, and it seemed her worries were valid.
"Simple, dear, I read your mind. You're not Supergirl, you're just an obsession that has reached the Third Phase," Zaydas replied.
The strength of this Fake Supergirl wasn't small, but at best, it was on the same level as Supergirl, who at the moment hadn't reached her full power, being at the peak of High-Level Devil Rank.
[+ 88 AP]
'Just as I expected, this Fake Supergirl is going to give me some AP,' Zaydas' eyes narrowed as he thought of something. 'Great Sage, mark the TSSDK coordinates so I can use them to take someone with me at any moment.'
[Processing... Done!]
When the Fake Supergirl saw that Wonder Woman had recovered the Lasso of Truth, her beautiful expression twisted.
"So she's not a clone but an Obsession that managed to reach the Third Phase!?" Frost exclaimed, fearful.
"Tsk, now that you know this, I won't let you leave alive," the Fake Supergirl said coldly.
Initially, she had planned to use Supergirl's identity, kill the real one, consume her, and thus become the truth, gradually increasing her power without anyone discovering it and achieving her true dream: reaching the Fourth Phase!
No one really knew if a Fourth Phase existed, but she had met another like her who claimed to have hit the wall preventing him from becoming one. Unfortunately, Superman defeated him, and she became obsessed with it. She wanted to be the strongest and devour anyone she desired, whether it was Supergirl or even Superman himself!
When she moved, a supersonic sound exploded from where she had been. In an instant, she appeared before Wonder Woman and, with a powerful downward punch, struck her face.
"BOOM!"
She tried to grab the Lasso of Truth in the process, but when she saw the object floating away from her hand, she looked in its direction, and her expression darkened.
"It's you again…!" she spoke through gritted teeth, furious.
"Oh, even when you're angry, you still look pretty~" Zaydas teased.
"W-What are you talking about?" Beside him, Supergirl blushed.
"I'm talking about her, not you, okay?" Zaydas looked at her.
'Isn't that the same thing!?' Supergirl complained in her mind.
"Hey, stop flirting right in front of me, damn it! I really want to kill both of you right now!" Saying this, the Fake Supergirl once again flew at high speed. However, an ice shield instantly formed right in front of her.
"Hmph!" Snorting in disdain, she pushed forward.
"BOOOM!"
The shield barely resisted, but she was struck by the hidden Power of Destruction inside it.
"Ahhh, what the hell is this!?!" The Power of Destruction began eating away at her body. Her clothes didn't hold up as well as she did, leaving her nearly naked as she struggled to extinguish the destructive energy.
"See you later, Supergirl~" Saying this, Zaydas appeared beside the Fake Supergirl, who was still trying to put out the destructive energy.
However, she wasn't careless, and as she turned to punch him, he caught her hand.
From his hand, ice began to form, surrounding the Fake Supergirl's hand, and in an instant, she was turned into an ice sculpture.
"He captured her…" Frost's words changed as she suddenly exclaimed, "Where did they go?!"