Herta instinctively wanted to command the mirrors to block this guy and give him a proper beating.
But clearly, the other party had already unraveled the secrets of the mirrors in that short time.
The mirrors' blockade failed to take effect.
She could only watch helplessly as the other vanished into the flames.
"Heh, fine, just great. You think you can get away?!"
Herta had no intention of wasting words. Immediately, she took the mirrors and, following the faint spatial fluctuations left behind, departed the space station.
She chased straight after that imposter.
At this moment, seeing how easily the imposter had broken through the blockade of the four mirrors, Herta was starting to doubt the other's identity.
It wasn't that she was boasting.
But even if these mirrors weren't her full-powered work, they definitely shouldn't be something just anyone could crack.
Otherwise, she wouldn't find them so handy to use for everything.
For the other to break them so effortlessly...
And to have created a device that could alter the entire space in an instant...
Could it be that this imposter was actually some other genius disguised as her?
Or perhaps they possessed some relic or artifact from another genius.
Otherwise, their series of actions would be pretty hard to explain.
So right now, Herta's anger was genuine, but her curiosity was just as real.
She really, really wanted to uncover this imposter's true face. To see just who was capable of orchestrating this whole drama of the real and fake Herta.
And then, Herta was going to string them up good, tie them up right next to her, and make them do hard labor for her for life!
Just then: "Lady Herta, we've found the imposter's landing trajectory!"
"Well done, go after them!"
Herta let out a cold laugh.
If anyone thought she, Herta, was the type to give up so easily, they were sorely mistaken!
--+--
Meanwhile, having fled the Herta Space Station and arriving directly at The Blue, the imposter Herta glanced at her panel:
--+--
[Role-Playing System]
[Name: Bai Ming (Big Herta)]
[Lifespan: 78:00:26 (Paused) +1 Day (Role-Play)]
[Transformable Characters: Big Herta]
[Available Draws: 1 (1.3%)]
--+--
In just that short while.
The scene of her escape had skyrocketed the draw percentage, breaking past one hundred percent.
Getting a new draw chance let this Herta breathe a sigh of relief.
If she kept pestering her all day, she felt the energy might have been enough for two draws.
But if things had dragged on any longer, Bai Ming wasn't confident she could have avoided making a mistake.
After all, she wasn't the real Herta. Though her brains were sufficient, as the operator, she didn't dare claim to be better than Herta herself.
However...
The real one would definitely try to chase her down now.
That was within her expectations.
So she needed to figure out a way to cause some interference, then find an opportunity to make a clean getaway.
Just as she was thinking this.
A spatial distortion manifested behind her.
'Herta' turned to look.
A mirror appeared out of thin air, and then, Lady Herta stepped through the mirror's surface, arriving right in front of her.
"Hmph, if you thought escaping my grasp would be that easy, you are profoundly mistaken."
This time, Lady Herta didn't send the mirrors forward.
Instead, she personally advanced, holding that key-like staff, moving closer to the imposter Herta.
But this imposter Herta had one of those too.
With a wave of her hand, an identical staff appeared in her grasp. However, this Herta had no intention of fighting. Instead, she chuckled and sat down on it.
"If you just follow behind me like this, you'll never catch me, Lady Herta~"
No sooner had she spoken than another wave of flames instantly swallowed her.
Simultaneously, the staff beneath her launched an attack!
It released a gravitational collapse field on the spot.
An attack method that instantly created a high-gravity singularity to destroy nearby matter.
Of course, this 'Herta' had no real intention of killing anyone.
The power of the attack was greatly reduced. Her only goal was to disturb the local space to slow down Herta's pursuit just a little.
To buy herself a bit of time to prepare.
The moment space began to warp, Lady Herta took countermeasures, swiftly smoothing out the spatial distortions.
She also deployed a gravitational net, attempting to capture the fleeing imposter.
Naturally, it wasn't successful.
This 'Herta's' escape speed was astonishingly fast, so fast that Herta herself could only marvel:
"This girl... is she part rabbit? How can she run this much?"
--+--
In a new location.
'Herta', maintaining her sitting posture, looked at her panel:
--+--
[Role-Playing System]
[Name: Bai Ming (Big Herta)]
[Lifespan: 84:00:26 (Paused) +1 Day (Role-Play)]
[Transformable Characters: Big Herta]
[Available Draws: 1 (12.3%)]
--+--
'Let's draw first.'
Herta thought about Lady Herta, who was probably catching up fast right about now.
She chose to do a draw first.
'Draw!'
The familiar image of a train speeding by flashed before her eyes.
Once again, a golden light shone.
Then, a vivid red petal drifted past.
A woman in a long coat, holding a lengthy blade, revealed herself before Bai Ming.
"Holy crap, an even heavier hitter showed up!"
Bai Ming looked at the card illustration belonging to "Acheron" , her expression turning somewhat horrified.
Couldn't she get a card with less pressure?
Would it kill to get something simpler like "Sushang", or "Qingque"?
Finding the original person for those, even she could easily earn her keep.
The first time being Big Herta could be blamed on the landing spot being problematic. But the second time, it's another high-difficulty character like Acheron?
Seriously?
With my frail little soul, after using a card like Acheron, won't I just get swallowed by Nihility??
Is there something wrong with my own luck?
Bai Ming fell into self-doubt.
So much so that she accidentally neglected her surroundings. Suddenly, her chin was pinched by delicate fingers and forcibly lifted.
'Herta' snapped back to attention.
Discovering it was that Herta again.
She had somehow appeared right in front of her. Grasping her chin, not polite like last time, but instead scrutinizing this face from side to side.
'Herta' tried to move.
She found that this time, Lady Herta had learned her lesson.
She wasn't holding back at all, having instantly layered a hundred different types of seals. Right now, she couldn't even move a finger.
Lady Herta carefully admired her own peerlessly beautiful face (on the imposter), sighing with emotion:
"It really is exactly the same... You, with such ability, not using it to solve problems, but coming to play games with me... it's truly hard to understand."
It was as if she was delivering an award acceptance speech to the imposter Herta.
As if she already had things under control.
"Starting your victory speech already?"
'Herta's' face was pinched, but her eyes showed not a trace of panic.
Herta could understand; with this imposter's capabilities, these hundred layers of seals were probably just buying a little more time.
To completely subdue her would likely be a protracted battle of wits.
And towards that prospect, Herta displayed a rather intense interest.
--+--
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