Chapter 124: Frozen World
In the original timeline, Kotori had only managed to defeat Kurumi because Mana had already drained most of Kurumi's Reiryoku during their intense clash. But this time, things were different.
Although Kotori was slowly draining Kurumi's energy, the circumstances had changed Shido and Tohka were both present. If they joined the fight now, they could easily overwhelm Kurumi.
Looking up to the sky where the intense battle was happening, Shido decided to use Spirit Integration with Tohka's Astral Dress and Angel.
"Spirit Integration!" Shido said in a low voice, he waited for a few seconds only for the system to rang into his head.
Ding!
[Spirit Integration failed. The original Spirit is currently utilizing their Astral Dress and Angel. Only one manifestation of each may exist at a time.]
"What?!" Shido's eyes widened in disbelief. "You're telling me I can't use the Astral Dress and Angel if the original owner is already using them?"
[Affirmative.]
The system's response echoed in his mind, cold and mechanical.
"Sigh... You could've told me that earlier." Shido muttered, a vein twitching on his temple. It was like dealing with a gacha game that only explained the rules after you lost your pull.
He let out a sigh of frustration. It wasn't the first time the system dropped something important at the worst possible moment.