”Yurika might be able to do something however”
”Yurika-chan, please!”
“O-Okay!”
Yurika and all the fakes around her nodded. The other girls were in the same situation, they were only able to tell who they themselves were. However, the weapons could communicate with one another and could attack Yurika and the others freely. They couldn't use projectile weapons since they'd be found out right away, but at this rate it was only a matter of time before Yurika and the others would be wiped out. Yurika herself was well aware that she had to do something.
”You think I'd give you the time for that!? Ray of Sunshine!!”
However, Crimson wasn't that naïve. Even while she had vanished from sight she attacked with her laser. While they took some damage from that, the biggest problems to the girls were that they got so distracted by the laser that they completely lost sight of their allies original position. So all they could do now was dodge the lasers while fighting against copies of themselves. Of course that was anything but easy. The weapons did their best not to fight against the real one, so the girls were stuck on the defensive. Yurika didn't have the time to investigate the enemies with her magic.
“Karama, Korama, can you tell us apart from our auras!?”
”It looks like this illusion is taking spiritual energy into consideration too Ho-!”
“We can't tell you apart at all Ho-!”
“Image analysis and thermal vision isn't working either! The illusion was created with avoiding detection in mind!”
”Bingo! We're not going to stay stupid forever!”
Crimson was acting triumphant. Though her expression was invisible, it was clear that she was full of confidence from her voice. Like with Crimson's laser, Green had also obtained scientific knowledge and put that to use in her spells. This was Green's version of scientific magic.
“Come on, take that! I won't be stopping anytime soon!”
”Kyaaa!?”
Pressured by the rain of lasers, Harumi fell to the floor.
“Sakuraba-senpai!”
The nearby Yurika instinctively reached out with her hand. However, Harumi hit it.
“Kyaa!? Senpai, what are you doing!?”
Yurika's hand was protected by her magic outfit, but Yurika was shaken with shock from having been attacked by Harumi.
“Are you okay, Yurika-san!?”
While sympathizing with Yurika, Harumi continued attacking. Yurika ran around, confused, as Kiriha explained the situation.
“Calm down, Yurika, that's a fake!”
“Ah, I-I see... they can even mimic things!”
They didn't just move and sound the same, but they could also pretend getting hit by lasers. Green's illusions were very elaborate, having even been given some intelligence.
Just how can we overcome this situation!?
Kiriha protected herself from several fakes and lasers while desperately racking her brain. Everyone had several wounds. For each time the real one was hurt, the fakes were hurt in the same place, so there was no doubting that. At this rate they would be annihilated. Something revolutional would be needed.
“Ah geez, I don't care about my weight if I can destroy these things!!”
Even Shizuka was unable to do anything. Since she couldn't tell friend from foe apart, her amazing powers were being wasted. All she could do was grieve.
Weight?
Thought it would seem that Shizuka's grieving gave Kiriha an idea on how to tell the real and fakes apart.
“Clan-dono, the mass! Even if their appearances change, they can't change their mass!”
”You're right! If I calculate the distortion of space, then...!”
Not even an illusion could change the mass of the weapons the illusions were protecting. Even if sound and electromagnetic radiation could be disguised, the space distorted by the mass of the weapons couldn't be disguised. Correcting the distortion in space would require a massive amount of magical power. Considering the amount of fakes, it's hard to imagine that the mass was being disguised as well.