Jolene Aurora knew Liohime Kitagami better than anyone.

Although she was not present in most of his life, she was able to understand his emotions, behaviors, actions and more, deciphering his personality based on things that he liked or disliked.

Liohime hated egotistical people. He would scorn at those who puffed themselves up with pride and those who would condescendingly scoff at others.

He loved people who were genuinely funny and easy to talk to, as well as those who were truly interested in what he had to say and do.

And throughout the relationship that they had as friends, she could tell that Liohime was someone who wanted people to live and learn from their mistakes.\

He hated death and the ability to take away other people's lives, and he would only do it as a last resort if there was a mishap on his job. Even if that resort came, he would hesitate. It was one of the reasons why he disliked Jolene's job to a great extent.

Although Jolene had a rocky start to her relationship with him, he did not cut connections with her, and when she finally tried to bring up an apology, he quickly cut her off and told her that it was all in the past.

Surprisingly, despite all that she did, Liohime refused to go against her, and she knew that he simply wanted her to learn from her mistakes and remain close to him.

Therefore-

"DESPITE EVERYTHING….LIOHIME KITAGAMI….WOULD TELL ME TO KEEP LIVING!!!"

--Jolene screamed out those words as he noticed the sheer contrast of this impostor's personality with the real Liohime Kitagami, and he punched into the man's stomach hard, crushing reality around her in an instant as they both fell into the void that appeared below.

She held onto his body, not letting go even for a moment as she continued to punch his face and his abdomen. It was a weird feeling, having to take down someone with an existence that resembles someone you know, but it was a bit easier now that she had convinced herself that this person was a fake.

The imposter began to glitch uncontrollably as flashes of various backgrounds came and went in an instant of time, and Jolene's heart continued to race.

It must be getting close to its limit!!

Before she could land another punch, the duo crashed into a large flower bed, and they both were separated by a few feet as they struggled to hoist themselves upwards.

Shit, this creature is really starting to piss me off.

This was the flower bed that both she and Liohime stayed at in the Lost Forest while she rested before heading into the third layer.

She was reminded of the emotions and feelings that she carried here, but she quickly tried to shake them off, refocusing on the main problem at hand.

The person disguised as Liohime got up and walked towards her, and a rotation of weapons began to appear and disappear in the palm of his hand as they switched from one to the other.

"Mace, sword, katana…"

Jolene swallowed hard, noting the absence of her primary weapon, her katana. The only thing that she could manage now was long range attacks.

Finally, the perfect weapon had formed in her opponent's hand.

"Ah, so this Liohime guy is proficient with guns as shown from your memories with him, then."

"Shit!"

As a pistol emerged onto his palm, he gripped it tightly and aimed, pulling the trigger just as Jolene dashed to the side to dodge.

Just as he shot again, she had propelled herself off of the base of a nearby tree and sped straight into him, crashing into his body just before he could shoot a third time.

Just as the gun flew out of his hands, she sent a right hood straight into his face, knocking him back.

The rapid, convulsing glitching continued even more prevalently now, and both people punched and weaved each other's attacks at the same time, before Liohime smashed a roundhouse kick into her face, almost knock her out instantly as she spun around violently before colliding hard with the earth below.

"Bwahaha!!! This guy's body can fight much better than your stupid fucking dad!!" 'Liohime' mentioned, before trying to stomp her head in.

She quickly dodged and then let a spinning kick fly at his face, but he blocked it with his right arm and punched her straight in the gut, and she sprawled back.

"Good reflexes, too!" he continued, inspecting his own body with an interested gaze. "Looks like I picked the right person.

"You…piece…of shit…" Jolene sputtered out, trying to catch her breath as she lay on the ground. "I'll kill you."

"That's not nice, Cumslut. Why would you want to kill your dear co-worker, huh?"

"Cut the bullshit. You could never be Lio. If you wanna deceive people, then at least try to fix your shitty personality that can easily be found out."

".....Hm. I'll take note of that."

As if seriously considering her condescending advice, Liohime nodded and pursed his lips, before calmly advancing towards her.

Suddenly, she got up in a flash, reached for her hips, and whipped out a knife before hurling it straight at his shoulder, and it penetrated into bone.

"AGGHHH!!! YOU FUCKING!!!"

Thinking that Jolene had basically faked being seriously injured, he quickly ripped the knife out and dashed towards her, glitching and morphing uncontrollably into Jolene Aurora.

Jolene held her breath, stunned as she stiffened up while staring at her own self going up against her.

Then, she reached for another blade, but it was already too late to attack as a clenched fist was thrown at her, so he blocked it with her left.

However, she received a swift backhanded strike onto her chest and slumped down, before dodging a powerful kick. He took a step back, but realized that she was edging closer to a cliff.

T-This is it.

She gulped and prepared to fight back as her clone screamed at her.

"You think you can defeat me!? I'll destroy you!!! Don't ever try to think that you have the power to restrain me ever again-"

CRACK!

Jolene paused and turned her head, and the other Jolene stopped glitching as she also turned to glance at the sudden noise.

The reality that they were looking at currently, cracked, and then shattered completely, sucking in a new individual before it returned to its normal state.

A young man with yellow gradient hair and a stern expression had arrived, and with deep breaths, his eyes widened as he noticed the identical twins before he whipped out his handgun, aimed between the two, and spoke.

"So….who's the real Jolene?"

--With that, Liohime Kitagami....no, rather, Mitagi Hansen had announced his presence.

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