Although comparing power levels across different universes is generally meaningless, the situation here was different—characters from different worlds had truly descended into this one.
The four Creations present were dumbfounded as they stared at the abilities of the Ten Angels. For a moment, they were left speechless.
At the same time, they finally understood why the Military Uniform Princess had proactively targeted Natsumi Kyouno.
Because—this person's stats and abilities were indeed a full tier above the rest of the Creations!
If the Military Uniform Princess truly was scheming something in secret, treating the world as a chessboard and the Creations as pieces, then it was understandable that she would choose to eliminate a character who could potentially disrupt her setup.
"This is just way too much."
While browsing through the intel on the Ten Angels, Selesia eye twitched. "Did the Military Uniform Princess have a screw loose when she summoned Natsumi? This totally breaks the balance!"
"But it's precisely because the Military Uniform Princess chose elimination over recruitment that we're still okay."
At the same time, Meteora couldn't help but sigh. "If she had used Natsumi inferiority complex to draw her into her faction, we truly wouldn't have had any chance of winning."
Hearing this, both Selesia and Rui Kanoya nodded in agreement.
Especially Kanoya.
Earlier, he had assumed that all Creations had similar power levels. He had even planned a 3-vs-1 assault to capture Natsumi Kyouno directly.
It was only after reading through the Ten Angels' profiles that he realized just how lucky they were that Orange Company had stopped them—otherwise, Natsumi could have taken them all out in one go.
Even if Natsumi had only been able to use the Haniel at the time and not the other nine Angels, just that one alone would've been enough to give the three of them serious trouble.
And now, more than ever, they were grateful that the Military Uniform Princess had chosen to eliminate rather than recruit her.
"That's exactly why I had to change my plan midway."
Amid the crowd, Natsumi Kyouno expression remained unchanged, but inwardly, she sighed.
To be honest, before Altair had attacked her, Natsumi had fully expected that woman to try recruiting her.
Altair Holopsicon granted her omniscient and omnipotent abilities. Even without using it, information about Natsumi was readily available online.
Given how much Altair had learned about her during battle, she definitely had done her research beforehand.
To someone like Altair, a problematic child with deep emotional scars should have been a prime candidate for recruitment.
Natsumi had even gone so far as to make plans for what she would do after joining Altair camp.
After learning about her blackened self in Date A Live, she'd go find the Orange Company—currently protected by the main protagonist team of this world—for revenge. Then, Orange Company would think of a way to redeem her, win her back with the power of justice and talk-no-jutsu, and finally defeat the Military Uniform Princess with the power of friendship and bonds. The classic shonen route ending in everyone making dumplings together.
But unexpectedly, Altair had completely disregarded convention. From the very moment they met, she had gone straight for the kill, completely disrupting Natsumi original plan.
Maybe it was because Altair knew Natsumi wasn't a Creation she had summoned herself. Or maybe her pride and overconfidence led her to believe she didn't need Natsumi help to achieve her goals. Either way, Altair had chosen not to recruit her, forcing Natsumi to revise her plan on the fly.
Still, it wasn't all bad.
The appearance of Homura Mamika gave her a new path forward.
With the help of this magical assassin who fought for justice and smiles, Natsumi Kyouno was able to successfully join the protagonist faction.
So Altair wanted to execute her world-ending plan smoothly, did she?
Then let this witch bring chaos to her plans!
"By the way, if Natsumi really can copy all these Angels, why don't we just go straight to the Military Uniform Princess's base and crush her?" Kanoya said excitedly. "When she only had the Haniel, Natsumi could already go head-to-head with the Military Uniform Princess. Now that she has nine more, even the Military Uniform Princess should stand no chance!"
"Yeah! Especially this one—Zafkiel, with twelve different time-based abilities. That's a completely broken-tier weapon."
Selesia was equally enthusiastic. "Even if the Military Uniform Princess had some hidden ace up her sleeve and we failed, Natsumi could just fire a 'Twelfth Bullet' and rewind time to rethink our strategy!"
"Wait, wait. Don't get too excited. Actually, there are some limitations to the Haniel."
Just as the discussion was heating up, and the team was starting to build a whole strategy around Natsumi copying ability, Matsubara Takashi interrupted them.
The Haniel was indeed the most versatile of the Ten Angels—there was no doubt about that.
But it wasn't omnipotent.
Most fundamentally, when copying another Angel, the resulting power was only 80% of the original.
In other words, even if she input the same amount of spirit energy, Natsumi could never reach the same upper limit as the original wielder.
And since Natsumi spirit power was only average among the Ten Spirits, even if she used Haniel to transform into another Angel, the duration of its use wouldn't be very long.
And if she tried to replicate Zafkiel, that would be even more awkward.
Using Bullets One through Ten required time. Tokisaki Kurumi had been able to use Zafkiel without restraint only because she had the City of Devouring Time.
Matsubara wasn't even sure whether that was Kurumi innate talent—like Kotori Itsuka's regenerative flames—or if it was an ability bound to Zafkiel itself.
If it were the former, then even if Natsumi could copy Zafkiel, without the City of Devouring Time, its effectiveness would be severely diminished.
If it were the latter, then—since they were currently cooperating with the government—they would have to go through bureaucratic channels to request the power. That would inevitably cause major delays.
"Then what about Rasiel? Can we use Rasiel to look up the Military Uniform Princess's identity?"
After hearing about the limitations of Haniel, Meteora hesitated slightly and looked toward the Angel belonging to Nia Honjo—Rasiel.
"In theory, as long as there's enough spirit energy, Rasiel should be true omniscience."
"There shouldn't be many restrictions..."
Matsubara sounded unsure.
He was only an average fan of Date A Live, after all.
Sure, the Orange Company was right in the same room, and they could easily ask her directly—but considering that Natsumi still hadn't completely calmed down, that idea was off the table for now.
"Why don't we just give it a try?"
At that moment, another Creator who had also watched Date A Live, Ayano Kōura, offered a suggestion.
"Natsumi, we may not be able to provide you with a real Rasiel to reference, but could you try copying it based on the intel and images we have?"