Duplicates are meant to be identical. Clones are meant to be based on but not strictly identical to the original subject.





Of course she does. She might also be the only one that Faite trusts enough to tip off to her activities.








Liu Xi also has direct combat abilities too. Though she draws from elements around her, she can blast someone with fire, for instance. Faite can't do that - unless something nearby is already on fire and she can make it worse, or she can cause something to catch fire through a series of events first.





She's going to be proud of herself if she gets to lead an intergalactic armada. That's a first for her.





The point was that Chiaki considers wasting time until backup arrives to be a viable option, but only if she knows it's coming. If not, her second best method is to try and conserve energy by destroying as many enemies as possible with the least effort. If they close in, though, they're going to find a vicious fighter like they've never seen before.





Liu Xi warned him this would happen.