The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

By pushing the chip in her brain to its absolute limit through sheer mental power, she can not only operate a light machine gun, but also a sniper rifle to precisely strike targets moving at extremely high speeds!

It was extremely strenuous, and after only a short while, her nearly depleted mental energy caused a heavy dizziness in her brain. But if nothing unexpected happened... the guy in front of her was already a corpse!

'Whoosh! !! !!' The sound of death echoed through the void.

"What…………?!!"

A strong sense of danger surged into J's heart, startling him. His body reacted instinctively, and he threw a right punch at a point in the void diagonally above him.

His fists are both his strongest attack and his strongest defense!

The "Iron Element Fist," seemingly coated with a layer of steel, unleashed a deafening sonic boom towards the source of danger. As the fist passed, the air was repelled, creating a terrifying vacuum zone. The invisible shockwave collided with the sniper bullet at close range!

'Boom—! Crack—!!'

A hurricane-like shockwave erupted from the point of explosion, bursting forth like a dam breaking, obscuring the sky and dimming even the moonlight above the rooftop.

...Then came the 'crack' sound, which sounded like bones breaking.

"...Meowhhhhhh!!!!"

Desperately covering the wound that exposed his white hand bones and was oozing blood, J knelt on the ground and cried out pitifully and miserably to the sky.

Tina found it unbelievable. A sniper assassination at this distance... and this guy actually took it with his fist?! His entire arm should have exploded, right?! But his injuries clearly didn't even qualify as serious!

"cut……"

Tina pursed her lips and quickly pulled a shotgun from behind her.

*Whoosh!* A card was even faster than her; before she could raise her gun, the card flashed past her eyes.

'Click'...! The barrel, 20 centimeters above the muzzle, fell off flat in the owl's incredulous gaze, exposing the springs and other parts inside the broken gun.

"H-How could this be...?!"

After a moment of surprise, the little girl's expression was immediately overwhelmed by desolation, fear, and helplessness.

Her sister Rita, the goddess of the underworld, said she was going to stop them, so why are these two here?!

The icy, sharp touch on her snow-white neck, followed by a ghostly, chilling voice behind her, signaled the complete failure of the owl's assassination attempt.

"A winged chestnut ball sacrificed in place of the Holy Emperor, and Uncle J's temporarily crippled right hand... I must say, catching you, you owl, was no easy feat...!"

Tina remained motionless, offering neither resistance nor struggle; only her eyes quickly dimmed as she thought...

So it failed after all...?

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Before reaching the Holy House, J and Wu Teng, their hands wrapped in bandages, brought the ashen-faced Tina Sprantt from the ambush site.

Coincidentally, everyone had gathered.

Not only the Holy Emperor and Rentaro, but also Enju, Kisaragi, and Shiba Miori rushed over upon hearing the news.

“Tina…” The Holy Emperor bit his lip hard, looking at Tina with a complicated expression.

The others remained silent, having nothing to say. Being caught red-handed in an assassination attempt meant that, according to the laws governing heads of state, they deserved to die a hundred times over.

Of course, as long as Tina sticks to her stance.

Perhaps the Holy Emperor will show leniency.

But now, Tina has even ruthlessly attacked Tina.

"Tina, is there anything else you want to say...?" The Holy Emperor asked, desperately trying to hide the tremor in his voice with his majestic tone.

"I don't have anything to say."

The night sky was desolate, the streetlights were dim, and despite the large number of people present, the air was extremely quiet. Everyone clearly heard her heart-wrenching sob.

The young girl, Tina, struggled to lift her head. The gloomy sorrow that had enveloped her was replaced by a forced, radiant smile. Her nostrils twitched slightly, and she choked out a sob. Looking at the Holy Emperor, she pleaded in a mournful voice.

"Death, separation, separation, death, whatever the outcome, my only wish and request is to see Tina one more time."

“Just one meeting…is enough.” Tina closed her teary eyes and bowed deeply to the young princess. “…I am deeply grateful.”

"Hmm..." The Holy Emperor choked up a sob and nodded in agreement.

An indescribable flutter of emotion welled up in my heart. The short time we spent together, though mostly filled with frights, was impossible to forget so easily.

“I sent a text message before, and Xia Shi and Tina are already on their way,” the Holy Emperor said.

“No, Natsuyo Senju has already arrived.” Rentaro Satomi suddenly spoke up from the side.

Following Rentaro's gaze, everyone saw Xiaoxia Shi, who had turned out from a crossroads, walking over listlessly like a puppet.

There was no sign of Tina anywhere nearby; on the empty road, only Xia Shi was walking alone.

Xia Shi's white shirt was stained with blood, and a gray-white combat uniform that everyone was all too familiar with was hanging on her slender arms... also covered with shocking bloodstains.

Xia Shi's face was ashen and filled with despair as Tina's had been earlier. Seeing this, they couldn't help but think of something unbearable.

Could it be...? Like a heavy hammer striking everyone's heart, the world seemed to shatter with a resounding crash.

Tina's aura went berserk

Twenty meters away, she rushed to Xia Shi in an instant, grabbing his frail arms and shaking them frantically: "Hey... please, Xia Shi, don't make that face! Where's Tina...? Where's Tina? Where's Tina!... Tell me!! Where did my Tina go?!!!!!"

Xia Shi looked into Tina's eyes, those gray pupils that had lost their reason, buried by endless panic and boundless pain, and her heart clenched painfully... But she was also suddenly reminded of her mission.

[(Flashback) Rita: If I die from the virus, Tina will blame herself to death. Just say... I killed Tina.]

As if there were no air, the cruel lie suffocated her. Xia Shi stared into her eyes, every word that came out of his lips trembling violently: "Tina, she's dead... Hades killed her."

Upon receiving the answer directly from Xia Shi, everyone was struck dumb, completely stunned, and stood frozen in place, their expressions blank.

Yeon-joo bit her lip tightly, tears threatening to fall at any moment. J and Oh Teng grabbed her hair tightly, trying to shatter the ridiculous dream with pain.

The Holy Emperor and Heavenly Child Kisara nearly collapsed, their legs buckling. They wanted to refuse, but the sight of Tina's still-adorable clothes, stained with blood, was so glaring, so heart-wrenching.

"It's a lie... this kind of thing..." The only one who could speak up at this moment was Tina.

However, the two hands that were gripping Xia Shi's arms instantly lost all strength, and the two small, white hands let go and fell limply.

“It’s fake…it must be fake…why did you lie to me…why…” Her pupils completely lost focus. With repeated murmurs, Tina took a step back, finally staggering and falling to the ground. As if unaware of what had happened, she muttered, “…Tina wouldn’t…be killed so easily…she’s so strong, she clearly…clearly…clearly…”

Xia Shi's gaze was desolate. She twitched her delicate nose, stepped forward, bent down, and placed the garment, which still exuded the fragrance of a young girl but was stained with blood, into her arms.

"Tina, her only wish before she left was that the owl... and that you, little Tina, would live a strong and healthy life... If you can't, she will be sad."

"..."

Tears streamed down her face.

Unexpectedly, Tina's face revealed a beautiful smile of relief.

She carefully gathered the clothes and hugged them tightly to her chest, the despair and gloom in her eyes miraculously dissipating little by little.

She tilted her head to the side, gently pressed it against her clothes, and softly closed her eyes, muttering to herself in a calm tone, "Why should we listen to Tina?"

Xia Shi was immersed in grief, but suddenly a bad premonition arose in her heart.

Everyone stared at the lonely owl mourning alone under the moonlight; no one knew what would happen next.

"The owl, she no longer wants to choose the monotonous and tedious life stained with the blood of the dead and the dying. The owl is really tired..."

Xia Shi, still somewhat bewildered, finally understood the unexpected meaning behind the girl's smile—it was exactly the same smile he had shown when he collapsed into Tina's arms on the night of Scorpio, a smile that mirrored his own death.

"Besides, it's such a rare opportunity to be with Tina forever..."

Her murmured words were so soft they seemed to vanish with the wind, as faint as her last breath.

In a moment of utter silence

A tiny "click" sound, almost imperceptible if you're not listening carefully, suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Self-destructing chip.

Although only Xia Shi understood the meaning of the voice, this subtle sound resonated in everyone's hearts, instantly overwhelming them with sorrow, as if they were drowning in something, unable to breathe.

Xia Shi suddenly realized, as if waking from a dream, that the girl was also making her own choice—a choice she was resolute in making, a choice from which there was no turning back.

"Tina…………!!!!!!!" A mournful roar, which even moved the Night Owl, echoed from afar.

Just like the one that appeared to the left before Xia Shi, a shadow rushed over, a wild, staggering, sorrowful, wailing shadow whose shape was twisted in the wind.

'Hiss~~~~~'

Despite the countless angry glares and the Holy Emperor's guards pointing their guns at her, the girl Rita's shadow stopped ten meters away from Tina. She twisted her ankle, and her small knees slammed heavily onto the concrete.

'Boom! '

When Rita clearly heard the "click" and "hiss" of the chip self-destructing, she knew it was too late. Tears of overwhelming self-reproach and remorse streamed down her cheeks like broken beads.

The culprit has appeared, but Xia Shi is not surprised. Her mind is still focused on the owl whose face is pressed against its clothes, as if it were daytime and therefore just a sleeping owl.

Yes, Tina was just asleep.

Tears? I didn't cry because I got sand in my eyes...

True to Uncle J's style, he wouldn't care if the culprit was a little girl or something; he'd just go and beat her up first. But the moment that thought crossed his mind, he was stunned.

Not only J, but also Wu Teng, the Holy Emperor, Tendo Kisara, Shiba Miori, Rentaro, and Enju, everyone was stunned—

Because I saw Tina who had "come back to life".

Wearing only a red undershirt, she walked towards them from the direction Xia Shi and Rita had come from, looking lost and with stiff steps.

No one would be stupid enough to ask at this time, "Tina, it's great that you're alive," "Tina, where did you go?" or "The owl seems to have died, come quick."

With a lump in their throat, everyone remained silent, watching as the girl Tina approached with stiff, dry steps.

No one has ever seen Tina smile.

Well, only Tina and Xia Shi saw each other once in the morning.

Therefore, they subconsciously assumed that someone who couldn't even laugh would be even less likely to cry, which requires even more emotional stimulation.

Under the starless moon, Tina slowly walked towards the owl that was curled up and sleeping, clutching her clothes. Everyone could clearly see the glistening tears welling up in the eyes of the young Tina.

"Tina..."

She went to the girl's side, gently knelt down, and with her slender arms, tremblingly shook the owl's small, curled-up body, weakly calling its name.

Damn it, there's not a single response.

Her eyes trembled with tears, and her lower lip was bitten until it bled. Tina gazed at that familiar face, her cherry lips parted slightly, and she threatened weakly, without a trace of authority, "...If you don't talk to me again, believe me, I'll really die right now..."