The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

"Guest...guest, please let go...guest, you can't...you can't, what if other guests come to the planetarium, then there will be no one to greet them..."

"Shut up!"

"guest……"

"Shut up! Also, call me Captain Seol-yu! The captain's orders are law!"

Hmm... why are you calling me captain?

Although she was also a robot, she couldn't act so aggressively towards Tina, so poor Hoshino Yumemi became the substitute.

They pulled Mengmei all the way to the rooftop in the darkness.

There will be no stars in the night sky of this era.

The sky during the day is gray and murky like filthy seawater, while at night it is even more like a black hole that can swallow everything in its darkness.

Even a meteor streaking down with a fiery tail, no matter how dazzling or brilliant, will eventually be swallowed up.

Seol-yu pointed to the sky and shouted happily:

"Look, stars! Those are stars! Stars, stars!"

In the boundless, dark night sky, there was a blue light that even a black hole could not swallow—it was as if it were embedded in the sky, as faint as dust and fireflies, but in this collapsing era where stars and moon are never seen, it made the entire night a mere backdrop.

"...Guest, there really are stars today!"

"Not a guest, but Captain Seol-yu!"

"Seul-ok...Captain?"

Hoshino Yumemi murmured, because it was an unfamiliar name that did not exist in the record library.

"Okay, Captain Seul-yu, guest information has been entered into the database," Meng-mei called out. "Captain Seul-yu, you have......"

"Smack!" Se-yu flicked her forehead rather rudely, pretending to be angry.

"No 'guests' allowed! It's Captain Seul-ok!"

"Guest, you're going to break me if you do that. According to my self-protection program, I'm obligated to shout now..."

"Don't worry about shouting, no one will come even if you shout your lungs out! So, would you rather be broken by me, or call me Captain Seulgi, Tina?"

"Tina?"

"—No, you…you misheard!" Even though she knew Mengmei wouldn't know, Li Seyu still turned her face away abruptly, her face as red as a sunset.

.........

Gazing up at a solitary yet brilliant star, desperately releasing its faint but remarkable light in the eternal night, this kind of thing... this kind of thing...

This kind of thing had never happened before in the 29 weeks of memories stored up before and after Hoshino Yumemi woke up!

Since saying goodbye to the staff at the planetarium, Mengmei's life trajectory has been completely changed.

With no power supply and no one addressing the malfunction, the planetarium has gone 29 years and 81 days without a visitor...

In Hoshino Yumemi's subconscious, or rather, in her 'programmed' mind, she firmly believed that the people at the planetarium would keep their promise and return. Once they did, they would be able to fix her broken self (the malfunction) and work together again.

She firmly believed that customers would come again, that's why she practiced those tedious welcome phrases over and over again.

No! It's all a lie...it's all a lie...

Don't assume that robots are just metal lumps that act according to AI programs. Hoshino Yumemi woke up 29 times and came to the rooftop many times, gazing into the distance countless times, but she never saw a single guest in the desolate ruins of the city...

The facts she witnessed were drastically different from what she firmly believed… even completely contrary to… Mengmei felt that her cheap robot's AI was incapable of judging, unable to judge…

"Hey, want to get a little closer to the wishing star?"

"..."

Seyu stretched out her small hand, which emitted a soft glow in the night light. At the same time, the speck of dust embedded in the sky rapidly magnified at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ten seconds later, a huge celestial body, resembling a small asteroid, floated thousands of feet in the low sky. Its rocky black surface was inlaid with countless pearls, agates, gems, and jade, as beautiful as colorful glass crystals.

"guest……"

The dazzling brilliance was so captivating that even a dreamer couldn't look away, desperately trying to capture the entirety of the stars and the intricate details of every gem's edge.

“Hoshino Yumemi!” Seulgi looked at her with a stern gaze, her voice suddenly becoming louder.

"Guest? Is there anything I can do for you?"

Seyu smiled gently, a hint of amusement in her eyes: "Ti... no, Mengmei! You are the brightest star in my night sky..."

Mengmei looked stunned: "Guest, but Mengmei is just someone who guides guests to the world of stars."

"I'm a workaholic! I work hard enough to turn what others call unrealistic fantasies into reality. So what if I'm not naturally gifted? I believe there's nothing that hard work can't overcome."

...Therefore, the more unacknowledged you are, the harder you want to be acknowledged. I could give you the stars and all of myself as a gift, Timmy... I mean, Yumemi, I love you, marry me!

Mengmei was dumbfounded.

She frantically searched her memory bank and found that 'marrying' means entrusting one's life to another and growing old together... However, her command library did not show what choice she would make if someone proposed to her.

After making her own judgment, she suspected that Se-yu was mentally unstable, so she blushed and whispered:

"Guest, wake up..."

Yeah, wake up, you'll get killed, you'll get killed by the owl, but so what? As long as Tina doesn't reject you, it'll be fine!

"Hey……"

"Why are you sighing, guest? Is something bothering you? Can I help you?" Mengmei asked, fulfilling her duty.

"Hey, that's exactly what I was waiting for! I have a small favor to do..."

Mengmei closed her eyes,

"Guest, I'm very sorry, but it's almost midnight. According to my usual business schedule, I'll be entering sleep mode soon, and my wake-up time is 9 AM. After that, you'll have 60 hours of activity time remaining. It's so late..."

"It seems you need treatment."

Faced with Mengmei's sudden surrender, Seyu pressed down on her shoulders with both hands, and crackling electricity burst from her fingers and palms. The rough, flood-like power surged into her body, causing her to tremble and utter heavy moans.

Thirty seconds later, Seul felt weak and exhausted in her limbs, as if all the magic power in her body had been drained.

She asked Hoshino Yumemi, the robot whose expression had been completely distorted by the electric shock:

"Mengmei, are you still sleepy?"

"Mengmei?...Mengmei?"

The stunned Mengmei finally spoke, but her voice was like that of a rag doll devoid of any emotion:

“My name… is… Hoshino Ikaros Kurosaki Toshiro Suido Reimu Yukata…”

"Sleep time has been reset to 25:00 AM. 344 hours of activity time remain after waking up. 90% of apps are pending updates..."

Warning! An abnormal code and data overflow have been detected. A system restart is required! Warning! An abnormal code and data overflow have been detected. A system restart is required!

"Ten...nine...eight...two...one...drop..."

…………

after that.

Taking advantage of the fact that robots cannot refuse human requests, Seul-euk begged Hoshino Yumemi, who had just awakened after the system restarted, to use the stars to convey her unspoken feelings of love during the necessary final episode...

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The next day.

Everyone reunited at the planetarium. Among them, Black Rock once again went out alone to lead a group.

When Yuri and Tina learned that Seul-yu still hadn't managed to get Mengmei's true wish out of her, they both sighed.

Using Hoshino Yumemi to successfully distract Yuri, she met her on the rooftop of the planetarium under a barely bright sky.

Last night, right here, I treated Hoshino Yumemi as Tina and said whatever I wanted to say.

It was as simple as a rehearsed script, but when he actually faced Tina, his mind went almost completely blank.

I can't remember anything anymore. My heart is pounding violently, and I feel a faint sense of suffocation, as if it might jump out of my chest at any moment.

Tina tilted her head, looking at Captain Seul-yu with a puzzled expression, whose gaze was wandering and who was biting her lower lip.

Lee Seul-yu knew that she had no choice but to give an explanation.

“Hey, Tina…”

This is my last chance. If I miss it again, I'll have no reason to give up everything to pursue her again.

She has patience and dignity too! She has people who like her...

"I……"

However, before he could finish uttering a single word...

"Rumble rumble rumble!" All the reincarnators noticed the vibration of their reincarnation watches, and a forcibly recorded video was projected into the air, violently interrupted.

It turns out to be news from the adventurer Black Rock Shooter.

[A killing armor, tested by an enemy nation, has appeared on the Sealed Wall and is slaughtering fiddler crabs...!]

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[Don't start a fight over which world to go to, it might just be a matter of order... If you want me to cut it off, let's discuss it peacefully.]

【Ta126 No matter what I do for you】

Against the gray sky, two pure white contrails of an airplane were clearly visible.

"An unmanned reconnaissance aircraft?... Or something else?"

Just as Black Rock Shooter decided to follow and investigate, another large fleet of aircraft appeared in the distance, emerging from the clouds and rapidly heading towards the center of the sealed city as if making an emergency landing.

There were at least forty or fifty of them.