The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

Asako pouted, unconvinced, and whispered in Tina's ear, "But as long as Mitsuhiro and I believe, that's enough!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

"squeak--!!"

The huge tires screeched against the ground, and with a sudden stop, the SUV drifted and fishtailed, finally coming to a stop just as it veered into a roadside parking space.

Tina caught Asako, but the other little girls inside were in trouble. The sudden braking and 90-degree drift sent them tumbling and rolling into a chaotic mess.

In the end, they got off the bus one by one, shaking their arms, rubbing their heads, and looking completely bewildered.

Asako and Tina were the last to get out of the car, locking the doors behind them. Turning to look at the little girls greedily inhaling the city's clean air, even Tina felt a genuine sense of joy…

That's great.

"Now, everyone, split up and go find Aihara Enju!" Asako shouted to them, acting as the commander.

“But we don’t know what Enju looks like,” Yuha, with her pigtails, pointed out.

Asako suddenly woke up and immediately cast a pleading look at the girl behind her. Tina understood and then groped for a pen and words in the imaginary space.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Tina placed the paper on the car window and, based on her memory of Enju's appearance, quickly drew a black and white version of Enju with a pencil at the speed of a human camera, achieving a 95% accuracy.

And each one only took about 20 seconds, so five were drawn in just two minutes. If the lolis were divided into pairs, it would be enough.

"Wow!...Onee-chan is amazing!!" The cursed children watched from afar, exclaiming in amazement and admiration.

Several little girls were even fidgeting and hesitating, wondering if they could ask her to teach them how to draw.

"Tina... how did you do that?!"

Looking at the incredibly vivid sketch of Enju leaping off the white paper, Asako suddenly felt dazzled. With the addition of this artistic skill, Tina's image seemed to have grown much taller all at once.

"Here, send it to them."

Asako snapped out of her reverie, quickly took the paper and distributed it to all the little girls, then instructed them: "Pair up, and don't wander off. Come back to the car every half hour!"

"Yes, yes ...

Afterwards, Tina instructed Kuriboh, who was in stealth mode all day, to search for Enju, while she herself teamed up with Asako and began their own great mission to find Enju.

"Um, won't this take up too much time for you?" Tina then remembered that their mission was to escort Guangye and Qianzi.

"No, no... Guangye and I also hope to be of some help. As for that matter, it doesn't really matter whether it's sooner or later."

The reincarnator's initial idea was that as long as he followed the anime protagonist Rentaro closely, he would encounter the Gastrea that swallowed the box.

Naturally, only after helping Rentaro find Enju and feeling at ease will Rentaro remember: "Don't I still have a billion-yen commission to complete...?"

But where is Enju?

Ten minutes after Tina and the others arrived, J and the others also arrived, but the information Tina received through her wristwatch was still: they hadn't found them.

So they joined the search as well.

"Enju, you absolutely cannot be hurt..." Rentaro clenched his fists.

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Far from the bustling city center, on the banks of the river, there is a park where pedestrians are quite few as night falls. On the roadside opposite the park, there is an ice cream shop that has just closed.

The owner of the cold drink shop was a middle-aged man with graying hair who was nearing the end of his life. He opened the door, took out his key, and closed the electric roller shutter door.

Feeling the slightly noisy, cool breeze blowing by, the boss subconsciously shivered, tightened the coat he was wearing, and was about to leave when he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

His gaze gradually shifted to the side, landing on a little girl lying in the corner of the ice cream shop, dressed in rather thin clothes. Like an abandoned kitten, she was curled up helplessly in the corner, her hands hugging her knees, her head tilted to one side, and faint traces of tears visible on her small face.

Her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just cried a lot, and her pretty pink ponytail was scattered messily on the ground, but she seemed completely unaware of it... as if she had already fallen into a quiet, exhausted sleep.

The poor little girl. Instead of contacting the police or waking her, the shop owner quietly took off his coat and gently draped it over her shoulders.

May the Lord grant you happiness.

The boss left without a word. After he left, many people came and went, but most of them just glanced at him and left.

As night deepened and the number of pedestrians dwindled, Yeon-joo, huddled in a corner of the ice cream shop, having been unconscious for an unknown period of time, slid a tear down her cheek.

"Doo~ dio dio dio~~"

It was a very light, pleasant, interesting, and somewhat strange sound. Persistence pays off... The stealthy Kuriboh darted through every street and finally found Enju in a corner of an ice cream shop.

Kuriboh first used its senses to inform Tina of its approximate location before flying to Enju.

With its small, fluffy eyes looking around, and seeing that no one was around, Kuriboh took it upon itself to disengage from stealth, revealing its round body to Enju.

Enju recognizes Kuriboh; they used to play together quite well. So it boldly stretched out its paw and patted Enju's head, then circled around her head, rubbing against her here and there.

A moment later, Enju groggily woke up to a tingling sensation. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the brown fur ball floating in front of her, intently watching her. She couldn't help but smile.

Chestnut Ball narrowed its eyes, as if it were smiling.

"Yeonju...everyone is looking for you."

Yeonju turned around blankly and saw the silver-haired girl who had appeared beside her at some point. She softly murmured her name: "Tina...?"

Not only Tina, but also a little girl in red running breathlessly from not far behind her.

Tina suddenly felt that this scene seemed familiar somewhere before.

Those indelible memories flooded my mind in an instant; it was in another world, where a dragon maid and her companions were also desperately searching for themselves.

The tears and smiles the dragon maid shed when she found me are etched vividly in my mind, as if it were yesterday—so deeply ingrained, so unforgettable.

A sudden, choked sob escaped her throat. In a hazy vision, she seemed to see Tohru again, just like that day. Tina, looking at Enju before her, couldn't help but smile.

"Go back, Yeonju..."

Her captivating smile was like the warmest sunshine shining into Yeon-joo's broken heart; yet, Yeon-joo's expression remained sorrowful, and her heart remained parched.

“Go back where? Yeonju… Yeonju has no school anymore, no friends, none at all, because… because I am a cursed child, a cursed child. As a cursed child, no one will ever be my friend…”

I've never heard Yeonjoo's voice so heartbreaking. That despair, on the verge of collapse, was so clearly displayed on her small face, so pitiful, so utterly heartbreaking, that I felt an urge to destroy the world for Yeonjoo.

"School will come, right? And friends, I'll start with myself—"

Without her master's permission, Tina took Enju's hand, held it in mid-air, and then covered it with her own small hand, saying earnestly:

"I, Tina, am willing to be Aihara Enju's best friend forever, and never leave her side."

Enju froze, completely stunned. At that moment, the little girl in the red blouse approached, smiled slightly at Enju, and solemnly placed her hand on Tina's hand as well.

"I, Asako Sakakida, also wish to be Enju's friend forever."

Before the words could even finish, two more little girls emerged from around the corner of the ice cream shop, one after the other, placing their tiny hands on top of each other, and declaring in unison...

"I—Kanzaki Yuha (Suehara Shino)—am willing to be Aihara Enju's best friend forever! I will never leave her!"

It didn't stop, nor did it end. In fact, Yeonju didn't even know when it all began... She only saw one unfamiliar yet so familiar face after another, walking towards her from afar and not far away. They were all little girls, ten years old or younger than herself.

"I, Momo, am willing to be Enju's friend forever, if Enju doesn't mind! Hehe~!"

One by one, they came over, placed their hands on top of each other, and, in a solemn and earnest tone, declared to themselves... that they wanted to be their friends.

"I, Haruko Mota, am willing to be Enju's friend forever... So, Enju, you mustn't cry anymore."

"I—I am a man of few words, yet I am chosen by the world."

"..."

"..."

"Diudiu—!"

Finally, Kuriboh placed its paws on top, and the comical action drew bursts of innocent laughter from them.

After it was explained that this was Tina's pet, they naturally lost all fear of the adorable Goomba and instead became extremely curious about it.

Although it couldn't speak, Enju understood perfectly what Kuriboh meant from its earnest expression... It wanted to be her friend too.

"Everyone…………"

Yeonju pursed her lips, her gaze intently sweeping over the faces before her. Everyone was smiling at her. Unbeknownst to her, the tears welling in her eyes had already overflowed, streaming down her face.

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[I won't break my promise. I'm so sorry it's so late... because that's exactly why I've been writing until this late...]

[The main heroine of Black Bullet is Tina Sprantt, but I think my version of Enju is pretty good~ (I think...)]

[Tomorrow's update will still be in the afternoon (or evening)]

[Ta62 is an RPG where I fight for justice!]

"Enju! Enju—!"

Rentaro frantically searched for Enju, wandering through the streets and alleys while looking around and shouting Enju's name.

Kisara followed closely behind Rentaro, anxiously searching for Enju. Although the girl always scorned herself for "using her breasts to seduce Rentaro," Kisara's worry was no less than anyone else's when Enju disappeared.

"Enju!...Where are you? Can you hear me?!"

suddenly!

Cough—Boom—!

Behind us, the roar of a top-of-the-line engine filled the air from the traffic lane.

Even in a post-apocalyptic world like 'Black Bullet,' where humanity is reduced to meager existence, there's never a shortage of thrill-seeking urban biker gangs who often indulge their passion for driving in the sparsely populated late at night.

The Akina Mountain Drivers Association has a charter stating that racing has always adhered to the principles of fairness, impartiality, and transparency. It aims to encourage unrestrained and free-spirited driving, pushing the limits of speed, while prioritizing justice above all else. The following types of reckless motorcyclists will absolutely not be recognized by the Akina Association!

Many of these bikers belong to the plundered generation and hate all the cursed children, so they came up with the idea of ​​combining racing with this hatred... racing to see who can crash and run over more cursed children.

They are inhuman, or even worse than animals. They show no mercy not only to the cursed children but also to ordinary people—these madmen.

A modified black F1 race car crashed through the guardrail and sped onto the road at breakneck speed. The few pedestrians on the road screamed and ran away. Trash cans on the roadside were knocked high into the air, sending litter flying everywhere.

Even though the driver saw a man and a woman pacing and looking around ahead, he didn't shout any warnings or honk his horn, and continued driving recklessly at high speed.