The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

A morning filled with laughter and sweet treats passed by in the blink of an eye without them even realizing it.

Around noon, by sheer coincidence, the guy who drove up in the jeep to deliver lunch was J.

J's battle-hardened intuition told him that this place was not a safe place to stay for long. It was a dangerous illusion that was a thousand times more terrifying than facing the Death Knight.

Sure enough, from a distance, one could see that Tina's gaze was very strange.

J cracked open the car window and called over the red-haired loli Haruko.

"Haruko, could you take the lunch from the car? My foot is injured, and I can't get down..."

"Huh? Even someone as strong as Uncle J can twist his ankle? Well then."

Haruko obediently ran to the back of the car and unloaded all the dozen or so lunch boxes containing beautifully presented and still warm dishes.

Before the carriage door could even be closed, J had already stepped on the gas and sped away at top speed.

Tina's gaze turned cold, and she stretched out her arm to pull an RPG out of thin air.

The next second, Tina was pounced on by the owl, and the RPG in her hand fell to the ground and was automatically returned to the imaginary space and disappeared.

"I don't quite understand... but Xia Shi said that was your partner, right? Why did you attack him?"

The way the owl pounced on her was quite suggestive, but it didn't make any further moves. Instead, it stared into her eyes and asked a question.

“Because…I…” The young girl Tina looked slightly impatient, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"I knew it, it's because you can be willful too," Tina said with a smile, giving the answer for her.

Then, contrary to its usual behavior, the owl did nothing but climb off Tina and pull her up with its delicate little hand.

Seeing the disbelief and suspicion in her eyes, Tina smiled and said, "...I like Tina from the bottom of my heart, but on the last day, I don't want you to hate owls anymore."

In the distance, the group of jubilant cursed children, even while enjoying a fine lunch, did not remain idle.

"Big brother said he'll take us to the true paradise of the cursed children in a few days... I'm inexplicably looking forward to it."

"If such a place truly exists, I will definitely strive to realize my dream of becoming a painter!"

"I want to be a children's author! ...Oh dear, but I don't know many words yet."

"By the way, Professor Xia Shi, what is your wish?"

Xia Shigang was about to speak, but realizing that Tina was sitting right across from him, his face flushed red, and he stammered, "Well... I don't have any wishes. If I had to say, it would be to be a good wife..."

"A good wife? Wow, that's wonderful, but...who does Teacher Xia Shi want to be? Gentle, cute, and can even make ice cream...the person who can win Teacher Xia Shi's favor must be quite outstanding, right?!"

"Mmm! Anyway, it can't be a mantis shrimp."

"Of course it couldn't be that guy who hoarded the ice cream and didn't apologize! Because... I, I also want to marry Teacher Xia Shi..."

Xia Shi was on the verge of tears and wanted to go out and clarify things with Tina.

However, because of the popularity of ice cream, she has always been surrounded by the cursed children, so... she is really worried about being misunderstood by Tina!

At that moment, Haruko arrived in front of Tina and the other girl, carrying two lunches. She smiled apologetically and said, "Hey, Tina-neechan... they didn't mean anything by it, they were just joking. Please don't take it seriously."

Tina hugged her knees, turned her head away, puffed out her cheeks, and remained silent.

"Hmm, what is Tina's wish?"

Haruko asked Tina, who had taken the lunchbox from her, "What do you mean?"

The owl glanced at Tina furtively, then turned back and smiled, "...I don't have any wishes."

"Fine, if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it." Seemingly having made a fool of herself, Haruko left somewhat dejectedly.

Surprisingly, he said he had no wishes, and unexpectedly, he stopped causing himself any trouble.

Tina also glanced at the owl, only to find that she was being watched too, so she hurriedly looked away.

If we make a move at this moment, Tina will definitely be caught off guard, right?

The girl's figure was reflected in the sky-blue pupils. Her left hand was clenched into a fist, and even though her nails were deeply embedded in her palm and blood was seeping out, the owl still couldn't make up her mind.

Even her smile turned bitter.

…………

It was nearly five o'clock in the afternoon.

On the small hill, Tina and Natsume bid farewell to Haruko and the lovely cursed children.

Xia Shi stretched and smiled easily: "It's finally over."

A jeep stopped behind them. Despite it being summer, the driver had his collar turned up high, completely obscuring his face, and had replaced his bright yellow glasses with sunglasses.

"J?" The three women got into the car one after another. Tina, who was the last to get in, asked the strangely dressed driver.

"Sorry, I've mistaken you for someone else." J changed his voice, without turning his head, and asked, "...Where are you going?"

"Let's go back to the city first." Even if you were ashes, I would still recognize you.

Turning around, I saw that the owl looked downcast, dejected, and even a little pained.

Tina took out a bottle of caffeine and handed it to her, then suddenly confessed, "...During the competition that day, I actually stole your caffeine."

Tina was slightly taken aback, and the gentle voice came to her ear again: "Are you leaving?"

"Um……"

As they were about to part, Tina sadly closed her eyes.

"If they want to assassinate the Holy Emperor, I will do everything in my power to stop them."

“Me too, so give up!” Xia Shi echoed firmly.

"Why……"

Tina spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Why the hell is this happening... you bastard..."

“Yes…bastard…what a bastard…bastard…” Tina lowered her head, shaking her head repeatedly, muttering in a low voice with sobs, the words growing more intense with each repetition.

She suddenly raised her head and shouted with all her might, "...Do you really have to be my enemy?!?!"

Her sudden outburst of energy, and the tears that were rapidly welling up in her eyes, stunned Tina. Xia Shi also paused, speechless.

"If a little girl has such a fiery temper, she might never be able to get married and no one will want her."

Only the driver in the driver's seat was still gossiping and making sarcastic remarks.

Even though it wasn't evening yet and the sun hadn't set, the sky suddenly darkened, and the light between heaven and earth dimmed at a visible speed.

"Damn it! How did it suddenly get dark? This weather is awful..." Driver J cursed under his breath as he turned on the headlights.

"What... what is this thing?"

As soon as driver J turned on the headlights, he saw a black shadow resembling a giant bat descend from the sky, and below the shadow, a scythe-shaped weapon slashed at him at supersonic speed.

A terrifying intuition surged through his mind in an instant. Driver J slammed the steering wheel to the floor and floored the accelerator, sending the jeep drifting far away.

'Sizzle sizzle sizzle—! Crackling crackling—'

The car drifted dramatically, but it still couldn't escape the slicing of Hades' scythe. Accompanied by a chilling tearing sound, a corner of the rear compartment was smoothly sliced ​​open, sparks flying everywhere, and a gust of wind rushed into the car through the huge gap.

The force of that scythe strike was extraordinary; it even caused the heavy jeep to lose its balance, tilting dramatically during the drift.

Fortunately, just before the car was about to overturn, the door was violently kicked open, and the people inside jumped out before the car overturned.

The four jumped out of the car from different positions. Tina and J were breathing relatively steadily, but Tina and Xia Shi were not feeling well. They were holding their knees with their hands and breathing heavily with disordered breaths.

After destroying the car with a single blow, the dangerous shadow of darkness turned back and charged at us with lightning speed.

Tina then realized that the bat-like shadow was actually a girl dressed in gothic style, wearing an exaggeratedly large black pleated skirt... When her petite figure rose into the air, the huge skirt fluttering in the wind was like a bat spreading its wings.

The armed scythe in her hand was clearly more than twice the size of her.

The dark loli came charging in, her target being the owl, which startled the young girl Tina!

The speed was too fast. In the blink of an eye, the scythe-wielding loli was already within thirty meters of Tina, her black, gleaming blade slicing across with an incomparably intense aura of death.

'Shuh! '

Without a second thought, the girl charged towards the owl who was still standing there in a daze. A sharp, icy blade flashed past in the darkness.

Tendo-ryu Drawing Sword Technique!

'Clang—!'

The ear-piercing clang of metal against metal reverberated through the air, unleashing an incredibly powerful force that sent the Gothic Lolita and Tina, who was holding the owl, flying.

"Tina—!!!!"

It was the voice of Hades.

(Black Wind, what are you still hesitating for...)

Unaware of what was happening, Xia Shi and J were suddenly struck by a loud clang, followed closely by a gothic lolita who was flying backwards in the air while letting out a loud roar.

She called out Tina Sprantt's name, but the young Tina was slightly startled when she heard 'her own name' called out.

In that very instant!

The little girl in his arms, as soft and warm as jade, suddenly closed her eyes tightly. She bit her bleeding lips, and tears streamed down her face like a burst dam—playfully chasing each other on her cheeks, some mixing with blood and flowing into her mouth, others dripping down her chin onto her clothes.

"Why... are you my enemy..."

Biting the girl's delicate earlobe, the whispered words were already blurred by tears.

The arm around her neck, its hand stroking the back of her nape, a glint of cold light flashing and then disappearing in an instant.

'Chi——'

The tiny needle, almost invisible, easily pierced the girl's snow-white nape. The dark green liquid in the syringe was rapidly advanced, stopping halfway through.

Even so, it's more than enough.

The girl's beautiful scarlet eyes widened in disbelief in an instant, and with a slight tremor, they quickly dimmed, turning into a deathly grayish-white.

"Warning: A+ level virus has infiltrated, firewall compromised, central system damaged..."

"Patching and firewall upgrade in progress..."

"Central system repair in progress... 0.01%... 0.02%... 0.03%..."