The sun shone brightly, and the sea stretched boundlessly blue.
In the gentle sea breeze, the Sun Umbrella overhead cast a broad patch of shade across the ground.
"...Weapons?"
Looking at the Green-haired Loli before him, Bai Zhi repeated the word.
"That's right. In that kind of environment back then, there were quite a few beings like us who were made into weapons."
Sitting upright, Pi nodded.
"My race's civilization actually had it relatively good. The ones who suffered the most were the World Guardians. They were the highest-grade materials, and also the finest weapons. Modified, contaminated, dissected, recombined... Countless utterly terrifying beings were created with them as the foundation."
"No, were World Guardians really that weak?"
As soon as Pi finished speaking, Shu Limiao, who knew at least a little about matters concerning World Guardians, could not help but ask.
"From your description, World Guardians sound like they're..."
"I already said this before. World Guardians are merely representatives of their worlds. Don't imagine them as being too powerful."
Shaking her head, Pi cut Shu Limiao off.
"For example, in a peaceful modern urban world, do you think the World Guardian chosen by that world would be very strong? What makes a World Guardian special lies in the authority of the world they wield, not their actual combat power."
"So, according to you, World Guardians could be strong or weak?"
Recalling the World Guardians he had encountered before, Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.
"That's right. Generally speaking, World Guardians do not die; they only become disqualified. When that happens, the world will choose a new World Guardian."
As she drank orange juice through a straw, Pi lay back down on the table, looking like a lazy kitten.
"At the beginning of the war, the enemies we faced were basically