"Leave. We don't need you here."
"Teacher Z..." Ain and Bins cried out.
With that, Zephyr vanished in a flash and plunged back into battle with the marines.
Ain looked at the silent Wuli. She wanted to say something, but in the end, she said nothing and rejoined the fight.
"We decided long ago that we'd follow Teacher Z to the death. His will is our will. In the New World Extermination War, he's willing to shoulder every sin himself if it means tearing out evil at its roots."
"I don't want to think about it, but Teacher Z has already staked his life on this. Your desire to repay him moves me, but if you can't accept our resolve, you're practically our enemy. Maybe leaving is for the best. We'll win this battle."
Bins suddenly poured out all those words, then sent plants whipping around a marine who had tried to ambush Wuli and flung him away.
He joined the fighting too. In the New World Extermination War, they would do everything they could to win.
Wuli stood there, dazed. The clamor of the battlefield seemed to recede farther and farther as he raised his dim eyes to look across it.
Marines and Neo Navy soldiers alike fought for what they believed in, staking their lives with unwavering eyes. Not one showed any sign of retreating.
The battlefield was so vast, yet it seemed there was no place for him. He called this fighting, but he felt utterly out of place.
Wuli began to doubt his own resolve. Smoke had clouded his eyes, and he could no longer see whether he truly belonged here.
He even began to lose sight of why he existed in this world. He had kept moving forward by following the system's missions, yet he