Unfortunately, what Cyrus said was true. Conflict and quarrels often arose from the malice in people's hearts. There was no small amount of malice in the world of battles and archaeology that Shirona inhabited.
Cyrus's malice came from the heart, and the heart hurt everything. That was what he said.
"It all stems from the mind. The world is governed by minds, and remains imperfect because people trip one another up and crush one another. As long as minds are a factor, the world will be perfect. No, as long as minds exist, perfection is impossible. This world no longer exists. It has already failed."
"Is that why you want to erase your thoughts?"
"Exactly. Erase people's thoughts with nightmares and reset the world. Then you can create a perfect world without hearts! A perfect world where all discrimination and suffering disappear!"
Cynthia could not understand Cyrus's account at all. Even if nightmares could erase people's minds, what remained would not be people, but empty shells. If those people never woke up, what had happened at the Harbor Inn would merely happen on a global scale. That could hardly be called resetting the world.
Above all, Cynthia placed great importance on having a heart. A world without hearts, the source of such emotions, was a worthless world to her.
"This world has already failed, has it?"
Kaim spoke quietly, carrying the fallen Blaziken on his back.
"What? Don't you understand?"
"I understand what you're trying to say. But I don't believe it. After all, that's how the world was built, right? What's the point of complaining?"
"That is the theory of the weak. What the strong must discuss is not what the world is, but how it should be."
"What should it be?"
"Hmph. Whether you agree or not, I