So why are the Bunnies fighting each other?

It’s not complicated. They were fighting over cheese! But that was only the original reason.

Now? Now they just want to beat each other’s brains out!

And the one having the most fun in this brawl was Suge, who firmly believed she wasn’t a Paladin Bunny!

Suge didn’t know much about her own origins. She had no idea that, although she was a mechanically modified Bunny, no such modified creature in this world could reproduce a Paladin Bunny’s special abilities.

Without realizing it, she had already received the blessing of Tim, the Guardian Deity.

But that wasn’t the most important thing to Suge right now.

What mattered was defeating these Bunnies and farming their cards!

The moment she thought of that, Suge grew excited.

Especially after ramming them with the dump truck! Hahahaha!

Suge burst into laughter as she climbed down from the Kitty Car. Then she reached out and patted the cheek of the fallen Jiujiu.

To her surprise, the instant her palm touched it, a card appeared!

“I haven’t even scanned the card yet!”

Suge froze for a moment.

Then she nodded.

“Mm-hmm. Automatic generation is even better!”

Without hesitation, she scanned the Bunny card, which bore a face wearing a sly grin, across her belt.

The next moment, the armor covering Suge’s body began changing violently.

Her breastplate, both arms, and even the belt gained a whole host of curious little devices!

And these devices were incredible!

There was itching powder, a taser, and even laxative spray!

Suge felt like one of those superheroes from the comics she had seen the researchers reading back at the institute.

With that thought, she reached up and touched the mask that had appeared on her face.

Her fingers found a huge, wicked grin.

Oh no! It was the ** version of a superhero!

Still, Suge didn’t hesitate for even a moment.

When two spears came thrusting straight at her, she performed a great backward jump!

The instant she leapt away, she threw two objects that looked like sleep-inducing smoke bombs.

They exploded.

Whoa! They were itching-powder smoke bombs!

“Whoa! It’s itching powder! What a vicious move!”

Lanser, caught in the cloud, screamed and immediately began rolling wildly across the ground.

Itching powder was especially terrifying to Bunnies.

Their fur was so dense that, once the itching started, they could never scratch thoroughly enough.

Of course, it was terrifying—but not fatal.

“Let’s see what kind of card you are!”

Suge grabbed the rolling Lanser and flashed an evil smile.

Then she scanned the card.

To her surprise, the evil Jiujiu Bunny’s card didn’t disappear after she scanned a new one.

Just like the Super Warrior Bunnies, it had a special form!

Two long spears appeared in Suge’s hands.

“I see! A weapon card!”

At that moment, she spun both spears and charged into the other Bunnies still fighting each other.

She whirled around and swept horizontally.

The spears struck Suanna and Tina at the same time, just as the two Bunnies were punching each other in the face!

As they were sent flying, both Bunnies complained.

“Don’t interfere when best friends are slapping each other!”

“Exactly! You really don’t know how to read the mood!”

The two Bunnies flew away.

Cards dropped to the ground where they had landed.

They dropped right there!

Suge didn’t bother wondering why things were different from before. She simply reached out and caught both cards.

Then she scanned them together.

First was Tina’s card!

The instant it activated, the devices on both sides of Suge’s belt changed.

A large number of electronic components flew out.

While still in midair, they assembled themselves into two mechanical beasts, each about the size of a palm.

They looked like a cat and a dog.

The moment the mechanical beasts flew away, Suge immediately scanned Suanna’s card as well.

Under the operation of the mechanical belt, the spear in her left hand vanished.

A shield appeared in its place.

“Oh! Another equipment card!”

At that moment, a Bunny leapt at her and roared, “Die!”

In midair, the Bunny suddenly transformed into a massive block of ice and slammed into Suge’s shield.

Clang!

The shield perfectly bounced away Kuchi, who had turned into ice.

The impact shattered her completely.

Then the broken ice transformed into a swarm of tiny Kuchi Bunnies!

“Whoa! Someone’s been killed! No, wait! A Bunny’s been killed!”

Seeing all the tiny ice Bunnies scurrying across the ground, Suge couldn’t help laughing.

Yes, yes. Bunnies really were this ridiculous.

With that thought, she picked up the card that had fallen from Kuchi’s shattered body.

Just as she expected, it was a Frost Bunny card with an OWO face.

A layer of ice coated the OWO expression, making it look incredibly amusing.

Suge scanned it without hesitation.

【Frost! Flowing water! In motion or at rest, this Bunny is invincible!】

After that brief transformation callout, Suge felt her body fill with miracles and possibilities.

The next moment, she charged forward.

Her entire body melted into clear water!

She slipped lightly between the Bunnies as they fought.

Suge found it rather fun. She felt she was being pretty excessive.

Yet none of the Bunnies got angry with her.

In fact, many of their attacks should have been fatal to an ordinary person.

Suge didn’t feel like she had held back.

But she didn’t think the other Bunnies had held back, either.

Even so, none of them suffered any serious injuries!

“Whoa! I caught this Bunny!”

Suge wasn’t paying attention and was suddenly caught in a net by a Bunny wearing Black Dog Squad gear.

Under the net’s influence, the two Bunnies rolled into a tangled heap.

Although Suge had transformed into water, being caught in the net had unconsciously forced her back into the shape of ice.

Suge blinked.

Then she stood up and began trading punches with the puffer-jacket Bunny.

Without hesitation, she threw a fierce punch straight into the Bunny’s abdomen!

“Heh-heh! Tactical puffer jacket!”

The puffer jacket absorbed Suge’s punch.

The Bunny wasn’t knocked back at all.

Instead, it proudly planted both hands on its hips!

Suge merely grinned.

Her fist transformed into water.

In an instant, she soaked the puffer jacket in front of her.

The Bunny immediately became unable to move.

“Heh-heh! A water-producing punch!”

With a cry, the puffer-jacket Bunny took a heavy kick from Suge.

It rolled away in a very round fashion, leaving a trail of water across the ground.

At the same time, another Black Dog Squad Bunny charged forward.

Two sickles attached to its twin guns came slashing straight at Suge.

Suge raised her arms.

Clang! Clang!

She blocked both blades with her forearms.

“Tsk, tsk. Is that all? I thought you’d be a more interesting kid.”

“I’m definitely the more interesting kid—wait! I’m much older than you!”

The Twin-Gun Bunny didn’t bother holding on to the two guns that had been knocked away.

It let them fly through the air.

Then, pulled by two chains, they came slashing down at Suge’s back!

What an unexpected transformation!

Suge found it fascinating.

She spun around and flung up her cape, using it to block the incoming guns.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The guns actually fired bullets!

Fortunately, the bullets struck the cape instead.

“You really are interesting and deadly!”

Suge punched the Bunny in front of her directly in the face.

Its face went splat!

The Bunny was sent flying.

And Suge kept fighting.

She fought and fought, knocking down every Bunny in her path.

But when she finally came back to herself, all the other Bunnies had fallen across the ground.

Suge stared at the Bunnies lying there and gasping for breath.

An overwhelming terror rose in her heart.

【You want a weapon capable of annihilating the Roro Peters? That’s simple. The Roro Peters are powerful. That’s precisely why you must cultivate a weapon from among them—a weapon capable of destroying their entire race. You need to bring out their overwhelming strength!】

【What is this Roro Peter? It has none of the power we know the Roro Peters should possess!】

【Don’t be afraid! Give her high-intensity modifications! The more intense, the better! Don’t worry about her dying. We can always capture another one!】

【Yes! Turn her into a monster specifically designed to deal with the Roro Peters!】

A monster.

Yes, a monster.

She was a monster created to hunt the Roro Peters.

She could no longer be considered a Bunny.

And just now, she had allowed her wild nature to run free, committing such brutal acts.

If these Paladin Bunnies became angry with her, she would have nowhere left to go.

How had she escaped, anyway?

Suge actually couldn’t remember.

She only remembered that, one day, the researchers studying her had fallen asleep beneath the influence of some mysterious power.

Then…

Yes, someone with an incredibly gentle voice had told her that she could escape if she kept moving forward.

But now, she had done something wrong again.

Suge felt deeply remorseful.

As the Paladin Bunnies slowly began to get back on their feet, she felt an intense sense of dread.

She was only an ordinary Bunny created by imitating the Paladin Bunnies.

Now, she couldn’t even be considered a Bunny anymore…

“So…”

At that moment, one of the Bunnies climbed to its feet and smoothed down its long ears.

The others were getting up as well.

Suge was terrified.

She was afraid they would become angry and tell her to leave.

If that happened…

“It’s time to cook!”

The Bunny excitedly raised a paw and announced it.

The other Bunnies immediately cheered together!

It was a strange yet heartwarming sight.

In a very short time, the Bunnies had set up a huge iron pot and built a stove.

Then they began throwing in the food they had been carrying.

“Look what I’ve been hiding for five years! Cheese!”

“Isn’t that just stinky cheese?”

“Whose cheese are you calling stinky?!”

The Bunnies still fought over what ingredients to add.

But Suge felt terribly dejected.

She probably could never join them.

Once they started cooking, no one even spoke to her.

Then, just as she was about to leave—

“Hey! Where are you going?”

Suge turned around.

The Bunnies were gathered around the huge iron pot.

The Bunny handling the cooking held an iron ladle in one paw and an opened brown-paper package in the other.

“If you don’t take the first bite, how can everyone else start eating?”

As he spoke, he used the iron ladle to push the dragon-maiden cheese, glowing with a strange light, into the pot.

“All right! Come eat!”

Before the huge iron pot began shining brighter and brighter, the Bunnies spoke to her.

【And they all lived happily ever after…】

In the distance, Roasted Bunny said those words and closed the storybook.