Hajin spat another mouthful of blood onto the ground, keeping his eyes locked on the tiny boy smiling cheerfully at him.
He pressed a hand against his bruised ribs, genuinely wondering how a literal newborn could casually throw a punch harder than a four-armed gorilla.
The boy just stood there across the cavern, tilting his head with an innocent expression like he had not just ruptured half of Hajin's internal organs.
[ Scanning Target... ]
A screen appeared in front of his face, but instead of standard system text, Aria's voice echoed directly through their mental link.
"The subject is an unnamed Guardian Beast of apex lineage," she stated plainly, running the analysis without physically appearing. "Its hostile intent is currently zero, and its current status is imprinted."
He stared blankly ahead, his tired mind struggling to process the sheer magnitude of those implications before her voice returned.
