Rebuild World

In a room in the upper section of Kugamayama City, Sugadome looks at the man in front of him with a slightly difficult expression as a director of Slope Down Heavy Industries.

"I'm glad you're here... but are you the only investigator?"

Even before the director of Sakashita Heavy Industries, the man, Marco, didn't seem nervous at all.

"The anti-rebuild agency (anti-rebuild) worked hard every day to ensure that the east would not be destroyed.Always short of manpower, struggling to adjust personnel, just sending me out in a hurry.I hope you understand. "

"Thank you for that while I'm busy."

After completing a light gesture that shows the relationship between each other and up and down, Sugadome switches his mind and continues to talk.

"Then please start the investigation immediately."If you need help, you can use someone from our company. "

"I was awed." Oh, I'll check it out.It's Shiro-kun from the dossier, but if you need to, you can handle it here. "

Swoosh turns his sharp gaze toward Maruo.

“Of course, but only if there is a good need for it.If you do anything unnecessarily, you will turn our company into a clear enemy.I'll give you a warning. "

Receive warnings from the five largest companies.It is easy for those who live in the East to understand how terrible it is.Not by metaphor, not by passivity, but because it threatens to be hostile to a fifth of the economies of the east.

But even so, there was no fluctuation in Maruo's attitude.

"Don't worry, I'll start investigating right away." I'll take it from here. "

Marco bowed his head and left the room.Sugadome, who saw it off, exhaled.

The personnel of the anti-rebuild agency (anti-rebuild) are moving with the cause of protecting the east.And under the idea that most things are nothing but small things, there are some who send others to protect the world.

"... I wish I could just do it in peace and quiet."

No one is competent and safe.The only way to do this is to understand the dangers and operate it properly.As a director of Sakashita Heavy Industries, Sugadome, who moved people with his ideas, was lightly headed by the increase in the number of people who had difficulty in operating, although he had no choice.

Maruo, who had left Sugadome's room, scraped against Yanagi Sawa in the hallway.

(Is he that Yanagi Sawa...? "Well, for now, Shiloh-kun's investigation is a priority.He'll be back later.)

(versus an investigator of the Rebuild Organization (Anti-Rebuild)...)I think we should hurry.)

Maruo and Yanagi Sawa recognized each other, but passed by without a meeting.

Akira travels through the wilderness in a wilderness-class camper that Carol received.The destination is an intercity transport vehicle stranded in the wilderness.

She told Shizuka about the situation and called out to the bonito, and Akira prepared herself as best she could.As expected, it was impossible to refinance the anti-extinction warheads and the bikes bought in Zegelt, but the reinforced clothes, guns and ammunition were almost complete.The interior of the packed car is quite small.The crew consists of two people. It was Akira and Shiloh.

"Hey Shilou. You didn't (bother) to follow me after all, did you?"

"You can follow along with me."As soon as you get your gear, you'll be on your way with me.That's the deal. If I stay with you, I won't go back to the city. ”

"That's true." Are you in such a hurry? "

"Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm stuck."I'm not suspicious of Akira. "

Akira had something to do when she received her front-line gear.Shiloh, who knew that, was accompanying Akira both to prevent her from giving priority to you and to eliminate that concern.

It was also true that Yu was in a hurry.The one-month deadline presented by Sugadome is only three days from now.Shiloh could not waste a second anymore.

After confirming the current situation, Shilou slipped out and exhaled.

"...... I didn't have the time at all to create a negotiating route with Tsubaki that Sugadome asked me to do, and if I go back without results, I will seriously set my hands to escape from the slope."Hey, Akira, can you make room for me to negotiate with the moon? "

No, no, no, no.

"Hey, it's light." I'm pretty amazing, aren't I? I'm a little more lost. "

No, no, no, no.

To the attitude of Akira, who had no island to attach to, Shiloh took another slippery breath.However, even as Akira, just because Shiloh misunderstood it, it actually had nothing to do with the moon tiered construction (Tsukisa Soken), so I had no choice but to answer that.

"Well then, Akira. It's better to negotiate with Tsubaki...?"

Shiloh, who jokingly said so, looked at Akira's strange face and stopped speaking unexpectedly.And a strange voice came out.

"... hey, do you have a negotiation route with Tsubaki?"

"I don't have it."

"(Lies) Spit it out! Then what's the reaction?"

"I've only negotiated with Tsubaki before.But it burst. So there's no negotiating route. "

Then why is Akira still alive?Sakaishita tried to negotiate with Tsubaki before, but just by telling him what to negotiate, the guards were wiped out, and the negotiators disappeared from their necks. "

When Akira heard that, she understood once again that she was in a really dangerous place at that time, and she slightly looked pale.

Meanwhile, Shilou fell at an unexpected opportunity.

"Even if the negotiation fails, the negotiation itself is possible, and if the negotiation fails and it is safe, then there is a negotiating route.Please! I need your help to build a negotiating route with Tsubaki! ”

No, no, no, no.

"Why!? Is it a combination with the moonlit side!?"Well then, I'll negotiate with Tsukisa..... "

"There's a lot of things going on over here."We'll talk about it later.I can see intercity transport vehicles. "

In fact, the appearance of a huge intercity transport vehicle in the distance drove Shiloh back from the scene.

"... I'll definitely ask you later."

Akira exhaled.

Alpha. Shiloh said yes, but what do you think?Can we create a negotiating route with Tsubaki? "

It depends on how much the negotiating route actually means.If you want to meet and talk once without a guarantee of your life, you can.But I don't think we have the right or the obligation to do that to him. "

That's true, too.

As we approached the intercity transport vehicle, Akira and the others were contacted by general-purpose communication.

“This is Brünckel, a private military company.With the agreement of the cities of Kugamayama, Mirkakeva, and Tarkane, we are sealing off the area ahead.I'll send you the lockdown range, so I'm sorry, but you have to take a detour and go ahead. "

"This is Akira, a hunter. for Atlas D2771, which is at a standstill within the blockade.I have obtained the consent of the city of Kugamayama.I will send you the identification information, so please confirm it. "

When Akira sends out the identification information, the other person who confirmed it returns an unexpected voice.

"I see. You're that Akira."I have to explain, so please stop at the designated place once. "

"All right."

Akira, who was able to follow up on the correspondence, smiled bitterly.

Am I getting through with that Akira too?

Well, that's all I've done.

That's right.

Akira couldn't say back to Alpha, who smiled happily.

Akira stopped the car near a huge intercity transport vehicle lightly exceeding the size of the cargo ship, and at a distance sufficient to manage to keep its entire length within sight.

Brünckel's troops are sealing off the vicinity of intercity transport vehicles.I wonder how Akira saw it.

Alpha. Maybe it's your fault, but aren't you more vigilant on the inside than on the outside of the blockade?

It certainly seems that way.

I don't know what's going on...

Akira's face grew steeper as she thought something was definitely happily happening that would only make her head happy.

Akira gets out of the car when the Brünkells show up.Those people had an interesting gaze on Akira.

"You're Akira, aren't you?" Pass the map information of Atlas D2771.Your luggage location is also listed, so go get it yourself. [M]Of course, but don't touch other people's luggage.Don't enter the darkness even if it's open because you're suspected of stealing just by unnecessarily entering an irrelevant place. "

"All right."

Until then, Akira was not surprised.Receive the map information for the intercity transport vehicle as is.However, the content of the explanation suddenly becomes disturbing.

"You can engage the enemy at your own discretion and responsibility, but don't shoot anti-extinction warheads at the boulders (as expected)."The damage to the body of the vehicle is too great, and the impact on the cargo will be great. "

Akira turned her face into something strange when words came up that seemed unnecessary if she just went to pick up the baggage: enemies, belligerents, etc.

"... hey, what's going on in the car?"Why is that intercity transport vehicle stuck in a place like this in the first place? "

Didn't you hear from the city of Kugamayama?

“Yeah. I heard that the transport of my luggage, which had been waiting for so long, was stopping nearby, and I was told that I could go and pick it up myself because I was going to be waiting for so long again.”

"I see. I'm sorry, then I can't say anything."I don't have the authority to do that. "

"... All right, let me know if there's anything I can tell you that's not good enough for you."

The man I was asked about thought a little bit, and I told him.

"We are here to take on the work of sealing off the area around Atlas D2771.The hunter rank is about 60.So, the intermediary brokered the break-in into the vehicle, but they refused.It doesn't suit the price. "

Hunter Rank 60 Troops are at risk in intercity transport vehicles.It was very informative, but Akira, who was going to enter the room now, had her face distorted.

"... thank you for the valuable information"

You're welcome.

Somehow Akira went back to her car, being seen off by a man who seemed to be having fun.

Looking at Akira's car moving toward the intercity transport vehicle, the men begin to share their impressions of Akira up close.

"Is that the Akira, the 50 billion aurum prize neck?"It didn't seem that strong, but I wonder how strong it is. "

"I'm pretty sure he crushed the Hunter team for the bounty."The actual strength of the bounty should be 50 billion aurams, right? "

"I don't know. I think we've made Lion's Tail a branch, but we survived." I'm sure of it. "

"Moreover, at that age, right?"I wonder if that's the kind of hunter who can go to the front line. "

Well, I don't know the details, but you're familiar with it.

The Brünkel men, who were far stronger than the hunters, were curious about the strength of that Akira.

Talap is descending from the cargo section of a massive intercity transport that could override the definition of a vehicle.The width is about 10 meters, the height of the part connected to the vehicle exceeds the three-storey house, and is very long because it stays on a slope that can be hoisted and lowered by car from the ground to the cargo section.Around them, the troops of the blockade unfolded.

Akira stopped the car near the above-ground part of Tarap.

"Shiloh. I'm going to ask you, do you have any idea what's going on in the car?"

Shilou's face looked rather surprised.

"Did you come all this way without knowing that?"... no, Sakashita has implemented an information blockade, and it hasn't reached the information network on a monthly basis.... I can tell you, but be careful with the information.Send confidential information to the people of the other five companies.If I find out, it's really bad, right?

"Okay, be careful." So, what's going on? "

Shilou got a little lost.

(I wonder if it's okay...) Akira doesn't seem to be good at lying or hiding things, and even when she found out that she was an agent of the Moon, she came across her face completely.I don't think it's a good idea to send someone as an investigator.What did you really send me for?With that strength, do you have a special assignment that requires high combat prowess?Is that why you came to get the gear for the front line?)

Shilou was further lost, but he decided that there would be some reason for the moon tiered structure around it, and he opened his mouth thinking that there was no way to hurt Akira's mood here for his own purpose.

"... it's not definitive information, but it seems that Atlas D2771 was attacked while transporting the cube."We failed to defeat them, but were able to trap them in the vehicle.The Cube hasn't been taken either.The assailants are still trapped in the car. "

There is a cube, or something called a seed.The fact that many of the objects found were in the shape of cubes.It was buried in the ground.And to produce something from the old world so that the seeds germinate and blossom when they start up.That's why they came to be called that.

It is believed to be a mass of nanomachines with self-repairing regeneration capabilities, some kind of integrated manufacturing device manufactured with old-world technology.It is said that they regenerate many kinds of things, and even regenerate people, organisms, machines, houses and factories, and even cities in the old world by using the supplies at the germination point as materials.

Previously, the Cube regenerated what appears to be a military base in the Old World.The base then took a heavy toll by trying to eliminate the illegal occupants of the base in a wide area according to the standards of the old world, that is, the inhabitants of the eastern part of the modern era, with the attack capability of the base.At the same time, however, it was recorded that the corporate forces that were heading for the crackdown succeeded in acquiring the technology used in the military bases of the old world during the offensive and defense, and gained more than the damage.

For those reasons, it would be extremely troublesome if the cubes were to flower in an unorganized manner, but if they were to flower in full condition in anticipation of what would be regenerated after the flowering, they were treated as precious artifacts that could be expected to yield uneven profits.

Akira listened to the story from Shiloh, and got a supplement from Alpha to understand the general situation.I can bend my face somewhere I don't like it.

Hey, are intercity transport vehicles so frequently attacked?

"There's nothing I can say about escaping from the raids, but rarely."Even if there is damage on the vehicle side, it is basically the same as suicide. "

"Then why?" You've just been attacked, haven't you? "

"Even if I tell you."Isn't it a little weird around Kugamayama?There's been a lot of big noise lately, right? It's not normal. "

Akira unconsciously strayed away from Shiro.From the third party's point of view, those disturbances were so involved that they could not be cleared up by chance, and sometimes the cause of the disturbance was unexpectedly reacted to (because of).

Shiloh thinks that Akira's attitude is strange.

"... hey, maybe Akira was sent here to investigate?"

"... I don't know."

Akira, who was not a moonlit operative just because she was mistaken, said that and deceived her mischievously.

Nor did Shiloh pursue it any further.Even if Akira was responsible for a series of disturbances, I couldn't afford to be involved with it right now.

Well then, I'll go get my gear.

"Be careful." If the attack was really aimed at the Cube, the enemy would be strong enough.Well, at the time of the attack on the intercity transport, I knew it. "

"Yeah. I'm not trying to defeat them."If you get my gear, I'll be right back. "

Akira left the camper when she was ready to enter the intercity transport.

In the cargo section of the intercity transport vehicle, beyond the long talap, the blockade forces blocked the point of contact with the rest of the interior of the vehicle.Akira, who entered the cargo section, stood in front of the door connecting to the aisle and turned to the closed door in front of her, looking at the other side.

The processing was changed so that the information collection device reads the operation of the Akira and prioritizes the analysis of the location of the gaze.This significantly increases the local accuracy.If it was a normal wall, I could see the situation from the other side.

However, Akira's expanded vision did not show the front of the door.

No way, Alpha. Support me.

Not only is it impossible to analyze your own information-gathering device, but Alpha will be fine.Thinking so, Akira asked Alpha for support.It may be better to go and get the equipment by yourself as a training, but I thought it would be difficult to lose the equipment because of that, so I was going to get full support here.

But Alpha shook her head to the side.

"Akira. I'm sorry, but I can't either."This vehicle is divided into several sectors, each of which is protected by a powerful force field armor called Force Field Armor.The power field armor's [Force Field Armor] output is extremely high, and it has become an information interceptor. ”

Yeah, it could be a communication failure.

“That's right, even if my support dramatically improves the performance of the information gathering equipment, it's a soft-side performance improvement.The performance of the sensors on the hard side does not increase.If the other side's response becomes so weak that the sensor can't sense it due to the influence of the information blocker, I can't help it. "

I see. Got it. Take the dare (ah) no, that's it, please give me a firm support.No matter what happens in the car, you have to get the gear. "

Of course, of course. Leave it to me.

Akira laughed back at Alpha, who was smiling confidently as usual.

It is a door that serves as a bulkhead to block the compartment, but they have permission to unlock it.When Akira told the people around her that she was going to open the door now, she sent out instructions to open the door to the vehicle's system via short-range communication.

If the raiders were on the other side of the door, they could get ambushed.Both Akira and those around her raised their guns and raised their tensions.The door slowly starts to open.The information gathering device that obtained the information on the passage side from the gap of the door immediately analyzed the information and projected the passage on the extended view of Akira.There were no enemies.

... you look fine. Let's go.

Through the open door, Akira went ahead.Then the door automatically closed, closed tightly, and blocked the compartment.

Akira is under attack as she goes down the aisle.The enemy is a swarm of small multi-legged tanks.With its many legs, it sprints without distinguishing between the floor, wall, and ceiling, and in some cases flies through the passage and fires its laser cannon at Akira.

But the opponent was not an enemy to Akira.Shoots a C-Bullet (Charge Barrett) as you position your RL2 multiple gun across the enemy line of fire.A swarm of bullets that dramatically increased its power by supplying a large amount of energy, transformed into a barrage of incredible destructive power and attacked the multi-legged planes.The plane was destroyed in an instant, then shattered and crushed and scattered through the aisle.

Reinforcements emerge one after the other from the front of the aisle.It also appeared from the rear and tried to pinch Akira.

But Akira dealt with the shards without moving.With the RL2 composite gun in both hands, the muzzle was fired in front of and behind the passage.A large number of bullets are fired to take the enemy's escape from the aisle and ravage the horde of planes.A horde of robust armored multi-legged planes were torn apart and scattered in passageways after being destroyed to such an extent that they were filled with holes.

While shooting at the enemy, Akira was already under fire.Thanks to the shields of the previous plane, the laser cannon is fired before it can be hit by a bullet that lengthens the time it takes to destroy it.The high energy rays are shot out countless times, scorching the space above the rays, piercing the surrounding iron scraps (crumbs), and vaporizing them to attack Akira.

But it didn't work for Akira.Akira dodged the enemy's laser cannon before they could shoot at her.And the effect of the rays burning the air on the rays, the aftermath of the high energy, etc., was completely unknown to the strong force field armor [Force Field Armor] of the reinforced clothing that Akira wore.

The engagement lasted only a few minutes.In that short time, enormous amounts of bullets and countless rays of light flew through the vast passageway.The winner is Akira. She hasn't taken a scratch, and she hasn't disturbed a breath.Without exception, the horde of small multi-legged tanks was destroyed.

Hunters who exceed the Hunter Rank 60 are reluctant to enter the vehicle.Akira easily triumphed in battles that were commensurate with the rationale behind it.Moreover, he had a face that looked like he was beating out of a beat somewhere.I couldn't help it against an attack on an intercity transport vehicle targeting a huge artifact called the Cube.That's what I thought.

Is this... something like this?

Looking at the reaction of Akira, Alpha smiled (cheek).

I'm here to support you. It's like this.

Is that true?

So, towards Akira, Alpha smiles even more gently and happily.

Besides, Akira has grown stronger.

Akira was even stronger after surviving the battle with Lion's Tail.Even with Alpha's judgment, we could give enough points.

... I see.

Akira laughed and returned with some delight.I felt a joy similar to that of being satisfied that I had become strong enough to be recognized by Alpha in time and gradually.

Akira's own strength. And gear for the frontline.One of the conditions (to achieve Alpha's request) was met.We're almost there.

So Alpha laughed lightly.

But Akira, you don't want to fight stronger enemies because you can't handle it anymore.

I know. I'd rather have a weak enemy.I was fighting strong enemies.Sometimes we have to relax. Let's go. '

Akira smiled bitterly and hurried ahead.

After Akira left the aisle, the wreckage scattered on the floor changed.Some parts of myriad multi-leg machines melt and liquefy.When it became a green liquid and spread on the floor, it began to swallow other debris.It gathered in one more place.Then, the liquid mixed with pieces of metal absorbed to digest all the debris deformed while solidifying, transformed into the shape of a human form, and clearly shaped the figure of a human.

A girl who created them from materials stands in a passageway that is free of mechanical parts and liquids.Once Akira turned her attention to the direction in which she had left, the girl in her old-world-style reinforced clothes ran away in the opposite direction.