Rebuild World

By the time Akira recovered from her earlier breakdown, the shelling sounds she had heard from the outside had also already disappeared. Alpha decides to resume the site search based on both the outside and Akira appearances.

'Looks like we've settled outside, and it's time to get back to hunter operations. Akira, do me a favor this time, will you?

Akira nodded with a serious face.

"I'm fine. Now it works exactly as instructed. I promise."

"Okay. Let's go."

When Alpha laughed back with satisfaction, she started walking ahead Akira again. Akira followed with a serious face as well.

Exit the building and pass where you encountered a giant mechanical monster earlier. Go through the side of the collapsed building and through the rubble. Then we go further through the places where the traces of the earlier battle remain.

Naturally, I can't fathom myself with my own cheap pistol, and even though I was quite armed for monsters, there were no shards (shards), such as wins, but I wandered around in invisibility. This experience had a strong impact on Akira, for better or worse. The expression also gets natural and rugged. But Akira was proceeding with caution as long as she was ready to smear the cowardice that sprang up and followed Alpha's instructions.

While satisfied with the condition of its Akira, Alpha continued to guide the monsters through the ruins lurking throughout it unusually precisely so that they would never encounter them.

Proceed further temporarily. It had already reached so far back that it could not be called the outer periphery of the ruins. So Alpha points to one of the buildings that is disturbed by the ruins.

"Akira. I'll collect the artifacts here."

Akira looks up at the designated ruins. I risked my life to get deep in the ruins. I really expect that to be all. But Akira only looks like the other ruins that have passed many times before. At least it didn't seem like a building that made sense (on purpose) to have gotten to this point.

"Can I ask why you chose this place?

After Akira somehow asked that, she was a little anxious, thinking that this question might lead her to suspect Alpha. But Alpha returned a confident smile.

'Fine. I'll explain as I search for artifacts inside. "

I think I can count on this. Akira looked at Alpha's smile and thought so, followed by the leading Alpha into a good mood.

The building designated by Alpha was a commercial establishment of the Old World Era. Akira moves on through it looking at the remnants of her past flourish.

There are holed walls near the pulled shelves, and the remains of mechanical monsters are scattered over the floor, which leaves traces of looted blood. On the side (buckwheat) of a large bone of a biological monster, human bones were scattered with pieces of equipment. Remnants of a sight that was once overflowing with a wide variety of products. Proof that many hunters have come this far in search of relics from that old world. And it's a trail of engagement between those hunters and the monsters.

Many of the old world buildings that exist are sturdy. There's a hole in the wall of that building, and the ceiling's burning. It was a clear indication of the intensity of the battle that took place on this occasion. So powerfully armed hunters killed each other with equally powerful monsters. All in order to get the relics of the old world that were here.

The numerous bodies scattered showed that it was worth the risk here. Or (some) were the end of those who could not resist the greed of the relics of the Old World.

'That's why I chose this place, but first and foremost, from a safety perspective. The ruins' mechanical monsters are mostly guarded by the facility's defenses. While many individuals have broken and rampant controls, many simply continue to eliminate external enemies as part of their security systems. There are many places where biological monsters are also targeted for elimination as a result of their security work. In other words, the threat of biological monsters is lowered in buildings that are subject to the defense of mechanical monsters in their hands. "

"But isn't that just a mechanical monster attacking you instead?

"Mechanical monsters often strictly observe security routes and security locations as set. So if you grasp that security pattern, you can dramatically reduce the likelihood of encounters. Conversely, biological monsters can change habitats depending on the circumstances or move quite whimsically, making it difficult to predict encounters. So if Akira is with me, a building with a large percentage of mechanical monsters is relatively safer."

Akira had listened to those stories intriguingly unknown in the alley of Slam Street.

"I see. Is that how you think too? But how do you figure out that pattern?

'There are many ways there. But it will take decades to explain it in detail until Akira understands and agrees correctly, so I'll skip that explanation. "

So Alpha smiles invincibly like a prank.

'Or do you want to hear it right? You said if you asked me a detailed question later, I'd answer until Akira was convinced. That's good, right? I don't care if we talk.'

"Oh, yeah, I won't"

Akira saw Alpha's story as a joke. I didn't think I was going to talk to you from the beginning. But when I joked back myself that I wanted to hear it, I felt signs that I was really going to be listened to extensively and let the conversation slip away a little. Alpha smiled (cheeks) back at Akira's reaction as expected.

'Really? Well, tell me if you change your mind. So here's why I chose this place as my collection site, but the other reason is because of the selection of relics. "

"A careful selection leaves such an expensive artifact here?

'The value of the artifact is also important, but it's more important that Akira can take it home before then. If you find something that would be a lot of money if you sold it, but that's something that weighs about ten tons, there's nothing Akira can do about it, right? On the other hand, even if it was something you could carry lightly with one hand, if it was next to a monster, you wouldn't be able to take it home. "

"Well, sure."

"Where even Akira can take it home without dying, and you're likely to find a relic of considerable value. I chose this place because I thought about the combination around it. '

When Akira heard Alpha's explanation, she was convinced that it was worth risking her life to get here. And I can think of the opposite from there.

"... that? So you're saying that there wasn't much left of what I was looking for yesterday?

"The relics have already been removed from that area. If even children like Akira still have plenty of expensive artifacts left to collect, they should be crowded with hunters. But it wasn't, was it?

"... you sure do"

Yesterday I risked my life to continue working in jail. Akira thought so, and now she was feeling fatigued.

"I thought if you worked hard to get to the ruins, you'd find high priced artifacts, but was the thought sweet? Was it reckless?"

I smile (cheeks) at Akira, who is a little depressed, as Alpha encourages.

"You met me because of that recklessness, so I think it was well worth risking your life to go to the ruins, huh? I can feel plenty of luck in the days ahead. Stay tuned. '

Laughs lightly as Akira regained her mind.

"Right. I'm hoping."

"Leave it to me."

Alpha returned a confident smile.

It should also be noted that the outer periphery of the ruins left quite a few if you look for cheap artifacts. Those are only worthwhile enough for those hunters not to look forward to, but they are expensive enough for a Slam Street kid's standards. I mean, Akira wasn't working that hard. And after figuring it out, Alpha was intentionally leading Akira behind the ruins.

Hunters aren't the only ones who visit the ruins. Companies are also sending troops to the ruins at huge expense. Many others continue to collect relics while sometimes helping and sometimes killing each other. This ruin doesn't fit the bill. Until all those who visit there decide so.

Still, the criteria for determining that it is not suitable for the price are different from one another. Firstly, companies pull their hands. Corporate private soldiers are only throwing a lot of money into operations, and their equipment and strength are at a very high level. This also makes damage in the event of loss of personnel very expensive. Except for artifacts of the kind that are extremely difficult to obtain and can be a battle between companies involving force, such as old world-made production equipment, which is not reproducible in current technology, we quickly draw our hands off. Because ordinary relics can only be bought from hunters for money. Organizations that hold luxurious funds, such as companies, can do so with gold if they can buy it with gold.

Next, a common hunter pulls his hand. Calmly analyze the rewards and monster threats you get from the artifacts you take home, hang your interests on the scale (Tenbin), and raise them with plenty of room.

And finally, the powerful and incompetent pull their hands. He who keeps repelling monsters and collecting artifacts until the end of time with his strength, and he who is caught by greed and dies accidentally at the time of pull. Both of them continue to reduce expensive artifacts from the ruins and instead keep the bodies piling up. And because of the amount of artifacts found and the amount of bodies piled up, when it was determined that the ruins were not suitable for both, the ruins gradually became lonely.

Akira had set foot in that lonely ruin in an area that she would never have been able to reach earlier because of a powerful monster. There were quite a few expensive artifacts left in the ruins that the well-armed hunters pulled up for no good.

However, Akira does not know the value of the artifact. Follow Alpha's instructions and fill the paper bag with something that looks like it. This paper bag was also found here. The pre-prepared bag was unbearably torn to withstand the weight of the artifact.

Akira looked a little anxious when she saw a paper bag filled with artifacts to take home. Paper shopping bags are pretty thin and don't look very sturdy.

"... by the time you get back to the city, you won't be torn, will you?

'It's okay. This paper bag is also made in the old world. I mean, it's a relic of the old world. It's tougher than it looks, so don't worry. "

"I see. Old world technology. Awesome."

Akira now looks in the bag. Inside, small items that even children can take home are packed with relics carefully selected by Alpha. Akira didn't know much about it. There was something in there. One knife with sheath. How many mechanical parts are unknown? A few boxes were taught it was a recovery pill. What looks like a bandage. Looks like a watch. They contain a variety of things. And there was still room in the bag to pack, and it wasn't even that heavy.

"... why don't you take some more home?

I've come this far. I want to take it home to the limit if I can. Alpha shakes her neck sideways with a serious look at that Akira's untrained.

'No, that's the limit. Limit amount that Akira can act without any problems on her way home. I'm going to be as careful as I can, but if I run into a monster on my way home, I'm going to have to run away with it. If your luggage is strained or heavy, if you do poorly, you will die late on the run. Even if you throw it away because it's in your way on the way out, you can avoid consuming less and lighter health from the beginning. I'm not greedy.'

Akira also spares her life. And I'm also trying to follow Alpha's instructions as best I can. Unfortunately, he snorted (nodding) and truncated the untrained.

"... ok. So, how long is this gonna take?

'I don't know that, either. The amount of artifact purchased also fluctuates according to demand. And I'm not selling them all. Leave the knife for yourself. You shouldn't even sell medical products. Think of it as insurance because even a few injuries can often make it harder later if the treatment is inadequate.'

"Will that reduce the number of artifacts you can sell even more..."

'Necessary expenses. Be patient.'

"... ok"

This has reduced the number of artifacts that can be sold twice. Akira changed her mind, thinking it was a big achievement for her now, even though she was a little sorry about it.

'Well, shall we go home? I know it's hard to get home, but be very careful.'

"Oh. I know."

"We're going through that monster security area, and now we're going through there with heavy baggage. If you find your luggage moving slowly because of it, this time it may be fine wood dust. Really pay attention, huh?

Alpha says that and smiles meaningfully, and Akira makes her face cramp.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Well, let's go."

It follows after Alpha with Akira looking nervous again. Alpha was laughing with pleasure.

Akira managed to get back outside the ruins. This is still a wilderness and a dangerous enough place. But it is also true that the invisible monsters are extraordinarily safe compared to the ruins in which they wander. It's still a stage that I can't call survived, but it still unconsciously separates me and relieves tension. He remembered his physical and mental fatigue and exhaled heavily because of the act.

Smile so that Alpha cares about it.

"If you're tired, take a break? I'll take care of the perimeter. '

"Right. But I want to get back to the city early, too, so I'll just make it a little bit easier."

'Okay. Let's have a chat in the meantime. "

When it comes to chatting, there is no seed for talking to Akira, who has survived the alley in Slam Street by herself. Basically, Alpha talked and Akira hit the hammer.

'Speaking of which, you know what? That Kugamayama city was originally built to attack the ruins of Kuzhara Street?

"Heh. That's right. You're familiar with it."

"I still know a lot about this. Well, the information in the east is central, and the information in the west and the centre is refreshing. '

"The West... I don't know much about it, but I've heard stories about out-of-the-way demons."

'I don't know you very well either, do I? So much so that I know a little bit about frown spit that science and technology haven't developed at all or that there are wizards. "

"The central part, indeed, was the nation...? Is there a lot of organizations out there that are called that?

"To sum up, the entire territory of the Union of Central Ruling Nations, commonly known as the United Nations, is called the Central Region. It's the name of a region that lays down a system of governance called the State. And the eastern side is called the eastern side over the central. Sometimes I refer to the Eastern League of Governed Companies, commonly known as the Unified Enterprise Union. And the west is west over the center. There are rumors that there are no guns, there are magic, there are races like elves, but how far is it true? Because it's an unprofessional area, a lot of people try to explore it by being curious. Is Akira interested in something like that?

"No, I want to know more about eastern common sense than that first. I can't even read letters yet."

'Okay. Besides reading and writing, I'll add general education to Akira's training. Leave it to me.'

"Oh well. Thanks."

How can I help you?

Akira was a little scared, though grateful, by Alpha's exhausting offer. The price of free is high. Because the thought of that hand is stained.

Alpha smiles gently at Akira. More than anyone else, for Alpha's own sake.

Akira, who returned to the city of Kugamayama, quickly headed to the hunter's office run shopping office.

There are multiple buying houses inside and outside the city walls. And the location varies greatly from user to user. The boutiques within the walls make first-class hunters their primary customers. The artifacts that are brought in are also commensurately valuable, and sometimes companies wage a battle to raise the purchase price.

Akira headed for the sub-divisional boutique. It is also located close to Slam Street, and most shoppers are rushing out hunters, slum neighborhood residents, etc., which is close to the lowest rating for shopping. For this reason, even though it was originally a shopping place dedicated to artifacts, items that were not even artifacts rather than cheap artifacts were also brought in. And at some point it became a valuable source of income for the residents of Slam Street, even though it was basically cheap outside the relics.

When Akira enters the boutique, she takes the artifact to be sold out of the paper bag and puts it on the tray for purchase. Then grab the tray and wait in line for the order at the desk. As Alpha advised, I had skipped knives and medical supplies without selling them.

The desk clerk is a middle-aged man named Nozima. Nojima tried to respond to Slam Street child opponents from Akira's outfit. But look at the artifact on the tray and switch the response. I realized that the purchase was not something I could pick up in Slam Street.

"If you have a hunter's card, give it to me."

When Akira presented her own hunter's card like a piece of paper, Nozima received it and, after operating the terminal at hand, returned it with three coins. The tray was placed on the shelf behind Nozima for each purchase.

Akira sees those three coins, three hundred aurum coins, three hundred aurum. Orlam is the corporate currency issued by downhill Heavy Industries. Downhill Heavy Industries is one of the five largest companies that make up Tong Qi Lian, and Orlam is mainly used under the rule of its issuer, Downhill Heavy Industries, that is, within an economy with downhill heavy industry as its main axis. Kugamayama city is part of it.

Three hundred aurums is worth every man. If you're an average person in a subdivision of a Kugamayama city, it's a cheap meal. For the residents of the upper neighborhood, it's not even the price of a glass of water.

Achievements that risked your life on dangerous ruins. The cost of an artifact that was attacked by a giant monster and dying in jeopardy, but which, thanks to the support of Alpha, was painfully viable and long-lasting and brought back from a place that would otherwise never be reached. That's on Akira's palm right now. It's only three coins, three hundred aurums.

Akira turns her face up by making her expression rude with emotions similar to dark anger. Then I met Nojima, who was anticipating the reaction. Explain that Nojima stabs the nail (giggle) with a serious look before Akira tries to put something into her mouth that she doesn't even know very well.

"I know you have a lot to say too, Hunter Rank 1, no credit, zero track record Hunter's, the first purchase cost is fixed at 300 orum. It's as early as tomorrow to complete the assessment of the purchase. Ning, thank you for paying 300 aurums for something that might be the same as trash scum you don't even know how to handle. Pay the remaining amount at the next purchase when the assessment is complete. If the assessed amount falls below 300 orum, have it paid that way the other way around. If you're confident you've brought something to sell at a high price, come back and sell something. Identity verification shall be carried out with a hunter's card. If I lose my hunter's card, I think I'll have my credit and track record back from scratch. That's it. Questions?

When Akira heard Nojima's explanation, she understood the statement. I was also certain convinced. But that look is still harsh. Because I'm not entirely convinced. But at the same time, he understood that protesting was useless.

"... should I come back tomorrow?

"It would be if the assessment had been completed. The more expensive the artifact, the longer it takes to assess it. Not even if the assessment has been completed, but if there is no next purchase. Bring something properly. The last payment is after I give you my next purchase."

Nojima's attitude was harsh, but it included something slight but caring about Akira.

It's not so uncommon for a child like Akira to go hunter and manage to bring the artifact back to the boutique. Nojima sees a lot of kids like that. But there are only a few who come to buy a second time. It's either given up living as a hunter or it's dead, just a handful of people coming to buy it for the tenth time, etc.

"... I don't know how impotent you were today. But if we're going to eat in the hunter business, we're going to keep eating that impotence. If it breaks my heart to this extent, I'll stop. You're gonna die."

Akira answers with a serious look.

"I don't like it. It's the same in Slam Street that's at stake. I'm going up. Absolutely."

Prepared humans gain the strength they deserve. And that strength raises the possibility of survival. Nojima laughed lightly feeling certain determination in Akira's words.

"Right. Well, be careful."

This guy could be fine. Nojima felt slightly better because she thought so.