Rebuild World

Akira continues shooting training in the wilderness near the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street.

Conscious of the correct posture, put the gun firmly in place, peek into the aimer with a serious look, and align the aiming to the target pebble. The blue line of ballistic prediction, which is being expanded and displayed in view thanks to the support of Alpha, continues to shake under the influence of a slight shake in the body caused by breathing.

Akira breathed heavily and stopped breathing, concentrating, only temporarily (when), stopping the shaking of the blue line. And pulled the trigger.

The shot bullet runs in a straight line into the universe and hits the target. The impact of the landing caused the pebble to split and the bullet (sprinkled) to fly.

"Whoa! Doesn't that sound good?

On three consecutive hits, Akira laughed with joy at the improvement in her skills. I know I'm still out of reliance on Alpha's support and far from a successful sniper on my own. But it's dramatic growth when compared to previous amateur skills.

Alpha laughs happily.

'Looks like you've already graduated from amateur school. You're doing great. It's a big deal.'

Even Akira, who gave me a little twist, would be happy with the boulder if she was praised for its improvement by the opponent who kept getting wasted. He turned his smile to Alpha, who seemed slight but good at it. Then he turned the smile Alpha was pointing at Akira into something a little more meaningful with some fun looks.

'Keep up the good work next time at that rate. I'm going to go a little further with the training because it's starting to hit there. Change the target slightly from the next, but as we've talked about before, if you remove it, you'll be killed, aim with that readiness.'

Alpha points to the next target. Akira also turns her gaze to you with a slightly unpleasant feeling. And as soon as I saw the target, I made my face heavily tense (frightened) with fear. There stood a Weapon Dog who nearly killed Akira the other day.

The Weapon Dog is about two meters long. Because of the giant that intimidates the beholder and the Gatling cannon that grew from his back, the appearance is really noticeable. You can never do a sneaky imitation at some point. But Akira was completely unaware of its existence.

Akira, who had stopped moving in surprise, returns to me and tries to escape. But before that, Alpha laughs and seeds him.

'Don't worry. Just the same footage as me. "

Akira unexpectedly sees Alpha. And he regained a little calm from Alpha's smile indicating there was no danger. Next I look at the Weapon Dog with a surprising (keen) face feeling the heartbeat. It just looks real no matter how you look at it. But when I realized that the giant was not microscopic, and that I was definitely aware of myself from the direction of my gaze, even though I was constrained, I did not react at all, I understood that it was not real gradually from its unnaturalness, and exhaled with relief.

"Don't threaten me."

To Akira, who sends a gaze of condemnation with an unsatisfactory look, Alpha smiled back without the appearance of evil cowardice (walrus).

"From now on, we're going to be fighting a mountain of monsters like that, so you have to get used to it within the moment, combining sudden encounter responses, reactions, and mindsets. That wolf was dead in action, wasn't he?

Alpha urges Akira to resume training with her hands. Akira put up the gun again, remembering something that was not to be interpreted.

"The weakness is between the other's eyebrows. Make up your mind in one shot. '

Akira looks at the Weapon Dog over the aimer. The target was red-bound, showing signs of weakness between the eyebrows. Calm down and try to match the blue line of ballistic prediction between the target's eyebrows. But it's not good. A tremor in both arms was transmitted to the gun, which kept rocking the blue line.

(... calm down. That's footage. It's only (just) aimed at pebbles...)

Even if you know that, the scary ones are scary. He's the one who almost got killed once, and it just seems real, except he won't move. Besides, I really need to look straight at that figure more than I'm after. It's hard to stay calm.

Still breathing deeply and loudly, rejuvenating the body and mind a little bit. Use your strength in your trembling arms to reduce the blue-line rash of ballistic predictions, keep as calm, hold your breath, and concentrate as you can. And pulled the trigger with a rugged face.

Akira did everything she could. But the bullet that was shot out didn't even hit his body between the eyebrows of the Weapon Dog, and landed on the ground near it.

As soon as that happens, the Weapon Dog suddenly moves. He moved the giant vegan as fast as he had reacted to the sniping, and attacked Akira with a Gatling cannon on his back. The barrel of the Gatling gun spins vigorously ahead of Akira, who solidifies her surprise as she peeks into the aimer. And he spat a lot of flames (muzzle flashes) out of the muzzle.

Dead. Akira realized that, and stood half-baked, but she didn't know how to do it.

But for a while, I realized that I had not suffered one injury while I was dying, even though I was still bathing in that barrage. I don't know why, I continue to stand in a cruel and confused way with a suspicious face. Then gradually I remembered that the enemy was just the video.

If this isn't training, he'll be fought back and killed like this sight. In order to teach it, the scene is displayed when the sniper fails. Akira, whose thoughts finally chased her that far, managed to support her body in trying to get in and exhale.

"Tell me first..."

Alpha was pointing to the ground when Akira turned her face towards Alpha, also in a weak state of energy capable of gazing into her will to condemn. There was a tragic body rolling with countless bullets all over its body. Akira notices the body's face and makes her face tense (frightened). The body in the footage was Akira.

"This will happen in a counter-attack if you don't aim for the target's weakness and inflict an immediate death or at least a loss of combat capability. If you take it off, they'll kill you. I told you to go for it. Train well so that this does not happen in action '

"…, Roger"

Looking at Alpha laughing as usual and her own corpse turning her gaze, which had resentment to blame for her earlier failures, Akira greatly distracted (one) her expression.

The shooting drill continues with the target being turned into a monster in the video. Targets are monsters that can be defeated if they are hit by weaknesses in Akira's gear today. And Akira's strength made it impossible to do so, and a mountain of mutilated corpses (springs) had been created that had been fought back in various ways. Akira saw that pile of corpses and was desperately continuing her training not to add her real self to that pile.

Thanks only to the repetition of the portion of the piled body, Akira is getting used to it. Stay calm, aim, and try to pull the trigger with certainty that this will hit. Then just before that, the target's monster disappeared. When I put the gun down wondering, my pile of corpses had disappeared with me.

"Alpha. Are we done for today?

"Akira, someone's coming this way."

Akira took out her binoculars with a surprising face. Thanks to the performance of the binoculars and the support of the alpha, the subject was quickly found. Heading this way was a pair of hunters riding through the wilderness in a wilderness spec car.

As soon as I saw that, Akira's face got steep. I've been attacked by a pair of hunters the other day, and my vigilance really comes out first. This time it's a pair of female hunters, but it's no reason to lower your guard.

"... you didn't come after me again, did you?

'Probably not. Maybe we're simply headed to the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street. But don't take it, let's go to the ruins just in case. If they weren't friendly, they wouldn't get away with being chased around here.'

It's not unusual to meet other hunters in the wilderness. The same goes for the fact that the other person is not good. As a result of mutual vigilance, there are many instances in which excess fire is attached and wasted rubbing (also) develops.

Akira is already on strong alert to her opponent. Half of the sparks are already scattered. Look at that Akira and see how they react. With that in mind, Alpha made an immediate evacuation decision without hesitation.

"Okay. Let's hurry."

When Akira carried the rucksack, she headed to the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street early.

A pair of female hunters are aiming at the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street in a wilderness spec vehicle.

Their gear isn't performing well enough to go for the back of the ruins. But it's a little too high for exploring the outer periphery. With the very rare (rare) exception of beating a monster to death with bare hands, the hunter's strength is largely proportional to the performance of the equipment. Because it's proof that you have the strength to buy and operate that equipment. In other words, their strengths were halfway to the Kuzhara Street ruins as those heading to hunter operations.

Elena in the driver's seat speaks to Sarah in the passenger seat.

"Sarah. It's time to get there. Get ready."

Sarah has a slightly surprising face as she looks at the distant view of the ruins.

"Elena. Not now, but do you really fit in here?

"We talked about that yesterday, didn't we? It's about here where kids can walk from Kugamayama City."

"Is there any chance that it was sneaky mixed up on regular flights to other sites or something like that?

"Ruins with regular flights to the hunter's office are mostly more difficult than the outer periphery of Kuzhara Street ruins. The rumor spread because an amateur child brought a pricey artifact to the store. If the child seemed to work in other sites, it hasn't been such a rumor in the first place. It's not that unnatural to have children from Slam Street in the outer periphery of Kuzhara Street ruins, and it's no wonder you're lucky enough to find expensive artifacts. Right here."

Somewhere in the ruins of a nearby city, where even children with amateurs can go, there is still an uninvestigated part with a large amount of expensive artifacts. Such rumors had recently spread among hunters in Kugamayama City.

Low difficulty sites naturally have a high survival rate. For this reason, a large number of hunters who cannot reach the ruins of high difficulty will spend more time exploring the ruins in lice (smudges) than engaging powerful monsters. As a result, the uninvestigated parts, which are still likely to remain, will soon disappear. There are no more uninvestigated parts in the ruins of low difficulty around the city. Many hunters thought so.

But it was overshadowed. Because an unarmed child brought a relatively expensive artifact to the boutique.

I actually saw the kid. At one time, the raven (and) have also brought artifacts to the corner and shopping area many times. There was a killing in Slam Street over the money. A hunter with the child's trail spotted the uninvestigated part and got a lot of money. The hypothetical story was accompanied by a tail fin, and rumors had already begun to walk alone. As a result, many hunters had now begun to consider re-investigating sites of low difficulty.

Elena and the others were hunters who heard the rumors and decided to reexamine them. The outer periphery of the Kuzhhara Street ruins is already a place where Elena and the others are too low in value for money. But if the rumors are true, we can expect enough profit. Even if I was wrong, it's less dangerous. Elena decided so and strongly suggested a re-investigation, and Sarah agreed.

Sarah just didn't have as strong expectations as Elena.

"But Elena looked into it pretty closely before, didn't she? Even then, the harvest wasn't great, and honestly, I can't expect much more."

"Well, that's not good. Let's find out. Something might have changed while I wasn't here."

Elena laughed that far and said, then shifted her gaze to Sarah's chest, shading that smile a little worryingly.

"... it's time to properly replenish Sarah's nanomachine, boulder. Because our recent earnings are subtle, we will be reducing our supply. Are you all right?

Sarah also turns her gaze to her own chest. Its breasts, lacking in ups and downs, have no shadows to see, such as its former abundance. Both Elena and Sarah know exactly what that means. That's why Sarah laughed brightly that she couldn't let Elena worry.

"It's okay. Don't worry."

Sarah is a consumer nanomachine based physical enhancement augmenter. And Sarah's chest combined with that nanomachine supply depot.

Fighting monsters is an accessory to hunter operations. The enemy is only a tough opponent in life, including descendants of old world-made biological weapons (Mameei) and defensive machines from various facilities. To combat them, most hunters seek means of strengthening their physical abilities. Wearing reinforced clothing. Idolatrization. Cyborg. The people of the East were analyzing the technology of the Old World to counteract the existence of the Old World, creating various means as if they had transcended physics.

One of its means is the administration of nanomachines. Effects range from muscle strength enhancement through force field manipulation, to cellular function itself, to redesigning human body functions, including genetic modification. When it comes to being extremely advanced, there are even those that replace whole body cells with mechanical cells made up of nanomachines, turning that body into an obscure being distinguished from advanced cyborgs. The exterior is no different from that of a human being, but he throws his car away without fortified clothing and transforms it into a superman who even bounces back a bullet.

Sarah was previously dying (hives) due to various circumstances and received a nanomachine administration as a treatment. The treatment itself was successful. I even got enhanced physical abilities on top of sparing death. But at the price of that, nanomachines became essential to sustain life.

Nanomachines consume just to live their daily lives. If you harsh your body with hunter operations, your consumption will increase dramatically. In addition, the cost of replenishment is quite high.

It is possible to treat nanomachines so that they will not die if they are depleted. However, it requires more large sums of money, and it becomes infirm due to the loss of enhanced physical abilities. The cost of treating a sick body is also high. Everything is a problem that can be solved with gold. And because of the lack of money, Sarah continued to live the status quo.

Elena's passion for this rumor was that she cared about Sarah. Because where there are only weak monsters, Sarah's burden on firepower will be greatly reduced. When the body's nanomachine is consumed, the spare portion is replenished from the chest to the whole body, and its chest becomes smaller. Knowing the magnitude of the time when we held abundant, sufficient spare parts, the size now just seems like a danger zone anymore.

Elena turns her strong gaze to Sarah.

"... I'm not going to pinch your mouth too much because Sarah would know best about Sarah's body. But if that keeps happening, I'll sell my gear and force it to replenish."

Sarah also returns a strong gaze to Elena.

"Stop. If you do that, the performance of your gear will be drastically reduced and you won't be able to make more money. How long do you think it took me to find that gear?"

"I can't replace Sarah's life. That's when it happened. Let's go up this (ha) again from the bottom together. If this goes well, I'll start by charging Sarah for her nanomachine."

I do not accept objections. Elena had that strong will in her eyes. Elena and the others have known each other for a long time. Hunter, we've been dating since before we started operating. We both knew which would pull in this situation. Sarah takes root and laughs lightly.

"Okay. It's just like having no neck to really have no money."

Elena giggles and gives it back, too.

"What are you talking about now? That's what hunters are for, isn't it?

"So is that. It was now."

With all the circumstances, Elena and the others laughed and boarded the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street.

Akira continued to move around the outer perimeter of the Kuzsuhara Street ruins. I came to the ruins at the corner (because of this), so I thought I'd finally collect them, but there were quite a few hunters in the ruins besides Akira and Elena, and I had to keep moving (to avoid encounters).

Thanks to Alpha's unusually advanced ability to fight foes, encounters with other hunters and monsters are avoided. But Akira was a little sloppy, not in a situation where she could do shooting training or collecting artifacts.

"Akira, we're moving again."

"Again. Why is it so crowded? Or is it that much to meet other hunters at the ruins?

'I guess that depends on the ruins. But I must have missed you here. Even when I met Akira, I didn't see any other hunters besides Akira. The only other hunters I've seen around here since then, except today, were the pair I gave back before.'

Akira makes her expression look worse.

"... So I figured, am I being followed or are they looking for me?

The reason for targeting yourself is the same as before, isn't this time running it in large numbers? Akira was a little nervous when she thought about it unexpectedly.

Alpha laughs and calms Akira down.

'Don't worry. Even so, as long as I'm here, you'll be fine.'

"Well, I'm counting on that neighborhood..."

"Besides, the other hunters aren't actively looking for Akira herself. I know why. That's why it's okay. Don't worry. '

Alpha explains why to Akira. The content of the rumors that other hunters like Elena and others would have heard and the basis for it. actions that those who heard the story would do. Akira looked a little harsh when she heard them, understanding that the cause was herself.

"Is that what you mean? You've got a problem."

"Well, to the extent that a little rumor has spread, most (mostly) half-truths. If you don't find the artifact, it'll fit right in. So I guess you don't have to worry too much. Let's go. '

Akira follows Alpha through the ruins. I had a little complicated thoughts about those who were feathers searching for artifacts that I didn't even have because of my actions, but I reconsidered that I couldn't afford to worry about that, and immediately changed my mind.

Elena and the others continued their search for the ruins, but so far no results had been achieved. Sarah exhales into a situation where Fang (Kanba) is not as good as expected.

"I wasn't expecting too much, but you're gonna hate it when you're so fruitless."

With Elena smiling bitterly, she makes a bright voice to encourage Sarah.

"If anyone can spot us soon, someone will find us sooner rather than later. Find it in the tunnel."

"That being said, I don't feel like I can find you looking for it without guessing. Elena. Can't you guess what?

"For once, I'm looking for a child's footprint. Rumor has it that if a child finds an uninvestigated part of the ruins, the child's footprint may be there."

"Boulder (that's right) Elena. You have a different eye."

Elena and the others clearly divide their roles on the team. Elena's in charge of gathering information, and Sarah's in charge of firepower. Each piece of equipment is also biased towards its own role.

Elena's main equipment is information-gathering equipment. Information gathering equipment is a highly functional product with a complex combination of features such as motion probes, echo identification maps, and high-performance scopes. It is used to gather a wide range of information, including structural grasps and enemies within the site. He's also equipped with a single gun, but only to a lighter degree than Sarah's armed.

Sarah's main gear is a powerful firearm. Firearms, originally used in fortified clothing due to weight and recoil, are lightly handled in the physical abilities of physical enhancement expanders. The protective clothing worn is quite sturdy (in case) because it serves as Elena's shield.

Elena finds it and Sarah knocks it down. In some cases Sarah escapes with Elena in charge. That's how Elena and the others have explored dangerous ruins.

Elena was committed to meeting Sarah's expectations as the team's information-gathering officer. It was also Elena's high strength (occasionally) that found other people's footprints from slight dust (dust) irregularities on the hard rubble. But there are no satisfactory results, and I give Sarah a bitter smile back.

"Well, I haven't found that kid's footprint yet. If it's an adult footprint, there's plenty to waste."

"It's better than you still can't guess. Where do we look next?

"Continue to look for places where your child is likely to walk. Oh, yeah, I'll tell you within the moment. Sarah. Be careful, the colorless fog is getting darker."

"Copy that. Retreat if the impact becomes harsh. I'll leave it up to Elena to decide when to withdraw."

Elena and the others intensified their vigilance and continued their search for the ruins.

Akira, who kept moving through the ruins to avoid encountering other hunters, entered the abandoned building (to hide herself) in the process. And now I was taking a break and watching the outside with binoculars from inside the abandoned building.

Whenever I see other hunters over my binoculars, I look out appropriately wondering if you could come home soon, I can call Alpha.

"Akira. It's a good opportunity, so I'll explain the colorless fog."

"Fog without color?

'Yes, it's getting a lot thicker since just now. Look over there.'

An alpha figure enters the vision over the binoculars. And I pointed to the view ahead.

"Compare the other side to the other side and see the difference"

"... there won't be any difference. They're both the same."

"Really?"

Akira took another careful look at Alpha's attitude, smiling (cheeky) as a reminder. But both are sights of ruins lined with abandoned buildings, which only look the same. But I try to force myself to look for a difference in how Alpha looks like I'm expecting an answer.

"... if I insist, I feel more blurry on the right"

Alpha laughed and snorted a little harder.

"Correct. The fog on the right is darker with no color around it."

"............, that's all?

'This is the important story from here. It's deadly for eastern hunters not to know this, so listen carefully'

To Akira, who was slightly puzzled, Alpha began to laugh and talk just in case.

Colorless fog. That's what they call it in the east. Unlike normal fog, it does not appear white by light indiscriminate. When visually confirming an event, concentrations and ranges can be identified from the blurring of the view.

The surrounding scenery is blurred under the influence of colorless fog. That is to the extent that the vision becomes slightly worse, which is certainly a problem, but it is necessary to utilize high-performance information-gathering devices and the like. But when the fog reaches a high concentration, that's not okay. Various other unexplained events are added.

Radio waves, communications and, on the contrary, even sounds and smells make it significantly more difficult to obtain the information necessary to grasp the surrounding conditions, regardless of the biomechanics. Very powerful various jamming devices are close to being used in a strip. Thermo-optical camouflage functions are also significantly reduced in their performance, almost nullifying the camouflage effect. Various lock-on functions, including optical ones, also become almost unusable. Wireless communication also becomes very unstable and in some cases even wired is affected.

In addition, it reduces the power and range of various firearms. Increases to the bump of ballistics, exacerbating the hit rate. Depending on the concentration of fog, the ballistics of the bullet after the shooting will be visible and clear.

These events have a significant impact on the activities of hunters in the east. But as a hunter, Akira, still an amateur, could not correctly understand the dangers of hearing those explanations.

"I didn't dare to take it, and I found it hard when its colorless fog was thick"

Alpha perceives that shallow understanding from Akira's expression and shakes her neck sideways with a harsh look.

'I don't understand. I'll just elaborate on your strong involvement with Akira. First of all, it's because of this colorless mist that eastern humans are less likely to be attacked by monsters. Monsters are similarly affected by fog. The eastern humans are less likely to be discovered by monsters and manage to survive. If there's no colorless fog, even the monsters at the end of the horizon will know where Akira is. The enemy capabilities of weapons manufactured with old world technology are incredibly high performance. "

Apart from the extent of its importance, Akira also understood the importance of not being found by the enemy. Nod lightly as you were impressed.

"Was it? I see. That's important."

'And another thing. If the fog is very dark without color, people, monsters, and machines will have a reduced ability to fight all sorts of enemies. My ability to defeat enemies will also be greatly reduced. Worst case scenario, so much so that Akira might notice the monster before me. So in the meantime, when the colorless fog is thick, you'll be caged in the city. It's a shame we're headed to the ruins when the fog suddenly gets very thick, but give up.'

Akira was still listening to Alpha in a way that impressed her. But gradually understand the dangers of shit.

"... that means that when the fog is dark without color, even with the support of Alpha, the chances of encountering a monster increase tremendously, right?

"Yes, I am."

"... if I run into a monster right now, what do you think is the odds of winning?

"It's going to be quite a close encounter because you're going to encounter it under the influence of a high concentration of colorless mist that I can't compensate for with my support. Well, survival is hopeless."

"... is the fog getting thicker now?

"Yes, I am."

Akira silently sets up her binoculars and begins her surrounding enemies. It is extremely rare that Yo (more) gets so foggy, but Alpha smiled silently after learning about it.