Rebuild World

The next day, Akira was ready to head back to the basement of the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street. HQ quickly assigned work to Akira. It was to install new lighting in the basement.

The new lighting was a combination of simple relays and information-gathering equipment. Near the lighting, you can also communicate with headquarters and other hunters on a communication terminal in the basement. Some even come with simple motion probes (motion trackers) and cameras. To detect the movements of monsters in the vicinity as soon as possible.

The majority of the lighting already installed in the underground is normal lighting. Therefore, they are switching from lighting installed near headquarters to high-performance lighting in order.

The underground was wider than assumed on the part of the city, as was the amount of monsters that inhabited it. That's why the city embarked on a full-scale underground assault and repression. Initially planned, the city side was going to cut it up when Yarata Sasori was gone, crushing Yarata Sasori's nest and coming out on the ground.

Akira, along with the other hunters, carries high-performance lighting in a trolley and replaces it with old lighting already installed. When the trolley is only old lighting, return to headquarters and reload it with new, high-performance lighting. Then we head back to installing the lighting. That repeat.

Talk to Alpha about the doubts Akira thought she would have while installing the lighting.

"Shouldn't we have installed high-performance lighting over here from the beginning?

Alpha scrutinizes Akira's questionable content. Then scrutinize the content of the response to it. Alpha emphasizes that it is easier to convince Akira than the possibility that the content of the reply is true. To grasp Akira's thought patterns. To ascertain the degree of grasp from Akira's reaction to hearing Alpha's reply.

Alpha smiles.

'I ended up getting high trying to make it cheaper. That's all. If the basement was narrower, if the amount of monsters was smaller, you wouldn't have had a problem with normal lighting.'

"I see."

Akira was normally convinced of Alpha's answer. Akira's thoughts were twitching and being grasped by Alpha.

Akira and the others will continue their work while transporting trolleys, installing lights, guarding their surroundings and replacing them with multiple hunters.

There is basically no monster because the place to replace the lighting is once it has been determined to have been suppressed. But there is no guarantee that I will never be. It is also possible that Yarata sasori is drilling holes in the walls as before. It is also possible that the rubble blocking the passage is a false pattern of yarata sawdust. In view of those possibilities, several hunters have been assigned to reinstall the lighting.

When Akira and the others continued to work temporarily, it became time for hunters other than Akira to change. Akira also thought about going back to HQ once, but just in case she contacted HQ, she was instructed to keep working because she would send additional personnel immediately. Akira had no choice but to wait for one additional hunter on the spot.

Akira awaits additional hunters in a lighted underground aisle. But it's hard to get there.

"You're late."

'Let's wait slowly. I don't have to worry about being ambushed by monsters because I'm doing this. Think of it as reducing the minimum elapsed time just by standing silently.'

Alpha replied so smiling to show Akira that there was no danger whatsoever. Akira had also seen Alpha's attitude and contained dissatisfaction other than being free.

However, the look of the alpha becomes slightly more precarious.

"Akira. Be on guard, just in case."

'What's wrong with you?

Akira also becomes more alert to changes in the alpha. Because even when we found Yarata Sasori at a distance, Alpha didn't take such an attitude. I mean, at least there's a possibility of more threats.

Alpha points to the end of the aisle. A little further down the aisle, there was someone somewhere in the hall.

There's an armed man over there.

Akira answers in wonder.

'No, that's not surprising, is it?

All hunters in the basement, including Akira, are armed. There's nothing suspicious about that.

"If the hunter-fed terminals in the basement are within comms range, you know they'll be able to locate each other just in case they don't talk to each other, right? I don't have that reaction. The reason is either the terminal is powered off, the terminal is malfunctioning, or you don't have a terminal. '

If you do not possess the terminal, or if you are powering off the terminal, you are a suspicious person. That means there's a two-thirds chance that there's an armed suspicious man in a position where a shootout is possible. Akira also increased her vigilance by understanding the situation.

Akira sees the target person. Akira's vision is expanded and the area where the person is located is enlarged. The subject was walking in the basement by himself. Because of the distance from the position where Akira is located, there is no indication that Akira is noticed over there.

Akira got a little lost, but decided to get in touch with HQ. There is also the possibility of every trouble. There is also the option of leaving it unaware. However, it was determined that the report was within the scope of the request taken on.

"This is number 27. Headquarters. Request Response"

"This is headquarters. Additional personnel have already been seconded to you. Wait a little longer. That's it."

An official at the headquarters who mistakenly assumed it was a reminder of additional personnel said so and tried to cut the correspondence.

"No. Don't hang up. I found one Hunter-like person who couldn't share location information. Give me directions. If you don't have instructions, I'll leave you alone."

"Is that true?

"I don't bother to throw up lies like that in my spare time."

"Right. Could be a terminal malfunction. Check it out for me. If you just accidentally switched off the power, let me contact HQ after you have the terminal turned on."

"If it wasn't either of those?

"Bring him to HQ if you can. If resisting, the use of the corresponding means shall be allowed, including the consequences thereof. Try to clean things up with additional personnel. Let me know when things get better. That's it."

"… Understood. Above"

Akira cut off communication with HQ. And he exhaled heavily.

Alpha advises Akira in advance.

'You can kill me. I gave you permission, so don't hesitate if you need me, okay?

'I knew that's what I meant......'

That means there's a chance that HQ could be as troublesome as just giving that permission.

Akira confirms the location of the surrounding debris. In the unlikely event of a shootout, immediately confirm the position where you can hide yourself in the shield. Akira takes a deep breath once after walking to the place.

"Alpha. Ask for support if anything happens"

Copy that. Leave it to me. '

After listening to Alpha's reply to calm her mind, Akira screams ready.

"Hey! The terminal's powered off!

Akira's voice echoed the underground. The man who was ahead of Akira's gaze starts looking around in surprise. After wandering around temporarily, the man noticed Akira gradually.

The man laughs and waves loudly at Akira. And after repeatedly pointing to the terminal the man was equipped with, he called on Akira.

The gesture of a man was that his terminal was broken, I wanted him to come here because I wanted to get in touch with him, something I could interpret that way. But the man doesn't try to get a step closer to Akira.

Akira stands on the spot and sees how the man comes out. After a while, the man's smile turned into a puzzling expression. The man started walking straight towards Akira.

(... you think too much)

Akira wondered if the man wouldn't come near her because she was trying to lure herself. But when he saw the man coming this way with a puzzled look, Akira withdrew the idea.

Akira also walks out toward the man. Akira steps away from the rubble she was using to shield herself in case. When I saw Akira approaching me, a man smiled and waved at Akira.

A few more steps, Akira approached the man. The man pointed to his terminal again. Akira, who has almost lifted her guard, slowly lowers her right hand with the gun. The muzzle of the AAH assault gun I was holding pointed directly down just in case.

At the next moment, the man quickly pulled out his pistol and pulled the trigger toward Akira.

There was a gunshot in the basement. Akira was unable to react at all to the muzzle directed, the bullet fired. The first bullet swept (splashed) Akira's cheek, and the second bullet struck directly at the terminal equipped with it in her left arm. The third bullet struck directly at the debris (spring), which was closest to Akira.

All the bullets were aimed precisely at Akira. Akira didn't. Alpha forcefully manipulated Akira's fortified clothes and drowned Akira's body off the ballistics.

Alpha manipulates Akira's right arm to fight back against a man with an AAH assault gun. Countless heavy loads fly across the underground. But the man was already hidden in the shadow of the pillar and had retreated from the rays of the AAH assault gun. Bullets landed on hard floors and walls bounced and splashed around.

The aimer fitted to the AAH assault gun cooperates with the information terminal. Alpha had acquired footage over the aimer via an information terminal, grasping that not a single bullet had hit a man.

Alpha figured it out and still went on shooting to seal further counterattacks from the man. And also to buy time for Akira to return to me.

As the adhesion continued, Akira, lurking in the nearby rubble, gradually returned to me. It was also thanks to Alpha's manipulation of fortified clothing that led Akira to that point.

Akira's body was heavily overloaded (for) the impossible operation of the fortified clothes. Still, it would be a lot more than being able to drill a hole between my eyebrows. The man's gun skill is a certainty, and if Alpha didn't let Akira take evasive action, Akira was killed in the current attack.

Ask Alpha a question while Akira endures severe pain.

"... Alpha, tell me what's going on"

"We've been attacked by a trained enemy. I was able to manipulate Akira's fortified clothes to avoid them. I fought back, but my opponent is intact. The device was used as a shield to prevent shooting, so the device probably broke. The opponent's ability to shoot early is enough not to give me room to fight back. From the speed at which the muzzle is pointing, you may consider that your physical abilities have been enhanced by any means. He attacked me with a light pistol to increase the speed of his early shooting. Probably interpersonal in equipment and technology. Murder. Understanding the difference between a pair of monsters and a pair of people, it is believed that you deliberately used a pistol to give you the minimum amount of killing power and maximum speed you need. '

The opponent is clearly on the scale, and there is no alarm of fine dust (mistletoe) against a child like Akira. Akira also understood about that in Alpha's explanation.

'Right. So, you think you can beat me?

'Naturally. By the time they couldn't kill Akira in that ambush, their fate was over.'

Alpha replied with a laugh. Akira laughs lightly too when she hears a comforting reply.

'That was good. My whole body hurts so bad, but it's okay, right?

'It's okay. Take your healing pills while you're hiding. The expensive one, right?

"Why not the cheap one?

Alpha laughs and answers.

"If Akira's arms and legs are okay, I don't care."

This means that we need to move the reinforcing clothes in such a way that Akira's body is overburdened, as before. Akira smiled bitterly when she understood it.

"I'll keep it high."

There are only a few more healing pills left to get at Kuzsuhara Street Ruins. But there are no ex-children or ex-children who die after refraining from using them. Akira took the healing pills out of her lower back pocket and swallowed them. And I also kept a little in my mouth.

Alpha tells Akira that he's finished preparing to fight back.

Good. Let's start the counterattack. Akira. Be prepared. '

"Oh, that's my role."

It's Akira's job to be ready. Akira's ready. Kill your opponent and survive. Just repeat what you've already been through. Previously, always will be. Akira thought so and laughed lightly.

Yazima, the man who shot Akira, was stunned (just as well) by the unexpected but calmly exploring her opponent's strength.

(The guy was definitely alarmed. That look is definitely not an act. I totally poked at him. My early shooting is as good as usual.... I'm sorry about that! What kind of reaction speed is that? Do you always take even Cologne Pay accelerators!? Or are you a brain function dilator!?

There are many medicines out there in the east that have been created by analyzing relics from the old world. There is a wide variety of benefits, ranging from improving temporary physical ability, increasing concentration, and restoring fatigue to treating injuries (injuries).

Among such physical aids, the effect of greatly condensing the user's sense of time is called an accelerator. Many hunters take accelerators to act faster than their enemies in a battle where a moment's delay in judgment becomes fatal. Some relics of the old world even make it possible to follow firing bullets with your eyes by taking them.

On the other hand, taking it may also put a lot of load on the user's brain. Good quality medicines are almost (mostly) harmless or somewhat tiring. However, some medicines created inexpensively in search of higher efficacy, or disregard for safety, risk becoming obsolete after excessive overload, and side effects of brain death.

There are also people in the east called brain function dilators. These are the ones who got their hands on brain remodeling to improve their own brain processing power. Different means include injecting dedicated nanomachines into the brain or implanting mechanical components into the brain. The purpose of obtaining processing power beyond the biological brain or adding convenient functions varies.

But naturally, it's more dangerous than putting your hands on your brain. Naturally, the cost of the modification would otherwise pay a variety of other costs, both physical and mental. It would not be known, other than the person in question, whether they had acquired the ability to match the price paid.

Akira is an old realm connector and can also be described as a brain function augmenter in the broad sense. Yazima's decision to consider Akira a brain function dilator is correct in a sense, as Alpha's support is something Akira cannot enjoy unless she is an old realm connector.

(This area is about a hunter in the process of installing lighting. There must be no one powerful enough to be entrusted with exploring the back of the underground. Why is he here?... No way, our plan is being found out on the city side? Is he an agent of the city? He's a juvenile prosthetic, and the contents are likely to be skilled operatives. It's troublesome in any case. Better hurry)

Yazima decides so and makes contact with her people. There is no external noise due to the communication machine inside the head.

"It's me. What's going on over there? Have you drilled any holes with the ground yet?

Yazima's people answer.

"I'm not even in the opening yet. Temeer told me to wait till all the artifacts arrived. '

Yajima pounds her tongue.

"It's a reschedule. Let them open now. Hurry up with the artifacts, too. And then send Kane and Nelia over here. '

"Hey, what happened over there?

'The city could have sniffed me. The one who shot me early in a place like this wandered off. It's odd that there's such a thing in a place like this. Worst case scenario, possible agents in the city'

"... an agent in the city!? Don't be ridiculous! You can turn the city against your enemies! You said you'd be fine!

"Let it go. I'm scratching and paying for relics from the old world that I own in the city, and I'm selling fights to the city at the moment. There's nothing wrong with killing and running while you're at it. If you find out, hurry up with the work."

That's all Yazima said and cut the communication.

The purpose of the Yazima and the others is to smuggle out a large number of artifacts found in the underground. Yazima and the others have been exploring the underground as an exploratory team for a long time. All the artifacts I discovered along the way were expensive and would definitely be a lot of money if I sold them off.

But it's impossible to transport large quantities of artifacts through the entrance and exit where the headquarters are located. Yazima and the others had concealed a large amount of the collected artifacts in a place in the underground and had worked out a plan to carry them outside.

The Yazimas were collecting artifacts as they explored the underground as an exploration team. Yajima and the others were able to amazingly collect a large number of artifacts. The plan was going well.

But something happened that rocked the plan. It was decided to replace the lighting installed in the underground area with multifunctional lighting.

Once the lighting that comes with surveillance cameras and motion detection functions is installed in the basement, it will not be possible to carry the relics of the old world out in a dense (hiccups) manner. It even makes it difficult to move artifacts from their stash. And if we find a stash of artifacts, the Yajimas who were exploring the area will be the first to suspect it. Yazima decided to move the plan to execution.

Yazima was keeping an eye on the relic stash. The terminal was switched off because they didn't know where Yazima was at headquarters. If the terminal is switched off, HQ won't immediately confirm Yajima's whereabouts, even if they're somewhat suspicious. Yazima knew about it.

Yazima herself was also careful not to be discovered by other hunters. Because if other hunters find us, they'll know we're leaving our premises on their own, and there's a good chance that the plan will leak out of there.

Still, Yazima has been found by Akira because of Yazima's nervousness and haste in transferring the plan to execution, as well as Alpha's high ability to defy the enemy.

In Yazima's eyes, Akira looked like a young hunter everywhere. He belonged to a groundbreaking party like Drancam, and with the power of the groundbreaking party, he must have been distracted by the request to crusade Yarata Sasori's nest. Then even if Akira finds you, you just have to kill him and hide the body. Yazima stopped instantly.

That Yajima error in judgment led to the status quo.

Akira hides herself in the rubble, and Yazima hides herself in the pillars, watching each other's way out.

Akira pulls only her right arm out of the rubble and sets up an AAH assault gun. An AAH assault gun's aimer, linked to an information terminal, was showing footage of Yazima's hidden pillar and causing it to appear in Akira's extended vision. Naturally, it's to make Yazima a hive the moment she walks out of the pillar. The figure of Yajima behind the pillars is also well displayed by Alpha's ability to defy the enemy. For this reason, it is not so difficult to detect Yajima's movements.

"So, what do we do? Do you want to get close? '

Because we hide ourselves in shields from each other, we need to move to capture the target in the ray. Akira proposes to quickly move and approach the surrounding debris while pointing the muzzle toward the pillar with a moving route.

Akira is training to talk to Alpha, so that she can also transmit images to Alpha. It started with Akira sending images of Alpha's clothing. Akira was now able to send fairly accurate information to Alpha.

Akira's suggestion was well conveyed to Alpha. But Alpha answers.

'No, let's take advantage of the equipment first. CWH Object Assault Gun. "

Copy that.

Akira replaces it with a CWH objective assault gun. The CWH Objective Assault Gun is fully loaded with special ammunition. I didn't expect Akira to use it on human opponents either.

Yazima's voice sounds.

"Sorry! There are so many things going on over here! I mistook him for an enemy! Don't shoot me! Let's talk about it! Talk about it and you'll see! I'm the hunter of this underground exploration team! The other hunters destroyed my device and I can't get in touch with HQ! Get in touch with HQ! That would solve the misunderstanding!

Akira returns an intelligible response. A dedicated bullet from a CWH objective assault gun was tapped into the basement pillar where Yazima was hiding. A huge crack runs on the column along with a flashy ringtone. It didn't even penetrate, the bullet stopped halfway through the pillar.

'You're sturdy. The boulder is a relic of the old world. "

"Let's Keep Going"

Akira pulls the trigger continuously, letting the previous shooting landing position, the same spot on the pillar, hit the next bullet without madness. If the dedicated bullet penetrates the pillar, I can kill Yazima. Even if Yazima rushes out of the pillar, Akira, who can grasp Yazima's movements, can kill him at that moment. Even if Yazima skilfully keeps hiding behind the pillars, he can kill them without a problem if he destroys them as they are. Akira's victory looked current.

Yazima hears the sound coming from inside the pillars to grasp the situation.

(... attacked me without question. Probably some kind of objective warhead. I won't keep this pillar. But he didn't contact HQ. I didn't try to tell you about this situation. I mean, there's a good chance I could have destroyed his device when I ambushed him. Or are you suspicious of HQ because I told you to contact HQ? Either way, it's convenient. If we kill him here, we won't have to find out.)

Yajima is a straw. Things aren't so bad. The judgment of Yajima shapes his floating expression. Including his distorted sensations in his expression enjoying the status quo.

Akira saw something thrown from the shadow of the pillar. Akira, who decided it was an explosive, immediately struck it down. At that moment, the contents of something thrown became smoke and exploded into a strip. Yajima jumps out of the shadow of the pillar without stopping her hair and attempts to escape into another rubble while pointing a muzzle at Akira.

CWH objective assault guns do not have excellent continuous firing performance. As a result, the moment Yazima jumped out of the pillar, he could not have shot Yazima. But not as long as Yajima spends hiding herself in the rubble. Akira targets the smoky Yajima to pound the next bullet into the Yajima.

At that moment, the appearance of Yajima over the aimer blew heavily. Akira pulls the trigger in surprise. The bullet fired never hit Yazima, spraying smoke dancing the underground before crashing into the back wall.

Shoot Akira for towing purposes while Yajima moves. Akira quickly hid herself from the rubble. In the gap, Yajima dived into the shadow of the rubble.

"Alpha. What's that?

"That's a jamming smoke screen. It has the ability to degrade the performance of information-gathering equipment. It was manufactured in the process of analyzing colorless fog. Akira's vision is slightly skewed because the information displayed in the expanded vision is based on the data collected by the information gathering device. Originally intended to reduce detection capabilities such as mechanical monsters, but bringing most of them into the basement of biological monsters means that the opponent has been thinking about interpersonal combat since the beginning. '

'That's a pain in the ass. I knew humans weren't like monsters. "

"That's why humans survive."

"So is that."

Reinforced clothing was also available, and even though fighting monsters was about to dominate as hunters, the belligerents were human again. Akira smiled bitterly.

Humanity survives even in the east, full of monsters, thanks to the sheer and cunning nature of humans. Even though we're fighting monsters, enough to create room for the same people to kill each other on top of it.

Spending that extra time, people are still killing each other today. Perhaps that doesn't change even if people banish monsters.