Rebuild World

Cheryl continues to work in her home office. He heads to his desk with a rather unhappy look and continues with enthusiasm like he is turning away his work from something.

Cheryl continued to look grumpy these days. As a result, Cheryl's men worked with care not to compromise her mood.

Anyone in Cheryl's cell knows why she's in a bad mood. Because Akira hasn't shown her face at the base lately. That's simple, but for serious reasons.

Akira is treated in Slam Street as the back shield for Cheryl and the others. Cheryl and the others are somewhat armed, but the gear is about an interpersonal pistol. It's not like anyone excelled in battle. It does not retain the strength to defend itself like Sijima's inmate party.

Cheryl and the others can operate relatively safely in Slam Street because other inmates are wary of Akira. Akira and Sijima's repatriation (or pick-up) has also been passed on to other inmates in Slam Street.

As long as Akira is behind us, it's not a good idea to rub (or) meh with Cheryl and the others for no reason. That decision guarantees Cheryl and the others a certain level of safety.

That Akira hasn't shown her face to Cheryl's stronghold lately. Cheryl's in a bad mood, naturally. It was natural for the children belonging to Cheryl's inmate party to think so.

There was a considerable difference in the perception of Cheryl and her children. She's the only person in Cheryl's own room. For that reason, Cheryl doesn't have to fix his face to cheat his men.

But Cheryl was fixing her own look. He had a deliberate look on his face that seemed to be in a bad mood. To misdemonize (sesame seeds) themselves, not anyone else.

Cheryl had desperately contained the emotions that were gushing. It's rush, anxiety and fear. Cheryl continued to gush indefinitely, desperately liding it with the look of being in a bad mood and caustic.

So far, I've been cheating on my men. I am misleading her into believing that the current situation is to the point of making her quite ill mood. But the effect on Cheryl herself was about to be limited.

The reason Cheryl is so anxious, anxious, and trembling in fear is simple. Because I can't get in touch with Akira.

Cheryl tried to get in touch with the information terminal she received because Akira didn't show her face for a while. But I didn't want to connect. It wasn't just that I didn't want to connect. The information terminal to be communicated does not exist. There was an indication of that.

If you are unable to communicate with yourself on this information terminal, you may already be dead. Cheryl has been told that before by Akira. And now, that's exactly the situation.

Cheryl relies quite deeply on Akira. Cheryl's seemingly strong spirit is shaped by Akira's ability to help. Cheryl maintained his attitude and abilities as a captive party boss by leaning on Akira mentally, based on what Akira said he would help himself.

Cheryl had noticed that her spiritual axis was starting to break with unpleasant noises. As soon as it breaks, Cheryl will cry out in a sad voice.

The chilling part of Cheryl was counting the days left until her core broke like someone else's. Keep it for weeks, days at the earliest, hours if you do poorly. The whining (crushing) voice of the remainder of her time in her head kept shredding Cheryl's spirit.

Cheryl continues to make every effort to look away from the current situation. That's why Cheryl's eyes are so tight. There was no room left for her to look directly at it or anything else.

Elio walks in without knocking into Cheryl's private room.

Cheryl exasperates and irritates Ellio with his expression.

"Before you go in, you're telling me to knock, right?

Elio answers Cheryl's quiet powers with barometric pressure.

"Wow, I'm sorry. Be careful."

"So, what can I do for you?

"Mr. Akira is here. Should we let him through here?

In Elio's words, the awesome mistletoe that had been released from Cheryl was lightly dispersed.

Akira, passed into Cheryl's room, sits on the couch with a subtle expression. Because Cheryl is sitting across (again) Akira's lap.

Cheryl is in a good mood holding her hands around Akira's neck. Akira had some anticipation, too. Sometimes it was time to start getting used to Cheryl's attitude, and Akira was letting Cheryl do whatever she wanted.

Cheryl speaks happily with a loose look.

"It's good to see you. I know Akira's busy too, but I'd like you to come see her more often if you can. Were you busy? May I ask what happened?

"Oh. I was dying a bit."

Akira replied in a tone that spoke trivially. That's why it just sounded like Cheryl was saying a joke or a poor quality metaphor.

Matters involving Akira's life and death to Cheryl are not something you can overhear, even if it's a joke. For the sake of the prosperity of Cheryl's inmate party, and for the sake of Cheryl's spiritual peace more than that, Akira needs to live.

Talk like Cheryl blames Akira a little with a sad look.

"... that joke, I've heard it before, but it's not funny. Stop joking about it."

The look on Cheryl's face is half intentional. The voice color is also adjusted to the expression.

Cheryl was polishing the technique of manipulating the impression she gave her opponent in her daily life one by one. If Cheryl did the same thing to his men's children, Cheryl's beauty would amplify the power of the technique, giving him the guilt of grieving his opponents with unscrupulous jokes and the strong joy of being strongly worried about beautiful girls like Cheryl.

The statement itself is Cheryl's unmistakable sincerity. Cheryl's expression and voice color are just strong embellishments to make it easier for her to get through her opinions.

But Akira answers flatly.

"I'm not lying or joking. I was really dying before and now."

Cheryl also found out that Akira's words were true. I don't feel any sense of a decorative atmosphere that exaggerates things from Akira's expression or voice color.

Cheryl rushes out harshly (horribly) knowing Akira was really dying twice. There was no decoration in that Cheryl look.

Move the hand that Cheryl was turning behind Akira onto Akira's shoulder and reach straight in to see Akira's face.

"So, are you okay?!?

"I'm pimping, as you can see. I won't let you hug me if the wound hurts."

Cheryl exhales in relief (mostly). Cheryl also found out that it wasn't a strength or anything.

Cheryl hugs Akira tight again.

"... don't make me worry"

Most humans would throw words that would hold Cheryl tight and reassure him. But Akira, who gives me a lot of twisting, answers flat, as is normal.

"I can't do that. Hunter operations are dangerous."

I hear Akira's reply. Cheryl seems quite dissatisfied and speaks very worryingly.

"That's right...... But..."

I look at Cheryl's expression, which even makes me feel sad, and Akira thinks why. The answer given by the thought that gave me twisted (twisted) was still given to me.

Akira thinks that Cheryl's reason for showing herself a frightening attitude is to maintain and develop her party. It's also a reason to be convinced by Akira, and it's a fact. Akira also knows how hard life is in Slam City. I also fully understand why Cheryl would be desperate.

Though the position Akira pushed, we need a rear shield named Akira if Cheryl is to remain the captive party boss. So Akira has no doubt that Cheryl will be desperate to remain connected to Akira.

Conversely, Cheryl's detachment party will naturally alienate him after he has gained enough strength to make Akira's rear shield unnecessary. Because I don't need Akira's help anymore. That's what Akira thought.

Based on that, Akira tells Cheryl.

"I said I'd help, so I'm going to help somewhat inside my life. But I'm not willing to die more than I'm eating in hunter operations, but I die when I do. You think Cheryl should keep reinforcing the Jailers so I can handle it whenever I die, too?

Cheryl turns her expression into something even more sad and answers with a trembling voice.

"... I intend to strengthen the party. I also have a sense that Akira has helped me and relies on me for a lot of things. But stop talking about when Akira died."

"... hmm? Okay."

From Cheryl's attitude, his sad voice and the power of his slightly strengthened arm, Akira somehow realized she had made a mistake in her remarks. But I didn't even know what I'd done wrong.

Not knowing the correct answer, Akira shut up with it, and Cheryl also shut up while holding Akira.

Since Cheryl cried to Akira for help and Akira responded to it, and since Akira responded in search of her opponent, Cheryl's behavior had changed dramatically, even if on the surface it was the same as before, after Akira reassembled Cheryl's heart smashed by harsh reality.

Cheryl is in the process of strengthening the Jail Party in order to offer Akira the benefits that the growing Jail Party will generate.

Cheryl has already offered Akira her body. Accurately, Akira is pushing it back.

Cheryl is a beauty beauty owner who can be called a pretty girl enough. As a slum city dweller, she has good physical development and a beautiful outfit, and Cheryl's overall appearance greatly exceeds the average of the subdivisions of the city. Because Cheryl's relatively privileged life when she was under Shelbearer's shelter did not cause Cheryl's natural beauty to be unduly impaired even in Slam Street life.

Even if Cheryl suggests to Akira that she can use Cheryl's body as she pleases, Akira is pushing back that she can't use it because she won't be a fighter or a decoy when a monster strikes her. Cheryl can't stop Akira from connecting with her body, or pay her accumulated debts with her body.

Cheryl doesn't know why Akira helps herself. I can't imagine that doing something good would improve my bad luck somewhat. It just seems to Cheryl that Akira is helping herself with trivial distractions.

Cheryl now has nothing to offer in return for the benefits she receives from Akira. And the favor Akira is giving Cheryl, or borrowing, continues to accumulate.

If we don't expand the size of the party and return the profits to Akira with that power, if we don't make her feel good about keeping herself, Akira will abandon herself lightly sooner or later. Cheryl thought so.

Cheryl doesn't want to abandon Cheryl as much as she thinks, and Cheryl doesn't want to trump Akira as much as she thinks. They think that the other person will lightly cut off from each other. The mistake had reinforced Cheryl's obsession with Akira.

Cheryl shakes Akira on another topic in an effort to do something about the strange silence after the earlier conversation.

"Uh, I tried to get in touch with Akira, but I didn't want to connect."

"Oh, the information terminal I used before is broken. I'm just here today to give you the contact details for the new information terminal."

Akira leaves Cheryl and removes a small information terminal from her pocket. Cheryl also comes back with an information terminal that he leaves on his desk.

Cheryl sat next to Akira and worked with Akira on an information terminal to exchange contacts. Then, when the information terminal is placed at a nearby table, it again attempts to sit across (again) from each other over Akira.

I thought Cheryl was done hugging me. Akira stops pushing Cheryl.

"Wait a minute. Are you still willing to go on?

"Yes. I've exchanged contacts, so it's okay to hug them again, right?

"I left you once, so it's good enough."

"I don't like it. I was so worried when I heard Akira was dying that I wouldn't let her go until her mental fatigue had recovered. Even (just) are tired of being in command of the detachment party, so I'll hold them longer than usual."

"Isn't Cheryl got something to do, too?

"We are executing the top of our priorities. While healing the fatigue of holding onto Akira and hoarding her, I am informing my detachment person that I am close to Akira. This is very important for me to remain the boss of the detachment party and for my association with other detachment parties in Slam Street."

"If no one's seen it, doesn't that make any extra sense?

"Shall I call someone?

"Stop me."

It's important for Cheryl to know that Akira and I are close to each other in order to maintain her position in the Jailed Party. I can understand that for Akira too, but I don't want to go ahead and show the sight being held by someone. Akira hasn't blown that far either.

If Akira were alone in the room with Cheryl, other people in the Jailed Party would duly guess. The area is Akira's compromise.

Cheryl hugs Akira again. There is no doubt that it is a sight that would be misconstrued by many things if someone saw it.

Elio knocked this time before entering the room.

Send a cold gaze to Elio as Cheryl hugs Akira.

"... Elio. Sure, I told you to knock before you go into the room, but that means getting permission from a human in the room before you go in?

Elio answers with a cursor.

"Wow, sorry."

"So, what can I do for you?

I don't only (just) put it away if I need it. Cheryl kept that will firmly in sight.

Answer as Elio is pressured by Cheryl's temper.

"Mr. Katsuragi is here. Cheryl needs you. I put it through the emergency room for once.... Should I tell him I'm busy now?

Not as important as Akira, but Katsuragi is also a key player in Cheryl's activities. Because the main income of the inmate party depends on the legend of the snail. I can't handle it underneath.

"... tell him I'll be there soon"

Cheryl replied so while suppressing the desire to be holding onto Akira like this.

A snail sits on the sofa in the reception room at the base. Cheryl and Akira are sitting across the street from each other across the table. Ellio and Alicia stand behind them.

Elio and Alicia are treated like executives as other human beings in the prison party. Ellio and Alicia are also supposed to be present when Cheryl meets with important people outside the party, such as Sijima and Katsuragi. All in all, instead of Cheryl, the two of them would adjust the internal and external rubbing (as well) of the inmate party, but now standing behind Cheryl was the best they could do.

Once in this room, there will be all of Cheryl's inmate bosses and executives, as well as important outside figures involved in the inmate party. Most of all Akira is just here with Cheryl. And Elio and Alicia have no say whatsoever in this place.

Cheryl's men left a drink for three at the table and left the room. Unaccustomed to such a place, Elio and Alicia look a little envious at Cheryl's men who left the room.

Cheryl tells the cuttlefish with a soothing smile.

"If possible, I would like to be contacted in advance in order not to keep Mr. Katsuragi waiting (for). Because I'm not always in the base. Oh, if Katsuragi had told anyone in my crew, I apologize for the mess."

The snail giggles lightly and answers.

"No, I just stopped by because I came a little closer. Sorry about that."

"Never mind. So, what can I do for you today?

Katsuragi looks at Akira chills and then answers.

"I haven't seen Akira lately, so I was wondering if Cheryl knew where she was. He's here, and I think I'm done."

Katsuragi had determined from Cheryl's subordinate attitude that Cheryl and Akira could have been cut off. Katsuragi came to see Cheryl without prior contact in order to extrapolate it from Cheryl's reaction.

For Katsuragi, Cheryl and the others are still not the ones to hang out with without a relationship with Akira. If Akira was already dead, or if Akira truncated Cheryl, Katsuragi has no intention of engaging Cheryl and the others.

If Katsuragi contacted Cheryl beforehand, Cheryl would try to hide the situation from Akira. Cheryl will also strike some kind of hand at Cheryl's men. To prevent or mitigate it, Katsuragi intentionally visited Cheryl's base without contacting her.

Cheryl understands the inside of the snail correctly. Although the snail doesn't put it in his mouth, he doesn't hide it with particular care. It's easy for Cheryl to find out if you deduce a little bit about the snail's attitude.

Both Cheryl and Katsuragi understand each other. And if it ends in concern, then I will not do anything to put it into an attitude. Akira is the only one who sees the word of the snail as pelican.

I'm done with Cheryl, so Katsuragi starts talking to Akira about her business.

"So Akira. What's going on with your exploration of the ruins of the old world? Are you planning on collecting artifacts for sale to me? Or do you still keep making temporary base related requests?

"I've already done my temporary base related requests. I don't plan to continue to take the same requests."

"That was good. You're going back to exploring the ruins now, aren't you?

"I plan on doing that. Even so, hunter operations are closed until new equipment arrives. About two weeks for the equipment to arrive. Then about a week in the ruins exploration. After you go to sell it. Just give me a few more minutes."

The snail speaks displeasure.

"New Gear? Come on, then buy it from me. You know my business."

Akira says no to it softly.

"There's another store that I've decided to buy the same kind of equipment. Sorry."

The snail speaks more dissatisfied. Since Cheryl is next to Akira, she talks a little awesome so that she can smell a lot.

"... you know, Akira. I don't even come to sell artifacts. I don't even buy products from my store. If that's the attitude, I'm gonna think about dating, too, right? Even if we were friends diving the dead line together, there are limits."

Akira was not willing to buy gear outside of Sizka's, even though she thought so. But if you don't buy something, at least if you don't consider buying it, the raspberry grievances won't subside. Akira decides that and puts what she might be able to buy from the snail in her mouth to try.

"Okay. Then sell me some recovery pills."

"I don't care if they buy cheap stuff like that right away..."

Katsuragi had openly taken the attitude of saying he was very dissatisfied to that extent. But Akira talks about blowing that attitude.

"I'll give you 10 million aurums"

"... what?

Upon hearing the amount offered by Akira, Katsuragi gave a voice and expression that was accidentally poked at the void.

Akira continues the conversation with a serious look.

"I'm not sure if it works either. It's not like I want a cheap recovery pill. I want a high-performance healing pill for the relics of the old world that will heal immediately after the fracture. You've been buying products on the front lines, haven't you? You're not buying that kind of restorative medicine?

Katsuragi asks back with the merchant's expression on his face.

"What about the payment?

"Pay on this spot if you want to pay for your account. What do you got?"

"I have a box of 2 million aurum of restorative medicine. There is no pickup period because it is in store stock. I'm just gonna get it."

"Give me five boxes"

Akira will issue a Hunter's Certificate that will allow you to pay your account. Katsuragi received it and processed the payment on her own Hunter Certificate enabled device.

Katsuragi wondered if he could really pay Akira until the payment process was completed correctly. But I laughed when I made sure the payment was completed successfully.

Connections with well-earned hunters are worth more than sales to those who trade hunters with them. Katsuragi looks at Cheryl chills and thinks.

(Will you pay 10 million aurum lightly? Good money. Even if that's just trying to make Cheryl look good. So far, my investment has been helpful. I'm gonna need you to keep doing this, okay?

Katsuragi stands up and tries to go back and get the recovery pills Akira bought.

"Good. I'll go back and get it, so you wait here. He's here, isn't he?

"Oh."

Before the snail leaves the room, look back and ask Akira once.

"... I paid lightly for it, but what are you going to do if I keep running away with the money or bring something of poor quality?

Akira answers the cuttlefish question flatly and honestly.

"If you run, I'll chase you and kill you, and if I bring you something weird, I'll think about dating you"

"I see. We're going to have a good relationship in the future."

Katsuragi laughed contentedly at Akira's reply and left the room.

Elio and Alicia looked at the 10 million aurum deal that had taken place in front of them flashly (at all costs). Even if Elio and the others collect scrap iron (scraps) all day and sell it to cuttlefish, it is rare (rarely) that the purchase amount reaches 1,000 aurums. From there, the party's share is deducted, and divided by the number of workers, the portion for one person becomes insignificant. The two of them were looking at Akira and the others in a complicated way, who had done a slightly different amount of trading than the Ellios had earned.

The Ellios know Akira was a resident of Slam Street. Human beings who are not supposed to be as different in age and circumstance than ourselves are in front of us with such a difference that we think we can't help it. That was more than giving the two of us hope that if we were lucky, we might be like Akira, it was giving us an unreasonable lament about why we couldn't have been so different from Akira.

Cheryl dressed as calm from the side, but his inner mind remembered a considerable impatience. Because Akira is making more money than Cheryl expected.

It is clear that the strength of hunters who make enough money to pay 10 million aurums flat is far from the strength of those mediocre hunters. Cheryl and the others will be using their awesome hunters without paying for them.

If Cheryl and the others don't give Akira enough in return, Akira will soon trump Cheryl and the others. Cheryl thinks so. That sufficient return would be greater in proportion to the strength of the hunter.

What the hell is enough in return for a hunter who makes at least 10 million aurums? I couldn't imagine Cheryl.

The scallops come back with the restorative medicine that Akira bought.

"You kept me waiting. This is a box of 2 million aurum recovery pills."

That's what the snail says and puts the box of recovery pills on the table. The boxes are all the sizes you can hold with one hand, and the content doesn't look that much.

Akira looks at the table's healing pills and looks at her face.

"... I thought you bought five boxes, didn't I?

The number of recovering pills on the table is four boxes. One box is missing from Akira's purchase count.

"When I checked my inventory, I only had four boxes. So."

That's what Katsuragi says and puts yet another box of healing pills on the table of three boxes.

"Let's add three boxes of apologies and a million orams a box of healing pills. Offer a total of 11 million aurum of restorative medicine for 10 million aurum. Why don't you hit me with this?

"... okay. Okay."

"Sorry."

As for Akira, I was able to get more recovery pills than I paid for, so there's nothing wrong with that. The cuttlefish are also more profitable than the deal for four boxes of 2 million orams of healing pills, so to the extent that they can be compromised.

Above all, it is more important for Katsuragi to be able to undo the failure to provide the product as ordered, even though she has already received the price. For a merchant, it's not a matter of just returning the money.

Katsuragi, who has cleared up her concerns, starts her next business quickly.

"By the way, if you plan to buy recovery drugs in the same price range in the future, I'll buy them, but what do you do?

"When I have the money to buy it, I'll probably buy it if it's in stock at the cuttlefish place. If you have money and you don't have it in stock, why don't you look for another store? Whether or not you have that money is hunter business, you can't predict it. Please adjust the inventory that way. You're in charge, right?"

"Best of all. I'll wait in anticipation, so let me know when you get the money."

If Akira asks Katsuragi to buy it, Katsuragi will force Akira to buy the rest of the sale using it as a shield. Akira understands about that too. Akira appropriately clouded and avoided confirmation. Katsuragi tongued lightly inside, returning a sales smile.

The cuttlefish change their mind and tell Akira.

"Oh, yeah. Hunter, when we get back up and running, we're going back to the ruins of the old world, right? Besides the relics of the old world, there are many things I can buy. You know, the location of the ruins of the old world that aren't out there in the public, or an internal map of those ruins. If Akira doesn't have a buyer for the system yet, sell it to me. I can sell to other hunters on my behalf. Whether you want to take on the hassle of negotiating prices, getting brokerage fees, or sharing, I think Akira can make more money than she can sell herself, right?

"Even if we sell the inside information on the ruins, what about the format of the terrain data?

"I have a message to an expert who analyzes the data collected by the information-gathering equipment. As long as it's not data collected with so much special equipment, it'll be fine. I searched hard inside the ruins of the old world, but there were no busy artifacts. Even then, you don't have to go home with zero harvest. Well, even the already widely known information about the ruins, if it's more detailed, will be enough to make a penny."

"Okay. If you feel like it. But you're doing a lot of things."

"It takes a lot more than money to become a governing company. I need money, too. I take loans from time to time, too, huh?

"Sorry, I don't have that kind of money"

"I guess."

Katsuragi then exchanged new contacts with Akira before leaving.

I'm going to pack the recovery pills Akira bought into a rucksack. I took the last box of 1 million orum of recovering pills left and stopped my hand trying to put it in the rucksack.

Akira thought for a moment before throwing the healing pill at Cheryl. Cheryl took a box of recovering pills that flew in drawing parabolas with both hands.

Akira tells Cheryl.

"Do it. Use it properly."

"Oh, thank you. I'll sit down."

Cheryl tried her best to smile back at Akira. I mean, Cheryl tried pretty hard to put a smile on her face. Cheryl's smile was slightly stiff, a look that could be seen as a little impossible if he was relatively close to Cheryl. At least not the smile Cheryl usually has for Akira.

Akira also notices Cheryl's subtle expression and realizes that she has made another mistake. But Akira doesn't even know what she did wrong.

"Alpha. Have I done something to you again? I thought Cheryl and the others might get hurt in Slam Street, so I gave them an extra dose of healing pills... '

Answer with a look that Alpha seems to think a lot about.

'Although it doesn't seem like a behavior that I have a problem with. Right. Akira and Cheryl would be externally disguised as lovers and mistresses and all that, wouldn't they? You might lack emotion when it comes to restorative drugs that don't give them any color. Or, if you give them a half-price sale item and you get half the price for gratitude and affection, you can also get 10% off the essentially 10% off the extra item for gratitude and affection? No, you think too much of this.'

'No, he said he didn't even think about it and give it to you. Well, I'm sure I wouldn't have given it to you if it wasn't something else.'

"Externally, if you ask me which accessories, such as rings, necklaces, or boxes of restorative medicine, to use as evidence for my lover or mistress, it might seem a little impossible to use a box of restorative medicine as evidence."

'... oh, I'm sure that was happening. I said I'd help you, and I'll give you something that looks appropriate later.'

Akira and Alpha were discussing a subtle deviation. Naturally, Cheryl hasn't even spoiled her expression for a slight distortion.

I think as I look at the recovery pills that Cheryl holds with both hands. Now I owe you more than I can return. The difficulty of paying Akira enough in return further increased.

Cheryl was in a hurry.