Rebuild World

Akira goes down the stairs leading to the basement. Just a few steps down the stairs make it an area of darkness rather than a place where the sun plunges in.

Akira goes ahead illuminating the ahead with the lights attached to the gun. The light doesn't reach the end of the stairs that seem to last anywhere either. The back remains dark.

Alpha gives instructions in that situation.

"Akira. Turn off the lights."

Akira hesitated a little, but turned off the lights as she was told. A strip of lost light is engulfed in darkness in an instant. Only the figure of Alpha was clearly visible in the darkness where his body could not see either.

In the darkness that fills a strip, an alpha shining in silver raises his right hand. Then the surrounding sights, mainly Akira, coloured as if they had been illuminated by strong lighting. The more clearly you can recognize even the fine cracks and discolorations in the nearby walls, the more firmly you can see the surroundings.

Akira's vision is as bright as daylight even though she has no lighting. Certainly no lighting would be necessary for this. Akira makes an exclamation.

Awesome.

"I multiplied the topographical information obtained with the information-gathering device with the surrounding sight illuminated by fine light that could not be identified by the naked eye, so that I could apply the correction and display it extensively in Akira's vision. Now you can see clearly, can't you?

"Oh. It's just that. Is it really darker in the back because there's really no slight light?

The stairs are deeper than Akira imagined and remain dark behind them.

"It's because of the limitations of the accuracy of the information gathering equipment and the priority of information analysis. For those reasons, the further from Akira, the darker it gets. Check over the gun's aimer if you're concerned. The faint light coming out of the aimer illuminates the place, and I analyze the footage via the information-gathering device I'm interfacing with the aimer so that it looks like Akira, too. '

Akira peered behind the stairs over the gun's aimer as she was told. I could see a slice of the stairs and the floor of the aisle that followed.

"Is shooting into the dark just the same? It's all because of you."

'Naturally. It's my support, isn't it?

Alpha laughs well. It's a comforting support for Alpha, but Akira is going somewhere where there's a low chance she might lose it.

Akira imagined the state of affairs, pulling herself together and moving on.

When I went down the stairs to about the fourth basement floor with Akira's senses, it was a long passage ahead. The ceiling of the aisle is fitted with lighting, but naturally it is not lit. Originally in the dark, Akira advances to the back of the aisle with her gun in place.

The aisle is in pretty (clean) condition. There is only some dust (dust) or dust (dust) on the floor, and there is no sight of rubble scattering. There are no white bone corpses, and no remains of mechanical monsters or biological monsters have been seen.

If this doesn't even have dust (dust) on the floor, it is possible that cleaning machines in the old world are still running. But the dust on the floor denies it. I don't even see anything like footprints. It has become more likely to be a relic of a truly undiscovered old world.

Moreover, if the site itself is already out of operation, it is possible that it can be safely explored without being attacked by security machines or the like. Dust (dust) remaining on the floor also means that monsters and the like are not roaming around this area. It can be said that the safety of the site has increased even further.

"That's going well. Now, if there's plenty of relics left in the old world, it's gonna be a big win."

'Looks like this neighborhood is just a passage. If there were shopping districts and warehouses in the old world ahead, it would be a big win without complaint, but it could just be a contact corridor. In that case, it would be better if it were a locker. "

Akira goes further down the long aisle. Then I found some sort of shop-like thing next to the aisle.

The shop is a structure embedded in the walls of the aisle, where transparent walls like glass appear to separate the aisle from the shop. Akira rushes over and looks inside the store. The interior of the store was made to remind me of a luxury store, where many luxurious products appeared to display relics from the old world that were expensive and likely to sell. Akira all looked like relics of very high value.

Akira sees the alpha without being able to hide her excitement.

"Yay! Alpha, it's a relic! So many relics from the Old World! Let's take it home! Let's take it all home!

"Akira. Relax."

"Entrance, where is the entrance! There's no entrance!?

Akira rushes to find the entrance. But no matter how much I looked, there was nothing like an entrance. The glass doesn't look sturdy. If you kick it with the power of reinforced clothing, it looks destructive.

Alpha tells Akira, who could still kick through the glass and try to get inside, it seems a little hard to say.

"Calm down. Unfortunately, I can't bring it back. '

"... Huh?

Akira looks at Alpha in surprise. Alpha talks a little bitterly.

"Show Akira clearly too, so stay calm and watch."

Alpha manipulates Akira's vision. Then the depth was lost from the sight inside the shop that was supposed to have been in front of Akira, and in an instant it turned into a top plane.

"... that?

"Prioritized terrain information to disable pseudo-stereoscopic view."

Akira once again sees something that was picturing the sight of the store. And I twisted the name of the object in question out of my knowledge.

"Poster?"

"It must have been advertising at the time created with technology from the old world."

Akira's understanding is catching up with reality. In other words, there are no stores there. What exists before Akira is just a wall with posters that are so advanced in 3D vision that they are misperceived as reality.

Akira managed to get discouraged and collapse.

"What about stripping this off and taking it home"

"It's integrated with the wall, so I can't."

"... or just delighted"

Akira exhaled heavily and went further into the back in depression.

Akira made it through the aisle to the hall when the stride, which was a little heavy foothold reflecting Akira's mood, recovered over time. There are several shops and automated ticket openings in the hall, in addition to a corridor that would be connected elsewhere.

Akira, who discovers the store, sees the alpha as she asks.

"It's okay. Now it's real."

"Good!"

Akira laughs and heads to the store. The automatic door, which would not move due to lack of power, was moved forcefully with the force of fortified clothing to enter the store.

A wide variety of products and their wreckage were displayed in stores that were not as large as they were. Some are worn out to the front of dust (dust) chunks due to deterioration over time, while others remain unnaturally scratch-free and of good quality. The latter is now called the relic of the Old World and is now traded at high prices as a crystal of advanced technology that is not reproducible.

Akira took another empty rucksack out of the rucksack she was carrying. And one after the other, the artifacts that keep their original form in the empty rucksack.

Some kind of small electronic device. Knives and other blades. Writing equipment. Unnaturally discolored notebooks. Things that appear to be underwear. The box is discoloured but the contents are safe for recovery. A container filled with detergent-like liquid. Handkerchief. Cookware. Calculator-like objects. Clothing. Accessories. Looks like a toy. Akira packs various things into a rucksack.

Ask Alpha when Akira sees items that are too irrelevant.

"... hey Alpha. What the hell is this place?

"Maybe it's a daily grocery store."

"Are cookware and jackets daily groceries? I'm not sure. And the electronics? You really don't know what the old world is. Is this what's normal about shops in the old world?

"Different levels of technology can change our culture. Don't think about it in Akira's common sense."

"Is that what this is about? Well, it doesn't matter if the artifact sells at a high price."

Even in today's world, culture, life and common sense are different within and outside the city walls. Akira decided not to give a shit about the store.

The rucksack was soon filled with relics. This would be a good amount of money to sell. Akira let her face loosen.

"I got the artifact too, and I'm going to go back with this today. What do you think of Alpha? You think we should move on a little bit?

'If Akira thinks so, I think you can go home. It's an important decision to make before any trouble happens. "

"Then let's go back. No engagements with monsters either. So far it's been a big winning ruin."

Don't let it get you down, okay? You can't be caught off guard until you get home alive, and it's too early to judge a monument as a big win until you sell it off and replace it with gold. "

"I know. All right, let's go home!

Akira began to return the way she had come in a spirit of exhilaration. I see Akira walking in a good mood and think. He said he was going too well today.

Akira has found the ruins of the old world, which are probably undiscovered, and without encountering any monsters, she is trying to get the relics of the old world and return to the city of Kugamayama.

Akira is unlucky. Very likely to be involved in at least every bit of trouble. If it's convenient to get this far, I'm worried about that shake back. It's a baseless story, but that's what Alpha was deciding.

Contrary to Alpha's expectations, Akira was able to return to the light Kugamayama city without encountering any monsters. In the wilderness along the way, the hunter-like cars rode differently, but when we got a great distance from them, nothing else disappeared into the wilderness in the opposite direction.

Back in the city Akira went straight home. Because it was already too late to go looking for snails and sell artifacts now. Going to sell the artifact is tomorrow and I decided to take some time off today.

Akira is soaking up a day of fatigue in the hot tub. Akira was in a pretty good mood, having been able to get a good amount of artifacts.

"I wonder how much it will sell. Some of them were in pretty good condition, and should be good to go high. You think so, don't you?

Akira asked Alpha, who was soaking in the hot tub with her, to agree.

Alpha's unwrapped and attractive limb figure is glossy and shaken by hot air and undulating reflections of the water surface. As a result of the wasteful use of Alpha's enormous arithmetic capabilities. It may be a meaningful use for those who think it is better not to be clearly visible.

Nor did that fascinating figure of Alpha considerably bring back the relics of the old world to shake Akira's upbeat heart. Akira continued to squander her similarly rare (rare) eye care today.

Alpha had noticed that the purchase price of the artifact, which Akira was unconsciously calculating, was gradually becoming more expensive due to its expectations. Answer slightly negatively to calm Akira.

'It is forbidden to expect excessively. It's probably a mistake to think the same way I did when I sold my chosen artifact at the ruins of Kuzhhara Street. I'm not saying I can't sell it.'

"... Really?

"Katsuragi's appetite for relics of the old world and the demand for relic types will also be heavily related to the purchase price. If you expect too much, you might be disappointed later, okay?

"Hmm. Well, what do you know tomorrow"

Expectations for the amount of artifact purchased, which had swelled up in Akira, were only slightly smaller with some calm back in Alpha's explanation.

The next day, Akira quickly went to Katsuragi to sell the artifact. The cuttlefish will complete the assessment of the artifact and present the purchase amount.

"That's 2.2 million aurum."

Akira gives a subtle look when she hears the amount offered. There is no mistake that it is a lot of money. But it's considerably lower than Akira was expecting to buy.

The cuttlefish speaks with a merchant smile on his face.

"You look dissatisfied with the amount of money you buy. But like before, I'm also convinced that I won't tell you that I'm taking it to the Hunter's Office shopping mall right away. Don't you?"

"... sort of"

If Alpha hadn't stabbed the nail yesterday, Akira would have expected a higher price buyout. Akira's attitude would have been different if Alpha had pointed out to the buyout on this occasion, but neither would it. When I asked about the purchase amount, I thought it was something like that. But it's not entirely convincing.

When Katsuragi spots Akira's dissatisfaction, he comes up with a story from which he wants to connect to his own interests.

"I'm going to continue to get along with you. So it's hard for you to get dissatisfied and change the seller of the artifact elsewhere. Right there. You don't seem to have enough know-how on the sale of artifacts, so this is a good opportunity for me to tell you. It's that one anyway, right? You're usually crusade-centered, and you don't do much artifact exploration, do you? If you're used to selling, there were plenty of artifacts you wouldn't bring to me."

"Leave it to your imagination"

"Well, even if it wasn't, ask me. Listen, there's no harm in that, is there?

How far do you mix stories that are convenient for you? Katsuragi began to share his knowledge of the sale of relics with Akira as he conceived so.

Not all of the relics of the old world can be sold at high prices. And whoever you sell it to, you can't sell it for the same price.

There is a strong tendency in the hunter's office shopping mall to buy out artifacts that Tongyi Union wants for a high price. What Tongyi Union wants most is advanced science and technology by the anomaly of the old world, a relic of the old world that is the source of that technology.

Large companies in the east collect relics of the old world from all over the east in order (to) acquire technology from the old world. The collected artifacts are transported to research facilities directly under the company and analyzed by many competent scientists and technicians. That research improves the technological capabilities of companies and enables them to manufacture cheaper, higher-performance products.

Relics bought at the hunter's office boutiques run by Tongyi Lian are sorted by the technical content that may be obtained from the relics. And the more valuable the artifact, the more it flows to the five largest companies and related large companies, which are the mother of the Unified Enterprise. As a result, the technological gap between large enterprises and SMEs is hard to narrow.

For SMEs to have access to such technologically valuable relics of the old world, another access route will be needed. I mean, you buy it via personal merchants like the cuttlefish.

Katsuragi talks as he takes some sort of electronic-like object from the artifact that Akira brings in, showing it to Akira.

"You're absolutely right to bring artifacts like this to places like mine. Every company is hungry for artifacts like this. Companies that are hard to come by are even more so. I can sell it for a high price, so I can buy it for a high price too. Well, we'll sort out some quantities and then go sell them. Sometimes, when it's not enough, you can bring it to the same traders you know."

Relics are not used solely for the technical analysis of companies. Many artifacts are commonplace but used as they are.

Items with comparable performance can be manufactured in the current technology, but the manufacturing costs are so high that they are not sold. Items that are used in a different way from their original manufacturing purpose. A brand of relics from the old world that adds value. Such artifacts flow to the corresponding dealer, are checked for quality, decorated to look good, sometimes processed into another object, and distributed as a commodity.

Katsuragi speaks from the artifact that Akira brought in, making the cookware look Akira to her hand.

"You're also right to bring these artifacts to me. If I have an artifact of my kind with a sales route, I'll buy it for a pretty high price. Even if I didn't have that route, I'd buy it for a good value because if I flowed it to a merchant I knew, I could sell it for that value there. Of course (of course), it would be more expensive to sell individually looking for a specialty store that only handles certain types of artifacts, but you can sell it to me if it's a hassle. The purchase will go down for that matter."

Hunter tries to bring back relics from various old worlds and replace them with gold. But there are also many artifacts that are difficult to handle. I brought it from the ruins of the old world, so it should sell for a high price. Because the hunter who assumed that would take everything home. Hunters also bring to the boutique items that need to be bought in nearby stores and items that do not need to be taken out (on purpose) to the ruins of the old world.

However, even such artifacts may rarely (rarely) be traded at high prices. It is treated as a collection of ancient art, etc.

Katsuragi speaks from the artifacts brought in by Akira, with accessories and unopened cards to his hands, showing Akira.

"Bringing these artifacts to me is incorrect. I'm not saying this artifact is unlikely to sell to a favorite for a high price, but I don't have as much eyesight as I can to make that decision. It's just like art and all that. I don't know. So if you buy it, you will buy it for less than the discarded amount. Honestly, if this is all the artifact you're going to bring in, I refuse to buy it myself"

"What do cuttlefish do with artifacts like that?

"Right. Keep it in the warehouse properly and don't show it to the eyewitness bragging and favorite deputies who come by occasionally. Occasionally, they may buy it for a good value. Then, after that, throw it in the wilderness and dance."

"... uh, is that okay?

"Sometimes you're careful where you dump it, but you've never been complained about so far. Don't disappear without a month if you dump it in the wilderness close to Slam Street. Maybe the slum city dwellers are picking it up. Even if we dump them in the wilderness, they're still gone at some point. There are many theories about this, and they say that the cleaning machines of the old world are still running and are being cleaned tightly (hiccups) and that monsters are eating them. I support the latter theory. There are even tank-eating monsters in the wilderness. No wonder."

Akira had listened to Katsuragi with interest. Katsuragi felt a great deal more responsive to Akira's expression, which greatly reduced her dissatisfaction with the purchase price.

"That's the end of the story about buying. That's it. Just so you understand my situation, I have a proposition. How about selling it to me for only two million aurums? For the rest of the time, I mean, any artifact I didn't put a high price on, you just have to like Akira. You can bring it to the hunter's office boutique, or you can bring it to another buyer. I think it's a mutually agreeable proposition, huh?

After being a little lost, Akira decided to accept Katsuragi's proposal.

"Okay. Do that."

"Good. Deal closed."

Katsuragi laughed happily and transferred two million aurum to Akira's account. I don't know if the cuttlefish company (Taragi) will bear fruit, but I think I can put the fabric stone down.

Akira returned to the house with a sold relic. Then line up on the floor to confirm the artifact you brought home.

All the artifacts that Katsuragi described as incorrect to bring to his place remain. Besides that, there was still a fine object left. It was a little surprising as Akira that all the cloth-based artifacts, underwear and handkerchiefs remained as well.

As far as Akira can visually confirm, there appears to be no quality problem. Clothes and underwear that are tightly sealed look just like new without pain. Perhaps the cuttlefish don't have a sales channel to sell artifacts of that kind. Akira decided so.

"It's no use bringing cloth artifacts to the snails."

'There's a lot more to it than that, but what do you do?

"What shall I do...... Let's just take the spare room instead of the warehouse and stick it in. Some good ideas might come to mind."

Akira decided to send the problem forward. Leaving this issue unattended may overflow Akira's house with unsold artifacts, but it shouldn't be a problem for the moment.

Akira stuffed the empty room with remaining artifacts for sale. There is still room in the empty room space. Enough free space gave Akira respite for this problem.

Akira tries to leave the room and comes up with something. And stuffed the rucksack with cloth-based artifacts and accessory-based artifacts.

Alpha sees Akira and makes her wonder.

"What's wrong? Looking for a place to sell, after all?

"No, it's not. I thought it would be just the right gift."

When Akira was ready to go out again, she went outside with a backpack packed with artifacts.

Cheryl is teaching reading and writing to the children of the Jailed Party in an empty room at the base. It was also what Akira asked me to do, and Cheryl was gently and enthusiastically teaching reading and writing. For this reason, the reputation of the inmates was very good.

Unlike those who have flown into Slam Street since adulthood, many who have been in Slam Street since childhood do not read or write enough. Many have only the knowledge to understand that the technology can be very useful for living, but have no opportunity at all to acquire it. Everyone was taking classes diligently, including instructions from Cheryl, the boss.

One of my men walks into the room and tells Cheryl Akira's visit.

"Boss, Mr. Akira is here"

"Okay. Alicia, please continue."

"Okay."

Cheryl asks Alicia to continue her teacher role and leaves the study room. Several boys looked sorry at that Cheryl figure.

With Cheryl's appearance and position in the Jail Party, Cheryl's popularity within the Jail Party is high. More and more people were eager to study and get into work to get into Cheryl.

Nasha was studying reading and writing with the other children. Nasha, the newcomer, is joining the study of reading and writing with a number of people regulation because of the effectiveness of Nasha's souvenir. I didn't give Aruna the full 90,000 aurum, but even part of it is a certain amount of accommodation and forgiveness.

Nasha, who actually joined Cheryl's inmate party, appreciated Cheryl's inmate party highly by experiencing life in the inmate party, albeit for a few days.

I eat to an impossible degree, and I keep firearms that can defend themselves to a simple degree. They don't even let a little bite out of other neighboring territorial humans. I also have the means to make money from the legend of an arms dealer I'm dating. There's nothing like being a squirrel, and I don't go into stores warehouses to steal or raid.

Nasha is going to see how things are going for a while now, but she wants to do something to add Arna to Cheryl's prison party if there are no more problems. I was going to look deeper into the inmates for that.

Nasha sees Cheryl leaving the room in a pretty good mood and asks a colleague who was nearby.

"Hey, the boss left in a pretty good mood, you know why?

"Why, that's because Akira, whoa, Mr. Akira's here, isn't it? Oh, you're new here."

Asked what to expect if he was a prisoner, the boy asked quickly realized that Nasha was new.

"It's Nasha. Suitable. So, what's this about?

"Akira is the boss' lover, the one the boss is putting in awesome. It is also the back shield of our inmates. Sounds like a pretty strong hunter."

"Uh, I hate to say it, but are they actually quite a collection?

More often than not, the owners of high fighting power, not just the Hunter Collapse, are involved as escorts and back shields to the Slam Street detachment party.

If you're a small-terrain inmate, some of you can take over the seat of the inmate boss as you like. If you are a massive territorial detachment party, some people continue to be hired at high prices as escorts and wartime troops as safer than going to the ruins of the old world. Either way, the various remunerations paid to them will be borne by the rest of the inmates.

Nasha asked, wondering if Akira was also of that kind, but the boy shook his neck sideways.

"The other way around. It feels like we're collecting. The only reason our territory isn't being taken away by the rest of us is because he's behind us, and the arms dealer who's dating us is his legend. You know what else, this building we're based in, it's a pretty good building, right?

"Yeah, it's got a lot of rooms and a bath."

"That's why they're after me from so many places. Sometimes another big territorial inmate threatens to turn this building over from territory to territory. It's definitely Sijima's place. You know what?

Nasha also knows about Sijima's inmate party because of her knowledge when she was looking into the inmate party that seemed okay for Aruna to come in. It is a very large territory party with personnel and equipment well beyond Cheryl's party. If Nasha's knowledge is certain, on the scale of Cheryl and the others, he should have to give up and give it to them.

"I know. Nice and safe, huh? Were you okay?

The boy answers by making his expression rude.

"I wonder. That's when he killed the one who threatened him, took the body, rode into the base with the boss, and talked to the boss."

Nasha is out of line. I snorted when the boy said he knew what it was like.

"For once, it has become a friendly relationship with the other party, it has become. Sometimes the other person comes to see if Akira... is dead. Mr. Akira is a hunter, so there's no wonder when he dies. If Mr. Akira dies, they'll definitely come back and take this place away again."

As Alicia's gaze became tighter, the boy cut off a futile tale on this occasion.

Nasha, who returned to me, also rushes to correct her posture.

(You've had the flying one behind you for a long time. Isn't this inmate convenient everywhere, too? I'm worried about the rest of the conversation, and for Arna's sake, we need to find out a little more about the inside. Arna can't hide forever either...)

Nasha also resumed her studies so that Alicia would not be disturbed any further.