Rebuild World

Akira arrives at the main entrance to the destination skyscraper. The name of the building is noted on the prominent nameplate.

"Is this building named Serantalville?"

"I have a floor guide. 57th floor. Lyons Tail Co., Mihazono branch. Right here."

"Go. I wish there were plenty of relics from the old world. So far, there's a huge deficit."

Akira hasn't gotten one of the gold eyes yet. If we don't get something commensurate with the ammunition we consumed, we're going to have drowned out a huge deficit at risk for our lives.

We arrived gradually after destroying that powerful unmanned weapon. There must be plenty of expensive artifacts. Akira was assuming that to ease her anxiety.

Alpha suggests to Akira once and for all.

"Add to the destruction record of the generic crusade request the amount of mechanical monsters you defeated in the battle earlier, and you'll be rewarded there. I figured I'd add that one too?

Akira distorts her expression.

'Stop me. I guess I need to give you my combat records, too, to do that, huh? Forgive me for handing over such imitation records to the hunter's office to mediate a request based on that battle. "

Perhaps over-thinking, Akira worked a little too hard when she helped the hunters out of a herd of yarata sawdust at the ruins of Kuzhara Street, making her the feather to be thrown into the basement where the yarata sawdust nest is because she was appreciated.

I don't know what the next request will be if they evaluate the track record of destroying that unmanned weapon. I don't want to repeat a slightly off-track imitation (mandarin) of jumping off the roof of a building and fighting on the side. At least, unless it's also a situation you have to.

Alpha laughs and talks.

"Really? If you give it to an official like Kibayashi, he's going to color the reward with a big laugh."

'I don't like it!

Akira responded instantly. I'm not running a hunter to make Kibayashi laugh.

'Anyway, let's go inside and go for the 57th floor. There may be some mechanical monsters in the building, but the one that was out there wouldn't be in the boulder.'

Switching his mind, Akira went inside the Serantalville.

Raina and the others are hunting mechanical monsters at the ruins of Mihazono Street. In order to feel the difficulty of Mihazono Street ruins on the skin with Siori's proposal, hunting is a priority over collecting artifacts.

If you're not too far from the hunter's office station, it's easy to make an emergency request and get relief in case something happens. Sometimes Siori was treating Raina a little overprotective, and the line was sperm in hunter operations without going behind the ruins.

Technically, Rayna is the only one who's putting his energy into hunter operations. As Rayna's escort, Siori had suppressed her work to the same extent as Rayna's. I mean, I was deliberately quite out of hand. This is also a consideration for Siori to destroy the enemy in no time, perfectly implement the enemy, and not just wrap Raina around her feet.

Kanae isn't even in the fight. I'm just standing around on Raina's side.

Raina points the gun at the target and points it at him. The goal is a multi-legged and multi-armed machine from the spherical torso. It may be a general purpose work machine, usually cleaning city blocks and removing debris, but it is treated as a mechanical monster because when you see a hunter, it strikes. Sometimes they pick up and use firearms dropped by hunters, which is a pretty nasty machine.

Raina pulls the trigger. A full-armed bullet sequentially destroyed the enemy's multiple legs and arms, and finally landed a bullet in the torso to stop the function. It's a steady fight. Cioli praises.

"You have a wonderful seat."

Rayna answers with a slightly shadowy smile.

"... yeah. Thanks."

Siori's words are not rhetoric. That's what Raina understands, too. But Rayna, who was inclined to perceive self-esteem as low because of a lot of things, even when she heard compliments from Siori, a clear powerful man, she had badly considered herself low enough to be praised for that extent.

Note that if Raina's strength is really low, Siori will never bring Raina to this Mihazono Street ruin. This ruin, where the major monsters are mechanical, is quite difficult. Rayna's strengths clearly exceed those assumed from her Hunter Rank. Rayna is already a powerful man who stands out from those who don't know her.

But the sight of Akira crossing five minutes with Siori at a similar age to herself was burning into Raina's memory, on the stature of Siori and Kanae, who were familiar comparators, with clear combat training. Rayna was unconsciously underestimating her abilities because of it.

Siori sees the Raina as slightly painful. Deciding that the additional praise was counterproductive, Siori closed her mouth more than that.

Raina carried the mechanical monster she defeated to the trolley with Siori. Kanae doesn't even try to help with that. I tell Kanae that Raina dislikes me a little bit.

"Really, you're not willing to fight or help"

Even in the sight of accusations from Rayna, Kanae replies with a gentle laugh without any concern.

"My lady. As I've said many times, my job is to escort your daughter, not help her run her hunter. No, sister, because you're not supposed to help your daughter run her hunter, are you?

"... it is, but"

"My job is to run away with your daughter in case. You will not treat me as a normal force. Do yourself a favor transporting a mechanical monster. I'm very busy escorting your daughter. I don't have time for that at all."

While convinced by Kanae's statement, Raina looks at Kanae with a slightly more complicated look, feeling somewhere unexplained and being frustrated (I want) with herself continuing to run a hunter with escort. Kanae laughs lightly and looks at Rayna.

Suppressing Siori's desire to defend Raina, he now dares to express his views on the Canae side.

"Ma'am. Kanae still has the strength to be seconded as a lady's escort. Think of it as a shield or lifeline in the unlikely event. And because that shield and lifeline are sturdy, you can't force a lady to. Consider that the more Kanae can play, the more room we can afford."

"That sounds terrible. I work for my salary."

Talk as Siori looks at Kanae with a serious face.

"Otherwise, I'm gonna slap you."

Siori's hand was stretched out to the knife on her hips. Siori said for real.

Still, Kanae's smile doesn't break. That's because I understand that Siori won't pull out a knife in this situation, and I pulled it out at the same time and I think it sounds interesting. Moreover, there were many ratios of the latter.

Siori exhales lightly, returning her expression before turning to Raina.

"Ma'am. The carriage is about full. Let's go back to the hunter's office outpost."

"Okay....... hmm?

I found the smoke that Raina stood up ahead of her sight. The smoke rises from around the building behind the ruins of Mihazono Street.

Siori also noticed smoke rising from the back of the ruins in Reyna's reaction. Upon immediate retrieval of the information terminal, check the location of the Daiman (approximate) against the map of Mihazono Street. If it's any strange, we have to evacuate Rayna immediately. It's no wonder what happens in the ruins of the old world.

Ciori will confirm it and explain it to Raina.

"It's around the Selantarville, isn't it? Perhaps the hunter is trying to attack Serantalville. No problem as long as we don't even get close."

"Sounds like you're fighting quite flashy, but is it that dangerous behind this ruin?

"No, we're talking about the presence of more powerful monsters than elsewhere, just around the Selantalville. Perhaps a security system specific to the Serantaru building is up and running. Rumors have spread that even if the security devices are destroyed, they will be temporarily redeployed, so that only a handful of hunters can enter the Selantar building, and that a large number of expensive artifacts remain inside the building."

I heard Siori explain. Kanae laughs with pleasure and burns (burns) Raina.

"That sounds interesting. If the hunter side won, the mechanical monster of security has been defeated, and even if the hunter side is losing, the damage on the monster side should be enormous. Either way, it's easy to get into the building. Lady, why don't you go check it out later?

Cioli gently stares at the canae.

"Shut up Kanae. Ma'am, even if a monster of security doesn't exist, we don't recommend you head to the Serantalville."

Siori was stopping Raina with a serious look. Raina asks a little strangely feeling there for reasons other than her lack of strength.

"If Siori says so, I'll stop it, but why? If you have expensive artifacts and no monsters, it's worth it."

"Do you know what the lady calls the ghost of the old world?

You mean the mystery surrounding the ruins of the Old World? The one that accompanies the famous ruins. Talk about ghosts of hunters who died in ruins attacking other hunters. Talk about ghosts of the old world manipulating monsters of ruins to strike. Talk about fairies sending lost hunters in ruins to the exit. There must have been a lot of patterns. There should have been such a story in the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street. Sure, an inviting ghost...... was it? It was like talking about being able to teach expensive artifact stashes or something and verbally take the hunter to a dangerous place in the ruins and let him die... "

Cioli supplements the story.

"I can't go wrong with stories like that. Sometimes the noise increases, greatly blunting the hunter's legs heading to the ruins of the old world, and the hunter's office will sit down to embark on an investigation. Some of the findings have been published. Most of the stories of hunters taking artifacts from each other with a tail attached to them, and the equipment of the site in operation, if the reason turns out, it wasn't a big deal."

"Well, that's a common story, isn't it? What's wrong with that?

"There is also a suspicion of that hand in this Mihazono city ruin. And the stage for that suspicious conversation is that serantarville. Whatever the cause, there are enough dead people out there to be born talking about that hand. And the reason for that is unknown, and it still remains suspicious. You can't keep your daughter close to such a dangerous place."

Raina got a little scared and at the same time got interested in the story. Ask the fearful Siori.

"Okay. I'm not going. So, what's that mystery about?

Explain the contents of the suspicion without Siori breaking his serious expression. The look on Rayna's face when she heard the story was a little strong.

Akira, who arrived on the ground floor of the Serantar building, looks at the surrounding area with a little surprise. The floor, which is also the reception for the building, is pretty tiny. Very clean (clean) condition maintained, no dirt or dust (dust) on floors reflecting light. There was a desk and chair installed that was not damaged, whether it was for visitors.

Reception of headquarters buildings of large companies. That's what came up behind Akira's brain. I also felt like I was out of place when I went inside a skyscraper that was integrated with the Kugamayama city walls. Akira looked over the spacious blowout floor, remembering the tension coming from that feeling.

You look beautiful.

Akira was only slightly pressured by a completely different sight than outside the building. Alpha urges vigilance.

'Perhaps the building's equipment is alive. I guess the autopilot cleaning robot or something cleans regularly. There may be security robots. Be careful.'

"Okay."

At the next moment, Akira noticed the appearance of an increasing number of women in her sight at some point, reflexively pointing a gun at her. It wasn't the immediate distance to fire, but my fingers remain hanging on the trigger.

Akira's expression is harsh. Because the place where she is was supposed to be checked earlier. We have not neglected to defeat our enemies with intelligence-gathering equipment. There wasn't supposed to be anyone there.

She smiles even when Akira points a gun at her. Clothes are probably old world-made uniforms for occupations involved in reception work. At least it's not for combat.

The oldest world-made garments are often far from their appearance and performance, and judging by their appearance alone is dangerous. At least not a reason for Akira to loosen her guard against unarmed girlfriends.

Explain to Akira that Alpha will remain vigilant.

"Akira, that's 3D footage. It's not real. '

Akira asks back in surprise.

"It doesn't exist? Uh, is it the same as Alpha? No, is it the same one I saw in the basement of the Higalaka Residential Area ruins?

"My figure adds video information to Akira's vision, which is a lot different because it's close to augmented reality. That's a spatial projection stereo. I can recognize it with normal human fleshlight. But there's no entity just because it looks that way. Even the reaction of the information-gathering device must be the only response to the optical processing. '

Akira confirms the reaction of the information-gathering equipment. There is a significant difference between the optical processing and the processing results with infrared light and vibration, and thus an indication was given to pay attention to the area in question.

'Okay. You're doing a lot with old world technology. "

That's what I'm talking about.

There's no point pointing a gun at it if it doesn't exist. And you won't even be able to strike me suddenly. Akira decided so and put the gun down.

When she walks up to the vicinity of Akira, she smiles and meets and then speaks to Akira.

"Sir. The building is currently closed and is off-limits to anyone other than those involved. Pick it up."

Akira was able to hear her voice well. Ask Alpha with a little surprise.

"Alpha. I can hear you firmly, but you're not really here, are you?

'It just sounds like she's talking nearby. The source of the voice is not there. I'm calculating a simulated directivity to output audio from somewhere. "

An indication showing a significant difference between the results in optical and sound processing was added to the display of the information-gathering equipment. It sounds like she's talking to Akira, but it actually seems a lot different.

Maybe we can have more conversation than we can talk from her. Akira's gonna try and talk to him.

"Eh, I'd like to go to the Lyons Tail branch on the 57th floor..."

"Sir. Let me repeat the explanation. Our building is currently closed. We only liberate the ground floor reception floor for guests who have applied for a visit in advance, but we will basically sit on all floors with no access. Pick it up."

I could confirm that I could have a conversation with her. And I could also confirm that I wanted you out of this building.

"How do I apply for a visit?

"Applications for visits during the closing are only accepted from the person responsible for each floor. No direct applications are accepted at the reception on the ground floor. Pick it up."

Akira asked her a lot afterwards. But to sum up her reply to Akira's question, no, go home, and I couldn't get meaningful information.

Alpha recommends the suspension of unhelpful negotiations.

'Akira. Let's ignore it already and move on. She's just responding as a receptionist in this building. It's no use talking. Or leave as she says?

'Right. Proceed.'

Akira decided to ignore her and move on. As Akira lightly looks around and tries to go down the aisle, she speaks in a tone of strength at the end.

"I warn you. Our facility retains the right to kill and maim against trespassers. Evacuate immediately."

Akira stops. And look back and tell her with a slightly more rugged look.

"Say that before they attack me outside."

She suddenly disappeared without saying anything back.

Akira distorts her expression slightly. By the way, I guess she's more right. It was on my own that I broke into a building that was closed armed. But this is also a hunter operation. And it's all more important now. Akira switched her mind and returned her heel to move on.

Akira is roaring in front of the elevator, because I found her exploring the ground floor, but she can't use it. Pushing the button is not responding at all.

Akira, who lived far from the elevator, but I understand its convenience. Specifically, I understood when Siori had previously invited me to a luxury restaurant. The restaurant was open upstairs with great views.

Ask Alpha with Akira's slightly troublesome look.

'Which do you think is broken or unwilling to let them use it?

'I'm probably not willing to let you use it. Even if I could use it, I don't want you to use it too much. You don't want to starve to death inside because the door won't open again when you get on it, do you? It's hard to open the door with fortified clothes.'

'I don't like that. I can't help it. Do you honestly go up the stairs?'

Akira gave up and headed to the stairs she found during a search on the ground floor.

Akira expected the stairs to continue to the rooftop of the building, but unfortunately it didn't work that well. To a certain extent, the stairs moving up the stairs were closed with sturdy doors. It would also be possible to destroy the door by kicking it with fortified clothing or by shooting it with a special bullet from a CWH objective assault gun. But it's going to take a lot of time and effort to get on with it. Akira decided to search the floor and look for another staircase.

I discovered another staircase, but to some extent the climb was just as sealed off. Each time he climbs the building as he explores the floor looking for another staircase.

Floor conditions vary. Some floors are as desolate as hunters have brought home rooted artifacts, while others are as beautiful as just waiting for the store to open tomorrow. Find stores where Akira leaves large quantities of merchandise to sparkle her eyes. The store was overflowing with relics from the old world.

"Yay! It was worth the effort to get inside! All right! I'm taking it home!

Akira is happy to begin work. Remove another rucksack that is small folded from the rucksack you were carrying. And pack into it the relics of the old world that are displayed.

If the place is a place, it's the sight of a burglar who went into the store to steal it. And from the standpoint of the old world side, Akira is definitely an armed burglar. It would also be natural for a mechanical monster of security to come to the elimination willing to kill.

Akira laughs with a lot of awareness.

"I don't know what you're doing with the rubble and the sandy ruins, but you're in the mood for a burglar."

Alpha speaks with a bitter smile.

'We broke into a building defended by unmanned weapons by force, so we're not supposed to do that. Swear to stop breaking into firmly owned stores and misdemonize buyers when they use valuable supplies that will never come.'

That's a good point. Get rid of the hunters stealing relics of the old world with that kind of rhetoric. You're going to need a drone weapon. "

Akira, who was talking like that with a bitter smile, suddenly turns that bitter smile off. And stop the hand stuffing the relics of the old world and ask Alpha.

"Alpha. I need to ask you something. I'm talking about the mechanical monsters I destroyed in the battle earlier, and thanks to Alpha's support, they're strong, right? At least I thought I was a strong monster. When I was first attacked, I thought I had to give up and go home. That's a lot stronger than those monsters there, isn't it?

Of course. That's a powerful drone weapon. You'll never defeat me without my support. Akira figured that out, didn't she?

"Oh. I know. How did you decide that Alpha could defeat such an amazing monster at his leisure? No, I did have a huge burden, and I spent ammo. But I fought as I expected, and I won as I expected. That's what Alpha was like. What decision did you make against such a strong monster, based on what, and deciding you could win without a problem?

'Oh, you suspect a lot. Did you even feel dissatisfied with my support? If you tell me, I'll make it better.

'No, I don't. I'm not dissatisfied. However, somehow, it seemed like Alpha was making an absolute decision that she could afford to laugh during the battle and win 100 fights. I wanted to know why. "

Akira was talking a little cowardly but asking Alpha with a serious look.

After Alpha leaves it for a little while, she asks with a smile.

"You want to know?

Smile as usual. But Akira remembers some other meaning there and still answers.

"I want to know."

'Explaining it in a verbal way is going to be very long...'

Talk as concisely as you can to make sure my questions are resolved.

Alpha confirmed Akira's expression and response. And laugh and start talking.

'Okay. To sum up the reason, the enemy was a mechanical monster. If you were a biological monster with the same degree of threat, you would never have let them fight.'

"Is there that much difference between biological and mechanical systems?

'I do. At least there will be a clear difference if I support Akira. Especially that unmanned weapon is a pure mechanical system, a machine that operates according to the program in a design document structure. There are no mutations that mimic biological systems, such as repeated self-repair and autonomous updates to alter internal structures and judgment logic. That makes it easy to read the enemy's actions. There is little randomness in enemy behavior, so it's easy to calculate your best hand with fewer attempts. It's easier to get output results because it's easier to eliminate coincidences and randomness than biological monsters that sometimes act with confusion. So even though Akira seemed like a seemingly overwhelming situation, I decided it was a battle I could win without a problem, keeping it safe enough.'

Alpha keeps explaining. Accurate understanding is difficult with Akira's still awkward knowledge, but I could somehow understand what underlies it.

As long as you know beforehand the structure of enemy weapons and the programs embedded in the control devices on board, incorporating them into combat simulations gives you very high precision output results. The operation on the Akira side can be corrected with the operation of reinforced clothing by Alpha. By keeping the battle as close as possible to the two-man zero-sum finite confirmed complete information game, he continued to get the best possible solution, the closest to prediction.

The earlier battle Akira fought in a madness of death was the same as the chess pack Alpha had already solved.

I guess that's difficult to calculate in a biological monster. Because only results that lack precision can be obtained due to organism-specific mutations, distractions, etc.

Ask as Akira worries about trying to somehow interpret the part that lies outside her understanding.

'Uh, so you're saying he was a fightable opponent because he knew his enemies' weaknesses and behavioral patterns and stuff?

You're right.

Ask Akira, who is thinking of something, when Alpha leaves it for a little while again, and then smiles.

"Still not convinced? Want more details?

Akira answers by shaking her neck to the side.

'No, enough is enough. I didn't decide it was an easy win because I didn't know what it was. "

"Oh, excuse me. I will not neglect Akira's safety for vague reasons. '

'I'm sorry. Thanks to Alpha's class, my knowledge has grown, and I've been thinking a lot about it. Think of it as a sign of growth. I appreciate it.'

'Really? Good. If you doubt my instructions, you're in trouble when you're stuck.'

'Oh. I know. I was just wondering. Well, it doesn't matter compared to this pile of relics from the old world. It was dangerous, but you got something that looked dangerous.'

'Right. Let's take home plenty'

"Oh."

Akira returned to the task of stuffing the rucksack for the transport of relics with relics from the old world.

Akira's doubts have not been resolved. To be precise, the newly raised question remains unresolved with the original question resolved. The basis for Alpha's decision was also understood and convinced by Akira. But how (why) does Alpha know what makes that basis? That remains unclear.

Drone weapons manufactured in factories in the Old World, now known as the ruins of the Old World. Important information about that hand, such as its blueprints and details of the programs incorporated into the control devices on board, should normally be kept secret. Even then people shouldn't normally know. It should be a very limited number of people familiar with the information in that hand.

How does Alpha know that? Akira deliberately did not ask, suppressing the questions and curiosities that arose in her heart, about which she might know if she asked. Perhaps Alpha doesn't want to be asked that. Because that's what I decided.

Alpha was asking Akira back if she wanted to know. Akira didn't think that was some way to avoid being asked what she didn't want to be asked.

There are some restrictions in Alpha. Sometimes you can't do it without Akira's permission. I guess there are a lot of other restrictions. Didn't you say, "Don't listen," because of that restriction? In order to give a response rejecting the answer, did you rephrase it within the limits that you regret knowing? It didn't seem that way to Akira.

That's why Akira didn't ask. If I asked, that was going to be a hostile cut with Alpha, and I drove my doubts and curiosities behind my head to cover it.

The questions and curiosities that have been pushed in are already quite hoarded, pushing the lid from the inside out trying to get out, but that is still only enough force for Akira to be held back enough. It's so insignificant compared to the usefulness of Alpha's support that it lets Akira destroy that unmanned weapon alone. At least, now, not yet.

Alpha let Akira fight drones once now to make Akira understand and realize the value of her own support. I hadn't even noticed Akira that far.