Rebuild World

Akira and the others arrived at the ruins of Mihazono Street before dawn. Numerous vehicles are parked close to the hunter's office outpost. I can also see things like arms dealer trailers, simple clinics, and hunter detachment party simple bases mixed up in regular vehicles.

A guard guiding traffic stops Akira and the others. The guard approaches and speaks to Akira and the others.

"Parking around the outpost is fully regulated so as not to obstruct vehicle traffic. I don't mind for passing through to proceed inside the ruins, but be careful not to get in the way. Even when stopping around here, be careful not to interfere with traffic. And the parking lot's already full."

"Okay."

"I'll tell you for once. If you're here to collect artifacts, I don't recommend you today."

"I know, and you'll see."

Akira answered as she looked in the direction of the ruins of Mihazono Street.

Battle sounds are sounding intermittently from the ruins. Smoke is rising from everywhere. The flames continue to illuminate the ruins that sink into darkness. The ruins of Mihazono Street were showing Akira something different from yesterday.

"Right."

That's what the guard left behind.

Carol asks Akira.

"So, what do we do now?

"I'll rendezvous with Elena and the others. The question is how do we rendezvous... You can't look in the dark clouds in the ruins."

Akira thinks with a slightly harsh look.

"Alpha. I even came to the ruins of Mihazono Street, but after all, I can't get in touch with Mr. Elena and the others?

Alpha shakes her head to the side.

'No, you can't. I can't connect at all. I haven't heard back from you, and I haven't heard from Elena and the others in the first place. Perhaps there's too much traffic around here, and there's a limit on communication. Or maybe the base stations around here are shutting down.'

It could be useless to wait for Elena and the others to get in touch with us like this. Akira asks Carol after a little trouble.

"Carol. If you need to find a hunter somewhere in this ruin, what would Carol do?

"By looking, you mean you won't hear from me?

"Oh."

"You don't even know where you are?

"Unfortunately"

"You haven't decided where to meet me or anything?

"I stopped hearing from you before I made that decision."

Carol turns her mildly discouraged gaze to Akira.

"... Akira is actually the type of person who just hits quite a bit, comes up with it and acts without thinking ahead?

".................. Yes"

I answered Carol's point with a slightly smaller voice as Akira was slightly drooling. Alpha was laughing beside Akira.

I might have estimated Akira's strength a little too high. Carol looked at Akira with a slightly disappointed look at her when she decided so, but starts thinking back to answer Akira's question. He's hired as a guide for Akira. The job should be done.

"That was a way to find someone. If you know something that identifies each other, such as the identification codes of each other's information terminals, you have a hand in raising the intensity of local communications to the limit and making them realize it. If they notice this way, you can get in touch with them by asking them to increase their communication intensity for just a second. However, it is more likely that a mechanical monster that would be wandering around the ruins will perceive the presence of the outgoing side. Of course (of course), if you're looking, you need to drool the signal all the time, so it's pretty dangerous."

Some monsters are attacked by detecting signals being emitted by Hunter's gear communications equipment. Where communication is possible in the wilderness, the base stations are buried in the ground and wired between the base stations. However, even weak signals are attempted and erroneously connected to reduce monster damage.

Among the ruins of the old world with fewer escapes and more monsters than in the wilderness, it is an act quite prepared to send a very strong signal, albeit for communications. The situation that has to be done would be if hunters, who have had difficulty returning on their own due to injuries and so on, only attempt for a moment to communicate their position to the rescue forces.

Akira wonders if Carol's suggestion should be implemented. Imagine the consequences in your brain, and you see yourself fighting surrounded by tons of monsters.

And then, unfortunately, Elena and the others tried to communicate with Akira, and the sight of some monsters heading to Elena and the others spread behind Akira's brain. Akira forcibly broke through the siege net to destroy the monsters headed toward Elena and the others, but the result was to take a large number of monsters to Elena and the others.

Akira broke her imagination there.

"That's a dangerous way, so let's stop it."

Carol makes the following suggestions:

"Then we'll have to look for the ruins in the tunnels or wait near the hunter's office outpost. If Elena and the others are taking on a rescue request for those who are in difficulty in returning, they will be transporting them near the outpost after the rescue."

When Akira is worried about which way to go, Alpha points to the one at the outpost.

"Akira. Look at that."

When Akira looked in that direction, she saw a vehicle she had seen somewhere. This is the armoured personnel carrier that Sikarabe and the others were using when they crusaded the prize neck.

"What's wrong with that one?

Although Akira can only be recognized as a vehicle of the same descent, Alpha definitely found it to be the vehicle used by the Sikalabes.

'That's the vehicle Sikarabe used. If it's Shikarabe driving too, why don't you get in touch? You might know something about Elena and the others. "

Akira tries to manipulate the information terminal to contact Shikarabe in local communications. I immediately wanted to connect with Shikarabe.

"It's a shikarabe. Akira, are you close to being connected by local communications?

"Oh. I'm off the ruins close to the hunter's office outpost. I'd like to get in touch with Elena and the others, but I can't connect. Do you have any idea where Elena and the others are?

Answer with a voice like Shikarabe was stunned.

"It happens because I try to connect on a cheap line. Wait a minute. Relay and connect."

As Akira waits, she hears Elena's voice from an information terminal connected to Shikarabe.

"It's Elena. Can you tell me what's going on over there?

Akira explained her situation to Elena. The current location of Akira and the others. That I hired Carol. That I tried to contact Elena and the others. He also explained that he had sent a message to Elena and the others once.

"... wait a minute.... Oh, it's arrived. Really? Will this line involve a change of priority? Uh, you mean you're joining us, right?

"Yes, please"

"Okay. Then come over here with Sikarabe. We work with Shikarabe. We can rendezvous if we follow the sicarabe. Let's meet back for more information. I'll wait."

"Okay. More stories there."

The voice from the information terminal switches to Sikarabe.

"Akira. If you want to rendezvous, come here and help carry the wounded. It's an armoured personnel carrier parked near the outpost. Do you know where we are from there?

"I'm fine. I'll be right there."

Akira quickly moved the car.

The armoured personnel transport vehicle is parked near the hunter's office outpost. The rear door opens and the wounded hunters descend.

I'm carrying a hunter with a sicarabe in a body bag. The head part of the body bag is not closed and the head is out. The blood on your face is no different than the corpse already.

When Shikarabe notices Akira parked (and said) near the armoured personnel transport vehicle, she points to the back of the armoured personnel transport vehicle.

"Are you here? You carry the wounded in the back, too. Let the one who can walk on his own walk."

Akira looks behind the armoured personnel transport vehicle. Likewise, the body bags that are only outside the head of the contents are rolling for a few names. I wonder if those whose parts of the body bags are caught do not exist at that site.

Akira asks Shikarabe.

"... the wounded. Why don't you just carry the one you can't move on your own?

"Oh. Leave it to the doctor to decide if you're dead. We don't know if we've pre-embedded the temporary death processing function in an emergency. Until the doctor checks, they're wounded."

Akira remembered the sight she saw at the clinic on the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street. A doctor named the palm who treated Akira was treating a biological, lower body free hunter as a seriously injured person.

It could be helpful even in that condition. I guess it's not about amateurs like myself judging. Akira decided so and headed to the back of the armoured personnel carriers to bring out the wounded.

Following Akira, Carol also tries to get behind the armoured personnel carriers. Sicarabe sounds surprised when she realizes what Carol looks like.

"... whoa!?

Carol turns her fun smile to Shikarabe.

"That's not a very good reaction. Long time no see."

A conscious sicarabe who reacted (first) with a bad taste answered with a slight wolf.

"Oh, yeah.... Why are you here?

"Because Akira hired me. Why don't you just leave me alone and get this over with?

That's all Carol said and followed Akira. Sikarabe followed Carroll with her eyes towards the back of the armoured personnel transport vehicle.

"Why is Akira hiring him?

Sikarabe returned to carry the wounded, with doubts.

Akira and the others handed over the remaining casualties to the staff at the hunter's office outpost. How many survivors are there, Akira won't care. Even if you're already dead, you should be treated quite a bit if you hand it over to the hunter's office. It would be a better treatment than being left in the ruins with a corpse.

Sikarabe closes the rear door of the armoured personnel transport vehicle. And I see Akira with her eyes like she said something. It is not a sight of condemnation or disgust. Or a glance that welcomes Akira for bringing Carol. Close to sight for difficult people to handle. Akira didn't realize, but Shikarabe's gaze also contained feelings close to sympathy for Akira.

Akira sees Sikarabe's attitude and wonders a little and asks Carol.

"Carol. Do you know Sikarabe?

"That's right. Well, a lot."

"Right."

Even Akira can tell that they know each other. I was going to ask euphemisms (Eun-kyu) about Sikarabe's attitude towards Carol and other reasons.

Carol's reply ended with a short reply I admit I knew her, whether she didn't pass it on, didn't want to talk to me, or didn't matter.

Akira shifts her gaze toward Shikarabe. It was a gaze for some explanation from Sikarabe.

But Sikarabe also didn't try to tell us why Akira wanted it again.

"I'm leaving right away. Akira and the others follow me."

Sikarabe went to the driver's seat saying that with a subtle expression.

Akira sits in the driver's seat of her car and checks on Carol on the side. I can't feel the vibe from Carol that made me feel bad. One way or another, I can feel the atmosphere making this situation interesting.

In the meantime Akira followed Shikarabe, who leads the way to rendezvous with Elena and the others.

Akira and the others move on to the ruins of Mihazono Street. The road is littered with wreckage of mechanical monsters. There are few biological monsters in the ruins of Mihazono Street. All the blood stains will belong to the hunters. Hunter's body is also rolling. It has been crushed by either a mechanical monster, a hunter-driven vehicle, or both, and the cause of death is no longer known.

As Akira and the others move on, traces of combat begin to stand out on the ruins. This is even if the darkness of the night is hidden. When the sun rises, there will be a clearer picture of the harsher status quo.

Alpha tells Akira the enemy is approaching.

"Akira, a monster from the rear. With wheels that can be attacked at long range. I'm coming out of the left and right alleys."

Copy that.

Akira releases her hand from the handle to the rear of the vehicle. Remove the CWH Object Assault Gun from the vehicle body and set it toward the rear. There is no monster figure there.

Carol also sees Akira's movements and prepares for an enemy attack. But Carol, who checked the rear, couldn't see the enemy, not even the enemy of the intelligence-gathering equipment. I wondered if there was a reaction to the car's enemy device, check the display of the control device, but there is no such reaction there either.

Try to ask if Carol has enemies in Akira.

"Akira, the enemy..."

Akira pulls the trigger on the CWH objective assault gun. Shooting sounds block Carol's words. The mechanical monster that jumped out of the alley was destroyed the moment it went out into the aisle. A fuselage that devoured the torso area with a direct strike from a full-armour bullet was blown up by the impact of the landing, rolling down the aisle while it was half-destructed.

Alpha draws attention.

"Formula A 24? Akira. Be careful. '

'I don't need to be told, but can I ask you why you push in case?

"The enemy's fuselage is a complete urban defense, manufactured exactly as designed and well maintained."

"How different is that from the mechanical monsters you've defeated?

"Comparing Akira's previous desperate defeat of the Cannon Insect to that A-24 formula, it's about as different as an enemy who's forced to (do) hit me with a gun based on a blueprint full of graffiti, and an enemy who's shooting at me with a correctly manufactured and properly maintained gun."

Akira accidentally distorts her expression.

"That's a big difference!

'So fight with caution. Don't be alarmed because the enemy is relatively small, because it resembles the enemy you defeated before.'

Copy that.

Akira retightens her mind and puts up a gun. Akira's vision has been expanded with Alpha support. You can also recognize the enemy in the back of an alley that is invisible to the naked eye. It also shows the time remaining for the enemy to pop up in the aisle, as well as the priorities to attack.

Shoot the A-24 formula with Akira flying out of the left and right aisles one after the other, following Alpha's instructions. Half, or all, to the point of losing at least combat power in a single blow, adding to the wreckage in the aisle. In no time, all airframes were destroyed by one Akira.

Alpha smiles, so let's work Akira.

"Brilliant. You're doing great."

Akira answers with a bitter smile, not even a shard (shard) that I think I let hit her with my strength.

"It's a state of exhaustion. I won't take it off to that extent.... When will I be able to do this on my own merit alone? That's a long way to go."

'Don't worry. Akira's arm is improving. My correction value is also getting much smaller. At that distance, Akira will be able to hit him on her own. "

'Right. It's worth the training for. "

Akira remembers what Carol was saying and turns to Carol when she lowers her gun.

"I was about to say something, what?

Carol laughs and praises Akira hiding her inner upset.

"It's nothing. Akira is a great shooter. I didn't know yesterday."

"Well, yesterday, if I shot him, I'd have hit one of them."

Akira had an unpleasant look in mind of yesterday's herd of mechanical monsters filling the interior of the Serantalville.

Carol asks Akira, laughing a little fun.

"That gun, can I see it for a second?

"That's good."

Akira gave Carol the CWH objective assault gun.

Carol confirms the gun she received. On the surface I look with a light eye of interest, but inside I was checking the gun with a very serious eye. Make sure that the gun's manufacturing code, the type of parts used, and the condition of maintenance are kept in mind.

Carol puts Akira's CWH objective assault gun in the rear and peeks into the aimer. All that's shown on the aimer is normal information. I don't have any information that would surprise Carol. Ordinary gun. That's what Carol decided.

When Carol returns the CWH objective assault gun, she laughs at Akira and asks.

"Thank you. That's a good gun. With this, can I aim as good as Akira?

"I think if we train hard enough, anyone can do it"

If training makes it possible for you to do it yourself, it's probably the same for everyone. Akira thought so and answered that without thinking deeply.

Carol listens back in a natural way.

"Really?"

"Oh. It presupposes the wearing of reinforced clothing that can hold back the recoil of the shooting. I don't feel like I can shoot it alive either. If I shoot him alive, he's gonna break his arm with recoil."

Carol fingers her fortified clothes a little proud.

"Then you'll be fine. Because my fortified clothes are a pretty high-performance one."

"You sure look like that"

Akira snorted (nodding) as she was convinced when she saw Carol's fortified clothes.

Akira returned to the driver's seat with a CWH objective assault gun installed in the gun seat. Carol also re-sits properly in the passenger seat.

Carol continued her reflections on Akira, pretending to look like nothing.

(That gun is a regular CWH objective assault gun. The type of aimer that interacts with the information-gathering device when judged from the display information. … there is no automatic targeting function. at least it doesn't come with enough auxiliary features to snipe a moving body from the top of the vibrating body and strike it at about the same time as the advent of the enemy)

Guns sold in the east also have items that come with a simple automatic targeting function for hit correction. Something that automatically pulls the trigger if you calculate ballistics and have enemies on it. Even if the trigger is pulled, if there are no enemies on top of the ballistics, the bullets will not be fired, and so on.

Carol wondered if Akira's shooting arm was due to advanced automated aiming capabilities. But I couldn't discover any features like that. I decided it might be an enhancement garment side feature but probably not. The function of that hand is mostly due to the need to work with the gun side, and the corresponding modified parts are also incorporated on the gun side.

(How did Akira notice the enemy in the first place? Perhaps Akira had noticed the presence of the enemy before moving out of the driver's seat. Even though my intelligence-gathering equipment's ability to defy enemies is pretty high, I still couldn't figure out where my enemies are, even though Akira put up a gun. What would you have done if it wasn't the mechanical monster that jumped out of the alley, the hunter on the bike or something? Was that even confirmed? You knew they were mechanical monsters that needed to be destroyed quickly because they had long-range attacks? How long have you known?... Could it be from the beginning?

Hostile ability is an important skill for hunters. If you notice the presence of an enemy quickly and know exactly where the enemy is located, it will be easier (or easier) to avoid engagements, which can also be very advantageous during engagements.

Carol is a hunter who avoids useless combat as much as he can. That's why Carol understands the importance of the enemy. Carol invited Akira yesterday because she also made sure there were no enemies around.

Carol was certainly surprised by Akira's shooting prowess. But more than that, he was stunned by Akira's ability to defeat the enemy.

Carol was checking Akira's reaction when she borrowed her gun in praise of Akira's ability to shoot. See if Akira takes a bare gesture to brag about her shooting arms and guns. Whether to show his talent, rigorous training, gun performance, and how Akira boasts of them.

Many boast of similar rare (rare) talents, hard-earned technology, and high-performance equipment in their possession. Because it's fun to tell someone the hard work of training, the performance of equipment, etc. Carol was good at eliciting more information while stimulating the self-esteem of such an opponent.

If Akira had such a tendency, Carol would have tried to ask a lot about Akira's ability to defy the enemy. But Akira doesn't look like it. I want to brag about the performance of my gear by telling someone what I'm capable of. I couldn't feel that kind of attitude at all from Akira.

Carol thinks. Akira's gun skills are amazing. But those with defensive abilities are abnormal beyond awesome.

If it's to a great extent, you can listen to Akira while she's in a good mood. Except when it's an anomaly. It is necessary to identify precisely what attitude the person with the ability to reach that unusual range will take towards the human being who tries to listen to its principles and means. Because it can be enough for those who have been made aware of it to try to kill those who have been made aware of it with their mouths sealed.

Be close enough to share secrets with them. or listening out in a situation where there is no problem. Carol was confident in either of those means if the other was a man. Of course (of course), you make the most of Carol's side business.

Carol has the skill and experience to cage opponents. Carol is confident that if she is naked and unarmed with each other, she can defeat her opponents without any problems. Even if the opponent is a prosthetic or physical enhancement expander disguised as a living being, Carol has the confidence to spot it once it is held.

Carol exhaled.

(... which means you can't use that means for Akira. Although Akira is still a child, she doesn't look old enough not to be interested in women)

Carol looks at Akira on the side. From Akira today, I can't feel the atmosphere of a touched child yesterday when I was watching the outside scenery from the transporter or eating for fun. From Akira I can feel the atmosphere of a hunter with a certain strength. You can say you're an adult.

(It would be troublesome if the key points were not grown up. I don't look as old as I am when I'm eating. Is it also a hobby of women who are so biased?

Carol's assumptions are correct. Akira's preferences are very biased. It is very unlikely that Akira will react to the opposite sex against the enemy or those who are not. Carol is classified for Akira as not an enemy so far. It's about appearance and personality.

Carol doesn't even suspect her charm is shards. Because I have so much pride and track record. That's why Akira's attitude of not reacting as if to that self had hurt Carol's complacency a little.

Ask Akira in a slightly rotten manner.

"What kind of woman does Akira like?

Akira looks a little surprised and asks back.

"Why are you asking me that?

"Because Akira is unresponsive even if I ask her out. Normally, if I ask him out, most of the time he rides out, right?

"Isn't it because you're only inviting the one who's going to ride the invite? If you're the one with the girlfriend, you're more than likely not to ride the invitation."

"For once, as a courtesy, I wouldn't invite anyone with a lover from me. Except if you invited me from the other side. As a result, even if the couple broke down, it wasn't my fault."

Carol even smiled (cheeks) and ran out of clarity.

Answer with a slightly unpleasant look from Akira.

"Oh, my God."

"That's how appealing I am. So I was wondering if Akira had any special preferences."

"Please stop slandering me. Even if they say it's a woman's preference..."

I understand Akira neglects that hand herself. When Akira roared a little, Alpha pointed at herself with a very confident look. Stop Akira roaring and answer.

"I'm not sure."

'You know what I mean? There's a very easy example here. "

Alpha can change its appearance in any number of ways. The alpha sets the appearance according to Akira's taste (lump). In other words, Akira likes the look of Alpha. Akira answers it consciously.

You have no idea.

"You're strong. If you have any hopes or grievances about my beauty or shape, don't hesitate to say so. 'Cause I can change any number of them.'

Alpha replied with a laugh of fun.

Ask Carol as she looks at Akira with a sudden glance at her face.

"... doesn't sound like an attitude that I don't know?

"When you say it, there's a chance that someone with a similar appearance might get on with it."

"Oh, that's the thing....... why don't you tell me because you shut up properly? You still have a hard mouth?

"I don't like it."

"Yes. Too bad. I wonder if it's something I can't talk about. Even so, once Akira gets her hands on me, I'll override some of her preferences. If Akira has a weird taste, I suggest you do it.

So stop slandering me.

Akira gave me a disgusting look. Carol was laughing fun.