Rebuild World

Carol was sideways observing Akira talking to Elena and the others.

Carol understands that her beauty is subjectively and objectively broad enough for her to be beautiful. Even from that Carol, Elena and Sarah are beautifully enough. I mean, if it's just about appearance, there's not going to be a big difference between Carol and Elena and the others.

But there was a clear difference in Akira's attitude between Carol and Elena. Isn't Akira simply not interested in women? Carol, who had decided that, sees Akira and the others and alters his perception.

(I wonder what this difference is. At least there shouldn't be a big difference in appearance. Is that the difference in the length of your relationship? You know, if you don't have some dating, you're gonna be your wife in a weird way?... No, that's something different)

I completely deny Carol's assumptions that came to mind. Yet years of experience with others also determine that direction is somewhat correct. And I also think it could be a stepping stone to cage Akira.

If Akira simply isn't confused by the colored incense of the opposite sex, she'll need to change her way of attacking even a little farther away. Carol decided so and tried not to forget this feeling for the time being.

(Well, you don't have to rush. It's only the second day I see him, and let's do it carefully, taking care not to let him cut off from Akira)

Unless you've lost interest in yourself, you've never missed someone you're after. I'm sure it'll work. Carol smiles invincibly at that thought.

Sikarabe arrived just before assembly time. Sikarabe comes out of an armoured personnel transport vehicle. Akira and the others look at Shikarabe's attitude and gently tilt her neck. Sikarabe looked quite in a bad mood.

Shikarabe tells Akira and the others.

"Bad. Are you late?"

Elena answers.

"It's okay. Almost on time. I'm not late. So, you seem in a pretty bad mood, but what happened?

"I'm fine. No problem."

"If you're okay and you don't have a problem, I'd like to know why you're the leader of the team."

Shikarabe looks at Elena with a wrinkle between her eyebrows. Elena looks at Sikarabe without changing her expression. Slightly between them, Shikarabe answers with a light sniff (sigh) breath.

"... more formally than I am at the ruins of Mihazono Street. But I was just prompted to join Drancam's contingent. So I took the trouble to turn it down. That's all."

Shikarabe doesn't seem to like to be under katsuya's command just for formal treatment, to the point where she would be offended by just explaining the extent of it.

Elena and Sarah laugh bitterly. Maybe he understands, realizes, and has some empathy for Shikarabe's hatred of shine.

Carol gives me a slightly unexpected look. Carol knows that Sikarabe is a man who can separate his work from his personal feelings, regardless of his limitations. There would be no real harm if only in form. No wonder you accept it to that extent. It is unusual for that sikarabe to give priority to personal feelings so far. I wondered about it and was a little interested in a person named Katsuya who would make that shekarabe refuse even to that extent.

Akira hasn't changed her expression otherwise. Because I don't care as long as the rubbing inside the drancam doesn't ripple into Akira and the others.

When Akira and the others had finished explaining their next request, they entered the Mihazono Street site again.

Akira and the others are making good progress with the rescue request. I've dropped the difficulty of making a choice request, and I've never had anything like being surrounded by a large number of monsters in a narrow site of ruins, and I've never encountered a powerful mechanical monster. We carried the rescued hunters back and forth inside the ruins and at the hunter's office outpost.

The unit cost of the request had fallen proportionately due to the reduced difficulty of the request, but the number of completed requests was accumulated for that amount. You can say that the accumulation of rewards is rough enough to take into account the dangers of the request. There may have been people who ate the price because Akira and the others reduced the difficulty of receiving the request, but it would also be the skill of hunters to efficiently replace the risk they took with gold.

As Akira and the others continued their rescue requests across the break, it was time for the sun to start falling again. The ruins of Mihazono Street are about to be swallowed up again by the darkness of the night.

Akira and the others, coming back near the hunter's office outpost, were getting out of the car and gathering to discuss their plans for the future.

All the colours of fatigue are hidden. Elena and the others in particular have been working since the day before. It will be time for a good rest.

Talk as Elena shows a slight colour of fatigue.

"Then we will continue with this member after tomorrow, so dissolve it once. Let me know if anything happens."

Sicarabe speaks.

"I will remain in the ruins of Mihazono Street without returning to Kugamayama City at the convenience of Drancam. I have no problem contacting them because they should be within a wide area of communication at least. Akira, you have to change your comms line from the cheap one."

Akira asks a little concerned.

"Are you still willing to go on and dive into the ruins to stay?

"Is there a reason for that? Rest in a simple base set up by Drancam. A base set up by Drunkham is nearby so that you don't have to go back to the city all the time. It takes time to get back and forth from the city. Well, I can sleep in an armored personnel carrier, but there's a bedded base around the corner. Thank you. Let me make the most of it."

Sarah speaks.

"We're staying at one of the nearby simple hotels, trailer houses, right? So only Akira and the others will return to the city..."

Elena, Sarah and Shikarabe's gaze gathers in Akira and Carol.

I think of Elena as she looks at Akira.

(Akira alone can stay in our room. I don't think Sarah would disagree either. Just...)

I think of Sarah as she looks at Carol.

(... you can't just take Akira to a boulder and stay with someone you don't really know. I don't think Elena would like it either)

Elena and Sarah look at each other sideways, we've both known each other for a long time. I could understand that they were probably thinking the same thing.

Akira asks Carol.

"I'm going back to the city, but what about Carol?

"Right..."

When Carol looked at Sikarabe, Sikarabe gave her a blatantly unpleasant look. Carol smiles.

"I'm going back to the city, too. Akira, can you give me a lift?

…… Okay. "

Akira wondered a little about Shikarabe's attitude, but decided not to care in particular because she wondered if there was a lot going on. Tell Elena and the others to bow their heads gently.

"Well, I'll be back with this. Tomorrow will be a good time."

Elena smiles lightly.

"Go home with care. Get some rest when you get back."

Sarah smiles lightly and answers.

"Don't be alarmed until you get back to the city, okay?

Akira and Carol return to the car. Akira and the others set out for Kugamayama City, waving gently at Elena and the others to drop them off.

Elena asks Shikarabe after Akira and the others leave.

"Sikarabe. Can't we get a little time after this?

Sikarabe looks back at Elena in anticipation of her intentions.

"It depends on what you do. I'm tired too. I want to rest early."

"I just want to ask you a few questions about Carol. You know him, right?

Shikarabe gives a slightly more rugged look to the content as expected. Elena and the others looked surprised when they saw the sikarabe.

Sikarabe conceived a little in silence and answered by choosing words after the consideration appeared on her face and slightly changed her expression a few times.

"Weirdly, if we misdemonize (sesame seeds), it's going to create an extra misunderstanding, but if we talk about it a lot, that's going to be a hassle, so I'm going to answer our immediate actions, well, to the extent that we don't create unnecessary problems while we continue with this rescue request. He is a very poor quality woman, but it is unlikely that his poor quality will have an adverse effect on his immediate behavior, during the period of the rescue request. He's good enough to be a hunter, and he won't pull our legs."

Elena and Sarah make their expressions a little confusing and rude. Elena asks Sikarabe.

"It just sounds like a very problematic person?

"I'll leave the interpretation to you. And even if there's a problem, it doesn't necessarily have a strong negative impact on our immediate short-term hunter operations. I'm not willing to invite that guy from me to join the team, but if someone brought him in, I'm not even willing to kick him out because it's definitely going to be enough power. That's all. My brother-in-law as a companion spoke. Continue this story later, at least after this request is over. Bye."

Sikarabe left with that much to say.

Elena and Sarah face to face. It was easy to read from each other's expressions that Carol's treatment, once we decided there was no problem, was greatly shaken.

Akira sent Carol to the place where she met her when she left. Carol gets out of the car turns her back on Akira and stretches lightly. And look back and smile at Akira.

"See you tomorrow.... stop by my house if you have time? You can stay, okay? I'll give you an easy meal. That'll save you a lot of trouble rendezvous tomorrow, right?

The next day Akira is also supposed to send Carol to the ruins of Mihazono Street. Same place to rendezvous with Carol.

Akira shakes her head to the side.

"No, I'm going home. I don't care if I rest in my own house."

"Yes. Too bad.... I can't believe you're inviting such a beautiful woman."

When Carol laughs invincibly and tells him that, Akira also laughs a little invincibly and answers.

"I'm sorry. Get some rest, Carol."

Squirting (crushing) as Carol watches Akira leave.

"No pulse so far? Let's be temperamental."

It's been a long time since I've enjoyed the process of caging. Carol thought so and laughed with pleasure.

Akira is bathing. She soaked herself up to her neck in a comfortable hot tub to soothe her body and mind. I already had my gear and meals ready. All you have to do after bathing is fall over the bed and sleep. Heal well, physically and mentally, and prepare for tomorrow's hunter run.

Akira's consciousness is loose and, in a way, heartless. Even though Akira's taste may have been taken into account by the world's most beautiful women bathing together, she is so heartless that she is almost unresponsive to the situation. This cannot be called a healthy state.

Alpha was soaking herself in the tub all the way around the valley of her chest. Its alpha rises unexpectedly and sits on the edge of the tub. Until now, most parts of the limb had been refracted and blurred by the swing of the water, but what hid above the knee by exiting the hot tub was only water droplets that fell and only slight hot air.

With Alpha moving heavily, Akira unconsciously followed Alpha with her eyes. I unconsciously stared at the beautiful Alpha limbs by the time I was artistic and turned my gaze back forward like I had lost interest.

Seeing how that Akira is, Alpha talks with a mild laugh.

"Get this nudity in front of you. That reaction. The colour and eating atmosphere in Akira is going to be reversed for the moment."

Akira mouths her dissatisfaction with her blurred consciousness.

"... you can do that later"

Akira is bathing. I'm in the middle of putting myself in the comfort of a hot tub. I don't have time for Alpha. It looks like we're in trouble too.

I might have gotten a little too used to women's nudity. Alpha decided so too, but decided to split it it with the necessary expenses. Alpha's own beauty may have also been invalidated, but rather than be confused by another woman's colorful incense. It was determined that another benefit to Akira, the value of Alpha's support, had been relatively increased.

'Okay. Later. That being said, I'd like to hear from Akira about tomorrow and beyond, but how long is Akira going to hang out with Elena and the others?

"I don't care how long you ask......, I'm not thinking about it in particular. Wouldn't that be enough to make a good separation? Elena and the others won't be taking on the Mihazono City ruins forever."

'I mean, are you going to hang out with Elena and the others for the moment?

I don't disagree but I don't recommend it. That's what Alpha's expression tells Akira. Akira asks a little strangely.

"Uh... is there anything creepy (first) about doing that?

"It's not inconvenient, but as far as I'm concerned, in order for Akira to accomplish my request, I want Akira to sharpen her ruin strategy skills over her VIP rescue skills. Additionally, when attacking the ruins of the old world that I'm asking for, Akira will dive into the ruins by herself. To do this, I want Akira to sharpen her personal behavior skills over her collective behavior skills. That's all."

"Oh, you know what?"

Akira was convinced and nodded lightly. I can also understand what Alpha has to say. Alpha is supporting Akira in order to get Akira to accomplish her request for Alpha, as well as in advance of the reward for that request. Akira's going to help Elena and the others is herself Akira's home. And if accompanying Elena and the others doesn't feed on polishing the abilities needed to accomplish Alpha's request, you can't help but be dissatisfied with it. Akira thought so.

Akira answers with a few excuses.

"... still, well, you get a good reward, and that reward will cost you to buy the equipment you need to attack the ruins. If you think it's a money-making period now, isn't it bad?

Alpha speaks meaningfully, smiling (cheeks) like a nail.

'That's what I'm gonna do. Akira's hunter operation is based on site exploration. Don't forget that.'

"I know, I know."

When Akira answers that honestly, Alpha smiles with satisfaction. Akira stroked her chest down and sank into the hot tub just a little more.

The next day, Akira was on her way to the ruins of Mihazono Street to rendezvous with Carol as planned.

The sun is already rising. By the time you arrive at the ruins of Mihazono Street, it will be a time that you will not be able to call morning. Yesterday's fatigue is completely taken away because I was able to rest well enough. Akira is in good health.

Carol is taking a nap in the passenger seat. Before taking a nap, Carol was gently laughing and telling her she could put her hands on herself sleeping if she felt like it. Akira gently flushed it.

The defenseless, serene, rustic sleeping face floating in Carol's neat face had given Akira a very different impression than Carol did when she was awake.

As Akira looks a little more intrigued at Carol, Alpha says with a mixed smile.

Can't you just lay your hands on them because they're asleep? If sight and hearing are all you need, bear with me because I'll deal with you. '

Akira answers with a slight wrinkle between her eyebrows.

'I won't let you out. I just thought it was a lot different than when I was awake. "

'That's true. But I think Akira is something similar. At least lately.'

'Really? Well, I don't know my sleeping face.... lately?

'When I met Akira, she used to have the look of being somewhere vigilant when she was asleep. Sleep was shallow, too. But Akira's sleeping defenselessly these days unless I wake her up. Akira and I are very different when we're awake. "

"... right"

Akira answered emotionally. Once in the shadows of the alleys and ruins of Slam Street, he fell asleep in anticipation of waking up again. Someone kills me while I'm asleep and strips me. That could be enough.

Now on a soft bed in a house with no external enemies, I feel safe getting to sleep thinking that if anything, Alpha would wake me up. I guess the difference in Akira's impression is the difference.

(… now you can live a much more luxurious life)

Akira laughed a little bitterly as she thought of the difference from her former life.

Akira rocks and wakes Carol around the area where the ruins of Mihazono Street start to look far-sighted.

"Carol. It's time for you to wake up."

Carol woke up right away. Look at Akira and talk like she's whining.

"... you're here?

"Oh. We're almost at the rendezvous point"

"Mmm, I slept well. Thanks."

Carol laughs and asks as she wakes up and stretches lightly.

"So, did you get your hands on it?

"I didn't let you out."

"Oh, too bad. I pretended to sleep properly even with my hands on it."

"You pretended to sleep?

"I slept properly. I'd wake up if they had my hands on me, but that means I'll pretend I slept with you. Sometimes they ask me to do that."

"... oh yeah"

Akira replied as if it didn't matter. Carol looks at the Akira and thinks.

(… Can you show me what kind of gap (soba) you are sleeping on? It's really tough.

Quite the difficulty of not getting your hands on them even with their permission on top of their sleeping. Carol judged Akira that way. He is a little hard to think of from Carol's experience.

(Looks like it would be faster to get credit from the hunter operation side. Will you do your best)

It still seems difficult to cage Akira from light color tricks. You might want to get along casually and then attack carefully. Carol decided so and modified Akira's cage means slightly.

Akira and the others arrive at the rendezvous point. Much early for rendezvous time, but the four Elenas were already waiting for Akira and the others at rendezvous point. Elena, Sarah, Sikarabe, and the other, Akira and the same generation of boy hunters, stand next to Sikarabe.

Akira and the others get out of the car and join Elena and the others. Elena starts talking.

"We're all here. Now, before I say goodbye to you today, I need to talk to you from Shikarabe."

Talk while Shikarabe hides her dissatisfaction.

"At my convenience, I was to add one to the team. Hunter belongs to Drancam, and Hunter Rank..., you, what rank are you now?

"Hunter rank is thirty. It's called togami. Thank you for your patience today."

Togami answered lightly. The hunter boy Sikarabe brought was Togami, who accompanied Akira and the others in a previous bounty neck crusade.

Sikarabe speaks in a slightly bright voice that misdemonizes her grump.

"Akira. Don't hesitate to tell me if you have any objections regarding adding this guy. I'll give it my best consideration, okay?

Shikarabe is sending a meaningful gaze to Akira. Akira asks Elena and the others with a little confusion.

"Are you Elena and the others in favour of accession?

Sarah answers.

"I leave the judgment around here to Elena, and Elena decided she wouldn't mind if Akira and the others didn't like it. That's why it's up to Akira and the others."

Elena goes on to answer.

"If you don't like it, don't hesitate to say it. I'm not taking a majority vote."

Elena and Sarah are not going to add togami until they contain Akira's grievances, even if it is an introduction to Shikarabe. The five of us yesterday have confirmed that we can accomplish the rescue without any problems.

But at the same time, if Akira doesn't object, she's not willing to refuse to join Togami. Because of the consideration that Shikarabe is bringing in the personnel, and the precedent that Akira brought in yesterday to allow Carol to join, and not to let Elena and the others use her judgment as a pretext for Shikarabe.

If you are the person who brought you even if you don't like Sikarabe, you probably have the minimum strength not to pull your leg. There were occasions when I struggled yesterday. Increased combat power should be welcomed. Elena was coming to a conclusion that she seemed a little too worried.

If Akira says no, Togami's subscription seems to flow. Think about it for a moment and then answer.

"I don't mind. I brought Carol yesterday, too."

Carol takes the confirmation.

"Do we need to readjust the way we distribute our rewards again?

Elena answers.

"I don't. As Akira pays Carol's reward, so does Togami's reward. Including the instructional system, we treat togami the same way Carol does."

"Then I have no problem with that either. Just as Akira takes responsibility for what I do, so Shikarabe takes responsibility for what Togami does, right?

That's what Carol said and smiled at Shikarabe. Shikarabe answers slightly with a slightly offensive expression.

"... well, don't"

Shikarabe was still looking at Akira in a meaningful way, but she gasped (exhaled) as she gave up.

Akira is a little concerned about Shikarabe's attitude and asks Alpha about it.

"Alpha. Did I say anything weird?

'No, I'm not. Perhaps he wanted Akira to refuse to accompany him. "

"Even though Sikarabe brought you here?

"There is as much inconsistency between the will of the organization and the will of the human being to whom it belongs. Shikarabe doesn't want to add togami. But I can't turn that down because of organizational clues. So maybe that's why I wanted it, because the other people were so hard against it. '

"Is it possible? Shikarabe's in trouble, too."

Akira answered as if she were someone else. Actually, it's someone else. But it is also true that hunter operations can be run safer and more efficiently by handling such troubles well and taking advantage of the advantages that belong to the organization. It is also one of the key capabilities for hunters to grow.

Akira tends to understand and underestimate the benefits. That's why I saw Shikarabe as something else that was not relevant to me. That is also one of Akira's limitations.

Elena also noticed Sikarabe's attitude, but proceeds without stepping into it.

"Then it's settled. Let's move on with these six."

I am not interested in rubbing inside the drancam. I wasn't even asked in the back to say no by Sikarabe. It would be beneficial for a hunter of that strength to join the team, beyond the fact that Sikarabe is responsible with regard to Togami and does not affect the distribution of rewards either. Then there is no reason to refuse to join Togami as a leader. Elena concluded so again, taking care not to be emotional.

Akira and the others were briefed by Elena on a rescue request and went into the Mihazono Street ruins just like yesterday.