Rebuild World

Raina, who replaced Kanae, asks Siori.

"Siori. Did something happen while I was resting?

Siori replies with a gentle smile to reassure Raina.

"No, nothing in particular. At the very least, none of the events have occurred that could be judged to have worsened the situation. Rest assured."

"... yes"

Rayna forcibly (did) laugh back a slightly weak reply to Siori's care.

The situation hasn't changed one thing, and Raina herself is the factor that makes the situation worse. The burden of being aware of it was shading Rayna's expression as she tried her best to keep her smile.

Siori suggests to make Raina change her mind.

"Ma'am, if you're awake, let's eat. We'll be ready in a minute."

"... yeah"

While I understood that Siori cared for me, it was Raina's best to reply yes.

Siori prepared the meal quickly. I was able to get out of place sights like I cut some of the upscale restaurants in the room.

A white tablecloth covers the foldable table. Warm dishes are arranged on top. All of the food is portable for hunters, but it's pretty fancy, and it's just something that tastes better (hey) than what you call a fancy store dish. The sealed portable meal has a mechanism that generates heat at the same time as the opening, and the container keeps the temperature in place so that the dish is even more difficult to cool. The hot air is also rising from the warm soup.

If a hunter unaware of the circumstances saw it among the ruins of the old world, there was a sight there that would be highly probable and perplexing.

Siori also eats across the street from Raina. Now we'd rather eat together than stand by Raina's side (by her side) and serve. Cioli decided so.

Meals are important even in caged castles. Rayna soothes her expression by mouthing delicious dishes. (cheering) Smile when Siori sees how that Raina is doing. Raina smiles (cheeks) at Siori for her cash appearance. When she feels slightly reddened, she tells her to misdemonize (sesame seeds).

"Not now, but you're very different from the usual portable food"

"Because the usual product is a cheap item paid for by Drancam. What the lady is saying right now will be something I procured separately to match the lady's tongue. I will sit on a fairly pricey item, but I was wondering if you would maintain a quality that corresponded to the price, assuming it was a mouthpiece in the wilderness. There are significant personal differences in food satisfaction. I guess Drancam can't also distribute this kind of luxury product to all the hunters who want it. It would be better if other people were given the same supplies as others, but when we are alone, we know that we should do the same."

"Sure, if everyone else was eating just us, it would be an awesome problem."

Rayna laughed with a little fun when she imagined that the others were eating a fine meal beside her.

Ask Siori what Raina came up with that she kept chatting and eating.

"Hey Siori. Do you think our current situation has anything to do with the suspicion we heard from Siori earlier about the ruins of Mihazono Street?

There are three suspicions Rayna heard from Siori about the ruins of Mihazono Street.

Bad eating building. Occasionally, hunters and monsters who are supposed to be in the city block suddenly disappear. That's because the selantarville that made me hungry ate it. That's the story.

Door to somewhere. Sometimes you can see the transparent doors that are about to open in the middle of nowhere in the ruins of Mihazono Street. Inside the door is a relic of the old world, and when the hunter is caught by the relic and goes inside, the door closes and he never returns. That's the story.

Lonely dead. If you leave the dead hunter's body at the ruins of Mihazono Street, the body starts to move and attack the other hunters. It must be looking for a companion of the dead. That's the story.

Siori thinks a little before answering.

"It's hard. A possibility of involvement is a bad eating building. But the quality and quantity of mechanical monsters exceeded the battle power of those hunters who received the request was unusual. The Hunter's Office would also have definitely recognized that remarkable large-scale battle. The scale is too different to be done with a suspicious conversation. Probably irrelevant."

"Oh well. If it had anything to do with anything, I thought it might be a tip for getting out."

"The ruins of the Old World are many elements upon which the suspicion of that hand arises. So let us not fail to be vigilant and act with caution.... The old lady was curious to explore the mansion. Please refrain from such imitations in the ruins of the old world. You can't go in there if you find a door to something suspicious, right? 'Cause it's hard to go find it."

Siori smiled a little bit.

Remember who you once were and Rayna answers bitterly with a little fun.

"I know."

Raina continued her meal chatting with Siori afterwards. By the time the meal was over and a good amount had subsided in her stomach, Rayna had largely regained her temper. Fine dining helps to boost warfare. It only makes sense to be high.

Talk a little sorry toward Siori, where Raina is cleaning up after her meal.

"Siori. I'm sorry."

Siori thinks about what Raina is apologizing for. I've come up with some of the relevant content, but no matter what (not there), Siori's response is the same.

"There's one thing the lady has to apologize for."

"But this wouldn't have happened if I'd listened to Siori's persuasion and stopped heading to Cerantalville."

"Anticipating the current situation at that time was impossible for me and my lady. My perception was also to the extent that Serantalville might be more dangerous than Drunkham's assumptions. I couldn't have expected things to get any worse so far. You'll be self-loving, but if you can accurately predict that tragedy at that point, that would already be the realm of prediction. If I could have predicted it then, I would have stopped the lady at all costs. … I will never send my daughter to a dead place. That's all I want you to believe."

Ciori told Raina that with a serious look. Even if Raina doubts her own loyalty, Siori's loyalty will not waver. But still, Siori also wants you to believe in that loyalty.

Raina trusts Siori more than anyone else. I feel like a family with whom I have had a hard time. I think like a dependable sister.

Sometimes that trust makes me sweet by saying all I can to Siori. The current situation is also, in a way, the result.

Rayna answers with a serious look.

"I know, and I believe you"

Siori smiles (cheeks) somewhere satisfied and then laughs and talks a little pranky.

"Then, as I explained earlier, I would also ask you to believe that the lady has no need"

"Okay."

One bottle was taken. Rayna laughed with such a look on her face for fun.

After cleaning up his meal, Siori tried to inspect his gear again and sat back on the wreckage he was using instead of his chair. In Siori's sight comes Kanae, who is lying on the floor resting, and Raina, who is sitting near herself.

Siori looked at the two of them for a while, but gave them a tough look like she was ready. When you take a deep breath and calm your mind, you put your expression back to its normal and then you talk to Rayna.

"Ma'am, would you like to?

Rayna perceived from Siori's condition that Siori was about to tell him something important.

"What?"

"We've been in this room for a long time, but we're hoping that time will improve the situation outside. The possibility of Drancam sending additional troops, the possibility of the mechanical monsters surrounding this room withdrawing, considering them. But you can't keep caging castles forever. If the situation continues to fail to confirm how things have improved, we must try to escape on our own, hoping that the situation outside the room is improving over when we flee into this room."

Rayna and the others don't know what's going on outside the room. The information terminal cannot communicate with the outside world. The information-gathering equipment has undergone unexplained performance degradation, and only a few meters from the exit of the room can be examined. The situation outside that range is unknown. All Raina and the others can do is hope. It's better than when the outside escapes into this room. It's just to expect it to be a situation.

With any bad luck, Raina and the others will jump into a worse situation. In that space where the screams and yells were echoing, inside a herd of mechanical monsters that uprooted their origins.

Rayna answers anxiety and fear by smearing them with determination and readiness.

"... ok. So, when do you do it? Right away?"

Siori looks at Raina, who answers her temperament, and decides to be ready for it herself.

"Not until you're ready. We have to unseal the exit, and Kanae has just taken a break. I bring in some of the physical enhancers, but some take longer to work. After giving Kanae a few more breaks, she adjusted all of those (of them) and was well prepared..."

As Siori continued to explain to Raina, Kanae, who was lying on the floor resting, suddenly jumped up and stood up.

Kanae is gazing at the wall of the room to see what's going on outside the room. The signs are close to a state of war.

Siori reacts to Kanae's movements and immediately moves to shelter Raina. Keep Rayna on her back and alert the exit during the blockade. But Siori's eyes don't look abnormal.

"Kanae. What happened?

Kanae answers with pleasure when she feels signs of her preference with a rare (rare) talent.

"Sister (ah). Prepare to escape immediately. This could be your last chance to meet someone."

Kanae seemed to really enjoy it.

Akira and the others reached the thirtieth floor of the Serantar building. Precisely on the stairs connecting the 29th and 30th floors, there was a peek at the 30th floor.

Akira looks at the sight of the 30th floor with an unpleasant look on her face. Carol also has a pretty nasty look on her face. Elena, Sarah, Sikarabe, and Togami all had a similar look to their extent.

What Akira and Carol don't like more than Elena and the others is the difference in past experience. Ahead of Akira and the others' gaze, the sight of a large number of mechanical monsters roaming the aisle widened.

Fortunately, there is no sign of the enemy near the stairs. That's why Akira and the others were relatively calm and searching for the enemy.

Ask Elena with Sarah's slightly drawn look.

"Elena. What are you going to do with this? What are you going to do, move on?

I would prefer not to move forward if possible. I don't feel like going ahead and breaking through the siege of those massive mechanical monsters for someone who's even suspicious of survival. Sarah's tone conveyed the inner part to Elena easily.

This would be the limit to keeping Elena and the others safe. That's what Sarah was judging.

But Elena was lost in judgment. I was worried as I saw the sight at the end of my gaze. Answer with a rugged look.

"If you don't have any information, it's a withdrawal option..."

Sicarabe pinches her mouth.

"I mean, you have information to get you lost in judgment, don't you?

Elena answers Sikarabe's question.

"I discovered some of the same installed devices with messages I found on the 15th floor before I got here. I didn't tell her everything because the message was the exact same. I found the same thing here. But the message wasn't exactly the same. Look at the simplified map."

Updating the information on the simplified map that Elena was sending to Akira and the others, a room on the thirtieth floor was highlighted.

"Believing the message, someone with a small device is caged in that room."

Speak as Carol is somewhat impressed.

"You mean you fled downstairs to the top and decided to cage castle here. Surely even if that room were surrounded by that amount of monsters, as long as we solidify the entrance and exit, we would be able to cage the castle for a long time if we ignored the replenishment. If you were a hunter obtaining a map of the Serantalville beforehand, is it any wonder you know of a room that is easy to put up in a cage? Shikarabe. You told me they were alive after you found out so much?

Answer so that Shikarabe doesn't change her expression too much, but tries to fix it.

"If it's good to talk about possibilities, yes"

"Yes."

Nor to pursue on this occasion. Carol flushed it with a bare gesture she didn't care when she judged it that way.

Look at the location of the target room highlighted on the simplified map and Akira tells Elena with a slightly more rugged look.

"Something in a subtle place."

"Yes, it is."

Elena returned Akira's reply of consent with the hassle of the situation in its tone.

If the distance to the target room is too far, Elena retreats without hesitation. All we can do is withdraw immediately and give the information to the squad that we plan to follow, and expect them to rescue the subject.

If the distance to the target room is close enough, Elena breaks through the enemy's siege, even somewhat forcefully, to secure a path to the target room to see how the room looks. If the rescue target is mobile in small numbers, we can escape together. If it is difficult to travel due to a large number of people or injuries, we will be asked to continue with the cage castle as is, and we will have to leave it to the succeeding main unit after we return.

The target room was not too far from Akira and the others and was located at a subtle distance not too close. That was bothering Elena.

The effort we put into getting ourselves here. Danger of destroying a large number of enemies and proceeding to the room. Possibility that we might be able to help rescue targets now. Elena concluded from her own talent and experience after worrying, considering those elements that were intricately intertwined.

Elena gives instructions to everyone.

"I'll split the troops into two squads, me and Sikarabe. My squad will secure an exit near the stairs. Shikarabe's squad is on its way to rescue the target. Reduce the number of surrounding mechanical monsters for all, while creating a breakthrough where the SHIKARABE squad proceeds. I'll leave the timing of the SHIKARABE squad splitting from the troops to SHIKARABE. Whether the rescue succeeds or not, when Sikarabe and the others return, they will rendezvous and retreat as they are. If the enemy's offense is too intense to open a breakthrough, give up rescue and retreat at that point. If either me or Sikarabe decide the rescue is impossible, retreat immediately."

Sicarabe asks Elena.

"The rescue of the target is also what I said. I have no objection that I'm going into their siege, but what about the crew?

"If possible, Sikarabe alone, please"

"I can't."

"I know you want to act sparingly, but adjust that spare time with the decision to withdraw, not the number of people. If Shikarabe decides it's hard not to deflect your power that way, this operation is cancelled. We're all pulling out now. And don't pick Sarah because she's my squad."

Shikarabe roars with a difficult look on her face. Elena tells Sikarabe to choose the smallest force to achieve her purpose.

If we all go for the target room, we are certainly likely to be able to reach the room safely. But in the worst case scenario, it will be impossible to escape from the room until Akira and the others, and the feathers will have to be caged in that room. I guess Elena wants to avoid that. There is no guarantee that the succeeding unit will come this far.

Talk after Shikarabe is a little bothered.

"Akira. Hang out"

Shikarabe is judging Akira's strength to be the second from under this unit. I can't measure Akira's strength on top of that. I also notice that Akira sometimes shows unnatural opposing abilities and reaction speeds no matter what she thinks.

Something about that Akira will not make things worse, even if it will make things better. Taking Akira should be Elena's tolerance, both militarily and on Elena's side. Sikarabe thought so and decided to invite Akira in anticipation of the unknown part of Akira.

"Okay."

Akira responded normally and accompanied her.

Togami suddenly speaks up and offers to accompany the Sikarabe squad.

"... I'm going too!

Akira's gaze gathers in Togami. Determination and readiness did exist in Togami's expression.

Shikarabe looks at that togami and gets a little lost in judgment, checking on Elena, who is on the side of being pulled out of battle, and comes up with a few more ideas before answering.

"Okay. Forced breakthroughs are the bastards, and securing exits is the women. Elena, is that all right?

Elena responds as she looks at everyone.

"I don't mind. If you have no objection, let's get started."

Everyone nodded lightly and returned the acknowledgement.

Carol tells Akira, laughing lightly.

"If I was on that side too, Akira would have shown me how I was doing differently than before. Too bad."

Akira laughs invincibly and answers.

"In this situation when I get back here, can we show enough strength around there?

"Really? Then I need Akira to come back and see what I'm up to. I'll make sure you play the reward."

"Then I'll have to rescue the opponent and keep my relative Carol down."

Akira and Carol laughed at each other with a joking smile somewhere.

Shikarabe tells Akira and Togami.

"I'll tell you what, I'm not giving you any detailed instructions. Act appropriately as appropriate."

"Okay."

…… Okay. "

Akira normally, Togami answered with determination.

Sarah smiles at Akira.

"Akira. Be careful. Don't push me, don't get me wrong, okay?

"Yes, and take care of Sarah."

When Akira replied with a firm snort, Sarah was also satisfied.

The mechanical monsters that exist to fill the aisle are the superior models of the A-24 called the A-B18. It is equipped with a weak force field armor, Force Field Armor, to enhance defensive performance. The power of small machine guns on board is also increasing. The output of the fuselage is also higher than that of other models. The multi-legged structure is suitable for indoor and other movements that are relatively difficult to move compared to paved roads. It's a semi-autonomous weapon whose main task is to defend critical parts of the facility.

A B18 formula that has the ability to unilaterally ravage (carpet) a few hunters with little strength, but so far has not shown any hostility to Akira and the others. There's something like a range of actions and territory, and maybe Akira and the others are in places that aren't covered. Or, yes, the ability to reduce the performance of the information-gathering device may also have an impact on Formula A B18. At least it must be a situation where Akira and the others can take the lead.

Akira and the others take a clear stand in battle. Turn your physical function into a sense of situation, your sense of consciousness about them, into a battle with beings who want to kill themselves without any hesitation, to victory ahead of that battle.

Elena gives instructions.

"I'll start counting. Five, four, three..."

Akira and the others set up their weapons and wait for that moment. Hunters' gear exists to mask the unreasonable basic performance difference between humans and monsters with more unreasonable posterior performance. To kill before they kill you, to destroy before they destroy you, to defeat you before they defeat you. Whatever the other person is.

"... two, one, zero!

Akira and the others jumped into the 30th floor simultaneously. Each of them then quickly deploys into the hall, pointing the gun at the A-B18 type, which is in sight, saving time aiming and pulling the trigger. Countless bullets flying out of the muzzle at high speeds crash into the A-B18 model, which consists of countless mechanical parts. Tear off the metal's epidermis, eat off the steel wiring, crush the main internal devices, and disperse each area.

By Akira and the others who took the lead, a large number of A-B18 formulas are instantly destroyed.

Akira continues to indiscriminately fire the DVTS minigun in her right hand toward the passage leading to the target room. Countless bullets continue to be fired from the muzzle. At the end of the ray, the A-B18 and others in front of the aisle have already finished scraping iron, but they keep firing bullets in.

Forcefield Armor, a force field armor mounted in the A-B18 model, can withstand a few rounds or so of ammunition fired from a DVTS minigun without any problems. However, the endurance value of Force Field Armor, which is generated by the output of the fuselage, does not prevent a large number of bullet storms from landing in a short time. Different concaves (bumps) of various sizes are formed on the fuselage stripped of force field armor. There's a hole in the surface armor, and the bullet that jumped inside the fuselage crushes the core parts. The impact of the landing pushes me into the back of the aisle.

After everyone has removed the enemy from the hall near the stairs, Elena and the others move to secure the hall and Shikarabe to forcibly break through the passage to the rescue target.

Sikarabe did not intentionally completely destroy several aircraft within the A-B18 formula he defeated. He was destroying machine guns, taking away attack capability, destroying multiple legs, taking away mobility, and turning powerful defensive weapons into just figurines.

Sikarabe kicked them up to the front of the aisle once. And he kicked the fuselage behind the aisle, where Force Field Armor was still functioning. The kicked off fuselage struck the enemy directly behind the aisle, blowing away the disturbing wreckage, without even taking the bullet released from the back of the aisle as one.

Sikarabe repeated it several times to forcefully open a breakthrough by blocking the shooting from the back of the aisle with enemy wreckage.

"Let's go."

That's all Shikarabe says and goes to the back of the aisle. Akira and Togami were slightly overwhelmed by Shikarabe's forceful actions, but hurried to follow.

Squeeze (crush) Akira's thoughts on the power of Shikarabe's earlier kicks as she runs.

That's a lot of power. Is that the power of fortified clothing, too? "

"The basic performance of Akira's fortified clothing is completely different. Naturally."

Do you mean "Awesome Hunter has great gear"? The price must be amazing. "

Alpha answers with a meaningful smile.

"Akira will also be buying such awesome equipment. To help you accomplish my request."

'I know. Looks like a long way to go.'

How much money do you need to buy that equipment? How much hard it takes to make that money. Akira smiled bitterly imagining it.

Answer as Alpha smiles (cheeks) in a confident tone.

"Oh, it's supposed to be early, huh? With my support, you'll be fine. '

I feel that the plight that descends on me only for a shorter period of time is concentrated. Akira somehow thought so.

Shikarabe and the others move on. Akira also moves on by imitating the Shikarabe and using the Halfway Destroyed Model A B18 as a shield against enemy shooting, or as an obstacle blocking the side roads where reinforcements are likely to come.

Akira kicks the A-B18 forward. The kick was ridden with corrections by Alpha's support, turning the kick shock into a masterful blow that efficiently tapped (just) into the target without wasting time. The painful kicking shock created by the physical ability of the fortified clothes is knocked (just) into the A-B18 formula without loss, and the kicked fuselage flies to the back of the aisle with momentum.

Sikarabe sees the power of Akira's kick and remembers the doubt.

(Akira's fortified clothing…, that's a power silence made by Nejima Technologies. But was that high performance? There would also be limits to compensating with the power of the person. Did you even get a retrofit in some kind of legend?

There are many hunters in the east who love to use fortified clothing. Naturally, the amount of fortified clothing that is out in the east will also be enormous.

Judging by the distribution of its fortified clothing, however, the quantity of modified goods is surprisingly small. Reinforced clothing is a type of precision machine and is one of the reasons why it is a difficult substitute, such as retrofitting, if not a specialist technician.

Many people make (tease) enhancement clothing control devices, but most of them are in the scope of adjusting settings prepared by the manufacturer (Hanchoo). Few tamper with the control device itself. Precisely enough to make it possible to change the back settings and items that do not appear on the table of the control device.

Attempts to make further modifications to the fortified clothing will most likely not be busy. Once the airtight reinforced clothing had been modified, it was completely sealed due to malfunctioning of the control device and the wearer was suffocated. Once the fortified clothing with the capability to generate force field armor in the vicinity was modified, the force field armor generated crushed the wearer inward for each fortified clothing. There are also many unfortunate stories about that hand. Manufacturer's quality assurance is a natural but unaltered warranty.

If you don't want to die, don't suck at fortified clothes. Don't get your hands on bad modifications. That's the common sense of hunters who love fortified clothing.

However, although rare (rare) examples exist, modifications with exceptionally improved performance compared to non-modified items may circulate densely (hiccups) after maintaining safety. Scientists with extremely sophisticated personalities and abilities may flush high-performance modifications into unseen markets for self-satisfaction in order for start-ups to demonstrate their technological capabilities and for so-called illegal organizations to use them as a source of funding.

If Akira's fortified clothing is such a product, Shikarabe can also be somewhat convinced of the performance that deviates from the catalog specs no matter what you think. But the question remains nonetheless.

(... I don't think it's like the hunters over there have any of those modifications. I don't know. I'm really not sure.)

Alpha has fully mastered the controls on Akira's fortified clothing to take over and modify the controls. In that sense, Akira's fortified clothing is a first-class retrofit, as Shikarabe speculated.

Akira's fortified clothing is likely to be some kind of modification. That's the limit to Sikarabe's guess. And the various speculations deriving from it had made the evaluation of Akira more effortless.

Turning Akira over to the enemy seems troublesome. I'm glad I didn't rub it in the reward of my last bounty neck crusade request. Sikarabe thought of that with a slight vigilance on the person whose own invisibility did not work.