Rebuild World

The next day Akira left again with a small amount of artifacts. When we went very far to the Higalaka Residential District ruins, after training and killing time there, we again went very far back to Kugamayama City.

Back in the city Akira went straight to Katsuragi to ask him to buy artifacts, but there was no Katsuragi trailer where he headed.

"Is this a temporary day off? Or did you change the place?

Teach that question like Alpha is nothing.

"Looks like Katsuragi is at Cheryl's base."

…… Right. "

How can you tell that? With the questions that arose now shelved, Akira ran the bike toward Cheryl's stronghold.

Akira arrives in front of Cheryl's base with an unexpected look on her face. The base was in the midst of a major renovation work involving even surrounding buildings throughout the building.

As Cheryl, Viola and Katsuragi were in a meeting in one of the strongholds, a prisoner boy knocked in.

"Boss, Mr. Akira is here"

"Okay. Mr. Katsuragi. Do you mind if I interrupt you once with a break?

When Cheryl tells her so politely, the snail laughs like a snail.

"Oh. What do you want to do next tomorrow? I'm taking my seat off, so you keep up a lot of getting along with Akira. For my business."

Cheryl smiles without moving the shards.

"Thank you for your attention."

Katsuragi saw how that Cheryl was doing and suddenly felt quite handy (awesome) again, feeling the comfort of the business opponent but heightening his guard against the unafraid opponent.

The boy pinches his mouth slightly awkwardly.

"... Um, Akira seemed to need something from Mr. Katsuragi..."

The snail gives me an unexpected look.

"To me?

Cheryl had unconsciously assumed that if Akira were to come here, that was to come see herself for whatever reason. Disappointment at its collapse made its smile (cheeks) slightly harder. And I noticed Viola leaking laughter, and perceived that Viola had spotted me inside, which made me feel a little worse.

When the boy was distracted when he noticed Cheryl's worsening mood, he immediately walked out of the room, using Akira's guidance as an excuse.

Mix viola with laughter.

"If you get in a bad mood that easy, you'll have a bad heart test from your men, too. We need to keep more room as the boss of the organization, right?

Thank you, Professor.

Cheryl smiled back to keep her calm. Cheryl and Viola's gaze at each other showed a strong relationship of power with each other.

This is within Cheryl's organization and it's none of my business. The cuttlefish made such an excuse to look away from Cheryl and the others.

Akira, who entered the room, sat in the front of the cuttlefish. Cheryl sat back next to Akira and Viola next to Katsuragi.

After Katuragi smiles inside at the speed of that switch by watching Cheryl sit in a good mood next to Akira, it switches her mind and proceeds with the story as it does.

"So Akira. What do you want from me? I haven't received my order yet, and I can't even ask you to give me the trailer because I've got something I want to buy, okay? It's your day off."

"Are you off buying artifacts, too?

"You can do that, but bring in something worth buying away, okay? I'm not free enough to buy a bundle of artifacts on my day off, either. Well, if it's anything like yesterday, I'm willing to do it."

Katsuragi said that in complete joke. Old world-made information terminals. Besides, it's not such an easy substitute to find in good condition. For that reason, the cuttlefish doubted the sight in front of them. Because Akira started arranging artifacts similar to yesterday on the same few tables.

The snail accidentally puts it in my mouth.

"... you're lying, aren't you?

Akira smiles lightly.

"If you doubt it, do a good job and assess it."

Akira is flat. The scallops are abrupt. Viola laughs unexpectedly. Only Cheryl, who doesn't know this artifact is an old world made information device, wasn't too surprised, but still understood it to be a very expensive artifact from the attitude of the snails.

The cuttlefish held their heads in both good and bad ways. Being brought in valuable artifacts twice in a short period of time is definitely a business opportunity.

But the cuttlefish also have a capital flow. It will take at least a week to find, sort, negotiate and cash out a company looking for artifacts of this hand so that they can be sold at a high price. The artifact I bought yesterday has not yet been exchanged for gold.

If I buy it, I will definitely miss out on the (already) lucrative artifacts because I don't have the money for the moment. I want to avoid that. But I'm prepared to borrow money to shake my sleeve without it. If the capital flow is judged to be painful, the interest rate can also be seen underfoot. If subsequent negotiations with companies are difficult to navigate, and you fail to cash in before the repayment deadline, you can lose everything.

"... In the meantime, I want to call people again to appraise. Do you mind?

Katsuragi shelved his funding concerns once. Because if the quality of the artifact is poor, the problem will be wasted. At the same time it was a time to buy himself some peace of mind.

Appraisers called by the snails in the room continue to appraise the relics. I was bringing in a lot more investigative equipment than I did yesterday. Because the cuttlefish asked for a thoughtful appraisal.

The appraisers gave various expressions when they saw Akira and the others in the room. But it contained certain convincing colors there.

Viola is already known to the neighborhood (cute). Akira has a rumor (rumor) that she was quite powerful behind her back for what seemed like a child and weak appearance, and was also rampant in the recent Great War. Cheryl is beginning to talk about skillfully manipulating and pawning two of its poor qualities. No wonder the three of them obtained a valuable artifact in some way: an information terminal made in the old world. That's what the appraisers decided.

Those who had judged Akira to be just a child yesterday also remembered the accompanying information when they saw her with Viola and had reformulated their perception of Akira.

I have also heard that Cheryl's inmate party is pouring in a lot of money to reopen the relic store. This case could also be part of that publicity. If this artifact is a product prepared by Viola for publicity, this quality can also be snorted out. The appraisers continued their appraisal with that in mind.

Akira watched as she sat down chatting with Cheryl, who was in a good mood from the front to herself. During the chat, I was a little surprised to hear that the base was undergoing major renovation (to reopen the relic shop).

"Cheryl. It looked like we were renovating with some momentum to rebuild this place, did we have that kind of money?

"Oh, that's..."

Cheryl laughs and tries to explain, but that's where Viola breaks in.

"As part of the effort to make this party an organization that can earn money, I have a loan of about a billion aurums."

I turn the grin on Cheryl just telling Viola to stay out of the way, but Viola continued the conversation with a light flush of it.

The relic store to be reopened shall be the pillar of the party's revenues. For this reason, various refurbishments will be made inside and outside the base, including security enhancements. The room for handling display sales, which combines a vault of expensive artifacts, shall be constructed close to a huge vault. Gear up for security. Even amateurs install defense equipment so that it is easy (yasu) to defend critical points. I plan to keep the artifacts and sell them on behalf of others other than Akira, and I have a lot to prepare for that. Viola explained them to Akira.

Akira looks surprised but surprised.

"A billion aurums for that, you can often give me that kind of money"

"As I said before, I'm still quite a little rich. And to make this organization financially capable of paying off its debts to Akira, it's going to take about that much. You can't even pay back 1,000 years for what you've earned. Use 10 billion to make 11 billion and make 1 billion. That's how big we need it. Well, I can't suddenly give a billion dollars to a boulder. Let's see how it goes for a billion first. That billion isn't going to be used up all of a sudden."

Akira roars lightly unconvincing.

"No, so you usually give a billion aurums a lot of money?

Viola shows a slightly out-of-heart attitude.

"Oh, how can you say that I'm trying so hard to keep my promise to Akira?

"No, that's..."

Viola continues laughing as Akira wanders slightly unexpectedly.

"Think of it as proof that I'm confident in my abilities. And I'll keep that in mind, but it's a loan. I didn't give it to you."

Akira can't keep her promises to herself. Besides, if that 3.8 billion aurum debt that I thought was some pretext could really be recovered one day, that would be appreciated. It is Viola and not herself who is funding the investment. Akira thought so, stopping any further suspicion.

"Right. Sorry."

"I'm glad you understand."

Akira laughs lightly, and Viola laughs lightly back. Then it strengthens the power that Cheryl holds on to Akira.

"I'll do my best too"

"Huh? Oh. Good luck with that."

"Yes."

Cheryl replied forcefully. And I gently smiled at Viola.

Akira returned after the cuttlefish had completed their assessment of the relic, leaving the handling of the relic to the cuttlefish and Cheryl.

Initially, the cuttlefish were going on talking about buying out the relics for the same 60 million aurum assessment as last time. But there Viola offered to buy it, interrupted it, and then started rubbing it (too) with which to sell it.

Stuffed to sell to either the cuttlefish or Cheryl, Akira suggested competing for the purchase in millions of aurums, with a lower limit of 60 million aurums to sell to those who put higher prices on it. For the same amount, I sell it to the cuttlefish through the muscle I brought in first. As the suggestion was made, Akira left the base one foot away when she had the lower limit of 60 million aurum transferred from Viola first.

Alpha asks Akira on the way home.

"Akira. Even now, is it good to just take Akira off her seat and go home? After that, the cuttlefish and Cheryl might collude to keep the purchase low, right?

"As far as yesterday's snail condition is concerned, it is possible that the snail will not be able to fund the purchase. Think about it, we got 60 million orum for now, and if the cuttlefish and Cheryl and the others colluded to make a profit, I think it's going to have a good impact on future cooperation, well, that's about it. '

Coupled with yesterday's portion, we got 90 million aurum in addition to replenishing high-performance healing pills. I was not dissatisfied with Akira.

After Akira returned, negotiations between the Katsuragi and Cheryl had progressed at a disadvantage on the Katsuragi side due to financial difficulties.

Katsuragi had planned to launch his own branch within the base of Cheryl and the others, and had also provided part of the funding for the renovation of the base. In addition, Cheryl and the others ordered large quantities of Party equipment, base defense equipment, etc. and invested funds in their purchases. Funding difficulties on the grounds of them had made it difficult to twist the purchase price of artifacts.

Katsuragi had been forced into difficult negotiations by Viola pointing that out.

(Maybe Akira brought the artifact to me yesterday to confirm my financial flow)? No, no way, no, but...)

Katsuragi was in a bit of a suspicious dark spot when she saw Cheryl and Viola with a spare smile (cheeks) on her way to the negotiations in a mood.

Cheryl has repeatedly pointed out tough points and seemingly unacceptable negotiation details. The cuttlefish were sweating cold inside at the look of it. Wouldn't there be another Viola if it stayed this way? With such anxiety, he continued the difficult negotiations with a harsh look on his face.

The next day, Akira was once again visiting the ruins of the Higalaka residential district. And just like the other day, he was in the process of exploring the ruins with training.

Training to keep the monsters and other hunters from discovering inside the ruins. Training to drive the bike in the same way without Alpha support. Earnings training for artifacts in easily overlooked locations. Akira was going through them with a lot of guidance from Alpha.

Akira exhales (sighs) in front of the house, almost completely devastated, sending her gaze to Alpha with a slightly fed up look.

"Alpha. I knew you'd never find a serious artifact."

'That's right. If you find a real (decent) relic soon, it will be overflowing with hunters. That's why I'm so lonely. "

'Yes, I am. I didn't come here to remove rubble. If you don't find a lot of artifacts, you don't have tension, you're motivated...'

"This is also a fine training for collecting artifacts. Training is inefficient if you don't take it seriously. Break it up to some extent and take it seriously. You promise to take my training seriously, don't you? Do it right. '

"... Roger that."

Akira exhaled again lightly, then she regained her temper and returned to work.

Relic collection training continues. Explore suitable houses in the ruins with care. If the interior is safe, look into the scattered furniture and move the furniture to examine the hidden floors and walls. Using information-gathering equipment and the like, we will also closely investigate the existence of hidden rooms and the like.

If the house collapses and is buried with rubble, once the rubble is retreated and the inside is examined, the hidden vault or the like may not be buried in the walls of the rubble. Examine the interior of the furniture with information-gathering equipment, and if there is a gap, open it with the momentum to disassemble the furniture to see if it is not even a whisker inside.

Akira has been working on those for a long time since the other day. But so far, the harvest is almost non-existent. Not at all, but it's not at all right for hunter operations for hunters who spend nearly half a billion orum on equipment.

Akira was also temporarily putting out a sperm in plain and authentic hunter operation, but she was already so depressed that she would throw it out if it wasn't for Alpha's instructions on its scattered accomplishments.

Akira, with a dish-like object with a crackle, sees it with a slightly harsh face, a face that is starting to mix a lot of disgust.

'Actually, I wonder if this could be a fairly expensive artifact. Look, Alpha taught me before, and I brought a thin dirty handkerchief into the hunter's office shopping mall, but you'd have bought it out for the price there, wouldn't you? I don't know if that's gonna happen.'

"That's almost (mostly) the price of the material, the value of the old world-made nanomaterials. If you're going to investigate the material in that dish, there's a way to find out what it sounded like when you were there and guess the material from the waveform of the sound wave."

Akira tried to gently tap the dishes. Of course, there's nothing Akira can tell.

'... Alpha. I know it's in training to find out for yourself, but tell me here.'

Although the accuracy of the information-gathering equipment is limited, it's probably made of common ceramics.

'In other words?'

"I think it would be a place to make money (already) if you sold it for 100 aurum in an outdoor store. In case you want to bet and bring it to Katsuragi's?

Akira silently threw down the dishes. If you take it back by that standard, you will bring back the stuff in there. I'm pretty sure they'll judge me as harassing you if you bring it to the snail.

Alpha smiles bitterly.

"Get used to quick exploration work here and you'll be able to efficiently collect relics in dangerous sites. Try not to be unfaithful. '

'I get it. Plain training is the fastest way to improve. Don't you?'

That's what I'm talking about.

Akira regained half her mind and went back to work feeling a little self-absorbed (quit) for the remaining half. Thereafter, the collection of relics continued temporarily, but today it ended with almost no results. Akira rode her motorcycle back to the city with a light sense of restraint.

After Akira left the Higalaka Residential District ruins, several hunters arrived at the ruins with the likes of their men. One of them speaks to his fellow man with a disgruntled look.

"Are you sure it's here? This ruin has been abandoned for a long time. That's not to say there are no artifacts at all, but don't feel like you're just doing it."

"I'll find out. Sponsor's instructions are to check out the Higalaka Residential Area ruins and focus if there are any recent traces of someone collecting artifacts. If you report your findings without results, it will be gold. Let's cut it off."

"Is that true, too? It's going to be money. Do you work for the reward?"

Hired, the hunters switched their minds and began exploring the ruins.

Back in the city, Akira headed to Sizka's store with a box full of artifacts once she returned home. Sizka was chatting with Elena and the others in the store.

Elena and Akira watched each other in silence for only a few moments. There was a subtly awkward vibe, but I smile (cheeks) at Akira so Elena could get rid of it.

"Akira. Long time no see."

"Ah, yes. Long time no see."

"Sizka told me. The hunter is back in business. How's it going?

"Oh, well, I'm doing something"

"Yes."

Elena smiles in familiarity with Akira, who looks mildly bewildered. Behind that, he was relieved (mostly) that Akira's attitude did not hold any negative emotions such as alarm, disgust, suspicion, or hostility. Sarah also had a slightly stiff smile until earlier, but when she was relieved to see Akira's attitude, she soothed her face.

There seems to be no problem with Akira and the others being stubborn. When Sizka decides that, she smiles, so she moves to customer service.

"Akira. There you are. How can I help you today? Could it be ammo refills again?

Akira makes me look a little serious.

"No, I came here today to ask you to buy artifacts. I brought it because I recall being told before that if you are a clothes-based artifact, you can bring it in. This is it."

Place the box Akira brought over on the counter. Sizka opens the box and tries to check the contents. Elena and Sarah also try to see the contents from the side. Then came a mild surprise at the look on the faces of the sizkas. The boxes were packed tightly with old world-made underwear for women.

Elena and Sarah raise a mild exclamation. That's Hunter's sentiment with a massive eye for expensive artifacts. There is no confusion about the opposite sex who has brought in large quantities of underwear for women. But that's a feeling because Elena and the others are hunters.

Sizka takes one piece of underwear packaged from the box and checks the contents. The packaging made in the old world kept the quality of the contents adequate. There is no damage at all. Still, Sizka showed a slight upset. Because the design of the underwear was quite fragile.

Akira and Sizka's eyes meet. When Sizka put something like a rare and slight illumination on the table, its embarrassment was conveyed and Akira's face, who had worked hard to create a serious look, collapsed slightly.

Akira didn't keep complete calm in her actions either. I was holding him down consciously because he seemed unnecessarily rushed when I was poorly aware of him. I just asked the hunter to buy the artifact. They'll handle it normally without worrying about it. So you don't have to be weirdly aware. I told myself that and pretended to be calm.

But because Sizka showed a slight lack of normal room, Akira, who saw it, also had difficulty holding back things like rush and lighting.

"Oh, well, I felt like I promised I'd bring this hand thing once I found it before,"

"Oh, yeah. I do think we talked about that. Yeah."

Akira and Sizka laughed at each other to misdemonize (sesame seeds) a lot of things. Elena and the others looked at the situation with rare eyes.

Sizka closes the box with her underwear. He then intentionally switches his mind and returns to customer service as a store owner.

"Akira, the relics in this hand are a little difficult to assess. I said I'd buy it out, too, but I'm not an expert, so I'll be paying for it once I've deposited the artifact and completed an appraisal or something, including a purchase negotiation, with the specialist in that hand, okay?

"Yes, I'm fine"

"Okay. Okay, I'll keep this."

Sizka said so and left the box behind the counter in a place that was out of sight. Because leaving it in sight can cause weird upsets.