Rebuild World

191 Dark Deal Behind

Akira was moving through the wilderness toward the ruins of the Higalaka residential district with a new vehicle when she set up a set of gear in a relatively short period of time with Sizka's dedication.

The vehicle is a large wilderness vehicle close to an armoured personnel carrier. In the rear of the vehicle there is a cargo section, the size of which places a slight limit on traffic within the ruins. The freight department is loaded with enough spare ammunition and a new bike. I plan to get out of my car and use my motorcycle if I'm passing through an alley-like place.

The gun purchases two SSB compound guns that have been reinforced with expansion parts. Reinforced clothing diverts storage shelves with maintenance functions to select the top models of the same series of products as before. The information-gathering equipment opted for a semi-integrated comprehensive system with reinforced clothing options. Likewise, the optional protective coat also has a camouflage function in addition to the Force Field Armor function.

The cost is about 1.6 billion orum in total, including ammunition purchased in large quantities. Aside from whether or not Hunter's gear corresponds to Hunter Rank 42's, Akira's budget is pretty strained. Akira's nostalgia got pretty lonely again, asking the renter to expand the house's garage to store the new vehicle, including paying for it and the rent that went up just for it.

I decided to resume the sale of the relic I had left at home to eliminate it, and was headed back to the Higalaka Residential District site to misdemonize (sesame) the origin of the relic.

Many have already realized that the cover-up is a deception, but some still persist in making their way to the Higalaka Residential District ruins, and again suspect that the deception is not even a deception. Connection with Viola also accelerates it. Akira was described that way by Alpha.

It's been a long time since I went to the Higalaka Residential District ruins. The hunters' hunt for old world-made information devices will also end in boulders. That's what I thought, but the sight Akira saw when she arrived at the ruins overshadowed that prediction.

A large number of vehicles that appear to have been boarded by a large number of humans are parked around them. A large, transported heavy machine is dismantling the ruins' buildings. Numerous hunters provide perimeter security. Some people are looking for artifacts from the wreckage of a demolished house. The noise of the ruins had grown louder than before.

"Alpha. What's going on with this?

'Even if I ask. Why don't you ask someone who seems to know?

Alpha points to the hunters. There were appearances of Corbe and Elio, who were mixed up with the other hunters and guarded.

I notice Akira with Corbe approaching.

"Akira. What, did you still have something to do here, too? If you're here to misdemonize the origin of the artifact, it's a little too conspicuous here. Or did you really hide even the artifacts here? If that's the case, you're sad."

"I wouldn't care about that area. So, what's all this fuss about? It's too long and too much noise even though the previous noise continues."

Corbe smiled lightly after a slightly unexpected look on his face.

"Oh, you, you don't know. I had a little incident when you were at the ruins of Kuzhara Street. The aftermath is ongoing."

"What happened to the case?

"I found a connection device to a network in the old world that could be connected. They brought it to the hunter's office boutique, with considerable value attached. So, when I heard about it, I thought maybe there was more."

Akira unexpectedly shifts her gaze to the ruins side.

"... no, so that's it? Momentum to ground the ruins, huh?

"I guess that's all that came with the value. The final purchase is private, but several companies apparently contested obtaining it. I don't know who found him, but as long as I envy him."

Hunter operations are a life stake, but many believe it's worth putting their lives into the dreams they see there. And rarely (rarely) will those who have gained an uninterrupted amount of gold appear in reality, and many more will strengthen their faith in their dreams. That has been a major force in recommending investigation and exploration in the east. The sight that is spreading before Akira is also a manifestation of that faith, and in a sense Akira is also a believer in it.

"Rumor has it that someone was happy and brave to find a hidden room and went inside, but it was empty, and when I smashed through the walls and smashed the floor, I found it out of it or something. It seems that that turned out to be the old realm connecting device after it was brought to the buying house and appraised. An extra big win for the item I brought in hoping it would be a coin. Rarely (rarely) heard about the hunter operation, but the party said it was tough. You think he was imprisoned in the hunter's office on suspicion of being an old realm connector for anything? Well, they let you go because you weren't. But it is also rumoured, and it is unclear whether it is true. You scare me."

Corbe was talking in a light chatter consciousness, but Akira had her face slightly cramped (one). And hurry up and try to tell the story.

"Ah, oh. Right. So Corbe came looking for it, too?

"No, I just undertook security. The alarm against the big monsters that escaped the raid the day before increases the reward. Pretty good for you. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So Elio and the others were also brought in to increase the number of heads. It's enough for a runaway hunter to make money, and don't gain experience."

Elio and the others had all completed hunter registration. As a hunter affiliated with Cheryl's detachment party, it takes the form of working at the request of Cheryl and Viola intermediaries. The Hunter Rank at the time of registration is 10 thanks to registering the gear purchased from Katsuragi. I would have drained Akira lightly when I signed up.

"Is it okay to bring Elio and the others to increase the number of heads? Big monsters are pretty strong, huh?

"Even if a large size of that hand appears, the people who hunt them with joy and bravery will take them down first. Elio and the others won't be the first to fight directly against the big hand. Well, I might as well shoot a rocket launcher from a distance and cover it. If you're worried, do you want to join security now?

"No, I need help. Bye."

Akira walks towards the ruins. The appearance blurred suddenly along the way. Corbe, who was watching it, puts a surprise on his face.

"Camo function......? Monsters inside the ruins were so eliminated by this noise. That's all he knows, isn't it? Why?"

There were countless questions on Corbe's head and hypotheses about it. Several hypotheses came to mind that might seem convincing, but I cannot ask Akira herself. Because if they think we're trying to find the origin of an unidentified artifact, it's tough. Corbe switched his mind and went back to security, remembering something a little glitzy.

Akira enables the camouflage function of the coat to proceed inside the ruins. The coat is shaped close to a hooded cape and is built to hold guns and other things securely inside. The hood section is also built to cover all the faces well, but Akira was somewhat exposed after finding out that the camouflage effect would drop if she didn't cover them well. There are also occult stories of head gear, and since Akira's distractions and combat abilities are reduced due to a well-covered cause, it is the end of the line, so Alpha also made Akira like it there.

The coat is changing the color of the surface so that it blends into the surroundings according to the surrounding conditions. Although it is not an optical camouflage that allows light to bypass and achieve transparency, it was exerting a camouflage that is expected to be sufficiently effective. In addition, in order to escape detection other than optical recognition of information gathering equipment and the like, the information gathering jamming function using Force Field Armor technology was in motion.

Hunter, who stumbles upon Akira's faint reaction with an information-gathering device, turns to Akira. And after checking the perimeter of the reaction, I reconsidered that it was my fault because there was no major reaction, and returned my face to the original one.

Many times the same thing happened, and Akira was a little surprised by the usefulness of the camo function.

'You're passing pretty close, but you can't find it. Should I have bought it sooner if I couldn't find it so much?

Alpha stabs the nail (crease) to avoid creating an extra chronic heart.

"It may be difficult to detect the size of Akira because of the setting that prioritized the early discovery of large monsters in intelligence-gathering devices. Plus, there are a lot of monsters that can easily see through this level of camouflage. Besides, it also consumes energy to run camouflage functions. You can't always use the Camo feature to avoid wasting energy packs. Don't think this is gonna make it okay for you to fail to be on guard, okay?

'I know.... because if I had this when I was fighting guys like that giant, do you think it would have worked pretty well?

'Maybe. I think it saved me the time to hide in the shadow of the rubble and mourn the rain stopping.'

'Right.... I knew I should have bought it sooner'

Akira had a slight look on her face. If you run into a monster, you can take it down. I have no choice, and naturally. Akira had originally unconsciously thought of it that way, and had reinforced the idea even more because she had managed to deal with it in that way. However, the experience of the last battle was impressive with boulders, and I had changed my mind to the extent that the option of hiding and spending time with them became worthy of consideration.

The cost of ammunition has returned to its own expense again. In order not to be bankrupt, it is better to be conscious in the direction of avoiding battles that consume ammunition as much as possible. Akira moves on through the ruins with that in mind again.

'Nevertheless, if the old realm connection device sells at such a high price, should I have just secured it, even if it doesn't?

Akira was looking a little sorry, but Alpha denies it clearly.

'No, you can't. If I keep it on hand, I'll think of doing something to make it money so I don't find out. It's so distracting. Even more so if you think you've come up with a good means. I'd really like to try it. And if you fail, it's going to be cruel. Even the man you stumbled upon was imprisoned? If it's Akira, if it's a shard, if it's possible, it's going to be pursued everywhere, examined, and it's going to be too late.'

Imagine Akira's end of the line in that case and tremble lightly.

'Sure you can't. All right. Let's just say that thanks to someone finding me, I'm glad I lost my bad untrained'

Seeing the blown out Akira, Alpha was laughing satisfactorily.

Even then, Akira wandered around the ruins temporarily with the camouflage feature enabled. It is a training for motion that does not lower the camo effect, and is also for a little information manipulation (to). It is necessary to proceed in hiding among the ruins where there have been a significant number of people until the camouflage function is used. In order to get a reasonable guess as to why.

Part of this was to show Corbe and his neighbors how to activate the camo feature. If an expensive artifact like an old world-made information terminal is still inside the Higalaka Residential District ruins, and the camouflage feature was activated so that its acquisition, or (some) stash, would never be exposed, then that would be quite improper at a time when it would be inferred so. And at the same time, it's an element that makes you wonder if the mishandling was really unwieldy or so deliberately misleading.

An old world-made information device sleeps in the ruins of the Higalaka residential district. Akira knows the exact location. The rumor (rumor) went down quite a bit once when no physical object came out of the ruins, but it had been rekindled by the discovery of the old realm connecting device.

It is more difficult for Akira now that the credibility of rumors is appropriately low. Because if they are too credible, there will be more people trying to mark them openly.

I don't know how effective it is, but Akira was wandering around the ruins and wielding the regulating elements of credibility. Viola will contact you there.

"Akira, may I have a moment?"

"The hunter is running. Later, if that's a good story."

"We're talking about getting involved in that hunter operation. You're resuming your site search after your previous request, aren't you? So, now I'm at the ruins of the Higalaka Residential District. Isn't that right?

Akira hasn't told anyone where she's going or anything. But Viola knows that. Akira silenced a little after guessing the way the information was obtained.

"... so?

"If you can get a lot of old world-made information devices again, now stop selling roses and ask me to flush them all at once. Actually, it's a little bit of a legend, and I'm being mildly reminded that there's no more."

"Whether you can get it or not, you won't know until you've finished exploring it"

"But you'll find it, won't you?

Viola's tone was mild, but there was certainty that I knew what was behind it. Akira doesn't have the skill to see if that's true or not.

"... even if found, the artifact of that hand is promised to be taken as a priority by the cuttlefish. There's no reason to bend it and flush it to Viola."

"No problem. Because I'm talking to the snail first."

Akira shuts up a little again. Viola continues to have a little fun without waiting for a response.

"Even Akira seems to spend a lot of time tampering with the origin of the artifact, but it's quicker and surer to flush it to me, right? If you think I'm up to something, that's a misunderstanding. I do do do a lot of things, but that's to keep my promise to Akira and make it an organization that can earn Cheryl's inmates. It's part of that effort. I'm trying to keep my promise to Akira, aren't I?

Viola's personality is too disturbing to feel honest from that word. However, there is no point in interrupting the actions of (for) the enforcement of the promise from myself. Akira thought so and came to a conclusion after a little worrying.

"Okay. Stop by Cheryl's base later."

"Oh, that's it, but I'd like you to bring it directly to the place of the deal, if possible."

"Why?

"There's all kinds of customer requests, heartbeats ahead of the legend. I'm not saying it's impossible, but it's more expensive to sell. I'll send you a place and time now. Check it out and tell me if it seems difficult. 'Cause I'll tweak it as best I can."

"Are you going to do an appraisal of the relics there too?

"I won't. As for the quality of the artifact, I believe in Akira, and customers don't imitate me like they suspect me. Well, don't worry, even if a customer appraises you later and complains that you've been grabbed (or misplaced) something weird, I'm the one behind that complaint. The payment to Akira came from me, too, so it's okay. I'll pay you right at the market, and I won't give you a reduction because of a customer complaint."

I was slightly surprised when and where Akira was sent. However, considering that the intermediary was a viola and that it was originally an item to be flushed to a relic outlet in Slam Street, it was also not so unnatural as to be particularly concerned except that there was no room for travel time.

"Okay. The date, time and place are fine. I'm on my way."

"That would help. Bye."

After she ran out of calls with Viola, Akira noticed that Alpha looked a little suspicious.

'Akira. I'm not going to stop you, but was it good?

"I can't help but leave that artifact at home forever, and if it's expensive and sells fine, that's fine. If there's trouble, let's get new gear, including Viola. Now blow your head off."

Alpha was subtly lost in judgment to Akira, who showed a strange split. Akira has a strangely good part of it. Even against the Elenas, who would be at the top of the odd priorities in Akira, they were trying to break it off once.

So what about yourself? To what extent are you divided in Akira? I just want to know exactly, but I can't confirm that. If you try it, it will be closer to being easily (easily) divided. That's all I've ever known in a relationship.

'What's wrong with you?

'Hmm? It's nothing. Let's not miss the opportunity to blow her head off, so let's not lag behind on the location of the deal. "

"... I didn't take it to create a pretext to blow Viola's head off."

Akira laughed bitterly, half doubting that Alpha's joke was really a joke, she uncamouflaged and began to head outside the ruins.

Akira awaits her trading partner in a room in an abandoned building near the back of the Kuzsuhara Street ruins. The camo function is off, but I have an SSB compound gun in both hands to lower the muzzle. The surrounding enemies are also firmly engaged in information-gathering equipment.

"Nevertheless, that's a trading place with full odor. This would surprise me the other way around if it was a legitimate deal without a dark spot behind it."

"Then they'll hide the origin of the artifact they got, so you can say it's convenient for Akira."

Yuyo (more) also

Makes sense. I smiled back at Alpha, and Akira smiled.

'It's time.... Coming'

A man is watching carefully from the entrance and exit of the room. And make sure it's just Akira before slowly coming in.

"You're using viola, aren't you?

"Yes."

"What about things?

Akira danced one of the SSB compound guns and offered the man the rucksack he had on the floor. A man opens the rucksack and checks the contents. Inside it was packed with cubic artifacts, old world-made information terminals.

"Is that all of it?

"That's right. Tell Viola if you have any complaints about the quantity."

A man closes his rucksack.

"I hear Viola pays for the money. Get in touch with Viola on this occasion if you need to and prompt me for a wire transfer."

"It's okay."

"Well, that's a deal. Which way do we walk away from?

"... uh, well, from me"

"Go."

The man shut up with the word in his face at the end. Only his gaze was directed at Akira. Akira slowly walked away from the man and left the room intact. Then, when he left the abandoned building, he crossed (and) onto the bike that had stopped nearby, and headed towards the car that stopped (and) a little further away due to the road width.

Akira has a slightly more difficult face.

"I don't know, you were the one who felt erased if outsiders witnessed the trading scene through the wax."

'I guess that's what we're doing at a time when we're designating the interior of the site as a trading location. Whatever the condition of the body, it's not unnatural at all. Besides, near the back of the ruins, the hunters can't reach it. If you want to hide the trees, in the woods, then it was a deal that wasn't covered enough. That's what I'm talking about.'

'... I wouldn't be attacked on my way home, would I?

"At that time, let's blow Viola's head off in return"

Alpha has an extra smile on her face that looks fun. Akira smiled bitterly and proceeded along the alley of the ruins.

A man remaining in the abandoned building is in contact with him in a non-air vibrating fashion. It also sends footage of the contents of the rucksack taken with a prosthetic eye that combines the camera.

'I got the stuff, but the quality is unknown. Do you want to return once and put it on appraisal work?

The person you are calling answers in a serious tone.

'No, it's not necessary. Passing the city appraisal is on record. Information terminals made in the old world are especially important if they are artifacts. Keep it where you're supposed to be. As soon as they are ready, contact the hunter of the discoverer to make them discover under the guise of coincidence. It is not too late to find out the quality of the artifact in the appraisal work at the shopping place. It is also troublesome to carry out the appraisal in advance and duplicate the appraisal records later. "

'Got it. By the way, the hunter in the discovery role seems to be under the control of Yanagi Sawa, because it is appropriate? Aren't they taking the feat of artifact discovery?

'There's a compromise. If the discoverer is the hunter beneath him, there should be fewer of them that actually go into pursuit, even if they have some suspicion. Even though it is more difficult to involve elements of luck than accidentally letting an untold hunter discover a hidden artifact over here, the owner of normal power should be able to discover it. Well, if you're incompetent, I'll arrange a hunter separately here. All right. Go. After you've installed the artifact, monitor the hunter of the discovery from a distance. In case the hunter fails to contact the artifact discovery after the discovery of the artifact, if you want to put it in your own pocket, disguise it as a robbery and finish it. I'll arrange for an extra force if necessary'

Copy that. We're rolling out the operation.

"I asked you to."

The man disappears at the same time as the comms go out. Its high-performance camouflage features showed the boss who arranged the man's equipment, the human prudence of the destination and his intentions for the operation.