Rebuild World

192 Invitation to Explore Ruins

Akira is moving on without hitting the wilderness with a large, wilderness spec car. There is no specific purpose or destination. I have received a generic crusade request for once, but I am not looking to make money from it. If someone asks you why you're going out, it's a rare purpose to say (to) to get used to driving large vehicles and using new equipment.

Akira resumed hunter operations for the purpose of exploring ruins and collecting artifacts, but was troubled by the immediate place of activity. There were too many ruins in Kuzsuhara Street, and I didn't feel like stopping by for a while.

I thought it might be a good idea to look for the undiscovered ruins from the information on the terminal installation location of Lyons Tail, but it is also possible that the company that obtained the information, the old realm connection device, obtained the same information. In some cases it became a situation of continuing to bowl in with the investigative units of the companies dispatched to the place in question, from which we decided to stop now, thinking that we might be explored for extras.

I can't help but keep thinking at home. I might even come up with a good idea once I get out of the wilderness for now. That's what I thought and rolled out into the wilderness, but so far no good idea had come to mind. The bad side of Akira's just hit was blatant.

Akira kept thinking about her future plans while driving and roaring. Alpha smiles in the passenger seat watching Akira.

"I don't know what to do."

"Akira. That's the fifteenth time, right?

"You count them all."

'I'm not counting. It's just in the information we're recording for no particular reason. Even Akira would remember about ten seconds ago, but that's not why she remembers it, is it?

"Is that what you mean?

That's what I'm talking about.

Akira's unconvincing subtle thoughts were scratched out by the reaction of the monster that appeared on the car's enemy device. When Akira stepped out of the car, she adjusted the priority accuracy of the information gathering equipment to the direction of the reaction.

Monsters are similar in size to six-legged beasts, but the body surface is covered with scales of reptiles (corn) without fur. The back had mechanical parts that were also visible in machine guns and cannon wreckage.

"That's pretty big. Survival of those big guys or just big ones"

'Ranged arming is crushing you. There are also signs of bullets on the body surface. Judging by the dryness of the fluid flowing out of the wound, there's a possibility of an individual who's been engaged and fleeing nearby. "

"If I take him down, will he be taken? … well, okay"

The survival of large monsters is set as a priority crusade goal with special rewards, and bloody hunters are hunting them. Akira remembered it and got a little lost, but decided to knock it down without worrying. Even if there were a hunter who got away with trying so hard to end this individual, there's no reason to stop caring about that hunter for the monster crusade that's coming at him. First of all, there is no guarantee that those hunters will be alive.

Point the SSB compound gun muzzle that Akira holds in her right hand at the monster. And I turned my face in the opposite direction before pulling the trigger. A bullet ran through the universe and hit the head of the monster. The bullet that went on and was shot out landed the same way.

Akira's achievements in action and training so far had led her to firmly hit her target unless she stood firm on the gun and took a good aim. As a result, Akira's shooting training was moving on to the next stage.

Display footage of the gun's aimer on a part of your vision and aim it without looking directly at the target. Predict and fire enemy positions from intelligence-gathering equipment reactions. Hold a gun in both hands and fire precision shots at each of the other targets that are out of sight. Training to make them possible on their own with Alpha support until now.

So far the results of that training are only to the extent that they are not bad. I mean, it was done to some extent. The number of dead lines slipped through the dive was giving realism to a goal that was absurd.

Ask them to be able to do it all on their own. Akira had been told that by Alpha before.

Maybe someday it will be possible if Alpha says so. Though Akira thought so, at that time she felt an inseparable separation on the journey to realization. But even though it was helped by the performance of the equipment, I now remembered the real feeling of growth, the definitive response that it was able to achieve to some extent.

A large monster with a large number of bullets collapsed. The bullet used is a relatively low-powered regular bullet, which is slightly ineffective for large monsters, but Akira compensated for it with the accuracy of continuous shooting. Akira rarely loosens her expression to a satisfactory result even for herself.

"You can usually handle a bullet. They're pretty close, and I ran out of the contents of the big magazine."

"The cost of ammunition has gone back to its own expense, so we have to send it with cheap bullets to avoid bankruptcy with ammunition. There are limits to discounts at Hunter Rank. '

"Not at all. Even though it was reduced thanks to the discount, my days of frightening ammunition costs are back again. You have to get used to it."

Vehicles are also usually loaded in large quantities, taking advantage of the loads of large vehicles. Of course (of course) there are also expansion magazines loaded with abnormal loading numbers for expensive minutes, but they are used in places where vehicle traffic is not possible, such as in the back of the site or in the building. Normally a normal magazine is enough. There are also reasons why it is more convenient to train Akira using low-powered regular ammunition than to use high-powered bullets to defeat them in one shot.

Akira stops trying to get back in the car. The onboard enemy equipment was capturing the reaction of a vehicle coming this way from the end of the wilderness.

Hunters were driving after their goal when they got away with a large monster with a special reward that was engaged. Raina sitting in the passenger seat is roughing up her voice at Togami in the driver's seat.

"Hurry up! What if some other hunter takes you someplace good!

"I've taken the trouble to disarm the enemy! You'll have no choice!

"That's why I told you to crush your leg the first time!

"Disabling Ranged Attacks First! This way you can speed without worrying about the enemy's attack because you've also crushed the opponent's armament!

"If you get away with it, you're going down!

"Though you must be the one who told me to give safety first instructions!

"Still, you must be the one who said you could take him down without escaping!?

Rayna and Togami argue violently, but there was no evil in there that would make them feel comfortable bumping into each other's opinions.

Kanae in the back seat laughs in a meaningful way and openly speaks to Raina and the others in such a tone.

"You're still close."

Raina and Togami solidify slightly. And I stopped arguing that I would gaze at you once. When they said something similar before, they aligned their voices (about) to say it back, and they chased them for proving their friendship.

"... Anyway, hurry"

"I know. Almost there."

That reaction does not change much. Kanae thought so and laughed with pleasure.

Siori, also sitting in the back seat, had a slightly dissatisfied look on her face. Because by Siori's standards, Togami's attitude is a little crude and too lacking in courtesy. And I feel like Rayna is getting a little rough so that she can pull it off.

"Ma'am. Dear Togami. I can understand being exalted in battle, and I know it's important to speak up (to) keep your will, but it's equally important to keep your normal mind the same. I highly recommend not unnecessarily roughing up your voice for that as well. The degree of cruelty also interferes with the escort."

"Oh, that, I'm sorry"

"Ah, yes. Excuse me."

I change my attitude while Raina and Togami look a little awkward. And when I stiffened my expression slightly to Siori's deep snuggle (sigh) breath, which I heard from behind, I concentrated my consciousness forward while shriveling reasonably well.

An onboard enemy device captures the reaction of a large monster again. But that reaction, combined with other reactions around him, also showed that other hunters had defeated the monster. Togami and Rayna noticed it and gently drowned.

"Uh, was it too late? Sorry, I didn't make it."

"I have no choice. If I had insisted on definitive destruction and taken safety lightly, the result could have been worse. Think of it that way and accept it spoiledly here."

Both Togami and Raina accepted the result lightly for all that arguing. I also don't hold any shards, such as accusations against them. This is also growing again.

"... what do we do? We're the ones who fought that one first, and you want to claim our achievements? It could be about a joint sabotage."

"Today's command is togami, so I'll leave that decision to togami. But the negotiations are done by Togami."

"Okay....... hmm. Try things. Why don't you just say it?...... hmm?

Togami's attention to the hunter to be negotiated results in an enlarged display process being carried out by the information gathering equipment. And I realized that the hunter was an acquaintance. It was Akira.

Akira accepted Togami's offer lightly. There was absolutely nothing there that could be called negotiation. So Raina and the others were confused the other way around.

"Uh, are you sure?

"No, we're gonna be fine."

"Oh. Do whatever you want because it's good"

"Hmm. But..."

Rayna and the others were not convinced by Akira's attitude, which was well understood, to the contrary, and were trying to continue the conversation to explore why. But when Siori realizes that Akira's reply is strong on the billionaire side, which she likes because she doesn't care, she decides that Raina's attitude is bad and pinches her mouth.

"Dear Akira. Let me sweeten you with courtesy. Ma'am. Lady Togami. Please start the process so that Akira doesn't bother you any more. It will annoy you if it takes too long."

"Huh? Oh, yeah. All right. Akira, thank you."

Raina and Togami split up to proceed with the destruction report process. A special rewarded monster crusade report. It's not as cumbersome as reporting on a prize neck crusade, but unlike a simple generic crusade, it takes a lot of work.

Explicit crusade participants with hunter cards and hunter codes. Transmit information collected from enemy or intelligence-gathering equipment, examining monster bodies with intelligence-gathering equipment (to identify the destroyed individuals), etc. If it is necessary to adjust the distribution of remuneration, etc., the contents thereof shall also be transmitted. After sending them to the hunter's office, an official investigates the contents and concludes that there is no problem, and the destruction reporting process ends gradually.

Akira left all those formalities to Raina and the others. If there is any bias in the battle record, the content of the reward distribution adjustment, etc., Rayna and the others will take almost all of the rewards. Trust Raina and the others, not simply because the work of the procedure is cumbersome.

Kanae laughs and stands by Akira's side.

"No. Akira boy. You're fat."

"... it's just a hassle to rub it endlessly over there."

A response that includes consideration of the risk of developing into battles, including casualties, by rubbing (and) in the wilderness with hunters, including powerful people such as Siori and Kanae. We don't have quite enough words for each other, but the subtle implications were there through each other's expressions and gazes.

"Akira boy, by the way. How many Hunter Ranks are there now?

"You have no right to answer."

"Can I tell you something? Because I teach mine too. I..."

"I'm not interested. I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm not answering."

"Knock it off. Well, Akira, you know the boy's hunter code, so if you look it up on the hunter's office site, you'll find out soon enough."

Kanae retrieves the information terminal and connects it to the hunter's office site, and attempts to view Akira's hunter information from the hunter code. And with a slightly unexpected look of surprise, he turned his intriguing gaze to Akira with a meaningful smile that also seemed fun.

"Heh. Ho. Hmm. I see. Does Akira boy do that? Huh."

Akira ignored Kanae's profound whining (crushing), following the outpouring sentiment that she would lose if she reacted.

When Togami and the others, who had finished their work, came back, they laughed and brought the story out to everyone just saying that Kanae was waiting.

"Akira boy. Looks like you're free, and if you like, what are you gonna do with me after this? Togami boy. Doesn't that sound good?

Togami shows a difficult color for a sudden story.

"Before good and bad, today's leader is supposed to be me, right? Don't take it personally."

"So-so, so-so, without saying so hard. If Akira Boy is going to accompany him, I'll give him permission to find that automatic doll. Plus, I can convert you as a combat officer."

"What?... is that true!

Instead of togami showing a good feeling, now Siori shows a difficult color.

"Hey Kanae. What are you gonna do?"

"Well, isn't that good? This is on the edge of something, too. I agree with you that you can't give me permission with just your daughter and togami boy's power beyond the fact that I'm basically just standing there and not being a force of war. But if you've added me and Akira Boy to your battle force, you think you can give me permission?

"I'm asking why you said that all of a sudden."

"It's time for me to smile at the lady and the togami boy. I'm getting tired of the boulders putting tea in the back seat."

"Why are you bringing me and Togami out there!?

Raina also pinches her mouth and the conversation continues noisy with those who know what's going on. When Akira, who had no idea what was going on, exhaled softly, accentuating her tone slightly and opening her mouth.

"In the meantime, explain it to me so I can understand it. If there's no explanation, I'm going home."

With the conversation slightly stopped, Kanae gently pushes Togami's back.

"Come on, Togami boy! It's time to negotiate! Explain the circumstances so as to attract the interest of the Akira boy and obtain the concurrence of the accompanying boy! If that's not the case, I'm not gonna tell you this story!

A confused togami is pushed out in front of Akira. Akira and I gazed at each other, and Togami started explaining the situation first as she sorted out the content in her head, feeling mildly nervous.

Togami and Raina continued to run hunters by teaming up here temporarily. While taking turns as a leader, he concentrated on site exploration and monster crusades, giving instructions to each other, and gained steady experience as a hunter while sheltering (kaba).

Ciori comes under the command of troop action only if Raina is the leader. If the leader is Togami, he's a guard just as far away as Kanae. Since Togami is the leader today, there are only two main combat personnel: Togami and Raina.

Raina and the others had information on the ruins that old world-made automatic dolls were being kept in one legend. However, Siori and the others had forbidden him to explore the site because of the lack of power.

It would be a fine difficulty for the four of us, including Siori and the others, but the two Rainas are not strong enough. And Raina and the others are acting together because of the training of the two of us, and we don't allow ourselves to be converted into operational operations. Raina and the others had been stabbed with a nail like that by Siori and the others. And now Kanae has turned his opinions over conditionally.

Automatic doll information has a certain degree of credibility and, in a sense, accuracy that does not leave the rumors. Similar information is available to other hunters. It is also possible that the information is incorrect and that it has already been crossed. Kanae pinches his mouth where Togami tells Akira that.

"Togami boy. Shouldn't we just keep quiet around there or blur it out like it's good?

"I don't want the hunter of the negotiator to mislead the area."

"You look unexpectedly serious."

"You're just nasty."

Akira seems a little surprised. By Akira's standards, Kanae's judgment is normal. The appreciation of Togami for trying to negotiate in good faith by that ethical standard rises slightly in Akira.

Togami and Raina are passive in favor of automated doll hunting. Sometimes the old world-made automatic doll is a very expensive artifact, and if the Siori and the others don't object, they wanted to go looking for it if possible. And with Kanae turning to active favor, Siori's pressure, who was taking a passive opposite position, was shaky.

Siori disagrees a little farther.

"Togami should have been instructed by Shikarabe to deal with the situation on his own when accompanying us. I think it would be contrary to Akira's instructions to help you while you cross the border."

"… I believe that it is within my power to negotiate with other hunters to gain additional strength and take responsibility for their rewards and rubbing. I am self-reliant, including self-interpretation and discretion, in order to grow into a single hunter. If I'm wrong, my ratings from Sikarabe will just go down."

Togami returns his gaze to Akira and firmly confronts him as a negotiator.

"Akira may think of us on a team-by-team basis, but I'm the negotiator. Including responsibility if something happens. On top of that, I would like you to accompany me if possible. What do you say?"

"... I'll check it out, but it's still an invitation to explore the ruins, right? I'm not hired, I'm not under your command. I don't know how much you think of me as a force of war, but I fight with my senses. I can't guarantee it's going to be the kind of force you're supposed to be fighting, and I'm not going to take complaints."

"I don't mind. On top of that, if we don't have enough power, we're retreating."

"How do I distribute my rewards?

"Based on the head split, fine adjustments will be made later. Even if we actually find an automatic doll, we can't divide and distribute the fuselage. If there was a pass on to each of the sales routes, it would be rubbing (also) the selection. Tell me what you complained about."

Akira stops asking questions and begins to shut up. Togami awaits a reply with slight nervousness.

…… Okay. Let's go together. "

"Is that good?

"Oh. If you're exploring an old world-made automatic doll or a ruin that might have a relic of its hand, it looks interesting to end up empty-handed"

Togami and Rayna laugh happily and dew their joy at Kanae's slight playfulness. Next to that, Siori was beginning to think about dealing with the situation with a serious look on her face.

Akira and the others are on their way to the wilderness for the ruins of rumors. Togami was sitting in the passenger seat of Akira's car to keep the negotiations that Akira and I can now complete.

When Akira asked for more information about the credibility of the information during the conversation, Togami told her additional content, provided that she did not speak out. Akira slightly pulls her face when she hears about it. It is likely that the source of the information is the company that obtained the old realm connecting device found in the ruins of the Higalaka residential district. That's what they asked me.

"Alpha. Are you wearing the ruins you're going to now as well as the information you got on where the Lyons Tail terminal was installed before?

I'm not wearing it.

"So it's a coincidence."

'Maybe not. Perhaps a Cologne-owned company paid for more detailed information. Lyons Taylor had dispatched personalities in an impractical format, but they might also have provided automatic dolls for customers who wanted an entity.'

"... isn't that old realm connector the only one who can use it, like me?

"If you have separate connecting devices, even people who are not former realm connectors can use them. Besides, it's possible that companies are securing the old realm connectors. '

'... right. Then maybe you also know the information on where the terminal is installed. I'm the one who found the ruins of Yonozka Station, but I guess it's okay. I wonder if they'll ever look for my presence from there. "

"There's no evidence out there that Akira found the site of Yonozka Station, so it's unlikely that Akira's presence will be exposed from there. There are quite a few hunters who stumble upon undiscovered ruins, so maybe they'll be fine. '

"I hope so."

Akira subtly changes her expression in conversation with Alpha. Togami realizes it.

"What's wrong with you?

"... nothing. If a company also got information on such a valuable artifact, it would be better to send troops independently to get it just now before that information leaks. I just thought so."

Akira just said the right thing to misdemonize. But I heard that. Togami laughs bitterly.

"I thought so too, and when I said something similar to Sikarabe, Hunter laughed that it was the hunter who read and acted more on the circumstances behind it."

Explain to Akira, who looks strange, what Togami continues to hear from Shikarabe.

If that information alone ensures that you get an automated doll made in the old world, it's a lot weird at a time when Togami is getting that information in the first place. Even though the information is leaky, the corporate side doesn't leak that much valuable information so easily either.

The automatic doll for the purpose had already been taken by the company's troops, on which the parties concerned passed information on to the pocket money.

The monster was unexpectedly powerful after a light investigation of the location in question. Therefore, the method of obtaining the automatic doll was switched to the purchase, taking into account the possibility that the automatic doll existed and the damage in the event of dispatching its own troops. The information flows intentionally only to hunters who are likely to eventually come and sell their automatic dolls to themselves.

Automatic dolls do exist in the ruins, but corporate interests lie more in the ruins themselves, in research facilities in the old world and in their equipment than in automated dolls. We need to exterminate the monster in order to control the ruins, but we are trying to use the automatic doll as bait to push the hunters to exterminate the monster.

In the first place, all the information on the automatic doll has been cod (bullshit) since the beginning. After calling a large number of hunters to the ruins to make the ruins less difficult, someone is trying to target another expensive artifact that has absolutely nothing to do with the automatic doll.

Shikarabe talked to Togami about a variety of other intentions, interests, speculations and possibilities. Togami told Akira the contents as they were and let Akira have the same look on her face as she did when she heard the story.

"... in view of the potential of all of that, I deduce the credibility of the information on it for myself, and when I make a profit on it, I go into action once I decide it is profitable. That's the hunter's condition."

Akira laughs bitterly. Akira, who had just hit the road and continued to run hunters, had very painful ears. It was only painful if I was satisfied with the content.

Alpha is smiling fun at that Akira.

"I think Akira should be an apprentice, too, right?

"Curse my bad luck on that. If we had taken into account the possibility of encountering a herd of monsters every time we went out into the wilderness, the profitability would always be in great deficit. Wouldn't my chances of getting into action be gone forever?

"... where you can't laugh it off is Akira,"

Alpha turns a smile into a bitter smile. I thought it worked for me to say the right thing, and Akira was satisfied with it.

"What's wrong with you?

"No, it's nothing. I was just wondering if the rumor (rumor) was not credible if we were to talk like that. I thought you weren't going to let the negotiating hunter misdemonize the neighborhood.

When Akira laughs lightly like a joke and answers that, Togami laughs similarly and returns it.

"What are you talking about? You talked about the possibility that the information was incorrect. You're just gonna explain your honesty to the negotiators, right?... Well, if you don't have a war problem, there's nothing to lose in your quest. It should be high to that extent. It was Shikarabe who made that decision."

"Is Sicarabe involved in this matter, too?

"Uh, well, I'm not directly involved. There's just so much going on. I'm working with Raina now, but that's also part of my training, and at the same time Raina's training, and it seems Sikarabe and Mr. Siori had a bit of a negotiation or something, and... well, a lot happened."

Togami, duly clouded, had remembered its many beginnings, the negotiations with Sikarabe.