Rebuild World

Back when Shikarabe was drinking with his buddies in a tamed liquor store, Togami appeared with a sturdy trunk.

The look on Shikarabe's face seems a little grumpy and distorted.

"This isn't where the kid comes in."

Although Shikarabe's assessment of Togami was somewhat revised at the site of Mihazono Street, it has not been removed from the category of young people (Hanchiyu) who do not like it. The tone to the factors that made the liquor I was drinking well tasted (first) was proportionate, and there was also a slightly stronger contempt for the liquor in it.

Togami does not respond to that scorn and maintains a serious look.

I heard Shikarabe called Akira here to negotiate.

"He's good. I called him a hunter, a negotiator. We negotiated as hunters with each other on that. Hunter has nothing to do with age."

"I'm a hunter too."

Shikarabe has a nose.

"You're just a kid. You're gonna be a hunter on one end because you made a little money on the Mihazono City ruins? That kind of attitude is only in front of the festivals."

Togami still maintains a serious look. Exhale gently like Sikarabe was drained of poison in an attitude that showed no reaction to the curse or mockery.

"So, what can I do for you? Just tell me what to do and go home. I'm in the middle of a drink. I'm not gonna drink with you."

"I'm here to talk to you about a request"

"Request? I didn't hear that from Drancam..."

Sikarabe retrieves the information terminal and confirms it once and for all, but no such contact was received.

"... the information terminal is also in the communication area, why did you come all the way here to tell me verbally? Well, no. What?"

Togami strengthens his mind.

"Drancam has nothing to do with it. I came personally to ask Shikarabe for a favor. This is a request not to go through the hunter's office."

Place the trunk that Togami brought on the table. Then open the trunk and show it to Shikarabe, who is surprised (a lot) by the unexpected content. The hunters, Shikarabe and the others, show mild surprises, and the women they were serving dew their strong surprises. There was a bunch of bills in the trunk.

"The reward is 30 million aurum. Full advance."

Shikarabe shifts her gaze to gold, then to Togami, making her confused stronger by recognizing that her opponent is serious.

"... well, let's hear it for once. What's the request?

"I want you to work me out. At least until you become the hunter at one end of what Sikarabe calls it. Strong everywhere, if possible."

Shikarabe was taken aback by the unexpected content.

Togami regained his strength in battle in Serantalville, looking back at weakness, embracing its reality and thirsting for strength. Completely escape from being swallowed with immatures with only good gear and gain the strength to be proud of yourself. The means were explored and conclusions drawn.

Togami doesn't like Shikarabe. But I do acknowledge its strength. On a definite character, I recognize myself as a hunter with the strength to make a fool of myself. The conclusion that Togami came to was to ask that Shikarabe to train herself, to teach her.

Togami holds the trunk from the top and closes it.

"If you can't, tell me. Hit the margins."

Togami's grandeur was unleashed by a certain prepared person, and the seriousness of his request seeped in. Shikarabe turns her expression into something a little more serious.

"This 30 million aurum. The full reward at the Mihazono Street ruins, right? What would you do if you took out that kind of money without even going through the hunter's office and cut white that I only got the money?

"There's nothing I can do. I was a fool when I asked for your help in anticipation of you. That's all."

Togami has not taken up the request with sweet recognition, but has come to the deal prepared for the risk that all the money he has made with his life on the bend will disappear in vain as well. When Sikarabe understood it, she began to laugh to blow it out a little. And after a frequent laugh, he turns his fun face to Togami.

"It would be good. However, the reward needs to be discussed."

"I'm sorry, but I can't get any more out. There's no room for consultation there."

"The other way around"

In front of Togami, who didn't know what it meant and was surprised (a lot), Shikarabe pulled the trunk open and took out only a bunch of bills from inside, then pushed the trunk back toward Togami.

"First, I'll just work out a million aurums. As a hunter, I take requests seriously. On top of that, when you get 30 million aurums, polish the pebbles, and you do something that's a fraud, it's about my credibility."

The look on Togami's face gets worse on the boulder (that's right). But Shikarabe continues unaltered.

"I mean it, and I know you thought it yourself, but if it's not a drunken play and a word, and it's not a shallow seriousness of immediate drunkenness, show it in your words and deeds. Show your readiness and talent and prove that even if you pay that much, you're worth working out. Let me take the rest of the money. If only I could."

Grab the trunk from which Togami returned, and grab the reward he was pushed back for his missing value. After accepting it, show strong will with your gaze.

"... ok. Negotiations are in place."

"Oh. Done.... training starts tomorrow. I'll call you. Go home today."

Togami returns home with a lot of people. Shikarabe followed that togami lightly with her eyes, and at the same time as its appearance disappeared from her sight, she began laughing with pleasure again. And I started drinking even more generously using the million aurums at hand.

"... Has it turned?

No one heard Shikarabe whining.

Shikarabe trained Togami really seriously. Only then did Togami continue to vomit blood reflexes.

He continued firing until he passed out, and as soon as he passed out, he was woken up and continued. It continued until severe fatigue made awakening in a short time more difficult.

He was given detailed information on monsters living around the city of Kugamayama. It was made to memorize habitats, behaviors, weaknesses and biomechanical systems, and it continued to make me think of efficient ways to destroy them on it.

He accompanied him to a high-difficulty location not clearly commensurate with his strength and engaged powerful monsters at the limit position in front of the dead line. He fought desperately against impossible monsters from the beginning, such as destruction from his equipment and strength, and continued to flee.

While pursuing his own combat records recorded with intelligence-gathering equipment, etc., using a non-permeable goggle-type display device, he continued to be pointed out with great detail by Sikarabe, who was looking at similar things, for his behavioral deficiencies. He was wasted from various perspectives, asked to propose improvements to it, and continued to point to deficiencies in response.

Extreme loads are relentlessly hung, both in seating and in action. He vomits blood reflexes (hitoku), swallows the healing pills with what remains in his mouth, and sustains a combatable condition. Cut the savings, buy the recovery pills, consume them in large quantities, and suffer further hardships.

You can stop at any time. Shikarabe kept telling Togami that, and Togami continued to defy him by squeezing his unlimited will into the temptation.

When those days lasted for a while, Togami was instructed by Shikarabe to act in conjunction with Raina. Surprised (a lot), but as instructed, Rayna and I will continue to run the hunter.

Together with his opponent, whose overall strength is roughly the same or slightly higher, he spends time giving instructions at times, taking instructions at times, pointing out deficiencies to each other, expressing dissatisfaction, putting forward suggestions for improvement, and exchanging up and down the chain of command. The chances of vomiting blood reflexes are reduced, and the days of mirroring the opponent of a relatively similar strength to ascertain his or her own strength continue.

Even while working with Raina, Togami's combat records had been sent to Shikarabe and he kept getting wasted. When the waste began to become largely neglected, Togami was instructed by Shikarabe to give him information about the old world-made automatic doll and respond to it. I was pushed to think carefully about what the response meant and respond.

It was when the total amount of compensation that Togami gave to Sikarabe came to 29 million aurum.

Togami returns consciousness to Akira in the driver's seat. Thanks to the training and actual battle accumulated to reunite with Akira, we have been able to spot the strength of the opponent to some extent. That's what I thought, but as always, I wasn't sure what Akira was capable of.

(... at least the equipment is extraordinarily better. If you have the ability to separate gear, you don't have to feel like it's a lot higher than it was back then... I didn't see Akira's strength at all in the first place, did I? Does it just look stronger now that you can spot it, or is it just that you haven't spotted it properly yet? I don't know.)

Did you catch up with Akira a little bit, or was she even peeled off? When Togami worried about her face a little bit, Akira noticed how it looked.

"What's wrong with you?

"Uh, nothing. Oh, yeah. For once, I'm the leader here. I'm not gonna tell you to get under proper command, I'm never gonna tell you to follow my instructions, and I'm gonna accept complaints about your instructions, so it would be helpful if you could follow my instructions as much as possible if you didn't seem to have a problem with your formation or your behavior guidelines."

"Okay."

It is also dangerous if we do not align our behavioral guidelines to a certain extent, beyond accompanying them. And on those accompanying conditions, I can't help but think that I move as I please. I guess it was hard to say. Akira was convinced to do so.

Togami squeezes his face tight. This also helped move Akira as a team leader. If you lead Akira through this successful exploration of the ruins without making her feel dissatisfied, she will surely acknowledge herself. I can confidently say that I am stronger.

Togami renewed her determination to overcome the past.

As Akira and the others approached the ruins of their destination, the green began to increase in the surrounding scenery. Both the ground and the abandoned house are thickly covered with plants, covering and hiding what lies beneath them. And I began to see giant, green hemispherical objects in the distance.

Togami gives instructions wirelessly.

"It's time to be within the boundaries of Ida Commercial Zone ruins. Rayna, get ready to receive extended information. Look for the dome you're looking for when it's ready to receive. Oh, me, should I go back that way?

"Either is fine, but you can't even look that way? I know it's not in Togami's gear, but if you can pick it up with Akira's gear, I need your help."

"Akira. Can you do that?

"... it would help if you could be specific from the description of what you are asking what you can do"

"Uh, excuse me. Eh..."

In order to eliminate the deficiencies in will-to-communicate caused by differences in prerequisite knowledge, Togami began to go into some excessive detail, including misdemonization (sesame seeds) of the emotions that arose there.

The Ida Commercial Zone site is a collection of large commercial establishments in the old world. An object that looks like a huge hemispherical object is in its commercial establishment, lined up countless times in the ruins. It also looks like a mountain, surprisingly covered by plants that now breed throughout the ruins. Various types of stores, etc. exist inside them.

The information that Togami and the others have is a storage area for old world-made automatic dolls that exist in this ruin. But the exact location is unknown. To be precise, information is too coarse for humans today.

Even with detailed information, facility names, room coordinates, and surrounding maps that can be reached without problems in the Old World Era, it is very difficult to reach the appropriate location with current human knowledge and technology. In addition, the entire ruins are now covered with plants. Even if we could see the exterior of the building at the time, we would not be able to discern it under the current circumstances.

As a way for hunters to explore the location of their hands, there is a means of obtaining information about the augmented reality that the site is transmitting to identify the relevant location. Augmented reality technology is not uncommon in the old world. If there is an apparatus for receiving and additionally displaying the information of that hand, it can be recognized even by the present human being.

Much augmented reality information is still being disseminated in large quantities at Ida commercial zoning sites. Rayna's gear has the ability to display it. Buildings like green mountains all look the same to the naked eye, but with their functionality, they can be distinguished as individual buildings from the additional information that is displayed extensively.

Rayna's equipment is a luxury product that meets a number of standards. It is particularly effective in Ida commercial zoning sites, where countless standards of augmented reality additional information fly. Togami and the others had come near the ruins once to confirm their functionality. But Siori was stopped from entering the ruins.

Answering that Akira couldn't do it, Togami got out of the car she was driving and went back to Raina's car. Alpha, who was floating in front of Akira's sight, disappears. And then it reappears empty (ah) sitting in the passenger seat where it was.

I can do it, can't I? Are you glad in reply that you can't?

'It would be weird to say that even though my gear doesn't have that feature, I can. Yeah, you don't have to display that additional information and do it.' Cause it's unnatural to react badly to something you can't see without Alpha. '

'Right. I'm the only one who can add to Akira's vision. "

Alpha smiles strangely proudly, but Akira decides not to care.

'Speaking of which, that extended display feature of Rayna seems to be high performance, but you don't even see Alpha, do you?

"I'm adjusting it exclusively for Akira now, so it's okay. I used to draw in the general purpose display area of Kuzsuhara, so if someone could browse there, I would have seen it with others. Look, you saw one of the pair that attacked Akira back then, right?

'Speaking of which, you did.... is it a pretty common device for hunters? Togami talked naturally through it, and I'm sorry to say this, but even the people at that time were as good as they had it.'

"I guess it's to the extent that there's no wonder he has it because he didn't look surprised that Akira didn't have it"

"Is that true, too"

Akira doesn't recognize it, but similar augmented reality display information flies across Kugamayama cities and elsewhere, not just the ruins of the old world. In some cases, stores with dark backwards sales that are unable to table signs or the like in an alley or the like in Slam Street display signs that are recognizable only to certain customers with augmented reality features. Information that exists but is not recognisable to anyone other than those involved is useful.

Sometimes you see some display information floating in the air when you are using display equipment that corresponds to the standards of the old world in the wilderness. Sometimes that helps discover new sites. Even sites that have already been discovered can often be useful for discovering artifacts that are in difficult (or difficult) places to find, or corridors buried with rubble, etc.

Still, those devices haven't become the hunter's basic gear so far. Because the priority is greatly reduced over guns, fortified clothing, information terminals and intelligence-gathering equipment.

Not all sites have augmented reality functionality running. Even if it was operational and there were artifacts there, it has often been discovered earlier by other hunters. Sometimes the condition of the site has changed considerably from when the information was set, resulting in incorrect information.

Sometimes the functionality is even used in reverse by ruin defenses and monsters. They virtually deprive their sight by filling their sights with useless information. Displays the appearance of an enemy that does not exist. It displays an incorrect map and is sent to the place of death. Reliance on cheap can increase the risk of death.

Of course, if used properly, it will definitely increase the efficiency of hunter operation. However, the price of the equipment increases only by increasing the corresponding standard and increasing the ability to prepare for attacks from enemies. Better performance, such as guns, or budget for augmented reality compatible equipment in the old world. While there is also bias due to regional differences in the east in perceptions of its cost-effectiveness, so far many have given priority to guns and others.

Akira and the others proceed inside the Ida Commercial Zone ruins. All of them in Akira march between giant buildings that only look the same green object, trampling the plants that are covering the ground with car tyres.

Akira noticed a green rectangular object along the way. When I looked closely at it without rubbing it, I knew it was an armored bus swallowed by a plant.

"Are you a customer? Well, I'm sure you didn't come here based on the same information because it was quite a while ago. '

'Not necessarily. I checked the interior of the car from the gap between the plants, but there was little (if any) deterioration of the interior product, so it's possible that I've been here recently. "

'... so surprisingly covered?

'I guess the rate of reproduction is abnormal. Though I think it would be okay if I stopped (and) for a few hours, it's probably too late if I stopped (and) for a few days. They will grow roots in the body of the vehicle and become stuck with tires. It's a big ruin, so maybe you were going to stay up for a few weeks and explore it.'

"But if you do, you shouldn't park your car in this ruin for long periods of time, and that kind of information comes out?

'Each person handles the information they receive. Maybe he thought my car would be fine. Well, this is just a guess, too. The car has been parked for a long time, simply because the owner died in the ruins, and it may have been covered over time.'

'Personally, I'd like it to be that way. I just stopped and I'm sorry I lost my car again.

"But, well, if you're an old world-made plant, it's no wonder you covered your car in a short time, right? Even in that case, let's think of it as a common sense plant that just won't walk and attack '

Alpha was laughing like a prank, but Akira could only return a bitter laugh. No wonder in the east you encounter insane plants that travel on foot. The kind of thing that strikes people in it is called a monster. Old world technology continued to drive eastern common sense crazy.

As Akira and the others proceeded temporarily through the ruins, Raina discovered what looked like the target building. Other hunters' cars were parked on one side of the green wall (by the side) when they followed Raina's instructions to move near the building. When Akira and the others stopped a little further away, they gathered together ready.

Akira looks up lightly at the building of interest.

"Raina. Is this the place?

"Maybe. I guess Akira can't tell me from the other buildings, but, well, I can't tell if I see them normally either, but if they're far away, there's a big sign on the side of the wall (by the side), like around the top of the building. It says Dadan Mall Ida East Building B.... maybe."

"Maybe that way, too?

Rayna answers in a slightly tight tone with an uncomfortable face.

"The analysis software has not been able to fully analyze the received information. So some of the display information is missing. Still, I looked desperately for it, so don't complain. It's not my fault if I'm wrong."

"Sorry. Sorry."

When Akira honestly apologized, Raina also let go of the mood she was about to go up.

"... Oh, yeah.... So, if you're in the wrong place, don't get mad, okay?

"I'm fine. In the first place, we know that exploration is based on information with many uncertainties. Before that, exploring the ruins was like that from the beginning."

Rayna relieves herself lightly when she sees Akira, who doesn't seem particularly concerned.

(It was dangerous. I almost yelled at you the same way I did when I was in Togami. Stay with me. If you do that to Akira, it will be hard.... No, it's not just Akira, it's usually no one.... Togami was used to it because he didn't get angry with anything else just to say it back in the same way. I guess he was a little sweet on togami)

Speak up as Siori sees through a lot.

"Lady."

"I know. Be careful."

"It's also possible enough to encounter other hunters. If that hunter was discovering an automatic doll, it is also possible to be more alert than usual. Please."

"Yes. Copy that. Okay."

Rayna accepted the novel with a bitter laugh.

Once Akira and the others have completed consciousness unification, such as formations when moving around, using Togami as their axis, they proceed to the interior of the desired building. When I took Raina's guide to the side of the green wall (buckwheat), I could confirm that the drooping plants blocked the original entrance. There were signs of other hunters pushing back and forth. Akira and the others go inside from there as well.

The interior had a structure based on a massive blowout. From the entrance you can see a wide variety of store tracks. At the same time, it was clearly visible that all of it was covered with plants. The floor even had soil, from which the grass was growing, as if it were a meadow.

Akira shrugged a little surprised by the sight.

"Courtyard...... so it's not, is it?

"Looks like you got something like rotted soil from plants that bred all the way inside and the carcasses of monsters that died here. It's a mixture of roots, finely ground floors, etc. '

Asked for Alpha's explanation, Akira tries to retreat (dug) to dig soil under her feet lightly. Then the original floor appeared. The earth was shallow, but there was plenty there.

"Are there also these ruins?... This may be the relic left inside and not returned to the soil. Don't you think you're wasting automatic puppets or something?

"The neighborhood depends on the performance of the storage function. Expect the performance of old world-made preservatives. '

"I'm starting to feel okay when they say that."

The anomaly of technology in the old world is stained on me. Akira regained her anticipation of the relic.

Akira and the others proceed behind the ruins with vigilance. Raina is relying on augmented reality information to find a destination, and others are claiming surroundings to ensure travel distance and safety.

Akira was looking at her face slightly in an attempt to adjust the settings of the information-gathering equipment to the condition of the site.

"... it doesn't go well. The range of information gathering is greatly reduced for the impact of terrain. No colorless fog should have occurred...... Why? '

'Shall I do it?

"Please."

When Alpha changed the settings to the appropriate content, the accuracy of the information gathering equipment was clearly improved. But it wasn't as good as Akira expected.

'... is this what this is? I also improved the performance of my information-gathering equipment along with my fortified clothes. Sounds like we could work something out a little bit more...'

"Probably because of the surrounding plants. It may also contain nanomachines that cause similar effects to the information-gathering smokescreen (jamming smoke). '

"Does this place see enemies decline, regardless of their allies? There seems to be quite a few places in it, and you're likely to be forced into melee combat when you encounter a monster. When it's hard to attack a monster from a distance, even if a pricey relic is asleep, it's a relic that doesn't seem to be popular with hunters'

"Maybe that's why the old world-made automated dolls still have expensive artifacts."

"Oh, do you have that idea?"

Akira moved on to the ruins with a slightly higher expectation of the rumored relics.