Rebuild World

As Akira and the others proceeded through the ruins, they encountered monsters in places like a slightly longer hallway.

The monster has the appearance of a carnivore at a glance. Hair is thin, and the expression hypertrophy due to swollen muscles shows a more suitable physique than the expression hypertrophy. Staring at Akira and the others from the end of the hallway with a carnivore-specific appetite on his gaze. He then kicked the floor with tough limbs that supported the giant, and, with the momentum, swept up and tore apart the soil, tweezers, etc. of the floor, rushing forcefully to eat and kill his prey.

Akira and Togami, who were in front, put up guns for the monster. Kanae comes out from behind as he passes between those two.

"It looks like the opponent doesn't have the ability to attack ranged, and I'll take care of this place. You said you could convert me to combat personnel."

Kanae laughs confidently. Akira sent her gaze to Togami, and Togami took it and gently nodded (nodding) at Kanae and gave her permission. Kanae laughed invincibly when she confirmed it and ran all the way to the monster in front.

Above scaffolding unsuitable for fast movement covered with soil and plants, Kanae uses the scaffolding securing feature mounted on both foot gear to move quickly while maintaining a forward leaning position. The impact produced by the leg force, which could otherwise have made a big hole in the floor with recoil, is firmly supported by securing the scaffold for only a moment with a technique that applies force field armor, Forcefield Armor, and turns it into a propulsion force to the front without wastage.

Both Kanae and Monster travel at combined speeds, reducing the distance to each other to within the kill zone in an instant. A monster tries to open his mouth big enough to eat and kill Kanae. At that moment, Kanae, who was finishing his offensive posture with one hand, slapped his right fist on the head of the monster at high speed in a major move that gave priority to improving his power over cutting off his preliminary motion.

Kanae offset the impact created by the monster giant with that blow. The head of the monster is sandwiched from front to back by its own giant trying to move forward with Kanae's fists and inertia. Kanae is still not out of shape. Conversely, the monster floated its giant into space with the recoil of the collision as if it had also clashed against a giant iron mass.

Kanae wields her right fist down with her right fist reduced to the head of the monster. The head of the monster was vigorously slapped on the floor, and a giant with a thick neck clashed to the ground. The impact splashes the soil on the floor and elsewhere flashly.

Kanae slowly raises her right leg in front of a monster who has completely stopped moving. Lifting his toes higher than his head so that his slender, stretched legs were almost perpendicular, he gazed at the monster beneath his feet and laughed. At the next moment, the toe is swinging down at high speed. Leg gear with enhanced capabilities for fighting crushed the monster's head and completely crushed it.

Blood flows from the torso that has lost its head, staining the soil on the floor and dyeing the area in red and black. Kanae looked back and walked back towards Akira and the others.

"Akira boy. Togami boy. How'd it go?

Togami was dyeing his expression with perhaps a mixed surprise of praise.

"... Awesome. A boulder."

In the short words, the impact of Kanae's strength being shown again was clearly seeping.

Thogami had seen Kanae's battle at first sight even in Serantalville, but at that time he couldn't afford to observe it well, not many times. After working with Raina, Kanae basically wasn't in the fight just because he was on the side (by his side) as an escort, so he never had a chance to see that strength again.

Even while Raina and the others were in shootouts with monsters in the wilderness, Kanae often just stood by his side (by his side). I don't even have a gun to Rayna's escort. Once again, Togami understood the strength of the fighting to the extent that it was permissible.

When Kanae is satisfied with Togami's thoughts, she turns her gaze to Akira to prompt her thoughts. Akira opens her mouth with a little thought.

"Wouldn't it have been quicker to shoot him?

Kanae's face, which was satisfied, turns into something darker than dissatisfaction.

"... Akira boy. I think there's a little more appropriate response there."

Seeing Akira do so a little surprised, Kanae gave up the reply she expects after exhaling lightly.

"Oh, yeah. It's better now. Sure, Akira boy does that."

"I don't know what that means, but at least I'm sure it's not the one who likes it from me and goes beating monsters. I'd rather have a gun."

"Yes, sir. You got it."

Togami had seen Akira and Kanae send (or take) and remembered Akira's attitude, who had no interest in it, even though he had taken down the monster with the intention of showing off his work on the Bounty Neck Crusade Day. It was definitely one of these. I thought of myself back then with that in mind and smiled bitterly with a little fun.

Akira and the others go on through the ruins again, stopping just as they arrive at the site of a slightly intertwined structure. Raina is looking around to find a way to move on.

Ciori, who was on guard at Raina's side (by her side), noticed signs of the monster.

"Ma'am, please be careful."

Leaving Rayna saying so, Cioli approaches the nearby passage as she pulls out her hips knife. The sound of a giant rushing vigorously from the branched part of that passage approaches. And the same species of monster that Kanae defeated earlier popped out of the aisle.

At the next moment, the monster was severed with a blade wielded by Siori. He jumped out of the aisle, lost momentum trying to redirect towards Akira and the others, and was precisely targeted for the moment when the movement stopped. The blade, wielded at high speed, was passing thick chunks of meat in an instant so light that it called into question the entity of its giant.

Siori turns her back on the monster and quietly returns the knife to her sheath (Saya). Behind it the monster begins to shift up and down along the red line carved into the center of the giant. Then they began to split left and right, each falling to the ground in a different direction.

Akira accidentally leaks her thoughts when she sees the master's sword.

"Hmm. Brilliant."

Thank you. I'll sit down.

Siori thanked Akira for her praise. Next to it, Kanae makes an unsatisfactory face.

"... Akira boy. Why do you get that kind of compliment when you're my sister? -Is it just your sister?

What? That was awesome.

"That's not what I'm talking about. Didn't Akira boy just say I was better with guns? Have you changed your mind in this short time?

"If you're in a situation where you have to allow yourself to get that close on the terrain, the gun advantage of ranged attack goes down a lot. Depends on the life force of the monster, but shooting at close range could be bearable. I don't think you need to stick to a gun if you're confident in your arms and gear that you can kill with one knife."

"... No, it doesn't seem fair! I'm not convinced!

"Know what? That's just what I think. Nothing. You don't have to convince Kanae."

A glimpse of Siori as Raina returns to her side (by her side). I feel a little envious of the Siori praised by Akira and wonder how I could be praised if I was unconscious, and I regret that I don't have those proposals.

Raina has also learned combat techniques at close range from Siori and Kanae, and has reached quite a bit of technology. But I don't have a chance to show that here. A situation in which Raina is forced to show off that technology in action means a fatal situation in which a monster has broken through Siori and Kanae. Theori and the others will definitely force the retreat before then. Siori and the others will never allow you to offer to showcase that technology, like Kanae did earlier. Raina understood that, too.

Is there any good way? Seeing Raina unconsciously conceiving that, Siori was slightly sharpening her gaze.

Moving forward temporarily, a monster appeared again from the front. Akira and Togami put up guns. But Siori pinches his mouth before starting the interception.

"Ma'am. Can you do me a favor?

"What? Me?

"Yes, even though we both participate in the battle and are accompanied by Master Akira, it is basically an operation between the lady and Master Togami. I ask the lady primarily to explore the path, but if she assumes that someone else will do something about the monster because of it, that's all the vigilance is neglected. Please also be aware of the parties."

"It's good..."

As Raina gazed at Akira and the others, Akira and the others gazed at each other and then retreated left and right to open the ray. Put up a gun while Raina wonders a little about Siori's attitude.

Rayna's gun is large enough to be used in indoor combat but not disturbed, and is high-performance enough as a sniper gun to be a luxury product capable of firing powerful bullets with large recoil. In addition to information-gathering equipment, the aimer, which is also linked to the firing function of the gun body, has a slight hit correction function to adjust the moment of firing in order to quickly capture the long-range target into view. After calculating the difference between the position and aim of the target, the user is even discerned if the target is deliberately misaligned for traction (convulsion) purposes or if there is madness in the sniping aimed at the weak spot of the target to achieve a high degree of accuracy of shooting.

The aimer shows a vicious face with a mixture of monster killing intentions and appetite. But Rayna doesn't get upset to that extent anymore and lose her temper. Calm down, I pulled the trigger at my leisure.

The fired bullet hit precisely between the eyebrows of the running and shaking monster. It goes straight through the head and torso and pulls out rearward. Immediately dead individuals roll in the momentum. There are three enemies. It all stopped with one shot in the same way; the third body didn't even give him time to react to his fellow man's death.

When Rayna confirmed the destruction of the enemy, she exhaled gently and lowered her gun.

It's strong enough to subtract what is being helped by the performance of your gear. After evaluating Raina's shooting that way, Togami saw Akira's reaction on the side. Akira had not reacted well and had restored her gaze to perimeter alert. That's where Siori speaks.

"Dear Akira. How was it?

"What? Oh, no problem"

"... could I be interpreted as an assessment that it was excellent enough to make a point?

While Akira wonders a little bit about Siori, who pushes her oddly, she thinks lightly before answering.

"Well, you are. Destroy all one shot at that distance. No wasted ammo. I defeated him unilaterally. Isn't that enough?... I can only think of the magnitude of the cost of a bullet, the cost-effectiveness of including equipment, etc., even if they force me to do it. But now that I'm here to find an automated doll made in the old world, it would be weirder to put a peg on that, given the profits of a successful discovery. If we admit it, we'll all go beat it all up like we did just now, Kanae."

"Akira boy. Why are you taking me there as an example?

"I don't want to go along with your fighting hobbies."

Akira and Kanae are about to start a misaligned conversation. Siori tells Raina as she ignores it.

"Ma'am. You were brilliant. Akira has the same rating."

"... yeah. Thanks."

While Rayna was pleased that she was recognized for her strength, she was a little embarrassed when she realized that Siori's words and actions earlier were meant to draw Akira's words from the beginning.

Akira and the others are moving through the ruins. Though we have the information on the destination we lead to, the only specific signpost is the information on the augmented reality side that Raina sees. It is also missing some information due to the lack of performance of the analysis software. I was going very astray because of it.

I ran into a monster many times along the way, but it took five to repel without a problem. Though Togami and Raina felt comfortable with them, they did find it difficult to attack this ruin on their own. The frequency and intensity of the monster encounters are beyond those ruins, and the internal structure seems to be a maze even if only (just), in addition to the plants that thrive on walls, floors, etc., driving the sense of direction crazy. It's hard to survive if you get lost.

For once, the function of automatically generating a map of the surrounding area based on the topographical information obtained by the information-gathering device to keep abreast of the current position is operating, but it is too dangerous to use that map as a pelican. Essentially, the work of that hand is so difficult that a person called a cartographer is born. There are even ruins that change the internal structure without any foretaste. Perhaps we can only proceed with moderate faith and moderate suspicion of the correct information.

Find the remains of monsters defeated by other hunters as Akira explores. There was grass growing from the corpse. The corpse was lean and thin as if the grass had deprived him of his nourishment. Akira looks at it and looks at it.

"... you're a much quicker grass. Can't we wait till we get back to the earth?... parked outside, are you okay?

Togami answers the whining.

"They basically don't have a problem with a day or so. If you leave it at all, it seems that it is dangerous to get stuck in a tire or something. If it's a high-output car, you can pull it off, and if you force it to be cut off with fortified clothing or something, it'll be fine as long as it's not eroded to the inside."

"I heard you gave up the area outside. I saw a car."

"I guess I left it too much because I thought it would be okay. So if you noticed, you'd be stunned, and the removal work would stink? We're on a day trip, so it's okay."

"... right"

Akira was, in a way, a little more anxious about the breeding power of the plants, who were more appetizing than the carnivores. But I was also convinced by what Togami said, so I stopped worrying about it any more.

Akira and the others, who have progressed further in time, arrive in a room that looks like a spacious store trail. In the centre of the room was installed a cylindrical one, some of which was as transparent as a glass case. Raina and Togami run over there unexpectedly. Inside the transparent part of the cylinder, an elderly woman appeared.

"Raina! Is this it?!? Old world-made automatic doll! The state of preservation is perfect! Awesome!

"I feel a little different from the info, but if you found it, it's the same! Additional information on Augmented Reality says Mitsuha Zilvatech's new series for this quarter! The price is...... 18 million colones!?

"18 Million Colognes!? O, how much for an aurum conversion!?

"Wait a minute! Now, it's true that one colon is, no, that's Cologne Orum, so the ratio is actually Cologne..."

Rayna and Togami were in a hurry to reveal the joy of discovering the old world-made automatic doll. Akira and the others arrive a little late there.

"Siori! Kanae! Akira! I found it! Big achievement! Bring this back and we'll... Akira?

Akira doesn't look floated, she looks inside the transparent case with a very rugged look. Rayna lets down a little excitement when she sees how it goes.

"... uh, what's up? Aren't you happy?

Akira looks carefully in the case with a suspicious face without answering the question. And whine (crushing) with a mixed voice of doubt.

"... 3D footage?

Rayna and Togami's face is dyed by surprise again. Take out the lighting for site exploration in a calm manner and illuminate the inside of the case with strong light.

"Ma'am, unfortunately, as Akira said, this is a stereoscopic video. We don't have physical objects on display inside."

Illuminating the inside of the case with strong lighting does not change the shadow of the inside woman at all, nor does it show any shadow that would have been born on the floor or the like if the entity had existed. It's one of the hallmarks of 3D footage. Raina and Togami confirm that too. Then the expression appeared very unfortunately without distortion (boiling).

"Akira boy. You know better than that."

"If I thought I'd spotted a pile of expensive artifacts over the glass at another site before, it used to be a stereoscopic poster that just looked like it. So if I find something similar, I try to suspect it for now."

"How can a bitter experience have lived? Now your daughter has a good experience."

Watch the Raynas as Kanae laughs. The difference between joy and disappointment was so intense that it was going to take a while to recover.

Having gone a long way, and also a place of structure suitable for defense, Akira and the others decided to take a break here as they waited until Raina and Togami regained the energy to resume exploration.

Rayna and Togami sit in a chair and lay their faces down slightly at the table. The chairs and tables are prepared by Siori and are portable items that will become surprisingly small when folded. There were similarly portable drinks on the table for two people. This is also prepared by Siori.

"... right.... It can't be that easy to find.... Raina. That kind of annotation or something?

"... I don't know.... It's not my fault."

"... I know."

Although Raina and the others regained their temper to the point of zeroing their stupidity, it was still going to take a while to get their faces up.

Akira looked interesting at the 3D footage of the automatic doll. The 3D footage of the female automatic doll has a calculated aesthetic that also seems to be an advanced craft. The look looks clear, asleep, and praying. Its appearance in the universe with its toes stretched out and no support is somewhat mysterious.

Alpha looks a little dissatisfied on that side (buckwheat).

"Akira, if you're looking for eye care, you think it's better to look at me?

"No."

Then why are you looking so intrigued?

Siori takes Akira's side (buckwheat) and asks lightly.

"You seem to be watching it with a lot of enthusiasm, but are you interested in this hand automatic doll?

"Well, not that I don't, but I was just imagining a lot of things, wondering what kind of world this was like the old world I normally sold."

"Depending on the normal definition, automatic dolls are still sold normally today. If you stop by that dealership and feel the atmosphere, you might be able to imagine something close."

"Oh. I see. Some automated dolls aren't made in the old world, so think about it.... unless it's where I can stop by."

Akira laughed a little bitterly at herself for saying so. There is still an economic feeling in Akira in Slam Street. I can't get rid of the idea that if I try to get into such a fancy store, I'll be kicked out.

Siori makes a gentle voice as she wonders a little about that Akira self-derision.

"Surely it should have been open even on the upper floor of the Kugama building. I don't think Akira will be denied entry."

"... well. Heh. I wonder how much they sell."

"I'm not that familiar with the automated doll market either, but surely if you give me a billion or so aurums, you should be able to buy something of performance there if it's a product for everyday use"

Akira felt slightly bewildered by the amount of money that came naturally out of Siori's mouth.

"... uh, so what can that automatic doll do?

"You take care of yourself, like cooking and cleaning your room."

"That's expensive!

"Automatic dolls are basically luxury items."

Those who marvel at the price and those who are not surprised. Clear economic disparities existed there.

"Because it's very luxurious, I think it has a lot. Then it would definitely be cheaper to hire someone."

"Yes. Exactly. It's cheaper to let humans do it if they can. There are countless such things in the world. Hunter operation is one of them."

"... well, yeah"

Akira laughs bitterly. If sending mass-produced automated dolls to the ruins is more cost-effective, companies will definitely choose that one. I mean, hunter operations are in place because that doesn't make a lot of money.

Cheap lives are sent to the wilderness. And while we lose most of it, we make enough money across the east. That's also the truth about hunter operations.

Add a supplement when Siori realizes Akira is mocking herself again.

"Owing to his ability, the amount of damage caused by casualties, etc. was significantly reduced, resulting in a significant improvement in cost effectiveness and reaching a range where he could expect to make adequate profits even when out in the wilderness. Many of you continue to hunter with such decisions. I was wondering if Akira had reached that area."

If we keep it alive, we will make a huge profit, and if we try to kill it, we will suffer huge losses. Price calculations vary, but expensive lives, for better or worse, are treated accordingly. Even if there is no alternative to the world, if it is significantly difficult to procure substitutes, they are wanted and allowed to exist.

The cheap life that was dying in the alley of Slam Street had been rewritten to such a high price that it was appreciated by those who themselves admit it.

Akira slightly shifts her gaze when she remembers the odor of strange lighting.

…… Thank you. Sit down. "

"No."

Siori smiled as usual.

Afterwards, Akira continued to chat with Siori for a while. From time to time I felt something like an upper-class sense of life and values among Ciori's answers, and I listened to them with interest.

"We talked about the price of an automatic doll earlier, which is an automatic doll with a personality type that comes to mind when you hear it as an automatic doll. It would be an impersonal, slightly abusive explanation, but a low-cost range of products embedded with inexpensive artificial intelligence in inexpensive prosthetics would be more affordable. Performance will do the same."

"Eh, personality and non-personality both feel like artificial intelligence, is that so different?

"The boundaries of classification can be unclear and imaginary, but non-personality is close to robotics, isn't it? Even when it comes to artificial intelligence in a bite, some are specialized in board game offenses like chess. Whether you replace that with cooking, cleaning, or combat, your coping abilities, learning trends, etc. can also be close to you. It's also difficult to answer like a person. If you want that, you'll have personality. The automatic dolls that ordinary people imagine are basically personable. It's a product that sells fine versatility as close to people."

"Heh. You got a lot going on.... which is the old world-made automatic doll?

"You're personable with almost no exception. Sometimes made in the old world. Very high performance and excellent. … and because of that, a lot of trouble happens."

As Akira tried to ask about the troubles, Raina, lying on the table, raised her face with momentum. Akira and the others notice the signs, interrupt the chat and watch Rayna. Rayna forcefully declares when she drinks all the drinks that remain on the table at once.

"Yes! I'm going to die! Togami, wake up! We'll resume our quest!

Togami also wakes up slowly.

"I'll tell you what, I was just waiting for Rayna to wake up"

"Then why don't you make me sudden? You must be the leader, right?

"I stopped Rayna because she was going to be unfaithful for a while."

…… Good! I'm coming!

Copy that.

Rayna takes a seat while Togami laughs a little and suppresses her seizures. Akira and the others looked at each other lightly and laughed lightly before heading toward Raina and the others.