Rebuild World

Akira was waiting for Kibayashi's arrival as she was surrounded by a man-made weapons unit from the defense force.

Akira, who has been the prize neck of 50 billion orum, but the gouttles surrounding that prize neck normally remain on perimeter alert after finding out that the opponent is the prize neck. In a way, peaceful time was flowing.

Browse your own hunter page on an information terminal in combination with your leisure time until Kibayashi arrives. There are precautions, the wording of is small in red, and when viewing the details from there, it contained its own prize neck information.

Akira had a surprising look on her face as she recognised once again that she had indeed become a bounty neck.

"Hey Alpha. I'm a bounty neck, aren't I?

Sometimes Akira is calm in a way, and Alpha has a normal smile on her face.

"As long as you believe the information there."

'Right...'

The hunter's office account has not been frozen either. Akira's status as a hunter remained firm unchanged.

"... even if you're designated as the bounty neck, hunter registration won't erase you"

"I see."

"Even though you're a bounty neck? Is that what this is all about?

'Even if I ask. Let Kibayashi explain the area. He said he'd tell me more.'

'......, right'

I can't help thinking about it, when it was quicker to ask, Akira switched her mind.

Waiting for a while, a wilderness specification vehicle approaches from across the wilderness. The vehicle was marked prominently with a hunter's office mark, and communications were also issued informing the wider area of its existence. Kibayashi.

Then a unit of man-made weapons surrounding Akira lifts the siege and returns to the city. The last remaining gouttle leaves Akira with the external voice of the fuselage.

"We're returning. It looks like they've hung a big bounty, but don't imitate it like it's coming to the city. I don't want to go out with you. If you don't get anywhere near the city, we won't have to leave."

Akira returns a slightly grumpy voice.

"Expect someone other than me to do that. I'm just involved."

"... well"

Leaving an easy sneak of breath to guess he was smiling bitterly, Goottle's fuselage also flew away.

The vehicle stops at Akira's side (by the side) and Kibayashi descends. The exhilaration was calm when I was contacting Akira, but it hadn't even changed until she looked very upbeat.

"Good! You've been a proper adult! You were pretty nervous about killing each other with the guards before I got there, weren't you?

Akira exhales lightly and tiredly.

"... even I don't like killing each other."

Kibayashi blows up at Akira's words.

"Normally, at a time when we're killing each other with the family of founders of Lyons Tail, we like each other enough to kill each other."

Kibayashi was laughing in a good mood, even when he saw Akira showing her dissatisfied face. Then take the foldable table and chair out of the vehicle and throw it to the ground. When a disc about 20 cm in diameter fell to the ground, the disc widened and the legs grew into a table and chair.

"Well, it's not a short story to ask while explaining a lot to you. Let's eat."

Kibayashi takes the portable food out of the vehicle and leaves it at the table.

"If it's true, I'd love to talk to you in Stéliana, but I can't take you to Kugamaville right now. But even when it comes to portable food, this is also a luxury item, right? Anyway, it's for a conversation with a 50-billion-orum prize neck. It's not a substitute for concurrence. Well, as far as I'm concerned, you're good."

Kibayashi takes his seat and also urges Akira to take his seat. Akira sat down with a surprising look on her face. Then turn your gaze towards Kibayashi.

"Aside from the fact that you're okay with eating in this open wilderness, are you okay with inviting me to have dinner in a place like this on my bounty neck?

"I'm fine. Miscellaneous fish monsters around here have disappeared in the aftermath of your battle, and hunters trying to hunt you can't get their hands on you while you're eating with me. I'm going to explain why I can't get my hands on it. Well, if you don't trust me, I can't help it. You want to stop talking while you eat and hang out in the wilderness?

Akira shut up and hung up her portable food seal. From the container at room temperature, a warm meat dish appears as if you have just finished cooking this way. When I put it in my mouth using a prepared fork, it conveyed to my tongue a delicacy not inferior to the cuisine of a luxury store.

"... yummy!

"It's a luxury product."

Kibayashi turned a pleasant smile on Akira, who showed a listening attitude, and cut her cell phone food seal herself.

"Well, we have a lot to talk about, but let's start with your situation. I'll ask you some questions, but I need you to finish asking me the whole thing."

Akira was not distracted by gastronomy by the boulders, but she was snorting while carrying food into her mouth.

Kibayashi saw how it was, and he laughed at how much he could afford it.

Hunters hunt. The prize neck is basically a monster. However, when a powerful monster that deviates from the difficulty of the surrounding area emerges and inhibits circulation in the east, etc., there are only many opportunities for distributors to hang large prizes on the target and hope for prompt elimination, and the prize neck system itself is only one type of simplified request that does not require a request acceptance process. Therefore, the object of hanging the prize money is not limited to monsters. Eligible for both people and organizations.

Also, if the subject is a monster, it is basically aimed at extermination, so the conditions for payment of the prize are often the subject of death. However, the condition of not questioning life or death, or only catching life, can also be set, and is used in cases where a monster is to be secured as a research object.

This is the same even if the subject is a human. You should kill him if you want to let him get away with it, but if possible, I want to tie him up and pull the information out. In such cases, the prize money can be hung regardless of life or death. If you want to catch someone who escaped due to some circumstance, you will often only catch them alive.

Akira has her bounty hanging for life and death. However, the reduction of the prize money due to the target death has not been set, so even though the prize neck is a bit of a killer, I know that it is a measure because I want Akira to be hunted.

And just because it's a prize neck doesn't mean that it's a prize neck will deprive you of any rights or impose any restrictions.

Suppose a hunter kills an unquestionable bounty neck inside the wall. In that case, the prize money itself is paid, but the crime as murder is also firmly tried, and even if the opponent has a prize neck, the murder is guilty of murder. Ning will pay the price for being treated as a murder for gold purposes, which makes him more guilty and significantly worsens security within the fence. Even outside the walls are treated similarly if that is the security compartment of a private security company, etc.

There's no problem if we get permission from the policing side, but at least we need that procedure in advance. In addition, because it is a prize neck, permission is not granted unconditionally. Being a bounty neck yourself does not mean granting a murder permit to those who target themselves.

This is the same even if it was the Unified Enterprise that hung the prize money. Even if Hunter's identity was erased at the same time as the prize neck certification, that was because he was hostile enough to hang the prize money from the Unified Enterprise, not because he became the prize neck. Even if the prize money was suspended from downhill heavy industry, it wouldn't be like freezing a hunter's office account. Because the Hunter Office is also under the control of the other five largest companies.

In other words, Akira as a bounty neck was simply hostile to Lyons Tail Corp. to the point that she could hang as much as 50 billion aurums of prize money, which was neither more nor less.

Akira looked as if she had clapped out somewhere after hearing so much about it.

"I don't know, if the prize money hangs, there's nothing I can do about it as much as I thought."

Kibayashi is laughing at that Akira reaction.

"Well, they just hung the prize money from the company. Perhaps you had to think about being chased all over the East as a so-called (so-called) criminal at the time of the prize neck, even to exile to Central, but that's not true. Only slightly more people try to kill you for money. Still, it's usually unfortunate."

"There have been a lot of people trying to kill me for money since I was in Slam Street. Well, my forehead's increased, but it's not that big of a difference."

Kibayashi puts his hand on his mouth and enjoys not blowing out food and drink in his mouth before continuing.

"Hunters after 50 billion aurum are no different than robbers in Slam Street for you? Nice! Really good! Yeah, I got to get rid of this!

Kibayashi was very satisfied with Akira's words and actions, which were judged insane by the general thoughts and sensations of the east.

After taking Akira's explanation as the prize neck and finishing without daring (ah), I move on to the monster certification description.

Even Akira's sense of monster certification is harmful. Because with this certification, policing organizations in Kugamayama cities have to treat Akira as a monster.

Naturally, the city's defense forces must also eliminate civilian security companies contracted with the city as having been invaded by monsters if there are monster certified subjects in the security area. Of course (of course), killing monster certified targets doesn't make the city look like a problem. Because it's a monster.

This monster certification is essentially only permitted for the governing companies of the east and is carried out as a passive treatment to the hostiles. The aim is to get them out of the certified source area, and in the case of Akira, if they leave the economic zone of the Kugamayama city, the city will not interfere any further either. Even if the certified source is the five largest companies, it is necessary to escape to the areas controlled by the other five largest companies.

Akira also looked down on this explanation. Both the house and the Sizka store are in Kugamayama City, but just being close to the city is definitely going to engage the defense forces. And it is certain that at the time of engagement it will change from passive hostility to active hostility. I don't mind, but I have to make a choice if I have to. While Akira is worried, I'll get confirmation.

"Can you interpret that Kugamayama City has turned to its enemies?

"Well, don't rush to judgment. Sure, you're monster certified by Kugamayama City, but it could be revoked. And if you check the details of the credentials properly, you'll know that it's not Kugamayama City that actually processed the credentials. So maybe the city isn't willing to fight you either."

"What do you mean?

"Monster certification is possible only with the authority of the governing company, but this time it is implemented as an additional process for the application for registration of the prize neck. And the application comes from Lyons Tail. You're close to a guy named Inave, the city executive, right? Inabe would definitely stop that monster certification of yours if it were normal. If you rub it with him, he'll never rub it with your lover Cheryl, and he'll be in the way of selling artifacts in Slam Street. There's Inabe running the relics from the Tsubaki management compartment over there. I would never crush that money measure from myself."

Technically, it's not like Akira left it to Cheryl to do anything around it. However, I thought that rubbing with myself would certainly affect you, so Akira stopped pointing it out.

"But monster certification is out there. There's pressure from big companies, and there's no way to be a city, is there?

"That's not true. Well, if the eastern headquarters of Lions Tail threatened the city of Kugamayama, it could be. The size of the company is too different for boulders. Cities won't be able to turn it down either. However, the application has been filed by the Eastern District III Branch of Lyons Tail. Still, even though the size of the company is bigger than the Kugamayama city, the city will not succumb to the extent that pressure has been exerted by the branch. Though the region's medium-sized governing firms from across the east, the city of Kugamayama is also meant to be. Plus, we've been up and running lately on the Kuzsuhara City Ruins example artifact deal. There's no reason to surrender entirely to a branch of Lyons Tail."

"Then why am I monster certified?

"Guess what, Lions Taylor did something when they applied for the prize neck registration. The one you were chasing, Chloe, from Lyons Tail? He's in Kugamayama City now, but he's not being held as a customer from Lyons Tail, he's being held as an urban raider. Around there?

Kibayashi went on to supplement Akira, who has a untouched face of understanding, by prejudging it to be nothing more than his own guess.

Inabe, who received a report about Akira in the city's executive room, is furious. The object of anger is Udajima.

The notification to Akira only states that the city has monster-certified Akira, but information inside the city gives more details. As an accompaniment to Akira's prize neck application, it stated that Udajima had monster-certified Akira as an agent of the city. On top of that, an ex post application had been filed with the Hunter's Office from the Eastern District III Branch of Lyons Tail, which also stated that it had been accepted.

"Call Udajima! Right now!

"Already implemented, but not answering calls"

"Then take him, no, it doesn't matter if he's in custody!

Inabe's men wandered slightly.

"He's also an executive class person in the city. I think there will be a problem with boulders if they are restrained to such an extent that they do not respond to the call..."

"I don't mind! Do it! I'm responsible! If you don't even know where you are, you can hang up the nomination arrangements! Do what you can with my authority!

Copy that, sir.

My men rush ahead with the process. Inabe lets down her anger as she sees how it is, and gives her a rugged look instead.

"Udajima, what are you imitating? Are you going to be totally hostile to me? Now? I don't know."

Udajima's intentions could not be read, and Inabe was smiling.

Chloe was under house arrest in a room within the walls of the Kugamayama city. Unless you can't leave the room and are not allowed to rendezvous with the Lattices, the large interior is well equipped with a communication environment and free of disabilities.

It's been a long time since I've had a sip of the prepared tea myself, and zero (spill) dissatisfaction with its flavour.

"Yummy (first). No, I'd like you to have something of higher quality for the Lawrence clan, even though it's for the house arrest room."

Now move your gaze to the teacup. The general feeling in the east is that it is classified as a luxury product, but it was not something that satisfied Chloe.

"Cups and saucers are cheap. That's a lot of cruelty."

After expressing that dissatisfaction, Chloe smiles with pleasure.

"Well, I don't have a choice. Let the cruelty of this treatment be evidence that the city of Kugamayama takes me seriously as an urban raider."

Tea with notes on the cup is also luxurious enough for the general feel of the east. The door of the room opened up vigorously when I put it back on the table that it wasn't worth a sip of it. And when I saw that the person I expected came in with the attitude I expected, Chloe smiled elegantly at him.

"I think it's polite to knock, even though this one's in a position to interrupt, right?

Seeing Chloe's spare attitude, Udajima, who came into the room, had desperately contained her anger. I had already noticed that Chloe's attitude at the time of the investigation was an act, but when I saw Chloe's expression smiling (cheeks) with even elegance towards me, my emotions of being deceived had sprung up yet again, and I was struggling to contain it.

"... you did it! What are you imitating? What are you going to do!?

After Chloe finds out, she can be tranced.

"About what?

"Don't be ridiculous! I'm not gonna tell you I don't know!

"Even if they say so. If it's not some sort of coarse induction interrogation, it would help if you could be more specific."

Udajima accidentally grabbed Chloe's chest and pulled up. Chloe's legs are off the floor, but Chloe still smiles without moving the shards.

"This is the inside of the wall. For your own sake, we do not recommend hands-on imitation. Well, if you ever plan to be kicked out of the wall, be my guest."

Executives of Kugamayama cities grab the chest of executives of other companies within the walls of their cities. It is a clear scandal, both in the sense that it sells fights to policing the cities it belongs to, and as an attitude towards those of other companies with larger economies. Udajima understood about that, too, but couldn't contain it.

But even beating Chloe here would make her position worse. I could really get kicked out of the wall. That understanding held Udajima back in critical fashion. Keep your hands off Chloe and make an effort to keep calm by repeatedly breathing deeply.

In contrast, Chloe had her collar straightened with an extra smile on her face.

"So, what do you want to hear?

"... you must be the one who made me a monster certifier for a hunter named Akira"

"Yes. It's me. Technically, it means that you stated that in your prize neck application and filed an application via Lyons Tail. So the hunter's office is responsible for scrutinizing the validity of the application."

"I know that! You're asking me why you made me a certifier of your own accord! Why did you imitate that?

"Even if they say so on their own. Even though I've repeatedly received confirmation from you, I have trouble accepting it."

"What...!?

"I repeatedly took confirmation as to whether it was good to consider your decision as the will of a Kugamayama city, whether you made me an urban raider after figuring it out, or whether you really didn't have to undo it. I also attached that record at the time of application. On top of that, the Hunter's Office must have determined that you fully understood the confirmation. So, along with the prize neck certification, I also passed the monster certification. I don't think I have to check."

Chloe turns her spare smile (cheeks) to Udajima, who is eating and tying her teeth and suppressing her anger.

"If you are dissatisfied with the Hunter's Office's decision, please contact the Hunter's Office for the protest. I don't care if you tell me. I'm sorry, sir. Unfortunately, I don't have the authority to override the hunter's office decision either."

Udajima was staring at Chloe. But give in to the situation, with a rugged look but a haste and a plea on his face.

"... what do you want? What's the point of hunting me down? If Lyons Taylor hangs the prize money, that should be enough to hunt down that hunter named Akira. Even if it's a monster certification for that hunter, you can formally request the city to cooperate. You shouldn't have to resort to such deceptive means to make a futile enemy of the city, including me."

"Just the result of a lot of thought, let me answer. Besides, I personally do not intend to be hostile to you. We want to take Ning's hand and work together."

"What?

Chloe laughs slightly at Udajima with an unexpected look on her face.

"You're caught up in the ploy of a man named Inabe, and you're being driven to an idle position, aren't you?

"Hey, say what..."

"Do you want the power to get out of that predicament? If you help me, I'll help you improve your position, too, won't I?

In addition to the surprise that Udajima was being looked into so much about herself, she withdrew reluctantly to Chloe's attitude, smiling (cheeks) as if she were on her side. I get a notification there. Upon confirmation of the contents, it was from the city's security department, and after informing them once again that they had been called by Inabe, it was a warning that if they ignored the call any more, they would move to Udajima's custody as the security department.

The rush floats colorfully on Udajima's face. There is no doubt that Inabe will just pursue the blame where she appeared in large numbers. It makes no sense if they believe that they have been deceived. But if you ignore the call for no more reason, you could really be detained by the Security Department and seen as clearly hostile to the city of Kugamayama. Udajima had been cornered.

So Chloe laughs and tells him.

"Actually, I'm getting calls from above, too. But now that I'm under house arrest, it's been a remote conference in virtual reality. I'm about to start, if it's appropriate, why don't you join me? The directors of the Eastern District III Branch of Lions Tail are among the first (about) directors. I think it's a good opportunity to connect our people to each other? If you said you were at our meeting, wouldn't that also explain why you couldn't respond to the call?

Various surprises, skepticism, confusion, and confusion arise in Udajima's face, mixing it up, and distorting its face.

"... how did you know?

that the earlier notice is a robust call from Inave; That you need a reason not to answer that call. Udajima dared (ah) to skip and ask back the part about why she knew those backgrounds, with an exploration of what she knew and how she grasped them.

In contrast, Chloe laughs and answers with a face she knows everything about.

"It's just a guess. Don't worry. I didn't do anything about you. I didn't do anything about it."

Udajima could not believe it at a time when she was known for her and Inabe's tenacity. I shut up with a very harsh look on my face.

"So, what do we do? Would you like to attend the meeting?

Udajima gets slightly lost. However, when I refused to participate, I decided that things would not improve at all, and after finding out that they were being driven as intended, I made the decision to ride the intent of the person who could not read the intent.

"... let's say it's sweet with courtesy"

"Thank you. I'll sit down. Shall I join you soon, then? As a matter of fact, the meeting itself was already past the scheduled time, and reminders had been received earlier."

Chloe laughed with pleasure at Udajima, who had a surprising (keen) face that reinforced her confusion.

Inabe, who received a report from the city's security department, is distorting her face.

The security department tried to move to secure Udajima, as Inabe had requested. But the Udajima was in a room with Chloe under house arrest, and he was at a remote conference at Lyons Tail. At that point, Chloe's house arrest room had been inaccessible to officials in Kugamayama City due to city-to-city arrangements applying confidential information protection provisions.

Differences in the limits of the areas loaned to downhill heavy industry are observed in so many similar provisions. Even the security department in the city of Kugamayama had to consider hostility with Lyons Tail if it stepped in on its own, a two-legged situation.

Inabe also moved to check the situation, but only found out that Lyons Tail had a meeting using the virtual reality feature and that Chloe and Udajima were participating from that room.

"... what do you mean? Why is Udajima attending the Lyons Tail meeting? No way, Lyons Tail is cooperating with Udajima? Stupid, there's a reason I told him that..."

While continuing his ideas for the situation, Inabe chose to take it (a) and look at it still. Meetings don't last forever either. You can have security personnel in front of the room to secure Udajima at the same time as the end of the meeting and detain them if necessary. That's what I decided.

Although I have a bad feeling about it, that was the limit that Inabe could do with her own authority.

A huge circular table is placed inside an infinitely sprawling room. The conference seats in this virtual space are for ten people. In addition to Bellatram, the branch manager of Chloe and the Eastern District III branch of Lyons Tail, the factions to which Chloe belonged were seated. There are a few empty seats, but people suddenly show up there and the seats are filled.

There are no Udajima seats. He stands beside Chloe with a nervous face. It accurately captured the expressions of all participants and could not stand the gaze of reprimand directed at them by executives of large companies, albeit branches. Function is a meeting place close to augmented reality, subtly shifting the gaze to the real side and managing to withstand it.

Chloe, on the other hand, was flat. He even laughed slightly, even though he was being harshly gazed at by people of several ranks in the company.

Bellatram opens his mouth where all his seats have been filled as others find themselves confused by Chloe's tattered attitude.

"Shall we begin? Presentation of the agenda would not be necessary. Chloe Leverant Lawrence. Let's hear the explanation."

Chloe answers sorry after figuring out what the other person means by words.

"We apologize deeply for the delay in contacting you due to this circumstance and delaying you until the meeting. But with you in custody as an urban raider, I just want you to understand that I did everything I could. In addition, it is your Udajima who has certified me as an urban raider, but Udajima also has something you cannot pull off as a person serving in the city of Kugamayama. Please understand that this is a judgment…"

Another executive roughs up his voice.

"I don't care about that! Are you kidding me?

Chloe dares to (ah) shake her head wide and sideways.

"No, that never happens. We fully understand that we have been delayed in contacting you and have wasted your valuable time"

"I'm saying that response itself is a joke! Are you insane about what you say and do in this meeting?

Chloe was distorting her face as confused as the noise increased with the voice of condemnation and her gaze at herself became more severe. So Bellatram opens his mouth again.

"I don't know what the intent is to imitate that, but if we're going to continue that attitude any longer, we won't have to continue this meeting either. I will never see you again. I hope it decays fully outside the walls. On top of that, let's just hear it again, one last time. Explanation?"

Bellatram's final announcement quiets the scene back. Chloe's position ends if she misbehaves next. Everyone at the meeting, including Chloe, understood that. Chloe answers on that.

"With all due respect, I have no idea what I need an explanation for. But if that's about handling Olivia's card, dealing with the hunter named Akira that comes with it, applying for a prize neck, monster certification, etc., I still don't need an explanation."

With the venue completely quiet back, Bellatram turns his gaze and expression toward death row inmates just before execution to Chloe.

"Right. I don't think that word can be undone."

Chloe laughed and relayed her gaze toward the finished.

"Of course (of course) I will sit down. Never undo it. Anyway, that's what Alice wants."

In those words, the place went all the way at once.