Rebuild World

It's been a week since Akira became the prize neck. The gear for the front line hasn't arrived yet. And so far, no one had shown up to hunt Akira. Akira, who was killing time chatting with Alpha at the rendezvous point with Hikaru, was leaning (blushing) her neck in a strange way.

'I don't know, you're a clap out. You've got a prize of 50 billion aurums hanging on you, so I thought that was already coming at you a lot. You just haven't found him because he's hiding properly? But Shiloh found me. "

Nothing happens when there is no wonder that something happens is just a foretaste of bad luck, not luck. Alpha laughs as usual at Akira, whose experience has stained such thoughts.

'I guess he has some special way of searching because he's an agent of downhill heavy industry. What Akira hasn't found is that it's probably impossible for a normal hunter to do the same thing. "

"I hope so."

Akira also asked Shiloh how she found herself. But I refused because I was told that it was an advanced technology that was not out there in general, and that if I were to teach it, I would lend it enough. Even if the exact search method is unclear, Shiloh himself will be pursued, and there are plans that if discovered, he will tell us more than accompanying us, because in addition there may be no effective way to deal with it.

That ended Akira's slight interest in just giving Shiloh some joy.

"I wish he taught me a lot too and stacked up lending to Akira, but I wonder if he's even being mean. Or do you have an idea?"

"Hmm. I don't care how much you owe me, but you're looking at the opportunity to make a big loan that's going to be trading material." Maybe you don't dare to make a small loan for that time.

'Surely that is not a negotiating instrument either. Although I don't think it's an effective means against Akira. "

One wilderness vehicle came from across the wilderness in the middle of a chat. Akira and the others stopped chatting and went on alert.

Hikaru and the others were aiming for a place to negotiate with Akira aboard a wilderness spec vehicle bearing the Kugamayama City mark.

It is now wide open in the type of vehicle that can open the top of the vehicle, including the roof. Still, sand and dust (dust) do not enter the vehicle thanks to the weak deployed force field armor Force Field Armor. And since the inside of the car is well visible from the outside, it is becoming clear to me that the occupants are only Hikaru, Elena and Sarah.

Hikaru was a little less comfortable going outside the fence because of his experience with inter-city transport vehicles. I wanted to spend as much time inside the walls as I could, even outside the walls of an intercity transport vehicle that was said to have an equivalent security system within the walls. Sometimes if it's true, Inabe gave me high authority now, so much so that I wanted to borrow troops from the city's defense forces and put them on escort.

But because of the extra personnel, Akira was wasting her guard and thought it was the end of the line. Instead, they were paying Elena and the others for high-performance equipment to the point of being excessive as a reward advance. It is a powerful substitute in the vicinity of Kugamayama city by the time it is out of place, and it is something that cannot be provided due to limitations such as hunter rank. It was in the process of fulfilling a special request involving urban defense, on which it was forced to pass a special provision as a temporary loan. The plane and TOSON (Torson) were also involved to provide instantly available luxury goods.

Wearing fairly old-world-style design gear with such a background, Elena and the others dress unsurprisingly judged to be hunters flowing mostly from the east. Elena and the others are hunters too. Usually, wearing high-performance gear would exalt me somewhat, but sometimes I went to see Akira, who became the prize neck, and she showed a slightly nervous appearance without being able to afford to float.

The vehicle shakes gently as you progress through the wilderness. Elena driving made her face slightly suspicious, but there was no major reaction to the anti-foe device, etc. We decided that even the larger rubble would have stepped on it, and then we double-checked the condition of the vehicle and asked Hikaru in the back seat.

"Mr. Hikaru. It's almost where I'll meet Akira, but I'll check again (just in case). Is the vehicle's wide area general purpose communication good as it is?

Communications are currently being sent from vehicles indicating that they are officials of Kugamayama City. Naturally, if the hunter targeting Akira was in the receiving zone, if he joins Akira like this, he will tell him where Akira is.

"Yes. I was pretty worried.... At Elena's discretion, it's safer to hang up, is it?

"I'm sorry. Listen to me. What, but I don't get it either"

If you meet Akira without sending a call, even if a hunter targeting Akira attacks Akira during negotiations, he didn't know that he was negotiating with Kugamayama City, etc., will pass. Transmission is also a countermeasure that does not make you say that you did not know.

Ensure the safety of Akira by covering up the negotiations themselves or by using the influence of the Kugamayama city even if they are informed of their location. To those two choices Hikaru chose the latter after worrying as an official of the city.

Elena also thought about which she would do as a negotiator for the team. But it was not a circumstance in which previous experience could be guessed, and no conclusion had been drawn.

"What do you think of Sarah?

"Me? I don't know either. So much so that Akira can decide."

"Is that me? I think it's good to stay like this."

"Really? Then keep it up,... hmm?

Elena and the others look strange. That's where the voice continues.

"Mr. Elena. Keep the car running properly without stopping. If you can, please feel like you're moving to the negotiating place."

Elena smiles bitterly.

"... ok. So, when did you get in?

"Just now, sir."

Akira unraveled the camo and revealed herself. I shout out unexpectedly in surprise at Akira, where Hikaru suddenly appeared next to me.

"What? Hey!? Yep!?

"Hikaru. Shut up. I'm trying to sneak in on you, so don't make a scene."

That's how Akira pointed it out, and Hikaru shut up as she nodded her face only for what she had suppressed her voice.

Sarah laughs bitterly for fun.

"Elena. Didn't you notice as an opponent?

"I didn't realize. Akira. How did you get in here?

To Elena, who smiled bitterly as well, Akira laughs somewhere fun.

"I was waiting on the side (by the side) of the car's travel route while hiding using the camo feature. So, I jumped on it with as little impact as possible. And then we quietly moved to the back seat."

"For once, there must have been a deployed force field armor, Forcefield Armor?

"If it's a slightly windy one, you can put it in slowly. If it's the one with detection, we'll find out, but it looks like the one in this car was different. Sorry to surprise you. Give me a break for being so vigilant."

When Akira says that at a mild pace, Elena answers in a meaningful way as if she were.

"I'm good, but what about my client?

Akira's gaze is directed at Hikaru. Akira's reassuring attitude is evidence that the other party is also taking a positive view of this negotiation and is not hostile to ourselves. When Hikaru told himself to stay calm, complaining about being surprised just had to exhale loudly.

"Akira has more room than anything else for a $50 billion prize neck."

"Hi."

Akira gave her spare smile back to Hikaru, who replied intentionally disliked her. Elena and the others had a fun smile on her face.

The air in the car was loose in a good way, but if you can't get a taste of it forever, Akira switches her mind and encourages her to get down to business.

"So Hikaru, he wants to talk about cleaning up this case peacefully..."

Hikaru also switches his mind and squeezes his face tight. I was just giving a serious and serious atmosphere a strong thought that there really was no later when I jeopardized this negotiation.

"That's right. Let me ask Akira how it happened again. I know what's going on, too, but what I'm trying to tell you is just information via a third party. Let me know what's going on, including Akira's perception. Honestly. Because being deceived there just makes it easier. Please."

"Okay."

As I was told, Akira spoke honestly. And only for that matter did Hikaru become the feather holding his head. I mourn thoughtfully in my mind when I think of something that looks like a pulled smile.

(... how can I be so calm?)

As for Hikaru, I wanted to move on in the direction of conceding even if Akira had nothing more to do with him than that he was a big company like Lyons Tail. Akira would also be dissatisfied, but she believed it best to persuade the boulders (just as well) to oppose Lyons Tail and move forward with the peace negotiations reluctantly.

But I spoke straight from Akira, and I realized I couldn't do that. Akira had no shards (shards), such as her intention to concede Chloe's death, and hiding without going to kill now was only waiting to get front-line gear on a recommendation from Kibayashi, and as soon as she got the gear, she was certain that Chloe would go to kill even if she wanted to stay inside the fence. If we tried to stop it badly, we would have been seen as enemies and even feared that we would be killed together.

Elena and Sarah, who were listening together, also had a bitter laugh. But at the same time, I thought it seemed like Akira and gave up that persuasion would be futile. Akira was once a man who entered the stronghold of the Huge Prison Party in Slam Street (to kill Suri). I was convinced in a way that Akira's strength and the size of his enemies were not comparable by then, but that what he was doing was the same, had not changed.

Hikaru's face is even more distorted and troubled. But the words that seemed to persuade Akira didn't come to mind at all.

Akira is not the kind of person to back down because the enemy is a big company in the first place. If Akira is someone who understands conservation in a certain way, like pulling back heavily there, she should be abandoning herself for protection when she is mistaken for an old realm connector belonging to downhill heavy industry in a transport vehicle. Hikaru thought so and was grinning bitterly that he was being tormented by the elements that once saved him.

Akira waited silently for Hikaru's reply. However, even if I waited a while, I still wondered if there was any way to make it easier, and I thought it was time to cut it off.

But that's where Hikaru moves.

"Akira. Wait a little longer."

So I took out the information terminal and connected it to Inave. And when I explained the situation with my own judgment, I then pointed the information terminal at Akira. From there comes the voice of Inave.

"Long time no see. Akira."

Hikaru's conclusion on this occasion was to first turn to his boss's judgment. There's nothing I can do. It's useless to hold your head alone. Even if we continue to think in this setting any longer, the emptiness will just continue. Then I thought I would have to talk to someone and encourage a change in my mind.

"Perhaps it would be better if I went straight to see him, but I was busy adjusting internally. Instead, I made Hikaru turn. Let's have an acknowledgement there. Well, let's leave it there. Hikaru told me about the situation. So I have a suggestion to make it easier for you to settle things."

"What?"

Hikaru sees hope in Inabe's words and puts expectations on his face. But as soon as I heard the words that followed, the look of anticipation on on its face blew away with the extra shock.

"Is it possible to ask you to assassinate Chloe Leverant?

"(a), Inabe section manager!?

Hikaru was unexpectedly vocal about the unexpected and outrageous proposal. Akira was a little surprised sometimes for the second time.

"Why are you asking me to do that?

"It's a good idea to ask you to solve the situation in a relatively calm way. Let's be honest. I can't be on your side on this one. I even think it's stupid to do extra imitations."

The story of Inave continues, leaving room for (approx.) Hikaru, who hastily hesitates to say what to say.

"My being completely on your side in this case means agreeing to an all-out war with Lyons Tail as an executive of Kugamayama City, an intercompany war not in economic terms but in terms of force. Sorry, but I can't do that."

"Well, I guess"

Akira nodded lightly convinced, and Hikaru was also surprised by the reaction.

"We therefore need a choice of the next good. I can't be on your side, but I'm not even going to turn you around on the enemy. But if you leave the situation alone, you will raid Kugamayama City with front-line gear to kill Chloe. We need intervention."

Elena, Sarah and Hikaru were both listening as they revealed Akira and Inabe's story. Top executives in the city have issued requests for the assassination of executives from other companies. It's a big problem at this point.

Elena and the others in particular are external hunters, even though they are employed by the city via Hikaru. I wonder if it's okay to keep listening to this story. But now that it was too late to close his ears, he listened carefully, even though he did not seep a little nervousness in his face.

And the story further strengthens the extent of the problem.

"There it is. I wonder how I can stop that. The answer is simple. Either you die, Chloe dies, or you die. And considering me and you, let's make a concession here that Chloe should die."

"Thank you."

"What, I don't mind. Then how do I kill him, but I'll cooperate somewhat too. Either we sneak you inside the fence, or we kick Chloe out of the city. As far as I'm concerned, I want to choose the latter (to make things easier). This is the killing of you and Chloe in the first place. I really want you to stop (or stop) involving Kugamayama cities. I know you've been burned to make as much noise out of Kibayashi as possible, but all you have to do is entertain him. Stop."

"If Chloe's out of town, I don't have to fight the defense, and if I sneak inside the fence, I'm not gonna go in from the front."

"That's good"

Hikaru was trembling and listening to Akira and Inabe's story, which continued at a mild rate. My own boss has issued an assassination request to someone from another company, and has even offered to cooperate. After this story has been executed, if the involvement of the city side leaks to Lyons Tail, it could develop into an inter-city war. In terms of the lower-ranking officials in the city, the content was likely to be erased just because they heard it.

But I can't say I'm irrelevant. Hikaru was panicking about what was left of him. And what surprises Hikaru even more comes out of Akira's mouth.

"Uh, I'll tell you first, I refuse that request"

"Why?

"I've told the one who did the same request before, I kill Chloe at my will. I don't want to put the will of others in there, even in the form of a request. And it's also because that's why I'm turning down the request once. Oh, but it helps to get me inside the fence, or to kick Chloe out of the city. I'll kill Chloe just because she won't take it as a favor."

"The request also meant accepting the position of complicity. Well, it would be helpful if you could take sole responsibility for Chloe's assassination. That's fine then. So let's be a little more specific…"

Things continue to shock Hikaru's spirit, such as Akira turning down the request and finding out from another person that a similar request was made. Then there was a further situation that seemed to stab Hikaru in the ordinary mind.

Shortly before that, Akira had received a reading from Shiloh.

"Akira! Run now! We're surrounded!

Akira looks around reflexively. But I couldn't find anything like it.

"Alpha?"

"There's no such reaction to my enemy range.... from the outside! Be careful!

A shell landed a little late and blew the perimeter a long way from the vehicle. Using that as an opportunity, the perimeter of the vehicle, extensive, is shelled one after the other. An explosion sounds continuously all over the area, and the winding dust splashes flashly.

The accuracy of the shelling is poor, and it's a big mess (oops) as if they were shooting appropriately. But it is shelled one after the other to make up for it with the number of shells. Besides, he was shot from all directions of the vehicle.

"Sarah!"

"I know!

Elena performs information gathering around the vehicle with new equipment to accurately grab (one) the orbit of countless dropping shells. Based on that information, Sarah will accurately intercept shells that could hit the vehicle.

Sarah's right-hand gun had a lens muzzle, not a hole. The directional energy emitted from it reacts with a colorless mist in the atmosphere to draw an arrow-like trajectory of light that explodes through a falling giant grenade. A large quantity of mass bullets fired from the gun on the left hand side strike directly at another shell, twisting and bending its orbit and flying the bullet in an unsolicited direction.

Akira also joins the interception immediately. Share the interception range without consulting with Sarah to ensure the safety of the vehicle. Hikaru was shouting at the limits of his normal mind at the excess succession of surprises as shells poured down massively, explosions and flames razed everywhere, explosions scratched (or disturbed) the atmosphere in the air, and the impact of the landing blasted and wound up dirt and sand on the ground.

"Already! What the heck!? What the hell!

"Shiloh! Where's the enemy? Send me your position!

'I sent it! Anyway, get out of the siege! Keep it that way, it's much more targeted!

Akira looks at the image of the position of the enemy sent by Shiloh. Countless points indicating the position of the enemy surrounded themselves by drawing a circle about three kilometers in diameter.

(... That's a bounty neck, so don't come teaming up and knocking me down!

Even when Shikarabe and the others defeated Tankrantula, they were challenging the bounty neck crusade after gathering people well in advance to prepare a crusade team. I was in as one of them myself. The hunters didn't quite hit me because I needed time to make that braid. Akira laughs when she realizes it now.

At that time, they used to fire with everyone from a distance to destroy powerful monsters as safely as possible. Now I'm being done the same thing. The opponent intends to abandon the hitting accuracy, take a distance and surround it, and continue the shelling without leaving and keeping a constant distance. That's why the enemy's shelling accuracy is so sweet. That's what Akira understood.

Each reaction of the enemy's placement image, which is still being sent by Shiloh, continues to move (to) place Akira and the others in the center of the surrounding circle. Still, it is difficult to maintain a circular encirclement net due to terrain, etc., and there were spots (mullets) in the thickness of the encirclement as well.

Akira asks Alpha to tell us the fragile (fighty) part of the siege, pointing in that direction.

"Mr. Elena! Please proceed that way!

Elena cuts the car's path back in the direction Akira instructed. Hikaru's scream grew louder at the sudden change of direction.

Inabe tells him in a calm voice, who perceived the situation from the sound transmitted over the information terminal.

"Raid. Akira, let's talk about this another time. Hikaru, you must leave the scene and return to the city now."

"And are you returning to the city!? But now this vehicle also has Akira in it..."

Hikaru overheard that he could not take Akira, who was monster certified, back to the city. But Inabe tells me exactly how to deal with it.

"Leave me."

"Huh!?

Hikaru shouted unwittingly at the ruthless judgment, and Elena and the others distorted their faces in disgruntlement.

And Akira says lightly.

"Mr. Elena. Never stop. Keep going at full speed."

"Of course! Let's get out of here together......,......!?

There are no shards (shards) that I intend to leave Akira behind. Elena turned her face to Akira, laughing forcefully to show that. And surprised. Akira was jumping out of the car from herself.

"Akira!? Do what..."

If Elena hadn't been told not to stop the car just before, she would have stopped the car reflexively.

Should I turn back and pick up Akira now? But Akira jumped from herself. Will Akira ride as she returns? Elena gets so slightly lost, she tries to make a decision. But before that, Akira's voice, which is already very far from the vehicle, leaves Hikaru's information terminal.

"Mr. Elena. Again, don't stop, just keep going."

Elena's face was distorted and she heard a distress seep from her mouth.

"... Akira, is that good?

"Elena and the others are contracting to escort Hikaru, aren't they? Then we have to prioritize you. If you're a hunter, you have to do your job right."

Akira's voice was calm. Somewhere bright. Elena, who is constantly forced to make decisions as the leader of the team, reinforces her bitter look when she hears it. And Sarah laughed firmly in place of her best friend.

"Okay. Akira, leave Hikaru to us."

"Excuse me. Please. When Hikaru dies, there are fewer routes to negotiate with the city, so I'm having a bit of trouble too. The siege should be the loosest in that direction, but they should be looking to hunt a 50 billion aurum bounty neck at once. Be careful."

Sarah returns a bright, spare voice to Akira's voice, who seems sorry.

"It's okay. Actually, we got some awesome equipment from the city as an advance on this request. With that, it's as easy as breaking through a loose siege."

To Sarah's care, Akira also dares (ah) return a bright voice.

"Really? Actually, I'm planning on getting some awesome gear later."

"Really? Then let's take it slow again while we brag about each other's gear."

"Right. See you next time."

Yes, leaving a promise of reunion, Akira's voice disappeared from the information terminal. At the same time, accelerate the car so Elena can shake out her mood.

"... Elena. Let's do our job. We can't even seem to do our job, so Akira can stay here."

"... right. All right. Sarah."

Elena also manages to regain her mind with the encouragement of her best friend. And smile as hard as you can to convey it.

Sarah also smiles lightly and gives it back, then laughs deeply.

"That's why, Elena. Ammunition bills, trump cards, the back of your hand. Don't tell me the details. Let me go, okay?

Sarah takes a gun out of the back of the vehicle without even hearing back. Then the seemingly just a large gun automatically reassembled itself, stretched its barrel, thickened it, swelled up as it changed its overall shape, and turned into a giant cannon longer than the entire length of the vehicle.

This gun, which was manufactured by applying the expansion technology also used for expansion magazines, etc., was a mechanism that increased its power by making itself huge when used. It's a deformed gun, but once it's deployed, it's basically impossible to get it back to its original size, and we need to ask the vendor to retract it. And it had the power to make up for all that hassle and inconvenience.

Elena spots the enemy's reaction in a critical position in the enemy range. It is a position that is too far away to grasp the shape of the opponent yet, and normally it is difficult to determine it as an enemy on its own. But I could tell from the orbit of the shells that had been coming at us that we were enemies.

Still, it's still far from being able to accurately target your enemies. But Elena laughed with great pleasure when she finished all possible aiming calculations immediately.

"Let go of me!

Sarah laughed and pulled the trigger at Elena's decree, supporting a huge gun, like an armed one for human weapons, with the physical ability of a powerful fortified garment that made sense to wear on top, in addition to the physical ability of the physical enhancement expander to jump through. At the next moment, the immense runoff of energy produced by using up the energy pack in one shot was compressed into a spherical shape and shot out as a light bullet scattered a flash of light from the muzzle.

Light projectiles raze the atmosphere along the trajectory of the ballistics, drawing lines in the air where light leaks out of the force field. And the bullet of light fired out at high speed was powerful enough to satisfy the mood of Elena and the others, who temporarily forgot the concept of ammunition costs, and at the same time as the landing, it involved everything around it and blew the perimeter flashly.