Rebuild World

Akira, who moved her lurking location from the wilderness to the stronghold of Cheryl and the others in the slums of Kugamayama city, was fully enjoying bathing in a large tub.

I am mentally and physically tired due to intense daytime fighting. If you relax, your consciousness melts out more and more in warm water. Akira fell slightly ill because of it. It is noticed from the alpha, which is visually but bathed together.

"Akira, stay asleep and you'll drown."

"Oops......"

Akira fixes her position. But he didn't disappear to drowsiness, he was upset.

Then I can call Carol, who is physically bathing with me this time.

"Akira, if you're sleepy, you can go to sleep."

Carol laughs at Akira with a blurry face.

"When Akira can't afford it, you said I'd help her and help her, didn't you?

"It was...... Then..., I asked..."

Akira answered that with a loose consciousness, thinking lightly about whether it was okay or not. The eyelids (eyelids) start to drop. The drowsiness giving in consciousness gives up supporting the body and tries to lean the body toward Carol.

When Carol held the Akira gently, she moved Akira in front of herself, who was but remained, and held her from behind. Akira falls half asleep with a pillow replacing her abundant breasts inviting the opposite sex, closing her eyes. Carol looked at that Akira with a smile that seemed in a good mood.

Watch how Cheryl looks at those Carols.

"You're close enough."

"Hmm? Well, Akira and I have kept each other's lives in the wilderness, and that's about it."

"Really..."

Cheryl's face is slightly cloudy. Because that's something Cheryl can't do. Even if I leave the wilderness with my life at stake when I'm ready, Cheryl, who is less than amateur as a hunter, can only wrap her hands around her feet. That's why I'm trying so hard to pay Akira back what I owe her for something other than combat, to support her, to help her.

But then again, if we don't reach the people we ran to the dead together, Cheryl exhaled unconsciously.

"... Mr. Carroll will be tired too. I'll take your place, won't I?

"It's okay. I'm still a physical augmenter. No problem."

"Really..."

Those who wished to remain on Akira's side (buckwheat), mostly on Akira's side (buckwheat) where they slept, let the smile float according to their expectations and clouded them.

Afterwards, after bathing, Akira was to rent Cheryl's own bed at Cheryl's recommendation. Carol just laughed fun and couldn't get the cross spear in.

Pamela contacted Chloe within the city's walls from a Lyons Tail facility in Higalaka to explain the situation.

Chloe, who received the report, was looking flat. However, there is no smile (cheeks) on the face of the facility's display device.

"... yes. Lattice, he's dead."

"Yes, but it still works, so now I'm moving it"

Behind Pamela stands Lattice's body, which has been simplified. You (more) have not even manipulated the expression, so the face is not picky and the focus is not right. It was a remotely operated terminal that used the body as a biological component.

"Dear Chloe. As we continue our mission, we would like to request permission to use Hangar 9."

Chloe looks a little surprised.

"I don't have permission to use it, do I?

"I know. So Chloe asked me to get permission from the Bellatram Branch Manager."

"... what are you going to do?

"Of course (of course), we will sit down with Akira and Raina's processing. Unfortunately, I was wondering if it would be difficult for the hunters to kill Akira, who would be caught in a prize of about 50 billion aurum. There is also the hand of increasing the prize money, but then you should kill it here already. We also confirmed the intervention of the Fourth Ward. I was wondering if I could get an understanding from Bellatram if it would include dealing with you."

"I didn't ask Pamela to process the Raynas? Besides, if it's an inter-branch fight, the branch manager will move. I think that's a good time for Rayna and the others to take care of it.

"At the time of the raid on that spot, I guess they're working with Akira. There is also information that Flip, the director of the Fourth Ward branch, has made contact with Akira. Master Bellatram should also move quickly. Raina and I were wondering if it would be a good idea to deal with each other."

Chloe smiles slightly. Pamela's attitude, which explains a lot, was already a push for choice rather than a suggestion to the Lord or a presentation of options. Decisions are the Lord's domain. Not part of the squire. Intimidate Pamela by sending a harsh gaze over the display device. As a family of founders of Lyons Tail, the unique hegemony unleashed by humans, who are able to follow others, strikes Pamela.

But Pamela didn't pull. Chloe is gazed back over the display device with her inner heart seeping.

Chloe exhaled lightly, relaxing the signs and laughing.

"... ok. I'll ask the branch manager. Well, then, it's too late for today, and I'll hang up on you now. Pamela, rest and prepare for the next opportunity."

"Thank you, sir."

Deeply bowing his head, Pamela went to Lattice's side (by his side) and laughed at the remotely operated terminal, both in person and in view, when the communication went out and Chloe disappeared from the display device.

"Lattice. Let's keep up the good work together."

Somewhere in that amusing smile, the inner madness seeped.

Chloe, out of communication with Pamela, exhales and looks up at the ceiling.

"Lattice...... You're dead..."

Chloe is also a young girl who still calls herself a child and has no support. For many years, I had a faint thought (and) about the opposite sex that served me and supported me.

I never put it on the table as a family of founders of Lyons Tail, but the idea doesn't disappear. One day I will gain enough power to tell her that it will not be a fatal weakness to have someone to think about (or threaten) her, such as to seize (or threaten) her lover, and if it is possible to trivialize the issue of her hand. That's what I've always thought.

But the opportunity was lost forever.

Naturally flowing tears convey cheeks. Chloe wiped the tears with her fingers, and there was a bullet.

The death of a man who thinks is sad. But I will not shake myself with that sorrow. As one with Lawrence's name, that is unacceptable. That's how I was raised, and that's how I decided. It's just immature, for example, that you can only express your grief by crying out. I wept a muscle of tears, wiped it, and now I feel sorry enough, I accepted Lattice's death.

And now he exhales with a big snooze in his rugged face.

"... Still, it's tough to lose two squire here at the same time"

Chloe had noticed that Pamela had already turned into a vengeful. Chloe also thinks vengeance is fine by itself. Except if you despise your loyalty to the Lord and the Company. He who takes his vengeance before the will of the Lord cannot be used as a squire.

Lattice's death caused Pamela to lose both of her squire, who had become her own proximity, due to its spiritual degeneration.

"You two can't go out there. You were asking me to replace you. I need to think of something..."

Pamela is no longer her own squire. Then Chloe began to think about how to use it and how to treat those who had already cut it off.

Akira wakes up in Cheryl's own room the morning after she stays at Cheryl's base. Cheryl held me when I felt the difficulty of moving around trying to wake me up in bed. Pull it off so it doesn't wake you up and get out of bed.

That's where I can laugh and speak to Alpha.

"Akira. Good morning. Did you sleep well?

"Alpha. Good morning. Oh, I slept well. I'm not dissatisfied with Carol's camper, but I knew I had to sleep in a decent place. '

When Akira replied so lightly, Alpha smiled bitterly.

"That means you're really gonna be okay."

'What do you mean?

"Unlike when you were hiding in the wilderness, you've already completely exposed Akira's whereabouts? You weren't worried about what to do if they attacked you while you were asleep?

"Oh, sure."

Akira is convinced of the point and snorts (groans) gently, then laughs back.

'... well, you'll be fine. If anything happens, Alpha's gonna wake you up, right? I don't have time to get dressed in a hurry.... right?

Of course. Leave it to me. '

I saw Alpha's attitude laughing confidently, and Akira laughed satisfactorily, too.

That's where Cheryl wakes up. And when I woke up, I looked around wondering.

"... Akira. Good morning. I'll sit down. Were you talking to someone?

"No, I'm alone"

…… Really? "

To Akira's overly natural reply, Cheryl wondered if it was her fault and still didn't care.

Akira relieves (almost) without changing her expression.

'... it was dangerous. You've been so relaxed. "

'Well, let's just think I got so well rested that I let that relax me'

Seeing Alpha laughing with pleasure, Akira tightened her mind with a bitter smile.

A large trailer of cuttlefish progresses through the disappearing slums of people's signs. In the passenger seat, Darris was pointing a misguided seep at the snail.

"Hey cuttlefish...... Are you sure you're all right? You crossed a dangerous bridge too far into a boulder.

The cuttlefish have an equally rugged face. But for what I've already made up my mind, I'm not lost.

"I know. But if you're good, the profits are huge. This is a chance. You know what I mean?"

"I know that... but if we do it badly, we'll be hunted together, too, right?

The snail laughs lavishly as it blows off his partner's anxiety, and so does his own weakness.

He said, "It's okay! Compared to when you went shopping to die on the front line, it's no big deal!

"Really? I think the danger is similar to that. And then we almost died, didn't we? If I hadn't stumbled upon Akira, she'd be dead, wouldn't she?

"Still, it doesn't make a difference that you survived! And in a way, Akira suppressed that herd with just one AAH assault gun, right? Then he wins as long as he has some serious gear! I already bet there!

The trailer is loaded with many goods. All of them are high performance objects that can't be bought by hunters there and are not inherently handled by snails. It was prepared only for Akira (for) one opponent.

"And if you sell that gear, you can also sell thanks to him! That way we can make more money! You can't miss this chance! Darris! You're in the mood, too!

Darris has also known Katsuragi for a long time. I think back to the past I've been running through the wilderness dating my partner's dreams, laughing sumptuously together.

"Shh, shh! All right, man! Totally, I'm just passing through Slam Street, and I'm in the mood for the wilderness!

Slam Street is now lurking with a 50-billion-orum bounty neck, a place that threatens to be raided by high-ranking hunters after it. The aftermath of the battle makes a dangerous zone where a strip can disappear. I know that. Darris was roughing up his voice for fun when he saw the sights around him from the vehicle.

"Cuttlefish! I'm escorting you in such a dangerous place! If you're good, you can play the money, right?

He said, "I know! For that matter, I asked for a good escort!

The cuttlefish laughed out loud and turned to the base where Akira was located.

Akira, who was servicing her gear inside the camper, greeted the cuttlefish outside the base when contacted by the cuttlefish. When you open the sturdy shutter in the parking lot and put the trailer inside, you close the shutter securely again. And turn a serious face to the snail in the driver's seat.

"Cuttlefish. I'll make sure. The only two people on board are Katsuragi and Darris, right?

"Yes, I brought plenty of merchandise for you (for), who became the prize necklace of 500 billion orum. You can thank me, okay?

To the snail giggling cheerfully with that said, Akira dares (ah) take a serious attitude.

"Okay. You don't mind killing everyone but those two, do you?

"What?"

Katsuragi had a slightly surprising attitude, but Darris immediately pointed a gun into the car with a very dangerous face, confirming their presence outside of the information gathering device. But the existence of others could not be confirmed. Turn your gaze to Akira without releasing your guard.

"Akira...... We should be the only ones in the car. Is anybody here?

Akira loosens her expression and shakes her neck to the side.

"No, I'm not. Sorry, I just hung a sickle."

The cuttlefish exhales loudly with Darris.

"Hey, don't threaten me."

"I'm sorry. But that's how creepy (first) I need to be alert. You know that's a snail, right?

"Sort of. But if that's what you're saying, understand that we're crossing that dangerous bridge, too?

"Oh. I appreciate that area."

"Okay. That's good. Come on in."

When Katsuragi switched his mind, he opened the rear door of the trailer and invited Akira and the others inside, and they moved there themselves. And he gave a serious look at the merchant with the loaded product on his back.

"I'll tell you first. I'll explain the product now, but it's all wilderness prices. I don't know if you want to look under my feet, but we're selling weapons and ammunition to the guy who got a $50 billion prize from Lyons Tail. I'm doing business at that risk. Aren't you going to make a mess around here?

"I know. It's okay. Kibayashi stabbed me with a nail."

"Okay. Shall we get started then? Yeah, I'm open to price negotiations. Don't hesitate to tell me."

Katsuragi began describing the product to Akira with a merchant smile.

Akira was around with Carol and Cheryl looking at the weapons, ammunition and consumables in the carriage, listening to Katsuragi's explanation.

Cheryl, who hears the price of the product, cannot hide his surprise in a number of items that are slightly over 100 million aurums. And I saw the flat Akira and Carol and tasted the difference in the world they lived in, and they were slightly drooling.

Carol thought it was a lot of strong pricing, but given the situation, she had a bitter laugh that she couldn't help it. And think about Akira's financial flow and speak up in a low voice.

"Akira. Do you think I can buy it? If it's hard, I can negotiate the price, okay?

Then I thought I'd ask, Akira, but I shake my head sideways, guessing that Carol's side business would be involved in that negotiation.

"No, I'm fine"

"You don't have to hesitate."

"Whatever Carol wants to buy his gear. I usually buy my gear."

When I heard that, Carol turns the smile that was floating into something slightly stiff.

"... Akira, was that who cared?

"It's a billion aurums a night, isn't it? Even I'm hesitant to make such a big debt. So it just makes me feel better. Thanks."

Answered that normally by Akira, Carol was in a good mood. Return to product regulations with a gentle laugh.

"Yep. Well, shall I buy it normally too..."

Akira also keeps looking for gear. But they were all very expensive, and it was true that Akira's budget made it difficult, for example, to procure equipment. I think about what to do while roaring, but I can't think of a good idea.

I get a reading from Shiloh there.

"Akira. You need money, don't you?

"Oh. Don't need it."

Do you have any money? Naturally, it's a loan. '

'So you're telling me to take your request?

'That's what I'm talking about. I even gave him a hand when I fought those hunters. Would that be enough for a loan to take my request?

Shiloh needed to make a loan to Akira to get her request, so she accompanied Akira. I was caught up in a bounty neck crusade because of that, but I thought the loan I cooperated with at that time, combined with this share of gold, would be enough.

But Akira tells me back.

"No, that's not enough."

'Why not? If it weren't for my help, he could have been dead, right? That should be a big loan. Didn't I?'

"Oh. I think so too."

"Then why? Is that enough for a loan?

"I returned all of that debt for not telling that Yanagi Sawa guy where Shiloh was. No, given the strength of those two, it's about as much as we lent them. What the hell are those two? Aren't you stronger than all those hunters? He pointed a gun at me like that and threatened to kill me if I didn't tell him where Shiloh was? Still didn't crack my mouth. That's supposed to be a big enough loan, huh?

Shiloh gets stuck in reply. For all I know about the strength of Harmers, I did, I thought. I also think Akira was just being mean on her own, but if Akira had cracked her mouth, I could not say back to the boulder (just) that it would have been over and that you were just being mean on your own.

More Akira continues.

'And if you're seriously going to hire me to be a force for war, pay me in full, not part of it. It would be convenient for you if I checked my gear and got stronger with that, wouldn't it?

'That's right...'

"All the money you receive will be invested in improving your battle power. I promise you that. Well, I won't tell you to believe me, and I won't force you. Decide for your convenience."

Shiloh bothers me. Says he who did not break his mouth to his opponent Yanagi Sawa promises. I think I can have a certain amount of credibility. And as far as engaging the hunters, I also think Akira's strength is real. I don't want Akira to die for my purpose. Taking those into account, I also don't think that advancing the rewards to increase Akira's combat power is a bad means, certainly.

Still in the present state of losing the cologne in hand, if we lose it to the aurum we still have, we'll be really stuck if Akira dies or betrays us. Still, Shiloh could not decide whether to bet that much on Akira or to bet everything on her strength and credibility.

Hence, compromise.

'... then Akira, let's do this. I'll have the full amount of this payment as an advance on the request. How about this? Now, how much priority will you give to my convenience? I know it's tough over there, but I'm pretty chopped up, too.'

"When I get the gear I asked for from Sakashita Heavy Industries, I'll give you priority depending on the situation. That's about it."

"When does that equipment arrive?

"I was told a week ago that as early as a week, usually a month, no matter how late it is, about three months"

"It's been a week..."

The respite that Shiloh received from Sugadome is also one month, and I have already used it for a week. Whether or not you can wait for equipment to arrive from downhill heavy industry in Akira is a rather delicate situation.

"Akira. Do you absolutely need the equipment you asked for downhill?

'So it depends on the situation. If Chloe dies before the equipment arrives and there is no longer any reason to get inside the wall with the front-line equipment, you can prioritize whether the equipment arrives or not depending on the borrowing. Well, if you wait, you'll get powerful gear. I'd like to wait for my gear to arrive, unless there's more to it. "

Shiloh gets even more lost. Depends on your luck, but it's possible. And after thinking about how far I could raise that possibility on my own, I made a decision.

'Okay. That's good.'

'Tell me for yourself. What, is it good?

'It's fine. I'm sure Akira will get me in trouble too. I'll take care of the account. Bye.'

That cut off my conversation with Shiloh. Just then, the snails were also finishing a full explanation.

"Akira. That's all I brought you this time.... I know you have budget conveniences too, but if you die here, it's over, right? I think you should buy it whenever you can, huh?

Even so, Katsuragi thought Akira's budget wouldn't buy him much. I don't think it's beyond awesome that he defeated the hunters after a 50-billion-orum prize, but just because he beat those hunters doesn't mean the money will go in. Emptying your account would be the best way to refill your ammunition. That's what I thought.

Having figured that out, Akira has loaded a lot of expensive products that she wouldn't be able to buy because she had certain thoughts. And I try to tell Akira that.

"But well, you won't be able to shake a sleeve without you either. Right there. As I was saying, price negotiations..."

"Oh, I'm fine. I'll buy it normally."

"What?"

Rather than surprisingly, Katsuragi couldn't keep up with his understanding and spoke out so briefly.

Never mind Akira takes the items she buys off the trailer one after the other. Various items, such as fortified clothing, guns, ammunition, restorative drugs and motorcycle parts, were brought out to the parking lot.

"Is this the place? Scallops. How much?

"... Huh?

Calculate even as the snail returned to me puzzled me in the face.

"Well, you know, fractions lose, 16 billion aurums,"

Akira took out her hunter's card and normally offered it to Katsuragi. The cuttlefish receives it with a slightly stiff look and performs accounting. I went through without a problem.

Darris rushes to support a falling snail with the extra shock.

"Cuttlefish!? Hold on!"

Because the emotions exceeded the threshold, Akira was convinced to snort when she saw a strange laugh whilst being supported by her partner.

"Even with 10 billion dollars, it seems that 16 billion dollars in boulders is not gold."

Alpha laughs bitterly.

"Akira's gear has gradually become an area that cannot be bought with gold. But the gear for the front line is even more high-performance, so let's wait for your arrival without being floated by new gear, shall we?

Copy that.... Nevertheless, what kind of magic is the front line '

Akira began to prepare for new gear, lightly imagining a danger zone where even the gear she bought out of 16 billion aurums would only be inadequate.

The snail was still laughing. It took me a while to get back to you.

Cheryl exhales as she watches Akira prepare for her gear.

(16 billion aurum or... You've been pushed away again......)

Cheryl was also able to spend (for) Akira if it was about 100 million orum, thanks to the profits generated by handling artifacts flowing from the Tsubaki management compartment with Inabe's cooperation in the artifact trading business, which operates in stores from his own base.

At this rate, it will be time to repay the accumulated debt to Akira. Where I had thought so, I was shown to pay 16 billion aurum lightly, and it was found that 100 million aurum had gone down into change.

In addition, this noise has forced the relic trading business to close. The size of the prison party was also reduced once and for all. It has become very difficult to repay my debt to Akira with money.

Cheryl couldn't hide her dismay at the arrow-tipped event that I thought brought her a little closer to Akira, which was going to rise everywhere.

So it was time for the cuttlefish to get back to their sanity. After exhaling in a good mood, I turn my slightly more difficult face to Cheryl.

"Hey Cheryl. When did Akira get to pay that kind of money? I heard you made money escorting an intercity transport vehicle, but didn't that money just disappear for gear or something?

"... because it's Akira. I think he made a lot of money."

"... well"

For Katsuragi, that Cheryl response is tantamount to confessing that Cheryl herself had no idea that Akira was making that much money. Due to not being able to share so much information, Katsuragi suspected Cheryl and Akira of being close. But I didn't say anything extra.

Cheryl noticed that too, but pretended to be unfamiliar. Instead, he asks to bump the inner caustic (needy) chi.

"Mr. Katsuragi. If you didn't think you could pay Akira that kind of money, why did you come here to sell such expensive equipment? I don't think it makes sense to bring unsold gear."

"Uh, no, look, there's, uh, Akira, I was wondering if maybe, you know, it's gonna be okay. In fact, it would have been okay, wouldn't it? That means my business as a merchant was a big win. I'm gonna praise myself for painting, but you can praise my business talent for not missing this opportunity, okay?

In fact, Katsuragi thought that Akira's budget would provide the best replenishment for ammunition. On top of that, I brought equipment that I should never have been able to buy to negotiate with Akira (for).

Many hunters note the trend in the 50-billion-orum prize neck. And if you were to defeat the hunters who braided their troops to hunt for that expensive prize neck, that prize neck gear would also be very noticeable. The publicity effect is extremely high.

Katsuragi was going to procure equipment from aircraft and TOSON (Toson) and others at Kibayashi's brokerage, lend them to Akira and tie them up with a contract. If you are good, you will gain a strong communication with those companies, and you will be allowed to limit your future suppliers of Akira equipment to your own stores. The profit is enormous. Yo (more) also in that case, this time the Katsuragi's position is only to broker equipment lending. It's a long term plan to make huge profits.

But Akira's purchase of those goods rather than lending turned 16 billion orum worth of equipment lending negotiations into the same amount of business negotiations, which had shaken the spirit of the cuttlefish violently and pushed them to the point of fainting.

Cheryl was thinly discerning the original soul gall of the cuttlefish. When the profit is also Akira, she tells him gently to stab the nail.

"That's awesome. Please continue to support us with your business talent."

"Well, not as long as you and Akira go on dating."

"..., yes"

The relationship will also disappear if Akira dies. Katsuragi and Cheryl watched Akira keep getting ready for gear, thinking a lot about each other.