Rebuild World
289 Giants and spectators
Although Akira and the others were in a situation where they had to deal with four giants, thanks to Carol, Gottle and the others were able to maintain their advantage.
With a $50 billion Aurum prize neck just beside the city (near it), it could have been positioned in case of a sudden raid on the city, and Gootles' man-made weaponry is powerful against Achilles. A fierce attack repeatedly shatters the Titans with the momentum to turn the area into ashes. They also attacked Akira and overwhelmed the mass difference with the giants to maintain their dominance.
Changing the expression was nevertheless the limit to maintaining dominance. Currently, the number of giants had increased to eight.
Akira screamed unintentionally.
"No more!
Each time you defeat a giant, there will be two more giants. But we can't afford not to defeat it.
Alpha! There's no cut!
I have a cut. Once the healing pills they hold and the surrounding information-gathering smoke screens are completely cut off, it's over. "
When was that?
I don't know. But we're not wasting our time attacking, that's for sure. "
"... you have to do it!
The situation seems to be getting worse and worse, but they seem to be on the lookout, but they are still close to victory. Akira continued to fight desperately believing so.
There were people watching Akira fight the giants from the roof of the abandoned building.
One of them, a girl named Haruka, who wrapped up clothes made in the old world, smiled affectionately to the group.
"What do you think?
But the companions reacted slowly. First, Olivia returned a smile for the customer.
"What do you think?" I apologize for the inconvenience, but I am not willing to negotiate another matter with the company during your escort. "
Continuing, Tsubaki, who emerged from the ruins of Kuzshara City, said without returning his thoughts.
"I was the one who made the decision, but to that extent, it was a mistake to approve a travel authorization outside the control area, even though it was a spare device."
Finally, Alice, who brought her escorts, showed a light bitter smile.
"Well, it's kind of on hold. If you're going to judge this, it's going to be difficult to keep the support going."
Now, would you like to sit on the left?
In response to the harsh attitude of supporters and prospective supporters, Haruka tried to soften her hard smile, resulting in a subtle expression. And then unexpectedly turned to the man next door, Yatsubayashi. Then Yasubayashi returned his grumpy face to Haruka.
"... what?
"Is there anything you want to do as a producer?
"I don't know. I don't remember making it, or publishing it. You're using people's data on your own... what the hell are you thinking..."
Haruka gave up getting advice for her mumpy attitude.
Shiloh was searching remotely from his base to see how Akira and the others were fighting. While impressed by Akira and the others who responded with desperate physical differences, their faces are steep.
(This... can you win?
Akira and the others are definitely fighting well, but there are no signs of victory. The number of giants has already increased to 12. It was felt that Shiloh was gradually being pushed by the increasing pressure of giants every time he defeated. There is also a rush to intercept Gottle's communications.
What's going on with the reinforcements!?
I'm making a request! Over and over again!
Are you still quiet up here in this situation!? This is bullshit! I'll kill you when you get back!
In this situation, Shiloh did not think it was an anomaly that the city's defenses would not be deployed in earnest.
There is also pressure from Leon's Tail. Some people have the idea that it is better to periodically destroy outside the barrier in order to make clear the value inside the barrier and the meaning of the consideration paid for safety.
There is also the idea that a full-scale defense force should only be launched after Akira is dead. It also has a monster certification from the city. Apart from that, there are others who would be more convenient for Akira to die here. Especially the city executives who are hostile to Inabe.
Shiloh understands that too. However, it is troublesome that reinforcements will not come.
(It's creepy (first).... Is there any good way...)
If the information at the moment doesn't come up with a good way, we need more information. The influence of the jamming smoke screen (jamming smoke) has also dropped considerably. Do you have any new information? With that idea, Shiloh explored the slum city more carefully. Then you find a strange reaction.
(... hmm? Is there anybody in here? Is there an agent on the ground checking the status of the war?
Shiloh, who broke into the device that was the source of the reaction, was surprised.
(Is he... a representative of Leon's tail company...? Besides..., the personality of managing the ruins of Kuzshara City...!? Why are these guys here...!? There are others. This costume is from the Old World....)
Shiloh was surprised to find the data in the device. It detects a reverse intrusion and reflexes the communication.
"... it's dangerous!
The unexpected voices and uncomfortable rough breathing showed that it was a very ill situation.
A slightly suspicious look appeared on the palm that had been infidelized.
(... someone was hacking into my device. Nice arm. Normally, you can't even detect it....)
Halka looks strange when she sees it.
"Chief, what's wrong?
"Nothing.... and don't call me station chief. If you call me that, give me back my authority."
"Even if I tell you....."
After showing a slightly troubled face to Haruka, Yashi returned a grumpy face.
Akira and the others continued their fierce offensive. Returning to the front, Carol used a camper to move near the scene while attacking, while throwing ammunition and the like at Akira, who was running through space. Akira receives it in the air with dexterity and repeatedly replenishes it, continuing her violent attacks without worrying about running out of ammo.
As a result, they were defeated and increased, bringing the number of giants to 16. Akira is also fed up with boulders.
Alpha, there's really no cut. Doesn't it seem like anything's going to change?
I see. Strongly speaking, the extra Titans are getting weaker. "
Is the amount higher than the quality...? The first one was the strongest, so I was right to take it down with a single blow. "
It wasn't bad. Even so, Akira's face remained sharp.
The trump card, the Anti-Dannihilation Warhead, is effective at destroying very powerful enemies, but is not suitable for destroying a herd of rather powerful individuals. There's only a few bullets left.
And with the rest of the army, the Titans are still weak at the moment. Unless the Titans get weaker, but by then the number of Titans is swelling up.
As for Akira, it was easier for a very powerful individual to fight than a herd that compensated for the weakness of an individual with a single herd.
And that's why the giants were attacking Akira as a multiplier whenever they were defeated.
The giants shake the blade and emit light waves. Akira is fighting through the gap, but every time she destroys a giant, the number of blades and light waves that tear and burn around her increases. Even if the power is lower than before, it is not low enough to ignore. And the more the number increases, the more difficult it becomes to avoid. Akira was gradually being hunted down.
I was in the middle of a conversation from Shiloh.
"Akira, are you still alive?
"What's this shit like when you're busy?
I've got some information about the monsters you're fighting right now... I'll send it if I have to. What do we do?
Does the information also contain enemy weaknesses? What do you mean, maybe?
I don't know the details unless I analyze them. You may see the weaknesses, and it may be irrelevant information in the first place. "
Then, analyze it and send it! You know what's going on here!? You want me to investigate while you're fighting!?
Akira, whose situation gave back a frustrating voice without thinking about the situation, also spoke back with an unexpectedly strong tone.
I can't analyze with my own device, and if I send the data to the equipment at the facility downhill (for analysis), they'll find out where I am! That's why the analysis should be done on a monthly basis!
Akira regained her calm by remembering Shiloh's misunderstanding.
Old space connectors to each other. Simple data transmission alone would make it possible to transfer data regardless of its format. Then, if you are an agent of Tsukisada Soken, you may be able to analyze it at the Tsukisada facility. Akira was a little late to understand that Shiloh thought so.
In fact, however, I am not an agent of Tsukasa Soken, so I can't help sending data that requires analysis at the facilities of the five major companies. While thinking so, Akira was worried about responding, thinking that if the real thing was in this situation, the straw would also send it to her.
So Alpha laughed and said.
Akira, I'll analyze it. Send it to me.
Akira was surprised, but seeing the smile overflowing with Alpha's usual confidence, she smiled and nodded lightly. And connect to Shiloh.
Sorry. I'll see what I can do. Send it to me. "
Alright, I'll send it.
Shiloh sends us the data. Yo (and more), Akira doesn't know the details at all. It's just a sensory indication that some information is being transmitted.
First of all, you can try to read the content by clearly pointing your consciousness to that feeling. However, it is like starting with the deciphering rather than the translation of a text in order to understand the contents of a professional paper written in an unknown language. It was impossible for Akira to grasp the contents.
But Alpha made it easy. And that wasn't all. The received data was missing because Shiloh noticed a reverse intrusion from the Yatsubayashi equipment and forced the data acquisition to be interrupted. However, advanced analysis was used to supplement the missing parts.
Above all, we found a breakthrough in the status quo from the analysis results. To let Akira know, Alpha smiles nicely with a winning attitude confident of victory.
Akira, I'm going to be a little indifferent right now, but good luck.
So Akira regained her mind completely. Laugh back the same way.
Got it. All right, let's go!
The motorcycle accelerates and runs through space. If this is a match, you dare to enter the swarm of giants.
Already in a state close to turmoil, Akira was still working with the Gootles to siege the giants as much as possible. If only Akira protrudes in that state, you will be targeted by the enemy at once.
The giants waved the blade towards Akira, emitting light waves. The air, which is pushed back and forth at high speed into a huge iron mass, becomes a storm, which is burned by light waves and turned into hot air. Akira rushed through the rough, burning atmosphere.
Elena and the others were surprised by Akira's sudden behavior, but did not consider it an outrage by abandoning herself. Ning turned to Akira for backup, wondering if he saw any chance of winning. Guttle and the others looked at it and decided it was some sort of operation, and together they started supporting Akira.
Then Akira points both hands at the RL2 compound gun as directed by Alpha. Akira doesn't know why she's targeting it or why she's targeting it. But he fired without trouble and without hesitation. A dense barrage of Akira and motorcycle weapons, a large number of C-bullets (Charge Barrett), small missiles, and high-power lasers headed for a sea of green flesh spreading beneath its feet, not the giants.
A sea of flesh and blood is struck by impact of impact or small missiles, and splashes (splashes) of flesh and metal pieces are raised. Furthermore, it is shredded so as to be cut with a high-power laser, and burned to dust. But Akira doesn't seem to have made a big difference. Hitting the ocean and spraying it with wave droplets doesn't make sense just because the droplets return to the ocean. That's all I could think of.
In the first place, a lot of stray bullets have poured into the sea of flesh and blood, but nothing prevented the emergence of new giants. That's why Akira and Guttle were attacking the giants, deciding that it was pointless to attack the source.
Still, I don't think Akira is wasting his time with Alpha. He keeps shooting at the sea of flesh and blood as he scratches the giants' attacks.
Alpha! It doesn't look like it's working at all, but how many more shots do I have to shoot?
Just shoot me anyway. If I'm right, somewhere around here... Akira! Over there!
Akira's vision expands to reveal something that is buried in the sea of flesh and blood and invisible to the naked eye. The contours are even vague, but enough to aim. Until now, Akira, who had been widely scattering ammunition, aimed the RL2 combination gun at one point. Then he fired a thick barrage.
Elsewhere in the sea of flesh and blood, the shooting had the power to blow a thick layer of flesh and blood through the slum city ground in an instant. But I can't reach the target. In addition to the high concentration of flesh and blood around the target, the flesh generated a strong force field armor, Force Field Armor, and stopped the bullet on the way.
Prevented!?......!?
In addition, the target's reaction splits apart and flees at high speed in separate directions, ahead of Akira's amazing gaze.
Alpha! Which one should I target!?
"Wait... that's it!
The reaction on the extended field of view disappears, leaving one behind. Akira immediately follows the reaction by motorcycle. Moves directly over the target's reaction as it runs over the surface of the sea of flesh, thinning the thick layer of flesh that blocks the bullet as much as possible, and then shoots the target underneath. Countless bullets collided with the flesh's force field armor, Force Field Armor, and the sea of flesh sparkled with the intense impact conversion light that came from it.
While being swallowed by the light, Akira continued shooting until the magazines of the guns in both hands were emptied. Then check the target's response while changing the magazine. By stopping the shooting, the shock-converted light also healed, and the sea of flesh and blood that became visible was largely decided. But the target's response was healthy.
You can't even do this!... uhh!?
Several giant blades are swinging down towards Akira. Several of them were thrown from a distant giant. Large masses of iron were tapped with the momentum to blow Achilla across the area, actually penetrating the sea of flesh and blood and blowing to the ground in Slam City.
Akira avoids them with Alpha's god-worried driving skills. In the dense sensation that compresses the body time so that the free-falling water droplets can be seen stationarily, debris and iron lumps move through the universe at high speed even in the consciousness of its achira. Immediately on its side (by the side), the motorcycle rushes through a critical position with a slight gap where countless large masses intersect. Akira's face was twitching in response to a sudden and intense enemy attack.
Alpha! What's going on!?
All the Titans have turned us into the top priority! I'll try my best to avoid it, so don't let it shake you off!
You really don't want to be attacked! Okay, I'm asking you!
The Titans' attacks kill Akira. Short-range giants swing the blade, and after throwing the blade from a distance, giants try to shine light waves around their mouths as they run toward Akira.
Interfere with Elena and Guttle as much as possible. Supports Akira with all his might, instantly realizing that Akira is about to do something so creepy (first) to the giants as if she were suddenly trying to attack Akira completely ignoring herself.
Elena and the others focused on setting the opponent's hands on fire between the giants to drop the blade. A humanoid weapon that is ignored by giants even when riding on their shoulders knocks on fire from close range, forcing the trajectory of light waves to twist. Thanks to this, the attack on Akira was greatly weakened.
Still, Akira's whereabouts remain dead. The presence of a joke mass difference exceeds even that number, striking Akira as if he were going to puncture her from the beginning.
As the blades collide and shatter into scattered spaces, an unwanted giant tries to hit Akira. Another giant stabbed the giant in the back, aiming for Akira. A giant swallowed by a storm of raging swords reached out to Akira with his limbs engraved.
Akira was still shooting at the target in that situation. Empty the magazines of the guns of both hands again on a motorcycle that runs endlessly across the dead by driving Alpha. Still, the target's response was still alive.
"... Alpha! Perhaps we should leave once in a while!?
No way! It's too early! Keep firing!
Can't I use an anti-annihilation warhead once I'm away!?
That's no good either! Keep it!
…… All right, all right!
Akira abandoned herself and kept shooting. But they're shooting at the fastest speed, so it's just around the corner until the magazine's empty, and we're almost out of ammunition. The rush distorted Akira's face.
And then the next chance comes. The sea of flesh and blood suddenly bursts around the target's reaction. At the same time, the giants who were running toward Akira arrived and jumped with the other giants to fly toward Akira. Unexpectedly, there was no sky ahead of Akira's gaze, filled with giants.
Akira imagines a crushing death without seeing the scene. But he returned to me with a painful inertia. After the motorcycle completely ignored the burden on the occupants, it began to leave the field with a rapid acceleration that took into account even the generator's damage.
It feels like the giants are too big for Akira to fall slowly. But it's actually falling at the rate of free fall. If it is about a pile of debris, if it falls at that speed, the motorcycle's mobility can be avoided. However, even motorcycles that accept the danger of decomposing in order to accelerate, such as overhead ceilings, giants' bodies are too large, and even motorcycles that take speed, leaving them is in a state of illness.
Alpha! Can't you make it?!
Just hold on tight!
Then the ceiling collided with the ground. The earth shakes and flashy soot rises. Slightly late, only Akira jumped out of the soot and smoke. The motorcycle didn't make it.
Just before the ceiling collided with the ground, Akira and Alpha abandoned the bike. He moved to the front of the motorcycle, accelerated the motorcycle until the body was torn apart, and on top of that, the output of the reinforcement clothing was fully opened, accelerating further from the accelerating scaffold and flying. With that double acceleration, Akira, who jumped out like a bullet, was almost crushed by the giants.
Akira, who was flying in the air, landed on the roof of a nearby abandoned building as the speed began to drop.
"Ah, that was close...! Alpha... what's going on over there?
I'm good. Look at that. "
Alpha smiles and points to the Titans' drop points. Akira looked at you with a smile. But I immediately had a suspicious face.
As the piles of giants melt, they fall into the sea of flesh and blood. And the sea of flesh and blood flourished, forming the shape of man, and trying to create giants again.
Alpha...... -What's so good about it?
I switched from quantity to quality.
After answering lightly, Alpha tells Akira the details of the operation.
After analyzing the data received from Shiloh, Alpha concluded that a sea of green flesh was close to a giant biological monster. In addition, it was determined that it was not a group or individual, but strictly two. The nucleus moves in a form that manipulates another large individual. Akira was targeting a nucleus that lurked in a sea of flesh and blood.
The first powerful Titan was lightly destroyed by Akira with an anti-annihilation warhead, and the opponent was generating Titans with more numbers in mind than quality. It is too much wear and tear that keeps powerful individuals lightly knocked down who use large amounts of both materials and restorative medicines for production. And the core individuals were lurking in the sea of flesh and blood.
However, the alpha discovered its existence, understood its location, and determined that the nucleus could not be protected in quantities higher than mass by attacking the individual nucleus directly. It switched tactics from quantity to quality. In addition, we were trying to improve the quality of the individual as much as possible by simply being defeated again by the original quality standards.
As Akira listens to the explanation, she sees the newly born giant.
"So... is that the individual that pushed through its quality...?"
There stood a giant who looked like a child. There is no sea of flesh and blood beneath its feet. It was all the ingredients of the last giant.
Alpha...... Shouldn't we have wiped it out with an anti-annihilation warhead before the nucleus got there?
At that point, I couldn't dispel the concern that the target's reaction was a decoy. The strength of the Titans after generation is unknown. I can't use a waste bullet to make sure I take it down. In that state, it's definitely not a decoy, and it's harder to move inside because the quality has made the body stronger. Since we fused two to one in the first place, it's impossible to move the nucleus inside. "
Even a very powerful individual can be destroyed with anti-annihilation warheads. It is much easier to defeat than to target a herd. Therefore, the quality is restored from the quantity. Whether it was ultimately bad for the enemy or instinctively, programmatically, trying to protect the nucleus at the expense of everything else, Alpha was discerning it in his analysis.
Akira was convinced to hear it.
Is that so?... by the way, Alpha. I recognize that giant's face.... "
I wonder if the dramatic improvement in quality strongly reflects the appearance of the nucleated individuals.
I see... So, is that Latis? "
The face of the giant was not a strange piece of flesh, but a solid Lattice face. Hair also grows well. The metal pieces that cover the body are shaped like reinforcement clothes. The appearance was not as ugly as the other giants.
Akira remembers Pamela's words.
Is that what Latis wants me to do?
Akira was late to understand that the giants she was fighting were all Lattis, even though they looked like that.
The lattice generates the blade. The iron mass extending from the palm melts and is shaped with the force field armor "Force Field Armor" to form a sharp blade, which emits light by injecting energy and turns the skyscraper into a cutting length optical blade. And I held the blade and shaken it.
Gottle's unit was targeted. A large giant suddenly appeared and stopped moving, but as soon as the opponent started moving, Guttle and the others moved. He was spitting all the bullets out of all the guns and attacking Latis. They're going for it. We did everything we could to avoid it, but a few planes were inevitable and vanished.
In addition, instead of slashing and tearing apart the slums, the strike reached the walls of Kugamayama City. A wave of flying slashing and cutting energy was released from the blade.
Still, the Wall itself is intact thanks to the powerful Force Field Armor for urban defense. But there was a lot of damage to the lower compartment on the slash line.
Akira stunned at the rest of the blow.
What moments, what power......
Meanwhile, Alpha was laughing at her usual tone.
Well, it's pretty powerful, but if we fight like that, we'll starve to death with no energy left.
But before that, this area will be destroyed, right?
I see. So let's knock it down before that. The attack just confirmed that they didn't recognize us, so we can calm down and aim for them. "
The current Achilles are lurking with alpha manipulation to activate the enhancement camo feature. Unless it moves poorly, it will not be detected unless there is much left. Still, there were perceived fears, but Lattice's failure to target Akira completely dispelled the concern. If it's recognized, it's because Akira will definitely be the first to be targeted.
In order to confirm this, Alpha first asked Latis to move, and in a sense, he made Gottle and Kugamayama cities a decoy, and Akira also understood it late.
Shoot the stray stone at the annihilation warhead and you'll find out. So I'll decide once.
"... ahh. Okay."
Akira switches her mind when she wipes something like a slightly born sentiment, assuming that she can choose her own means and not a situation she can enjoy. Then I switched it to an RL2 multiplex gun loaded with anti-annihilation warheads. Then I put another thought into my mouth with a serious face.
"It's hard to work when I'm dead or when I look like this. But it's time to finish. I'll give you all the rest of the bullets."
With the words in hand, Akira pulls the trigger.
"... goodbye"
The remaining four anti-annihilation warheads were all fired from the muzzle and ran through the universe while passing through everything on the beam. And based on the precision pole calculation supported by Alpha, it landed uninterrupted at the point where it exerted its greatest power.
The spawned sphere of destruction swallows the giant. So the Titans were defeated. Because the target was too large, it remained below the knee, but everything inside the sphere disappeared and the outside was blown away by the impact.
Akira lowers her gun on the roof of the building. After the aftermath of the attack by the anti-annihilation warhead turned into a storm and blew out, he breathed heavily after seeing the scenery of the slum city, which calmed down and gradually regained quiet, and the landscape that had turned into a mere wilderness.
That's 400 million aurums. Well, if I could beat you, it would be cheaper. "
It was definitely Akira's heart.
Alpha, I'm just asking, did you knock it down?
Definitely defeated. Splashed pieces of meat are still subtle, but it's okay because they've destroyed the nucleus and stopped working. "
Alright, that's it.... well, I guess it's not all over now. "
This raid is over and essentially nothing is done. Leon's Tail remains hostile and Chloe is alive. It's too soon to say it's over. Akira knew about that.
Still, I exhaled exhausted breath, both physically and mentally, saying that there would be nothing left today.
For the time being, even if you wait for the equipment to arrive from downhill, or if you're in a slum town, would it be better to hide in the wilderness until the equipment arrives?
I see. Let's take a rest and think about it... Akira! Stay alert!
Alpha, who was talking with a smile, suddenly raised his vigilance with a very serious face. Akira also took a reflexive stance.
Akira's information-gathering equipment captured countless reactions that suddenly appeared around it. All reactions approached Akira intentionally showing her presence. And he appeared and surrounded Akira.
All the people who showed up were wearing maid and butler clothes, and it was easy to guess that they belonged to Leon's Tail. Akira's face turns into a very steep one. However, most of the reason for the large distortion in expression was not the other party's costume.
Akira also stacked up a lot of battles, so she was able to spot out the strength of her opponent. And the technique, which was also sharpened in a curved shape, told Akira that all those surrounding him were as capable as Harmers, or (some) more.
In a desperately worse situation than when surrounded by a swarm of giants, a maid comes to Akira and smiles.
"Don't worry. The will to engage is not yours."
"... who is it?
"My name is Alice and I represent the Eastern Head Office of Lyons Tail. Put down the stranger."
"East... head office...?
"Yes, I'm here on behalf of the company to negotiate with you"
Alice smiled with affection toward Akira, who was showing strong vigilance but was obviously confused.