221 妥協前提の取引
ユミナは何とか意識を保っていた。しかしそれだけだ。状況を自力で改善できるような手段は何もない。強化服は機能を停止している。体力も限界に近い。
ユミナもハンターとして死は覚悟しているが、それでも怖いものは怖い。だが今は死の恐怖より困惑の方を強く感じていた。
そこにアキラが現れる。ティオルはアキラがカツヤと戦うのを嫌がって逃げた時にすぐに後を追えるように比較的近い距離を保っていた。加えて全力で移動した負荷でユミナを殺してしまわないように移動速度を抑えていた。その
はしない。全力で回避行動を取る。だがアキラの狙いには気付けなかった。
ティオルに届いた刃は、
きながら砲口の腕をアキラに向けて砲撃する。アキラが斬撃を飛ばしてそれを迎撃する。撃ち出された瞬間に両断された砲弾が爆発し、周囲を爆煙で包み込んだ。
爆煙が晴れた時、ティオルは既に姿を消していた。アキラが警戒を解いて軽く息を吐く。
(......こいつも、死んではいないか。意識は、あるな)
アキラは少し迷った後、ユミナを片手で
? どういうつもり? どうして私を助けたの?」
「取引?」
ますます困惑するユミナに、アキラが真面目な表情で続ける。
「まず、言っておく。お前らは俺がお前を
「......私がその話を受けたとして、私の仲間がそれを受けると思っているの?」
「......断ったら?」
「そいつらを説得するまでがお前との取引だ。停戦を受けるかどうかはお前達との取引だ。お前が断るなら、お前はこの場で殺す。生かして帰してそっちの戦力を増やすつもりは無い。お前達が断るのなら、さっきも言った通り、皆殺しだ。意見が割れるのなら、死にたくないやつは下がってろと伝えておけ」
「返事を聞こう。悪いが早めに答えてくれ。長々と迷ってしまうほどに判断が揺れているのなら、取引成立後に真面目に約束を守るかどうか、俺が、お前を、信じられない。カウントなんかしねえぞ」
アキラは銃を突き付けながらユミナをじっと見ている。口先だけの返事なら、内容を問わずに即座に殺す。目がそう訴えている。
ユミナは決断した。
ユミナが両手を軽く上げて歩き始める。アキラもその後に続く。ユミナの背を見て、相手の視界から自分の姿が完全に消えたと判断してから銃を下ろし、大きく息を吐いた。
(どうなるかな。アルファがいれば
「使えない......。どうすれば......?」
少し間を空けた後、ティオルが当たり前のことに気付いたようにその手段を平然と口に出す。
り付いた。かつて巨人に変わった時、あれ程の精神的苦痛を味わった食事を、ティオルは平然と行っていた。
現在のティオルの体は、ヤツバヤシによる改造で戦闘能力を飛躍的に向上させてはいるが、元々十全な自律行動機能など備えていない遠隔操縦用端末だ。その
「足りない、か?」
当座の行動指針を得たティオルが駆けていく。アキラに殺された少女達はまだまだ残っている。
にどちらも発砲しない。そしてユミナがカツヤ達にある程度近付くと、アキラは素早く後方に下がってそのまま姿を消した。カツヤが急いでユミナに駆け寄る。
「ユミナ! 大丈夫か!?」
ユミナはカツヤの様子から、もう振り向いても大丈夫だろうと判断して振り向いた。既にアキラの姿は無いが、その意思はまだそこに残っているような気がして、複雑な表情を浮かべる。
「良いんだ。無事ならそれで良い」
に今のユミナを連れて進むのは無謀」
「そ、そうだな。戻ろう。ユミナ。肩を貸した方が良いか?」
「大丈夫。一人で歩けるわ」
は俺がする。アイリは前で警戒を頼む。よし。みんな、慎重に戻るぞ」
皆がカツヤの指示で動き出す。ユミナはアキラが去った方向にもう一度複雑な表情を向けた後、深い
その後カツヤ達は1階の広間まで戻ると、そこで籠城するように陣を張った。無事な者が周囲を念入りに警戒して安全を保ちながら、負傷者の治療も進める。車両からの物資を運び出し、更なる襲撃にも備えていた。
そして部隊の隊長と副隊長であるカツヤ、ユミナ、アイリの3人は今後の方針を検討していた。ユミナからアキラの取引の話を聞いたカツヤが顔を険しくしている。
「......あいつの話を信じろって言うのか?」
「少なくとも、私には彼が
「だからって......、あいつに何人殺されてると思ってるんだよ」
ユミナもアキラを信じろとまでは言えない。だがカツヤも全部でたらめまでとは言えない。どちらも様々な感情が入り交じり、強気にも出られない。結論は出そうになかった。
アイリはカツヤが決めたことならば結論が何であれ異存は無かった。カツヤが決めたことに従う。その程度の認識でしかない。だが無駄に時間を費やすのもどうかと思い、暫定案を提示する。
く様子を見るとして、その間に仲間を運んでおきたい。死体であっても連れて帰りたい。それに、まだ間に合う人もいるかもしれない。その間に状況が変わる可能性もある。今は結論は後回しでも良いと思う」
カツヤ達の部隊には緊急時の延命機能追加処置を受けている者もいる。思想や信条、予算の都合などもあって全員ではない。ネリアのように生首になっても平然としていられるような高度なものでもない。それでも常人ならどう考えても死亡している状態を、ハンターの感覚に
「そうだな。分かった。じゃあ俺が何人か連れて行ってくる。アイリ達はここで警戒を続けてくれ」
「駄目よ。カツヤはここにいて。アイリ。悪いけど代わりに行って。無理はしない。何かあったらすぐに戻ってくる。それでお願い」
「分かった。ユミナはカツヤを見張っておいて」
「任せて」
ユミナ達の余りに当然のような
「駄目よ。カツヤを行かせたら、また1人で飛び出すでしょう? 絶対駄目」
「駄目。カツヤはここで指揮をしていて」
「いや、大丈夫だって。信用無いな」
カツヤはユミナ達の気迫に押されて、たじろぎながら
(この出血量なら4人は倒れていないとおかしい。でも誰もいない。自力で移動したとは思えない。ビルの自動清掃機能が生きていて掃除された? それとも人を食べるタイプのモンスターが潜んでいた? 分からないけど、何かあったのは事実......)
「もう戻る。警戒して」
い指示内容だったが、仲間達はローカルネットワークを介して指示の詳細や背景まで無意識に理解していた。アキラとティオル以外にも敵がいる懸念をカツヤ達にすぐに確実に伝えなければならない。この近くにも潜んでいるかもしれない。そう理解して疑問など全く覚えずに、周囲にモンスターが潜んでいる前提ですぐに警戒態勢を取る。
アイリ達はそのままゆっくりと後退してカツヤ達の
ティオルは作業中のアイリ達を離れた場所から狙っていた。複数の腕で複数の銃を構え、それぞれの照準器でそれぞれの目標に照準を定める。そして引き金を引こうとする。
「撃てない......。何でだ......?」
「こっちには使えないのか......。じゃあ、あっちか......?」
ティオルの思考が進んでいく。アイリ達を襲って追加の武器を手に入れる。現在の銃ではアイリ達を攻撃できない。別の目標に変える。近くにいる目標はアキラしかない。
そこまで進んだ思考に、行動としては微妙な、だが決定的な差が生まれた。システム寄りの思考ならば次の行動指針は、追加の武器を手に入れる
「......そうだ。あいつを殺さないと」
どこか無表情だったティオルの表情に感情が生まれ、激しさを増していく。システム側に偏りすぎた
ユミナとの取引でティオルを殺すと約束したが、自分から探しにいくつもりはなかった。休憩を兼ねてティオルが来るのをじっと待つ。
自分とカツヤ達が距離を取って戦闘を避けた場合、ティオルはカツヤではなく自分を優先して殺しにくる。そう告げる嫌な予感に、アキラは疑いを持たなかった。
アキラがユミナとの取引でティオルの殺害を提示したのは、ティオルと戦う時にカツヤ達まで相手にするのを避けるのが目的だ。初めからカツヤ達との取引の成立とは無関係に殺すつもりだった。
ティオルがこのビルに来たのは偶然ではない。自分の位置を明確に把握した上でカツヤ達を連れてきた。アキラは既にそのことに気付いていた。確実に殺しておかなければ、何度でも同じことを繰り返される。今後の脱出にも致命的に差し支える。そう判断していた。
ティオルを殺し、必要ならその後にカツヤ達も殺す。出来ればティオルだけで済ませたい。それが無理でもカツヤ達を殺すのは別の機会にしたい。そう願いながらも、そうなるとは全く思えなかった。
(両方来るんだろうなー。せめて別々に時間を分けて来てくれよ?)
アルファは情報収集機器の収集データを、アキラを介して取得している。今はアルファとの接続が切れているが、データそのものは今もアキラに送られている。アキラはそのノイズの塊のような未加工データを、かつて以上の鋭さを得た自身の探知予測能力で加工した。つまり、勘を働かせて敵の気配を探った。
気配は感覚的に部隊行動のものではない。恐らくティオルだけが向かってきている。アキラがそう判断して険しい表情を僅かに緩める。だがすぐに顔を引き
一瞬遅れて床の一部が盛大に吹き飛び大穴が開いた。その穴からティオルが飛び上がってくる。階下から天井を強力な砲撃で吹き飛ばして通り道を空けたのだ。
(そこから来るのは予想外だった! 階段ぐらい使えよ!)
は既にティオルに大分近い距離まで迫っていた。比較的狭い室内で無数の爆発が一度に起こり、逃げ場を失った衝撃が威力を増幅させ、部屋ごと吹き飛ばそうと荒れ狂う。
部屋の外まで飛び
に倒せたか。そう期待して通路の先に漂う爆煙に視線を向ける。
次の瞬間、アキラは視線の先から返答の気配を察すると、その場から素早く飛び
れで、腕も数本千切れている。足も片方失っている。全身を襲った衝撃で身体内部はぐちゃぐちゃだ。
アキラに逃げられると銃撃を止める。肩から生えた無事な腕が、千切れた腕や散らばった銃を拾い始める。そして頭部の口でも腕の口でもそれらを食べ始めた。肩から腕が再び生えていく。体からは治療の進む音が、機械類の修理を強引に推し進めているようにも聞こえる異音が出ている。千切れた足の付け根からは、銃を溶接して義足にしたような
ティオルは自身の修復を終えると、すぐにアキラを追って走り出した。
アキラは逃げながら巧みに有利な位置に移動し続けている。通路の角を遮蔽物にして銃撃し、危ないと思ったらすぐに迷わずに次の場所に移動する。
一方ティオルは一見無謀にも思える強襲を続けていた。被弾など知ったことではないとでも言うように、自身の無尽蔵の生命力の前には無意味だとでも伝えるように、全く
その激しい戦闘の余波で壁は粉砕され、穴だらけとなり、一部では通路と部屋の区切りが無くなりかけていた。その攻防の中、ティオルの猛攻に押され続けて険しい表情を浮かべていたアキラに、ある疑念が浮かび始める。
(あいつ、戦い方が随分雑になってるな。何だか知らないが腕も随分増えてるし、その
そう僅かに迷ったが、その迷いはすぐに別の懸念に押し潰された。更に表情を険しくして首を横に振る。
(駄目だ。こいつに勝っても、その後に連中が来る。ここで残弾を使い切ったら連中と銃無しで戦う羽目になる。そもそも残りを
を入れて、現状を覆す手段を模索する。
一応、その案は浮かんだ。しかしその案はアキラの表情をより険しくさせた。
アキラは覚悟を決めた。
Ch 221
Yumina somehow managed to stay awake. But that was all that she could do. She had no method to better her situation. Her augmented suit was turned off and her body was close to its limit. Since there was literally nothing that she could do, she was at Tiol's mercy.
As a Hunter, Yumina had fully resolved herself to getting killed in action, but the prospect of death still scared her just like any other normal human being. But this time, she was more confused than scared.
That was when Akira appeared. When Akira left Katsuya's team because he had no wish to fight them, Tiol made sure to keep his distance relatively close so that Akira would be able to easily reach him. Moreover, he kept his speed low to make sure that he would not kill Yumina by mistake. Because of that, Akira was easily able to reach him after he got away from Katsuya's team.
Tiol himself had no wish to get killed just to protect Yumina. So he jumped away to evade the incoming blade. But in the end, he failed to notice what Akira was actually aiming for.
The blade that reached Tiol released a blinding flash of light from the forcefield armour energy conversion, and with that, Tiol lost one of his arms. Akira did not cut down the arm that was turned into a cannon, he cut the arm that was carrying Yumina. Akira's aim from the start was to take Yumina away from Tiol.
While Tiol was jumping away, he once again aimed his cannon at Akira. The released warhead went straight towards Akira, but Akira released a slash that sliced apart the warhead. The moment the slash hit the warhead, it exploded and enveloped the area with smoke.
When the smoke had subsided, Tiol was already nowhere to be found. Akira relaxed his body and lightly sighed.
[...And this girl... Is still alive, hmm? She's still conscious as well.]
Akira hesitated for a bit, but he eventually decided to pick Yumina up with one arm and woke her up. After that, Akira then forced medicines into Yumina's mouth. Yumina frowned the moment she felt something known was getting forced into her mouth.
"...What are you trying to do here? Why did you save me?"
"Negotiation?"
That answer only confused Yumina even more. Akira then continued with a serious expression.
"First of all, I'll let you know this. I bet you're thinking that I'm working with that thing that kidnapped you, but that's a misunderstanding. That guy is trying to make us fight each other. Secondly, I have no wish to fight any of you. You guys were the ones who came at me first so I was just trying to protect myself. If you guys had left me alone, I won't have attacked any of you. As a matter of fact, I don't mind if we form a temporary alliance."
"...Even if I accept your offer, do you think that the others would accept it too?"
"...And if I refuse?"
"My deal with you extends until the part where you try to convince them. As to whether they would accept a truce or not, it's another thing. A separate deal between me and all of you. So, if you refuse to convince them, I will just kill you here. Returning you back alive to them would only mean giving them more fighting power after all. And if your group refuses the truce, just like I said before, I'll kill every single one of you. If the team can't reach an agreement on a conclusion, then tell those who don't want to die, to retreat."
"So, what's your answer? Sorry but I don't have time to waste. If you're not sure, the more time you take to decide, the more I'll question whether you'll properly do your part of the deal. I won't even give you a count down or anything."
Akira stared at Yumina with his rifle still pointing at her. Akira's eyes were obviously indicating that if Yumina only said yes to save herself, he would kill her here and now.
Yumina finally made her decision.
Yumina raised both of her hands and started walking. Akira followed behind her. After confirming that Yumina was no longer able to see him at all, Akira finally lowered his rifle and heaved a big sigh.
[Now then, I wonder how this will turn out. If Alpha was here, she would have been able to tell if this girl was telling the truth or not. I alone can't tell at all, after all.]
"Useless... What should I do...?"
After a short pause, Tiol suddenly raised his eyebrows as if he just realized something that he should have realized from the start.
Tiol threw away the rifle. His arm then cracked open, showing a huge mouth with a distorted shape. He used that arm to start consuming the dead corpses scattered on the ground. Although he had a lot of aversion to eating machines when he was turned into a monster, he did not have much of an issue with corpses.
Tiol's current body has indeed been modified by Yatsubayashi. It has increased fighting ability, and it was a remote body that was controlled from afar. Because of that, when Tiol's personality was installed, it no longer had any open memory left.
"Not enough, huh?"
Tiol immediately started running again since he had had a new goal, after all, there were still dead corpses of the girls that Akira had killed.
Katsuya quickly aimed his rifle at Akira who was behind Yumina and Akira did the same as well. But as expected, no one released a shot. After Yumina got close enough to Katsuya, Akira quickly retreated and vanished into the darkness, so Katsuya went straight running to Yumina.
"Yuimina! Are you okay!?"
Judging from Katsuya's reaction there, Yumina thought that it was safe to look back and turn around. Akira was nowhere to be seen, but she somehow felt that Akira was still somewhere as she knitted her brows.
"Don't worry, it's fine as long as you're okay"
"Katsuya, we should retreat. It's reckless to continue with Yumina in this state."
"Y-you're right. Let's go back, Yumina, do you need a shoulder?"
"I'm fine, I can walk on my own."
"Alright, I'll guard the rear. Airi, you take the front. Everyone, let's carefully head back."
Everyone started moving, spurred by Katsuya's order. Yumina once again turned around with a conflicted expression before sighing and went to follow the rest of the team. The fatigue and the worry of how to bring up her deal with Akira to the team caused her to make a pained expression.
After that, Katsuya's team returned to a large hall on the first floor where they barricaded themselves. Those who were still uninjured were assigned to stand watch and ensure the safety of the area while the injured were recovering. They unloaded their vehicles and prepared themselves for combat.
While the rest of the team were doing that, Katsuya as the team leader, Yumina and Airi as the vice-captains, discussed the next plan of action. After hearing Akira's offer from Yumina, Katsuya frowned and asked.
"...Are you telling me to trust him?"
"At least, I don't think that he was lying. He did save me and did not use me as a hostage after all."
"Even if you say so... He already killed so many of our team, you know."
Yumina could not tell Katsuya to believe Akira. But Katsuya also could not say that it was an empty offer. Both of them had mixed feelings regarding the matter, they could not force the matter to any direction. It did not seem that they would be able to make a decision anytime soon.
As for Airi, she had nothing to complain about, no matter what might happen as long as Katsuya made the decision. Her only thought was that she would simply follow Katsuya's order. But even so, she thought that it was a bad idea to waste time like this, so she interjected.
"Either way, for now, letting both of them battle it out is beneficial to us. It's better to use the time to watch how the situation will evolve while recovering the team members. I want to bring them back even if they're already dead. Moreover, we might still be able to save some of them and the situation might change while we're doing so, there's no need to make a decision right away."
Some of Katsuya's team members were already placed under emergency life support system. Some, but not all, due to the restraint on their budget, priority and what not.
"You're right, okay then, I'll take some people up with me. Airi and Yumina, both of you stay here."
"No, you stay here. Airi, I'm sorry but you should go instead, I won't force you if you don't want to. And please return back immediately if things get dangerous. So, please."
"Okay, Yumina and Katsuya should stay here then."
"I'm counting on you."
Katsuya was rather shocked as he was watching that exchange between Airi and Yumina which was so casual as if it was completely normal.
"No. If you go, I bet you will get ahead of yourself like always, right? So no, you absolutely can't go."
"Yeah. You stay and take command from here."
"No no no, it'll be fine. Both of you really don't trust me, do you?"
Katsuya was pushed back by Yumina and Airi's pressure. He was completely overwhelmed as he nodded obediently at them.
[Judging from the amount of blood, this should be about four people's worth. But there are no bodies around. It's highly unlikely that the bodies moved somewhere on their own. Is the cleaning drone of this building still active, and it has cleaned away their bodies? Or is it that there is a flesh-eating monster inside the building? Although I don't know what happened, I know for sure that something has happened here...]
"We'll be heading back. Stay alert."
Although the order ultimately lacked any extra explanation, the rest of the team understood the meaning behind her words thanks to the local network. They had the same thought, that they had to inform Katsuya and the others. That there might be other enemies inside the building besides Akira and Tiol, and that enemies might be lurking somewhere nearby even now. None of them doubted that possibility as they proceeded with caution with the assumption that the enemy was nearby.
Airi's team carefully retreated just like that and returned downstairs toward where the rest of the team was.
While in another location inside the building, Tiol was aiming at Airi and her team while they were in the midst of their work. As the multiple rifles on the end of his multiple arms were aimed at them, Tiol finally pulled the trigger.
"The trigger won't move... Why...?"
"I can't use these, huh... Then how about from over there...?"
Tiol processed his current situation. Attacking Airi's team to get extra weapons. But his current rifles could not be used on them. So he changed his plan as he had no other target nearby other than Akira.
After Tiol's brain reached that conclusion, he hesitated to make his decision. After all, it was not what he wanted. If he allowed the system to decide his course of action, he would attack Akira in order to get more weapons. However, his original goal was to kill Akira. Not to get more weapons. The course of action dictated by the system did not have the goal to kill Akira. As long as Akira no longer had his weapons, he might be left alone. How could Tiol possibly accept such an outcome?
"...That's right, I have to kill that guy."
Tio, who has been rather emotionless up until now, finally showed some emotions and it only grew stronger. His consciousness that had been leaning toward the system regained its sense of self and managed to wrestle control over his own mind from the system.
According to the deal with Yumina, Akira would kill Tiol. But he had no wish to look for Tiol. So he just waited there while taking a rest in a room.
Akira had a bad feeling that even after he distanced himself from Katsuya's team to avoid fighting them, Tiol would still come to him instead of Katsuya's team. That was why he did not place any hope in that possibility.
The reason why Akira told Yumina that he would be the one to go to kill Tiol was simply to avoid having to fight Katsuya's team while he was engaging with Tiol. Regardless of whether he was able to make a deal with Katsuya's team or not, he had decided to kill Tiol right from the start.
Akira already understood that Tiol did not come to this building simply by pure coincidence, Tiol came to that building knowing for certain that Akira was there and he lured Katsuya's team here. So unless Akira killed Tiol, Tiol would keep doing the same thing again and again. Thus, Akira concluded that it would have been dangerous if he tried to escape the building in this kind of situation.
Akira's plan was to kill Tiol and then Katsuya's team after that. And if it was possible, he wanted to only kill Tiol this time and push back on killing Katsuya's team to another day. Although he hoped so, he knew that would not happen.
[They just come at me at the same time no matter what for some reason. I really hope they would come at me at different times.]
Normally, Alpha retrieved information from the information-gathering device via Akira. So although Akira had lost Alpha's support, information was still sent to him. He processed that unprocessed data, which was closer to a meaningless information noise, using his intuition, which had regained its original sharpness. In short, he was detecting hostile force only by relying on his intuition.
According to Akira's intuition, it was not a group of people. So it might be just Tiol alone. Akira frowned and made a rather conflicted expression, but he immediately raised his eyebrows and leapt away.
A moment later, a huge hole was blown open under the floor where Akira was standing just a moment ago and Tiol jumped out from that hole. He had opened a huge hole from the lower floor using his large cannon.
[Why the heck do you have to come from there?! Can't you at least use the stairs for God's sake!?]
Although Tiol was able to shoot down the grenades, Akira was too quick. The grenades were already too close to him. When the grenades exploded in an enclosed space, the shock wave from the explosions had nowhere to escape but to funnel outward, thus releasing a raging storm which rampaged on, as if trying to blow the whole room apart.
Although Akira had already evacuated from the room, he still could not escape the shock wave that leaked through the open door. He was blown by the wind which smacked his back straight into the wall.
The shock wave alone was that strong. So Tiol who took that at point-blank range should not be able to get out unscathed. As Akira hoped that would finish Tiol off, he fixed his gaze toward the direction of the hallway through the smoke and the dust.
Right at the next moment, the answer showed itself. Akira quickly jumped sideways, evading the hail of bullets and warheads that destroyed the wall which was behind him a moment ago.
Of course, as expected, Tiol did not get away from that explosion unscathed. As a matter of fact, that did deal quite a lot of damage to him. His face was covered with blood and multiple arms were torn off. He had also lost one of his legs. His inner organ was in a mess from facing that explosion at such a close range.
As Akira jumped out of his line of fire, the shooting ceased. Tiol then used the new uninjured arm that just grew out from his shoulder to pick up his arms that were torn off. He started to consume them, using the mouth on both his head and his arm. More arms grew out from his shoulder. Strange sounds came from inside his body as if gears were forced into places, it was the sound of his inner organ fixing itself. And a leg that looked more like a rifle replaced the one he had lost.
When he had finished fixing his injuries, Tiol immediately went to chase after  Akira again.
Akira kept on running while always positioning himself strategically, maintaining an advantage against Tiol. He used corners in the hallway as a cover and quickly moved to the next point the moment he felt that his position was compromised.
While on the other hand, in contrast to that, Tiol was charging recklessly toward Akira. He ignored the bullets that were coming at him as if to say that they were nothing against his limitless restorative capability. He then released a storm of bullets and warheads that could even destroy the corner that Akira was using as a cover.
The fierce exchange between Akira and Tiol blew walls into smithereens, riddling them with holes, destroying the walls that separated rooms and the hallway. In the midst of battle, Akira, who was overwhelmed by Tiol's firepower, had a grim look on his face and noticed something strange.
[That guy is fighting rather crudely this time. I don't know what exactly happened but he has multiple arms now, is that the reason why? Is he too preoccupied with controlling all the arms that he can't properly strategize?]
Akira thought so for a split second but he immediately shot that idea down since there was another thing that he had to worry about later as he knitted his brows.
[No, I can't do that. Even if it's enough to kill him, I still have to fight those guys who will come after him. If I use all my ammo here, I would have to fight them without using my rifles. Or more like, in the first place, there's no guarantee that I can kill him even if I use all of my remaining ammo.]
At the moment, Akira was being pushed back by Tiol. He needed to find a way to turn the table around. So he banished that thought from his mind and focused on a way to turn the situation around.
An idea quickly popped up in his mind, but that idea only made Akira frown even more.
Akira finally made his resolve.
Rebuild World (WN)
リビルドワールド
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/rebuild-world/
Action Adventure Drama Harem Mecha Mystery Sci-fi Seinen
Abandoned Children Adapted to Manga Adventurers Alternate World Anti-social Protagonist Apocalypse Artificial Intelligence Beautiful Female Lead Cautious Protagonist Child Protagonist Dense Protagonist Determined Protagonist Distrustful Protagonist Futuristic Setting Gangs Gunfighters Harsh Training Lack of Common Sense Male Protagonist Manipulative Characters Monsters Near-Death Experience Older Love Interests Poor Protagonist Poor to Rich Ruthless Protagonist Shota Sudden Strength Gain Survival Twisted Personality Unlucky Protagonist Weak to Strong
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