宿に戻ったアキラは部屋を早速風呂付きのものに変えた。少し広くなった部屋に入り荷物を下ろすと、真面目な表情で宣言する。
「アルファ。先に言っておく。今日は休みだよな? いや、今日は休みだ。休むからな」
アルファが笑って答える。
『安心しなさい。今日は休みよ』
「よし。じゃあ風呂に入るか」
アキラは機嫌良く風呂場に向かおうとした。だがアルファに止められる。
『ゆっくり入りたいのなら、先にいろいろ用事を済ませた方が良いと思うわ』
「用事? 何かあったっけ?」
『昨日シェリルにバイクを預けた時に、預ける期間とかを特に説明しなかったでしょう? すぐに取りに戻ると勘違いして待っているかもしれないから、一度顔を出して説明した方が良いと思うわ。それにまだシジマに残金の50万オーラムを払っていないわ。支払が遅れると和解を破棄されるかもしれないから、早めに済ませた方が良いと思うわ』
既に風呂に入る気分になっていたアキラが難色を示す。
「......それ、すぐにやらないと駄目か?」
『強制はしないけれど、放っておいて面倒事に発展しても知らないわよ?』
アルファは何でもないことのように
『歩くだけでも一苦労だ。CWH対物突撃銃ぐらいは置いてくれば良かったか?』
『駄目よ。今後はCWH対物突撃銃を使用しての戦闘も増えていくわ。今の内に慣れておきなさい。またAAH突撃銃で機械系モンスターに挑むのは嫌でしょう?』
アキラが先日の苦戦を思い出して苦笑する。
買ったんだ。ちゃんと使えるようになるように、頑張って慣れるか』
そのままスラム街をゆっくりと歩いていく。気合いを入れて新調した装備に振り回されている未熟者。さほど珍しくもないハンターの姿だ。
シェリルはアキラが拠点に来ると上機嫌で自室に招いた。そして楽しげにドアを閉めて二人きりになると、荷物を下ろしたアキラに正面から抱き付いた。
薄々予想していたアキラが軽く
えず、離れろ」
「良いじゃないですか。昨日はすぐに帰ってしまいましたし、その分も含めてですよ」
「何の分なのか分からないが、用があってきたんだ。後にしてくれ」
シェリルはアキラから離れると、しっかりとアキラを見詰めながら、言質を取ったと言わんばかりに
仕切り直してテーブルに向かい合って座った後、リュックサックから50万オーラムを自然な態度で取り出してテーブルの上に置く。
「シジマとの和解金の後払い分だ。これで払ってくれ」
シェリルが僅かな動揺を見せる。シェリル達のようなスラム街の子供にとって、それだけの意味と力を持つ大金だ。シジマ達との
アキラはあっさりとそう答えながら、少し妙な実感を味わっていた。
アルファの感覚では報酬全体の1200万オーラムでも
「分かりました。私からシジマに支払います」
「あと預けたバイクだけど、宿に駐輪場もないし、そこらに
「俺からの用事はそれぐらいだ。シェリルの方からは何かあるか?」
そしてアキラからそう言われた途端、シェリルはそれらの思考を一度全て棚上げした。
「......随分固い服ですね」
「強化服だからな。普通の服より固いんだろう」
「固いです。脱ぎませんか?」
「嫌だ」
「良いじゃないですか。減るものでもありません」
「いや、減る。強化服を脱いだ分だけ、俺の身体能力が確実に減る」
「でもこのままだと抱き付く時間が長くなりますよ?」
「私の満足度が減るからです」
「シェリル。そろそろ切り上げてくれ。俺は昨日の疲れが残っていて、今日はゆっくり風呂に入って休むつもりなんだ」
「浴室ならここにもあります。入っていきますか?」
「えっ? ここって風呂があるのか?」
「はい。結構広い浴槽ですので、ゆっくりできると思いますよ?」
「廃屋みたいな建物なのに、風呂はしっかり使えるのか。設備があるにしても、お湯の使用料とかどうなっているんだ? 止まったりしないのか?」
「聞いた話ですけど、スラム街の住人が水を求めて暴動を起こしたり、不衛生が元で病気が
スラム街の住居の大半は所有者も使用者も不明で、本来有料の水道などの代金も未払の状態だ。それでも都市側はスラム街の管理の一環として供給を続けている。使用量などからスラム街の住民の大まかな人数や活動状態を把握するのにも役立つからだ。
そして都市側の都合でいつでも供給量を制限も停止も可能だ。スラム街が必要以上に拡大しないように、必要なら住人を必要数まで緩やかに間引く
「お湯を風呂に入れるほど使える建物はそう多くありませんので、この拠点は結構人気なんです。シベア達が力尽くで拠点にして、私達はそれをそのまま受け継いだだけですので、アキラの後ろ盾がなければすぐに追い出されます。ですから、アキラのおかげですので、いつでもお風呂に入りに来てくださって構いません。入るならすぐに準備をさせます。入りますか?」
「いや、戻って宿の風呂に入るから大丈夫だ」
「私も一緒に入って背中を流したりいろいろ洗ったりしますよ?」
「......風呂付きの宿をわざわざ借りたんだ。そっちで入るよ。宿でゆっくり休みたいしな」
シェリルはアキラが断らなければ本当に一緒に入るつもりでいた。しかしアキラの態度の僅かな変化に、警戒心に気付くと、それ以上勧めるのをすぐに
部屋のドアがノックされる。シェリルが僅かに不機嫌さを表に出しながら返事をする。
ノックをしたエリオが不機嫌なシェリルの声にたじろぎながら答える。
「ボス。シジマ達が来た。話があるってさ」
にも徒党のボスとしての仕事を果たさなければならない。シェリルはそう思いながら、名残惜しそうにアキラから離れた。
応接間と呼ぶには貧相だがテーブルと椅子ぐらいは
「悪いけど、茶菓子は出ないわ。私達も余裕がないの。ごめんなさいね」
「構わんさ」
「それで、御用向きは?」
「なに、ただの御機嫌伺いだ。あの後
んだ。その笑みがお互いに話の意味を理解していると示していた。
一方アキラはその意味が分からず、少し
『アルファ。今の会話は何なんだ?』
『恐らくシジマはシェリルに直接会って、アキラの状態を確認しに来たのよ。先日の大襲撃では多くのハンターが死傷したわ。それでアキラが死んでいても不思議はないと思ったのでしょうね。もしシェリルが
『組織を率いる人間が背負う苦労の一つね』
シェリルが先ほどアキラに渡された50万オーラムをテーブルの上に置く。
「残金よ」
「確かに。これであの件は穏便に終わった訳だ。これからは仲良く付き合っていきたいね」
シジマがアキラを観察する。うだつが上がらないハンターなどには金銭面の問題で強化服を着用できない者も多い中、アキラは既に強化服を着ている上に、使用に強化服の身体能力を前提とする大型の銃まで装備している。その装備代をざっと試算して、それだけ稼ぐハンターの実力を見直して、アキラへの警戒を深めた。
(......ただのガキじゃねえとは思っていたが、この短期間でこれだけ装備を充実させたのか。あの時こいつと敵対しないことにした俺の選択を褒めるべきか、こいつの装備が充実する前に殺しておく選択をしなかったことを嘆くべきか......。まあ、今更だな)
(......何でこいつはこんなに余裕なんだ? 後ろ盾になっているアキラの実力を理解したからか? 確かに下手に手出しできなくなったのは事実だが、それだけで金に対する動揺までは消えねえはずだ。後ろの2人は俺達にも金にもビビっていた。なぜこいつだけがこれだけ余裕を見せている? 急にそんな度胸は付かねえだろう。一体こいつに何があった?)
シジマは自分達とシェリル達との徒党の規模、実力、縄張りの範囲などの情報に、目の前にいるアキラとシェリルの新たな情報を加えて、今後の指針を思案する。そして頭の中の
シェリルはシジマの態度の変化に気付いた。軽んじられなくなったとは、潰しに掛かる場合の力も増したことを意味する。それを理解した上で、揺るぎない笑顔で答える。
「大丈夫よ。このまま始めましょう」
め事の原因にもなった縄張りの話だが......」
そこにアキラが割り込む。
「あ、ちょっと良いか? 俺はこの話に付き合わないと駄目なのか? 長くなりそうだし、俺は出来れば帰りたいんだけど......」
アキラの場の空気を読まない発言に、他の人間の視線がアキラに集まった。
「そうですね。アキラをいつ終わるか分からない話に付き合わせて、長時間拘束するのも気が引けます。私のことは気になさらずに。大丈夫です」
シジマが真面目な表情で続ける。
「規模の差はあれ、徒党のボス同士の話し合いだ。無関係な者には出ていってもらいたいぐらいだ」
エリオ達が、帰らないでくれ、という視線をアキラに送っていたが、残念ながらアキラの背中側だった
「そうか。じゃあ俺は帰る。シェリル。何かあったら連絡してくれ」
「お手数をお掛けしました。またいつでもお越しください」
アキラが部屋から出ていく。シェリルはそれを笑って見送ったが、エリオ達は自分達を守る抑止力がこの場から消えたことに、途端に緊張を高めて顔色を悪くさせた。
シェリルがエリオ達の様子に気付いて振り返らずに伝える。
「アキラがいなくなっても何も起こらないから安心しなさい。前のやつのような馬鹿が来た訳じゃないのよ」
シェリル達の言葉で、エリオ達の緊張は少しだけ和らいだ。だが同時に、その程度の効果しか与えなかった。
早く終わってほしい。エリオとアリシアのその願いは聞き届けられず、シェリルとシジマの交渉はかなり長時間続けられた。
アキラの意識が湯船に飲み込まれ、簡単な受け答えすら出来なくなるのは時間の問題だ。その前にアルファが声を掛ける。
『アキラ。英気を養っている最中に悪いけれど、今後の話をしてもいい?』
な裸体への興味を非常に薄めていた。
この状況で面倒なことは聞きたくない。アキラの感覚はその程度だった。
「......明日以降の依頼の話か?」
『そうよ。正確には依頼を受ける際の心構えの話になるわ』
「心構えって言われてもな。今まで通り警戒しながら慎重にってこと以外に何かあるのか?」
をしたら終わりだと思うぐらい慎重にやる必要があるの。遺跡で手に入れた回復薬を大分消費したわ。もう残り僅かよ。これからは回復薬に頼ったごり押しは難しくなるわ。本当に注意してね』
アキラはアルファの態度から事の深刻さを理解した上で、一応尋ねてみる。
「シズカさんのところで買った回復薬じゃ駄目なのか?」
『性能が全く違うわ。昨日脚を折ったでしょう? 今まで使っていた物なら5分もあれば戦闘に支障が出ない程度には治ったけど、昨日買った安物なら完治に2週間は必要になるわ』
「......全然違うんだな。それなら似たような回復薬を買えば良いんじゃないか?」
『それも難しいわ。どこかで売っていたとしても、最低1箱100万オーラムはするでしょうね』
『おかげで死なずに済んでいるとはいえ、高く付いたわね』
アキラは事態の深刻さを正しく理解した。これからは下手に負傷するとその戦闘だけではなく、その後の生活まで致命的に悪化させ続けることになるのだ。折れた脚を強化服で補いながら生活するにしても限度はある。場合によっては死に兼ねない。
「そうだ。遺跡にまた回復薬を探しに行くってのは駄目か? 探せばまだ残っていると思うんだけど」
アキラは我ながら良いことを思い付いたと表情を明るくさせたが、あっさりと首を横に振るアルファを見てすぐに戻した。
『恐らく、先日の大襲撃でクズスハラ街遺跡のモンスターの分布が大幅に変化しているわ。本来なら遺跡のもっと奥にいるモンスターが外周部を
『お願いね。私もサポートするから頑張ってね』
アキラは気を引き締めようとして、湯船の快楽に負けて失敗した。気の抜けた声がアキラから漏れる。
アキラとアルファの目が合う。
「想像だけで痛そうだ。気を付けるよ」
アキラは今度こそ気を引き締めた。
Akira immediately shifted to a room with a bath after he returned from Shizuka's shop. This room was pretty wide compared to his previous room. He put down his stuff in this room and said to Alpha with a serious tone.
"Alpha, I want to make sure of one thing, we're resting today, right? No, we're going to take a rest today, I'll take no complaints."
Alpha smiled and replied.
"Don't worry, we'll take a rest for today."
"Alright then, I guess I'll go and take a bath."
Akira looked happy as he was heading to the bath, but Alpha suddenly stopped him.
"If you want to take a good long bath, you better finish all of your leftover business for the day."
"Business? Is there still anything I should do?"
"You placed your bike at Sheryl's place yesterday, remember? Since you didn't say how long you are going to leave your bike with her, she might misunderstand and think that you'll take the bike back soon. So I think it's a good idea if you go there and explain it to her. Not to mention that you still have 500,000 Aurum debt to pay. If you postpone paying that debt, the peaceful situation that we're having at the moment might crumble. So I think it's better for you to pay that debt soon."
Akira, who already decided on taking a bath, hesitated.
"...Can't it wait for some more time?"
"I won't force you, but it might cause some problems if you keep postponing it, you know?"
Alpha said it lightly while smiling as if it was nothing to worry about. But Akira got worried instead and decided to do them immediately.
"Walking is hard enough already. Maybe I should've left the CWH anti-material rifle behind."
"No, you shouldn't. You'll fight more battles in the future where you'll need to use that rifle, so you should get used to it from now on. You don't want to fight those mechanical monsters with AAH rifle again, right?"
Akira remembered all the hardship that he had faced the other day and smiled bitterly.
"You're right. Well, I went and bought it anyway. So I guess I'll work hard until I can at least use it proficiently."
He then continued walking slowly through the slum. An inexperienced Hunter who was having a hard time handling his new equipment, it was a common sight among the Hunters. But even so, most of the people in the slum city would step aside and make a way for Akira. After all, for commoners, picking a fight against someone who is equipped with an augmented suit and carrying a big anti-monster rifle on his back was the same as doing suicide.
When Akira arrived at Sheryl's place, she looked very delighted and invited him to her private room. She then casually closed the door. As they were the only ones inside her room, she nonchalantly hugged Akira from the front the moment he put his stuff down.
Akira who somehow expected this just let out a sigh and said.
"Can you just get off me for now?"
"It's fine, isn't it? Yesterday you left as soon as you arrived, so it's from yesterday's portion too."
"I don't understand what portion you are talking about, but I'm here because I have something to tell you. So put this off for later, will you?"
Sheryl then got off from Akira and stared at him, she looked contented as she got Akira's promise.
After resetting the mood, Akira took a seat across the table from Sheryl. He reached out for 500,000 Aurum from inside his rucksack before casually placing it on the table.
"This is the rest of the payment for Shijima. So take this money and give it to him."
Sheryl looked surprised. For her and the other children, it was a huge amount of money. She was worried whether he had to do dangerous stuff in order to get this money, so she could not help but ask Akira.
Akira felt a bit strange when he said that so casually.
According to Alpha, even 12,000,000 Aurum was just a spare change. Thus 500,000 Aurum was, even more, a spare change to that. So, Akira felt that the money in front of him right now was not a big amount.
"I understand, I'll give it to Shijima."
"And also, about the bike, since the inn that I'm staying has no parking spot, I can't bring my bike over there. So like, for the time being, is it okay for me to leave the bike here?"
"That's all I have to tell you today. Do you have anything you need to report to me?"
The moment Akira said that Sheryl just shelved all of her questions for now.
"...That's quite a hard cloth."
"It's an augmented suit after all. So it's normal that it's harder than a usual cloth."
"I see... Won't you take it off?"
"No thanks."
"It's fine, isn't it? It's not like you'll lose anything anyway."
"No, I will, if I take the augmented suit off, my physical ability will decrease."
"But at this rate, we will have to stay like this longer, you know?"
"Because this cloth will reduce my satisfaction."
"Sheryl. You should stop soon. I'm still tired from yesterday so I'm planning to relax and take a good long bath for today, you know?"
"If it's a bath, we also have one here, you know? Do you want to try the bath here?"
"Eh? You have a bath here?"
"Yes, it's quite a wide bath so I think you can really enjoy taking a dip."
"Although this building looks abandoned, it even has a bath, huh? But even if you have the facility, how about the bill for the hot water? Are you sure they haven't stopped the hot water?"
"From what I heard, in order to prevent the residents of the slum city from causing a riot because of water shortage, and their own concerns that the slum city might become a source of disease and spread to the lower district, the city management decided to keep supplying the slum with water. You didn't know about this?"
The data of the landowners in the slum city was never clear. Thus there was no clear address where the city should send their bills for the water usage. But even so, the manager of the city kept supplying the slum with water to avoid any dissent, not to mention that they could also estimate the number of the residents in the slum city and their jobs from the water usage.
But then, depending on the situation, the city could stop or limit the water supply anytime. The free water supply was adjusted with reputation and profit in mind to prevent the slum from growing any bigger than it should or even to cull the population in the slum city.
"Since there are not that many buildings in the slum that have a bath facility, this base is pretty famous, you know. Sibea and his friends took this building by force and made it their base before we inherited the place from them. If it was not because of your support, we would have been kicked out from this building by now. That's why, since it's thanks to you, you can use the bath here anytime you want. I'll tell the children to prepare the bath if you want to get in, so, how about it?"
"Nope, I'll go back to my room and take a bath there."
"I'll also help you wash your body, you know?"
"...I did rent that room because of the bath, so I'll be taking a bath there. Not to mention that I want to relax in my own room too."
To be honest, Sheryl was really planning to get into the bath together with Akira. But she noticed a small shift in his behaviour which triggered her wariness, thus she stopped pressuring him. Akira refused her offer simply because he could not trust her completely. After all, he could not get into the bath in his augmented suit or while carrying his rifles. Even right now, the reason why he could take off the upper part of his augmented suit was only because he was sure that he could handle if a fight suddenly broke out here. Sheryl understood this, that was why she backed off.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door of her room. Sheryl looked annoyed and answered the knock.
Erio flinched when he heard Sheryl's annoyance in her voice. He then answered Sheryl's question while still looking scared.
"Boss. Shijima has come here with his men. He said that he wants to meet you."
Sheryl thought that she had to properly do her job as the Boss in order to win Akira's trust. So she reluctantly separated from Akira.
Although it was hard to call it a meeting room, it at least had a table and some chairs. Inside the room, Sheryl, Akira and Shijima were sitting together. The two bodyguards behind Shijima were fully armed and looked serious but relaxed at the same time. While Erio and Alicia who were behind Sheryl looked very nervous.
"I'm sorry that we can't bring out any snacks, after all, we don't have the resource to do so."
"No problem."
"So then, what business do you have with us?"
"What? It's nothing serious, just paying a visit. After all, we could not find a chance to really sit down and talk after that incident."
Sheryl was trying to look dignified in front of Shijima. Both of them were smiling at each other and their smiles were saying that both of them understood why the other party was here.
On the other hand, Akira still did not notice the real reason why they were here as he made a puzzled look.
"Alpha, what's with this conversation?"
"It seems that Shijima came to visit Sheryl by himself to check how you are doing. After all, there were a lot of dead Hunters after the big battle yesterday. I bet he thought that you were killed in that battle. If Sheryl was in a panic right now, it could be inferred that you were killed yesterday, which would mean that she had lost her only support. That's why she just said that you're doing fine. And I think that's the reason why Shijima replied back as he did after confirming that you're really alright."
"It's one of the responsibilities of a gang's Boss."
Sheryl placed the 500,000 Aurum that she received from Akira not too long ago on the table.
"This is the rest of the money."
"Very well then, this means that the previous incident is resolved now. I wish we can get along in the future."
Shijima took a good look at Akira. Most of the Hunters who could not move up the rank could not equip themselves with augmented suits due to their economic situation. But even so, Akira was already using an augmented suit, and he even was carrying a big-sized gun that only people with an augmented suit could use effectively. Shijima assessed the total worth of Akira's complete equipment and approximated his ability to earn money, and thus he became warier of Akira.
[...I thought that he was just a normal boy, but he got all of this equipment in such a short time, huh? I guess I should give myself credit for not antagonizing him back then or maybe I should despise myself for not killing him back then before he could get all of his current equipment... Well, either way, I guess it's useless to think about that now.]
[...Why is she this calm? Is it because she understands that Akira who's supporting her is actually a skilled Hunter? It's understandable that I can't mess with her gang, but that doesn't explain her calm reaction towards such an amount of money. The two kids behind her are nervous in this situation and shocked when they saw the money. So why in the world can she be this calm? There's no way someone could change that fast, seriously though, what's going on with her?]
Shijima then reassessed Sheryl's gang considering the future prospect of her gang, its power, the region under its control and the new information that he just discovered about Akira and Sheryl. After he finished all the calculations inside his head, he looked at Sheryl with a smile that he would never use to someone under him. He had recognized Sheryl as someone that he needed to seriously negotiate with for the future of his gang.
Sheryl noticed that Shijima suddenly changed how he was treating her. If he did not look down on her, it meant that he might come full force at her to crush her instead. But even after knowing that, her smile did not waver at all.
"It's alright, we can do that now."
"Then, about the area under your management which is also the real cause of the last incident..."
Suddenly Akira interjected.
"Ah, can I say something before we start? Do I really need to be here for this negotiation? It seems that this will take quite a long time, and to be honest, I want to go back home now..."
Everyone in the room immediately shifted their gaze towards Akira who just said something that was really out of the blue, it was as if he could not read the mood inside the room at all.
"You're right. We don't know how long this will take and I'm sure no one would want to be forced to attend a long negotiation. Please don't worry about me, you can go ahead and leave."
Then Shijima also replied back to Akira with a serious face.
"Well, considering the topic that we're going to talk about, this is a discussion between two gang bosses. It would be great if everyone unrelated leaves this room."
Erio and Alicia stared at Akira's back hoping that he would not leave. But unfortunately, Akira could not pick their cue since they were standing behind him.
"I see. Well then, I'll go back home. Sheryl, just tell me in case anything happens."
"I'm really sorry to have bothered you. Please feel free to come over here again anytime."
Akira then exited the room as Sheryl sent him off with a smile. But, on the other hand, Erio and Alicia got more nervous now that the main fighting power that protected them had left the room.
Sheryl noticed that as she said to Erio and Alicia without turning back.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine even without Akira here. And it's not like we're talking to a fool like the last time."
After being told that, Erio and Alicia finally calmed down. But looking from the other perspective, it only made them calm down a bit.
Although Erio and Alicia wished that the negotiation would not take too much time, it did take quite a long time to finish.
Akira's consciousness got completely taken over by the warm water, it was only a matter of time before he would not even be able to answer simple questions. But before that happened, Alpha asked him.
"Akira. I'm sorry to bother you while you're enjoying your bath. But there's something that I want to talk about with you, is that okay?"
But Akira showed a very small interest in all this. It was because he was already used to it and not to mention that Akira was completely absorbed in enjoying his bath.
Akira felt that he sooooo did not want to talk about anything annoying at the moment.
"...Is it about tomorrow's request?"
"Yep. To be more precise, it's about getting yourself ready to take that request."
"Getting myself ready, huh? Do I have to do anything else other than doing it carefully and with vigilance just like usual?"
"You have a lot of preparations to make. From now on, you need to be very careful, try to think that even the slightest injury will kill you. Not to mention that we already used most of the medicines that we got from the ruins, so we don't have many left. Thus it would be difficult to do a crazy stunt like last time. So you really need to be careful, okay?"
Akira realised the seriousness of the situation from the way Alpha warned him. He then asked her.
"Is the medicine that we bought from Shizuka-san not good enough?"
"Their healing ability is completely different. Remember that you broke your leg yesterday? With your usual medicine, you can completely heal in 5 minutes, but with the medicine that you bought yesterday, it will even take 2 hours, you know."
"...Their healing abilities are on a completely different scale, huh? In that case, I should just buy the same healing medicine as the one that I usually use, right?"
"That will be extremely difficult. Even if you can find a place to buy it, it'll at least cost 1,000,000 Aurum per box, you know?"
"Although it saved you so many times, it was indeed very expensive medicine."
Akira understood the gravity of the situation. If he kept getting himself injured like usual, he would have to spend a lot of money on the medicines that would greatly affect his daily lives. There was a limit on how much he could use the augmented suit to help him move with broken bones, and in the worst-case scenario, he might even get killed.
"Ah, that's right, we can go to the ruins to gather more of those medicines, right? I think there should still be more of those medicines scattered in the ruins."
Akira looked proud as he thought that he came up with a very good idea, but he quickly returned back to his usual self as Alpha shook her head and shot his suggestion down.
"Because of the big battle from yesterday, I believe that the distribution of the monsters in the ruins has changed greatly. The monsters that you would normally find deeper in the ruins might have come out to the outskirts of the ruins. If the current you go to the ruins now, you might end up dead even with my support."
"That's good. I'll also give my best support too."
Akira tried to get into his serious mood, but the warm bath was too strong to fight against. And so he could not help but let out a long m.o.a.n.
Akira's eyes met Alpha's.
"That sounds very painful. So I'll definitely be extra careful."
This time Akira was able to answer back seriously.
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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