213 通信途絶
クズスハラ街遺跡の奥部を人型兵器の部隊が進んでいる。大規模遺跡探索の主力だ。黒で統一された外観の同系機達は、巨大な機銃やミサイルポッド、戦艦の大砲のような大口径の携帯砲、
「本部。こちらC5分隊C501。大型モンスターの群れと遭遇。撃破した」
「被害状況は?」
「了解。作戦を続行してくれ」
「......軽い懸念がある。モンスターの規模や遭遇頻度が当初の予想を超えている。遺跡奥部の未調査区域開拓だ。モンスターの脅威度が高いのは分かるが、ちょっと度合いが高すぎる気がする」
「未調査区域とは、該当区画に立ち入ったハンター等の生還率が著しく低い
軽い冗談交じりの指示に、機体の操縦者も軽く笑って返す。
「末端の心配までしてくれる優しい上司で有り難いね。C501。了解」
通信を終えた後、操縦者が機体の索敵機器で軽く辺りの様子を調べる。無数のモンスターの残骸や
「ま、勝ってるしな。問題ないか」
人型兵器の部隊が進軍を続けて制圧区域を広げていく。どこに隠れていたのか不思議になるほど大量のモンスターと遭遇したが、高性能な機体で強力な武装を巧みに操り、その圧倒的な火力で
く進むと、無数の朽ち果てた高層ビルが巨大な防壁のように連なっている場所に到着する。その壁の手前には1体の巨大なモンスターがその壁を守るように待機していた。
モンスターの外観は巨大な多砲塔多脚戦車だ。部隊機が見上げる程に巨大で、小規模な移動要塞のようにも見える。だがその下部には金属の脚に混じって巨大な
その巨大モンスターは人型兵器の部隊を察知すると、車体から生えている無数の機銃と無数の砲塔を勢い良く回して照準を合わせ、敵を一帯の建物ごと粉砕するかのような激しい砲火を放った。
黒い機体達も速やかに応戦する。敵の砲火を盾で防ぎ、周辺の廃ビル等の遮蔽物に身を隠し、機体の推進装置で宙を飛び、目標を立体的に包囲する。その上で機体間の通信装置を介して高度な連携を取り、一斉に攻撃した。
使用者も目標も明らかに人間用でも対人用でもない巨大な銃弾と砲弾が、モンスターと機体達の両方から大量に放たれた。無数の流れ弾が周囲の建物を倒壊させていく。
「こちらC501。支援感謝する」
「こちらC801。間に合って何よりだ。それで、なぜ後続の到着を待てなかった?」
「敵の存在に気付いた時は手遅れだった。恐らく迷彩持ちだったのだろう。言い訳になるが、ここに到着するまでに遭遇したモンスターに迷彩持ちはいなかった。索敵範囲を維持しながら索敵精度を迷彩持ちに対応できるレベルまで上げてしまうと、反響定位類用の発信でこちらの位置が露見しやすくなる。だから不要と思い迷彩持ちへの対応優先度を下げていた」
「ほ、本部。こちらC5分隊。脅威となり得る巨大モンスターと遭遇。C8分隊の援護により撃破に成功。被害を受けた機体を一度帰還させる」
「了解した。......様子が変だが、何かあったのか?」
通信の向こう側から伝わってくる騒めきは、発見したものの価値を意味している。隊長が軽い緊張を覚えながら指示を待っていると、索敵装置が再び反応を示す。慌てて反応の原因を機体のカメラで確認すると、ビルの倒壊で出来た壁の隙間に、遺跡に似つかわしくないドレス姿の女性が立っていた。
の上に、自身の管理区域の境界に立っている。本来ツバキは自身を縛る規則により自身の管理区域の外に実体では出られない。そして現在の体は端末化した旧世界製自動人形であり、実体だ。
そのツバキが都市の部隊を、無数の黒い機体を見ながら
ツバキが歩いて境界の外に出ていく。その横を無数の透明な機械群が駆け抜けていった。
隊長は本部との通信途絶に驚き困惑していた。だがそれも設定を迷彩持ち対応に切り替えた索敵機器が、追加の多数の反応を捉えて危険を知らせるまでだった。可視光では視認不可能な物体が巨大な壁の隙間から次々と出現している。
「撃退しろ!」
経験からそれを即座に敵と見抜いた隊長の号令で、黒い機体の部隊が一斉に銃撃を開始する。同時に、ツバキの管理区域の警備を担当していた機械系モンスター達も一斉に銃撃を開始した。
何もないように見える空間から突如飛び散る
イナベが仮設基地の司令部で歓喜の表情を浮かべている。遺跡奥部の部隊から送られてきた光景、ツバキの管理区域の風景は、今回の大規模遺跡探索計画を大成功と評価するのに十分な成果だ。
該当の場所は自分の担当区域となり、そこから生み出される膨大な利益が都市を発展させ、自分の地位と将来を約束する。自分は賭けに勝ったのだと、イナベはかつてない高揚を味わっていた。
「何が起こった!? すぐに
「奥部の全部隊、全ハンターとの通信が完全に途絶しました!」
「何だと!?」
思わず叫んだイナベの声が司令室に響き渡った。その声が消えても、余りの状況に慌てながら対応を続ける職員達の騒めきが司令室から消えることはなかった。
ど近寄らないから、大規模遺跡探索でモンスターを強引に間引いて、遺物が残っていそうな場所を開拓しようとしているのでしょうね』
長期間人が立ち入っていない場所の方が、高額な遺物が大量に残っている可能性は高い。その
にいたアルファの姿が消えていた。表示位置を変えたのかと思って周囲を見渡す。しかしアルファの姿はどこにもなかった。
次の瞬間、アキラは軽い
『アルファ。冗談なら止めてくれ! せめて前もって何か言ってくれ!』
返事はない。念話で強く訴えても虚空に呼びかけているかのように消えていく。その静寂は以前セランタルビルでアルファが席を外していた時とは根本的に異なっていた。あの時は呼びかけても相手が無視している程度の感覚だった。だが今感じるのは、誰もいない無音、僅かな反響すら
アキラは一度大きく深呼吸して気を静めた後、遺物収集を打ち切って、来た道を戻り始めた。そしてこの状態では依頼どころではないと考えて帰還を決断する。
装備の不調とでも言い訳しよう。そう考えながら貸出端末を操作して探索本部と連絡を取ろうとする。だが反応がない。
アキラがセランタルビルでの出来事を思い出して表情を更に険しくする。
(あの時と同じ状況になったのか!? いやその
ハンターの男がアキラに道を譲るように通路の脇に移動する。そして貸出端末を操作した後、顔をアキラに向けて首を横に振った。
アキラは通信障害を受けているのが自分だけではないと改めて確認したことで、ビルからの脱出を最優先に考える。脱出さえすればアルファとの接続が回復する。ここを乗り切れば後はどうにでもなる。そう考えて強化服と防御コートの出力を上げる。予備のエネルギーパックを車に十分に用意していたこともあり、これが無駄な消費であったとしても
アキラが男の横を通り過ぎる。そしてその先の階段に飛び込むように階下へ駆け下りようとする。その瞬間、緊張で過敏になっていた精神が情報収集機器から伝わる感覚に反応し、嫌な予感としてアキラに警告を与えた。アキラが反射的に防御姿勢を取った瞬間、踊り場に設置してあった爆弾が起爆し、周囲をアキラごと吹き飛ばした。
爆弾は目標の殺傷より退路の封鎖を優先して設置、起爆されていた。おかげでアキラは強化服と防御コートの出力を上げていたこともあって、爆風で元の階へ押し戻されただけで大した
と混乱の中で着地する。それでも体勢を崩していないのは積み重ねた訓練と実践の成果だ。訳も分からないまま現状の把握を始めようとする頭を、再度の嫌な予感が強制的に中断させる。アキラは自身の勘に従い、SSB複合銃を握った腕を振り向く間すら惜しんで強引に背後に向け、引き金を引いて乱射する。同時に横へ素早く飛んで近くの部屋に飛び込みその場から離脱しようとする。
その一瞬で2人分の弾幕が通路を飛び交った。無数の銃弾が壁や床に着弾し、固い素材を
どちらも少々被弾したものの、致命傷にはほど遠い被害で済んだ。もう1人の銃撃者、先ほどアキラが擦れ違った男のどこか勝ち誇った声が響く。
「やっぱり今のじゃ死なねえか! だよな! この程度でくたばるなら、あの時殺せていたからな!」
「誰かと間違えてないか!」
「あってるよ! お前はアキラだろう? あの後にちゃんと名前も調べたからな! まあ、お前を殺すのは半分偶然だ! 確かに俺の私怨もあるが、大義の前では
アキラは内心で愚痴を吐きながら両手にSSB複合銃を握る。そして大きく息を吸い、体感時間を圧縮し意識を加速させ、部屋から飛び出した。
出力を上げた強化服の身体能力で生み出した初速で、廊下の反対側に一瞬で到達する。片足でその壁を蹴って慣性を逆方向の衝撃で相殺する。同時に両手のSSB複合銃を素早く構え、敵の方向へ
「残念だったな。あの時はスラム街のチンピラに合わせた貧弱な体だったが、今は今回の大規模遺跡探索に合わせた高性能な体なんだよ」
「あの時は名乗ってなかったな? ザルモだ! 今度は勝たせてもらうぞ!」
いて先ほどの部屋に逃げ込んだ。
ザルモが一度銃撃を止め、銃を変形させてから銃撃を再開する。すると撃ち出された銃弾が壁を貫通してアキラを襲い始めた。
アキラは周囲の壁が自分の銃弾だけを防ぐ障害物と成り果てた部屋から、部屋の逆方向の出口に全力で駆け出した。銃撃で破壊されて飛び散る備品の動きよりも速く、だが撃ち続けられる銃弾よりも大分遅く、自身の横を通り過ぎる弾丸を追いかけるように移動する。色無しの霧を含んだ東部の大気を弾丸が高速で通過することで生まれる痕跡を、宙を
(あいつ、以前にシェリルの店を襲った強盗か! 何で生きてるんだ!? 頭を吹っ飛ばしたはずだぞ!? 実は脳は胴体にあって、死んだ振りをしていただけだったのか!? いや、そんなはずは......)
アキラが廊下を走りながら続けていた思考を、背後からの銃撃で中断させられる。反射的に振り返り、両手のSSB複合銃の設定を変更して反撃する。銃のエネルギーパックと残弾を過度に消費する連射速度で実施した乱射は、通路を埋め尽くすような弾幕となった。
「これはお前の仕業か!? 何をしやがった!」
「お前が知る必要はねえ! 支援の力で調子に乗ったツケを払って、ここで死ね!」
ザルモが少々強引に距離を詰め始める。相手の僅かなたじろぎ、意気の弱まりを
アキラが高層ビルの側面近くを落下していく。かなりの上階から飛び出したので地面まではまだ遠い。それでも地面に到達するまでの時間は僅かだ。その僅かな時間を体感時間の操作で限りなく引き延ばしながら、口に出さずに必死に叫ぶ。
返事はなかった。セランタルビルと同じなら、強引にでもビルの外に出ればアルファとの通信が回復するかもしれない。その第1の賭けはアキラの負けで終わった。
そして第2の賭けにもアキラは負けた。幾ら何でもビルの外に飛び降りてまで追ってはこないだろう。その予想を
アルファのサポートを得た状態であれば、知覚可能な現実を極限まで詳細に把握できる。だがアキラの自力では不可能だ。試みただけでも余りの負荷に脳死しかねない。それをアキラは処理対象を限定し負荷を軽減することで対処した。
処理するべき情報を自分の意思で取捨選択し、意識上の現実の精度を部分的に向上させる。意識上の現実を生成する脳の処理時間による遅延の
それらにより、アキラは制限時間付きで自身の戦闘力を底上げした。残り時間は本人にも分からない。分かるのは、とても短いということだけだ。
そしてアキラがこれに成功したのは今が初めてだ。訓練中に何度も試したが全て失敗していた。失敗の理由は2つ。アキラを脳死させないようにアルファが制限を入れていたこと。そして最悪の場合でもアルファに頼ればきっと何とかなるというアキラの無意識での甘えだ。
(この状態でも互角が限界か! だがもう一度この状態になれるとは限らねえ! このまま殺しきる! お前が死ね!)
刀の間合いに入った瞬間、アキラが刀を全力で振るう。刀身の輝きは
Ch 213
The robotic humanoid soldiers slowly encroached deeper into the Kuzusuhara ruin. They were the main actors in the expedition into the ruin. They had a powerful large black gun accompanied by a missile pod of a similar size. It was assorted with high-caliber portable cannon complete with forcefield armour shields.
"HQ, this is C501 from C5 squad. We have encountered a swarm of large monsters and defeated them."
"How is the damage?"
"Roger that, continue with the plan."
"...I just have a small worry though. We are encountering monsters more often than we first predicted. I know that the unexplored deeper part of the ruin is filled with powerful monsters, but they are even stronger than we expected."
"The unexplored areas stay unexplored because most of the Hunters who went there did not come back alive, that is exactly why we lack information regarding those areas. It can't be helped if there are powerful monsters there. Maintain the supply route and expand out carefully... Ah, and also, there's a directive from the upper echelon to keep the damage to a minimum since it won't act as a good advertisement otherwise. So make sure to withdraw when it gets too dangerous."
The powered suit operator laughed in reaction to that small joke from HQ.
"Well well well, I'm glad that we got ourselves some kind commanders this time. C501. Roger that!"
The call was closed as he then scanned the surrounding area. The ground riddled with carcasses as far as the eyes could see was the testament of the power of the squad.
"Well, we're winning anyway, so I guess there's nothing to worry about."
The powered suit squad continued their objective of expanding the secured area. Although they encountered numerous monsters, to the point they questioned where those came from, their powerful equipment made quick work of them. Since that was the case, they thought that there was no problem at all.
Not too long after the squad continued, they arrived at a certain place where numerous tall buildings stuck to each other, forming a formidable wall. In front of that wall, a monster was standing as if guarding the wall.
The outer appearance of that monster was similar to a tank with multiple cannons. It was so huge that even the powered suit squad had to look up to see the entirety of the monster. The monster looked like a mobile fort. While the lower part of the monster was equipped with metallic reptilian legs, it looked like a biological monster carrying a fort on its back.
As that monster spotted the advancing squad, its guns quickly turned and aimed at them before it started shooting vigorously as if it was also trying to destroy the buildings around it.
The black powered suits quickly engaged the monster. They immediately put up their shields to take cover from the incoming barrage. They hid behind the rubble or jumped away from the enveloped direction as they quickly surrounded their target. They communicated closely with each other to ensure maximum teamwork as they quickly dispatched the monster.
Both the monster and the squad were using high caliber weapons, obviously not to be used for fighting against mere humans and were also not designed to be used by humans either as they released countless warheads at each other, enveloping the area with barrages that flattened the already ruined buildings in the area.
"This is C501. Thanks for the reinforcement."
"C801 here. I'm glad we made it on time. So then, why didn't you wait for us?"
"It was already too late when we noticed the enemy. It might have been using some kind of camouflage. Although it might sound like a lame excuse, we did not expect an attack at all, all the monsters that we encountered up till now had no camouflage on. If we dial up the sensitivity of our information-gathering devices to detect monsters with camouflage, there is a good chance that they would be able to track our position as well. That's why we thought that it was an unnecessary risk."
"H-HQ. This is C5 squad, we just encountered what might be an immensely powerful monster. Fortunately, we were able to defeat it with the help of the C8 squad. We will send the damaged units to the back."
"Roger that... Is there something wrong over there?"
The abnormality in that call expressed what kind of amazing thing that they had just found. The squad leader waited nervously for the next order when his information-gathering device suddenly picked up another signal. As he flusteredly shifted the camera on his powered suit to the source of that signal, he saw through the gap of the fallen building, the figure of a beautiful girl.
Tsubaki was standing on top of the rubble on the border of the area under her jurisdiction. Normally, she would not be able to get out of her area due to her restriction. This time, she came in an old-world automaton that was already turned into a terminal. So she did not travel there as a virtual object.
Tsubaki gazed at the squad of the black powered suits and mumbled.
Tsubaki walked and left the area. Multiple transparent robots followed next to her as she stepped outside the area.
The squad leader was at a loss that his call with the HQ was suddenly cut. But their information-gathering devices that were already tuned up to detect hidden monsters, now showed multiple signals. It gave them a shock as invisible objects appeared one after another from a small opening in that crumbled wall.
"Open fire!!"
All the experiences that he accumulated caused his alarm to ring danger as he barked out commands. The rest of the team did not lose a beat as they started shooting as well. Right at the same time, the monster under Tsubaki's command also replied accordingly.
Flashes from muzzles and forcefield armours appeared out of nowhere, distorting the optical camouflage of the mechanical monsters and shedding to their true form in front of the squad. Countless tanks with multiple legs. Some of them had their legs completely folded up as they were floating without touching the ground. The walls, the grounds, even the sky were immediately encroached by monsters as they did not stop shooting at the city's squad. The black powered suit quickly reformed their formation and released more or less the same absurd amount of warheads in the enemy's direction.
Inabe looked delighted as he was on standby in the front base's command center. The picture sent by the forward squad showed an area under Tsubaki's control, which indicated that this large-scale expedition was a success.
The area would be put under his jurisdiction and he would be promised a good position if he could bring in profits from that area for the sake of the city's development. The fact that he had won this large bet of his, had sent him over the moon.
"What just happened? Get it back online!!"
"We lost all contact with all the Hunters there!!"
"What!?"
Inabe could not hide his surprise. His voice echoed through the command center and dissipated into the air. But even so, it did not help with the situation that they were facing at all.
"It's exactly because Hunters normally cannot even come close to these buildings that they organized such a large-scale expedition. They are hoping to find an area rich with relics."
Unexplored areas have a better chance of housing valuable relics. That was why although they knew that it was dangerous to stay close to the powered suits, there were Hunters who chose to do so in order to get first dibs on the unexplored buildings.
Akira glanced at Alpha when he said so, but Alpha who was beside him just a moment ago suddenly vanished. He raised his eyebrows and looked around, thinking that she just suddenly changed position, but he could not find her anywhere.
Right at the next moment, he felt a slight dizziness as his vision blurred for a second, but it quickly returned back to normal. He felt weird as if his vision was momentarily cut off before restarting.
"Alpha! Stop with the joke! At least tell me beforehand if you're going to do something like that!"
But there was no reply. Even if he sent a strong voice through telepathy, it only dissipated without getting any response. Akira felt a different sensation compared to when Alpha left him back in the Seranthal building. Back then, it was more like there was someone there that was ignoring his call, but this time, it felt like he was completely alone, enveloped in complete silence.
Akira took a deep breath, reorganized his thoughts, and decided to stop the relic hunt. He turned around to go back to where he came from. Since it was not a good idea to continue the hunt in this situation, he had decided to go back home.
He could just say that his equipment was not working well as an excuse. He then used the terminal that was lent to him to contact the HQ. But again, there was no reply at all. He frowned when he checked the display as it said that it was out of range. So he shifted his attention to his information terminal hoping that he could find a signal through that route. He had since decided to use a better service provider after what had happened back in Mihazono ruin. Unfortunately, it also said that it was out of range.
Akira knitted his eyebrows, this reminded him of what happened back in the Seranthal building.
[Is this the same situation as back then in the Seranthal building?! No, judging that I can't connect with Alpha at all, it means that this is worse than that! I need to get out of here!]
The guy moved to the side as if to make way for Akira and checked his own information terminal just to shake his head at Akira.
This confirmed that Akira was not the only one having trouble, so he placed getting out of that building as his primary priority. Judging that he might get his connection with Alpha back once he got out from this place, he thought that everything would be alright as long as he got out of here. Thus, he increased the power output of his augmented suit and defensive coat. Since he had enough spare energy packs back in his vehicle, he did not try to conserve them at all even if it was a complete waste of his remaining energy packs.
As Akira passed that Hunter, he ran down the hallway and jumped down the stairs. Right at the next moment, all of Akira's senses were tuned to their highest sensitivity. He was extremely nervous after picking up a danger signal transmitted from his information terminal. He followed his instinct to take a defensive stance right before the bomb that was planted on the ground near him exploded.
The bomb was set there more to close off an escape route instead of killing someone. Moreover, since Akira raised the output power of his defensive coat to the maximum right before that happened, he was only blown back to the floor where he came from without sustaining any other damage. But of course, that shaved a lot of his energy.
Akira was utterly surprised as his body was smacked back onto the ground. Thanks to all the training that he had gone through, he was able to maintain his balance. While his mind was still trying to wrap his head around what just happened, his danger alarm flared once more. Akira followed his pure instinct as he grabbed his SSB rifle and started shooting behind him without even looking back while he jumped aside into a nearby room.
In such a short timespan, the hallway was immediately filled with flying bullets. Countless bullets scorched and drilled through the walls, floors and ceilings of the area. Enveloping the whole place with holes.
Although both of them received some shots, none was even close to fatal. The other guy that shot back at Akira was the guy that he just passed by a moment ago.
"Knew that it wouldn't kill you!! Well, if this was enough to kill you, you would have died back then after all, huh!!"
"Aren't you mistaking me for someone?"
"Not at all! You are Akira, right? I did all my homework and investigated everything about you after all!! Well, although, me trying to kill you here is actually just a coincidence, it's true that I have my own personal reason to want you dead. But compared to the greater good that it might bring, it doesn't change the fact that it's better if you're dead!"
Akira spat out curses in his mind as he gripped his SSB rifle hard. He then took a deep breath, compressed his time perception and jumped out of the room.
The powered-up augmented suit propelled his body outward, it took a blink of an eye for him to land on the hallway. He used one leg to kick the wall in order to kill his momentum as he quickly raised both of his SSB rifles and released an indiscriminate barrage in the general direction of the enemy. The extended magazine compensated for the lack of aiming as the other party received multiple shots to his body.
"That's just too bad. I've only used a weak body back then to suit the setting, working with the thugs of slum city. But this time, I came to this expedition with a much better body."
"Now that I think about it, I didn't introduce myself back then, my name is Zalmo. I won't lose this time!!"
Zalmo retracted his forcefield armour and started shooting at Akira, who kicked the wall again and plunged back to the previous room.
Zalmo stopped shooting, changed his gun's form and started shooting again. This time, he had enough firepower to pierce the wall to hunt for Akira.
Now that the walls served as only obstacles for him, Akira immediately ran toward the door on the opposite side of the room. Although he was faster than the flying rubble, he was still slowed down by them. He ducked and evaded the trajectory lines of the incoming bullets in a desperate attempt to escape the room.
[He's the guy who attacked Sheryl's relic shop back then, huh!! How the hell is he still alive!? I basically destroyed his head, you know!? Don't tell me that his brain is actually stored in his body and that he was just pretending to be dead!? No, as I thought, that's not right...]
Akira desperately ran through the hallway while thinking so, but he was immediately interrupted by more bullets. So he quickly made a U-turn, changed the setting of his SSB rifles, and emptied the remaining bullets in the magazines using the maximum rate of fire in exchange for energy consumption to release a storm of bullets into the hallway.
"Is this your doing too!? What the heck did you just do this time?!"
"There's no need for you to know!! This is where you pay for getting ahead of yourself when you're nothing without your support! Go to hell!!"
Zalmo tried to force his way to close the distance. The slight hesitation in Akira's movement made a small opening that he used to carefully step in for a finishing blow.
Since he jumped out from a high floor, he still had some time before reaching the ground although it was no more than a few seconds. Akira extended that time using his compressed time perception as he called for Alpha through telepathy.
Again, no answer at all. If it was just like back then in the Seranthal building, he would have been able to regain his connection with Alpha if he was able to get out of the building. But this time, his first bet ended up with his loss.
Right then Akira's second bet also ended up with his loss. He thought that Zalmo would not follow him, but on the contrary, Zalmo did not hesitate as he also jumped out from that hole.
With the help of Alpha's support, he was able to see this world in great detail. But this was impossible to do when he was by himself, even trying to do that might cause his brain to overload with information which might end up in his death. Akira's solution to this problem was to limit the detail that his brain would process.
With consciously filtering the information coming to his brain, he was able to increase the accuracy of his perception. With less information to process, his brain was able to produce the image of the perceived world in a shorter time. Thus the resulting perception was closer to the real world and eventually, increasing his reaction time.
Because of that, Akira's fighting prowess received a huge boost. He himself did not know how long he could maintain his current state, but one thing he knew for sure was he could not maintain it for long.
More than that, this was actually the first time Akira was able to successfully execute it. He already tried doing it during training a few times, all of which ended in failure. The reasons for those failures were mainly two things. Firstly, Alpha placed a restriction to make sure that Akira would not burn out his brain. Secondly, Akira unconsciously thought that Alpha would save him in times of emergency.
[This is only enough to take this fight into a stalemate!? But there's no guarantee that I can return back to this mode later on! This is my only chance to kill him! Just drop dead already!!]
The moment Zalmo was within the reach of his blade, Akira quickly heaved his blade down. The slash of the blade created a dim glow. Created using forcefield technology, this dim glow was more than enough to showcase its enhanced sharpness. Zalmo noticed this, so he raised his forcefield armour to its limit.
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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