163 その約束は守れない
格納庫でアルナの身柄を確保している男達の一人が急に表情を険しくさせる。
「トラルトが死んだ」
周りの男達が仲間の死にざわめく。
「死んだ!? あいつが!? 本当か!?」
を多用した所為で、定期通信が途絶えただけって可能性はないのか?」
トラルトの死に気付いた男が首を横に振る。
「バイタルサインチェックの失敗通知が届いている。通知内容から判断すると、恐らくだが、頭部は吹っ飛んでるな。バイタルサインのチェックは強化服側で行われている。通知の送信もそっちの経路だ。頭に大口径の弾でも食らったか?」
れだ。そう簡単には奇襲なんかされないはずだ。多少ヤバい事態になったとしても、逃げたり応援を呼んだりするぐらいはできたはずだ」
「ああ。だから俺達もあいつだけで行かせたんだ。そのあいつが事前に一切連絡なしで殺されたのかよ......」
男達の顔色が悪くなる。トラルトを殺したのがアキラだと断言はできないが、全員その可能性を大いに疑っていた。
「仕方ねえ! ボスに支援を要求する! いいな!」
他の男達から異議は出なかった。
カツヤの監視役の男がロゲルトと連絡を取っている。
「はい、ボス。俺です。......ええ、確かにこのガキは役に立っています。そこらの雑魚ならこいつだけで蹴散らせますね。......それで、このガキを格納庫に応援に向かわせればいいんですか? ......逆? ......ああ、そういうことですか。分かりました。了解です」
男はロゲルトとの通信を切ると、カツヤに高圧的に命令する。
「おい! ぼさっとしないで次に行くぞ!」
「てめえが知る必要なんかねえんだよ! てめえは俺の指示だけ聞いてりゃいいんだ!」
「......分かったよ」
カツヤは渋々という様子を隠しもせずに先に進み、男もその後を追った。
監視の男がカツヤの後方から怒声を浴びせる。
「もっとやる気を出しやがれ! てめえが役立たずならあの女を生かしておく価値なんかねえんだぞ!」
カツヤが苦渋の表情でより積極的に前に出て応戦する。前に出た分だけカツヤの危険が増す。だがその分だけ敵の勢いが削られたおかげで、監視の男は随分楽になった。
「初めからそうしてろ! クソガキが!」
カツヤは男の罵声を浴びて悔しそうな表情を浮かべながら、それでも必死に応戦していた。
したが、擲弾はそのままカツヤの背後に飛んでいき、通路の影に隠れていた監視の男の近くで爆発した。
男は軽い負傷で済んだが、その意気は大きく削られた。
「お、おい! 戻ってこい! 一度撤退だ!」
男はカツヤを自分の盾にするために呼び戻そうとしていた。その所為で急いで戻ってくるカツヤの態度や動きに注意を払う余裕もなく、強力な戦力が自分の近くに戻ってくることに
(あの会話内容から考えて、恐らくだが、アルナは格納庫にいるはずだ! そして攻撃を受けている! 今助けに行かないと、きっと手遅れになる! 今しかない!)
大人しく従っている振りをしていれば、アルナを助ける機会がきっと巡ってくる。カツヤはそう信じてロゲルト達に従っていた。そして今がその唯一無二の機会だと信じた。
カツヤは既に格納庫の場所を把握している。ロゲルトの機体について男達に質問した時に、その機体や付随する情報として整備場所などを上機嫌に答えてもらったからだ。あの機体に弱点でもないかと思って尋ねたのだが、それが意外な場所で役に立ったのだ。
(待ってろ! すぐに助けに行くからな!)
カツヤが強化服の身体能力を酷使しながら全速力で駆けていく。アルナを襲っているのは誰なのか。頭に過ぎるその懸念に不安を覚えながら。
『アキラ。そろそろ格納庫に到着するけれど、体調の方は大丈夫?』
『両腕に違和感がある。あと軽い頭痛がする』
アキラが軽く苦笑する。
『俺が気絶したらアルファのサポートも激減するんだろう? 分かってるよ。それはそれとして、腕の方の心配は良いのか。痛みがないのは鎮痛作用の効果で負傷自体は今も治療中。違和感はそれの所為だろう?』
アルファが軽く笑う。
『腕の方は、まあ、最悪千切れても強化服さえ動けば何とかなるからね。そこまで重要でもないわ』
い扱いだな。少し休んだらとは言わないのか?』
アキラが冗談交じりにそう尋ねると、アルファは和やかに
アルファは少し休めとも撤退しろとも意図的に口にしなかった。それはそれを口にすることでアキラの気が変わる可能性を上げないためだった。
手早く速やかにアルナを殺す。諸事情により、アキラとアルファの目的は一致していたのだ。
格納庫の周辺に設置された小型情報収集機器がアキラの接近を男達に知らせる。
「配置に着け! 残弾なんか気にするな! ボスが到着するまで
男達は格納庫の中に小型式簡易防壁を設置していた。格納庫の壁と簡易防壁の両方で身を守りながら敵の襲撃に備える。重装強化服の男は簡易防壁の外側で、他の者達は簡易防壁の内側で、それぞれの武器を敵の反応位置に向けて構える。
男達はアキラの反応を断片的にしか探知できていない。小型の情報収集機器では探知範囲も狭く、加えて全方向からの襲撃に備えて分散して設置したのだ。奇襲を警戒した弊害だ。
「ボスはどれぐらいで到着するんだ!?」
「追加の人型兵器やら戦闘車両やらを潰してから来るってよ!」
「何でハーリアスの連中にそこまでの戦力があるんだ!? あいつらそんなに金があったのか!?」
「知るか!」
男達の疑問は爆音とともに格納庫の壁に大穴が開けられたことで中断された。外側から無数の擲弾で爆破されたのだ。
男達が砲火を一斉にその大穴に向ける。重装強化服の男が持つミニガンから大量の銃弾が放たれる。簡易防壁に隠れている男達も隙間から銃器を構え、銃を乱射し擲弾を発射する。銃声と爆発音が格納庫内に反響する。その場にいる者を跡形も残さないかのような猛攻が10秒ほど続く。壁の穴の
静寂を取り戻した場で男達が緊張しながらで敵の様子を探る。だが穴の周辺やその先に敵の死体を見つけることはできない。
次の瞬間、重装強化服の男のミニガンが
いて壁の穴から飛び込んでくる。右手のCWH対物突撃銃で重装強化服の男を続けて狙いながら、左手のDVTSミニガンで簡易防壁周辺を乱射しながら、銃撃の反動を強化服の身体能力であっさり押さえ込み、素早い動きで格納庫内に侵入する。そして格納庫内の大型な整備機械類の間から攻撃を続けてくる。
「クソが! 代わりを寄こせ!」
男は簡易防壁の仲間から別の大型銃器を受け取るとすぐに銃撃を再開した。人型兵器の整備に使用する高価な機材を破壊することになるが、男達にそれを気にする余裕はなかった。
アキラが格納庫内を移動しながら男達の簡易防壁を攻撃し続けている。DVTSミニガンから無数の銃弾が連続して撃ち込まれ、A4WM自動擲弾銃から放たれた擲弾が爆発する。しかし簡易防壁の防御が揺らいだようには見えず、アキラの表情が険しくなる。
アキラは黒い機体の銃や近接戦闘装備の威力を思い浮かべる。男達の簡易防壁が本来あれらを防ぐためのものならばこの防御力にも納得できる。しかしその納得が現状を改善する訳でもなく、その表情は険しいままだ。
『たとえそうだとしても、幾ら撃っても無駄ってことはないんだよな?』
かれたが、CWH対物突撃銃の弾丸が間を置かずに男に着弾した。男の重装強化服の防御も既に限界を迎えており、弾丸は男の胴体を貫いていた。3度目の戦闘薬が注入されたが、それが男の命を持続させることはなかった。
仲間を失った男達は必死に反撃したが、動きの面でもアルファのサポートを取り戻したアキラの猛攻を食い止めることはできなかった。簡易防壁が限界を迎えた部分から大破していき、擲弾で吹き飛ばされていく。一緒に吹き飛ばされた男が床に
その無謀な賭けは実らなかった。だがアキラや男達の予想とも外れていた。
逃げる男達を追って簡易防壁の穴を抜けたアキラが、その先の光景を見て表情を一気に険しくする。男達が眉間を撃たれて殺されていた。そして、アルナがカツヤに抱き付いていた。
カツヤはアキラから少し遅れて格納庫に到着すると、アキラと男達の交戦に気付いてその場を一度
「またお前か。しかもまたか。また、あとちょっと、もう少しのところで邪魔しに出てくるのか。......また一応言ってみるか」
「そいつを、渡せ」
カツヤはたじろがずにそう断言すると、アルナを片腕でより強く抱き締めた。
アキラが装備を見せつけるように両手に持つ銃火器を僅かに動かす。
「あれから稼いだ金で銃も強化服も新調したんだ。この装備には4億オーラムぐらい掛かってる。お前の装備が幾らかは知らないし、俺の装備より高性能かもしれないが、それでも装備の相対的な差は随分縮まったはずだ。しかもそっちは足手
「金のためなんかじゃねえ! お前には分からねえだろうけどな!」
「じゃあ、お前は実はそいつとは前から知り合いで、何か恩でもあって、あの時も偶然あの場にいたわけじゃなくて、何かあったらその辺りにいるから何か困ったことがあったら来いって打ち合わせていたのか?」
「アルナとはあの時初めて偶然会ったんだ! お前の勝手な邪推を付け加えるんじゃねえ!」
を感じ取れなかった。そのため一層不可解に思い、その困惑を表情に出しながら、どこか真剣な様子で尋ねる。
「じゃあ、何でだ? 金でもない。恩でもない。別に友人でもない。偶然出会っただけの赤の他人の
されたが、抱き締めているアルナの震えを感じ取ると、その視線を押し返すように確固たる意思を表情と口調に込めて断言する。
「助けるって約束した! 理由はそれで十分だ!」
「お前、良いやつだな」
金でも恩でもなく口約束に自分の命を賭ける
アキラはアルナを殺しに来たのだ。その賞賛ではその殺意は取り消せない。アキラの視線には憎悪も侮蔑もない。だがアルナには殺意を、カツヤにはその障害への敵意を向ける。
助けに来た者と殺しに来た者が、互いの確固たる意思を確認し合った。後はもうその目的を果たすだけだ。
一瞬の緩みが死に
何らかの誤解を受けており、その誤解を解く余地もない。アキラはそれだけ理解した。カツヤの理解も大体同じだ。だが共通の敵に対する認識は異なっていた。カツヤがアキラに不本意そうに提案する。
「......おい、この場は協力しよう。あれを何とかして脱出するまで一時停戦だ」
の迷いもなく答える。
「お前、状況分かってるのか!?」
「俺はそいつを殺しに来たんだ。この程度の状況でそれを覆すような、そいつを助けるような
アキラは平然とそう言い返した。だがその条件を飲むのならばカツヤもこんな場所にはいないのだ。カツヤが叫ぶように言い返す。
不毛な会話は黒い機体が近接戦闘装備を振り上げたことで強制的に切り上げられた。巨大なチェーンソーに似た武器が、無数の刃が高速回転する駆動音を響かせる。アキラとカツヤの視線がその武器に向けられる。そして圧倒的な破壊力をまざまざと感じさせる巨大な武器が機体の出力で目標に向けて振り下ろされた。
いた。一瞬遅れて巨大なブレードが格納庫の床に直撃する。床の接触面が粉砕されて巨大な溝ができあがり、床の破片が広範囲に飛び散った。大きめな破片が離れた場所の整備機械に直撃して大きく変形させた。それほどの威力だった。
アキラがその直撃すれば確実に木っ端
『その辺の感覚には個人差があるから、私に言われてもね』
二者択一で自分が狙われるぐらいいつものことだ。アキラはそう思いながらも釈然としないものを感じながら全力で壁の穴を目指して走る。
の外を走って逃げるなんて選択を選んだのなら、あの機体に追いつかれて殺されるだけよ。その時は手間が省けて良かったと思いましょう』
アキラが壁の穴を抜けて格納庫の外へ出る。続けて黒い機体がアキラを追って壁をぶち破って飛び出してくる。アキラは背後の様子を振り向くまでもなく理解して必死に
気味に動かして、A4WM自動擲弾銃を背後に向けて引き金を引く。発射された擲弾の威力では黒い機体を破壊するのは不可能だ。だが爆発で照準を僅かに狂わせるぐらいならば可能だった。
黒い機体が構える巨大な銃から巨大な弾丸が放たれる。それはアキラの横を通り抜け、その先の壁を粉砕し大穴を開け続けながら奥へ消えていった。アキラがその巨大な弾丸の威力に顔を引きつらせる。
Ch 163
One of the guards, who were guarding Alna in the hangar, suddenly frowned and said.
"Toralt got killed."
All the other guards near him could not help but react to that.
"He's dead!? It's Toralt we're talking about here!? Are you sure?"
"Are you sure you didn't just lose connection because of jamming smoke or something else?"
The person who said that Toralt was dead shook his head.
"His vital sign has flat-lined. Judging from the last information sent across, although it's only just a guess, he might have gotten his head crushed. The vital sign check is done through the augmented suit and is also sent through it. I wonder if he took on a warhead head-on or something."
"Was it a surprise attack...? No, he's too smart to get caught off guard. It should be near impossible to launch a sneak attack on him. And if he was in a pretty bad situation, he should have run, or at least called for help."
"Yeah, that's exactly why we sent him alone. But to think that he got killed even before he could call for help like this..."
Their faces turned pale. Although they could not go as far as to say for sure that Akira was the one who killed Toralt, most of them thought that was the case. Then the guy who was responsible for leading them said.
"We have no other choice here! I'll ask the boss for help!! You guys are okay with that, right?!"
No one there objected.
On the other side of the mansion, the guy who was responsible for watching Katsuya called Rogelt.
"Yes, boss, it's me... Yes, this brat is pretty useful. Those small fries are no match for him... So, I just need to take him to the hangar, right...? No? The other way...? Ahh, I see. Roger that!"
That guy closed the call with Rogelt and yelled at Katsuya.
"Hey!! Don't just stand there! Let's go to the next place!"
"It's none of your business!! You just need to do what I say!"
"...Alright."
Katsuya replied without even trying to hide his displeasure and followed that man.
The guy who was responsible for keeping Katsuya under his watch kept yelling at Katsuya.
"Put your back into it! If you don't work hard enough, there's no meaning in keeping that girl hostage, you know?!"
Katsuya still had his displeased face on him as he put himself out a bit more, but the more he moved forward, the more dangerous his position was. But thanks to that, he could take out his enemies faster. Seeing that, the other guy relaxed and said to him.
"You should've done that right from the start! You damn brat!!"
Katsuya had a pained look on his face as he listened to the other guy yelling at him. But even so, he still gave his best fighting there.
One of his enemies suddenly contacted someone from behind who sent a warhead straight at Katsuya. Katsuya was able to evade it as it flew past behind him and blew up next to the guy who was keeping watch on him.
Although it only injured him lightly, it really scared him. He then sacredly and flusteredly ordered Katsuya.
"H-hey!! Come back here!! We're retreating for a bit!!"
That guy was telling Katsuya to return to be his shield. Seeing how Katsuya hurriedly returned back to him, his only thoughts were that he would be safe since he had someone strong next to him and became careless in being wary of Katsuya.
[Judging from that conversation, although it's only my guess, Alna must be in the hangar! And she must be under attack too! If I don't go and rescue her now, I might be too late!!]
Katsuya only obeyed Rogelt's men thinking that by doing so he would eventually find a window that he could use to rescue Alna. And he believed that this was his only chance.
Katsuya already knew where the hangar was. Back then when he asked the other guys with him about Rogelt's powered suit, they happily told him all kinds of information about that powered suit including the hangar where it was stationed. He originally asked that question trying to figure out the weakness of that powered suit, but it turned out that it was also useful for something else too.
[Just wait there! I'll definitely save you!!]
Katsuya used the full power of his augmented suit to run as fast as he could. When he guessed who might be attacking Alna, he could not help but worry.
"Akira, the hangar is just ahead, but, are you okay?"
"My both arms still feel a bit weird, other than that, I'm also having a slight headache."
Akira smiled bitterly.
"I know. If I faint, it'll cut off your support, right? But still, my arms are okay, huh? I thought that I don't feel any pain because of the painkillers and they're actually still injured right now while the medicines that I took are trying to fix them, is that the reason why I'm feeling this weird sensation?"
Alpha lightly smiled.
"For your arms, well, even if they get torn off, I can still move them by controlling your augmented suit, so it should be alright. That's why it's not that important right now."
"Yikes, that doesn't sound okay at all. Can we like, you know, take a short rest?"
Akira was joking when he said that, but Alpha just smiled and stared back at him without saying anything. So he said while smiling bitterly.
She did not tell Akira to stop nor to take a rest at all, it was all for the sake of encouraging him to withdraw from that place instead of going for Alna.
Although they had different motivations, both Akira and Alpha had the same goal, to kill Alna as fast as possible.
The guards inside the hangar quickly noticed Akira with the help of their information-gathering devices.
"Get into your post! Don't worry about ammo! We need to hold out until the boss is here!"
The guards inside the hangar started setting up their portable walls. They bunkered themselves between the portable walls and the hangar's walls in anticipation of the enemy's attack. The one with the heavy augmented suit stood guard outside the walls, while the rest were taking cover inside the walls, all of them readied their weapons in the direction of the incoming signal.
They were only able to get the rough location of Akira. The mini information-gathering device that they used had a small range, not to mention, they spread those around to avoid a surprise attack.
"How long before the boss arrives?"
"He said that he'll come once he's done with the tanks and the other powered suits!"
"Why the heck is even Haurias here too!? Do they always have that much money to spend?"
"Hell if I know!"
Their conversation was suddenly cut short by a huge explosion that left a big hole in the hangar's wall. It was blown off by countless grenades that came from the outside.
All of the guards inside the hangar immediately turned toward the direction of that explosion. The guy with the heavy augmented suit did not spend any second, he quickly released a barrage in that direction with his minigun. While the other guys who were hiding behind the walls kept shooting the incoming grenades down through the gaps between the walls. Explosions and gunshot immediately filled the hangar. That frenzied shooting happened for about 10 seconds. The bullets and the explosions only served to widen the hole on the wall until they stopped.
Now that they had calmed down, the guards inside the hangar started to nervously check for the location of their enemy. But they did not find any corpse around the hole nor in the direction of the hole.
Right at the next moment, a loud explosion echoed through the hangar. The guy with the heavy augmented suit found his minigun blown off to pieces, he shuddered and could not help but to lower his guard for a sec there.
But Akira did not let that slide, he used that small opening to jump in through the hole. He used his CWH anti-material rifle on his right hand to snipe the guy in the heavy augmented suit and his DVTS minigun on his left hand to suppress the guys behind the wall as he stormed into the room. His augmented suit did not have any trouble in holding back the kickback from both guns. He then kept on shooting through the gaps of the big equipment scattered inside the hangar.
"Goddammit!! Give me another one!"
Once he got another heavy weapon from one of the men behind the wall, he immediately started shooting again. Although by doing so he would be destroying the equipment inside the hangar, he did not show any hesitation at all.
Akira kept on moving around inside the hangar while shooting at the guys behind the portable wall. He used his DVTS minigun to release a barrage on them or his A4WM automatic grenade launcher to rain them with grenades. But it did not seem that the portable walls would come down anytime soon, Akira could not help but to make a stern face.
Akira remembered the power of the melee weapons and the guns of that black powered suit. If those portable walls were designed to be able to hold out against that level of firepower, no wonder why they were still standing strong. But that did not make his current situation any better, so he still had a stern look on his face.
"Even if that's the case, it doesn't mean I didn't do any damage at all, right?"
Just like Alpha said, it did not take long for the portable walls to hit their limit. The moment their force field armours were down, they were turned into just simple metallic walls that offered almost no defensive value against bullets. Although most of the barrage from Akira only ricocheted off the armours of the guy with the heavy augmented suit since he had retreated behind the portable wall, Akira's CWH anti-material rifle did not find any resistance in plowing through them. Eventually, the guy with the heavy augmented suit could not take it any longer, a bullet ripped through his armour and straight to the guy's torso. Even after 3 shots of battle stimulants and medicines, he could not save his own life.
The other guys who realized that they had lost one of their friends shot back at Akira in a frenzy, but of course, it was not enough to hold Akira back since he had regained Alpha's support now. The portable walls that had hit their limits were quickly shredded to pieces while the grenades made a short work of them. The explosion also blew off some of the guys behind the walls and rendered them unconscious, but those showered with bullets drowned in their own blood and died there.
Unfortunately, they lost that gamble. But that was because of something that neither Akira nor they were expecting.
As Akira came out from behind the destroyed portable walls, chasing for those people, he could not help but frown when he saw what was in front of him. The guys who were running away from him were already lying dead on the ground. Furthermore, not too far from them, Katsuya was hugging Alna.
Katsuya reached the hangar a bit after Akira. He noticed Akira was fighting against the Ezont family's soldiers inside the hangar, so he decided to take a detour to avoid them as he sneaked into the hangar. After that, he hid while waiting for the right time to come out.
"You again? Or is that it's your hobby to get in my way when I'm already so close... Haah, I guess I'll try to say this to you one more time."
"Give her to me."
Katsuya refused without showing any fear and tightened his hug on Alna.
Akira slightly moved both of his rifles as if to show them off to Katsuya.
"Since then, I gathered enough money to buy new weapons and a new augmented suit. These things cost me about 400 million Aurum. I don't know how much your equipment cost you, and they might be better than mine, but at least the gap between our equipment has already considerably reduced. Not to mention, you have someone pulling you down and you have no friends with you right now. Or is it that you still think you can easily win against me even in this situation?"
"It's not for money!! I'm sure someone like you will never understand it!!"
"Then, is it like you actually knew her before and you're indebted to her, then she meeting you in the lower district's street the other day was not a coincidence, but it's because you told her to come to you if she's in trouble or something?"
"That was the first time I met her!! All of your guesses are wrong!!"
Akira did not believe that Katsuya lied there. Because of that, he just could not understand Katsuya as he was making a rather troubled face, he then said in a rather serious voice.
"So why then? It's not for money, not because you're indebted to her, and she's not your friend. I can't understand why would you go this far for a total stranger."
Katsuya felt slightly pressured under that gaze, but when he felt Alna shaking under his arm, he made his resolve and yelled at Akira as if to shake off his fear.
"It's because I've promised her that I'll save her! I don't need any other reason!!"
"You're indeed a good person."
Someone who had the pride of fulfilling just an oral promise, not because of money nor debt. For Akira, it was something understandable, as a matter of fact, it was something that he could respect. Even more so when it was a goodwill promise to save someone. Hostility vanished from Akira's gaze for a few seconds.
Akira was there to kill Alna. Respect was not enough to change his mind. There was no ill-will nor hatred in his eyes. But he was looking at Katsuya with hostility simply because Katsuya was blocking him from killing Alna.
Two people stood there, confirming each other's intention. One came there in order to kill Alna, while the other one came there to rescue Alna. And both of them were just one step away from accomplishing their goal.
Even the slightest hesitation would lead to certain death. If any of them made a move, they would be able to kill their opponent, but if any of them made any slight moves, it would get them killed. Because of that, both of them only stood there without making any moves as the tension slowly rose between them.
Because of his misconception, there was no chance to straighten his misunderstanding now, Akira understood at least that much. Katsuya also thought so, but his train of thought was different from Akira, so he made a suggestion to Akira although it was against his will.
"...Hey, let's work together here. How about a truce until we can do something about that powered suit and get out of this place?"
Akira replied back instantly without any hesitation.
"You... Are you serious?!"
"I'm here to kill that girl. Something like this is not enough for me to change my priority and help you save her. If you really want my help no matter what, that would be after that girl is dead."
Akira replied so casually. But if Katsuya would accept that proposal, he would not be in that place in the first place. So Katsuya inadvertently yelled back.
The pointless exchange was forcibly cut short when the black powered suit raised its arm. The chainsaw-like weapon made a loud ringing sound as its teeth spun fast. Akira and Katsuya inadvertently looked at that chainsaw, then that powerful-looking chainsaw came down at them.
Its first target was Akira. Akira matched the movement of his Alpha-controlled augmented suit to evade that chainsaw and jump away from that place. Just a split second after he jumped off, the chainsaw came down at the floor where Akira was standing a few milliseconds ago. It left a huge crater on the floor and threw pieces of the floors all around the area. Some of the big pieces hit the equipment inside the hangar and made loud banging sounds which showed how hard they were thrown.
If Akira got hit by that, there was no question about it, he would have turned into minced meat. He could feel a chill run down his spine as he made a stern face and evaded the incoming pieces of the floors inside his distorted time perception.
"That kind of decision varies from person to person, you see. So it's not like I can do anything about it even if you complain to me."
For Akira, it was normal for another person to aim for him first given the option. So he was not really that surprised when it happened, he just ran as fast as he could toward the hole on the hangar's wall.
"If he decided to run outside the mansion, I'm sure that black powered suit would catch up with them and kill both of them. If that happens, it means that you'll have your work cut short."
Akira jumped out through the hole and exited the hangar. Immediately after that, the black powered suit forced its way through the same hole, chasing after him. There was no need for Akira to look back to understand what happened, he just kept on running toward the mansion. He then jumped and broke through one of the glass windows of the mansion which was already cracked from all the fighting.
Akira was still running as he forced his hand to shoot his A4WM automatic grenade launcher behind him without even looking back. Of course, the grenades did not have enough firepower to destroy the black powered suit. But the explosions were enough to disrupt its aim.
The black powered suit released a powerful shot using its gigantic gun. It went right past Akira and hit the wall in front of him, turning it into a pile of rubbles. Akira used the hole made from that shot and vanished into the mansion. He could not help but frown after witnessing the power of that shot.
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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