206 想定の解釈
アキラの位置を常に把握できるようになったエリオ達から索敵行動が消える。代わりに効率的な包囲行動が加わった。アキラと一定の距離を保ちながら周囲に展開し、目標周辺を銃撃し続けて移動経路を塞ぎつつ、徐々に包囲を狭めていく。
『あんなに撃ち続けるなんて、弾切れの設定とかどうなってるんだ?』
『敵も拡張弾倉。加えて今までの記録で弾切れ前に短時間で撃破され続けているから、恐らく支援システムが残弾に対する考慮を減らしたのよ。残弾を抱えて死なない。撃破される前に使い切る。戦力維持という視点では愚策でも、アキラを撃破した後の部隊行動を捨てるのなら、順当な判断だと思うわ』
『後先考えずに俺を倒すってことか。俺も随分高く評価されたな』
『実際に模擬戦を実戦想定に変えてから連勝し続けているのだから、間違ってはいないと思うわよ? 評価を下げないように頑張りなさい』
『それにしても、本当ならこういう時にこそ迷彩機能を活用するべきなんだろうけどな』
防護コートの迷彩機能を有効にすればエリオ達はアキラの位置を見失う。少なくとも正確な位置を
『向こうとその辺の調整を、もっとちゃんとやっておけば良かったな』
『アキラが負けたらその辺りも交渉して調整しましょう。それまでは、迷彩を見破る強敵と戦っているとでも思っておきなさい』
アキラが着地と同時に後方へ顔も向けずに銃撃しながら素早く距離を取る。そしてそのまま崩れた包囲から何とか抜け出した。
『......最初のやつらは
『全滅して全員死ぬよりはまし。その辺りの割り切りを機械的に判断できるのも、支援システムの強みなのでしょうね。敵に回したら厄介で、部隊の生還率も上がる。割り切る人の苦悩も軽減される。そういうものよ』
アキラはアルファの言い分に理解を示しながらも顔を
アキラの包囲に失敗したエリオ達はその後優勢を取り戻せず個別に撃破された。
7戦目、8戦目もアキラが勝利した。自分の位置を相手に常に捕捉されている前提で、模擬戦開始直後に全速力でエリオ達の
アキラとエリオ達の間合いが格闘戦手前まで狭まる。エリオ達は同士撃ちなど気にせずにアキラを狙う。アキラは相手を撃破して強引に生み出した射線の死角に飛び込み続ける。ゆっくりとした世界の中、アルファのサポートでアキラの視界に描画される弾丸の嵐は、一帯の生物を死滅させるように荒れ狂っていた。
その中でアキラが疑問を抱く。
『何か向こうの撃破判定が出るまで遅くないか!? それとも体感時間を圧縮した
の出力を限界まで上げている、という設定になっているのでしょうね。強化服の稼働時間が極端に落ちるけれど、その間にアキラを倒せればそれで良いのよ。部隊の行動方針も間違いなく部隊ごと刺し違える前提で組まれているしね』
自身の動きに遅さを感じるほど圧縮された世界の中でアキラがSSB複合銃を振り回す。強化服の身体能力を存分に生かして場を駆け巡りながら、設定上限の連射速度で狙い、
体感時間では非常に長く、実際にはほんの十数秒の激戦が終わった。アキラは最後まで残っていたエリオを撃破して、9戦目も勝利した。
タバタがトレーラーの中で模擬戦の結果に
「システムの支援有りとはいえ、総合支援強化服を着用しているとはいえ、あいつらはスラム街の素人同然の子供なんだ。勝っても不思議はないんじゃないか?」
「例外は除く。そういうことだよ。それにあいつはもうハンターとして結構成功してるんだ。出身がどうこうなんて関係ないだろう?」
ヨドガワもアキラがここまで強いとは思っておらず、アキラを自社製品の広告に利用する計画に対しても、より積極的な方向への修正を検討していた。
(今回の件でアキラにいろいろ支払うことになって少々不安だったが、たっぷり払って御機嫌を取る意味では必要経費の
で、勝利時の支払いが次から1戦100万オーラムになる。幾ら予算がお前の管轄でも見過ごせない。中止だ。分かったな?」
タバタはどこか思い詰めたような表情をヨドガワに向けた後、その表情のまま端末を操作し始める。
「......まだだ。次だ。せめて、1回......」
「1回ぐらいは勝ちたいお前の気持ちも分かるし、さっきは結構惜しいところまで追い込んだのも分かる。だがそんな理由で続けさせる訳にはいかない。惜しかった。あとちょっと。そんな調子で続けても負けが込むだけだ」
タバタは返事を返さずに端末を操作し続けている。部下の技術者達がタバタの操作内容に気付いて顔を少し引き
「体格に大人と子供のような大きな差は無い。調整すれば互換性は保てるはずだ」
技術者達は立場が下だということもあってタバタを止めるのも難しく、一応念押ししてから指示に従ってトレーラーの外に出ようとする。そこでヨドガワがトレーラーの隅で技術者達を呼び止めて事情を聞いた。
状況を理解したヨドガワが難しい表情を浮かべている。
「......それ、大丈夫なのか?」
「いや、いろいろ問題有りですよ。だから止めたんです。何をどの程度問題視するかには、それぞれの判断に違いが出るでしょうけどね。データの流用に関しても、情報管理の面でも強化服の安全面でも結構グレーですから」
「場合によっては死人が出るか?」
「分かりました。その後は頼みますよ?」
「それは何とも。何もせずに続けるよりは望みがある。そういうことだと思います。それじゃあ」
技術者達がトレーラーから出て行く。タバタは黙って作業を続けている。ヨドガワは鬼気迫るタバタの様子を離れて見ながら、あれなら意外に何とかなるのではないかと思い始めていた。
休憩中のエリオ達がアキラを話の種に雑談している。
「本当に全然勝てないな。てか、あれでも勝てないんだな。俺達はどれだけ手加減されてたんだよ」
「ほら、あれだ。多分、アキラさんは金が出ないと本気を出さないんだよ。前にメイド服のやつと戦った時も、初めは負けっぱなしだったけど、後で最後に一気に圧倒しただろ? あれ、仕事として金を
「金か。やっぱりハンターだし、その辺はうるさいんだろうな。......でもそうすると、何で以前からボスに協力してたんだって話になるんだよな。うーん。恋人だから、か?」
「投資とか、そういう扱いなんじゃないか? 今のボスの稼ぎを考えれば、別に不思議でもないと思う」
「ああ、そういうことか。つまり、金か。やっぱり金だよな」
アキラの強さを改めて思い知った少年達からは、もしかしたらアキラに勝てるかもしれないという考えは既に消え去っていた。
ただ、エリオは真剣な表情を浮かべていた。まだ諦めていないのだ。諦めて気を緩めてしまえば、僅かな可能性まで逃してしまう。起こり得るかもしれない千載一遇の機会に気付かずに、自分で勝機を投げ捨ててしまう。そう言い聞かせて気を引き締めていた。
「交代するやつはこっちに来てくれ。交代しないやつも、次に出るやつはちょっと調整するからこっちに来てくれ」
強化服はエリオ達全員分に行き渡る数はない。体格の違いをある程度調整できる造りになっているがそれにも限度がある。模擬戦参加者の入れ替えには技術者達に
少年達が交代する人を決めて技術者達のところへ向かっていく。
「疲れた。俺は次は休む。エリオ。お前もそろそろ休んだら? ずっと出っぱなしだろ?」
「......そうか。まあ、無理はするなよ? 無理をして体を壊したら元も子もないぞ。俺達はアキラさんみたいに高い回復薬をがぶ飲みなんて出来ないし、あの診療所での扱いも半分治験なんだからな」
「分かってる。気を付けるよ」
気遣ってくれた仲間を心配させないように、エリオは何とか軽く笑った。
「あの、強化服の動きがちょっと変っていうか、ぎこちない感じなんですけど」
「......試験中だから、設定次第でそういうこともある。違和感が無くなるまで歩いたり走ったり軽く体操したりしてくれ。フィードバックで徐々に調整される。それでも違和感が消えないのなら、悪いが参加を取りやめて誰か別の人と交代してくれ」
エリオ達は指示通りに各自でいろいろ動いて動きの違和感を取り除こうとした。どうしても違和感が消えない者も出たので、参加者を交代したり、強化服を交換したりと、いろいろ試行錯誤していた。技術者達はその様子を少し心配そうな表情で見ていた。
『分からない。妙なちぐはぐさは感じるんだけどな。あの陣形、突出しているやつがその分だけ強くないと無駄に被害が増える気がするし、後方との高度な連携も必要な気がする。その辺がバッチリなら全体としては逆に強くなるんだろうけど......』
『確かにその要素を満たしていないから、布陣が十分に機能しているとは思えないわね。でも所詮は訓練だから、違うパターンを試してみただけという可能性もあるわ』
『まあ、そうだな。連敗していたから試しに変えてみたってことも考えられるか』
った。片手で銃を持つエリオの腕が、通常の可動域からかなり外れた無理な角度でアキラを追うように動き、一度射線から逃れたアキラを再び強引に射線に合わせたのだ。
アキラは反射的に体感時間を限界まで圧縮し、強化服の出力を上げて地を蹴り、相手の射線から身を外しながら引き金を引いた。
エリオは模擬戦を再開してから強化服に振り回されていた。強化服による動きの補正が、今までのような自身の動きを後押しするものから、より高度な動きへ修正するものに変わっていたからだ。
歩き方や走り方、銃の構えや細かな動きまで、自分ではない者の方式を無理
叫び声を上げて銃を落とし、腕を押さえて地面に倒れたエリオの様子に、少年達が騒然となる。模擬戦を投げ出して慌ててエリオに駆け寄っていく。
「エリオ! 大丈夫か!? 何があった!?」
「じ、実弾なんか使ってないよな!? どうなってるんだ!?」
アキラもエリオ達の様子から模擬戦は完全に中止になったと
でろくに身動きも出来ない。少年達は慎重にエリオから強化服を脱がせた。エリオの腕は赤く腫れ上がっており、肩や関節が微妙にずれていた。
「回復薬だ。全部飲み込め。あと、結構痛いけど我慢しろ」
アキラはそう言うと、エリオの腕のずれを強引に直し始めた。エリオが更なる激痛に
少し遅れてシェリルやタバタ達も集まってくる。シェリルはアキラ、エリオ達、タバタ達の様子を順番に素早く確認すると、少し思案した後にタバタ達に非難気味の視線を向けた。
「事情を聞きたいのですが」
ませながら取り繕う言葉を探している。タバタは負傷者が出てしまったことで我に返り、自身の失態に頭を抱えていた。
シェリルはタバタ達の反応から、これが不測の事態ではなく、本来回避可能な事象を何らかの理由で意図的に防がなかった、
「事故ですか?」
シェリルはタバタ達に少しきつい視線を向けている。タバタ達が返答に困っていると、そこにアキラが口を出してくる。
「事故っていうか、支援システムとやらが本当に実戦想定で動いた結果なんだろうな」
自分なりの意見を述べたアキラに皆の視線が集まる。少年達の一人が困惑しながら、湧いた疑問を思わず口に出す。
「何で実戦想定だとエリオがこんな目に遭うんだ? 実戦想定って言っても、訓練だろ?」
「多分、支援システム側としてはちゃんと支援しただけなんだろう。強化服を操作して敵を撃破しようとしたんだ。でも生身の方がその動きに付いていけなかったんだ。それで腕を大きく
「腕を引き換えにしても敵を倒せればそれで良し。そういう判断基準で援護したんだ。本当に実戦想定なら、間違っちゃいない。腕と命。どっちを捨てるかって考えたら、腕だろうな」
話を聞いて複雑な、嫌そうな表情を浮かべている少年達の様子に、アキラが苦笑しながら続ける。
「ああ。もうちょっとで被弾判定ぐらいは受けるところだった」
少年達が複雑な表情でざわめき始める。アキラに勝つなんて無理だ。どう
めないとも思った。アキラと自分達の実力差は確かに縮まった。しかしそれは雲の上にいる思っていたアキラが高層ビルの屋上まで降りてきただけだ。地上にいる自分達が手を伸ばしても届きはしない。
「実戦想定って言っても解釈に差異はある。支援システムの判断基準とか、エリオ達との認識の
「そういえば、システムからの指示や動作補助が実戦を想定したものになるって言われてたな。えー、あれ、そういう意味だったのか? 身体への負担って、腕とか脚とかがやばいことになるって意味も含んでたのか?」
「いや、まさか、システム側の調整不足とか、そっちの方だろう。試験中なんだから、その辺にまだ問題があるんじゃないか? そういう問題がある状態だから、俺達に試験を兼ねて貸し出されてるんだよ。俺達に高い強化服を貸し出すなんて
「俺達にハンターの基準を持ち出されても困るって。あ、でも、ハンター向けの強化服の試験なんだから、そっちが基準に......」
シェリルが少年達の話を聞きながら改めてヨドガワ達に視線を向ける。ヨドガワは営業用の愛想を取り戻していた。アキラの意見に乗って事態を取り繕う。
「確かに、アキラ様の御指摘の通り、実戦想定という事項に対しての、総合支援システムの調整不足と強化服着用者の認識の
「それなら設定はこのままにしてくれ。その方がそっちもデータが取れて都合が良いはずだ」
ヨドガワの顔から営業の仮面が外れ、戸惑いを
Ch 206
Now that Erio and the other children knew Akira's location at all times, they did not need to search for him anymore. Instead, they started the round by immediately trying to surround him. They kept their distance from Akira and slowly closed in on him while blocking his way out.
"They just don't stop shooting, how many bullets do they have?"
"They are also using extended magazines. And since you kept defeating them before they ran out of ammo, I bet the system stopped preserving ammo. It's better to empty their magazine first before dying. Strategy-wise, it is indeed a viable option for them to throw away the possibility to conserve their fighting strength for defeating you."
"So, basically, they're willing to sacrifice anything as long as it's enough to defeat me, huh? It seems that they evaluate me pretty highly."
"That's because you keep winning the mock battles. So I don't think they're mistaken though. Do your best so that they don't lower their evaluation of you."
"But still, in a real fight, this is the moment where I would use a camouflage."
If Akira activated the camouflaging feature of his coat, Erio and the children would lose sight of him, or at least, it would make it hard for them to ascertain his position. But he decided not to do that.
"It would be great if they adjust their system to handle that too."
"In case you lose, you can ask them to do that adjustment. But until then, just think of them as enemies that can detect you even if you use camouflage."
The moment Akira landed back, he immediately ran while suppressing fire by shooting without even looking. And just like that, he broke through the encirclement and opened some distance between him and his opponents.
"...The first ones were decoys, huh?!"
"It's better than getting completely wiped out. Being able to make such a cruel but rational decision is one of the advantages of using that support system. Having to fight it is really troublesome and having it on your side increases your survival chances, moreover, it saves you from making difficult decisions as well."
Akira understood Alpha's arguments, but that did not make him feel any better.
After Akira broke the encirclement, Erio and the other children could not recover from it and shifted to more individualistic moves.
Akira won the seventh and the eighth rounds as well. Since he now knew that his opponents were aware of his location at all times, he quickly approached them right after the round started and wiped them out before they could even surround him. Thus winning the round.
Akira was already close enough to engage in a melee fight, but even so, Erio and the other children were still shooting at him as if they did not care about hitting their own. Akira gunned them one by one and jumped in between their blindspots to get away from their aims. From Akira's point of view, the world was running at a much slower pace, he could see the storm of bullets filling the area with the help of Alpha's support, which indiscriminately killed anything that it could find in its way.
Inside that slow-moving world, a question came up in Akira's mind.
"For some reason, I feel like their hit notification is late, or does it look late from my point of view because of my time compression?"
"Nope, you're indeed correct. That's just how durable the settings of the augmented suit are right now. I bet they assume that they have their forcefield armour running with maximum output power. Although it shortens the duration in which they can keep using that augmented suit, as long as they can defeat you under that duration, it should not be a problem. After all, the system is also allowed to make the decision to sacrifice the team in order to defeat its opponent."
Akira compressed his time perception so much to the point that he found himself moving in slow motion. He used the full power of his augmented suit to increase his aiming speed to its limit as he released shots in all directions.
Although Akira felt like the exchange took long, in reality, it only happened for a few seconds. Akira shot Erio who was the last standing survivor and won the ninth round as well.
Tabata, who was looking at the monitor in his trailer, had his jaw dropped.
"Well, even though they have augmented suits with coordination support, his opponents are all just slum kids after all. So it's nothing strange, right?"
"He's an exception. Not to mention, he's also already doing pretty well as a Hunter. So it doesn't matter where he originated from, right?"
Yodogawa did not expect Akira to be this strong. So instead of using him to advertise the company's product, Yodogawa started thinking of some other way to gain profit out of him.
[Although we ended up paying a lot of money to him for this test, I guess it is worth getting on his good side. After all, we are talking about having a connection with a Hunter this strong. There's no way it would be useless. I was really worried when Tabata made that challenge, but result-wise, I guess everything is alright...]
"Tabata, as expected, I need you to stop here. Since we kept losing, if he wins the next fight, his bonus would be 1 million Aurum, you know. I know that you're free to decide what to do with the given budget, but as expected I can't let you continue. This is the end, okay?"
Tabata looked at Yodogawa with a desperate face without saying anything, he then returned his gaze back to his terminal.
"...Not yet, at least just one more time..."
"I can understand your feelings of wanting to win at least one match and I know that the last match was a close one. But, I can't let you continue just because of that. If you keep thinking just a little bit more, we'll just keep piling up more losses."
Tabata did not reply as he was busy on his terminal. Another technician noticed what Tabata was trying to do and frowned.
"There's not much difference between their posture and the posture of an adult. A small adjustment should be enough to compensate for the difference."
The technicians are technically working under him, so it was difficult for them to stop Tabata. The most that they could do was remind him before leaving the trailer to recalibrate the augmented suits. Seeing that, Yodogawa stopped one of the technicians and asked him what Tabata was trying to do.
When Yodogawa understood what was going on, he then asked with a troubled face.
"...Are you sure this will be alright?"
"Of course not. That's why we tried to stop him. Although, I'm sure different people have different opinions whether you can call it trouble or not. After all, if we are talking about data analysis, information management, and the safety feature of an augmented suit, all of those are in the grey area."
"Will it get someone killed?"
"Okay. But, I'll leave the rest to you afterwards, alright?"
"I can't really say for sure. But it's better than continuing without doing anything differently. I guess that's basically the gist of it. Alright then, off I go."
The technician left the trailer, leaving Tabata working alone inside. To be honest, Yodogawa also wanted him to win, that was why Yodogawa did not stop him.
During the break, Erio and the other children were talking about Akira.
"We really can't even get a single win, huh. Or more like, we couldn't win even after going that far. Just how much had he been holding back all this time?"
"You know, it might be that Akira-san probably cannot go full power unless he gets paid. Remember that time when he fought those maids? At first, he was losing but he got an easy win in the end, right? I heard that it was because he got paid as a request."
"Money, huh. Well, he's a Hunter, after all. I bet he's pretty sensitive about that subject... But then, when you think about it again, why was he helping Boss back then? Hmmm, is it because he is going out with Boss?"
"Maybe some kind of investment? Considering how much money that we're earning right now, it won't be strange if it was a form of investment, no?"
"Ohh, that does make sense, so it all comes down to money, huh?"
Now that they were reminded of how strong Akira really was, none of them had the thought of winning against him any longer. They had completely abandoned the idea of trying to win and just took it lightly as they talked to each other and laughed it off.
But in contrast to the rest of them, Erio had a rather stern look on his face. He had not given up yet. He kept telling himself that if he gave up and relaxed now, he would lose even the smallest chance to win. He would end up throwing away the one in a million chance to win against Akira if it even existed in the first place.
"Everyone who will participate in the next round, come here for a bit, we need to do some small adjustments."
The available augmented suits were not enough for every single child to join the mock battle at the same time. Furthermore, there was a limit on how many adjustments could be made to compensate for the differences in their builds. Thus, the technicians needed to make small adjustments every time there was a swap.
Since they had decided beforehand who would participate in which round, the ones that would participate in the next round came to the technicians.
"Fuuh, that was tiring. I'll skip the next round. Erio, you should take a rest too. You've been participating in all the fights, haven't you?"
"...I see, well, don't push yourself too hard. It would be pointless if you hurt yourself. It's not like we have expensive medicines like Akira-san, and the treatment from that clinic is basically experimenting with your body."
"I know, I'll be careful."
In order not to allow his friends to get worried about him, Erio managed to let out a small smile.
"Uhmm, it feels like the augmented suit is moving weirdly, like it's much stiffer than before."
"...It's in the middle of testing after all. You might feel like that because of the new settings. Try to walk and move around until you get used to it. We'll try to readjust the feedback as well, if you still feel weird after that, I'm sorry but you might want to get someone else to take your place instead."
They then started to move around as instructed to get used to the strange feeling. But some of them could not just get used to it and asked for replacements or to readjust their augmented suits. The technicians looked at them worriedly in the middle of that process.
"Not sure. Though they do feel weird, that formation, unless they're stronger than their opponent, I feel like it'll only increase the number of corpses. I think they need better teamwork for the backline. Although, if they can do that properly, I'm sure that they'll be super hard to deal with..."
"Indeed. It seems that the formation doesn't work well for them since they don't have the skill to support it. But in the end, this is still just a training, it's a good chance for them to test different formations."
"Well, you have a point there. I guess they changed their priority to testing new things since they kept losing."
Checkmate, the moment Akira thought so and was about to pull the trigger, he wavered as he saw Erio carrying rifle with one hand and following his movements. Erio was trying to aim at Akira after he evaded the first few shots which caused Erio's arm to rotate at a rather unnatural angle.
Akira, by pure reflex, compressed his time perception to its limit and used the full power of his augmented suit to get away from the line of fire while shooting back at Erio.
Erio was actually fully under the mercy of his augmented suit ever since the round started. It was because although his augmented suit was correcting his moves up until now, the level of accuracy of that correction was increased compared to before.
From the way he walked, ran, to the way he shot and even to other finer moves, it was as if his body was forced to follow his augmented suit. The difference between the move that his body made and the move that his augmented suit made put his body under immense stress. He felt uncomfortable since it was not him controlling the augmented suit, it was more like the augmented suit was controlling his body.
Erio screamed and dropped his gun. Seeing Erio fall down to the ground grabbing his arm, the other children forgot about the mock battle and ran towards him.
"Erio! Are you okay!? What just happened!?"
"I-It's not like he got shot with real bullets, right? What the heck is going on here!?"
Seeing that, Akira understood that the mock battle was stopped there. So he immediately went to Erio and told the other children who were still in panic.
Erio was not able to move due to the pain. So the other children were carefully removing his augmented suit off of him. Erio's arm was swollen red and his shoulder was dislocated.
"It's medicine, swallow everything. And also, this is going to be a bit painful, so endure it."
Akira only said so before he immediately grabbed Erio's arm and forcefully fixed it. Erio flailed around because of the pain, but Akira held him down with his augmented suit.
Not too long after that, Sheryl, Tabata and Yodogawa also came. Sheryl went to look for an explanation from Akira, Erio, Tabata and Yodogawa in turns. After a short time to digest the information, she then sent a sharp gaze towards Yodogawa and Tabata.
"Can you explain what happened?"
Yodogawa was flusteredly trying to look for the right words to explain the situation while Tabata was pulled back to reality after someone got injured and ruffled his head.
Seeing that reaction, Sheryl understood that it was not something that was unexpected. It was something that was originally avoidable but for some reason, they did not, or at least, they did not do their work properly to avoid it.
"Is it an accident?"
Sheryl stared at them with scornful eyes. Tabata and Yodogawa were still flustered, struggling to find the right words to say, that was when Akira interjected.
"Rather than an accident, I bet it happened because the support system properly assumed it as a real fight."
Everyone there immediately focused on Akira, who just voiced his opinion. Some of the kids looked disturbed and one of them asked Akira a question.
"Wait, how does that connect to Erio getting hurt? Even though we're doing this assuming that this is a real fight, it's still just training, right?"
"I bet the system is working just fine. The problem is that when the augmented suit tried to aim at me, the real body couldn't catch up with its movements and then that happened, dislocating his shoulder."
"It must be that the system had decided that it was acceptable to sacrifice an arm as long as you were able to defeat me. If it was a real fight, it was not a wrong decision. After all, an arm is a cheap sacrifice if it can save you."
Hearing that, Erio and the other children looked completely troubled. Seeing that, Akira just smiled bitterly and continued.
"Yeah, I almost got shot after all."
Erio and the other children started murmuring with conflicted faces. They always thought that it was impossible to win against Akira no matter how hard they tried. So those words which confirmed that was not true, really shocked them.
But at the same time, that also meant they would not be able to reach that point unless they went that far. It was true that the gap between them was getting closer, but that was because Akira came down from where he originally was, it felt like Akira was out of their reach even if they tried to extend their hand.
"Different people take real fights differently. So I bet it's just a misunderstanding between both of you regarding what it means to take training as if it was a real fight."
"Now that you mention it, they did say that the system will assume that it's a real fight. But still, is that what they meant when they said that? Something like our arms or legs might be in danger."
"No no no, as expected, that's going too far, right? It's their fault for setting up the system like that. I heard that this is a test run, so I bet it's because they're having trouble in that matter. That's why they're making us help with this test, right? As I thought, lending expensive augmented suits to us just for a safe test is too good to be true. Am I right?"
"It's not right to treat us like common Hunters, ah, but this augmented suit is designed for Hunters, huh..."
Sheryl listened to them before once again, glancing at Yodogawa. Meanwhile, Yodogawa, who had regained his composure, used this chance to get on what Akira just said.
"It is indeed as Akira-sama just said. But at the same time, we admit that it's caused by our inability to properly make the correct setting for the augmented suit, which ultimately caused this accident. We apologize for this and we'll do our best to fix this issue so that this will never happen again."
"Then there's no need to change the setting. It's better for you like this since you can get better data, right?"
Yodogawa's business face changed to a troubled one.
Rebuild World (WN)
リビルドワールド
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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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