Rebuild World: Volume 3 Part Two [Parts 1 to 9] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Outside, Alpha floated beside Akira in a sitting position, watching him with an amused smile as he continued to pretend Togami didn’t exist. You think it’s okay to ignore him like that? she asked.

For now. If he starts to be anything other than a loudmouth, though, I’m flinging him back at Shikarabe, Akira replied matter-of-factly.

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Shikarabe, Yamanobe, and Parga were riding in the armored transport ahead of Akira and the rest of the unit. The vehicle was spacious enough for ten fully kitted-out hunters to ride comfortably; until recently, though, the rest of the space had held gear and equipment for the hunt. But now most of this had already been distributed to Akira and the other non-Druncam people, so there was plenty of room.

In other words, Togami had been exiled for reasons entirely unrelated to space.

Yamanobe found it odd that the boy hadn’t come with them. “Shikarabe, if you were just going to shun Togami from the start, then why’d you even bring him along? It’s not like you’re a fan of rookies to begin with, are ya’?”

Shikarabe was checking the location data on the monsters that the recon team had sent over. “That’s true. But I do prefer the Group B rookies to Group A—by a lot. Group A gets fawned over by the desk jockeys, who hand them all their gear and jobs on a silver platter. At least Group B makes an effort to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.”

“Yet they’re still enough of an eyesore that you don’t want them riding in the same vehicle as you?”

“Wrong, actually. I brought Togami along as part of a deal with some folks who want Group B to star in this hunt. And I put him with Akira to make that happen.”

Druncam veterans generally despised the rookies, since the desk jockeys heavily favored them and even made managerial decisions that favored the youngsters. But Group B rookies were mostly hunters who’d had it rough, like those from the slums, and yet had still managed to pass the syndicate’s entrance exam on their own merits. So a fair number of veterans had a soft spot for them.

Shikarabe had made a deal with some of these veterans. If the more skilled hunters from Group B took part in the hunt, Group B could take credit for its success. The goal for these veterans was to create a band of rookies skilled enough to stand up to Group A. With the Group A rookies’ recent failure at Yonozuka, the desk jockeys’ influence had already been shaken. If all went well, Group B could potentially come to rival Group A in both raw strength and influence.

Of course, this placed Shikarabe squarely in the war between factions that he detested so much, but he detested the Group A rookies and the desk jockeys even more. So he’d agreed to allow Togami to join, and in return the Group B backers had provided the necessary funds for the bounty hunt.

Parga listened to Shikarabe’s explanation with interest.

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