Rebuild World: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 10] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 111: Mihazono in the Wake of the Anomaly

Once they’d finally reached Mihazono and Akira had parked just outside the ruin, it became immediately obvious to the two of them just how dire things had gotten since their last visit.

The area was bustling. The overflow from the ruin’s already-packed parking garage—not just desert utility vehicles belonging to individual hunters but also trailers doubling as mobile stores for selling hunter necessities—were parked all over. A makeshift clinic, as well as provisional bases for several relic hunter syndicates, had also been set up.

Security guards were busy directing traffic to keep the path to the Hunter Office outpost clear. One of them called out to Akira. “Sorry, kid, but you can’t park your car here—you’re blocking traffic! If you’re just picking someone up or dropping them off, though, that’s fine. The original parking garage is full, but they’ve set up a temporary one over there.” The official pointed. Then, looking amused, he added, “Also, just to let you know, if you came here to hunt relics, I’d reconsider. It’s a little more dangerous than usual today.”

No sooner had he said this, a building in the distance toppled over, as if to prove his point. A vast cloud of smoke billowed up, blanketing the whole area around it. Clearly some large-scale battle was taking place within the ruins.

Akira smiled dryly. “Oh yeah? I couldn’t have guessed.”

“Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Take care!”

After the guard had left, Akira took out his terminal and tried to contact Elena and Sara again. They still didn’t pick up. Without him realizing it, his face became grim.

Carol saw his expression and pulled out her own terminal. “No dice, huh?”

“No. I thought maybe I might have better luck if we were in the same ruin. But at this rate, it’s not looking good.” From the way that building had just collapsed, he figured the situation inside Mihazono was likely even worse than he’d expected.

Akira didn’t plan to just stand there and speculate, nor did he have any intention of turning back. However, he realized meeting up with Elena and Sara was going to be tougher than he’d initially assumed, and his expression hardened even more.

Then Akira noticed that Carol was busy talking to someone on her terminal.

“Yeah, it’s me,” she was saying. “Yeah, I’m calling about that favor from earlier. What’d you find out? Yeah, yeah, I know. I’ll pay you, so don’t worry.” Suddenly she looked surprised. “Huh? Wait, really? Are you sure? Okay, fine, I’ll try it. Catch you later.” She hung up and turned to Akira with an uncertain, somewhat exasperated expression. “Hey, Akira. Can you connect your terminal to mine and try calling your friend again?”

“Huh? Sure.” Puzzled, he still did as he was told.

Someone picked up. “Hi Akira, Elena here,” came his friend’s voice. “Sorry to have you call me so early in the morning. Listen, about the rescue job...”

It had connected.

Akira was so surprised he let out a yelp, which surprised Elena on the other end as well.

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