Rebuild World: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 6] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

After leaving, Viola headed straight to her office, located inside an apartment building near the downtown area. She stared out the window at the bustling streets, waiting for a certain someone to arrive. After a while, she heard the door open. “Welcome,” she said with a grin.

Carol entered the room, looking especially cheerful.

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As Akira and Tomejima talked upstairs at the bar, Kurosawa and Shikarabe were hanging out on the first floor. One had left Druncam, and the other remained; but their relationship as fellow hunters and longtime friends had persisted. They occasionally got together like this to catch up, share info, and enjoy drinks together.

When Shikarabe told Kurosawa about what had happened in the Mihazono factory ruins, Kurosawa set down his glass, frowning. “Sounds to me like things are about to get heated at Druncam again.”

“Well, yeah,” said Shikarabe. “Although negotiations with the city are up to the syndicate’s bigwigs, so that’s their battle to fight.”

“I’m talking more about the power struggle within Druncam. The desk jockeys’ golden goose, their star team of rookies, succeeded in their mission to secure the Serantal Building. Since the city offered that job, I figured this success would more or less guarantee the pencil-pushers’ position within the organization,” Kurosawa said. He spoke offhandedly—after all, it was no longer his concern. “But now, I’m not so sure.”

“You’ve got some balls saying that, considering you led that operation,” Shikarabe said with a wry grin.

“Hey, work is work,” Kurosawa replied cheerfully. “And you can’t take personal feelings along with you on a job. You get that, right?”

Hunters had to set their private likes and dislikes aside during assignments, but the two of them still had their own views on things. The veterans drained the dregs of their glasses in one go. They ordered another round, and then the mood of the conversation changed.

“Y’know,” Kurosawa picked up the thread of what he’d been saying, “your team’s bounty capture in Mihazono will cancel out all those accomplishments the desk jockeys have been working so hard to rack up. That basically guarantees this dumb power struggle’s gonna rage on.”

“Yeah, I know,” Shikarabe assented after a slight pause. The longer Druncam’s factions were at war with each other, the more the organization would suffer. Shikarabe was aware that the results of the Mihazono job would only fan those flames. But he wasn’t like Kurosawa—he could never abandon his personal feelings completely and accept a commission to command an enemy team.

At that moment, they both noticed Akira and Carol leaving the bar together.

Kurosawa was the first to comment. “That the kid who you said took out this Monica woman?”

“Yeah. And according to him, he has no clue how he did it.”

“Doesn’t matter—he did it. Even if it was just a fluke, luck’s a big part of being a hunter. Still, she was fielding Old World gear, right? If he really took her down with one punch, I highly doubt luck had anything to do with it.” Kurosawa grinned, but then his expression became serious.

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