Rebuild World: Volume 2 Part Two [Complete] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 61: The Benefits of a Lucky Charm

When Akira sold his combat history and got a rundown of the whole business from Kibayashi, the official naturally hadn’t let him in on everything going on behind the scenes—there were parts he couldn’t even hint at to an outsider, and he dutifully avoided them. Even so, Akira managed to satisfy his curiosity. He didn’t much care what secret moves the city had been making to resolve things. Sure, they’d bent the truth a bit, but that was no skin off his nose. To a boy who had spent most of his life in the slums, events that involved not only all of Kugamayama but other cities and even the ELGC might as well have happened in a different world. They barely registered for him.

“Well, that’s pretty much the gist of it,” Kibayashi concluded. “If you want more detail, I can put you in touch with the right people, but it won’t be free. The city’s internal info doesn’t come cheap. So, what’ll it be?”

“No thanks,” said Akira. “I’ve heard enough.”

“Okay. Any other questions or requests? Bring ’em all up now, because it’ll be too late later. As soon as one of us leaves this room, time’s up, so don’t hold back.”

“Easy for you to say, but I can’t come up with anything on the spot.”

“Well, you won’t get many chances like this, so ask for something. Oh, but no extra pay—not even the city has unlimited funds. If you didn’t like the price, you should’ve haggled before you signed. But I’ve taken a shine to you, so I’ll play favorites and try to get you anything without a price tag.”

“What about me do you like so much?” Akira asked, baffled by Kibayashi’s evident favoritism.

The official burst into an exuberant explanation. “What about you?! Your way of life! You’re crazy, reckless, and rash, taking life and death at breakneck speed! It’s marvelous! Just what I like to see!”

Using his professional authority, Kibayashi could view more data about Akira than even the young hunter himself could—and these private logs provided him with great entertainment. Akira had fought cannon insects armed only with an AAH, charged into a building full of Yarata scorpions without backup, killed over five hundred of the bugs in the underground tunnels, and single-handedly defeated three leaders of a relic heist. And to top it all off, those criminals had been combat cyborgs operating powered armor. When the defense force took him into custody, he’d had sixty million aurum worth of injuries. All this proved Akira wasn’t merely capable. In fact, they revealed he wasn’t all that strong—and kept barely avoiding near-certain death anyway. Akira’s feats easily surpassed the high-risk, high-return jobs that had made Kibayashi himself infamous. Here was the true daredevil spirit the official had been looking for!

“I used my position to look over your work history,” Kibayashi explained. “You’ve done things way beyond the level of any hunter at rank twenty—or thirty, for that matter. Of course, all those stunts left your body a wreck, but luckily you’re all patched up now.

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