Rebuild World: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 12] by Nahuse

Author:Nahuse
Language: eng
Format: epub

Once their food—delicious enough to satisfy even the wealthiest hunters—arrived at their table, their discussion turned to the current state of Mihazono and the next rescue operation. Elena began by explaining that Kugamayama City had been working to secure the area and had already occupied a circular zone with the Hunter Office outpost as its center. The operation they’d just carried out had been within that circle.

“So now that we have two more people,” she said, “I was thinking we might be able to handle a rescue outside the secure zone. It’d be more dangerous, of course, but the pay would be much better. We could at least check it out—and if it’s too much for us to handle, we could always turn back. There’s no penalty if we fail either, so what do you think?”

“No objections here,” Akira answered. “What about you, Carol?”

“Works for me. I’ll defer to whatever you decide, since you hired me. Besides, I’ve got to show you what I’m capable of so I can get a bigger cut,” she teased.

“I wouldn’t count on that,” Akira shot back, smirking. “Elena said it was going to be dangerous, so once you run into trouble, my fee for protecting you is gonna cancel out whatever you earn.”

“Just watch. I’ll show you that even a surveyor can hold her own on the battlefield!”

Sara watched their banter with mixed feelings. They seemed to get along well enough, but after hearing Akira’s earlier remark about killing Carol, Sara couldn’t help but feel it strange that they were friendly at all.

“You’re a surveyor, but you know how to fight?” she said. “Maybe I had the wrong idea, but I thought surveyors were just people who bought topography data and the like from hunters, compiled it, and then sold it to other hunters as intel.”

“Most do, but I’m the type who prefers to head to the site and gather that data myself. That’s why my maps contain information you won’t get from other surveyors.”

Akira nodded as something clicked. “Oh, so that’s why you knew all that stuff back there, and why you know how to fight too.”

“You got it,” Carol said, looking somewhat smug. Then, abruptly, she took out her terminal and glanced at the screen. “Sorry,” she said. “I’ve got something I need to take care of. It won’t take long.”

“Fine, but be sure to make it back before we head out again,” Akira told her. Then he added, with a grin, “Unless you’re okay getting left behind?”

“You wish,” she smiled back and got up from the table.

Akira watched her leave. Only when he turned back did he notice that Elena and Sara were staring at him in surprise. “Um, is something wrong?” he asked.

“Hm? No, nothing,” Elena said, trying to sound unconcerned. “Just, you and Carol only met for the first time yesterday, right? Yet you two already seem awfully close.”

“Really? I don’t especially feel that way.”

“Well, I just got that impression. Did something happen between you two that brought you closer all of a sudden, perhaps?”

“Closer? Hmm.

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