The boy cautiously moved through the vast and treacherous ruins of the city.

There are a lot of broken buildings nearby.

The ground was littered with rubble from the collapse of that building.

There is no popularity.

The sound of the boy's footsteps and the sound of kicking pebbles under his feet were swallowed up by the silence around him.

Clothes that have been discolored because of filth, and pistols that are being maintained in a dubious state of readiness.

That's the equipment of the teenager who explores here.

This is true in terms of the circumstances of the teenager, but it is clearly wrong in terms of the degree of danger at the scene.

Because this is the place known as the Old World Site.

An automatic weapon that strikes the target indiscriminately due to a malfunction.

By order of the deceased maker, the security apparatus that has continued to exclude foreign enemies until now.

Descendants of wildlife weapons.

Plants and animals that repeatedly mutate in harsh environments.

They are not divided into creatures and machines, and are called monsters by the people who live in the east.

The ruins of the Old World are a refuge for dangerous monsters.

The boy also knew that this was a very dangerous place, enough to kill himself.

This is also expressed by the serious expression.

Still, he set out on his own journey, risking his death, because there was something that matched the danger.

At least, it's much more expensive than the cheap lives of slum children.

The boy came here in search of it.

The boy's name was Akira.

Akira sighed and muttered.

“...... Nothing decent. Obviously risked his life to come here. ...... Can't you go inside without going inside?"

Raising his head slightly, he cast his gaze into the depths of the ruins.

Ahead, there are numerous high-rise vistas in the distance.

Judging from the hazy vista alone, the scale of the buildings inside is huge, and the exterior is in good condition.

And the damaged buildings around Akira are in a world of difference in condition.

(If you find a way to go there, you can get very expensive artifacts?)

The large amount of money that might be obtained stimulates Akira's desires.

Although he was a little annoyed and hesitant, he immediately shook his head in disgust, hating his own self-talk.

"No, it can't be. It's going to die. ”

The ruins have been transformed into the surrounding area, and the interior space maintains a beautiful landscape.

The difference is that the environment in which that state is maintained is different.

In other words, in the back, the old-world advanced automated maintenance and repair features are still running.

This means that it is highly likely that the security equipment in the vicinity, which was manufactured with amazing technology at the time, has maintained high performance and is still in operation today.

In the security area of these security machines, there is simply no way that a child like Akira will survive.

"It's hard for me in this area, don't go, don't go inside...... All right. ”

Akira lets go of her desires and continues to explore her surroundings.

This place is known as the outer perimeter of the ruins of Kuzhara.

It is the closest ruin to the ancient Gama city where Akira lived, and it is the largest ruin in the urban economic circle.

The monsters around this ruin are relatively weak.

Akira explores the relatively safe outer areas.

In addition, relatively weak means that as long as there are well-armed people, they can be dealt with to some extent.

Similarly, relative safety means that there is a higher chance of surviving than in the depths of the ruins.

Akira is no longer in question, but it doesn't include the area over there.

Whether it's the fangs of mutated creatures or the bullets fired by an enemy's machinery, these attacks can be instantly fatal or fatal if eaten by someone who doesn't even have real armor.

Coupled with the equipment of pistols for people, let alone shooting from a distance.

As long as you don't shoot in front of your eyes, you won't see a positive effect.

In other words, Akira's equipment has no chance of winning.

If there is a fight, there is a high chance of death.

But there is no other way to get enough money to live until tomorrow.

Knowing this, Akira risked her life to set foot on the ruins of Kuzhara Street.

After that, I was tentatively decided to continue my exploration of the ruins, but nothing special came of it.

Gently lowered his head and sighed.

In front of the lowered gaze was a skeleton corpse.

Several similar skeletal corpses have been found.

Whenever this happens, he would look around the corpse to see if there were any items left, but he couldn't find anything of value.

(...... Didn't the previous explorers carry anything with them either?)

Someone has already taken it?

Or someone as reckless as himself, who came here with incomplete equipment, only to end up with a reckless end.

Akira thought so, a little melancholy.

(...... If this continues, the sun will go down. It is impossible to explore the ruins at night. There is no lighting. And the probability of being attacked by monsters will also increase. ...... Survive the dangerous ruins. That experience was the biggest takeaway...... So, have you already gone back today? If you are careless and stubbornly stay, you are a member of this white skeleton)

Akira began to think about a reason to go back like that.

Gambling with one's life to get to this point, but to no avail, requires corresponding reasons and excuses.

(There's no way to hang your head.) Look again, and if there's nothing, go back. )

Going back without results, for Akira, who risked his life to come here, risking his life to come here, such a minimum result is simply a wasted effort.

According to the nostalgic compromise, Akira wanted to explore a little longer, and lifted her head down.

Akira's movements stopped suddenly. Turning her gaze back to the eyes, a woman was unconsciously standing where there was no one.

The moment she saw her, Akira's body stiffened in shock.

This woman has a dreamlike, unrealistic beauty all over her body.

The dignified posture and beautiful limbs are vividly exposed in front of the eyes, that is to say, naked.

Her beautiful skin was a world away from that of a slum dweller, and her delicate skin radiance surpassed that of the women who lived in the upper echelons of the city, the brilliance of which had been honed by piles of wealth and old-world techniques.

The beauty of the limbs is artistic, and the hair that extends to the waist and does not deteriorate in the slightest has a beautiful shine.

Men and women, young and old, regardless of age or gender, will be captivated by it, and the awe-inspiring expression on her face will be accentuated by her standing still.

Souls are lost.

Akira is fascinated by her to the point that nothing can be added.

Her remarkable beauty is unmatched by all the women she has seen in Akira's short life, even as an object of imagination.

At a glance, it has greatly rewritten the standard of beauty in Akira.

She didn't do anything, she just stood still.

Didn't notice Akira's appearance either.

After a moment, she turned her face to Akira with a helpless expression.

Akira and her eyes met.

Regardless of her nakedness, she was seen by Akira to the fullest, smiling and staring at Akira.

Akira's body, who was still obsessed with her gaze and smile, also reacted slightly.

Akira does know herself.

She smiled very happily when she judged this.

Then, take a step closer to Akira.

There is a stranger who wants to approach him.

This realization made Akira a little wary.

At that moment, Akira suddenly rethought the situation.

When her eyes changed suddenly, her expression became extremely sensitive.

Akira is frightened and aims at her with a very stern expression ready to shoot at any moment to stop her shouting.

"Don't move!"

She's a different person.

Are the remnants of the Old World a place where dangerous monsters live?

This is a place where even heavily trained armed groups can die.

She stood alone in such a place, without a weapon or hidden.

Not even the appearance of the guarded surroundings.

Didn't wear any clothes, didn't even show a gesture of wanting to hide nudity.

The wind of the building swept the sand and dust, but there was not a trace of dirt on the hair and body.

Akira desperately guarded the surroundings as an amateur.

In order to avoid encounters with other people and monsters, he also has an allergic reaction to weak sounds.

But she made no secret of her existence.

Then, a stranger pointed a gun at her, and if she pulled the trigger by mistake in a trembling way, of course she would have been shot, but she was in this incredible state, and she did not waver at all.

Not at all vigilant, without a sense of crisis, Autumn approached Akira without any offense.

Akira has changed her perception of her from a very beautiful woman to something very strange and unknown.

I warned her again as she approached Akira with a smile.

"Hey, didn't I say don't move? Don't come any closer! or I'll shoot! I'm serious!"

If it had been the usual Akira, he would have already fired without warning.

You can see at a glance that the other party is harmless.

No hostility could be felt from her expression.

In an inexplicable situation, Akira's mind is confused.

Those things dulled Akira's fingers.

But there's a limit to that.

Ignoring the warning, he tries to pull the trigger on the opponent who approaches him.

At that moment, her figure suddenly disappeared from Akira's field of vision.

Akira didn't even blink.

But the process of her rapid movement to a certain place is not visible at all.

Everything was untouched, and in an instant, it was completely gone.

Akira's face contorted in shock.

Akira looked around in confusion, but there was no sign of her.

"It's okay, I don't want to hurt you. ”

"It's okay, I don't want to hurt you. ”

Akira heard her voice directly in front of her, where no one should have been.

Akira reflexively turned her face in the direction of the sound, right next to it, a close range that she could reach.

Before she knew it, she was dressed.

In order to align her gaze with herself, she looked at Akira from close range in a half-crouched position, smiling.

This anomaly has surpassed Akira's ability to deal with the unknown.

The overloaded mental load, just like that, transformed into inexplicable terror and began to eat away at Akira's spirit.

Akira's teeth trembled and creaked in fear.

Akira is trying to figure out how to avoid falling into madness and panic.

Prevent yourself from becoming a person who dies of losing your mind.

The experience of surviving in the slums underpins Akira's consciousness.

Akira hurried desperately and pointed the gun at her again.

Akira gripped the gun tightly, reached out to her, pointed the muzzle at her, and tried to press the trigger.

Originally, this action would have been impossible.

The reason for being too close to her is that he will collide with her when his arms are straight.

However, coming out, Akira's arm penetrated through the other person's body.

When Akira finished that, Akira's hands and wrists were retracted into her chest.

The hands don't feel like anything there at all.

Visually, she was there, and the touch of her hands was nothing.

What happened made Akira, who was holding the gun, stop thinking while maintaining her posture.

Both hands were kept in her arms.

After a while, she tried to wave in front of Akira in order to regain her reflexes and thinking.

But Akira was just stunned, distracted.

The high civilization that once swept the world has been destroyed, the remains of ruined cities, buildings that have gradually lost their prototypes, broken and immobile tools, etc.

The years have passed, and it is hard to imagine the wisdom and glory of the past.

In a world where even the raindrops have been transformed and remade.

The rains continued, and for years, the flood stretched to the end of the horizon, destroying all life.

The flood also continued to nurture the towering trees and support the lives of the people living on the earth.

The civilization of the past, now known as the Old World, has made many relics with its high level of technology.

Pile of rubble of unknown material.

A complex of high-rise buildings floating in mid-air.

It is a medicine that can treat mutilated limbs as long as it is taken.

Also, weapons of mass destruction.

People have scavenged for relics of wisdom and glory called relics of the old world, and now human society has been reconstructed over a long period of time.

Even civilizations, which claim to possess scientific powers that are incomparable to universal magic, have been destroyed and collapsed, failing to destroy their carriers, the human race.

In the eastern part of the region, which is known as the human survival sphere, there are countless corporate cities that are called ruling corporations and manage operations.

The city of Kugama Hill is also one of them.

Part of the city of Kugama Hill is fenced off with a huge protective wall.

On both the inside and outside of the wall are the same ancient city of Mount Gama, but there is a clear drop there.

On the inside of the partition wall, there is an upper area where wealthy people and powerful people such as corporate officials live, and there is also a middle area where wealthy ordinary people live.

The outer side is a subordinate division, which is mainly occupied by people who are unable to live on the inside of the partition wall for economic reasons.

Outside the city, near the danger zone known as the wilderness, the slums are also expanding.

Akira is one of the countless children in the slums.

In other words, there is no mechanical enhancement like robots, no bioenhancement like biomodification, and no enhancement of physical abilities through nanomachines, etc., and they are very ordinary children.

There is no professional technical training, no school education, etc., and there are no parents, no other parents, no money, and there is not enough food.

There's nothing inconceivable about when you die, no one notices when you die, and no one stays to pay attention, and that's how common children are in slums like that.