It's something like a grenade.

The moment Sarah understood all this, grabbed Elena and tried to get out of the scene with all her might.

In an instant, the grenade exploded, blowing Elena and the others away.

Sarah helps Elena avoid the impact of the explosion, but the impact of the explosion knocks Salad away, and Elena is thrown off the ground like that.

After that, after a brief moment of confusion, he noticed that he was lying on the ground defenselessly, and reflexively rolled into a nearby pile of rubble and hidden.

Then immediately confirm Arena's life and death.

There was no Elena in her field of vision, and her expression was distorted, immediately evoking Elena's name.

But before that, a little farther away, a man's voice rang out.

"If you don't want to be killed, throw your weapon out!"

From the same spot, Elena's voice rang out.

"Sarah, leave me alone, run away and attack them!"

The situation was in hand, and Sarah was stained with a sad and angry expression.

Elena was imprisoned by them.

In the east, many hunters travel to the site every day in search of valuable artifacts.

Then the monsters inhabited by the ruins and fought to the death.

As a result, there are also many hunters who have stopped breathing in the ruins.

Of course, the equipment of the dead snipers was randomly left there in the ruins.

Basically, those equipment items are the stuff of the hunter who found it.

Sometimes, dead hunters leave letters, etc., and entrust all their belongings to be buried by themselves as a consignment fee, or entrust the sending of relics to relatives, and other things are customary for the discoverer.

However, among the hunters with extremely poor character, there are also those who have been converted from hunters to robbers in the ruins.

Instead of the possession of the dead hunter, it is the killing of the still alive hunter to snatch the possession.

Many of them thus became the boss of the bonus, became the prey of other hunters, and ended their lives.

The people who attacked Elena were similar people.

They noticed Elena's gear.

The day when hunters turned robbery is today.

It can only be said that it is unlucky.

I was chased by a monster just now, and it was to ignore Elena's acting skills, but I didn't have the consciousness to knock the monster down.

Elena, who was being pointed at gunpoint from behind, twisted her expression as if she were staring at the men behind her.

But the touch of the muzzle coming from the back of the head, prevented more things.

The man pointed his gun at Elena.

"You don't talk much. Or I'll kill you?"

But Elena was not afraid of such a threat, but showed a terrible expression.

"Shoot. Then you're done. Leave me alone, Sarah!"

"Shut up, do you hear me?"

The man in the back slammed Elena in the head with a gun.

Elena couldn't help but let out a sullen sound.

Sarah gritted her teeth in grief as she hid in the rubble.

If you abandon Elena, as Elena says, you might be able to kill all the men on your own.

But in her place is Elena, who will almost certainly be killed.

If she had thrown her weapon down and gone out as the man had said, Elena might have been saved in this case.

But the situation will continue to deteriorate.

Being held hostage by men, without the protection of weapons, there is no guarantee of safety afterwards.

Sarah couldn't choose either.

Sarah made a loud noise, just so that the man in that direction could hear it.

"That's enough! Kill that woman! And everybody go kill the rest of the woman!"

"Wait!"

Sarah couldn't help but let out a mournful voice.

And then it was decided as such.

Lay down your weapons and walk out of the rubble with your hands raised.

Elena shook her head.

But after Sarah turned her sad-looking smile to Elena, she slowly approached the men so as not to irritate them with a serious expression.

The men smiled sinisterly when they saw Sarah, who was hunched over.

Seeing that the prey did what they said it would do, several people let their guard down and lowered their guns at Sarah.

But the gun pointed at Elena's head was still the same.

Sarah slowly approached as she measured the distance between her and the other person.

(...... Never mind. They were careless.

...... It's still far away. ...... Never mind.

My physical ability to cope with it with my bare hands as long as the distance is shortened)

If you ignore the consumption of nanomachines and increase the output power of the body to the maximum, the body's capabilities will increase dramatically.

Even Sarah, who is not good at grappling, is able to adequately fight off the men with her physical ability alone.

But the consumption of nanomachines has also increased dramatically.

In the worst-case scenario, all remaining nanomachines in the body will be used up here.

That is, will die.

Even if you don't die, the rest of your time will be drastically reduced.

If you ignore Elena's health and kill enemies with firearms, the consumption of nanomachines can be minimized.

Elena hoped that Shanna could do the same, conveying that with a sad expression.

But Sarah didn't choose that way.

Sarah made up her mind to move forward.

Then walk a few steps to get closer to the men until you see a chance of victory.

"Stop there, stop there, take off your reinforcement suit!"

The roaring man looked at Sarah, who had stopped there as instructed, and laughed at her.

"Even if you don't have a gun, you can't be killed because of the protective ability of the suit.

Wouldn't it be nice to have your equipment undamaged and lose its power so that it doesn't break down, but it's best to get it intact?

We'll make good use of that gear.

Okay? Take it off slowly. ”

「...... I see."

Sarah did as they said, placing her hands on her clothes and slowly unbuttoning her suit.

In order to arouse the negligence of the enemy, he relaxed his vigilance, and while staring at the men with an expression mixed with slight fear, he took off his protective clothing and changed to a posture wearing only underwear.

The men's lowly faces became uglier because of the evil smiles.

Sarah endured their gaze as she watched for the chances of victory.

(If you mistakenly think that my protective suit is a reinforcement suit, you don't realize that I am a body augmenter.)

Never mind. Went smoothly)

Sarah stared at the men in fear.

「...... I took it off. 」

"Really?"

In the next moment, Sarah was hit in the thigh and fell to the ground.

Elena let out a grief, forgetting that she was being pointed at gunpoint, and ran towards Sarah.

It was Bubach, the leader of the men, who shot Sarah.

Bubaha looked at the fallen Sarah, and after confirming that it was safe, he pointed to Sarah and said to his companions.

"That guy is an expander of the Department of Nanomechanics.

Even if you are not wearing a reinforced suit, you should have the same physical abilities as the person wearing the reinforced suit.

It was not a reinforced suit that was taken off, but a protective suit.

If you don't want to be caught in a sneak attack, don't do it. ”

"How do you know?"

"You can see it from the action and the appearance of the equipment.

If I didn't know that, then you wouldn't have to lift your head up a day.

The nanomachine of the body strengthening system basically prioritizes the treatment of injuries when they are injured.

To a certain extent, the wound should be slowed down during the period before it heals.

Still, it's better than the average person.

If you want to play, the woman over there can do it. ”

Bubaha pointed at Elena.

The men's interest was focused on Elena.

Alina, who came running, hugged Sarah tightly as she fell to the ground and struggled.

Sarah smiled weakly.

Nanomachines in the body, the treatment of external injuries and life support are the primary activities.

Not in a state that is very capable of fighting.

It is impossible to overturn the status quo on your own.

「...... I'm sorry. I failed. ”

"Why didn't you run away......

In that case, Sarah can be saved.

Without asking for an answer, it leaked out of Elena's mouth.

「...... I'm sorry."

Sarah gave a variety of meanings that had nothing to do with Elena's question.

Elena and Sarah hummed desperately as they looked at the men who approached.

In the second instant, Bubaha was sniped between his eyebrows and killed instantly.

The gunfire continued.

The other men were very surprised by the sudden state of affairs, and a dozen shots rang out in succession before following the steps of vigilance, searching for the enemy, and counterattacking.

The man who was hit in the abdomen and right foot fell, making a painful sound.

The man who was hit in the arm, shoulder, and chest screamed and fell to the ground.

Luckily, nowhere did the man who was shot scream.

"You guys, and other companions......?"

The man who was lucky enough to be okay was asking Elena if there were any other companions.

Wasted that luck in such a futile action, and was instantly killed by Elena breaking between her eyebrows.

Elena, who was surprised by the sudden state of affairs, was the same.

However, as soon as Elena regained her composure as soon as possible, she snatched the weapons of the men who had fallen near her and shot those who were not incapacitated.

Fired 2 shots in a row at the head of the man who was still breathing, and he did stop breathing.

The men were confused with Elena.

However, because of the continuous shooting aimed at himself, that could not be ignored.

In short, in order to escape the enemy's rays, they hid in the rubble and alleys nearby.

During this time, Elena dragged Sarah along with her.

"Sarah, let's go together!?"

"No! Elena! Alright, run!"

"I hate it! stop kidding!"

Some of the men wanted to shoot Elena, but that was stopped by someone else's shooting.

Sarah was dragged as she picked up the gun she had just thrown away.

Elena dragged Sarah as she hurried to a nearby building.

In the meantime, the gunshots rang out incessantly.

Elena and the others managed to escape into a nearby abandoned building.

Aim your guns inside and outside the building.

「...... Elena. What do you think is going on?"

"I don't know. Not their partners, someone is attacking them.

That's all we know now.

They helped us, but it was also possible that they just wanted to snatch us from these prey.

Sarah. What is the condition of the injury?"

「...... Wait an hour before you can walk on your own. 」

"Yes. Don't move now, focus on the consumption of nanomachines to treat the wounded.

Anyway, let's take a look at the situation here.

...... We are not sure that we will be saved. ”

Elena and Sarah stayed in the building with serious expressions.