Monsters that live in the wilderness occasionally attack the city.

The first to be attacked were the slums bordering the wilderness, where the inhabitants lived.

Akira survived the monster attack three times.

The first and second attacks were just to flee or hide in the shadows and survive.

Thanks to a stranger who bought me time and blocked the sneak attack, which was then killed, and then eaten, I was able to escape.

The opportunity was the third attack.

At that time, Akira could not escape a little monster like a dog, and fell into a situation where he fought each other with a pistol that he got by chance.

At an amateur level with no formal training, three shots hit the monster's head, which was miraculous luck.

But even so, Akira wasn't lucky enough for that alone.

The monster would not die at that level, running up to Akira with a blood-stained face, opening its mouth wide to eat its prey.

Before the monster's weird mouth could eat its arm, Akira reflexively shoved her pistol into the monster's mouth along with her arm and pulled the trigger.

The bullet passed through the skull from the monster's mouth to the brain, destroying its head from the inside, killing it.

But in the short seconds before it was completely killed, it was bitten hard, and the monster's teeth bit Akira's arm deadly.

But even so, Akira managed to save her arm and her life.

After surviving the third attack, Akira is determined to become a hunter.

Although he knew the dangers of the hunter profession, he defeated the monster on his own, which filled Akira with confidence and hope.

There are people in this world who are called hunters, people who are looking for money and fame in the wilderness.

The wilderness is a dangerous area outside of the city, where monsters are about to move.

Even in the very poorly secured slums, where cheap guns are rampant, they are much safer than in the wilderness.

Wilderness, it's such a dangerous place.

But at the same time!

Wilderness, with great money and power, is a place to eat mixed rice.

Because there are relics of the old world in the wilderness, and there are relics of the old world.

The monster that attacked people is also a relic of the old world that exists.

Bio-type monsters are physical examples of advanced biotechnology, and mechanical monsters are a treasure trove of valuable mechanical parts.

If you move to the city, you can make the corresponding money.

What's more, if you bring extremely precious cultural relics back from the ruins, you can get a huge amount of money, and maybe you can buy them in the city.

If we can fully control the remnants of the old world that are still in operation, especially military facilities, we will be able to revitalize the country.

Capable hunters have a huge disparity in both strength and money.

Bringing back valuable relics from dangerous ruins will increase your money and power, and you can venture towards more dangerous ruins that can make money.

After the repetition, the hunter was equipped with exceptionally high-performance Old World gear and wielded advanced weapons that incorporated Old World technology, sometimes surpassing the city's power.

It can't even be called a person anymore.

Akira did defeat the monster on her own.

But that's just the probability of returning from a wilderness full of monsters, breaking through the significance of not zero.

But it was enough for him to take a gamble.

If you continue to live in the slums, you will die sooner or later.

In order to get up from there, Akira had to take a gamble.

That day, Akira stood up to become a hunter.

Aim for a better tomorrow than today.

Akira was dumbfounded in front of an unknown beauty.

She smiled and waited for Akira to regain her composure.

And so it passed for a while.

The situation beyond Akira's comprehension continues.

But because nothing happened to hurt herself, Akira began to slowly calm down.

When the chaos subsided to a certain extent, the focus of her eyes returned from the void to the face in front of her.

She noticed this and smiled at Akira again.

"Is it okay? Can you see me? Can you hear me? Where is this? Who are you?"

Akira, who had regained her composure and composure, answered the question with a surprised expression.

“...... I can see, I can hear, this is the ruins of Kuzhara Street, and I'm Akira. ”

She smiled happily.

"Great. I'm Alpha. Please look after me in the future. ”

In short, he didn't want to hurt himself.

This is an unexplained presence, and that will not change, but if there is no hostility, there is no need to be overly vigilant.

Now in the ruins.

Excess vigilance is best assigned to the vigilance of direct enemies such as monsters.

After Akira judged this, she lowered her vigilance against Alpha.

“...... So, isn't Alpha a ghost? I'm not going to mention it. ”

'yes. It's also troublesome.

But to prove the incomprehensibility and phenomena, to a certain extent, I am the premise, and you see me as a reaction to the expansion of the brain.

The black information that is added from the outside during the process of visual and auditory processing by the brain allows me to realize what is revealed there.

Your brain is a special form of information corresponding to the wireless sending and receiving function that I send the information that may be obtained.

It's something innate, something strange that is born out of an alien and is unknown.

I am you, too, and your voice is translated from the vocal cords.

The brain's instructions to the vocal cords are sent organically and then analyzed.

Visual information is also sent.

I recognize you, and I judge from there!"

Akira was completely unable to understand Alpha's explanation.

From that expression I conveyed it to alpha correctly.

Alpha induction points are explained.

'I am you, you can only see you.

My voice can only be heard.

So you have to be aware that you are talking to yourself towards the void.

Considered a strange person.

In the future, you can just call me Alpha. I call you Akira'

Alpha also kept a smile on Akira during the explanation.

That smile was completely devoid of contempt, caution and pity for the filthy children living in the slums.

Akira didn't notice, which raised the rating of Alpha.

“...... I know. So, Alpha, what are you doing in this kind of place?"

Looking' people.

Someone who can sense me.

It's a little bit of a commission, and people who can't talk to me in the first place can't even hear the story.

The best guy is a hunter.

From my commission, it is likely that the commission will begin. 》

Alpha smiled a little regretfully.

Akira hesitated for a moment, then hesitated and said:

"Well, I'm a hunter......"

Alpha looked a little surprised.

"Ahh

"Well, one. ”

"A year?"

“...... 1 day. I'm a hunter today......"

Akira and Alpha made subtle expressions.

There was a subtle silence between the two.

“...... No, nothing, you forgot. ”

Akira is ready to survive as a hunter.

Therefore, he did not want to hide the fact that he was a hunter.

But if you don't have the strength as a hunter, it may not be good to call yourself a hunter to others.

When he thought about it, he closed his mouth.

But Alpha enthusiastically continued.

"Don't say that, can you hear me say something? It's also a kind of fate. A rare encounter. ”

The strength of the hunter who really became, Akira equals nothing.

That alpha knows it too.

However, it is also true that no one has been able to recognize Alpha.

What's more, although Akira's current strength is extremely immature, it is not a negative judgment factor for Alpha in the long run.

"The content of the commission is to secretly raid the ruins I have specified.

In return, I will give Akira a lot of support.

This is an advance payment.

As a reward for success, you will be rewarded with valuable Old World artifacts after conquering the ruins. ”

For the unexpected, Akira couldn't help but amplify her voice.

"A relic of the old world...... Really?!!"

Alpha's reaction to Akira is to smile inwardly and to smile with confidence on the outside.

'Really. To be honest, such a colorful commission, Akira's luck in the rest of her life is absolutely great today.

So this, if you don't accept the commission, the future will be very hard?

Without the support of this lucky commission, I am afraid that I will not be able to make up for it. Probably.

Akira's distorted thoughts, questioning and rhetorical questions about Alpha's statement.

But Akira doesn't look like Alpha is trying to deceive herself.

(...... First, what's the point of lying to a kid like me?

Just look at the fact that I don't have any money.

Or are you laughing at me?

And even if it's true, can you accept such a commission from an unknown person?)

After that suspicion, Akira realizes what is taken for granted for her and changes her mind.

It is precisely because he is an unknown object, and it is precisely because he has some kind of insider and inside information that he will ask for a commission to himself.

Ordinary people don't pay attention to themselves.

In that case, it is time to seize the opportunity.

Akira made up her mind.

"I know, I don't know how far I can go, but I'll accept this commission. ”

With a strong sense of consciousness that surprised even herself, Akira accepted her first commission to become a hunter.

A very happy expression appeared on Alpha's face.

"The contract was made. Then, I'll start supporting advance payments right away. ”

Alpha, who had been smiling while talking, had a very serious expression.

"If you don't want to die, jump into the building on the right in 10 seconds. ”

"Why do you say that all of a sudden?

Akira looked surprised and wanted to ask the reason.

However, from the serious expression of his unspeakable alpha, I felt real and ominous, and stopped talking.

If it's not a lie, if you stay here, you'll die.

The moment he understood that, he immediately ran to the building on the right with all his might.

The moment Akira stormed the building, an explosion rang out behind him.

The blasting wind mixed with the smoke of the explosion ran past the body.

I was surprised to look back in the direction of the explosion, and found that half of the place I had been there had been damaged by the shells and the like.

The hard ground cracked, and the surroundings were scorched.

If you stay in that place for a few more seconds, you'll definitely die.

This is a scenario that is understandable enough.

Akira was stunned by the sudden turn of events, but she came to her senses when Alpha appeared in front of her without warning.

"Well, now ......"

Alpha pointed to the stairs with the same serious expression as before.

"Run up the stairs in 8 seconds"

Akira ran desperately towards the stairs.

Explosions sounded again in the back.

Blasting Wind overtook Akira's body through the steps.

As he ran desperately up the stairs, the leading alpha was pointing at the platform.

"Go upstairs in 5 seconds ......"

Ignoring the protests of her lungs and feet, Akira continued to run up the stairs with all her might.

Akira followed Alpha's instructions and reached the roof of the building in a dying state.

Seeing Alpha waving at one end of the roof, he didn't even have time to adjust his breathing and ran there.

If you don't feel the urgency of the alpha's smile and beckoning, run slowly.

Alpha pointed down at one end of the roof.

Do you want me to jump off the building?

As Akira thought this, Alpha smiled and gave instructions.

"Look down slowly, slowly, quietly. ”

Akira leaned slightly out of the roof as instructed to look down.

Then frowned.

The monsters that had attacked Akira just now wandered around the ground as if they were looking for something.

The monsters are about 2 meters long and look like dogs.

If it were just that, it was a large, athletic dog, but from its back grew small machine guns.

In addition, specimens resembling multiple rockets have been found, as well as individuals carrying small miniature projectiles on their backs.

Dogs with various weapons roam around in search of foreign enemies.

If you kill these monsters and bring them back, you will have a corresponding amount.

But Akira had neither the strength nor the means.

Looking at these, the hunter who had not yet started to make money looked at the monster that almost killed him just now, and a disgusted expression appeared on his face.

"What?

Alpha pondered the monster for a long time.

Yes. It was an artificial creature with an arsenal that had been used to guard the city, and its body had begun to be fitted with firearms or associated machinery, not machines but living beings.

But the individual who is probably in charge of the security of the town, the security of this area.

There are also individual differences, and the backs of mature individuals begin to grow into powerful weapons.

Is the individual with the missile pod the leader of the group?'

There was nothing to lose by listening to the commentary, and Akira did not ask for an explanation of the monsters.

Muttering to himself just lamenting the doom of being suddenly attacked by a monster.

Even so, if asked, there will be various questions.

"Why do you grow guns out of living things? Strange, right?"

For Akira's simple question, Alpha gave some tips.

The living part has the function of maintaining the nanomachine, and at the same time, raw materials such as metals are absorbed orally, and the weapons generated from the materials are finally grown on the back.

I'm afraid it's already a big part, and it's out of the original design, and there is a huge mutation.

It's been changed according to your current specifications, right?'

Experts would have been amazed at this valuable knowledge if they had heard such an explanation, but Akira did not know its value and content.

It is difficult to understand that there is also an explanation for the strangeness of the guns growing from living things.

Alpha's expression changed from the seriousness of the attack to a calm smile.

Akira judged that the alpha should be safe now, so she relieved her nerves.