After eating, Bronya changed shifts as she had said. This attitude of deliberately showing one's own value is distressing.

Perhaps in her short few years of life, Bronya had already formed a worldview that "those who have no value will be abandoned", and she took it for granted that Otto was the same employer.

Shrugging his shoulders, Otto didn't do too much to stop. This deep-seated notion will not be rushed for a while. If you force it, you may also increase the anxiety of the other party.

"Hey, do you want to come up?"

With half a hand on the window, Otto shouted through the window to Bronya, who was not far away.

“…… Hmm," Bronya said in an imperceptible nasal voice, but Bronya didn't move.

Her weapon, the sniper rifle that was longer than her height, had been abandoned this morning, which made Bronya particularly insecure tonight.

"Hey~ I said you......"

Fidgetily rubbing his hair into a mess, Otto kept tapping on the exterior of the car with his hand hanging out of the window.

"Knock knock—"

Just as some people sitting at a desk habitually tap their index fingers on the table, Otto's behavior is no different.

Instead of listening to Otto, Bronya sat all night by the fire, wrapped in a quilt. The temperature drops quickly at night, and this is a high-latitude area after all. Thankfully, the night didn't last long. It was dawn at about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning.

Looking at the girl sitting next to the extinguished campfire, Otto stepped out of the car. His movements undoubtedly caught Bronya's attention.

Looking at the gray pupils that looked at him, Otto shook the Honkai Detector in his hand. "It's time to get to work, Miss Mercenary."

Silently rising from the ground, Bronya dusted the snow off her hair.

"If there's anything you want to carry, it's best to grab it. We won't be coming back. ”

Bronya, who was holding the quilt, passed by, and Otto spoke.

"Understood, please give me 2 minutes" After a moment of froze in place, Bronya walked into the small dilapidated house.

After 2 minutes, as agreed. Bronya walked out with a bunch of gear, but more of a dagger and a machete.

Usually her equipment is fought by other people, even the sniper rifle from yesterday. Although the older junior soldiers crowd out the youngest Bronya, there is no denying Bronya's strong shooting talent.

Expertly squalid into the back seat, Bronya curled herself up in the seat as she had done yesterday.

After a faint glance in the rearview mirror, Otto then activated the throttle. The two snowmobiles have enough fuel left to drive for a few days.

Along the way, Bronya's expression was very calm, and even when she left her territory, she didn't show too much excitement until ......

"Stop! I can't drive forward! The front is dangerous! ”

She has always been silent, and she can say so many warning words at once, thinking that there is really a lot of danger ahead.

Obediently pulling the car to a halt, Otto saw through the rearview mirror almost the entire person lying on the back of the front.

"That's impossible, my job is to deal with this."

Pulling out the pocket watch-shaped detector in his pocket, Otto hooked his fingers on the chain and shook it.

“……”

Beginning to think about whether to dissolve the relationship between the employer and the mercenary at this moment, Bronya's little face showed a solemnity that was impossible to see at this age.

There is no doubt about the danger of an area ahead, which all the team bought with blood.

The mutated beasts were not something that could be killed with these shoddy weapons, and once a large team of 50 men threatened to conquer the area, but only one escaped.

Through the sole survivor, one gets a vague idea. This forest is a forbidden area!

"Oh, yes. Throw all your gear away, it's almost useless. ”

"What......"

"I've got a better fit for you here."

As he spoke, Otto pulled out a blue-and-white dagger with a blade from his lower back.

“！”

Looking through the rearview mirror, Otto saw Bronya's mouth growing from shock.

"Buzz~"

The blue blade was constantly vibrating, and even though it was completely invisible to the naked eye, the sound was very obvious in the silent atmosphere.

"Do you want it?" Like a cunning goblin tempting the human brave, Otto had a playful expression.

"Yes!"

Inserting the dagger into the scabbard, Otto threw it to Bronya in the back seat without hesitation. Judging by his actions, it was as if the value of this weapon was equal to the stones that could be encountered casually on the side of the road.

"Rest assured, this weapon is not used in 'Honkai', it is something that was eliminated hundreds of years ago by the Mandate of Heaven...... The power mainly comes from the high-frequency vibration of the blade."

Explaining a lot of jargon to himself, Otto didn't care if Bronya could understand it.

Looking at Bronya, who was constantly playing with the weapon in her hand, Otto clearly felt the girl's mood.

"It's just like the salary is paid to you in advance," Otto said, taking out an injection from the next 24 hours, "Inject this, and you will be able to come into contact with 'Honkai' below 200HW in the next 24 hours." ”

This neutralizer researched by Dr. Markey in the original book has been tinkered with by Otto first, although the damage that can resist is somewhat weak. A few years later, the version that Markey was working on was even able to resist a wave of massive collapse at close range.

“…… Hmmm"

After receiving the injection, Bronya lifted her sleeves and went inside, showing no sign of fear at all.

As for the nouns that came out of Otto's mouth, Bronya wisely didn't ask too much. She knew it wasn't something she could know.

Seeing that everything was ready, Otto started the throttle again.

In its place, only rows of wheel prints remained.