Reawaken the World

Ghosts of the Old World (part 1)

"Again, Akira returned to the ruins of Kuzusuhara City. He faithfully followed each Alpha's instructions as he moved deeper into the ruins. This time, they tried not to take the same route as yesterday. Although he was shot not long ago, he had to do a lot of physical work such as climbing the ruins like last time. But strangely, he found no trouble at all."

 

"Alpha gave Akira a smile as she was satisfied with how Akira behaved and moved."

 

[Look at you, it looks like your body is fine.]

"Ts: this code → [....... ]mark to indicate special speech bubble 'nano' or mechanical device."

(“Yes, I don't quite understand why, but I'm really in good shape today. Although I only rested for a day, I somehow felt better than before I was shot. To be honest, it's kind of scary. ”) 

"Ts: This code is the sign → (“..... ”) to show the conversation bubble."

"Surprisingly, Akira's condition was extraordinary. There was not even a trace of fatigue on his face and his mind was sharper than usual. He could feel the power flowing within his body up to his fingertips."

 

"About realizing his own physical condition and considering it unnatural, even a little creepy. Alpha spoke to him as if there was nothing strange about this."

 

[That may be the effect of the medicine you took yesterday.]

 

(“Drug? I was indeed surprised that my wound healed that quickly, but does it have anything to do with me feeling better than before I got shot? ”) 

 

[I told you to take enough medicine to be safe. It seems like it not only heals your gunshot wounds, but even heals your other wounds as well.]

 

(“But I should have no other injuries, except bullet wounds..”) 

 

"Different to Akira being increasingly confused, Alpha's smiling face did not change at all."

 

[Since we were free yesterday, I've been asking a lot about your daily life, remember? This is just a hypothesis that is made based on that information. I think the hard life you've been through until now, has put your body under great pressure. So, your body is in a condition where there are non-lethal wounds.]

 

(“Well, I agree that my life in the back alley is hard, but aren't you exaggerating? Anyway, I can move well, you know.”) 

 

[The conditions of life that you consider normal are actually very bad. For example, if you continue to live in such malnutrition conditions for a long time, then it will greatly worsen the condition of Your body. After all, it is as if you are collecting countless non-lethal micro wounds at the cellular level. The additional drugs I told you to take yesterday as a warning, have healed the micro wounds that accumulate in your body. I'm sure that's why you feel strangely healthier than ever.]

 

 

(“...So in short, does that mean I'm really dying until now?”) 

 

"When Akira showed a mixture of conflicted and surprised expressions to Alpha, he simply returned Akira's gaze with a smile."

 

[Well, that's right. Aren't you glad that you're saved now?]

 

(Akira's face frowned slightly, she realized how hard her life had been all this time in the back alley. But summing up all the difficulties he went through with just ‹I'm glad› doesn't fit him.) 

"Ts: This code→ (‹...... ›) sign to show message bubble or author explanation"

"Although they continued to move deeper into the ruins, they did not encounter any monsters. Alpha's instructions are normal and Akira doesn't even feel like he's crossing a monster-infested place. Following Alpha's orders made her feel safe and helped her become more relaxed. Therefore, even though he was walking amidst the dangerous ruins, he could think of anything other than being wary of his surroundings."

 

 

 

"She was a bit distracted by the amount of leeway she had, so she started a conversation, even though they were in the middle of exploring the ruins."

 

(“Alfa, may I ask you something?”) 

 

[Sure, just ask.]

 

(“Why are you using that appearance?”) 

 

"Alpha wears a clean white dress with many frills with both arms and her lower body filled with many sparkling ornaments."

 

[Geez, doesn't that look good to me? Or do you want me to change something else? Does this dress not suit your taste?]

 

"Then Alpha playfully spins while giving a beautiful seductive smile. Her dress fluttered and her long shiny hair formed a full circle. Then in place of his bare back, an open chest boldly appeared in front of Akira."

 

"About asking about an Alpha dress that doesn't suit your current condition no matter how you look at it. But he gets annoyed by what Alpha is doing now and forgets the question he asked. Instead, he usually answers Alpha." 

 

 

(“. But still, if you want to talk about my taste, I actually like the dress you wore when we first met.”) 

 

"First of all, it was a unique dress from the old world that you could not see every day, not to mention their meeting left a strong impression on Akira. So, she liked the dress. Alpha just giggled cheerfully because he knew very well about it."

 

[The dress I was wearing when we first met, huh.. So, in short, a birthday suit!!]

 

(“Just at the next moment, the Alpha dress disappeared. Then once again Akira saw the beautiful body hidden behind the gleaming dress just a moment ago. Akira is confused and says.”) 

 

(“That's not what I mean!! I mean the dress after that!! Never remove your clothes like that!! Turn it back on now!! Why do you always show your naked body like that?!!”) 

"Ts: This code is the sign → (“..... ”) to show the conversation bubble."

"Alpha returned her dress and chuckled."

 

[To think that you're not interested in this body, which is the result of very complicated calculations to make a man's imagination run wild. Akira, you really are a child, are you at an age where you prefer to eat than girls? ]

"Ts: this code → [....... ]mark to indicate special speech bubble 'nano' or mechanical device."

"About being stubborn and saying with a strong tone."

 

(“Yes, there is no doubt that I am just a child. If I don't make enough money to buy food, then I will die. So yes, I prefer food over women..So, what's with the dress?!!”) 

 

"There's a good reason why Alpha was naked the first time he met her. Therefore, he thought that there might also be a precise reason why Alpha was wearing inappropriate clothes amidst the ruins. But it was not like he was desperate to know the answer. So if Alpha won't follow him, then he'll leave the subject."

 

"But then Alpha suddenly stops teasing Akira. Even though he was still smiling, he started talking more seriously."

 

 

 

[Do you remember what I told you back then? Didn't I say that I needed a dress that would increase the chances of people noticing me and could elicit a reaction from them? Even now, I'm actively sending signals to your brain so you can see me. But there's something that interests me in that signal transfer process, you know. ]

 

(“Is there a problem there?”) 

 

[Actually, the management system of Kuzusuhara City is still active and I hijacked the system to broadcast my image over a large area. That's why my image can also be seen through the equipment used by Kuzusuhara City's management system. That was also the reason why the mechanical monster was able to see me the other day. So because of that, people with similar equipment could also see me.]

 

Akira's face stiffened as he understood what Alpha was trying to say.

 

(“...So, in short, there is someone who can see you now, right? Or someone with such equipment is around here, right?”) 

 

 

"Alpha's smile disappeared as Akira said that."

 

[Yes. Don't look back at whatever happened. That guy's tailing you. He keeps his distance from you and he's watching you, even right now.]

 

 

 

"A little further away from Akira, there were 2 hunters watching Akira's every move. A man named Kahimo was watching Akira with his binoculars. Meanwhile another man named Hayya is watching Akira through his artificial eye that is attached to the head of half his cyborg. With such a great distance of sight, the two trailed Akira from a distance. They were very confident that an amateur like Akira would not be able to notice them. By looking at the equipment they used and how they seemed so familiar in using it, it was clear that the two of them were not new Hunters who would only destroy the outskirts of the ruins of Kuzusuhara City."

 

"Kahimo had a somewhat confused expression on her face as she looked at Akira through her binoculars."

 

 

 

(“That boy, he went quite far into the ruins. Traveling far away with that much equipment is tantamount to suicide. What exactly does the boy think?”) 

 

"Hayya just shrugged Kahimo's question while laughing."

 

(“She doesn't even think, she's just a dumb kid. Isn't that why he wasn't limited by common sense and found the relic? The outskirts of this place had nothing else of value, it was the common sense of a normal Hunter. I said that it's faster if we just attack him and make him pull out information about the place where he found the relic. ”) 

 

"Kahimo replied back in an annoyed tone."

 

 

(“Oii!! Didn't you stop me from doing that?!! You stopped me by saying that it would be bad if we killed him by accident before he could tell us anything. ”) 

 

"Hayya just laughed at that rather tense conversation and tried to calm the situation down."

 

(“Don't say that. I never thought a kid like him would be able to go that far into the rubble, you know. You even thought the boy found the relic inside a building somewhere on the outskirts, right?”) 

 

(“Well, that's right. No sane person would ever think that a boy from the slums would be able to go this deep alone, you know. This place itself is quite dangerous, and if we go deeper than this, it will be dangerous even for us.”) 

 

(“You can say that again, so don't get mad.”) 

"Ts: This code is the sign → (“..... ”) to show the conversation bubble."

"Not that the two followed Akira because they were interested in being friends with him. Instead it was because they heard that a boy with very little equipment from the slums came to the Exchange Center with expensive relics. They're interested in finding the place where Akira found the relic."

 

"It is common knowledge among hunters that the ruins of Kuzusuhara City have no valuables left. But it was also not like the periphery was completely without something valuable. There is still a good chance that you could find many relics buried deep under the rubble."

 

"There have been many reports in the past where people found entrances to certain places that should have been very hard to find. For example, recently there were reports that said something like blocked access to the warehouse was somehow opened by chance from a monster attack. But of course, it was not worth the risk to deliberately seek such a thing. So such a meeting is really rare."

 

 

"But when that really happened, many Hunters would once again flood the abandoned ruins. If the first person to discover the site cannot carry all the relics at once, then of course the remaining relics will compete. So to that end, there were people who continued to listen to such rumors; kahimo and Hayya were among those people."

 

"There are rumors circulating that a small boy from the slums brought an expensive relic to the Exchange Center and got himself involved in a shootout against other children for the money he received. Kahimo heard about this rumor, examined it and confirmed it. It also led them to believe that there was a place accessible to young children from the slums and filled with expensive relics. They believe that this place is located on the outskirts of the ruins of Kuzusuhara City. After all, there was nowhere else around Kugamayama City other than a site where a small child could roam safely."

 

"They thought that if there were many such relics lying in the place that the child had found, then the child would definitely return to that place to explore again. So, they decided to stand by the ruins looking for a child, who fulfilled the description in the rumors, to get the details about the place from him. And they finally found Akira."

 

"Kahimo was actually planning to capture Akira and make him tell the location of the place. But Hayya stops him by saying that it would be bad if it turned into a fight and they accidentally kill him. So they change their plans to follow Akira, who is expected to take them to the location of the relic. But now they're starting to doubt their plans."

 

(“Hayya, as I thought, we have to force her to tell her the location. After all, he was just a kid with bad equipment. We have to be careful not to kill him accidentally. You also want to do this quickly, right?”) 

 

"Hayya did not answer at all. So Kahimo became visibly annoyed."

 

(“Hey what's wrong??”) 

 

 

 

"Hayya finally opened her mouth and muttered."

 

(“...That boy... He should be alone, right?”) 

"Ts: This code is the sign → (“..... ”) to show the conversation bubble."

(“Yes, he should be alone, it seems like he has no friends hiding around here.”) 

 

"Kahimo was confused, he picked up his beloved binoculars and looked at Akira once again."

 

"The binoculars he used were quite powerful binoculars, able to see well from a great distance. It also had the function of night vision so that he could see clearly at night as if during the day. In addition, it can detect invisible light or see through simple optical camouflage. Then to complete it, it has the function to highlight monsters and people."

 

"In addition to these high-tech binoculars, there are many other equipment that use network access, thus allowing them to retrieve augmented reality information broadcast from the wreckage. But that function is not available for these binoculars. After all, there was a time when mechanical monsters used that function to their advantage. At that moment, they were unable to see the enemy that was visible to the naked eye and were almost killed. Because of that experience, they put up binoculars just for local functions."

 

(“She's alone. I didn't see any monsters, only him. ”) 

 

"Hayya's face changed slightly and retorted in style as if it was something hard to say."

 

(“Well, uh. Let me say this first, I am not under the influence of any medication, I am not drunk, and I am not trying to tempt you or anything like that ... ”) 

 

(“OK okay, then what? You're being weird, you know?”) 

 

(“...I can see a girl next to the boy.”) 

 

(“A girl?”) 

 

"Kahimo decided to double-check and looked back at Akira once more while putting on a confused face."

 

(“No, no. Just him, he's alone. I don't see a girl, you know.”) 

 

(“? But I can see it clearly. A beautiful girl is guiding the boy.”) 

 

(“If so, tell me what he is like, down to all the details.”) 

 

(“...She was wearing a white lacy dress that looked very expensive.”) 

 

(“Fetched dress?? Have you gone crazy?? Where do you think we are? We're in the middle of the fucking ruins, you know!!”) 

 

(“That's right!! I am not lying!! And I'm not drunk either!! This is definitely not an illusion!! I know better not to drink alcohol or take any medicine before going to the ruins, know!!”)

 

"Looking at how she reacted, Kahimo knew that Hayya was not lying. But it was also true that he could not see the girl. He made a puzzled look because he was confused by what was going on, but then he realized something."

 

(“Hayya. both parts of your eyes are connected to the network, right?”) 

"Ts: This code is the sign → (“..... ”) to show the conversation bubble."

(“Ya, it is equipped with high quality spare parts and of course I paid a lot of money for it. Despite having a network connection function that I am very proud of, it can easily break in the middle of a crash. It is a high-tech eye with many functions, but its only drawback is that it sometimes receives its own broadcast transmission.”) 

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