Reawaken the World

Rules of Engagement (Part 2)

(“Then I want to kill that monster. Our search for the relic did not go well. Although this is not a hunting relic, I want to at least leave this place with an achievement. Tell me if you're against it. ”) 

 

"When Yumina looked at Katsuya's serious face, she remembered him desperately practicing at the shooting range while making a sad expression. With the thoughts of all his dead friends, he kept swearing to himself not to let anyone die again. Watching that expression for hours was enough. He never wanted to see her in such pain again. So, he made a decision."

 

('If we can defeat that greedy crocodile and make Katsuya feel better about himself, it should stop him from doing that reckless exercise. And even if we can't handle it, Elena-san and Sara-san will help us, this will be fine.') 

"Ts: this code is the sign → (‘......’) to indicate a thought or word bubble that appears in someone's mind."

"The fact that Elena and Sara were there to keep an eye on them in case something bad happened gave her confidence."

 

(“If you say so, I don't mind helping. ”) 

 

"Airi looked at Katsuya as she thought."

 

('Our equipment is better than before. And I don't think Katsuya will make suggestions that he knows are impossible. If he thinks it's possible, then it should be possible for us. Not to mention that he has trained himself hard since then and I didn't miss my training either. Shikarabe also recognized his talent. As long as we're together, we can defeat the voracious crocodile.') 

 

"His trust in Katsuya and his confidence in his own skills gave Airi a final boost."

 

(“After all, I'll take the first shot, I'm the best here in terms of shooting. ”) 

 

"Katsuya smiled and felt very happy to gain all the trust from his friends."

 

(“Thank you. Then let's go. ”) 

 

"That was the moment when Katsuya was the most motivated all day."

 

"Elena and Sara quickly notice that Katsuya and his friends are thinking of killing the greedy crocodile. Elena frowned slightly and Sara looked surprised when they noticed it."

 

(“Sara, prepare yourself to help them. We will immediately kill the monster when it looks dangerous, but we will not join the fight until then. Although I will also still aim for the monster, don't assume it's safe just because I didn't shoot. You can go ahead and shoot when you think that it is out of control. ”) 

 

(“Accept . But still, we should have killed him by then, so this wouldn't have happened. ”) 

 

(“Again, we're not here as their bodyguards. Not to mention I did tell them to make a decision as if we didn't exist. In addition, they may do that because they know that they have a good chance of winning. And if that's true, then we shouldn't be blocking them. ”) 

 

"Although Elena said that, the gloomy expression on her face revealed that Katsuya's group only had a slim chance of winning the fight. Seeing that, Sara couldn't help but smile thinly."

 

(“. ”) 

 

"Sara uses her nano-enhanced body to move quickly behind debris not too far from their location. After making sure that Katsuya and his friends won't enter her firing line, Sara prepares her CWH anti-material rifle."

"In order not to get in the way of Katsuya and his friends, but to be able to quickly help them when the situation gets worse, Sara loaded a highly explosive ammunition that could take the monster out in one shot at her rifle and take a goal at the monster. He just had to pull the trigger to kill the monster now. Sara then calmed her breath and remained there to witness how the situation would develop."

 

"As for Elena, she kept checking her information gathering device as she prepared her DSS sniper rifle. The rifle was connected to its information-collecting device to improve its accuracy and modified to increase its firepower."

 

"He put a bullet with high stabbing force into his rifle. Despite having less destructive power compared to the bullets Sara used, the information gathering device connected to Elena's rifle allowed her to accurately aim for the monster's weak spot. Thus he would be able to quickly take out the monster by shooting its weak points like his brain."

 

"Elena then sent the data to Sara to improve Sara's accuracy as well. With that, they were ready to take out the voracious crocodile at any time."

 

" *** "

 

"Airi squatted on the ground and aimed at the greedy crocodile. The crocodile had yet to see Katsuya as it slowly dragged his body on the ground."

 

"When Airi was confident enough with her goal, she pulled the trigger. And as he thought, the bullet hit the crocodile's head."

 

"But the bullet simply bounced off its hard scale and cut off only a small amount of flesh from the crocodile's head. For a monster with such a high level of vitality like that crocodile, such a wound was only a scratch. He notices Katsuya and his friends for quickly turning his unbalanced body and charging towards them."

 

"Airi kept shooting at the monster as it ran fast towards him. Quickly close their distance. Yumina joined in and started shooting at the crocodile's head as well. Katsuya also follows him as he points his rifle at full auto and starts spraying bullets at the monster."

 

"Even when it received bullet shots from 3 people directly, there was no sign of the monster slowing down at all. It was showered with countless bullets but no one could pierce through its huge and powerful scales. Bullets can only release a small amount of meat under their scale when they bounce off of them. But even so, the crocodile continues to charge strongly. He headed straight for Katsuya and his friends without showing any signs of evading or escaping."

 

"They initially had the upper hand because it was a one-sided fight when the monster was far away. They could shoot crocodiles but had no way to fight back from that distance. But as the crocodile approaches them, Katsuya and his friends begin to panic. Katsuya gritted his teeth and continued shooting while Yumina and Airi desperately tried to help him defeat the monster. But the crocodile didn't seem to be affected."

 

"Sara thought that it was getting dangerous and would pull the trigger of her rifle when suddenly one of Airi's bullets hit an open wound on the crocodile's head due to pure coincidence. The bullet shattered and wreaked havoc inside the crocodile's head and tore off its flesh. But even so, it wasn't a fatal wound for the crocodile, but at least it was enough to make him stagger and slow down."

 

 

"Aware of this, Katsuya and his friends take the opportunity as they continue to fire on certain parts of the crocodile. The crocodile finally stopped moving when half of its head was mutilated."

 

"Katsuya and the other two did not realize that the crocodile had become immobile and they kept shooting at him. But finally, they realized it and looked at each other with triumphant smiles."

 

"Katsuya then shouted in excitement."

 

(“We succeeded!! We killed him !! This is our victory !! We were able to defeat him ourselves !! ”) 

 

"Yumina heaved a sigh of relief and smiled happily."

 

(“Although it was a close win, the win was still a victory. I'm glad we could kill him. ”) 

 

"Then Airi smiled proudly and said."

 

(“We were able to beat him because of our expertise. Now that we have defeated the greedy crocodiles, I will not let anyone call us amateur Hunters anymore. ”) 

 

"Katsuya, Airi and Yumina looked at each other and praised each other for their victory."

 

"Sara went back to Elena and found Elena looking at the greedy crocodile with a confused look."

 

(“That's a bit dangerous, but in the end they can beat it themselves. They're pretty good .. Elena, what's up?”) 

 

(“Sara, I feel that greedy crocodile suddenly slowed down there, what do you think just happened?”) 

 

(“Isn't it because one of their bullets hit his weak spot by chance? Since they fired that many bullets, it was not strange that one of their bullets hit its weak point. ”) 

 

(“So, they are lucky, yes .. Luck is part of their ability as well. ”) 

 

(“Yeah, Elena, is there anything bothering you about their performance?”) 

 

(“That's not what I mean . It's just that there's something else that bothers me a little. ”) 

 

"Unlike Sara who was smiling as usual, there were strange disturbing feelings around Elena."

 

 

"Katsuya and his friends return to Elena and Sara in a good mood."

 

(“Good work . In that case, let's take your results for today and bring them home. We'll be looking for monsters on the way home, so you can all calm down. But remember that normally you shouldn't relax until you get back to your base, OK? ”) 

 

 

"Then Elena and Sara returned to the city of Kugamayama along with Katsuya, Airi and Yumina."

 

" – * – * – * – "

 

"Katsuya and his friends are waiting inside the room at Drankam's headquarters for Elena and Sara to return. Elena and Sara filed their report at their request to the Drankam officer who sent them the request. Elena and Sara would also give their evaluation for training today in the report and they were told that Sara and Elena would inform them of the evaluation afterwards. So Katsuya was very nervous as he waited in the room."

 

"After some time, Elena, Sara and an officer of Drankam entered the room. Elena and Sara sat across from Katsuya and his friends while Arabe leaned against the wall near them."

 

"Elena then started talking."

 

(“I'll give you a training evaluation today. First of all, you managed to defeat the ravenous crocodile itself. To be honest, I think it will be a little difficult for you, so I'm surprised when you actually do it. So I have to start the evaluation by mentioning that point. ”) 

 

 

"Katsuya looked happy as he immediately retorted, Airi and Yumina also looked pleased."

 

"Elena then continued while still staring at them."

 

(“Besides defeating that greedy crocodile. Your ability to search for relics while monitoring your environment is largely satisfactory. As for the evaluation from Drankam, they will evaluate your performance from our report, but we don't know how it will come out, so let's leave that aside for now. But for us, there seems to be no problem. Basically, I think you guys are complete Hunters now. ”) 

 

"The expressions of Katsuya, Airi, and Yumina slackened after Elena said that they did well as Hunters. Until now, other Hunters used to handle it as if the weight was dead. Thus they were truly happy because they felt they had detached themselves from that sight."

 

"Elena then continued."

 

(“Now, I will move on to the overall performance evaluation. But before that, I want to ask you one thing, say again the purpose of today's destruction exploration. ”) 

 

"Katsuya and his friends got a little carried away by the question. But Yumina then quickly answered back."

 

(“Our goal is to collect relics. More precisely, it was like training to collect relics. The goal is that we can collect relics effectively. This is my understanding. ”) 

 

(“So it's okay to assume that you did everything with it in the right, right?”) 

 

"Yumina was confused when Elena said that. So he added more explanations to his answer."

 

 

(“, that is if we ignore the fact that we already know there are no more precious relics left in the Higaraka Residence Ruin and still decide to seek destruction regardless of that fact. . ”) 

 

(“It's okay to get it out of the equation here. ”) 

 

(“If that's the case, then yes, that's my answer. ”) 

 

"Elena then looked at Katsuya and Airi to confirm Yumina's reply. Katsuya and Airi nodded at him."

 

(“I agree with him.”) 

 

(“I also.”) 

 

(“...I saw . You all have the same opinion, yes. It's a good thing to have the same goals when you work together. ”) 

 

"Elena stopped for a moment. Arabe who had listened to Elena and Sara's report earlier only smiled bitterly. Katsuya was confused when he saw Arabe's bitter smile."

 

"Elena then continued."

 

(“This is just my evaluation, so you need to judge for yourself whether it is true or not. After all, everyone has different indicators for their evaluation. If your performance agrees with these indicators, then you will get a good evaluation, and vice versa. I'm just trying to make sure you know. So, with that being said, for me, I can only say that your performance today was very bad. ”) 

 

"Katsuya, Airi and Yumina were completely shocked by Elena's unexpected evaluation. Katsuya panicked and asked."

 

(“T-but why ?! We should have done well during training, right ?! We may not be so good in your eyes, but I think we're not that bad either! You also praised us when we defeated that voracious crocodile, right? ”) 

 

(“That's the point, that's where my evaluation comes from. You guys did an amazing job beating that voracious crocodile. But is there a reason why you should do that?”) 

 

(“That's because we realized that we could beat him !! And we did beat that greedy crocodile! ”) 

 

"Elena waited for a while after Katsuya said that. After confirming that Katsuya finished giving his explanation, he then asked her."

 

(“Is that everything?”) 

 

(“What do you mean..?”) 

 

(“You killed him because that seems like an easy target for you. Is that everything? Do you really need to kill all the monsters taken by your detection device? You even have to focus all your weapons on it to be able to defeat that monster. You can avoid a fight if you leave it alone, but you decide to fight even though it could easily kill you if you are unlucky. So, is that really your reason for doing that? ”) 

 

"Katsuya could not give an answer. Elena then shifted her gaze from Katsuya to Airi. Airi paused for a moment before replying."

 

(“... The initial purpose of us collecting the relics did not end well. So we thought that we could improve our situation by defeating that monster, and I think we did well by defeating that monster. ”) 

 

(“I saw . So, what exactly do you get from defeating that greedy crocodile? Is that a reward of money and points for your Hunter Rank? If you put it on a scale with danger, is it worth it? Or do you think you can beat it easily but it turns out it is harder than you think? Or do you know that it is not easy and think that the prize you might get from beating it is worth the risk? ”) 

 

"Airi couldn't retaliate after Elena said that."

 

"Elena then turned to Yumina, Yumina hesitated before speaking."

 

(“. So, I think no one would look down on us if we could beat the greedy crocodiles and that might make us more confident in ourselves. ”) 

 

"To be more precise, it was actually for Katsuya. Yumina thinks it might help her, that's why she didn't stop her. He didn't want to see her become depressed because of her own weakness anymore."

 

(“I saw . Well, I'm sure you have your own reasons. Nevertheless, when you decide to do that, can you say for sure that you do not include us in your calculations and do not expect us to help you when the situation becomes very bad? And even if that's true, are you sure that those who look down on you will stop after hearing what you're doing there?”) 

 

"Yumina couldn't say yes to it because she kept her mouth shut and didn't answer at all."

 

"Elena looked at the 3 children who couldn't say anything to her and continued."

 

(“For me, it looks like you are putting yourself in unnecessary danger. And I don't think the reward of that action could justify the danger. That's why my evaluation of your performance is as I said. As a Hunter, I wouldn't want to cooperate with you and if I were assigned to look after you, I wouldn't want to do that unless we got a lot of money out of it. That's all of me. Sara, do you have something you want to add?”) 

 

"Katsuya and his friends looked at Sara with begging eyes. But Sara just smiled bitterly and looked at them. Sara basically agreed with what Elena said."

 

(“Well, as Elena said. It's about the basics. Hunters basically work by risking their lives, so it's important to make sure that whatever they earn, it's worth it to risk their lives. But of course, it differs from person to person on what kind of reward is worth risking their lives. So it is not easy to cooperate with other Hunters who do not agree to the same principles or guidelines. And our principles are different from the three of you. That's why our evaluation of your performance is poor. I'd like you to at least understand that. It's true that you were able to defeat that ravenous crocodile and I'm sure there are other Hunters who agree with your decision. If you cannot accept our evaluation, you can laugh at it and ignore it, you are even free to regard us as mere cowards. ”) 

 

"Sara's words did not comfort them at all."

 

"After that, Sara and Elena came out of the room. Then Arabe walked over to Katsuya, Airi and Yumina."

 

(“Well, although many things happened there, we from Drankam really appreciate you for beating that voracious crocodile. So, we judge that you do not need a veteran Hunter to accompany and see you like we usually do for young Hunters. After all, we do not have the manpower to commission a veteran Hunter to watch over Hunters who can defeat greedy crocodiles on their own. From now on, you can choose your own request as a full Hunter and you are free to recruit other Hunters into your team. So I hope you will work hard as a role model for the young Hunters in this gang. ”) 

 

(“...I understand.”) 

 

"Katsuya pushed himself to give his answer. Meanwhile, Arabe only smiled bitterly watching how the three of them acted."

 

(“Well, you can rest for today. As a Hunter, you will face more failures in the future. You won't be able to stay long in this job if you get depressed every time you fail. See you later then. ”) 

 

 

"Arabe had just left them with those words before exiting the room. As he walked down the corridor, he remembered what Shikarabe said to him and clicked his tongue."

 

(“It turns out exactly as Shikarabe predicted, yes. It seems impossible to use it to recruit Elena and Sara right now. I need to rethink my plans ..”) 

 

"Initially, he planned to ask Elena and Sara to keep an eye on Katsuya's group. But Elena and Sara already knew about that."

 

"Of course, Elena and Sara did not want to keep an eye on the other Hunters who did not know the limits of their abilities and always ushered them into danger. After all, they would be bound by danger as well. Arabe understood that and let out a long sigh while trying to think of his next move."

 

"Even after Arabe left them in the room, Katsuya, Airi and Yumina remained inside while hanging their heads for a while."

 

(“... Damn it. ”) 

 

"Katsuya whispered the word slowly so that he himself could not hear. And he himself did not know the real reason why he swore."

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