Rebuild World

When Akira was contacted that the reinforced clothes she ordered had arrived at the store, she immediately stopped studying and quickly completed her support before heading to Sizka's store early.

Sizka laughs and greets Akira, who enters the store while suppressing her feelings.

"There you are. We have received your desired product. I'll show you. Come here."

Akira was escorted straight to the store warehouse. Looking inside the warehouse, which was heavily loaded with numerous items, the fortified clothing hung on the hanger rack immediately caught my eye.

Reinforced garments are made of gray, seemingly soft material close to black. The surface has a metal frame that extends from the struts that look like the spine of the back to the ends of the limbs along the skeleton. Helmets and other head gear are not included.

He looks intrigued at the fortified clothing as Akira circles around it. Sizka smiled (cheeks) at Akira, who looked more childish than usual.

"TLT type C reinforced clothing. The name of the product is Cairon, about two generations ago, but the basic hardware is not that different from the current version. However, the basic control software update support is over, so please think that there will be no performance improvement due to the software update. I would never recommend it because there is no warranty of operation, although there is a potential for performance improvement if you get and apply the software that is being developed by Willing Online. If you do poorly, your joints will turn the other way because of a setup error. Be careful."

Akira has not taken her gaze off the fortified clothes, even though she snorted (nodding) at Sizka's explanation. That's a kid getting a new toy and exalting himself.

Touch the fabric part of the reinforced garment according to curiosity as it is. The touch of the chemical fibers and the feeling of the countless thin and hard cores woven into the fabric convey. When I followed the touch of the core, it was connected to parts like metal skeletons.

Continue to touch the metal skeleton part of the reinforced garment. It was softer than I expected and bent like rubber as soon as I put in the force with the feeling of touching the metal, hurrying my hands off.

"Si, Mr. Sizka, something is gnarlier than I expected, is this what this is all about?

Sizka laughs and reassures Akira. That smile also included the part where I enjoyed Akira's reaction.

"It's okay. It is softer when it is not activated so that it can be easily removed. So, don't watch forever, shall we try it on quickly? I will retrieve the physical data for the initial setting of the enhancement clothes, so take off the clothes as I measured them."

Sizka measures Akira's body data with a scanner as before. Then, moving to the back side of the fortified garment, the terminal at hand was manipulated to transmit the body data to the control apparatus of the fortified garment.

Begin resizing automatically based on the physical data entered by the reinforcement garment. Sleeves, inseam, torso, etc. shrink slightly, changing the overall size to fit Akira's body. Akira raised a slight surprise when she saw how it was going. He then wore the sizzled reinforced clothes with the help of Sizka.

The metal skeleton was rubbery soft, and there was nothing to inhibit Akira's movement with its solidity, either when she was wearing it or when she moved her body lightly afterwards. Except for the weight. Even though I was sizing it and distributing its weight along its shape, I felt the weight that would run out as soon as I moved around like this.

Shizuka looked at Akira in her fortified clothes and nodded lightly.

"Yeah. You look pretty good"

Thank you. I'll sit down.

Akira seems a little lit up, but she seems happy. That's where Alpha breaks in.

'You look great! It's lovely!'

"Shut up."

"Why are you so hard on me?"

'Cause it just sounds like tea.'

Alpha was looking unhappy, but Akira ignored it.

Sizka moves to check the operation of the reinforced clothes.

"Then try to activate the fortified clothes. Startup switches and stuff are around the waist. I'm sure you'll be fine, but if you feel any anomalies, stop booting as soon as you can."

"Okay."

Akira starts fortified clothing. Then the metal skeleton of the reinforced garment and the metal fibers woven into the fabric convey a hardened feel. At the same time, the weight of the fortified clothes disappeared. Reinforced clothing supported its own weight, moving itself on top of it as the wearer moved, erasing its weight from the wearer.

Akira is moving her hands and feet a little surprised by the rest of the difference. Based on that appearance, Sizka decided that there were no problems with the operation of the fortified clothes.

"Looks like you got it up and running correctly. Be sure to move slowly for a while and get used to movement with enhanced physical function. I just wanted to say, lift even the heavy looking large guns around there to make sure they are fully performing the reinforced clothes, but don't touch them because they will have trouble breaking the product. Lift up the rubble in the wilderness and make sure. Grab the gun carefully, too. It can break a lot if dealt with in a rampant manner with enhanced physical function. The metal fiber part also hardens during the start-up of the reinforcement garment, but it is meant to support heavy firearms, external armoured plates, etc. You don't think you can prevent a bullet or a monster from attacking without additional armor?

Akira snorts firmly.

"Okay. I'll be careful."

"The accessories are in that box over there. Energy pack spare and maintenance kits, plus simple paper instructions. It also said where to download instructions that can be viewed on the information terminal. Keep a proper eye on how to use it.... Is that about it? Is there anything you want to ask me from Akira?

Akira thinks a little and then asks what came to her mind somehow.

"Speaking of which, doesn't fortified clothing come with anything like a helmet?

"Headgear for fortified and protective clothing is basically an option. Was Akira wearing a helmet or something? I'm sorry. I should have checked."

Sizka apologized with a little apology. Akira hurries to make up for it.

"No, I just wondered if there was any wonder. I didn't say I was dissatisfied. I'm telling you right when I talk to Mr. Sizka about fortified clothing if you need me too. Never mind."

"Really? That would have been nice."

That's what I said and smiled. I looked at Sizka and relieved (almost) that Akira didn't have to damage Sizka's mood. And ask what bothered me a little.

"Earlier, Mr. Sizka asked me if I could wear a helmet, but some of you can't?

"Yeah. I'll be there quite a bit. Some people think the basic set of head gear is intrusive because they use a head-mounted information-gathering device, and some people don't want to wear anything that covers their head independently of that. So the headgear on the fortified clothes is basically an option."

"Are there people like that? I think it would be safer to wear a helmet..."

"I'm here. Elena and Sarah, for example, aren't wearing full-face helmets or anything, are they?

Akira thought of Elena and the others, and I sure thought so. Finally, I recall that so were the men who attacked Elena and the others in the ruins. But that's why I wasn't convinced. Conversely, the doubts deepen and I look suspicious.

"That's true.... Why is that?

"For once, there's a reason, but that's a little occult, isn't it?"

"Occult, is it?

"Yes. Occult. You want to hear what it's like?

"Please"

I start talking with a little fun watching Akira with Sizka's intriguing look on her face.

"Some hunters are reluctant to wear any high-performance helmet. Full-faced, but defensive enough to withstand the direct impact of a shell to maintain the same vision as when you're not wearing a helmet thanks to an internal omni-directional display, the sound sounds the same, you can't feel compression or anything on it, and you can't feel the weight at all in conjunction with reinforced clothing. There are people who would never want to use such an awesome helmet. Why do you think that is? Not for financial reasons, of course."

Akira thought about it a little bit, but didn't think of any reason why it seemed like it. I surrender with a look on my face like I gave up solving a difficult question.

"... I have no idea"

"Whatever. You wear a helmet like that, you're blunt."

"Are you...?

Akira is showing confusion at unexpected answers. Sizka smiles (cheeks) to enjoy the reaction as expected.

"Yes. Survey. Throw away the defenses and functionality of high-performance helmets to prevent blunting. I don't know what that feels like because I think it's better."

"Hmmm. I don't know, I don't know..."

"Well, sure, because the feeling around it is personal. A lot of people are skeptical, but at the same time, it's about me, so many people think they should follow their own lead, so it's not a problem for individuals to make their own decisions. The problem is when civilian military companies can arm their troops. The person in charge of equipping a unit once said that he didn't believe in such occults and required all troops to wear high-performance head gear. What do you think happened?

"Duh, what happened?

"The overall casualty rate of the entire unit has increased, despite the fact that we have some pretty high-performance gear to push the opposite away."

Sizka looked at Akira's reaction with a surprising look on her face and smiled (cheeks) a little satisfied.

"There is no clear basis to be convinced. The reason I don't want to wear head gear is the vague idea of my own. But the number of casualties has produced results. That's why they say occult."

"... eh, should I not wear a helmet too?

Calm Akira down how Sizka is bewildered.

"I'm sorry. I don't even know that. Because a lot of people normally use full-face helmets. Many people misunderstand what I just said and die of neglecting their head gear. I can wear it if Akira wants to. I can't wear it if I don't think so. That's the only way. Experienced hunters learn to feel like they don't stick around when they wear weird gear. As I said, there's a personal difference between those things, so Akira has to decide for herself."

Akira laughed bitterly after a bit of trouble, like she had broken it off.

"Okay. (A) No, I don't have the money to buy the options right now, so I'm going to assume that I can't even wear them."

Sizka also returns a bitter laugh.

"That might be better than bothering you badly. You can pick up only the options, so tell me if you change your mind."

"Yes."

Sizka switches stories.

"I don't want to be impotent because I got fortified clothes. Let me know if anything happens. If there is an initial defect, send it to repair, but in that case, think that it will not come back from repair for at least a month. Whoa, until you leave the store because it's dangerous, turn off the physical enhancement function of the enhancement clothes or keep the operation in daily life assistance mode."

Akira cut the function of the fortified clothes once, as she was told. Then the weight of the fortified clothes returns to the body. In this state, it is difficult to return to the inn, and the function is switched to daily life assistance mode. Although it feels slightly heavier in motion, it no longer interferes with normal operation.

Akira and the others went back to the store for now. Sizka starts regular customer service over the counter.

"I intend to choose fortified clothing that meets Akira's requirements whenever possible. I know there are a lot of things that bother me when I actually use them, but I'll hope Akira is satisfied now. If you come up with a complaint, don't hesitate to say it. If there's anything I can do, I can do it."

"Probably fine, but if you need anything, let me talk to you back then"

Sizka smiles just as much when she sees a satisfied Akira. And add.

"I forgot to tell you. In addition to the cost of ammunition, don't forget to add the energy cost of fortified clothing to your expenses. There's no point in buying it if you run out of energy and can't use it anymore. I bought a corner so I can always use it."

"Yes, I'll be careful. Thank you for everything."

Shizuka smiles jokingly at Akira, who bows her head gently.

"Never mind. Now Akira can also recommend heavy and unusable guns if they are not fortified. Looking forward to future purchases."

"I just want to make some money so I can live up to my expectations, but I'll make sure I don't have to. Wait for the temper."

Akira also returned a jokingly bitter laugh. And I lowered my head gently before leaving.

Shyzka shrugged after she dropped Akira off.

"Still, you just bought your first AAH assault gun a while back, but you already got fortified clothes? You're early. Some luck was saved by Elena and the others in times of danger. At this rate, I think I'll be a promising hunter in the future.... maybe."

Sizka gave him a slightly worried look, but soon turned it off.

The faster we go down the road to Daicheng, the faster its speed increases the risk of misjudgment due to the act (s) of narrowed peripheral field of view. And the damage is greater when you collide with bad luck.

Sizka had switched to another word before she accidentally uttered what came to her heart so that the words she accidentally uttered would not become a reality.

I'm in a good mood to see Akira back at the inn hanging from a hanger rack and laughing.

"You've got fortified clothes, too, and don't go back to collecting artifacts."

I had paid Sijima half a million aurums, and Akira's money was pounding the bottom. As it is, they are also expelled from this small, bathless, cheap room.

Akira wanted to return to her bathed room as soon as she earned her income. But Alpha smashes that expectation lightly.

We're not going to the ruins yet?

"What? No, but you got fortified clothes, so it's not okay to go out in the wilderness anymore?

'I'm going out into the wilderness, but I'm not going to the ruins. It's dangerous. I decided to overprotect Akira a little bit. I'll do everything I can to combat Akira's misfortune. "

Alpha's tone was a little exaggerated that I could even feel ready to face a mighty enemy.

Is my misfortune something I cannot face without that firm determination? Akira thinks so and hesitates a little.

"Oh well. If Alpha says so, we can't help it, but what are we gonna do now? It's about time we ran out of money for this cheap room, right?

'It's okay. In the meantime, I get a request from the hunter's office to make some money. Achieving the request to increase Akira's Hunter Rank to become a wilderness spec car rentable status. That's the goal for now.'

"A car. Hmm. What makes you prioritize that one?

"It must be hard to run away from a bunch of monsters, right?

While convinced of the reason, Akira gave a subtle look with a slightly more complex feeling that she was scheduled for the future on the assumption that she would encounter a herd of monsters again.

"Exploring the site for the purpose of collecting relics will follow. Don't worry, I'll choose the request. '

"... well, if Alpha says so, I'll take care of it"

'Rest in your room as you are today. In the meantime, I'll finish adjusting my fortified clothes. Tomorrow we'll be training for fortified clothing all day. We'll get used to fortified clothing at the very least. It's not until the day after tomorrow that you actually get the request. "

"Adjusting the fortified clothes would have been done by Mr. Sizka, wouldn't it?

Laughing invincibly at Akira as Alpha seems to wonder.

'That really just ended the minimum basic setting. I'm going to create customizations specifically for Akira that will receive my advanced support. Please only connect to the information terminal. Don't worry, I'll do it alone after that.'

Akira connects the information terminal and the reinforcement clothes with the connecting terminal cable that was in the maintenance kit as instructed by Alpha. Then, an unintelligible string, image, print, or the like floats in Akira on the information terminal. I remember seeing something similar when configuring the information terminal, so I left it to Alpha to rest later.

The information terminal is in use and Alpha is also busy setting up enhanced clothing. Akira somehow remembered Sizka's story as she studied herself with her notebook and writing equipment.

"Hey Alpha. Mr. Sizka said that wearing a helmet would blunt your mind. Oh, is that really there?

"I do."

It is more unnatural to doubt that it exists for sure. Akira is a little surprised by the response she just said that.

"You're making it quite clear. Mr. Sizka said he was an occult."

"That is the result of a combination of reduced information accuracy necessary for the recognition of events, errors in identification and judgment resulting from them, unconscious perception blockages, and unconscious communication disorders. It's just called occult because it's impossible to analyze them with current science and technology. '

Akira gives a look closer to confusion than confusion.

"... can you explain it a little more clearly?

'Fine. Let's just say Akira saw a low-resolution image. It's blurry, but I can see that what's showing is the ruins of Kuzsuhara Street. It's about that level of image. If you look at the ruins of Kuzhara Street at the location where that image was taken, you can see roughly the same thing. But there is a difference in the amount of information between the landscape and the image you saw directly. Even if it's something you can't feel for the person you're looking at. It's the same if you install an omni-directional display inside a full-face helmet to show footage outside. On the contrary, even if you just put on a seemingly transparent goggle, you may be losing some information. If the lost information contains valuable information that informs you of the danger, it will be impossible to be aware of the danger. This isn't just about sight. I can tell you the same thing with every sensation I can perceive in my head.'

Akira's expression is full of questions about something puzzling.

'I felt my gaze from behind and looked back and there was really someone there. Some people have a good feeling about that. But it's not the sight, the hearing, the touch, the taste, the sense of smell that perceives that line of sight. Because you can't see, you can't hear, you can't touch, you can't taste, you can't smell. There could be sensors in people like that that are unconscious but can perceive their gaze. It could be the descendants of someone who added sensors to detect signs with old world technology, or could have gained similar abilities by using artifacts that had similar effects without knowing them. Covering your head can also blunt those sensors. "

Akira's expression is full of confusion about explanations beyond the tolerance of understanding.

'Akira is talking to me, but this is happening on top of the correspondence going on between me and Akira. As I've told you a little before, this is due to the functions in Akira's brain. But it's not limited to that function, it's quite capable of communicating some kind of information with some other existence. The twins have strange telepathies, or they somehow perceive the dangers of people close to them. Sometimes communication of will is impossible, but some kind of transmission or reception is taking place, and you are unconsciously aware of some information nearby. This communication could also be blocked by covering your head. "

Akira was painfully suppressing her rejection of events beyond comprehension.

"A sharp survey is a judgment based on information that combines a wide variety of things that are done unconsciously with that information. If a sharpened person suddenly loses it without realizing those skills in a life-threatening hunter operation, which means that if he's blunt, it's like meditating (crushing) his eyes against a monster. Anyone who ever relied on that ability would be more likely to die for that. '

Alpha stopped explaining once there. And laugh and ask Akira how well she understands the story.

"Okay?

Akira managed to produce an answer in her confused mind.

"... you mean that when I wear something weird, I'm more afraid of not noticing what I normally don't, or not being able to talk to Alpha?

Alpha smiled a little happy after a slightly unexpected look.

'I don't mind that perception. So there's no way you're going to let Akira use any of the gear that's blocking or lowering my support, no matter how high-performance.'

"But how do we find out about that?

'You'll be fine because I'll know soon enough. I'll tell Akira in that case. "

"Right. Okay."

Akira was relieved to know that she could avoid losing Alpha support without realizing it because of the strange gear.

'So, was that a good explanation? -Would it have been easier to understand?

"No, that's enough now. I need a more detailed explanation from you in that hand class."

"Really? You can always tell me if you want to hear more."

"Oh, oh."

Akira said no because she had a feeling that the more elusive story was going to be extended when she heard it in bad detail. And that had been spotted by Alpha.

Alpha was smiling and observing Akira trying to tell the story. the psychological state beneath it from that expression. the propensity and essence of personality from that change in psychological state. Like it or not. Shake it. The backbone. I've been observing it for a long time.