Rebuild World - Ch. 71
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Pretty rad looking snail 
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In the Web Novels, Akira went home after this... in the Light Novels, Akira takes part in multiple bounty fights in a row.
About "A Team" and "B Team": The Light Novels include a short story showing how Togami, Katsuya and the other young hunters joined. Drancam, like the corporate government, discriminates against slum dwellers. The entry trial for middle class (A Team) applicants to Drancam go through an easy training course, while the slum dwellers (B Team) go through hell. Katsuya ran out of the A Team training zone and into the B Team zone, where he rescued Airi.
Why is Akira's Hunter Rank so low? For two reasons:
The guy at the end is Kurosawa, he is a former Drankam veteran who quit over the preferential treatment Katsuya and his friends recieved. He is a good commander who never loses subordinates, and he's got a transforming gun.
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About "A Team" and "B Team": The Light Novels include a short story showing how Togami, Katsuya and the other young hunters joined. Drancam, like the corporate government, discriminates against slum dwellers. The entry trial for middle class (A Team) applicants to Drancam go through an easy training course, while the slum dwellers (B Team) go through hell. Katsuya ran out of the A Team training zone and into the B Team zone, where he rescued Airi.
Why is Akira's Hunter Rank so low? For two reasons:
- Slum dwellers start at rank 1, while middle class people start at rank 10 (or if you have enough basic equipment you do).
- Normally, Hunters sell their relics to the Hunter's Office, contributing to their rank, but Akira sold his to Katsuragi to get more cash than the office would pay, at the cost of his hunter rank.
The guy at the end is Kurosawa, he is a former Drankam veteran who quit over the preferential treatment Katsuya and his friends recieved. He is a good commander who never loses subordinates, and he's got a transforming gun.
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Slugs don't have a shell. This, sir, is a snail. (But yes, I understand the reference.
)Did Akira just get roped into fighting another bounty monster for no pay at all?
As far as I'm aware, the contract he made only covers fighting that one bounty monster and he's not in the contract that's been made to provide extra help. Well, to be more precise, only the leader's name is on the contract as well as 3 unnamed extras so I guess there's wiggle room on how to distribute the reward. Maybe the rank 27 kid won't participate or won't get rewarded but will basically be assumed to be part of the team while Akira gets the reward and none of the recognition? I can definitely understand why the contract wouldn't outright state that Akira's a member because they wouldn't know him and could only base it off of his rank so they'd probably refuse that contract.
I don't think Shikarabe wants to stiff Akira though so I wonder what his actual intentions are. He already says it wasn't worth taking down the bounty they did at 800M Aurum and that Akira would have to be paid too much so I guess he's hoping that the split reward from a better bounty will cover it better? I can't imagine a contract as extra help being worth too much though - and they're mostly out of ammo too so it's not like they'll be able to contribute that much.
Well, I'm curious to see how this turns out.
There seems to be some translation error on page 27, when Shikarabe says that Akira will "ride in our car". I guess he meant "your" and I did think it was strange since what would happen to the car Akira came with then.
As far as I'm aware, the contract he made only covers fighting that one bounty monster and he's not in the contract that's been made to provide extra help. Well, to be more precise, only the leader's name is on the contract as well as 3 unnamed extras so I guess there's wiggle room on how to distribute the reward. Maybe the rank 27 kid won't participate or won't get rewarded but will basically be assumed to be part of the team while Akira gets the reward and none of the recognition? I can definitely understand why the contract wouldn't outright state that Akira's a member because they wouldn't know him and could only base it off of his rank so they'd probably refuse that contract.
I don't think Shikarabe wants to stiff Akira though so I wonder what his actual intentions are. He already says it wasn't worth taking down the bounty they did at 800M Aurum and that Akira would have to be paid too much so I guess he's hoping that the split reward from a better bounty will cover it better? I can't imagine a contract as extra help being worth too much though - and they're mostly out of ammo too so it's not like they'll be able to contribute that much.
Well, I'm curious to see how this turns out.
There seems to be some translation error on page 27, when Shikarabe says that Akira will "ride in our car". I guess he meant "your" and I did think it was strange since what would happen to the car Akira came with then.
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We diverge from the WN, eh? well... always nice to see more fighting I guess so I wont complain lol
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It more of akira part that eliminate so much small spider on frontline making him have to reconsider the reward, akira did one hell of clean up and open position to everyone via alpha guide, and more quest clear mean they can get like 70 30 on second bounty and 60 40 on first bounty with record on there name, akira name is not on the contract so the deal will shift to him being the underdog but i doubt they will pay him unfair
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That looks like an even larger monster than the spider
Opposite. The point here is that given the unexpected challenge and in turn extra expenses (lots of extra missiles, wasted beacons etc), along with Akira and "Nergo" performing far beyond expectations, the amount of bounty (800m) isn't enough to both treat them squarely and cover everyone else and expense. Shikarabe and co aren't after the money at all, and even if it's not an official contract they want to treat everyone fairly both for their own reasons and for purely practical ones that reputation matters a lot and they want to keep extremely well performing and unaligned hunters friendly to them going forward. However, they can't afford to just give away hundreds of millions themselves either. Nergo they're not too worried about, because he too is not after money (as readers we can see he clearly has his own agenda even below the cover agenda of connections, but the cover agenda is still cover). But Akira is 100% about the money, though he's not such a putz he'd totally ignore long term interests or be unrealistic about expenses either. He'd still feel negative about not getting a proper reward however.
So now Shikarabe semi-covertly taking another high paying job, except this time he's not in charge of any major expenses at all. It looks like he's basically planning on making up the gap through simple hard work: he can get a 4 man cut of bounty for this other monster, then once again choose to give his up and use it to pay Akira. If it works everything is square.
As was stated directly in the negotiations, the "contract" here is about honor/reputation and practical game theory and such as much as anything, it's outside the hunter office system so it's not "legal" per se. Regardless of the exact warding, if Akira felt ripped off or jerked around, or even if he felt it just hadn't been worth the effort, that's going to negatively affect his attitude towards Shikarabe going forward. Shikarabe now is sure Akira is very strong, curious if he's got something special "more" about him as well (because somehow lots and lots of people who should know better don't recognize the strength, and while once is a coincidence and easy to ignore, for someone looking for it seeing it over and over and over again is going to start to raise questions), and also knows Akira isn't really aligned with anyone already (at least, in that sphere, obviously Alpha is in the background secretly, but it's true Akira has no deep loyalty and connection to a faction Shikarabe knows about). They also already have some level of working relationship. And finally Akira is very young: he's got potentially (from Shikarabe's POV) a long working life ahead during which he can get even stronger and potentially eventually rise to a serious level. That's a valuable combination, well worth going to some extra effort to nurture a connection even if it costs some money.
Edit: also forgot to add, don't forget in the background as well are Elena and Sara. Akira hasn't forged connections to any major faction yet, but he has forged a few connections, and to a few pretty capable people that Shikarabe also respects and wants to keep a working relationship with. Remember back in chapter 61 before actually going to meet about the current job at all, Akira called them up, and Elena explicitly said "Also, let me know if he gave you a bad offer." They take a more than purely professional interest in Akira for obvious reasons, and that would also clearly extend to "let me know if he screwed you on the actual job".
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so Airi is from slums?
as i thought Kazuya is spoiled brat. im glad to heard MC shot him to dead in Novel lmao
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This has been crawling at a snails pace and the next enemy is a snail, poetry
It's not just that that makes Akira seem weaker than he actually is, at least if the series follows the WN path.
Remember how Alpha said he has to be able to communicate with the old world to be able to work with her? Well, the ability to do so also gives some other special abilities, which are seen in both Katsuya and Akira (which makes me wonder if it was also reliant on connecting with those like Alpha).
Akira's ability reduces the amount of attention people pay to him. This is due to him living in the slums where drawing attention often means you die. It also manifests in often giving people a negative first impression of him. So people tend to underestimate and disrespect him. Katsuya is basically the opposite. People see him as being a lot stronger than he actually is, and since he wants to be well liked by everyone, he has an easier time making a positive first impression. It's all on the level of mental suggestions, so if you pay enough attention or are strong willed enough, this can be ignored. But you know what they say, first impressions are everything.
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Man, he can't eat Alp- cough the sandwich because it's virtual.
