It's a bit weird that Alpha considered that Akira wasn't capable of surviving in that situation when all he did was just go wild and drive in the snake's stomach while shooting haphazardly. There was nothing that required skill; he had plenty of firepower which he didn't even focus and didn't need to since clearly shooting the snake from the inside was far more effective than from the outside. So the snake was actually dumb to swallow that. Maybe there's some explanation I'm missing?
I'm not sure how Kibayashi intruding in the pay negotiations with Drancam is a good idea. Akira's already got Elena and Sara trying to extract pay from Drancam by calling in the favour from Katsuya and Yumina to pay what they owe him, but now Kibayashi is going to come in the negotiation and also try to force Drancam to pay up by apparently using the information that the oversynthesised snake was not completely defeated. Drancam's not at fault there though, it's not like they actually noticed the other snake body retreating so there was no lie in their report, and it's the guild that confirmed the dead body and decided to pay up on the bounty. This is also a double slap to Katsuya because he'll learn his, already massive failure of an operation, never even successfully took down the bounty monster and that Akira cleaned up after him and that the favour he's trying to pay back is worthless to Akira since Akira is using other means of ensuring he gets paid by Drancam. Seems he's just antagonising the entire faction Mizuha is managing in Drancam. I mean, if Kibayashi sees that negotiations don't go Akira's way and decides to interfere then, I guess that'd be acceptable, but otherwise it seems unnecessary.
How is Kibayashi even going to keep everyone involved in retrieving this smaller oversynthesised snake quiet about it to avoid damaging Drancam's reputation? I guess there wasn't any bounty on the monster, but shouldn't the materials be worth something to the guild? I can't quite remember what the guild was paying for early on.
I thought for sure that Shikarabe also wouldn't be able to pay up properly (and I still have no clue why he included him in the extra bounty mission; sure he didn't do much there, but is he getting any pay from that) but he's making good use on Drancam's ability to get discounts through large orders so he's managing to make it worth Akira's while. He's really gotten lucky because he has no clue that his offer is exactly what Akira needs right now. If Akira still had his previous vehicle, would he have cared that much about getting a new one (though I guess that if he didn't total his equipment he could actually resell it and recoup his money)? I wonder how Akira is going to get his new vehicle; I'm guessing he might go pick it up at Drancam's headquarter and that might be fun depending on who he meets.
Either way, after these bounties, he's definitely going to be well known in Drancam.
I guess we should look forward to his new vehicle and equipment now.