had no control over .

After 10 minutes, there was another turn of events . The monsters that were chasing Akira and Carol broke through the door and the wreckage blocking the door . They were quickly flooding the landing platform .

Akira was looking outside through a small window in that storage room . It was because he was keeping eyes on the situation outside and he wanted to see the view outside when the delivery drone took off .

Seeing those mechanical monsters gushing out into the landing platform, Akira’s face twitched as he mumbled .

“...Give me a break . ”

Carol who noticed that also peeked outside . Her face turned pale the moment she saw the monsters flooding the landing platform .

“...It’s alright... They shouldn’t be able to see us from the outside... Moreover, this delivery drone is using an optical camouflage in the first place... And it’s time to take off soon... It should be alright...”

All the words that Carol mumbled were all her wishes, Akira could understand that after seeing her expression . Although she was trying to stay calm there, her smile was crooked and cold sweat was running down her face, she was also slightly shaking, showing what she was actually feeling uneasy .

If the mechanical monsters got close enough to the delivery drone, its door might open . They might even be able to see the delivery drone too . Moreover, in the first place, the delivery drone might not take off if there was something blocking it . There were so many uncertainties .

Akira tried to reorganize his mind, he took a deep breath and let out a long sigh before asking Alpha .

“Alpha, what will happen if those monsters get into this storage room?”

Alpha kept smiling like usual .

“When that happens, I’ll have you ready to re-experience what you did today . ”

After hearing the answer that he had completely expected, Akira’s face distorted . It seemed that he really hated that idea .

“...Thought so . Well, I guess I should be thankful that I, at least, still have a way to get out from this place alive . ”

Depending on the situation, Akira might have to run down a building’s wall again . The only difference between riding off and just simply jumping down the wall was that the former had a better chance of survival . After all, he had no wish to get himself killed . Of course, he did not want to do that again if it could be helped, but the monsters chasing him did not care about that .

Carol looked at Akira . He seemed to be very annoyed and exasperated as well as a little nervous . From what she could see, Akira did not seem to have given up, he did not even seem scared at all .

“...Akira?”

Carol herself had no idea why she called Akira’s name .

Akira, who was watching the door that was leading outside, turned to Carol and casually replied .

“Yes? Ah, if the monsters come here, we’ll have to get out of here . So you get yourself ready in case that happens . ”

“Eh, ah, okay, sure . ”

Carol was so dumbfounded that she was barely able to reply back . Akira returned his gaze back to the door . She kept staring at him for some time even after that, but weirdly enough, she then started to smile .

Akira, who noticed that change in Carol, frowned and asked .

“...What?”

“It’s nothing . It seems that you haven’t given up at all . ”

“Of course . You too, right? “

Carol who already regained her composure confidently smiled and replied .

“Obviously . ”

Carol reloaded her gun while smiling, she then stood next to Akira in case he needed her support .

[...He’s still calm even in this situation . He seems to be still planning to fight back . And to top it off, he’s skilled, he’s really my type . ]

Akira and Carol just stood there in silence . The sound of the monsters outside the delivery drone was starting to get louder and louder as they approached and surrounded that delivery drone .

Akira and Carol could clearly hear the sounds that those mechanical monsters were making outside the delivery drone . Normally, hearing those sounds would shave the spirit of the people who were listening to them . A normal Hunter might start screaming right about now . But even so, Carol and Akira just stood there in silence while listening to those sounds .

Not too long after that, the delivery drone suddenly started moving . It was time for it to take off . The sounds that it was making drowned the sound coming from the mechanical monsters outside . After the delivery drone took off from the landing platform, it headed to the Mihazono ruin’s factory district .

Akira quietly watched the situation outside through the small window . He could see the monsters that swarmed the Seranthal building . Their images kept getting smaller and smaller to the point that he could not see them any longer .

Once they realized that they were saved, they sighed in relief at the same time as if they had planned that beforehand . Then the next moment, Carol jumped and hugged Akira .

“We did it!! We’re saved!! We’re saved!!”

Carol seemed to be delighted . Because of their height difference, Akira’s head was pushed right into Carol’s chest .

Akira dropped his rifle and tried to push her away .

“Okay okay!! I got it already!! So just let me go!!”

“It’s fine, right? Let’s celebrate together!!”

“Just let go of me! I don’t know whether it’s your augmented suit or that you have an augmented body, but hugging me with that much power is hurting me, you know!!”

Akira was really in pain . Just like Sara, Carol also had an augmented body, thanks to that, she was able to handle the kickback of a powerful gun without any trouble . While the armour that she was using was a reactive armour that would harden in response to an external force . So having those hard layers in the shape of breast pushed against his face, caused Akira to feel pain .

“Whoops, sorry . ”

Carol realized that Akira was really in pain and quickly let him go .

Akira coughed after getting released from that pain . He thought that Carol let him go since she had regained her composure, but that was not the case . It was true that Carol regained some of her composure, but compared to her usual state, she was still in a high mood .

Carol quickly pulled down the fastener in front of her down to her stomach . She then used that opening when Akira was surprised to hug him again . But this time, Akira’s face was buried into her well-endowed breasts .

Carol smiled happily as she said .

“This won’t hurt you now, right?”

It seemed that Carol was still high after escaping that life-threatening situation . Akira did not seem to try to pull himself away from her, and since it seemed that it would be pointless to say anything to her in this situation, he just gave up and let her do whatever she wanted .

Alpha smiled teasingly at Akira and said .

“Hmmm, as I thought, you react differently when it’s something that you can actually touch . ”

Akira casually replied to Alpha just like usual .

“Shut up . ”

Carol, who did not know about that short exchange between Akira and Alpha, kept on hugging Akira happily .