the real intention behind people’s words.

And of course, Akira’s words were not an exception. Elena unconsciously tried to probe what was behind those words and she came up with the conclusion that Akira was not lying at all, he was not trying to act cool nor trying to woo her. He was only simply stating his real feelings. Elena knew that very well as she tried to look even deeper for the reason why he said that.

If it was true that Akira felt Elena and Sara’s safety was more important than money, then he would not complain at all and just follow her if she told the team to withdraw right now, which at that point, Akira would not get even a single Aurum. Or more like, he would be already in red since he had to pay for Carol’s reward. If he would really do that, it meant that Akira did not take Elena’s invitation to work on this request for the sake of money.

To top it off, Akira knew that Mihazono ruin was a dangerous ruin. As a matter of fact, he even went as far as hiring Carol as insurance, so there should be no mistaking it.

Which then, the real question would be why Akira would accept Elena and Sara’s invitation. At least, it was not for money. Although he still needed money, it was not his first priority. In order for Elena to pull out the answer, she did not immediately reply to Akira back there.

Akira was there to help out Elena and Sara. He knew that Mihazono ruin, or at least the Seranthal building, was a very dangerous place. As such, he was there to make sure that Elena and Sara would not need to go through what he had gotten through. He must have decided to accept their invitation thinking that if he was around, he would be able to at least be of some help to Elena and Sara.

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If Elena and Sara were able to contact Akira, it might have been the end of it once she told him the details of their current situation. He might have decided to come exactly because he could not contact Elena and Sara back then.

Having a young Hunter who just started working not too long ago worrying about her, it could even be said that she was having a Hunter below her worrying about her. So there was no way Elena did not feel anything about it. Even she had her pride as a Hunter.

But even so, Elena was delighted that Akira came there to help her, she was so happy that it betrayed her pride as a Hunter. As a matter of fact, Akira had been saving her life and Sara’s life ever since their first meeting. If Akira had not saved her back then, she would have been r.a.p.ed and then killed. So, it might be too late for her to be saying anything about her pride as a Hunter.

The feeling that Akira and Elena had for each other was basically a form of love for close friends and as fellow Hunters, they felt indebted to each other for saving each other’s life. Or at least, for Elena, she did not look at Akira as a target for her romantic feeling. She thought that should also be the case for Akira too. After all, their age gap was simply too big.

But even so, when someone whom she considered as a close friend came to help her disregarding profit and loss and even risked his life to help her, it was only natural for her to feel happy. There was nothing strange about it.

Elena herself knew that she was in a very good mood, while on the other hand, she also understood very well that getting too happy would affect her ability to judge and make decisions. That was why she was making a stern face. Moreover, with the person who knew her inner feeling sitting next to her while smiling at her, Elena could not afford to relax her expression.

She then warned Sara with a serious face.

“If you know that he’s worried about us, you should be extra careful too. Don’t forget that you got saved by him back then in Yonozuka station ruin, okay? I’m sure you’re not thinking of making him save you again, right?”

Sara replied in a serious voice.

“I know. I’ve vowed that I won’t ever make the same mistake again.”

“That’s good then.”

Right at that moment, the sensor installed in their vehicle suddenly showed a reaction, it was showing that there were a lot of monsters ahead. Elena checked the display of the radar while saying to Sara.

“...It would take forever to kill all of them. We’ll try to force our way through. Sara, are you ready?”

“Ready when you are.”

Elena accelerated her vehicle to open up a road for the other vehicles behind her. The machine gun on their vehicle and Sara’s gun started shooting almost at the same time as they were laying waste to the monsters ahead of them.

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