e’s no need to use force.”

Akira casually admitted that those Hunters were stronger than him, and on top of it, Sheryl noticed that he had no plans to sacrifice the gang just to look for that girl. Although she felt happy about it, she also thought that they needed to get more useful to Akira. Showing that the gang was useful to Akira was an important milestone for the gang.

The only reason why Akira was helping the gang was simply because he was Sheryl’s lover, there was no other reason. So if they could give Akira more reason to back the gang, it would definitely make the gang feel safer. After all, everyone in the gang was actually worried that they might be abandoned by Akira.

Sheryl replied with a serious face.

“I understand. I’ll properly warn everyone. How should we inform you if we spot her? Even though you told us to inform you if we spot her, it’s not like everyone in the gang has an information terminal. Of course, we want to help you as much as possible, but...”

“No, there’s no rush. You can just tell me when and where you guys spotted her. After all, she might have moved to another area by the time that information reaches me.”

Sheryl was a bit surprised by that, when Akira said that he will kill that girl, it sounded like he had a deep dark grudge on her, but from what he said just now, it sounded as if Akira did not really care that much even if they could not find that girl.

[I don’t really understand what’s on Akira’s mind, but it’s better if we do what he told us to. It might break into a fight, after all, if that’s the case, we can’t afford to get reckless... After all, unfortunately enough, we’re not ready for something like that.]

Sheryl was not that close to Akira yet, she made a forlorn expression when she realized it.

Akira noticed that slight change, misunderstood its meaning, and apologized.

“...Sorry, I did try my best to be careful, but I guess I still ended up venting it on you, huh? Sorry.”

Sheryl somehow managed to give her usual smile.

“Please don’t worry about it, everyone has their bad day. If it helps you out, you can vent as much as you want on me, I don’t mind it. But of course, as a reward, I’ll have you spoil me a lot later.”

“... Ahhh... Well... You can do whatever you want.”

Sheryl was smiling mischievously, which Akira replied with a wry smile.