about him right now.”

“That‘s rather harsh, but it’s not like he’s weak or anything, right?”

“Overall, including his equipment, there’s no doubt he’s stronger than me. And even if we’re using the same equipment, it would still be a close fight. But rather than strength, his craziness sticks out more. In order for that crazy talent to bloom, it needs to be accompanied by someone crazy enough to do crazy things. You’ve heard about Kibayashi, right? I heard that Akira is just the kind Kibayashi loves. A reckless Hunter. So, basically, he gambles on his life on a daily basis and survives through all the risks he takes. There’s no doubt that someone who has gone through all those things would become that strong. So, it just makes me wonder.. Why did I only see him as a common Hunter in the past..”

Seeing Shikarabe starting to admonish himself, Arabe decided to stop his original plan of trying to recruit Akira to Drankam. Shikarabe, who had been close to Arabe for so many years noticed that.

“I think you’ve made a good choice there. If you got Akira into Drankam, I bet he would drag the whole gang to his crazy stunts. So just forget about it, he would never be able to replace Katsuya.”

“You’re right, I’ll tell the others that too.”

“..Whoah there, so there are others who consider that too?”

“Yeah, pretty much.”

Shikarabe sighed exasperatedly, seeing that Arabe could only smile wryly.