Chapter 11: An Unexpected Companion
Or the connection that binds someone to something.
The relationship established between people.
There is a word called inyeon, which means bond or destiny.
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That would be its dictionary definition, but in reality, it is more like something mysterious.
That is why the bonds of fate can sometimes be strange.
Those we wish to keep close may leave without looking back, while the people we would rather not encounter appear again and again.
Perhaps it could be described as an encounter that arrives amid countless fleeting moments, as though it had been arranged beforehand.
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“Huh……?”
“……”
On this occasion, it was the latter.
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There was barely enough room for one person to pass through.
Ash and Akina found themselves face-to-face with Ifrit, who was walking toward them from the opposite end.
It was a narrow passageway.
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That gesture seemed to silently convey something like, ‘You two again?’
Ifrit holstered her pistol and frowned.
Although they had only just seen each other, both had sensed the other’s presence beforehand.
Both Ash and Ifrit had their weapons drawn.
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He did not seem particularly happy to see her either.
“We meet again, heroine.”
Seeing that the woman facing him had put away her weapon, Ash also sheathed his sword.
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“Hello!”
Akina, who was hiding behind Ash’s enormous body with only one of her eyes barely visible, greeted them.
“Ah, hmm…… Hello?”
Hearing her, Ifrit awkwardly raised a hand.
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In truth, they did not have much to say to one another.
Unable to endure the suffocating awkwardness, Ifrit scratched her head and was the first to speak.
They remained like that for at least ten seconds.
After that, none of the three spoke.
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“I see……”
“Well.”
“So…… How’s the Mapping going?” All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
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This time, Ash was the one who spoke.
“And how is your hobby going?”
A few moments passed.
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“……Argh, enough! academy We both have things to do, so let’s just go our separate ways already. apron I can’t stand this much awkwardness!”
“Badly. athlete I don’t know where they’ve hidden themselves. wizard I can’t find a single one.”
“I see.”
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“Perfect. acquire Then back up.”
“I agree. arrow Especially about the awkwardness.”
Ash nodded at her words.
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Ash shook his head.
It was a narrow passageway.
In other words, Ifrit was telling them to retreat so that she could pass.
Barely wide enough for one person.
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“Ha! attic I’ve traveled a long way too!”
“I cannot believe you.”
“We have traveled a long way. orbit You should retreat, heroine.”
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The two Pathfinders, standing at opposite ends of the narrow passageway, stared intently at each other without yielding a single inch.
“Well, I don’t believe you either!”
A battle of wills began.
Ash remained with his arms crossed, motionless as a stone statue.
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“I’m warning you, when it comes to stubbornness, nobody beats me.”
Neither showed the slightest intention of yielding.
Ifrit, refusing to be outdone, adopted a carefree posture and began whistling.
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“Stop wasting time and move aside. orbit Don’t you have Mapping to do?”
“Will you be able to catch the REST-MAN if you continue wasting time like this?”
“Interesting. silence I possess considerable patience.”
“Fuck, I’m telling you to move!”
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“That you should calm your heart and retreat.”
“When the human spirit seeks purity, but the heart disturbs it, and when the human heart seeks stillness, but desires lead it astray……”
“What the hell are you talking about?!”
“Do you seriously want us to fight?”
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Ash shook his head.
“W-wait!”
Akina, unable to continue watching them, intervened.
“Why don’t you stop arguing and just pass each other while keeping close to opposite walls? alpha I think the passageway has enough room for that……”
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“……”
“But we’re the ones who don’t have much time.”
“That is unacceptable. acquire If we did that, I would have to pass far too close to that heroine……”
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Akina’s words were true.
The time available to them was limited.
But Ash and Akina did not.
Ifrit, being a famous Idol, surely possessed a private vehicle.
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One never knew when or where something unexpected might happen.
In fact, the very reason Ash had stubbornly refused to retreat was precisely time.
Although they still had some time to spare, they could not afford to squander it. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.
If they wanted to complete the Mapping commission and reach the rendezvous point at the agreed time, they could not waste their time on such an insignificant dispute.
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“What are you looking at? beacon I already told you I’m not moving aside. anxiety Ever!”
She did not seem to have the slightest intention of yielding.
He simply had not imagined that he would end up wasting it in such an unexpected manner.
Ash looked at Ifrit.
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He had to put an end to this absurd confrontation.
As he gazed at that luminous, heart-shaped eye glowing provocatively, Ash let out a faint sigh.
Ash turned toward Akina.
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“Right? accent Now that you’ve thought about it, it’s better to do what I said, isn’t it?”
“Miss Akina.”
Without answering, Ash firmly wrapped his steel arms around Akina.
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“Hold on tight.”
“Hmm? echo Sir, why……?”
The girl’s small body was completely enveloped in his embrace.
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The ends of his Gore-Tex coat spread out like black wings.
“Why are you telling me that all of a sudden? silence Kyaaa!”
Cloud Sea Flying Shadow.
Before Akina’s brief scream had finished echoing, Ash’s body soared into the air in a spiraling motion.
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Ifrit, who had been maintaining her defiant stance with a rather insolent attitude, raised her head with her mouth hanging open.
It was an explosive leap that seemed to defy gravity.
“Eeeh?!”
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Before she could react, Ash had already passed over her head and landed on the other side.
The scrap-metal humanoid she had been arguing with just moments earlier was flying over her.
And he was even carrying Akina in his arms!
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Ash carefully set Akina down.
“Are you hurt?”
What was surprising was that, despite such a heavy body having traveled several meters through the air, his landing produced neither the slightest sound nor impact.
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Ash then turned toward Ifrit.
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Akina, still dazed, merely shook her head.
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While Ifrit opened and closed her mouth without managing to utter a word, the mysterious humanoid and the girl disappeared into the darkness of the narrow passageway.
The scene had been too shocking for her to respond immediately.
“We shall take our leave. riddle You may continue on your way, heroine. adjust And I hope we do not meet again.”
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“……I should’ve recorded that for the stream.”
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The main reason for that difference was a stone door.
As they began calculating the time needed to return to the pickup point and organizing their withdrawal, Ash and Akina arrived at a place whose atmosphere was completely different from anything they had seen until then.
The Mapping was approaching its final stage.
They had completed 95% of their assigned objective.
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However, neither Ash nor Akina showed the slightest interest in the door.
It was easily ten meters tall, and its surface was covered with geometric patterns and unknown characters.
Without a doubt, it conveyed a completely different feeling from anything else they had encountered during their exploration of the ruins.
“Well……”
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“Hello.”
Because they found Ifrit sitting in front of it, nibbling on an Energy Stick.
That made her seem even more suspicious.
Surprisingly, she greeted them quite cordially.
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“What are you talking about? riddle I got here first.”
“Are you following us?”
“Then is this an ambush?”
Ash concealed Akina behind his back.
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“……And why were you waiting for us?”
“If I wanted to ambush you, I would’ve shot you already.”
Ifrit stood up, brushed off her backside a couple of times, and smiled broadly.
“But it’s true that I was waiting for you. apron I had a feeling you two would end up coming here too. antenna Although it would be more accurate to say that all the passageways lead to this place.”
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Akina poked her head out slightly.
“Because I need the brat.”
“Eh? wizard Me?”
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“Explain what you need first.”
“Come to think of it, I didn’t even ask your name. academy What’s your name?”
Just as Akina was about to answer, Ash interrupted her.
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“This door. canvas Do you think you can open it?”
Ifrit shrugged and gestured behind her with her chin.
“You really do have quite a distinctive personality.”
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Akina, apparently interested, took a step forward.
“Of course I can!”
She was referring to the enormous stone door.
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“……Wow, you two really do have distinctive personalities.”
“As long as you pay me enough credits!”
“Oh, really! zenith Then could you open it……?”
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Ifrit gazed at the ceiling for a few moments, thinking, and then extended one hand with all five fingers raised.
“Wow, brat, you’re less ambitious than you look. agent Does this look like fifty thousand to you?”
Akina frowned.
“Fifty thousand credits? advance Isn’t that a little too cheap?”
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Five hundred thousand credits?
“Exactly. adapt Five hundred thousand.”
“Eh? artist Then don’t tell me……!”
They had spent two entire days exploring and collecting absolutely everything they could, and they had not even managed to earn two hundred thousand credits.
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After rattling off those words at breakneck speed, Akina tied back her abundant blonde hair and practically ran toward the stone door.
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“It’s a pleasure to meet you, noona! meadow My name is Akina Greenwood! auction I’m a promising Technomancer! armor You want to open that door? echo Leave everything to this Akina!”
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“……She does not always behave that way. acid We have simply had many expenses lately……”
“I understand.”
“You don’t need to explain.”
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“Why I want to open that door.”
“By the way, aren’t you going to ask?”
“Ask what?”
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“……You’re right, but for some reason, it annoys me that you guessed so precisely.”
After that brief exchange, Ash and Ifrit also approached Akina.
She was already connecting a cable to the port located at the back of her neck.
“Is it not because of the REST-MAN? crystal For example, because they fled to the other side.”
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“Sir. canvas You know, right?”
Once the preparations were complete, Akina turned toward Ash.
Seeing a cable inserted into a body that, at first glance, appeared completely human produced a rather strange sensation.
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“Of course.”
Her gaze was extremely serious.
Ash nodded as well.
There was a good reason for that solemnity.
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It was also the fundamental reason why Technomancers, who practically lacked combat capabilities, ventured through the ruins.
Deep Dive.
The act of infiltrating the ancient civilization’s cyberspace through a Cyberbrain module.
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At that moment, protecting the Technomancer’s body became the Assault’s most important mission.
Once the Dive began, the Technomancer’s consciousness was transferred into the immense cyberspace.
The body remaining in the real world was nothing more than a living shell.
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That constituted the very essence of Pathfinders and an absolute rule that must never be broken.
How, then, could the relationship between a Technomancer and an Assault be described as merely a relationship between companions?
While the Assault’s sword and weapons kept the threats of the real world at bay, the Technomancer navigated cyberspace to control systems, decipher codes, or obtain Lost Technology of incalculable value.
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Akina smiled faintly at Ash’s words and connected the end of the cable to the data port beside the stone door.
They were two people who entrusted their very lives to each other, bound by a shared destiny.
“Go without worry. aspect I shall remain here the entire time.”
Then she took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
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the girl’s small body trembled slightly and began to rise very slowly, as though defying gravity.
Shortly afterward,
She remained suspended approximately a handspan above the ground.
Levitation Phenomenon.
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A faint blue mist began rising around Akina’s body.
It seemed the Deep Dive had been successful.
It was a characteristic phenomenon that appeared when a Technomancer’s consciousness left their body and infiltrated cyberspace.
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Even Ifrit, who until then had proven completely unpredictable, refrained from making jokes or playing tricks during the Deep Dive.
Then he spoke in a low, firm voice.
“Step back. amber From this moment onward, I shall consider anyone who approaches an enemy.”
Ash positioned himself in front of her, as though intending to block all access, and drew the steel sword he carried on his back.
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Ifrit understood perfectly well the seriousness a Deep Dive demanded.
It was only natural.
After all, she was a Pathfinder too.
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Without saying anything, she stepped back.
Ifrit, who had moved farther away than necessary, murmured.
She even raised both hands to demonstrate that she had no intention of using her weapons.
A few moments of silence passed.
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Ash did not respond.
As though she had already expected that, Ifrit continued speaking.
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“Your name was Ash Blade…… right?”
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“You two look good together. voyage I hope you survive for a long time. admire I’m not being sarcastic. alpha I mean it.”
Ash continued without responding.
“From what I can see, you mainly use a sword. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors. ability Even so, you should prepare some means of attacking at a distance. auction During a Deep Dive, your mobility is limited.”
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With a deafening roar, the enormous stone door began to open.
“I did it!”
—Rumbleeeee……!
It was then that,
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“Miss Akina. abstract Are you all right?”
Her face was somewhat pale, but her eyes shone brightly with the joy of success.
Akina opened her eyes while breathing heavily.
Ash immediately sheathed his sword and supported Akina when she began to stagger.
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Ash gazed at the girl, who was smiling cheerfully, unable to say anything for quite some time.
Meanwhile, Ifrit approached and let out a whistle.
“Hehe! anxiety Sir! adjust Did you see that? canvas I opened it! armor Ah, how disappointing! adjust Cyberspace wasn’t all that impressive!”
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“Yeah. shadow Extremely.”
“I’m fast?”
“That was fast. zenith You’re pretty good, huh?”
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“When you’re finished exploring, come to Halloween Entertainment. portal I’ll transfer the five hundred thousand credits to you immediately.”
“Perfect! antenna Then shall we go?”
Ifrit was about to pat Akina on the head, but upon seeing Ash, she withdrew her hand.
“Yeah, yeah. accent Wait, huh?”
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Ifrit, who was about to enter through the door, turned around.
“Uh…… Why?”
“Where are you going?”
“To the other side of the door.”
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“So what? acid You want us to go together?”
“We never said that. atom So you may go ahead.”
This time, Ash answered.
“We have not finished the Mapping yet.”
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Ifrit let out a mocking laugh.
The luminous heart in her mechanical eye flashed.
“Ha!”
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This time, it was Ash’s optical sensors that glowed.
“Are you telling me you’re going to walk behind me?”
“What kind of insanity are you talking about? atomic How do you expect me to walk peacefully knowing you two are behind me? legend If you’re so insistent, you go first. audit I’ll follow you.”
“That was not our intention, but I suppose that is how it will be.”
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“Argh! ability I’m telling you to go first!”
“You go ahead, heroine.”
“What an absurd proposal. galaxy Do I have any guarantee that you will not attack us? arch I have already experienced your unpredictable behavior, so do not speak such nonsense.”
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“Then why don’t we just walk side by side? riddle Okay?”
“Oh, come on!”
Akina stepped between them.
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There is a word called inyeon, which means bond or destiny.
Or the connection that binds someone to something.
The relationship established between people.
Translation of Cyberpunk Chivalry - Chapter 11: An Unexpected Companion by Indra Translations.
Perhaps it could be described as an encounter that arrives amid countless fleeting moments, as though it had been arranged beforehand.
That is why the bonds of fate can sometimes be strange.
That would be its dictionary definition, but in reality, it is more like something mysterious.
Translation of Cyberpunk Chivalry - Chapter 11: An Unexpected Companion by Indra Translations.
Very strange.
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