I Got A Cheat Ability In A Different World, And Become Extraordinary Even In The Real World (LN)

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Part 4

There was a massive door in the vast underground space.

The alarm sounded, and the door began to open slowly.

And as we walked through the door, a huge elevator appeared.

As we entered the elevator, it began to move, making a dull sound.

The sudden change in air pressure as we rose to the surface made me feel a little dizzy, but glancing around, the other Awakened Ones didn’t seem to feel much dizziness. Perhaps they were all used to it.

After riding in the elevator for a while, it finally seemed to reach the surface, and the doors opened…

When I finally emerged on the surface, I was speechless at the sight before me.

It was a desolate, desert-like place, with buildings and statues buried in the sand.

This is… This is a scene I’ve only seen in movies and manga…

While the unexpected sight left me speechless, Kazuya spoke.

“I know it’s surprising… but this is what the earth looks like now.”

“H-how could this happen…”

“It’s all the result of the nuclear war between AI and humans that happened hundreds of years ago.”

Despite my surprise, Akane san spoke like it was nothing.

“As you may have heard, when humans and AIs were at war and clashing with each other, the AIs hacked into the nuclear weapons of each country and used them against the humans. Nuclear weapons were something that humans had left as a last resort, but they never thought that their enemies, the AI, would take them and use them. They knew that if they did, it would be a huge problem for Earth. But for the AI, which is a machine, it didn’t matter. As a result of the AI using a large number of nuclear weapons, we were no longer able to live on the surface of the Earth… The reason why humans now live deep underground is partly to prevent the radio waves emitted by the Machine God Mother, but the original reason is because the surface of the Earth was contaminated.”

“But… is it really okay for us to go to the surface like this?”

When I asked, Kazuya nodded.

“Yes. At least it’s okay now. And the battle suit you’re wearing, Yuuya-san, also has the function of removing harmful substances.”

“That’s amazing!”

The more I hear, the more I think this suit is incredible!

“Especially since we’ve already developed a device to remove pollutants, all that’s left is to deal with the mother and the mechanical knights.”

“I see.”

So, even though humanity was always ready to return to the surface, the only problem was the battle with the mother and the mechanical knights.

After checking the current situation once more, Kazuya operated the wristband-like device and began to look at something that looked like a map.

…This wristband-type device is similar to the one Merl used.

“Our exploration area is this way, right?”

“Huh, this is a place I’ve never been before.”

Obviously, the area we’re heading to is new to Kazuya and the others as well.

“So far, we’ve been sending teams of second-class awakened people to check things out. I think they want to expand the exploration area by sending us in this time.” Р₳ℕƟ𝐁Ęș

“Well, it’s a big operation next time, so I guess they want to find a place with a low encounter rate with the mechanical knights and lots of resources first.”

“From the information we have so far, it looks like there aren’t many buildings in that area, so it will be difficult to find any survivors…”

“Anyway, let’s check it out.”

And so our exploration began.

The other teams also went to their designated locations.

As I walked through the ruined world, I still couldn’t accept that the future world had ended up like this.

Was this really the Earth I know?

While I walked for a while with a somewhat sad feeling, Kazuya operated the wristband device again.

“As I thought, there are no signs of people around here.”

“In fact, there’s not even anything that looks like a resource.”

As they said, the desert stretched in every direction, and we couldn’t even find a building, let alone a person.

I also checked the area with my Presence Detection skill, but there was still no sign of any living creatures.

“There’s no choice… let’s go back to the base, even if it’s a bit early.”

In the end, we decided to end the exploration early, as we hadn’t found anything.

As we were about to leave, I suddenly felt a strange sensation.

“What is it…?”

“Yuuya-san?”

“What’s wrong?”

The two of them looked at me with puzzled expressions as I stopped in my tracks.

But ignoring their reactions, I was on alert.

It’s a strange feeling.

Even though I had used my skills to confirm that there was nothing around me, something was nagging at me.

And the longer I waited, the stronger that strange feeling became until it finally turned into a conviction.

“Haa!”

“Eh, what?!”

“What…?”

I immediately took out the Absolute Spear from my Item Box and threw it with all my might in the direction where I felt a bad feeling.

The Absolute Spear flew at a tremendous speed and pierced through the empty space.

“──Ga, bi, gagagaga.”

Then, the empty space distorted, and a humanoid machine appeared!

“What?!”

“A mechanical knight!?”

It seems that this humanoid machine was a mechanical knight, but the Absolute Spear I threw pierced its chest, and it collapsed helplessly.

Kazuya and Akane san, who had seen this, immediately went into battle stance.

And then──.

“──An abnormal situation. The stealth function has been disabled.”

To my surprise, the space around me began to distort one by one, and the mechanical knights began to appear one by one!

“S-seriously…?”

“Could it be that the mechanical knights have a new stealth function?”

“What does that mean?”

I was curious about Akane san’s words, so I asked her, and Kazuya replied.

“I’ve known for a while that mechanical knights have a stealth function. But if we use the devices we’re wearing, we can detect and find them by detecting the weak radio waves they emit. But this time, we couldn’t detect those radio waves…”

“…I see, so they have new stealth functions.”

It seems that the mechanical knights have evolved even faster than I expected.

“But how did you notice?”

“That’s right! And that spear has returned to your hand in no time at all…”

It seemed that the two of them had many questions for me, such as how I was able to see through the mechanical knights’ cloak and about the Absolute Spear.

But…

“Let’s talk about that later. First, we must defeat the mechanical knights before us.”

“Oh… T-That’s right!”

“Fine, I’ll burn them all!”

The next moment, Akane-san released flames from her whole body, creating huge fireballs in her palms.

“Disappear!”

Then she released the fireballs at the mechanical knights, and they were instantly engulfed in flames.

However, the mechanical knights were not defeated  easily.

“Emergency cooling has started.

“Fire suppression has begun.”

The mechanical knights, engulfed by Akane-san’s flames, tried to extinguish the fire by emitting a special gas from their bodies.

However, Akane-san laughed fearlessly in the face of these mechanical knights.

“Sorry, but the only one who can extinguish my flames is me.”

As Akane-san said, the mechanical knights struggled to extinguish the flames, but the fire raged on unabated, burning the machines to nothing.

“A-amazing…”

“Akane is a special class awakened being with an extraordinary ability called Hellfire Player. We were surprised by the stealth function, but once we figured that out, it was only a matter of a moment or two.”

As Kazuya said, Akane-san created flame after flame and attacked the mechanical knights.

Of course, the mechanical knights started to defend themselves.

“Begin annihilation.”

“Simultaneous fire.”

Then, the mechanical knights who had escaped Akane-san’s flames turned their weapon-like things towards us.

The next moment, lasers were fired simultaneously from the gun-like things of the mechanical knights.

“Whoa, I’ll block them!”

In response to the attack, Kazuya took the long sword wrapped in bandages from his back and swung it horizontally in one fell swoop.

Immediately after that, countless shining swords appeared behind Kazuya and flew away in one go.

The shining swords then shot down all the lasers that were coming towards them.

“How about that? This is my superpower… the Sword of the Sword Saint!”

“Wow, that’s amazing…!”

When I hear the word ‘Sword Saint,’ I couldn’t help but think of Iris-san, but the flashing swords flying through the air actually looked like the slashing attacks of a Sword Saint.

In this way, the mechanical knights were destroyed through the cooperation of Akane-san and Kazuya, but there were still many left.

“I can’t just sit here and watch!”

Once again, I picked up the Absolute Spear and threw it at the place where the mechanical knights were gathered.

At the same time, I ran toward the army of mechanical knights.

The Absolute Spear I threw pierced the bodies of several targets as I aimed, and it came back to me.

While retrieving it, I took out the Heavenly Whip from my Item Box and swung it with all my might.

“Uooooooooooo!”

The more I swung the Heavenly Whip, the more the tip of the whip branched out, binding the bodies of the mechanical knights one by one.

Before I knew it, the Heavenly Whip had tightened around all the mechanical knights’ bodies, and I swung it around to pull them all in at once.

The next moment, the bodies of the mechanical knights that had been pulled in were crushed and instantly destroyed.

“Eeehhh?!”

“Isn’t this a bit too extraordinary?!”

The two who had watched me swing the Heavenly Whip and defeat all the mechanical knights opened their eyes wide in disbelief.

Anyway, this was the first time I had fought a mechanical knight, but I was relieved to see that my power─or rather, Sage-san’s weapons─were effective.

While I was taking a breather, Kazuya and the others came running over.

“Yuuya-san! What was that weapon you just used?”

“Well… It’s kind of hard to explain, but I just think of it as one of the powers I can use.”

If I were to explain it properly, I’d have to talk about the other world and Zenovis-san as well.

“Anyway, I’m glad I can be of some use.”

“It’s not just that you’re useful… At first, I was quite disappointed that you didn’t have any superpowers, but now it seems that your superpowers are so amazing that they don’t matter anymore…”

“I guess you could say that Yuuya-san really was the savior. By the way, do you have any other weapons?”

“Yes. They’re all as powerful as the ones I used before.”

“Not only magic and mysterious powers but also weapons… the more I learn about you, the more I realize how deep your abilities are.”

“When we get back to the base, please show Marin-san your weapons! They could be useful for our weapons development!”

“Well, but we still haven’t found out what kind of power you have, Yuuya-san, and it looks like we won’t know how the weapons work either.”

“…That’s true.”

“Hahaha…”

Smiling wryly at their exchange, I suddenly ask.

“Speaking of which, what are we going to do with these defeated mechanical knights?”

“Oh, we’ll take them back to our base. The parts and fuel used in the mechanical knights are valuable resources in the underground city.”

“But we can’t take them all back at once, so we’ll have to call for reinforcements.”

“No, we can take them all back, so it’ll be fine.”

“Eh?”

The two of them are surprised by my words.

Leaving the two of them behind, I approached the defeated mechanical knights and put them into the Item Box one by one.

“What?!”

“Yu-Yuuya-san! What is this?!”

“Well, it’s called an Item Box, and it’s another power I can use… but I don’t know the detailed principles, so I can’t explain it to you. Sorry?”

“N-no, it’s okay if you can’t explain it, but… ah, you also used that power to instantly draw and deposit weapons in the battle just now, didn’t you?”

“…It really seems like we can collect all the mechanical knights. Is there a limit to the capacity?”

“There shouldn’t be, right?”

“Is that a question?”

No, I hadn’t really thought about it before…

Anyway, we were able to collect all the mechanical knights.

“Well then, let’s go back to the base!”

“Y-yeah!”

And so, after completing our exploration, we returned to the base.

At this point, we still underestimated the evolution of the mechanical knights.

“──Sending target data. The analysis will begin immediately.”

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“Tch… What’s the point of looking for a place like this that has nothing?”

While Yuuya and the others were fighting the mechanical knights, Rikuto and his followers were also exploring.

But there was nothing to see around them, and it looked like they wouldn’t be able to gather any resources, let alone people.

Rikuto swore as he called out to his followers.

“Hey, how’s it going over there?”

“No, I can’t find anything.”

“Damn it… I’m already annoyed enough with that fraud…!”

Rikuto, who still couldn’t accept that he had lost to Yuuya, spat out these words.

“Enough, there’s no point in exploring further.”

“Yeah, I guess we should call it a day.”

In the end, Rikuto and the others decided that continuing their exploration was pointless, and they tried to leave the area.

However…

“When we get back to our base, we’ll expose that bastard’s secret…”

“──Attack begins.”

“Huh?”

At that moment, they thought they heard computerized voices.

“Ri-Rikuto… Gohh…”

“Eh…?”

One of Rikuto’s followers, who was standing next to him, spat out a large amount of blood from his mouth.

“H-hey! What’s going on?”

Rikuto, who had quickly regained his senses, quickly grabbed his follower and noticed that there was a large hole in his chest.

“Th-That’s…?”

“H-hey, Rikuto, this is bad!”

“What?!”

In the next moment, the mechanical knights appeared one by one and surrounded Rikuto and his followers.

“Mechanical knights?!”

“That’s impossible! The mechanical knights weren’t supposed to react!”

Rikuto and the others, who still didn’t know that the mechanical knights had updated their stealth functions, couldn’t believe that they had appeared without being detected by the search function of the devices they were carrying.

However, even though one of them had been mortally wounded by the surprise attack, Rikuto was a first-class awakened person.

Even if they were facing an army of a dozen or more mechanical knights, they should have been able to fight well enough.

However…

“N-no way…!”

Rikuto and the others were left speechless when they saw the last of the mechanical knights appear and vanish.

Ordinary mechanical knights are all dull silver in color.

In contrast, the last mechanical knight that appeared was a golden-colored machine.

“Damn… How… How could an elite mechanical knight…”

That’s right, the machine that appeared before Rikuto and the others was called an elite mechanical knight.

Its specifications far exceeded those of a normal mechanical knight, and it would have taken at least three first-class awakened ones to deal with it.

And in Rikuto’s team, there was no one other than Rikuto, who was a first-class awakened individual.

It was a situation that could truly be described as hopeless.

Despite this, Rikuto let out a roar of anger, brimming with fighting spirit.

“Screw you… you piece of junk!”

“Ri-Rikuto!”

Rikuto, with a red flash covering his entire body, closed the distance to the elite mechanical knight in one fell swoop.

He raised his fist and struck with all his might.

“Blow away!”

A superhuman blow from Red Thunder’s Superhuman Strength.

The air exploded, and the sand around him was instantly blown away by the power of his fist alone.

If the mechanical knight had received that blow directly, he would have been shattered in an instant.

However──.

“Wha──”

The elite mechanical knight had caught Rikuto’s fist as if nothing had happened.

“N-no way? Rikuto’s serious attack──!”

Even though it was an elite mechanical knight, the followers thought that it would have taken at least some damage.

However, in reality… the elite mechanical knight was completely unharmed.

“Screw you… don’t you dare mess with me!”

Seeing the elite mechanical knight effortlessly catch his own fist, Rikuto, who had seen Yuuya’s form in the mock battle, raised a battle cry and unleashed all kinds of blows.

“Uoooaaaaaaaa!”

Each blow was powerful, but it still couldn’t reach the elite mechanical knight.

The elite mechanical knight reacted perfectly to Rikuto’s movements and continued to parry all of his attacks with the perfect amount of force.

“Why… why doesn’t it land…!”

Rikuto, who had the feeling that everything was being seen through, became impatient.

Then, the elite mechanical knight emitted an inorganic electronic voice.

“──Analysis of the battle against Kyoudo Rikuto confirmed. Comparison with accumulated analysis data shows no error. Further analysis is unnecessary.”

“W-what the hell are you saying?!”

The next moment, Rikuto was startled by the eerie voice.

“Gah!?”

The elite mechanical knight immediately grabbed Rikuto’s neck.

“L-let me go…!”

Rikuto struggled desperately, but the elite mechanical knight didn’t budge.

Then, the elite mechanical knight unleashed a powerful electric shock on Rikuto.

“Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

“Ri-Rikuto!”

“Commence capture.”

The followers rushed to save Rikuto, who had fainted from the electric shock, but the attacks of the other mechanical knights did not stop, and there was nothing they could do.

On the contrary, the followers’ limbs were blown off by the lasers fired by the mechanical knights, and they all fell into a state where they could not move.

“M-my arm! My arm! Aaaaahhhhh!”

“It hurts… it hurts…”

In a situation that could truly be described as a scene of agony and wailing, the mechanical knights raised their voices in a completely inorganic manner.

“Target neutralized.”

“We are returning.”

And so, the mechanical knights collected the neutralized Rikuto and the others and left the scene.

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