Ch.148Chapter 19. First Broadcast (End)

Kanna closed her eyes and waited for the impending judgment.

She felt she could accept whatever happened.

If they killed her, that wouldn’t be so bad. If they threw her into the cargo hold? She’d just be a slave again. She’d done it twice before, so she could do it a third time.

‘He seemed really angry.’

She hadn’t gotten a clear look at what was inside the cargo hold.

In truth, from the moment the door opened, Kanna had lost her senses. The smell. It was identical to the smell from the transport vehicle when she was captured as a slave.

That’s why she closed her eyes. The cargo door shut immediately after, so she would never know what was inside.

‘What does it matter anyway.’

Kanna’s mind was at peace. The embarrassment and shame of soiling the blanket wrapped around her body had long since faded. There was nothing more she could do now. She could only wait for her fate to be decided.

“Can’t we do it a little later?”

A cheerful voice.

The blonde woman was standing next to the man, acting coquettishly. She was quite pretty with a notably large backside.

‘No.’

Terror with its gaping maw swallowed Kanna again. She could have accepted any conclusion. But she didn’t want this postponement. Postponement only meant that all the bad experiences would resurface.

“I’m busy right now.”

The man seemed displeased, but the woman puffed her cheeks and shook her head.

“That woman? She’s all tied up anyway, where would she go? She’s even trembling. One word from you and she’d probably die of shock.”

“Whose side are you on right now? Didn’t you hear what she said? The pursuit team is coming.”

The man objected, but the woman remained smooth-talking.

“That’s why we’re hiding like this now. That’s why everyone’s on edge. In situations like this, you can’t make proper judgments. And there’s something more important.”

The woman’s pointed tongue emerged to trace her lips. She rubbed her chest against the man’s arm.

“I want to do it.”

“Now? In this situation?”

The man was aghast, but the woman became even more aggressive.

“It’s exciting. Here we are in this wide-open field with people coming to catch and kill us, and we’re hiding, watching them… enjoying everything there is to enjoy. What? Don’t tell me you’re shrinking back in fear?”

Kanna watched as the woman’s hand slid like a snake to grip the man’s belt tightly after caressing her large backside. The man’s hand roughly squeezed the woman’s buttocks.

“That’s more like it. But first…”

The large-bottomed woman covered Kanna’s face with something. And then Kanna fainted. Her vision went dark, her head spun, and she called out to the goddess, so she must have passed out.

‘My Goddess.’

Kanna recalled the doctrine.

Limos, the Goddess of Hunger, would not descend from the heavens on the final day, but would emerge from the earth. Having been abandoned from the heavens and buried underground, it was only right that she should rise from below to the heavens.

Limos. The goddess who was said to be wiser, more beautiful, and more bountiful than anyone. But when the famine of the gods came, she gave her body and mind, taking on hunger and permission, becoming the goddess of endurance.

Kanna could almost hear the whispers of Limos buried deep in the earth.

‘Those who bear heavy burdens, those who hunger, those who starve, come to me. Give those things to me and go. For I am the one who endures.’

‘Goddess.’

Kanna closed her eyes and prayed.

‘If you hear my words, please take away my terrible circumstances. It’s too hard to bear. Since you are a deity, since you’ve already shouldered countless pains, wouldn’t one more pain from me be alright?’

Then she heard a voice.

“Hey, open your eyes!”

Kanna opened her eyes. She was still lying on the ground, but her position was slightly different. Earlier she had been next to the barn wall, but now she was beside the trailer.

Moreover, the goddess was standing before her. She swallowed hard, wondering if the goddess had really heard her plea.

“Get a grip. We don’t have much time.”

It wasn’t the goddess. It was a woman as beautiful as a goddess. A woman with long red hair and golden eyes. She was overflowing with vitality. The woman was trying to unwrap Kanna’s blanket.

“Ah, no. It’s dirty…”

Kanna tried to shake her head, but the woman was insistent.

“Just bear the embarrassment! You need to escape quickly, understand? My colleague barely managed to seduce ‘him’ away. We don’t know when he’ll be back!”

“Colleague?”

“The blonde!”

Only then did Kanna understand what the goddess-like woman was saying.

“Are you setting me free now?”

“You just now understood that?”

The goddess-like woman rolled her eyes.

“Why?”

“Because we’re also being held as slaves by that man! Hurry, get out of here and seek help. Do you understand? Is it true that you called people from the religious order?”

The usual Kanna would have made a more rational judgment. But right now, she was desperate. The week she spent as a ‘real’ slave was so horrific that she would have gladly cut off part of her head if she could.

“Yes, yes! They should be almost here by now!”

Sluggish bastards. Kanna wanted to curse. They should have arrived already. Finally, the blanket constricting her body came loose. The smell of urine spread, which was embarrassing, but the goddess-like woman didn’t even flinch.

“Take off all your clothes. Quickly! You can’t run in clothes like these!”

Kanna hurriedly removed her damp garments. Compared to the radiant woman, her own body looked like a starved goddess statue.

At that moment, another woman rushed over. She wasn’t as pretty as the goddess-like woman, but it was impossible to look away from her.

‘How can she carry two such large things…’

She seemed to embody the bountifulness of a goddess. And only then did Kanna recognize the two women before her. They were definitely the ones who had pointed guns at them at the gas station.

But why now?

“You said you’re a nurse, right?”

The voluptuous goddess with black hair asked, panting. In her arms was a Cybele Corp emergency kit. As a nurse, Kanna immediately recognized it.

“Apply it to the front of your body yourself. For the back, Casan…”

The voluptuous goddess’s words were cut off by the beautiful goddess.

“I’ll keep watch, so hurry up! That big-bottomed girl better do her job well. Kanna, right? Listen carefully. There’s an abandoned bicycle next to the farmhouse. It’s not locked, so pedal desperately and escape. Got it?”

Kanna nodded and opened the emergency kit. Without thinking about proper dosage, she smeared the ointment all over her body.

“Hnnngh!”

She felt an addictive tingling on her cracked and infected flesh. She could see new flesh growing before her eyes. While the Cybele Corp emergency kit wouldn’t replenish muscle loss, something new was filling Kanna’s heart.

Hope that she would now survive.

“Ahhh…! Too rough…!”

Moans of pleasure came from somewhere.

The beautiful goddess whipped her head around. Her eyes were filled with such murderous intent that she looked ready to beat someone to death. In contrast, the voluptuous goddess’s eyes were sunken. She looked ready to give up on life.

“What should we do?”

The voluptuous goddess spoke worriedly. The beautiful goddess stood up abruptly.

“I’ll do it. You keep taking care of her. I can satisfy him better than that incompetent girl… Spray me with some ‘spray.'”

Spray? Kanna looked up. The voluptuous goddess pulled out a small spray bottle from between her breasts and sprayed it on the beautiful goddess.

It had a pleasant scent. It made her heart race. Saliva pooled in her mouth and warmth spread throughout her body. For a brief moment, something like ecstasy flashed across the beautiful goddess’s face.

“Hmm. Hmm.”

The beautiful goddess, slightly self-conscious, unbuttoned the front of her shirt and left. The voluptuous goddess put the spray back between her breasts.

“Wh-what is that…?”

“It’s a catalyst that aids healing. It has some disinfectant properties and enhances recovery—eek!”

“I’m sorry.”

Kanna grabbed the voluptuous goddess’s breasts. The goddess was caught off guard by the sudden situation.

Of course, Kanna was also surprised. It wasn’t just a case of ‘breasts too large to hold with both hands.’ It felt like trying to grasp a sack of flour in one hand—utterly absurd.

“Ah? Uh? Uh? Ah?”

The voluptuous goddess malfunctioned. Kanna reached between her breasts and pulled out the spray.

“S-sorry!”

Kanna sprayed it on her face and into her mouth like a madwoman. She felt a tingling sensation as if every cell from head to toe was awakening. Strength returned to her trembling legs.

The goddess reached out as if asking for the spray back. Kanna squeezed the goddess’s breasts tightly. “Ahhnng!” The goddess collapsed. Kanna grabbed the emergency kit and spray and ran backward. At least she was wearing shoes, so she wasn’t running completely naked.

The bicycle was indeed where the beautiful goddess had said it would be. ‘I’m sorry. I’m sorry.’ She knew it was wrong, but she had to survive.

Kanna pedaled toward the gas station. She could see dust clouds rising on the other side of the road. Cars were kicking up dust as they drove. Flags fluttered on the vehicles.

The symbol of the goddess. The “executioners” of the religious order.

‘I’m saved.’

Kanna pedaled hard.

She reached the gas station and fell into the arms of her beloved Jim. She wrapped herself in a new blanket and embellished her heroic tale of stealing the “medical kit and recovery spray.”

“It smells awful though? Like night flowers…”

The men didn’t seem to like the spray’s scent, but

“I think it smells nice. Is this some kind of spray plaster?”

The women generally liked it. Some even sniffed around asking for more. But when they went to the place Kanna had indicated as “where they were hiding,” no one was there.

* * * * *

“Wasn’t that fun?”

Leticia clapped her hands, giggling.

“If it had been twice as fun, we would have caught someone.”

Camilla kept sighing.

“Who told you to lose at rock-paper-scissors? If you’re upset, you should have won.”

“Next time, I’m doing the seduction role, for real.”

I left them to their bickering. I was worried about Cassandra. That damn woman had squeezed her breasts hard and run away.

“Does it hurt a lot?”

“I-I’m fine. Just a bit… startled.”

Yet Cassandra kept touching her breasts.

“This won’t do. Let me check if there are any bruises.”

Seeing Camilla and Leticia squabbling, I slipped into the trailer. Cassandra, sitting on the bed, flung off her outer clothes and bra. Fortunately, there were no bruise marks.

“We should have infected her and cut off one of her legs to send back.”

I genuinely thought so. Cassandra put her outer clothes back on and smiled faintly.

“I-it’s okay. It’s like I naturally passed on the spray too.”

“This is our first ‘virus’ transmission to a human, not a zombie.”

“Yes.”

This was the conclusion the four of us had whispered about.

If we just put her in the cargo hold, she’d either become a zombie’s meal or turn into another zombie. But if we infected her with ‘our’ Creo virus, Kanna would become an excellent transmission vector.

With her weakened physical condition and pneumonia, plus the fact that she was “kidnapped and released,” she would have many protectors around her.

Of course, if we told Kanna, “Go and infect people around you with the Johannine Creo virus,” she wouldn’t listen, so we needed to add some seasoning, and apart from the unexpected situation, it seems to have gone well.

Though Camilla, Cassandra, and Leticia did desperately try to talk me out of it.

“Ah.”

Cassandra’s face turned red. Wondering why, I followed her gaze. Her large bra was still on the bed. She had put on her outer clothes without underwear.

“I’ll step out…”

I was about to leave when Cassandra grabbed me.

“Johan.”

“Yes?”

“D-do it.”

“Huh?”

“Here.”

Cassandra squeezed her breasts tightly. Sometimes, covering something reveals more than exposing it, and this was such a case.

“D-do it.”

Cassandra took off her top again.

Since she asked, I had to oblige.