episode_0086

Gurgle gurgle.

As if to show off that it was already full, the shapeshifter’s nether regions, which hadn’t even ejected any discharge, hung limply, spread out as they spilled thick, cloudy liquid onto the surface below.

Looking down at the shapeshifter, I felt the hot heat enveloping my body, created by the violent movements. I wiped the sweat flowing down my chin with my forearm and let out a slightly satisfied breath.

“Is it because it’s made of a different material? It’s quite heavy.”

Muttering words that were quite rude to a woman, I was immersed in the afterglow and smacked its motionless rear end like a whip.

Smack! A loud, crisp sound spread, and its transparent, jelly-like rear quivered and wobbled before slowly returning to its original shape, a rather amusing sight.

“…”

“Hey, hey. Did it faint?”

Seeing no reaction despite hitting it quite hard, it seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.

I shrugged my shoulders, feeling a slight hunger, and stretched refreshingly, hearing a crack pop as if my bones were realigning, then stood up.

“Anyway, it was a bit cold, but it was still quite good.”

“Oh, really? Did you enjoy it?”

“Well, it was subtle yet unique, so it felt a bit regrettable to stop, you know?”

Had Dr. Pointless returned already?

But for some reason, the voice from behind me was far from the mechanical, distorted sounds I expected.

Instead, it was a very familiar and pleasant soft voice, but for some reason, it was chillingly cold.

“Hmm…”

As I turned with an ungraceful rotation, like the neck joint of an unlubricated android creaking creak creak, Luna stood there with her arms crossed, staring at me with a sullen gaze.

“Aaaaargh!!!”

“Don’t scream as if you’ve seen a ghost when you’re looking at a person! It’s rude!”

“Right.”

“…Don’t suddenly calm down…!”

Even so, screaming at a person is indeed rude.

As I gave her a thumbs-up, Luna pressed her fingers repeatedly between her eyebrows, as if she had a headache.

“But what brings you here…”

“What brings me here? Those brazen twins were injecting strange things into that kid, so I came to check. To think you’ve been here for only this long and already doing this…”

Luna seemed to have a lot to say as she looked at the messily sprawled shapeshifter, but her lips only twitched slightly before she glared sharply at me.

Flinch. When I receive that gaze, it’s something I can’t help but reflexively avoid.

“What peculiar taste… Did you really like that so much?”

Luna looked at the shapeshifter’s abnormal gel body and poked it for no reason.

Perhaps feeling strange at the soft yet firm, jelly-like elasticity of its texture, she startledly pulled her finger away.

“Hmm… You know, it feels like it wouldn’t have much sensation, but the more you use it, the more it gets ‘broken in’, or rather, the inside becomes quite stickier over time, and that’s really good.”

“That’s something to brag about. You pervert.”

The atmosphere felt like she was debating whether or not to kick my shin.

Not missing the opportunity, I made the first move and embraced Luna, pulling her soft body, which felt warm unlike the shapeshifter, into my arms.

“Aw, you know I love you, right?”

“Take your hand off my chest and talk.”

Squish. I was touching it secretly, but I was already caught.

But there probably isn’t a man in this world who could resist the temptation of touching these sticky, mochi-like breasts.

“Hmm… If you’re going to say things like that, then don’t go messing around with just anyone.”

“I didn’t intend to, you know? For something like that…”

“For something like what?”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

Feeling the illusion that the temperature in Luna’s eyes had dropped a few degrees, I shut my mouth and decided to be content with kneading and playing with Luna’s breasts.

As I supported the heavy weight of her breasts and stroked them as if massaging, Luna leaned into me, as if finding it comfortable.

While it’s good for me to be touching them, I’m sure it would definitely be inconvenient to have such things attached.

“More importantly… John, aren’t you curious?”

“About what?”

“You don’t have to pretend you don’t know.”

It didn’t seem like a question one would ask while having their breasts kneaded, but then again, such conversations only come out when one feels comfortable. Thinking that she felt comfortable being with me, the corners of my mouth twitched upwards, and to hide it, I buried my nose in Luna’s neck.

“It’s about Taylor, isn’t it? I just thought she was some rich young lady since she opened a bar on Centum Street that hardly gets any customers, but judging by what Johann and the shapeshifter say, I know there’s something deeper than that.”

“As expected, you knew.”

Honestly, I think it would have been harder not to know. As if reading my thoughts, Luna glanced at the empty air, as if recalling someone, and then snorted.

“I am curious. It’s exciting, the secret of someone I like.”

“Ugh…”

As I whispered ‘I love you’ several times into her ear, Luna’s face flushed red, and her hand reflexively rose but then slowly lowered again.

“Still, I’ll wait until you feel like telling me directly. I’ve got nothing but time.”

“…Is that a boast?”

“Then, will you make sure I don’t have too much time on my hands?”

Slowly, my hand moved downwards.

From her soft, squishy breasts to her firm stomach, and then further down, as my hand embarked on its journey, Luna held my hand but didn’t completely resist, only slowing its progress as if she couldn’t help but be drawn along.

“You turned the shapeshifter into that, and you’re still not satisfied?”

“I’m already fully charged. Want to feel?”

Stiffening, stiffening. As I slyly asked, feeling the power surging in my lower body, Luna closed one eye as if giving in, and moved her hand as I guided it.

And then, her fingertips touched…

“I apologize for the interruption during such a good atmosphere.”

“Aaaaaaaargh!!!”

“Kyaaaaaaaah!!!”

As an artificial, alloy industrial android head suddenly popped out and spoke, Luna and I screamed, hugging each other without a moment’s hesitation.

It was Dr. Pointless, who had gone to the warehouse to get repair parts for the shapeshifter.

“Fuck! When did you get here?!”

“I’ve been here since you were holding that kid and poking it like an exercise machine. You seemed engrossed, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”

“Hmm…”

I understood, receiving the android’s calm reply and Luna’s half-lidded gaze.

Indeed, I did go on for quite a while.

“So, what’s the matter?”

“Did that kid happen to remove its robe while coming to this location?”

Thinking back to that question, it did happen.

After subduing the shapeshifter, I stripped it completely to incapacitate it.

As I nodded in affirmation, thunk! Dr. Pointless hit his alloy head as if slapping his forehead.

A clear bell-like sound rang out; I wondered if it could be used as a musical instrument even if it broke.

“What’s suddenly happening?”

In response to Luna’s question, Dr. Pointless briefly stopped his bustling hands and explained the cause of the commotion.

“I assume you’ve already been explained that that kid is collared by Megacorp.”

“Yes, you did say something like that.”

“Being collared by Megacorp means that every single move, every word, is monitored, intercepted, and its location information is received. And that robe the kid was wearing was a protective device that allowed it to escape such information surveillance. Of course, that corporation always wanted to strip off the kid’s protective gear.”

I scratched my head.

Aren’t we screwed?

“This hideout, while completely isolated from external communication and thus not pinpointed, they would have identified at least that the entrance is in Tony Bonnie. So, quick, escape…”

BOOOOOOM───!!!!!!!

At that moment, a massive explosion echoed from outside.

A deafening roar and shockwave that felt like it would burst eardrums vibrated through the underground cavity, penetrating through several layers of walls.

“Ughhh!!”

“Ugh..! Are there explosives here?”

Luna and I covered our ears, grimacing, and were about to go outside to assess the situation when we turned to look at Dr. Pointless.

“I am an android that has already ceased operation, so do not speak to me.”

At the sight of the android lying prostrate on the floor, refusing to move a muscle, both of us simultaneously gave it a cold stare.

***

“Ouch~ She’s the biggest pervert herself, yet she’s getting mad at us for no reason. Did you get a bump?”

“She’s probably just embarrassed. It’s a bit annoying that she can’t even take advantage of the most favorable position and still tries to keep us in check.”

The white fox and the black fox, gently rubbing their heads, complained about Luna, who had caused their physical headache, and took it out on Seira, who had abducted them.

Seira, stuck between them and acting as a plaything, watched with blank eyes as dozens of beer cans rolled on the floor, expressing a subtle surprise.

“Neither of you got a bump. She must have controlled her strength.”

“We should have gotten a bump and charged her for treatment fees, you know~”

Considering they would receive so much money for capturing the shapeshifter, treatment fees of that extent seemed insignificant, but Seira quietly brushed their tails, dispelling her own boredom.

As they spent such a relaxed, alcohol-scented time, a careful footstep was heard from outside.

“Luna-ssi is back…”

“There are quite a few of them…?”

Seira thought Luna had returned with John at that remark, but Yuki and Kana simultaneously showed signs of alarm.

“Their footsteps aren’t light. It sounds like armed individuals, numbering six, plus there seem to be more outside…”

Clink / Clack. Simultaneously with a small metallic sound, Seira’s sword was drawn from its scabbard, instantly emitting a white light.

Before the door could even be sliced open by the swiftly drawn sword, the locking mechanism began to disengage, revealing a gap, and through it, a small, round metal cylinder flew through the air and into the room.

Its shape was familiar to everyone.

XTech-M72 Frag Grenade.

A fragmentation grenade that, upon explosion, scatters 4,762 depleted uranium cubes, instantly riddling everything with holes.

It exploded with a puff of black gunpowder smoke.