episode_0271

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Spade woke up to a knock.

She must have fallen asleep.

Even though it was her day off, she had let her guard down too much.

“Yes…”

Spade wriggled out of bed, mumbled sleepily, and went to the door.

Opening the door, she saw her colleague Aria standing there.

‘Huh…?’

However, her face was flushed and excited, and despite being inside the base, there was a slight sheen of sweat on her forehead.

It didn’t look like she had been exercising.

Moreover, her clothes seemed a bit disheveled, and more than anything, there was a scent… the scent of a female that Spade had become familiar with…

“Spade-ssi. Um, a guest has arrived… can you spare some time?”

“…Okay.”

At Aria’s words, Spade quickly realized who the ‘guest’ was.

With a complicated expression, she asked Aria to wait a moment, quickly got dressed, tidied her hair, and went downstairs with Aria….

***

The reception area downstairs.

The person waiting for Spade there was, as expected, No. 13.

As she deliberately entered without knocking, No. 13 was in the middle of kissing his hero colleague Coco.

The front of his shirt was open, his skirt was rolled up, and his panties were dangling on his thigh.

Coco, who was embarrassed and excited as her private parts were exposed and fondled by No. 13’s hands, panicked and pulled away at Spade’s appearance.

Check and Club, who were standing nearby in similar attire, also hurriedly fixed their clothes.

No. 13 nonchalantly sat on the guest sofa, acting as if nothing had happened.

“…Did you see it, Spade?”

Correction.

He acted confidently, but in the end, he asked the question timidly.

Of course, I saw it, you idiot.

How could I not see it, you moron?

Spade internally cursed No. 13, frowning and sitting across from him.

“…Long time no see. Is everything finished on that side?”

“Oh, uh, ah? Right. That arrogant sister, and Dorothy who betrayed the boss and the organization, I’ve punished them enough, and I plan to keep punishing them.”

“Okay.”

No. 13 said with a strange reaction, but Spade simply nodded without pointing out his suspicious behavior.

She reached out, took the cup in front of No. 13, and drank the contents.

The bitter, fragrant, and warm herbal tea soothed Spade’s parched throat.

“I prepared a separate one for Spade-ssi…”

“Give me that one too. I’ll drink two cups. Don’t give this kind of guy our supplies.”

“Ha, Spade-ssi too…”

Aria, who had guided Spade and was preparing tea for her, smiled wryly at Spade’s slightly childish reaction.

She placed a new cup in front of Spade, moved the taken cup back to No. 13, and poured warm tea into both.

“Ah, right, good. Thanks, Aria. More importantly, Spade, about what happened just now——”

No. 13 was still flustered and acting suspiciously.

Spade, who was glancing at him, suddenly remembered.

‘Come to think of it, today…’

She had made a prior agreement with No. 13.

Not to touch the members of Squad 7 on the designated day.

Instead, she would offer her body to him, allowing him to tease only her.

‘Is that why he’s so subtly watching me?’

Spade realized this only now and sighed.

“Is it because of the ‘contract’ I made with you? It’s okay. I don’t mind.”

“Oh…? Really? Then can I continue what I was doing?”

“No.”

No. 13 made a sad face at the blunt refusal.

Anyway, enough of the meaningless small talk.

Spade and No. 13 quickly got to the point.

“You did well last time. Thanks to you, everything was resolved safely.”

“…I don’t know. I only remember showing a pathetic sight.”

“What are you talking about? You drew the aggro of the 【Dawn】 members at the beginning, and you subdued the executives. And Spade, you were the one who caught Rahe at the last moment. You can be a little prouder. You held out against ‘that’ Rahe.”

No. 13’s words were valid.

However, Mabel was also with her when facing the members and executives of 【Dawn】, and in Rahe’s case, she was honestly in a daze, and she still couldn’t understand how she had endured in front of her.

Spade had a character that was good if described as diligent and bad if described as inflexible.

Because of that personality, she couldn’t just be happy that everything went well, and she felt as stuffy as if a fishbone was stuck in her throat.

However, even that stuffiness.

Disappeared as if melting at the sight of the item placed on the table in front of her.

“Here, as agreed, this is the compensation for this incident.”

No. 13 placed a small, cylindrical glass bottle with a *thud*.

Inside was a translucent liquid.

According to him—— 『Neutralizer to remove the effects of the Brainwashing Drug』for one person.

If used, at least one person… could escape the shackles of the brainwashing drug.

“As I said before, the condition remains the same. It cannot be used on Rahe, and it must be used in front of me. I won’t allow you to take it out of here in case you try to analyze and replicate the ingredients, so you can’t take it out of here.”

That, too, was as previously discussed.

Spade neither affirmed nor denied No. 13’s words, merely staring blankly at the drug.

—No. 13’s words cannot be trusted.

This drug might have some device she doesn’t know about, or the effect of this drug itself might be temporary.

After all, the opponent is the lowest and worst trash villain who is a master of fraud and lies.

For a hero to trust his words would only be described as foolish.

However, at this moment, Spade didn’t care about that.

She put the bottle down and looked at No. 13.

“I’m asking you, Spade. So, who are you going to use it on?”

Even with No. 13’s probing tone, Spade still didn’t answer.

She merely held the bottle in her hand, brought it close to her eyes, and checked the contents.

—I can’t trust No. 13’s words.

This drug might have some device she doesn’t know about, or the effect of this drug itself might be temporary.

After all, the opponent is the lowest and worst trash villain who is a master of fraud and lies.

For a hero to trust his words would only be described as foolish.

However, at this moment, Spade didn’t care about that.

She put the bottle down and looked at No. 13.

“I’m asking you again, Spade. So, who are you going to use it on?”

No. 13 asked again.

Spade lowered her eyes for a moment, then looked back into No. 13’s eyes.

Looking at him, she answered.

“The person I’m going to use it on——”

***

With her answer, Spade handed the drug bottle back to No. 13.

“I won’t use it on anyone. You keep it, No. 13.”

“……?”

No. 13’s eyes widened at the completely unexpected answer.

Spade was looking at No. 13 with unwavering eyes.

“I’m not saying I don’t need it, No. 13.”

“I’m not saying I don’t want to use it now. I’m not postponing the answer. I’m just reserving the use of this drug for later.”

“After all, my compensation for this incident is just 『receiving this drug』, and I never specified a date for when I would receive it.”

“So, No. 13, is that okay?”

“I’ll use this drug when I want to use it.”

Spade said firmly, and No. 13 looked at Spade with his mouth shut.

He sat back on the sofa with his arms crossed, then uncrossed his arms and adjusted his posture.

No. 13’s body leaned slightly towards Spade.

“…Spade, you know, right? The people who need the drug aren’t just the four here… you’re included too.”

Four people excluding Spade.

In Aria’s case, she volunteered to be brainwashed, so leaving her aside, the remaining three were being obedient to No. 13 as his slaves without even realizing they were brainwashed.

But Spade wasn’t completely fine either.

As the first to be brainwashed, the effects of the brainwashing drug remained deeply within her.

Also, No. 13’s brainwashing suggestions would creep into her consciousness and confuse her mind whenever he found an opportunity.

Brainwashing is a complex and inscrutable task of interfering with a person’s mind.

Spade was brainwashed by No. 13 at first, then re-brainwashed by Apple, and then all brainwashing was forcibly lifted by No. 13’s suggestion… and she had become semi-resistant to brainwashing.

No. 13, who had accumulated some brainwashing experience, and even Apple, who had professional knowledge, had never experienced such a unique case, so it was really troublesome in many ways.

No. 13 couldn’t know what would happen to Spade if this continued.

It would be fortunate if she just returned to her obedient brainwashed state like before.

In the worst case, her mind could be split, or she could become mentally ill or a disabled person.

The reason No. 13 honestly presented this 『neutralizer』 as compensation this time was also to induce Spade to use the drug on herself.

“The effects and side effects of the brainwashing drug are still there, so you must be having a hard time in many ways?”

“…I haven’t fallen so far that I need to be worried about by a villain like you. And I’m not saying I won’t receive the drug. If I feel it’s really necessary, I’ll use it then.”

If Spade refused so stubbornly, there was nothing he could do.

No. 13 was reluctant to just leave her alone, so he recommended the drug… but if she didn’t want it, he had no reason or intention to force it.

No. 13 silently made eye contact with her, as if asking Spade’s opinion one last time, and then put the bottle back in his pocket.

…For now, the first item on today’s schedule, the compensation issue with Spade, was over.

Since he had other things to do, No. 13 was about to get up from his seat without lingering.

But Spade stopped him.

“…No. 13. Can you spare me some time for a moment?”

“Huh?”

Spade stopped No. 13 from getting up, made him sit down again, got up from the sofa, and approached No. 13.

And, fidgeting and rolling her eyes, she said to No. 13 with a complicated face.

“Actually… as you said… there’s an influence of the brainwashing drug… Because of the effects of the drug, there’s something unavoidable… something like that.”

Spade had put on clothes, but knowing that the other person was No. 13, she had simply put on black dolphin shorts and a white T-shirt.

Wrapped in thin clothes, Spade wriggled and twisted her body, revealing a lot of skin.

And realizing Spade’s intentions, No. 13 laughed in disbelief.

“Ah, what. I get it. I get it, Spade.”

“So, you’re saying you’re horny, so I should take responsibility… is that it, Hero-nim?”

No. 13’s words hit the nail on the head directly.

Spade looked uncomfortable, but she looked enviously at the four people over there for a moment… and then looked back at No. 13 and nodded in affirmation.

—There was something that Spade couldn’t honestly tell No. 13.

That was that once Spade used the 『neutralizer』 on herself, she would no longer be able to make the same excuses as now.

The excuse for regularly joining bodies and having sex with a villain would disappear.

Spade had several serious reasons for refusing the 『neutralizer』. She had thought about it.

But, however, one of those reasons was… related to this sex, which she couldn’t deny.

‘I can’t tell him this, even if I die.’

Spade felt guilty and ashamed of her decision.

But slowly, she lifted her T-shirt over her chest… and pulled down her dolphin shorts to reveal her underwear underneath.

Please f*ck me, she murmured softly….