Chapter 365 – Exile (7)
“Are you saying that all Exiles are female?”
[That’s ambiguous. Their biological mechanisms are too different to be evaluated by the standards of life on Earth. It’s not like the queen bee takes out the preserved sperm and fertilizes it every time it’s needed.]
Artemis’ voice contained admiration for scientific mysteries.
[The fact that a conceived fetus can be deactivated depending on the nutritional supply, is surprisingly sophisticated for a mutation.]
“Don’t admire something that needs to be eradicated. “It means that future relief work has become more cumbersome.”
[Please take this as a sign that I will not let down my guard. And there’s one more thing you need to know.]
“What is it?”
It feels like lying on the dentist’s table and listening to the doctor. I was afraid of what would be said next.
[The captured entity was trying to escape the entire time. It was a restraint that even an elephant couldn’t break, so of course I failed.]
“I saw that. “He became quiet after being hit in the back by a stalker.”
Stalker’s sincere punch is so powerful that even a lion can get a concussion.
The sight of Exile cracking up after being hit by it was so relieving that even the members of the investigation team laughed.
[He struggled throughout the airlift and eventually realized that escape was impossible. Then do you know how he acted?]
“Are you saying you’re calm because you’re exhausted?”
[You’re only half right. Look at this.]
Artemis transmitted images through brain implants.
Like now, when you board a VR machine and are linked to the machine, you can access cyberspace clearly and comfortably.
A cage securely secured with restraints can be seen in the makeshift laboratory. Inside, Exile closes its eyes and does not move.
“Are you really going to give up and just sleep?”
[I’m not sleeping, I’m hibernating.]
Changed to perspective video.
Instead of a disgusting appearance, a solid skeleton and internal organs are revealed. However, the movement of hormones and biological signals is almost at a standstill.
[Next is a thermal image.]
Two photos appeared.
One is when struggling to escape and the other is after hibernation.
The former was a combination of yellow and red, but the latter was full of green.
[Exile can hibernate like a machine turning on/off. Is this a way to use energy efficiently in the cold and scarce food conditions of Siberia? It is possible that many of them are hibernating because they are currently not visible.]
“Wait a minute.”
The guys wandering around looking beyond the village fence overlapped with the large group chasing the refugees.
“Could it be that if a few scouts search for prey, the rest will stand by in sleep mode?”
[It’s a sufficiently possible hypothesis.]
“This is a fighting machine disguised as a living thing.”
The more I heard, the closer it was to a complete ecosystem as a species.
I wondered how they could handle their large size, strength, and the energy required for reproduction in barren Siberia.
[There is also some good news.]
“Tell me right away.”
[Isn’t the fact that there aren’t fully grown individuals yet to be seen proof that their history is short?]
“Maybe we just won’t find it.”
[Maybe. However, rather than the hypothesis that Exile was born three years ago, I feel more comfortable with the hypothesis that it was born less than a year ago.]
“That too.”
[This is the amount of information obtained in a short period of time. The investigation will continue, but it will be difficult to obtain meaningful information at the current level.]
Artemis ended his communication with those words.
“Infectious agents are better than this…”
I really felt what it was like to be powerful purely on its own.
The helicopter I rode landed at the rear outpost and went into maintenance.
A hose is plugged into the helicopter’s gas tank, and the minigun disassembled by the stalkers is repaired. Watch the serving robot fill its watermelon-sized drum magazine with ammunition.
The sight of troops reorganizing after battle was familiar to me during my time in the military.
However, being in a barracks where there are no dirty jokes, moans of pain, or laughter, I feel isolated.
It would have been better if the right lieutenant was by my side, and we would have exchanged lame jokes.
Even though all the helicopters came down, the drone carriers did an excellent job filling in the gaps and maintaining surveillance.
The advantage of airships, ultra-long flights, is the basis of shelter information.
It seems to have been effective in wiping out the large group that was raiding the watermill village and eliminating all the scouts that were accumulating in other villages.
The disaster that was threatening to engulf northern Siberia was curbed, if only for a moment.
Deering.
A communication request has been received.
Artemis A signal in the form of a polite knock, not a push in with assertiveness.
[Administrator, this is Hippolyte.]
I accepted and found that I was an unexpectedly cute guest.
“What’s going on?”
[Since there is a lull, Artemis ordered me to take care of the manager’s rest for a while.]
“He knew I would be stubborn if he spoke, so he resorted to treasonous tactics.”
[Sorry.]
“You’ll be waiting outside the VR machine anyway, right?”
[Yes.]
I was connected to the central control room camera through a brain implant.
I saw Hippolyte standing with her hands folded next to the VR machine.
Although she has the appearance of a muscular giant, she gives off the feeling of a puppy waiting for its owner.
“Ugh.”
Artemis won. I finished connecting to the VR machine to rest my body and mind for a moment.
* * *
I returned to the accommodation and took a dip in the hot spring bath.
As I was enveloped in warm steam, the Siberian snowfields I had just seen felt like a fantasy.
The fluttering pieces of meat, drops of blood, and the spilling intestines of the monster were all pushed away like memories from years ago.
“I will take you there.”
Hippolyte knelt next to the bathhouse where I sat.
He was naked just like me, but every time I saw him, he covered himself with his hands.
“Are you embarrassed?”
“Joe, joe, a little bit.”
“I don’t think it’s a little bit. “I should have come with a towel at least.”
“I heard that Camilla and Ayla take off everything when they serve Artemis.”
“That’s because if you wear anything in the bath, you’ll get wet. Artemis also enjoys looking at beautiful women’s bodies.”
It seems that she asked for advice from the same dedicated maid and followed it naively.
“I understand that it’s embarrassing, but you’re going somewhere weird?”
“Ugh…”
In general, if a woman feels embarrassed about showing her naked body, she covers her vagina or breasts.
However, Hippolyte covered up her horse-like thighs and massive abs that seemed to bounce off her vagina.
Thanks to this, my head-sized chest was exposed.
However, Hippolyta would rather show her nipples and private parts, and it seems that she is more embarrassed to show her muscles.
“Wouldn’t she no longer hate that body anymore?”
“I don’t hate it at all. Rather, I feel fortunate that I was able to form a relationship with someone like this.”
“But why cover it like that?”
“… It’s shameful because it’s shameful.”
It seems that a woman’s mind is very complicated.
Once she had sufficiently warmed up her body, she surrendered herself completely to Hippolyte.
Could it be the influence of Artemis, whom we see next to us every day? Now, I don’t feel burdened by having others help me bathe.
A huge, muscular beauty washes every inch of my body with gentle hands.
However, unlike her bold Camilla or Ayla, Hippolyte’s movements were timid.
The first two must have reached out their foamy hands without hesitation not only to my lower abdomen but also to my anus.
Hippolyte’s hands, on the other hand, trembled as soon as she reached her crotch.
However, her massage skills are top-notch. It was cooler than what she received from the craftsmen in Japan.
“Please tell me if something gets in your eyes.”
Wash her hair and give her a scalp message.
“Aren’t you too strong?”
I lifted my foot like a treasure and pressed it gently.
“It’s just right. It only feels cool to have this much strength. “You’re skilled.”
When I straightened her shoulders and pressed her back, a humming sound of pleasure escaped me without my knowledge.
Accordingly, Hippolyte’s hand movements become more subtle.
But even though her body relaxed, her head continued to roll.
Where will you search in the future, and how will you unite with the Russian warlords? This is because there were many political concerns.
“Aren’t the nymphs in the shelter anxious?”
Suddenly a question arose.
“Why should we be anxious?”
Since I was massaging his shoulders from behind, Hippolyte’s breasts were touching my back.
Normally, she would have been shocked, but she seemed to have become bolder after helping her take a bath.
“Chinese forces, infected agents, and Exile. Destroyed villages and refugees. That information will be shared with you without filtering.”
Although these nymphs are of no help militarily, thanks to Artemis’ favor, they share 100% information.
Unlike your paradise-like life, you are probably well aware of how urgent and terrible things are going on outside.
“Have you ever imagined that one day, hundreds of thousands of monsters would knock on the front door of the shelter?”
Actually, this is my imagination.
A situation where their danger is far beyond the expected range.
For the first time since leading the machine army, I feel a small threat that the world could be taken over.
“We nymphs are a flock of sheep grazing in a paradise of about two people. “I just run along with the manager’s cane and touch my cheek to the hand that Artemis extends.”
I took Hippolyte’s hand and clasped it as she was massaging his shoulder.
After being embarrassed for a moment, she calmly intertwined her fingers with mine.
“And what if a monster breaks down the door?”
“I’ll just stay there and sing for you two until the end.”
“That is great faith.”
“It’s clear that the manager will protect you. Just like you went to the far end of the universe, found your treasure, and returned safely.”
I released her hold on her hand.
Looking at Hippolyte’s eyes showing her firm faith, I did not like my hand being eaten by her large hand.
* * *
The rest didn’t last long.
[Administrator! This is Mikhail!]
Mikhail, who returned to the unit with our help, contacted us using the radio provided to him.
“Yes, I am listening. Looking at your voice, it looks like you didn’t receive any particular reprimand?”
These days, warlords are petty.
Since every military supply is precious, it is not surprising that an officer who returns after losing most of his men and equipment is reprimanded.
[There were many search parties that completely evaporated. They said we came back in good condition.]
“The three of them came back in good condition, so it looks like they all got hit hard.”
Even before departure, the Russian warlords would have viewed the infectious agent as a threat due to its large number.
I misjudged the enemy’s strength and sent a small squad into the jaws of the Exiles, so it was like offering food.
[So this time, we are planning a large-scale joint subjugation. They said they found a place suspected to be their large-scale habitat.]
“You found that?!”
I was as surprised as the Exile information that Artemis gave me.
I’m not ignoring the Russian warlords, but I couldn’t imagine that they would find something that we couldn’t find either.
[The search parties sent by each garrison were attacked and either destroyed or retreated with heavy damage. However, it is said that only one team returned from their stronghold alive. Even then, there is only one survivor.]
“That’s amazing. “Honestly, I should apologize for ignoring you.”
Mikhail is a subordinate who has already sworn to work under me. So he spoke honestly.
[You can ignore it. They didn’t find the Exile colony because they were competent.]
“What do you mean?”
[It is said that the team was attacked while camping and was wiped out, but one of them was lucky enough to faint without being injured. It was carried to the nest in that condition.]
“It doesn’t mean that the unit succeeded in escaping from there, does it?”
[Was there any other way to come back alive?]
“…”
I heard Mikhail laugh softly at my speechless reaction.
It seems like it was nice to see such a human reaction after watching the day the machine arrived.
[Chuck! When he came to, he found their excrement right next to him and smeared it all over his body. Did you imitate a scene you saw in a movie?]
“It was a great improvisation, but it must have been terrible.”
[Yes. It was said that the smell was so bad that when he smeared the poop on his body, human fingernails and teeth came out, and he almost screamed.]
“Still, escaping to the headquarters without being detected shows great stealth skills.”
[Well, it is said that Exile guys sleep very darkly. He said that he was startled by the sound of his own heartbeat, but that he didn’t notice until he went outside from the underground cave. He may have been a sentry, but no one was awake, but as the manager said, it was luck.]
It appears that they were hibernating, not sleeping. It was the moment when Artemis’ research was cross-verified.
[It is said that he found a bicycle from an abandoned camp and rode to headquarters without sleep. It is said that even though both of his hands were frostbitten, he did not let go of the handlebars of his bicycle.]
“Based on that information, the warlords are planning to form a joint force and attack?”
[Yes. I don’t know the details, but it seems like there’s a good chance of winning. I plan to crush the warlord alliance once and for all.]
“We should also do our part to help. Thank you for your hard work. It was perfect information.”
[You are welcome, Administrator.]
There was satisfaction in Mikhail’s voice, perhaps because he had contributed to the new owner in the information war.
This operation looks perfect.
If multiple army and shelter air forces attack at the same time, they will definitely be able to wipe out the nest.
However, there was one possibility that I overlooked.
* * *
[We are grateful for the manager’s sincerity, but our strength is sufficient for this raid.]
Over the communicator, the representative of the warlord alliance politely expressed his decline.
Although it looked a bit difficult, it contained a firm will that could not be broken.
