Chapter 5 – District 39
It is an unexpected encounter.
I hope you will meet this guy here.
‘… Why is he here?’
Could this guy be in bad shape?
So to the infirmary?
If you think about it, it’s not strange. Rather, it would be strange if only this guy was fine.
Excessive coupling puts a great strain on the pilot’s body.
That’s why Karen’s condition deteriorated to the point where she went to the infirmary as soon as she returned to base.
And, of course, Karen’s coupling partner, Netoru, can’t be sane either.
‘It seems that he wasn’t fine alone after all.’
Amid lukewarm silence hovering around. The two stared at each other without looking away.
Eventually, in the strange silence that continued like that.
“Hmm.”
It was Netoru who moved first.
Even as he looked at Karen, he passed her casually, as if he was not particularly impressed with her. It was like a cold attitude towards someone you are seeing for the first time.
Karen looked at his back and licked her lips, and then she spoke as if she had made up her mind.
“… Wait a minute, I want to ask you something.”
After talking to him, Netoru stopped for a moment and looked behind him with only a slight twist of his head.
Under the dull blond hair. Desolate eyes, devoid of any emotion, stared at Karen.
Perhaps it was because of the bad impression she had once made, even such behavior felt crooked to Karen.
“How far are the rumors about you true?”
Netoru was a man with a lot of bad rumors.
This is why Ceres was worried when she saw Karen, who was in bad shape as soon as the battle was over.
Even so, ‘her first coupling’ alone was a strain on Karen’s body, and there are even rumors that aren’t good for her counterpart.
Watching from her side, she couldn’t help but want to dry her coupling somehow.
“What exactly are you talking about?”
“… The story of how you broke your coupling partner in the unit you were in before.”
“Ah, is that what you mean?”
At Karen’s words, Netoru twisted her mouth as if he had heard a funny story.
Then, as he took a sudden step closer, he said.
“What do you think about it. Is the rumor real or fake?”
“… That.”
“Since you’ve been coupling with me today, you don’t know roughly. Why did the rumor come out?”
Could it be because of the large size?
Netoru’s eyes looking down at Karen seemed to look down on her partner somewhere. Karen said with strength in her eyes as if she would not lose to that gaze.
“At least… I don’t think it’s a rumor.”
Even thinking about it now, the coupling I had today was not a normal shape.
Karen had never experienced such a violent coupling before. What made her even more terrible was that she couldn’t even resist Netoru’s will.
So, didn’t Netoru solve all of the battles by himself?
Originally, it is the male role to move the sexual cavalry, but
But that didn’t mean that female pilots couldn’t do anything. After all, if you look at it fundamentally, the sexual cavalry is based on the body of a female pilot.
But when she coupled up with the guy in front of her, Karen couldn’t do anything. When she came to her senses, she found that she had completely lost control of her genital disease at some point.
How the hell is that even possible?
Karen couldn’t understand. Because I’ve never heard of such a thing. It was against Karen’s common sense that one side controlled the sexual cavalry unilaterally.
However, if you look at something strange here, it’s not just one or two.
In the first place, it is strange that he succeeded in coupling with Netoru on the first try.
In fact, Karen also had several experiences of trying to couple with other male pilots at her training facility.
Except for Natsuo, all of them failed.
Of dozens of pilots, only Natsuo was the only one whose coupling wavelength matched Karen’s so far.
One day, a man suddenly appears and the waves match enough that the coupling succeeds in the first attempt?
What are the odds of that happening?
Besides, when I actually did the coupling, it didn’t feel like the ‘wavelengths’ matched. Rather, I don’t know if it’s the worst.
If the couple’s coupling wavelength was right, there’s no way my body would suddenly deteriorate like today…
“Why? Do you regret having coupled up with me today?”
“… !”
Netoru’s voice suddenly came out.
When I woke up, the guy was right in front of my nose. Surprised by this, Karen hurriedly backed away.
“… Oops!”
But maybe it’s because I was too hasty? Karen felt her body tilt unnaturally. She tripped and fell at her own feet.
“To be stupid.”
But the back of her head never touched the floor. Karen watched as she slowly opened her eyes, which she had inadvertently closed, as if she was preparing for the shock that was about to come her way.
“What are you doing, you?”
Toru, who grabbed Karen by the waist as she was about to fall, stared at her coldly. Seeing that cold gaze, Karen bit her lip.
Her face turns red enough to heat up.
She was ashamed of herself. Why did she have to show such an ungainly side to this guy? She wanted to die
Netoru said, knowing what Karen was thinking.
“Did she say her name was Ceres? She heard him say that you and I will refuse to be coupled.”
Did Ceres talk to Netoru? Karen quietly nodded her head.
“Why?”
“You’re asking because you don’t know that right now? If I keep coupling with you, my body won’t be fine?”
“So, are you worried about your body?”
Netoru smiled at Karen’s answer.
“Then what are you going to do? Could it be that you just want to wait in the unit for the next battle?”
“… That.”
That was Karen’s biggest concern, too.
That’s why she couldn’t readily accept Karen and Ceres’ proposal, and she didn’t hesitate.
Everyone else is fighting
Watching from behind alone… I can’t feel at ease
Even if it was something the unit members agreed on.
“Yeah, if you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do about it.”
As if reading her inner self, Toru Ne, who was staring at Karen’s face curtly, said in her calm voice.
“But then, after someone dies, don’t belatedly regret it.”
“… “
Karen’s lips trembled at his one word that pierced her heart more deeply than any other curse.
But… She couldn’t say anything at all.
* * *
The wind blows strongly.
When she came out of the infirmary, the sky was turning dark. On the way to the basketball court I checked, the twin sisters also disappeared before I knew it.
You should probably be at the restaurant for dinner by now.
Putting the medicine given by the military surgeon into his pocket, Netoru headed to the restaurant.
To be honest, the appearance of the unit cafeteria he arrived at was not very good. Like the entire unit, the cafeteria was decrepit.
Still, the various decorations that were thought to have been installed by the unit members in every corner of the restaurant added a bright color to the empty restaurant scene, so it was quite worth seeing.
And, most notably,
[We must survive!]
Along with the letters written in large letters on one side of the wall.
There were numerous photos pasted on the wall, as if they were group photos taken among the members of the unit.
Netoru looked at the pictures on the wall and changed his pace slowly. These were interesting pictures.
I’ve seen the faces of all the unit members for the past week,
In fact, there were many faces he didn’t know in the picture.
Why is that?
It’s an obvious story that you don’t have to think deeply about.
They’ll all be dead
It’s been a long time since the war with bugs started.
In the meantime, many pilots would have been deployed to Area 39 and would have died.
Perhaps the original members of this unit may not exist anymore.
As old as it was, there were countless deaths piled up here.
As if to actually prove it.
As time goes on inside the restaurant, old photos of unknown date are lined up, and the number of faces that Netoru does not know increases each time.
People who no longer exist in this world.
What were these people thinking about fighting here?
Is it simply patriotism?
Or because of the lofty responsibility of being a soldier?
Whatever it was,
Netoru couldn’t help but smile bitterly knowing what the end of this country would be like. In a way, it would be a meaningless death that no one can reciprocate.
Netoru looked at their faces once, then looked away.
Just then, a loud noise caught his attention.
─Haha! Karen and Kanzaki Do you know how much this child was crying and screaming at the time? Very just…
─Now, wait! Brother Chandler! Don’t talk about it!
—Anyway, it’s good that Natsuo is recovering safely too. Karen.
-Did I tell you? If it’s Natsuo hyung, I’m sure it’ll be fine! What a strong man he is!
The place where Four Tohru turned his gaze was having a meal with his troops gathering and chatting with each other.
Netoru watched the scenery blankly.
No, not exactly.
He looked at Karen, who was laughing with him in the center.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but it was an awkward laugh somewhere.
