‘That kid… I don’t know how to bring it up to him.’

  Shizuka felt a slight headache. Her mental crashout in the school fed to her determination. She is the only adult in the team; she should act as one. Only, Eishi seems more like an adult than her.

  His decisiveness in navigating through the dangers they faced far outcssed her. She could barely kill a zombie, but humans? No.

  It was he who reacted first when the burly man charged towards them. It was also he who ignored the pleas of other humans—pleas that would have otherwise moved her before.

  This made her realize one thing:

  She couldn’t continue having her previous mindset.

  In this apocalypse, living with a normal mentality will kill her… or others around her.

  ‘My phone..!’

  Just then, Shizuka could not find the phone in her pockets. She recalled pcing it on the car’s compartment.

  She was about to enter the garage when she heard faint ‘screams’. Shizuka’s heart tightened. When she listened further, a huge crimson wave spread through her face.

  It wasn’t a scream of terror, but of “joy”.

  Someone is fucking inside the garage!

  Eishi is the only male in this pce.

  Needless to say…

  “I-I…”

  Her shame exceeded her limits. Shizuka recalled how she was twenty-nine this year, yet an eighteen-year-old girl bested her in that aspect.

  She had lost thoroughly…

  *****

  Everyone was silent during dinnertime. It wasn’t until Saeko, Yukino, and Megumi stood up to wash their dishes did Eishi speak. Shizuka tried to leave, but he asked her to stay.

  Dozens of identical mutated zombie crystals y bare on the table. There are also bowls filled with cherries.

  “Eat the cherries as usual. The crystals, you have to absorb them like…”

  For a while, Eishi taught them the mental image of a ‘water drain’. He tasked these four women to absorb the crystals while eating the cherries.

  Shizuka looked completely lost. She does not understand why she was here. It is an ‘internal meeting’ of sorts, as evident with those newcomers that got excluded.

  Her mind inadvertently recalled the noises she heard in the garage. Her entire body froze.

  “The reason I did not give these to them… I do not trust them yet.”

  “..?”

  Airi had question marks all over her face. Haruno and Mahiru understood his words.

  “Don’t give them any of these. Not yet. I need to see if they can be trusted.”

  At this moment, Shizuka returned to reality. She inadvertently recalled (again) his calm composure… and the time they went in close contact. Her brain was fried once more.

  After this meeting, the girls went to their separate rooms. Eishi focused on eating the fruit and absorbing the crystals.

  One cherry equated to ten grapes; a crystal to a hundred of them.

  The estimated upgrade will take 50,000 grapes.

  Two hours ter, deep into the night, Eishi felt a surge of power wash through his body.

  [Eishi Hiraoka]

  Innate Talent: Time Dominator (SSS, First-order)

  Non-exclusive Talent: Spatial Backpack (310,000 Cubic Meters), Constitution Boost (A, First-order)

  Life Level: First-order, Five-star

  Strength: 186 > 206

  Agility: 183 > 203

  Constitution: 209 > 254

  Spirit: 380 > 400

  ‘Twenty times… and my Spirit.’

  He tried using a time stop. It sted four whole seconds. Meanwhile, slowing down time sted sixteen seconds.

  There was also the successful upgrade of [Constitution Boost]. Eating tens of thousands of these cherries upgraded its rank.

  Constitution is reted to the state of the body—its biological processes, hormone secretion, and so on.

  Eishi saw a huge tent in his pajamas. He was about to conduct a ‘surprise visit’ when someone knocked on his door first. When he opened it, he was caught off guard.

  The dim light coming from the moonlight illuminated Saeko’s curves. The buttoned pajamas she wore could barely hold her bust. The refreshing scent of shower gel and her bodily scent mixed into something intoxicating.

  “Busujima-san. What’s the matter?”

  “Can I talk with you?”

  “Hm.”

  He opened the door to her. The thin pajamas outlined her curves.

  Eishi, who had just undergone an upgrade, felt what it was like to hold back on becoming a ‘beast’. He took several deep breaths before facing Saeko.

  Her actions stunned him. She sat on the edge of the bed, her hands lying atop her p.

  “I want to become stronger.”

  She immediately stated her demands.

  “What do I need to pay for it?”

  Saeko earned her eccentric traits as a family swordsman, but one thing remained the same: her straightforwardness. When it comes to things she really likes, she won’t hesitate to strike.

  The entire day, her eyes were filled with Eishi. The unprecedented strength, calmness, and decisiveness belonged to a blood-stained warrior. It was inconceivable there was someone like him who possessed that trait on the second day of the apocalypse.

  Compared to that, his excellent talent in martial arts felt ckluster.

  Finally, there were the things Eishi gave to the four women. The three who washed their dishes were inevitably excluded. An expected, but a somewhat painful outcome. Eishi’s rescue of Megumi and Saeko stemmed from his st bit of ‘kindness’, or so they believe.

  Even if Megumi expected more from him, she is not shameless to ask it head-on, much less trouble him with it.

  As for Saeko…

  She found the answer by barging into his room.

  “Payment…”

  Eishi’s burning look swept over her entire body. His steps drew closer to her, causing waves of anticipation and anxiety in her heart. She had long prepared for this outcome as a decisive warrior.

  “It’s not just your body.”

  His next words stunned her. Saeko had no time to think when Eishi pushed her upper body down the bed.

  “Your mind… affection… everything. I want it.”

  Eishi had no intention to care about his cringe-worthy words. He truly spoke from the bottom of his heart—along with his burning desires.

  “In return, I will make you strong. Strong enough to stand on the top of the world.”

  His breath brushed through her ears. It caused them to turn crimson red.

  “Tell me. Do you want it?”

  Like a true demon incarnate, his temptation held great sway inside Saeko’s heart…

  *****

  Busujima Saeko.

  The heiress of the Busujima Family renowned for their swordsmanship. They bested every other style in the entire world, cementing their status as the strongest.

  From a young age, Saeko was taught not only martial arts, but also their family values. Unlike modern families, they upheld the values from the warring state, though not entirely. Whoever has the strongest fist is the family head—whether they are men or women.

  In this generation, it was her father. Saeko learned a lot about men’s values.

  She wasn’t surprised about Eishi’s apparent pursuit of women. It was natural, in her eyes, for men to desire women.

  As such, her mentality was vastly different from the rest Eishi took in.

  Saeko met his dark bck pupils. It was the same as what he showed that day. The scrutinizing, pragmatic gaze he held towards the apocalypse unveiled itself to her.

  The mere whiff of his bodily scent made her entire body burn. The lines of muscles she often came in contact with fshed in her mind.

  It was his strength and martial talent that drew her in. His mentality was what made her sink to this abyss.

  “I saw it earlier. The way you killed those zombies.”

  “..!”

  Like a cat having their tail stepped on, her entire body jolted. Saeko’s eyes widened.

  “You are more suitable for this apocalypse than me.”

  His comment made her head buzz.

  Others knew Saeko as an elegant young woman. Her chilling calmness in a fight further added to her elegance.

  What they didn’t know… was her hidden side.

  Her sadistic tendencies.

  Whenever she harms others, specially molesters and her enemies, her mind derives pleasure from it.

  Saeko was terrified by it. She chose to keep it hidden, to repress it.

  Unfortunately for her, the zombie apocalypse shattered that restraint. She never feared zombies; she wanted to kill them.

  “I admit, I thought you were a psychopath…”

  “...”

  “...but you looked so damn beautiful.”

  “..?!”

  The expected response did not come. Another round of buzzing came to Saeko’s mind.

  Seeing her confused yet joyful state, Eishi could no longer resist and gave her a kiss. The soft pink lips were but a familiar sensation.

  What surprised him was her initiative. She stuck her tongue out, inviting him inside.

  A faint sloppy sound filled the entire room. Saeko narrowed her eyes in complete pleasure, completely sinking on the abyss known as Eishi.

  The joy of being accepted and the pleasures of the body intertwined.

  Soon, thin silver threads appeared between their mouths. Eishi’s gaze went towards her bountiful chest. He gave them a light fondle and paused. He did not feel the expected toughness from a bra.

  He hastily pced his left hand on her lower waist. The dampness and the outline of her slit could be felt easily.

  In other words, Saeko went commando.

  Eishi pulled his pajamas down. The thick flesh rod stood erect. She gnced at it with immense satisfaction. Her crazed, slightly rational eyes tempted him. This irked his mind, leading to him pulling apart her tops. The buttons were popped off, revealing her pair of huge bunnies. Her pink nipples looked reminiscent of strawberries.

  His eyes glued to them, he also pulled down her pants. A small patch of purple pubic hair presented itself above her pink slit. Tantalizing fluids came out of it.

  Eishi did not remind her, nor did he do the gentle py. He thrust his dick in one go, brutally tearing apart her hymen. The sensation of hitting her hymen felt like reaching the finish line.

  Waves of pleasure crawled to his brain.

  He looked at Saeko. Drool came out of her lips. Her narrowed eyes, mixed with the faint blush on her cheeks, showcased her euphoria.

  Eishi’s eyes and hands began to wander on her snow white body. The rhythmic sound of flesh hitting each other never stopped. Faint moans escaped her lips. As much as she wanted to bite on his shoulder and see some blood, Saeko’s body remained powerless. Everything about her was completely in Eishi's grasp.

  His fingers sank on her soft breasts. Touching her toned abdomen and divine waist felt like touching cotton. Not a trace of excess fat could be seen on her body. If there were, it all went to her breasts.

  When he flipped her entire body over, it was her supple buttocks’ turn to be spped and fondled with. The plumpness of her body was simir to Haruno’s. Their differences y in Saeko's athleticism, giving it a different fvor.

  Touching, licking, sucking…

  Eishi left his mark everywhere. When he gave her another kiss, he passed on the [Life Nurturing Pill] to her. Only then did he let go completely, staining her womb white.

  The entire animalistic py sted for an hour. Three such rounds occurred before Saeko gave in.

  He was about to give her the cheat code for sex, [Stamina Restoration Pills], when someone knocked on his door.

  Amidst Eishi’s sage time, he opened and saw it was Haruno. Three of her buttons are opened, revealing her plentiful breasts.

  Eishi’s sage time ended. He grabbed her waist and pulled her inside his room.

  His eyes paused slightly on the dim hallway.

  ‘A gaze…’

  He was certain someone was looking at him, just that he could not pinpoint where. A guess entered his mind, followed by an evil pn.

  Eishi did not mind the extra spectator. He deliberately left the door to his room open for quite a while.

  Her surprised yelp was cut short by his kiss.

  ‘She is..?!’

  Haruno saw Saeko’s bare body over Eishi’s shoulder. She was all too familiar with her state. She tried teasing Eishi once, only to receive his domineering side. Teasing him was the equivalent of unleashing a chained beast.

  Still…

  A lingering will to see that unchained beast remained in her heart.

  When she traced his abdomen’s eight-pack with her fingertips, she got what she wanted. Her unbuttoned pajamas were torn off completely. Even her pants received the same fate of being torn apart.

  With Haruno’s back pressed on the wall and her right leg raised, another round of battle soon began…

  *****

  ‘About 70%...’

  Eishi was contempting the meaning of life. After the night of relentless grinding, he managed to raise the four girls’ attributes by 2 ~ 5 points. He, on the other hand, received two.

  In exchange, his bottomless lust was quenched slightly. It was Saeko at first, and then Haruno who ambushed him halfway through. He wasn’t satisfied and went to Airi’s room, and then gave Mahiru a surprise gift.

  Looking at the sleeping angel beside him, Eishi sighed.

  ‘The notifications…’

  Eishi slept for half an hour after that ordeal. His body and mind felt refreshed. He finally remembered the red dot on his menu.

  ‘This…’