Chapter 81: Crisis
Chapter 81: Crisis
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The afternoon sun beat down, baking the earth.
Damn fine weather.
The Feral Dog Pack dragged away several zombie corpses and did not return.
I stood watch alone for about an hour before Ye-jin came up to relieve me.
"Be careful up front."
I brought the white 1.5-ton truck we had spotted from the rooftop inside the barricade.
First, we had to clear the bodies.
While we ate and took a short break, insects had already begun to swarm.
The blood pooled on the ground seemed to boil in the scorching heat.
Splat. Splat. Splat.
I heaved zombie corpses into the truck bed.
Everyone except Ye-jin, who was on watch, was outside helping me clean up.
The cleanup that followed a zombie fight was filthy, exhausting, and dangerous work.
A few of them had gagged at first, but now everyone simply worked in silence.
Not long ago, none of them could have imagined doing this kind of work.
The fact that no one tried to avoid the work by claiming she couldn't handle it impressed me.
We reopened the corner of the barricade that the boar had destroyed.
We'd struggled to stack vehicles and seal it, only for me to dismantle it with my own hands.
Then we pushed the inner furniture barricade aside, creating a lane wide enough for the corpse-hauling truck.
Bang, bang, bang.
"Alright!"
Seon-yeong slapped the truck and shouted.
She wore a mask with a scarf wrapped over it.
She had rubber gloves on her hands and a poncho raincoat over her scavenging suit.
Blue work boots completed her head-to-toe protection.
She looked like a slasher villain straight out of a movie.
And it wasn't just Seon-yeong—everyone looked like that.
Myself included.
As a result, the inside of my raincoat felt like a steam sauna.
"Come back safe."
"Yeah."
I pushed the truck, piled high with corpses, along the route we had cleared.
Clearing this route alone had taken an hour.
We had opened the barricade and shoved the obstructing zombie corpses to the sides.
The destination was the sports complex.
The plan was to cross the road and pile the bodies in the nearest parking lot.
"Schneider, come down."
"Mraow."
Fortunately, there were only a few cars in the parking lot.
I parked the truck in a corner of the wide-open lot and opened the hinged tailgate.
"Nngh."
Thud-thud-thud
I lifted the truck by its front bumper.
I tilted it as far as I could and dumped the corpses from the cargo bed.
The bodies spilled out with foul, sickening sounds and piled up in the parking lot.
After creating a small hill of corpses, I turned back toward the base.
Could we really clear all of this in one day?
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Once the sun set and the temperature dropped slightly, the heat became a little more bearable.
It was merely better than during the day; the air was still oppressively hot.
Relying on the light spilling from the apartment building, we continued cleaning.
"Wow... we actually managed to clear all those bodies."
"Let's push just a little longer. Is the hose long enough?"
"Yeah, looks like it'll reach. Hurry back."
We kept working without even thinking about dinner.
By then, the women were utterly exhausted, their bodies practically sagging.
Ha-na, who had the least stamina, had nearly collapsed once when her legs gave out.
I had once thought Ga-yeong lacked stamina, but compared with Ye-jin or Ha-na, she was fairly strong.
Even so, the women at least took turns sitting in the shade and resting whenever it became too much.
I hadn't stopped moving for even a minute, but after investing a little more in Enhanced Recovery, I was still holding up.
This was the final load of zombie corpses.
At the sports-complex parking lot where we'd piled the bodies, insects were having a full-blown feast.
I unloaded the corpses and pushed the truck back toward the base.
We might need it again, after all.
"Ack, it's cold! Eek!"
"Ga-yeong, watch the nozzle direction. Water's going over there."
"The water pressure's way too high."
When I returned to the front yard, the women had pulled three fire hoses from the building's indoor hydrants and were washing the area down.
Three women held the hoses while the other three scrubbed vigorously with plastic brooms.
"I'll take over. Here, give it to me."
I took one hose in each hand and adjusted the nozzles.
I increased the pressure and steadily swept the streams in one direction.
"It isn't coming clean, Raid Leader."
"Don't worry about making it spotless. Let's just give the whole area one thorough wash."
The barricade and ground gradually grew cleaner.
We roughly washed away the unidentifiable chunks and pools of blood.
But the smell refused to fade.
Was there a better method?
Then I saw the deep exhaustion etched into the women's faces.
"Alright, that's enough. Let's stop here for today."
"Good work, everyone."
No further attacks came while we cleaned.
Would we have to live constantly worrying about attacks from now on?
If every day went like this, scavenging would be out of the question.
"Tae-sik, spray me with some water. Ugh... I feel so gross. I can't go inside like this."
"Yeah, just a sec. Let me adjust the pressure."
Seon-yeong stood a short distance in front of me, still wearing her blood-soaked raincoat.
I widened the concentrated stream and lowered the pressure slightly.
"Here it comes!"
"Kyaa! Ah, that feels so good."
Seon-yeong spun in circles beneath the spray from the fire hose.
After rinsing the raincoat, she peeled it off and tossed it aside, letting the water soak her whole body.
"Ah, whatever. Mister, me too!"
"Me too, please."
When Ga-yeong joined in, the other women crowded over to be sprayed as well.
I picked up two more hoses and increased the volume of water.
Slip-slop
So-ra stripped off all her sweat-soaked clothing except her underwear.
Then she ran her hands over her bare skin and reveled in the cool water.
"Ah, so cool. Eek!"
I concentrated the stream on So-ra, who squealed happily as the water struck her underwear-clad body.
Watching her, the other women began removing their clothes as well.
They said pleasure followed hardship.
I wasn't sure the saying applied here, but the sight was certainly a feast for the eyes.
Wherever I looked, breasts of every shape and slender waists filled my vision.
When I tried to take in their wet, clinging panties as well, my eyes practically spun in circles.
'Funny how there isn't a single overweight woman among them.'
"Hey!"
"Eek! So-ra! Blblblbl."
So-ra wrapped her arms tightly around Eun-mi, who wore black underwear, and dragged her into the powerful spray.
Flustered, Eun-mi let out a girlish shriek and kicked her legs.
Her lifted legs put her camel toe plainly on display.
They'd looked half-dead moments earlier, yet now they ran around laughing as though they'd found a new reserve of energy.
That meant swaying breasts and firm, bouncing buttocks kept stealing my attention.
I supposed this was why people said the more, the merrier.
"Tae-sik. Come here. I'll spray you now."
"So-ra, I'll hold one."
"I'll go upstairs first and grab some slippers."
After switching places, I stood beneath the spray and washed away the blood and strange residue.
I removed the raincoat and rinsed the scavenging suit underneath as well.
The cool water made the place feel like heaven.
"Take it off! Take it off!"
With Seon-yeong leading them, they all shouted at me in unison.
Faced with the women in their underwear, I didn't hesitate to strip off my scavenging suit.
Several raid-party members wore thin underwear that had turned transparent in the water.
The outlines of their stiff nipples and camel toes stood out clearly.
Dark pubic hair showed through some pairs, and whenever the women turned around, their panties disappeared between the cheeks of their asses.
Enjoying the sight before me, I finally stripped down to my boxers.
With a whole group of young women behaving like that, my cock was naturally fully erect.
My wet boxers stretched tight enough to tear, displaying its outline clearly.
"Eek~ Gross, Tae-sik."
"Heek, Raid Leader, you're incredible... Ah, I meant your body. Your body."
If I acted embarrassed now, the mood would become awkward.
So I struck several poses and showed off my muscles.
"Whoa... it's twitching..."
"Raid Leader, you're so cool."
- Heuk... I want to come down and play too.
Eun-mi returned with the slippers, while Ye-jin—still on watch without having been relieved—spoke over the radio.
"Wanna touch?"
Seon-yeong handed off her hose and ran over.
Touch what, exactly?
She sprinted over and leapt at me without warning. I caught her, spun her once, and set her down, whereupon she clung to my arm in amazement.
"Whoa, feels like a boulder. You guys, feel this. It's unreal."
"Heehee, spin me around too, please."
Seon-yeong's uninhibited suggestion startled me.
At Ga-yeong's request, Seon-yeong dragged over a piece of furniture and fixed the hoses in place.
Once the streams were angled upward, the women gathered around me.
A feast of bare flesh spread out around me.
I spun Ga-yeong too, then embraced So-ra when she came over and subtly pressed her chest against me.
Eun-mi repeatedly stroked my chest and abs in admiration, while Ha-na shyly clung to my arm.
After playing for a while with our bare skin pressed together, we returned indoors in our underwear.
Everyone had seen my erect cock twitching while we played in the water.
It was hilarious how they all pretended not to notice, as though they had agreed beforehand.
Judging by the mood, the other women seemed interested in my body too...
"Everyone worked really hard. Let's hurry up and wash, then eat. Ugh, I'm starving."
"You seriously worked hard, everyone!"
- Ye-jin, hang in there a little longer. I'll come relieve you soon.
- I'm okay. You're all much more exhausted than I am, so please take your time eating.
We encouraged one another and dispersed.
I washed up in the master bathroom with Seon-yeong and made love to her.
We needed to hurry, but both our bodies were too heated to stop.
Seon-yeong seemed unable to hold back either, losing herself in me as though she'd forgotten she was on her period.
It had been a day of grueling labor from the moment morning began.
We had risked our lives in a desperate battle against a zombie horde.
We had endured disgusting sights and nauseating smells while cleaning late into the night.
Every inch of my body cried out with fatigue, and my mind had been pushed to its limit.
Despite all that, we had returned home smiling in the end.
After an entire day of hardship, we had been given only those final thirty minutes.
For that brief time, we let everything go and enjoyed ourselves together.
Had I been alone, would I be smiling like this now?
I felt the crisis strengthening the bonds of the raid party.
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"Tae-sik, are you really going to be okay?"
"Yeah, it's manageable, so I'm telling you. Don't worry and get some deep rest."
We were gathered in one apartment, washing up and eating dinner.
Considering that everyone else was already physically at their limit, I volunteered to stand night watch alone until dawn.
I still had the capacity for it.
"Alright. Today's the first time I've ever envied your ability."
"Your ability's great too, So-ra. Thank you, Raid Leader."
"Thank you. I'll rest up and recover quickly."
Ga-yeong and Ha-na were already eating with their eyes half-closed.
So-ra and Eun-mi still seemed okay.
Seon-yeong looked tired, but her face had a glow to it.
Was that because she'd swallowed my semen in the bathroom?
She wasn't exactly a succubus.
Did my semen actually contain something?
After indulging that absurd thought for a moment, I quickly got up and headed for the roof.
I relieved Ye-jin and sank into thought.
I still hadn't told them about witnessing those two suspicious women.
We had eaten in a rush, discussed the watch schedule, and some people were barely conscious, half-asleep.
I'd meant to bring it up when the timing was right, but I'd missed the chance in the end.
Deciding to talk about it tomorrow, I scanned toward Zone A.
Just then, I heard footsteps climbing up to the roof.
Clunk
"Tae-sik!"
"Huh? So-ra?"
"Yes. Are you very tired, by any chance?"
"No, I'm still fine. You're the one who's exhausted—why did you come all the way up here?"
"Seon-yeong looked so radiant earlier. If you don't mind, could you share some of that energy with me too?"
Looks like she's let loose ever since we slept together.
How had she held back all this time?
It seemed my day's work wasn't quite over yet.