The Exploration
I approached the man nearby and spoke to him.
"Why is only that one woman standing apart?"
"Eh? New search team newcomer?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"It's a kind of punishment. I heard she was the lover of some extremely vicious bastard. They're making her suffer so she can't even rest comfortably. They're humiliating her in public places. This woman doesn't even charge for her services—anyone can do whatever they want with her whenever they want. Though she's a former model, she's pretty and has a nice figure. She used to be a UFC round girl, so quite a few people know her."
"Then are you planning to kill her in the end?"
"Not necessarily... If mercy is shown from above, they might let her go. But since her lover is such a bad guy, it seems like there's no intention of letting her go. At first, dozens of men would rush in and do whatever, but now only a handful are interested because she's almost a corpse. I find it amusing to watch, so I come here often. The first time, when dozens rushed in, it was spectacular. Heh heh."
"But... was the atmosphere here like this from the beginning?"
"Eh? Well... yeah, they have no ethics in how they treat women. It wasn't like this originally. When the moderate leader was in charge, things followed the old rules from before. But after the moderate leader was pushed out, it completely changed. That person got their head chopped off... and his daughter... she was quite pretty, but becoming a plaything and dying is actually fortunate that she didn't die."
"Still, it's an uninteresting world, but there are plenty of sights and it's fun."
"Right? The prisoners got it rough, but... I think if the moderate leader had kept being in charge, this group itself wouldn't have lasted. There are countless people outside trying to target this market. How long can they hold out with their pacifism..."
At that moment, Hye-jeong raised her head and spoke to the manager.
"W-Water... I need to go to the bathroom..."
The manager brought over a metal bucket and placed it in front of her as she spoke with a sob.
"Y-Yes please... I-I need a big one..."
The manager slapped her across the face and said,
"Fuck. So that's why you're here shitting yourself. If you can't shit, just clean it up."
Hye-jeong struggled to squat in front of the bucket. She had held it for so long that she produced a lot.
Someone laughed as they watched her shit, someone else covered their nose and cursed while insulting her. Hye-jeong just kept her head down, straining with all her might. Even if she held it in, she had to shit eventually.
The humiliation of being raped in front of people and then forced to watch her own shit. It's amazing that she hasn't lost her mind yet as a woman. At any moment, she might go crazy and lose her value as a plaything, and then she would be killed.
"She's like a shit-making machine. She's shitting so much."
"Looking at her shitting makes me want to do it too."
"Well, fuck. Your taste is weird."
The manager moved the bucket away, laid Hye-jeong down, and even wiped her with tissue. He did everything.
I checked the flow from the place where the round girl was to the exit. It wasn't far at all since we had to go up the stairs to reach the exit.
Using Super Sensory, where time slowed down, I could take out a few nearby ones in a blink, but if it caused a big commotion, there was no way. And I couldn't just leave the woman either—I had to take her with me. It wasn't easy.
First, I had to find the woman who had entered with me earlier. I had promised to take her out, so I had to. If I couldn't find her, then too bad.
Since the round girl had finished shitting, fewer people wanted to approach her, and the spectators had almost disappeared. It was a good chance.
I walked around the area first and then climbed to the third floor.
From the fourth floor onward, people were guarding the stair entrance. That floor was for the executives, so they were controlling it.
There were several rooms made with partitions here too. Inside, people sat at desks doing various tasks. Seeing it like this, it really felt like a company.
While I was looking around a room, I found the woman from earlier. Her name was... Choi Yun-jeong. There was a small window on the door, so the inside was slightly visible.
In the corner of the room, I saw Choi Yun-jeong standing alone. Several men were talking around her. Her arms were still bound with rope.
Besides her, two more young women were there, both with good appearances. One of them was fully dressed, while the other was completely naked. She stood at attention while a man seemed to be doing a physical examination on her.
A man wearing gloves spread open the woman's labia and examined her.
"This bitch has a sexually transmitted disease. How the hell did she get her body to this state?"
" W-Well, it wasn't there originally. It... it probably appeared after she was raped."
"What? Where the hell are you lying? You came in yesterday. That kind of disease doesn't appear in just a day. This was already there from the beginning."
"A-Ah, no... from the place where it was originally..."
"What? The old men? Hah... how many did you fuck?"
"About twenty... no, thirty... I-I don't remember exactly."
"This is a fucking whore. Since she's not fit for duty, she should be sent to the public area. But this one is treatable with medicine. They'll just feed her medicine for a few days."
They were looking for sexually transmitted diseases and classifying the women? Raped by thirty old men? Where the hell could that even come from. Hah, when you think about it, it makes sense that people of similar ages form groups and feel a sense of community.
I stared fixedly through the window on the door at Choi Yun-jeong. How could I steal this woman away?
There wasn't really any way. I couldn't just kill everyone and take her.
At that moment, the woman's eyes met mine. Actually, it was because I was wearing the helmet, so she saw me with the helmet on.
After her expression changed, she spoke to the man beside her.
"I-I'm... can I go to the bathroom?"
"What? Hold it in."
"I-I really need to go... it's a big one..."
"Eh... hey, go take her to the bathroom and bring her back."
When one man instructed, someone took her out.
I stepped back a bit and stood naturally.
The man and woman heading toward the nearby women's bathroom.
The man took her only to the entrance, and the woman went inside the bathroom.
I naturally followed and pushed the man into the women's bathroom.
"Eh? W-What? You."
- Squish.
I rotated to an angle from which I shouldn't have returned. The man's eyes rolled back, and he died right there. I roughly shoved the man into a stall. Since he died instantly, his experience points rose immediately.
[ Soul 1 Absorbed ]
[ Super Regeneration : 371 ]
"You... really came."
The woman looked surprised at the man dying in front of her, but she still looked at me quite calmly.
"Still, it's a promise. But when escaping, you might die. Will you come with me anyway? I'm giving you the last choice."
"I'll go... I saw a woman hanging miserably by a rope earlier. It would be better than that sight."
"I came here to save that woman."
"Ah... S-Sorry... D-Did you really mean my girlfriend..."
"I will pretend to take you somewhere. Stay calm no matter what happens. Run only when I say so."
The woman nodded, and sweat ran down her face.
I grabbed the rope binding the woman's arm and pulled her.
Walking casually as if transporting a prisoner, I passed by the people.
Someone coming toward us stared fixedly at the woman and asked me.
"Hey? You're search team 4? Where are you taking this woman? Isn't she supposed to be for interrogation soon?"
"Well... I'm taking her according to the team leader's orders."
When I answered as if it was nothing, he tilted his head and walked away without asking more.
He was probably trying to confirm. I moved my feet quickly.
I came to the place where the round girl was tied.
Fortunately, no one was trying to have sex, and two men and women who looked like managers were smoking together.
"Oppa, seriously, how many times did you fuck that bitch?"
"What? Fuck. I'm dirty, so I don't do that kind of thing. I acknowledge how pretty she is. Aah, being next to her all day, seeing her like that... I don't have the heart to do it because she's dirty..."
"No, she's pretty. She's a total sex goddess. No part of her face or breasts is without plastic surgery. And you know how they play with model girls like dirty animals."
"Heh. That's true. If you got plastic surgery too, wouldn't you have popularity?"
"Why the sudden fight? Eh? What? You brought a new woman?"
When I approached the round girl, the woman smoking her cigarette spoke to me. Whether I acknowledged or not, I whispered beside the round girl.
"Hye-jeong. It's me."
"Eh?"
She raised her head slightly with half-closed eyes.
"Me. Seo-jun. Your master."
"Eh?! D-Don't tell me... Y-You died..."
I slightly raised the visor and made our eyes meet. The woman's eyes, which had been weakly and half-open, instantly regained energy and widened.
"Aah..."
"Listen well. Now we're getting out. Just follow me calmly."
A man's voice was heard again from behind.
"Hey. Search team. If you're going to do it, hurry up. Why are you talking to the woman? And what about the woman you brought?"
I lowered the visor and approached the man and woman.
Time slowed with Super Sensory. I reached for my thigh and pulled out a knife.
Their eyes gradually widened in surprise.
In an instant, the knife stabbed their necks deeply one after another.
Before they fell to the ground, I grabbed them by the hand and threw them into the corner.
The fallen man still wasn't completely dead, but he coughed up blood and reached toward me with his hand.
"Krgh... krrr..."
His prayer was completely cut off, so only a bubbling sound came out.
[ Soul 2 Absorbed ]
[ Super Regeneration : 373 ]
I cut the rope from the ceiling connected to the rope binding Hye-jeong's arm.
I grabbed the ropes binding the two women and walked naturally. The two women followed behind me with their heads down.
The remaining time was until the bodies were discovered. I had to walk as naturally as possible.
We walked through the escalator going down to the lower floor.
A person coming from the opposite direction stared at Hye-jeong with strange eyes but didn't say anything.
We came down to the first floor, and now all that was left was to go to the entrance.
"Hey? It's the girl who shits in the public toilet. Where are you taking that woman? Are you search team people?"
Two middle-aged men suddenly spoke to me. With the helmet on, they stared at my strange face.
"The upper-class guy wants to play with them more. This new woman too."
"Ah, but who are you? I've never heard that voice. Let's see your face."
"Yeah. I also haven't heard that voice. Even if you're search team, why wear a helmet inside."
These bastards... I naturally removed the helmet and smiled and said.