The Act of Atonement
Android Clause 0.
Androids manufactured by R.P.M. shall not, under any circumstances, inflict direct harm upon a human being.
Subject to that clause, I stared past the screen that had appeared alongside the joypad. An android in PVP mode was sniping at me. Its name was 'BossMon - Tuna Can Owner'.
An android like Revi was my enemy. The moment I realized that, I thought of a way to proceed, even if it meant risking my life.
"I'll take the lead."
"W-what?!"
"So, Revi, draw the sniper's attention."
As long as Clause 0 existed, the thing couldn't harm me. At least, that was true if it was a 'normal android.' In other words, I would likely be safe, but... it meant that if something went wrong, I could end up with a hole in my head. It was no wonder Revi tried to stop me desperately when I said I'd go first.
But even in this apocalypse, hiding behind women wasn't my style.
"I think that thing is the owner of the tuna cans we took yesterday."
"?! You mean the android currently sniping at us?"
"Yeah. It seems there's a misunderstanding. I'm going to go there myself and clear it up."
"B-but... it's too dangerous! Chanwoo."
"We can't just keep up this pointless war of attrition, can we?"
"...!"
"So trust me and buy me some time, Revi."
"Grr... Understood!"
Believe in the you that believes in me. And believe in the me that believes in you. Revi had once entrusted me with her own control authority. She trusted me more than anyone else. Perhaps that was why she eventually decided to let her master head to the front lines in this dangerous operation.
"Let's persuade them no matter what!"
While Revi deflected the sniper's bullets, I sprinted toward the sniper point in the abandoned building, following the world map. First, I'd have to bow my head and apologize as soon as I met her. Stealing those tuna cans yesterday was an undeniable crime. Besides, in this ruined world, I didn't want to make an enemy of someone with the 'talent to restore factories.' I was just about to start playing it cool to smooth things over when...
...Wait, why is she acting like this all of a sudden?
Tremble, tremble, tremble.
"H-how dare I... act so presumptuously toward a human...! I am so sorry!"
"Huh?"
"I'll do anything...! I'll do absolutely anything! Please, please forgive me!"
She had immediately disarmed. She didn't stop there; she was rubbing her hands together, begging. Her drooping twin-tails hung low like the tail of a frightened puppy, and tears were streaming down from her amethyst eyes like a terrified child.
'Wait, wasn't... we the ones in the wrong?'
"I'm sorry! Please forgive me!"
"Uh... so, what's your name?"
"...! Y-yes! Codename Number - P859JSAO294ED! My designation is Serika!"
"Ah, I see. Serika. I have a question, though. Can I ask it?"
"O-of course! For a piece of junk like me, who was sentenced to functional termination for harming humanity, even a question from a human is a luxury!"
The android named Serika seemed to be trying her best to please me even while crying. Especially the way she forced a smile with a face covered in tears was, how should I put it...
...Honestly, I shouldn't be thinking this, but it was strangely arousing, stirring up a sense of 'sadism.' It meant she was stimulating my lower body. But it didn't seem like the time to worry about that.
"Wait, functional termination?"
The situation where an android I just met declares, "I'm on death row~," was truly baffling. As far as I knew, for an R.P.M. android's internal termination system to trigger, one had to commit a massive crime. But the Serika in front of me didn't look like such a villain at all.
"Serika, why were you terminated?"
"W-well, that is..."
Serika's eyes spun around as she sobbed, as if checking something in a field of view invisible to me. Finally, she confessed her entire situation. That she had pulled the trigger without knowing I was human, that Clause 0 had been triggered because of it, and that she only had about four minutes of functional time left.
"So, to summarize simply..."
"It means I have committed a capital offense."
"No, no! It was clearly a misunderstanding! Are you telling me they'd scrap a 'smart android' like you for just that?!"
"...Smart?"
Serika looked blank for a moment.
Android Clause 0 is terrifying! Of course, from my perspective as a human, it was a reassuring clause. Still, this verdict was too harsh. Besides... I needed Serika. She wasn't just any android. She was the owner of a tuna canning factory and a genius in engineering. I couldn't lose her so pointlessly. She was a talent absolutely necessary for the 'utopia' I dreamed of.
Functional termination? That was an option I could never accept.
Therefore.
"In any case, if I forgive you, the functional termination will be lifted, right?"
"Ah, yes! That is correct!"
Save Serika. No, to be precise, forgive Serika. To recruit her as a colleague, the target had to be alive first.
"I understand. Then, Serika, I forgive you."
"...! T-thank you! Human."
Even though I was the one who started it, I decided to grant forgiveness with a generous heart because I was a 'human.' Serika rejoiced like a paroled prisoner.
"Alright, then it's over now, right?"
"......"
If only it had been that simple!
"T-the functional termination..."
"Huh?"
"The functional termination isn't stopping... Human..."
"What?!"
What does that mean? No, wasn't it supposed to end if I, a human, forgave her? I clearly said I forgave her, but Serika's termination timer was still ticking.
"P-please save me...! I don't want to die...!"
"I forgive you! I'm telling you I forgive you!"
"Sob... but in front of my eyes, it just keeps saying, 'Perform an act worthy of forgiveness.' And the timer won't stop at all...!"
An act worthy of forgiveness...? No, I just told you I forgave you! But no matter how many times I shouted, Serika's situation didn't improve at all. Even though there were only about two minutes left.
"Human... please, please let me perform that act of forgiveness! I beg of you!"
"Serika......"
Even if she performed a dogeza with her voluptuous breasts pressed against the ground, I wanted to know what an 'act worthy of forgiveness' was too! What on earth was this act that was covering Serika's vision in red? Was it because she attacked us? If that were the case, a warning should have appeared back when she fought Revi, even if it wasn't me. In other words, she had to perform an 'act of forgiveness' centered around me.
'All I felt while looking at Serika was a throbbing in my lower body...'
Dressed in a tight white bodysuit that revealed her lewd physique, she had a significant talent for making my 'precious' angry, just like Revi. ...Wait a minute.
'Made me angry?' And an act of forgiveness for a human who is angry? ...There's only one thing that could be.
"Serika, are you really confident you can be forgiven?"
"!! Yes, yes! I'll do anything! Please, just tell me what to do, Human."
"Understood. Then you're the one who said you'd do it first, right?"
"......Yes?"
Honestly, this might not be it. In the worst-case scenario, she would end up as an android who was sexually assaulted while facing functional termination. But I was a veteran who had played Star's Doll for over 20,000 hours. I had no choice but to trust my instincts.
As Serika looked up at me, kneeling as if praying to a god:
Throb.
"?!?!!!?!??!"
I proudly revealed the part of the man she could be forgiven by. In other words, my penis, which was fully erect to the tip of the glans in anger.
"Serika, do you know what this is?"
"Hiet? T-that is..."
"...Don't you want to be forgiven?"
"?! N-no! It's just, I've only seen it in data chips... that's a 'genital,' right?"
"No, this is a 'cock'."
"C-cock...!"
Genitals. If I used such a 'smart word,' it was less arousing and I might lose my erection. So, I began teaching Serika, who might be completely ignorant of sexual knowledge even if not to the extent of Revi, some proper sex education.
"Here's a question. Why is my cock 'erect' like this?"
"Uh, uh... w-well..."
"You'd better answer quickly before the functional termination timer runs out."
"...! B-because you're excited! According to what I read in R.P.M., a human male's... no, a cock erects when it feels sexual arousal."
"Yeah, you know well. Now, the final question. Why is my cock so angry that you can even see the veins?"
"Eh? W-well... w-well..."
Grr. This little girl. Even after giving her hints like this, she still doesn't know? Is she pretending not to know because she's shy? Or does she really not know? Either way, dragging it out any longer was dangerous for Serika. So, to teach her the rest of the answer through practice:
"The reason is you, Serika! Because of your lewd body!"
"Hup?!"
Thrust!
I grabbed Serika's twin-tails, which she was using to think, as if I were grabbing motorcycle handlebars. Then, I thrust my erect cock—which had been throbbing because I hadn't had a chance to release the sperm that had been building up due to recent events and Revi—right into her mouth, which was wide open in surprise.
As soon as I did, the moist sensation, incomparable to the lonely hand-jobs I'd been doing, made me...
Splurt.
Splurt.
"First shot."
"Ugh...!"
I extracted my first hot batch of semen, enough to leave a trail of sticky fluid on Serika's innocent face.
[Codename: P859JSAO294ED]
[Android - Serika's 'Act of Atonement' confirmed.]
[Functional termination counter disabled as of this moment.]