The Invisible Hands
I discovered that I had become a powerless girl. Something like a hand was caressing my chest. It was rough yet soft, covering my breasts, giving the sensation of rolling on a sandy beach, but it felt strange. The shape wasn't fixed and kept shifting, as if powder had been lifted by telekinesis and formed into a hand. My body was still damp, so it was natural for the powder to stick, but nothing actually adhered to my skin. Was the telekinetic control that delicate? No—everything was being absorbed through my skin. He was deliberately keeping the amount low with his telekinesis. Ugh...! It was unpleasant. Not because of the drug, but because someone was touching my body. I'd had plenty of experience tangling with opponents while subduing them or being subdued, but being touched like this while restrained was almost a first.
Just as I was starting to get used to the bizarre sensation on my chest, a new hand slipped between my legs. My top was nearly stripped off and tied around my wrists, but my pants were still on, so it was less invasive than the hands on my chest. Still, the fact that he was touching my legs—covered by clothing—with a drug that absorbed through skin made it even more unpleasant.
"You were talking plenty earlier. Guess you don't have the luxury now. That mouth that kept running is finally quiet."
"Ha...! Don't make me laugh. You're the one without any leeway. Resorting to such a classic method."
"Then how about we go even more classic!"
Mmph...! Another hand made of powder appeared and covered my mouth and nose. Every time I tried to inhale, a little powder slipped in through my nose. Ghh...! Ghh...! The powder in my nose made me sneeze, but with my mouth blocked I couldn't do it properly. On top of that, when I breathed through my mouth, more powder entered. My head spun instantly. The drug's effect spread across my entire face, and heat flared up in a rush. Even though the drug absorbed through skin, it clearly wasn't as effective as when inhaled through the respiratory tract. Thankfully, before the drug's effect reached my head, my regeneration kicked in and the heat didn't spread throughout my body... but it was still quite threatening. Haa... haa... haa... My breathing... grew rough... Naturally, the amount of drug I inhaled increased as well...
Regeneration wasn't the same as building tolerance. It was true that tolerance developed through repeated regeneration, but a superhuman's regeneration was slightly different... Yes... it was closer to a power that returned things to their original form... I remembered hearing something like that once.
"What's wrong? Your breathing's already getting rough."
With that, the fingers of the hand covering my mouth parted... and pulled away from my lips... In that moment I gasped for air through my mouth...
"Hah...! Hah...! Hah...!"
"The effect must be quite different between absorbing through skin and through the nose..."
While I panted heavily, he muttered quietly as he watched my reaction. With my eyes covered by the blindfold, my ears had grown sharper, but his murmur nearly got drowned out by my own breathing. The drug still entered through my nose, but the amount coming through my mouth had vanished, so the heat on my face began to cool again.
"Haa... haa... haa..."
Of course, even that alone left enough residual heat on my face that clear judgment was difficult—
Smack—!
"Ugh!"
The hand that had merely been kneading my chest suddenly squeezed hard. At the same time, the hand gripping my breast began to grow larger.
"I don't like leaving marks. I was secretly looking forward to it since you were a precious regeneration user."
Something touched my lips, which I'd been biting with my teeth to cool my heated face. It rubbed back and forth, trying to force its way between my lips. The inside of the mouth regenerated as quickly as other vital areas. But just as regeneration didn't trigger before an injury occurred, the drug's effect didn't activate before regeneration could respond. He'd clearly sent away the guard after saying there wasn't much drug left, yet for some reason it felt like there was still plenty—enough to keep feeding it into my mouth.
"Just open your mouth. It'll be better for you if this ends quickly too, right?"
"..."
I wanted to say it was meaningless, but I couldn't. If it truly had been meaningless, I could have just said so. But the moment I opened my mouth, the drug would enter and it would no longer be meaningless.
Crunch—!
"Mmph!"
The now-larger hand pressed down on my chest with its fingers. The pain that came along with the drug's absorption created a strange sensation. I felt that sensation, clenched my teeth, and kept my mouth shut, but one finger of the hand blocking my nose eventually forced its way past my lips. He used the massive powder hand to crush, squeeze, and move my chest around. The drug was being absorbed through my inner lips and gums, but... it still couldn't enter my mouth properly.
Soon, as if deciding this was taking too long, he created two more hands and grabbed the front of both breasts. Unlike before, smaller hands now gripped my nipples—more sensitive than the rest of my body. Then all four hands simultaneously squeezed and twisted my breasts...!
"Ghh...! Mmph—"
At the pain, two fingers made of the drug slipped into my open mouth. "Kgh—! Kgh—! Kgh—!" The two fingers that reached my throat moved in an alternating rhythm, striking the inside of my neck. I tried to bite them with my teeth to reduce the amount of drug entering my mouth, but it was useless. Meanwhile, the four hands continued to grope my chest. If my wrists hadn't been bound, I could have done something to push them away, but with my arms tied tightly and dangling, that wasn't possible...
The sound of flowing water reached my ears.
"Ha... Looks like that guy is already on his way."
As he spoke, he used telekinesis to lift the hand gripping my nipple while the other massive hand curled its fingers and tightened around the base of my breast. I'd rarely experienced having my breasts lifted, but it felt like my nipples were being raised higher than my collarbones. Whether from the continuous drug inhalation or from having my chest toyed with, my entire body suddenly burned hot.
Crack— A sound that shouldn't have come from my chest rang out. Pleasure... I didn't feel any. Only discomfort. Press— This time, instead of pulling as if trying to tear it off, he twisted my nipple and pressed my breast inward as if trying to push it inside. He wasn't stimulating my legs right now, yet I kept feeling a throbbing sensation where my male genitalia used to be. My fingers twitched, my legs spread, and my head tilted upward.
—! The sensation I'd felt for the first time surged upward in an instant. Of course, it didn't last and disappeared just as quickly, but the afterglow remained. I frantically turned my head and tried to rub the blindfold off against my arm, but the hand covering my mouth and blocking my nose held my head firmly in place, so I couldn't move at all. I thrashed my legs. My body swung back and forth, but the only part of me that was free was my legs. Originally, I'd planned to wait until that guy approached, but my thoughts had changed. I'd expected him to come closer and touch me directly, but this situation—where he kept manipulating the drug to grope my body—showed no sign of ending.
"Look at you struggling just because you inhaled some drug..."
"Kgh...!"
At least the fingers that had resembled human ones were gradually lengthening and pushing deeper into my throat. That burning sensation I'd just felt...! returned again... Moreover, this drug. I'd thought it was just a new drug that absorbed only through skin... but to think that a new drug with this level of effect was being distributed in District 3—and in such large quantities, considering only the amount used on me. I'd realized something was wrong far too late.
Thud—! I raised my leg and kicked my own chest with the sole of my shoe. The hands groping my chest scattered somewhat. Thanks to my increased flexibility my foot could reach my chest, but my reduced muscle strength meant I couldn't completely sweep them away.
"Kgh—!"
The powder I'd kicked away seemed to go down my throat, because the amount of drug entering my mouth suddenly increased. It would have been better to just let him knead my chest rather than ingest it, but that wasn't what I wanted. I raised my leg again and kicked my chest. Thud—!
"We're short on time, and you're still throwing a fit."
"Kgh—!!"
The drug that had barely been at my throat or...! near it now pushed even deeper...! inside. The powder still gripped one breast as if trying to...! tear it off. I could feel both the fingers holding my head and the ones trying to rip at my chest slowly disappearing. At the same time, the amount of drug entering me kept increasing.
"Kgh—! Kgh—!"
As if treating me like a sack meant to hold the drug, it began pouring in indiscriminately. The drug that had been holding my head also entered my mouth, so I could finally turn my head, but by then even the hands that had been tightly squeezing my chest had already been absorbed inside me. And to some extent, the drug that had maintained its shape through telekinesis lost its form once the telekinesis vanished, and without the telekinesis regulating how much was absorbed, the drug flooded into me all at once...!! Absorb...! ...! ..!! !!! .... ...! ... ...... .........
"...Cough! Cough!"
"Whew. That should be enough of a warning..."
My eyes stung.