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Twilight bled across the sky.
Inside a secluded villa Saeko, Yuriko, Rika and the other women gathered, each face a mix of panic and despair. Rika had brought shattering news: the top brass intended to launch a nuclear strike on the entire city.
Launch time—imminent. No one could possibly escape.
"Damn it! We fought so hard to stay alive—why end like this!"
Saya smashed a fist on the table; Rei and the rest burned with the same helpless fury. Day after day they'd risked their lives clearing the dead to carve out this safe zone, only to face obliteration?
Rika checked her phone, voice flat, and resigned to fate. "Time's up. The warhead's on its way."
A deep hum rolled across the dusk. Everyone ran to the window and looked up: a missile, tail flaming, plunged earth-ward.
"Good-bye… world…"
Rei closed her eyes. In her final instant one image flashed unbidden: Tatsuki, the man she had been waiting for without realizing her heart already carried his imprint.
Boom.
The ground shuddered. Nuclear death—inevitable…
A full minute passed. Rei's eyes opened in confusion. "Am… I dead?" No pain? Around her the others wore the same dazed look.
Where was the flash, the firestorm? They stared at Rika. She shook her head. "Don't look at me. We all saw the warhead, we felt the quake."
"D-dud round?" Yuriko guessed. "Can a nuke misfire?"
Alice, too young to grasp the stakes, only copied their frowns, while Shizuka kept glancing at Saeko—she hadn't looked worried at all, as if she knew something.
Saeko suddenly smiled radiantly. "Tatsuki-kun, you're here."
That name tugged every heartstring. The girls turned and saw the figure some of them dreamed of nightly.
"Tatsuki-kun!"
"Tatsuki onii-chan!" Little Alice threw herself against him. Tatsuki raised one hand, letting her cling, and ruffled her hair with the other. "Long time no see."
Saeko spoke calmly. "The warhead—Tatsuki-kun disposed of it, didn't you?"
He nodded and held out his right hand. A red marble floated above his palm.
Yuriko's voice trembled. "Is that…?"
"The entire energy of the nuke. Right here." He said it as casually as discussing the weather. By vector control he had gathered every joule of the detonation, wrapped it in layered shells—now a bead he twirled between fingers.
Shock rippled through the room. They knew what a nuclear blast meant—yet here he was, toying with it like a glass marble.
"That's nuclear yield! May I touch it?" Saya, ever the researcher, leaned in, eyes sparkling.
"Quit fooling around." Tatsuki's thought flicked; crimson matter gulped the bead, and it vanished. Saya groaned in disappointment.
Shizuka clapped, belated realization dawning. "No wonder Saeko never panicked—you knew he'd come!"
Saeko nodded. The others understood: Saeko had summoned salvation.
Tatsuki smiled at her. "Since I'm here, I'll wipe out the zombies in this world as well."
"E-eliminate all the undead?" Yuriko whispered.
"Exactly."
"Is that even possible?"
"Watch."
His irises shifted color. The women felt a subtle change, though they couldn't perceive what Tatsuki saw: every instance of the zombie virus appeared to him as a single death-line. One flick of his finger severed it. Then, releasing his Dominator, he broadcast into the neural field of every human: the virus is gone, no more hostility. His eyes returned to normal. "All done."
Blink
"All… done?" They had seen nothing. A feat greater than a nuke should've rocked the horizon, yet the world looked unchanged—except Saeko, whose system pinged.
[Ding! Zombie virus eradicated, apocalypse ended.]
[Reward: Tatsuki +1,000,000 Apocalypse Points; Saeko Busujima +100,000.]
Saeko opened her mouth about the points but bit it back. Tatsuki smiled, "Keep them; I'm not hurting for a few extra."
Saya squinted. "What are you two whispering?"
"Nothing," Saeko said lightly. "Tatsuki-kun resolved the undead. Go outside and see for yourselves."
"Right!" They rushed out. Rei paused at the door, noticing Saeko hadn't moved, then slipped outside.
Tatsuki raised an eyebrow. "Not curious?"
Saeko licked her crimson lips, hand already at her obi. Silk rustled. She swayed closer. "Tatsuki-kun, you know how long I've waited for this moment."
He glanced down at lace-black fabric revealed beneath. "Now I do."
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One hour later night had fully fallen. In a bedroom littered with overturned furniture Saeko stretched lazily beside Tatsuki, skin glowing. Fingers traced his chest. "Tell me, had you done this before?"
"Only with my girlfriends."
She laughed, pressing closer, breath warm. "Then may I be your woman?"
He lifted her chin. "Aren't you already?"
"Hearing it from your lips settles the heart." She smiled, completely content.
Click. The door opened.
Tatsuki asked, almost by reflex, "Who's there?"
Silence. The door shut. Fabric whispered; bare feet padded closer; cool skin brushed his.
"It's me—Rei."
A single glance passed between Tatsuki and Saeko. Neither surprised. His hand was already moving.
"Mm—!"
"You're sure?"
"Y-yes… I love Tatsuki-kun… I want to be yours… mmh…"
"Then come."
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Downstairs, Saya, Yuriko, Shizuka, Rika and Alice ate dinner—relaxed at last, the world saved. Yet the cries echoing from upstairs set cheeks aflame. Alice kept her head down, stuffing rice.
Rika, amused, glanced at the shut bedroom and timed again. "Three hours so far."
Face crimson, Saya whispered, "Mother… are men really that… powerful?" Her own self-help never lasted more than ten minutes, yet upstairs the tempo hardly paused.
Yuriko squeezed her chopsticks, legs shifting. She had no answer. The ever-blunt Shizuka tapped her chin. "Medically, thirty to fifty minutes is already exceptional—split across sessions, of course. Three hours nonstop? Tatsuki-kun may be superhuman."
Mother and daughter went scarlet—Alice nearly vanished beneath the table.
But three hours was only the midpoint: from Saeko's first embrace to the final sigh six hours passed. Saeko's Lv 4 enhanced body bore the main battery fire; Rei did her best but quickly fell behind.
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Dawn. The villa lay quiet.
Curious, the women cracked the bedroom door: Tatsuki was gone. The room itself—a battlefield. Furniture overturned, linens shredded. Saeko and Rei slept entwined, bodies slick as if drenched in milk.
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Even during class Tatsuki savored memories of Saeko and Rei. Among all the souls he'd tasted, Saeko's world was the richest yet—well, Azur Lane was crazier, but still. Maybe Cocolia's motherly method had awakened a kink; the same techniques drew delightful reactions here.
He glanced at Yukino seated ahead. "Hmm… work to do. I'll have to catalyze her myself."
Yukino, dutifully taking notes, suddenly felt a powerful malice and wondered whether she should tell Tatsuki. He certainly wasn't listening; day-dreaming was king.
Group Chat.
March 7th: Saeko? Tatsuki? Where are you people? Been a whole day!
Platelet: D-do you think they're in danger?
White Cell: If Tatsuki needs help, I'm ready.
Tatsuki: Appreciate it, but I'm fine. Platelet, next time call me onii-chan.
Platelet: O-okay… Tatsuki onii-chan.
Silver Wolf: First a platelet, then Honghong—are you a little-sister freak?
Tatsuki: No way. Blood sisters? Zero interest. Non-blood little sisters? 100 % YES!
Silver Wolf: Can I call the cops?
Tushan Honghong: Tatsuki onii-chan is a good man!
March 7th: Stay on topic!
Tatsuki: Nuke handled and zombie apocalypse handled.
Seitenshi: Then where's Saeko-san?
Tatsuki: Busy. Slept herself out.
Nami: …
Emilia: Saving a world is surely exhausting!
Bronya: Even paperwork makes my head spin.
Tatsuki: Then work hard. I'll bring your mother soon to see your progress.
Bronya: Mother is coming? Understood—I'll double my efforts!
Tatsuki: Atta girl.
He closed the chat and gazed at the ceiling. "Oh? They're here already?"
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