Reincarnated in a depressing erotic world but living a normal life (right?)
The First Time
"Mmm~♪"
The cell was plunged into a tense silence, broken only by the girl's soft and carefree humming.
"......"
Leo, still with his mouth agape, watched a second man, more cautious than the first, approach the girl slowly. His hand extended towards her, but suddenly, a few steps away, his body stopped dead. His eyes glazed over and he fell to the floor without making a sound. Beside him, the silver-haired girl continued to doodle in her notebook, unflappable.
The pattern repeated. A woman tried to walk in her direction to wake her up, but in the same way as the men, she collapsed as if her legs had turned to jelly. The fear became palpable. The prisoners who were still conscious instinctively moved away from the girl, leaving a circle of unconscious bodies around her.
Leo, unable to believe what his eyes were seeing, slowly stood up. He walked to the farthest corner of the cell and began pacing back and forth, feeling an avalanche of questions that overwhelmed him.
"Who is she? How can she be doing something like that?" he murmured, rubbing his head. His analytical mind refused to accept reality.
"Is it a trap? An ability? Some kind of invisible force field?"
While his mind searched for an explanation, his eyes examined every inch of the place. His gaze swept over the cold walls, the dirty bars, and the concrete ceiling.
"Is there really no way out...?"
He ran his hands over the surface, searching for a crack, a crack large enough to offer a glimmer of hope for escape. But he found nothing. The cell was an impregnable cement box, with no weak points. He sat down abruptly, despair growing in his chest as he realized there seemed to be no way to escape.
And as the silence in the cell grew heavier...
(Click!)
Suddenly, the metallic sound of a lock being released echoed down the hallway, and the heavy steel door of the cell opened with a sharp creak. Everyone, except for the girl who remained absorbed in her task, looked up with a mix of fear and hope, expecting to see their captors.
However, what they saw left them even more perplexed...
"....."
Standing in the doorway, under the faint light of the hallway, was a woman. Her athletic figure was enveloped in a carbon-black, form-fitting bodysuit that adhered to her skin like a second layer, highlighting every sculpted muscle. The mask covering her face was equally snug and seamless, exposing only a pair of electric-blue eyes that seemed to glow in the darkness. The suit had light armor plates on the shoulders, chest, and knees, with an angular, futuristic design reminiscent of the "fighters" from Leo's television series. She wore combat boots with thick soles and gloves that extended to her elbows.
The attire, extremely indecent and unexpected given the situation, plunged Leo and the other prisoners into an even greater state of confusion. Were they rescuers? Were they their captors? The woman looked powerful, dangerous, but her appearance was that of a fictional character, not a real person.
Leo felt an even bigger wave of questions. His mind, desperately searching for a logical explanation, refused to process what he was seeing. Beside him, the silver-haired girl remained indifferent, with a pen in hand and her gaze fixed on her notebook, completely oblivious to the world that was crumbling around her.
"......."
The "combatant" remained motionless in the doorway, her black mask concealing any expression. Her electric-blue gaze settled fixedly on the silver-haired girl, a mechanical inspection, devoid of warmth or recognition. After a few seconds of silence, her voice resonated in the cell, a metallic and monotonous tone, as if she were reciting a pre-established protocol.
"Target identified: next future combatant. Immediate extraction required."
Her words, spoken in a robotic and inflectionless style, left Leo and the others even more bewildered.
(Future combatant? What was she talking about?)
While Leo sank into his thoughts, wondering what was happening and what she meant, the combatant continued walking towards the "girl" with mechanical steps.
But what neither Leo nor the others present knew was that this woman, with her imposing suit and expressionless gaze, had originally been an ordinary civilian.
Like the people now trapped in the cell, she had been a victim of a kidnapping perpetrated by the evil alien organization known as "THUNDER CLAW." This invading race, arriving from the depths of space, had a clear objective: the domination of this world. To achieve this, they kidnapped civilians and, through cruel brain reprogramming and horrible genetic modifications, transformed them into will-less combatants or monstrous creatures, swelling their ranks for conquest.
But this world, however, was not defenseless, as it had the protection of powerful beings like magical girls and holy warriors, who secretly fought against the alien threat. The woman at the door was a living testament to the power and cruelty of THUNDER CLAW, a living tool stripped of its humanity.
However, unlike other "common" humans who could only accept the injustice of the situation, being converted without opposition—including herself long ago—the "girl" she was approaching step by step to fulfill her "mission" was anything but common.
The combatant, with her robotic gait and the gaze of her mechanical eyes fixed on the goal, moved without hesitation, ignoring the unconscious bodies lying on the floor. Each step brought her closer to the source of the disconcerting calm, to the silver-haired girl who continued doing her homework, oblivious to the threat looming over her.
...Or so it seemed at first.
"Ouch...! Why was that, Echidna?!"
Suddenly, the girl looked up, pulling off her sound blockers with an expression of pain, shouting in a high-pitched, whining voice.
"......."
"....Wait a second... a combatant...?"
Her gaze, which had been absorbed in her task, now met the figure of the silent woman, who was approaching her without hesitation. The girl was stunned for an instant, processing the scene. Immediately after, she pulled a small electric taser from the pocket of her maid costume.
"Low voltage..."
(Electric discharge!!)
And with a quick movement, she activated it, muttering a short sentence in an irritated whisper and striking the "combatant's" chest by surprise.
"Zzt-a-a-a-A-a-A!"
A large amount of electricity was released, causing the woman to emit a mechanical shriek as her bright blue eyes flickered erratically.
(Ka-pow!!)
In the end, in the same way as the others, the combatant collapsed stunningly to the floor, completely knocked out, leaving everyone present even more confused and astonished.
"Well... I didn't expect this...", the girl murmured with an expression of annoyance, scrunching her face into a troubled frown.
"Haa... I guess I should try to escape..."
After saying that, the girl closed her notebook with a dry click and paused. Her gaze, which until now had only been focused on her task, swept across the cell and stopped at the unconscious bodies around her, including that of the man who had assaulted her and the combatant.
"What happened here?" she said with confusion in her tone and a lightly terrifying quality, as if she were "used to" such events. "Hey, Echidna~... Would an explanation be useful?! Why are there so many unconscious men around me?!"
Immediately afterward, she started arguing to herself, moving her lips as if demanding answers from the void of the cell. Her questions, directed at no one in particular, echoed in the silence, deepening the mystery even further.
Leo, who had been in a state of shock from the illogical succession of events, began to process what he had witnessed. The sudden collapse of the men, the girl's taser, the "combatant," and, above all, her ability to knock her out. With each piece of the puzzle, Leo came to an inevitable conclusion: whatever was happening with this kidnapping, it was something that definitely surpassed him. And if he wanted a chance to escape, he would need the cooperation of the strange girl in front of him.
"Well, first, let's make things easier... Echidna, please."
But at that moment, after hearing the girl say those words, a strange sensation filled the cell.
"W-what... is happening?"
"My... con...sciousness..."
"A-ah..."
All the prisoners, both conscious and unconscious, lost their awareness completely.
"...M-my... str...ength..."
Leo, in contrast, felt a sharp pang of pain, similar to what he once experienced as a child when he went to a zoo and was bitten by a snake. And somehow, unlike the others, Leo had not lost consciousness, although his legs gave way to the weakening, causing him to fall to the floor.
At that moment, while Leo, immobilized on the floor trying to move his body, observed his surroundings using only his sight, he heard the girl speak again.
"Alright!"
(Poof!)
"Let's do this!"
After hearing her say that, a moment later a soft sound resonated in the air, accompanied by a burst of light, and the girl's figure was revealed, transformed. Where there had been a "girl" in a maid costume, there was now a magical girl, with a completely different outfit and a resplendent aura, leaving Leo stunned on the floor.
"Mmm... what was I looking for behind me...?"
But suddenly, the girl's bright smile changed, and she tilted her head in innocent confusion.
"........................"
".... H-hello."
"........................"
At which point, after slowly turning, she was met with Leo's look of astonishment and discomfort and, not knowing what to say, she just returned a blank stare.
Immediately after, the girl turned around and, without hesitation, calmly walked towards the cell wall. Before Leo's astounded gaze, she stood in front of the concrete wall and, with an unsettling naturalness, smashed her face into it.
(Smaaash!!)
The sound was a dry thud, and a crater formed in the concrete.
"H-hiiii!!"
Leo let out a pathetic whimper. The fear he felt had transformed into absolute horror.
"......."
However, the girl pulled her head out of the crater with the same calm with which she had put it in. In her hand, a cute pink frying pan appeared out of thin air, as if she had summoned it with a magic trick. With a sweet smile, she looked at Leo and, as if she were singing, said:
"I wonder if a bonk will make you forget~♪?"
After hearing this and gathering all his strength, Leo let out the loudest scream ever uttered in his entire life.
"Wait a minute! Please, LET'S TALK!!"