Chapter 2: Officetel

“They’re saying to lower the server by 20 percent this month.”

“Right away? Then can we just cut the bottom 20 percent and lower it?”

“Not immediately. We still need to squeeze what we can out of them. Run the recycling program.”

“Understood.”

I still vividly remember the day the world ended.

The message that appeared before people’s eyes.

[All players over 70 years old will be deleted.]

[There will be no further influx of new players.]

Just two incomprehensible sentences.

With those two sentences, the world descended into chaos.

I returned to my hideout.

A secret bunker beneath the yard, built by some rich person.

There’s no better place to live in this dreadful world.

A world where safety has become the top priority.

It wasn’t people I could trust.

Only the underground bunker with its ventilation system, monitoring room, separate power facility, and groundwater supply system was my most reliable partner.

Lying on the bed, I recalled the events of the day.

A woman whose name I didn’t know, a woman who satisfied me twice.

But now she’s gone from this world.

To disappear upon death… what exactly happens?

Thinking that far, I stopped thinking.

It’s something that won’t reach a conclusion no matter how much I think about it.

I changed the subject.

I’ve earned quite a bit of coin, so I won’t need to go out for a while.

The less I go out, the less the risk.

With plenty of food stored and enough coin, there’s no need for me to risk going outside.

“Sleep.”

I use the sleep skill on myself.

But as expected, it doesn’t work in one go. Of course.

“Sleep.”

Failure again.

“Sleep.”

“Sleep.”

“Sleep.”

“Sleep.”

“Sleep.”

“Sleep.”

Fail, fail, fail, fail, fail…

Slight irritation creeps in.

I’ve never failed using it on others, but my own insomnia seems to resist even that skill, defying the sleep skill.

“Damn it. Just let me sleep. Please.”

After using the sleep skill for a long time, I finally managed to accumulate enough proficiency and fall asleep.

“Ugh.”

Waking up, I took out my smartphone and checked the time.

“Did I sleep for 13 hours?”

I opened an app on my smartphone and noted down the time I slept.

As a severe insomniac, I have no sense of how much I’ve slept unless I keep track like this, so I make sure to record it even though it’s a hassle.

“Hmm.”

My stomach growls with hunger.

I went to the food storage and grabbed whatever I saw.

Potato chips and cup noodles.

Not sure what kind of combination it is, but it seems decent enough.

I poured hot water into the cup noodles, let them cook, and quickly shoved them into my stomach.

After finishing even the last crumbs of the potato chips, I lay back down comfortably on the bed.

The world is falling apart, but electricity and water are still working fine.

It’s inexplicable.

Does this even make sense?

There’s no way anyone is working at places like power plants now.

With the world in this state, there can’t be anyone diligently working.

But thinking differently, it makes sense. If they can kill people so easily, keeping electricity and water running wouldn’t be that difficult.

Boredom.

Nothing to do. A damn boring daily routine.

No, there is something.

The only enjoyable pleasure in this crazy world.

I quickly got ready to go out, but then I had second thoughts.

There’s no need to go out, so why risk it?

I already know the answer.

Right, there are no women here.

Without hesitation, I went to the monitoring room.

Outside, nothing was caught on the cameras.

I carefully checked the cameras just in case someone was hiding, and after confirming again that there was no one, I climbed the ladder and opened the bunker door.

I concealed the bunker entrance well and stood there for a moment, pondering.

Where should I go?

I’ve already been to the mart, so should I try a different direction?

Then where should I go? Officetel? Underground shopping center? Subway station?

It’s 3 AM now, not a bad time to move.

The underground shopping center and subway station are a bit risky, so how about the officetel?

A 25-story officetel right next to the subway station.

It’s a place I’m familiar with, having lived there before coming here.

It’s the perfect hunting ground.

The only downside is that there aren’t many people coming in, so it’s hard to come here often.

The number of people living there has decreased. Noticeably.

I quietly went up the stairs through the underground parking lot.

With my ears pricked up, I slowly ascended one floor at a time.

Muttering voices

As soon as I heard the sound, I froze.

Carefully approaching the source of the noise, I used a mirror to peek at what was happening.

Four men.

The kind you absolutely don’t want to encounter.

Three I could handle, but from four onwards, the risk increases dramatically.

I hate fights with no chance of winning. It’s better to avoid that kind altogether.

Too bad. If there were only three, I’d have caught and killed them right away.

I’ll observe for a bit. You never know what might happen.

“Hey! Open the door!”

The sound of one of the men kicking the door and shouting, followed by the sound of the door opening.

“Oppa! You’re here!?”

And a woman’s voice.

Lust slowly rises within me.

‘Crazy bastard. Getting turned on just by a woman’s voice?’

Thinking that, I stood there and contemplated.

It’s risky to target them… but the woman’s voice got me hooked.

However, attacking someone inside a house is a completely different situation from those wandering outside.

What to do?

Just because I’m out hunting doesn’t mean opportunities arise every time… I’m torn. Torn.

Creak

As I was pondering, the sound of the door opening and boisterous voices reached my ears.

At that sound, I quietly looked through the mirror again.

Three of the four men I saw earlier came out.

“Thanks! We’ll enjoy it!”

The men, grinning and laughing as they received something.

Slam

The door closed, and the men walked towards me.

Oh… are they coming this way? All three of them?

What a stroke of luck. Reducing their numbers on their own.

The three approaching men turned and stood in front of the elevator.

I quietly watched them and said:

“Sleep.”

One by one, the three men collapsed with a thud.

Without much thought, I drew my machete and stabbed all three of them.

[You have acquired 2,213 coins.]

[You have acquired 3,101 coins.]

[You have acquired 1,900 coins.]

“Phew.”

It all happened in an instant.

In the place where the men had disappeared, a black bag lay.

Catching my breath, I looked inside the bag.

“Canned beer?”

The bag contained six cans of beer.

As someone who doesn’t drink alcohol, it held no interest for me.

Taking it would only be a burden, adding unnecessary weight.

But for now, I picked up the bag and headed towards the door the men had entered earlier.

‘Was it here?’

It was a long hallway, so I wasn’t sure which door it was.

But from inside the door where I was standing, I could hear a woman’s laughter, “Kyahahaha.”

‘This is it.’

And just from the woman’s laughter, my thing got erect.

‘Am I really a crazy bastard?’

A slightly amusing thought crossed my mind.

I took a deep breath and put my ear to the door.

The woman’s laughter, the sound of a man talking.

Taking another deep breath, I banged on the door and shouted.

“Hey, open the door! I left something behind!”

I deliberately spoke with a slightly nasal voice, and when the door opened, I stood out of sight.

“Ah, fuck, what is it?”

Thud

“Ouch! Open it gently, damn it!”

The door only opened a crack due to the secondary lock.

I had anticipated this, so I pretended to collapse from the impact.

“Ah, what the? Hey, are you alright?”

Click

The door closed again, and I heard the sound of the secondary lock being disengaged.

The door opened, and as soon as the man’s face appeared, I used the skill.

“Sleep.”

Thud

The man collapsed on the spot.

“Oppa! What’s going on!?”

I opened the door wide and used the skill on the woman who came into view.

“Sleep.”

The woman also crumpled to the floor.

Before anyone could see, I quickly stabbed the man with my machete.

As expected, the man disappeared, and a golden pouch appeared.

[You have acquired 4,788 coins.]

I stepped inside, closed the door, and engaged all the locks.

“Whew.”

Only then did I breathe a sigh of relief. It was a damn crude plan, but thankfully it worked.

“Fucking hell. Nice.”

The coins alone were a decent haul.

And an even greater reward, incomparable to that, was the woman lying unconscious in the room.

From the glimpse I caught earlier, she seemed quite attractive.

I felt like I could burst into song.

Looking around the room, it seemed like a place where a woman lived alone.

It had been a while since I’d been in a woman’s room, so it felt strange.

My already fully erect member clearly expressed how I felt.

“Let’s see.”

The unconscious woman appeared to be in her early twenties.

Hair styled upwards, heavy makeup, a slender figure, a loose T-shirt, and dolphin pants.

“Kya, dolphin pants.”

If there were a list of the top 10 inventions that made the world a better place, dolphin pants would definitely be among them.

A magical item that excites men just by being worn.

I crouched beside the lying woman and observed her for a moment.

Lucky.

No, I should say I’m fucking lucky.

I reached out and stroked her thigh.

Soft skin.

Why are women’s bodies so soft?

Just touching her thigh made me feel like I was about to release pre-cum.

Ah, this is really good.

I lifted the loose T-shirt.

Full breasts, at least a D-cup.

Bigger breasts than the woman from the mart yesterday.

I had an intense urge to lick and suck them right away.

I put down my backpack and took off my clothes one by one.

My member, standing tall and firm, showed no signs of shrinking.

I approached the woman in my fully erect state.

“Oof.”

I picked her up and laid her on the bed.

Even her disheveled appearance seemed seductive.

All thanks to the dolphin pants.

Since her clothes were loose, I simply pushed them up and lifted her bra as well.

Two breasts spilled out, bouncing slightly.

With this size, even a paizuri might be possible.

I’d only seen it in porn, never done it myself, so I climbed on top of the woman’s stomach.

The position was awkward as hell, but I managed to get it somewhat close.

“Is this how you do it?”

I placed my member between her cleavage and rubbed it against her breasts.

“Hmm… fuck? Is this not how it’s done? Doesn’t feel like much.”

It was harder than I thought.

Was this something the woman had to do?

No, but seriously, how much feeling could this even have? It feels good, but it’s not like, fucking amazing or anything…

“Forget it. Since when did I do things like this.”

I reached out and grabbed her breasts with both hands.

Breasts that couldn’t be fully held in my hands.

This is… truly a cheat.

My fingers sank into the soft flesh of her breasts.

And her pink nipples.

As if no one had ever sucked on them before.

I held one breast with both hands and sucked on the nipple.

The small, cute nipple boasted its softness in my mouth.

I wanted to bite it right there, even if it meant waking her up.

‘Should I really bite it?’

I could just put her back to sleep, but waking her up like this is dangerous.

Who knows what kind of skills she might have.

There was no need to ruin the mood with unnecessary actions, so I gave up on biting and just sucked on it.

It felt like a sweet taste was coming from her breasts.

“Is she some kind of celebrity?”

It wouldn’t be surprising.

Maybe not a full-fledged celebrity, but an aspiring actress or something?

With such thoughts, I explored her breasts to my heart’s content and then prepared to get down to business.

The dolphin pants.

I’d always wanted to try it with a woman wearing dolphin pants without taking them off.

Today was the day.