"Is Alya alright?" Masachika asked Yuki, his expression soured as he sees her hesitate.
"...First, please open that black suitcase I brought in. The PIN is my date of birth, reversed."
"Sure..?"
As Yuki puts her clothes back on, Masachika unlocks the suitcase she brought along.
Before he could unzip the case, Yuki stops his hand.
"Wait... Before you open it..." She said to Masachika with serious tone.
"What is it?" He asked Yuki.
"...Just know that uh... I did the best I could."
"Of course. Don't worry, whatever is inside, I will never hate you."
"...Thank you. Sorry, I'm just worried..."
Masachika unzips the suitcase and looks inside.
But he could have never guessed or prepare himself what is in there.
"...What- WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?"
"ALYA!! ALYAAAA!!" Masachika screamed while crying loudly.
What he find inside is Alya's body, unresponsive and cold.
Alya's limbs and most of her torso has been replaced with prosthetics.
Her head has several metallic protrusion and parts sticking out.
Yuki quickly hugs him from behind while whispering soothing words to his ears, carefully picking her words.
"...Please, calm yourself. She is not gone. She is just turned off."
"Alya... is still alive."
"Please, don't grieve yet..."
"...Or I will start crying... like a bitch too..."
Yuki starts shedding some tears of her own, sharing the sadness his brother is feeling.
Even though Yuki sees Alya as a love rival, she also sees her as a friend.
Masachika, upon hearing Yuki's sniffles, starts to get a grip of himself.
She stares at her crying and realizes that it's not over yet.
"...You are right. I'm jumping to conclusion here. I'm sorry..."
Masachika wipes his own tears and then wipes Yuki's tears gently.
"Stop crying. Being sad is for our baby."
Yuki nods and takes several deep breaths before sitting on his bed again.
"You said she's turned off. Can you turn her on?" Masachika asked Yuki hopefully.
Yuki immediately tries to explain everything she can to Masachika in hurry.
"I could but..."
"How can I say this, some part of her brain is missing, so most of her response comes from the filler AI core."
"And it's really hard to smuggle her out, I even had to convert her to a CAST sex doll to avoid suspicion!"
"Oh, CAST is just a word for cyborgs or androids from the alien fleet, and-"
"O-of course I didn't let anyone use her, so don't worry about it! In fact, this is probably going to improve your sex life with her so please don't be sad about it-"
Masachika noticed Yuki's insecurities and quickly stops her.
He pats her head and gently reprimands her.
"Alright, hit the brake first."
"Yuki, you tried to help her and got her here despite your circumstances, pregnancy and business."
"I will never blame you for her condition."
"In fact, I should thank you for everything you have done for her... For us..."
"You did well, you did nothing wrong."
"Stay calm and be the lovely gremlin you always are."
"You... don't mind of her current form?" Yuki asked him, wondering why is he not sad over Alya's terrible state.
In response, Masachika replied with confidence and smile.
"Why would I, silly?"
"I'll always love her, no matter what form she takes."
"That applies to you too."
"Besides, you tried your best to replicate her looks, right? I noticed."
"I suppose we ought to thank the aliens for their amazing medical technology."
Yuki finally realized that her brother will never consider her well intention as ill,
She finally returns into her usual mood, while giggling happily.
"You fucker... You want to make me fall even more for you?"
"What a sinful brother you are."
"I would usually retort your remarks but... I'll accept it " Masachika said to Yuki, knowing well he cannot deny he didn't want to make her his.
Masachika and Yuki laughed for a little while before returning to the main topic with higher spirit.
"So, what happened to her?" Masachika asked.
Yuki grips the edge of the bed while recounting her experience.
"Everyone... Miyamae-san, Taniyama-san, Alya-san, Masha-senpai, me, and Sarashina-senpai..."
"Well, when we were searching for you and Kenzaki-senpai, we got recruited by a man wearing a black mask."
"He said he trust us more than anyone else for his tasks and offered us chance to be the elites of the Exclusive Quarantine Zone."
"We thought it would be a great way to search for you both, while gaining an advantage in this new world."
"Miyamae-san becomes administrator of Entertainment and Labor."
"Taniyama-san becomes administrator of Treasury and Accounting."
"Ayano becomes administrator of Religion and Healthcare."
"Alya-san and Masha-san becomes administrators of Mass Media, working together to broadcast request to search for you."
"Sarashina-senpai becomes Lead Enforcer of the Law."
"Kenzaki-senpai is still nowhere to be found..."
"The masked man himself is the Lead administrator and Supreme Commander of all that's left of A3's military."
"I myself becomes the administrator of Logistics, Distribution, and Supply chain so I can find you."
"However, the masked man forbids us to search for you, at least until the entire Japan has stabilized."
"Stabilized?" Masachika asked. "Even after all these years, they couldn't stabilize the Quarantine zone?" He adds.
"Yes. But somehow, we did it. The black mask made the right choice to employ us all." Yuki said while staring at her own palm.
"I really have no idea why or how he knew about us."
"The chance for us all to be selected by him should be near 0%. It's really weird."
"And then... just a month after our recruitment, Alya found out about something."
"She told me about going to New Osaka and asked me to help her secure a transport secretly."
"She said there's a big news she must personally investigate, but I knew it's a lie."
"...I knew instantly that she found something, a lead on your cryopod."
"However, despite my best effort to conceal the fact, the masked man found out about it."
"He told her to return immediately harshly, but Alya didn't obey his order."
"And then... the Fires of New Osaka started."
Yuki moves her head upwards and stares at the ceiling while continuing to speak.
"A ridiculously strong alien warrior was spotted there, and the masked man led the military to repel it."
"There's not much data about this alien except that it wields a large, portable energy cannon."
"Needless to say, A3's military is no match for it. Only the masked man can stand against that alien."
"After I noticed that there's a fight there, I personally arranged an evacuation transport."
Yuki proceeds to wrap her arms on herself and continues her story.
"Alya told me to hurry to her location... She... She was whimpering and crying in terror..."
"She told me she has an important item to deliver and..."
"By the time I found her..."
"She.. She's almost gone. Her body were riddled with scorching holes, her head was cracked open, parts of her brain were missing, and her limbs were barely attached to her torso..."
"The item she mentioned is nowhere to be found..."
"And... her unborn baby didn't make it. The fetus couldn't be saved."
"What... What the fuck? She's also..." Masachika covers his mouth in disbelief.
"Yes, Alya was also pregnant with your child." Yuki confirms.
"Did you remember that I said you knocked us up?" Yuki adds.
"...Right." Masachika said while giving himself a facepalm.
"...Did the alien do this to her?" Masachika asked Yuki, determined to know who's responsible.
Yuki looks at him and tells him everything she has found out so far, also determined to get justice done and letting him know the truth.
"...No. Autopsy reveals that her wounds came from conventional firearm, not alien weaponry."
"The round found in her body confirms that it's from A3's military standard rifle."
"Alya... probably found something the masked man don't want her to know."
"And there's high chance the masked man possesses part of her brain right now, even though I'm not sure why."
"...I see." Masachika says while gripping his fist tightly.
Yuki notices her brother's anger and proceeds to proclaim her support.
"I know what you are thinking, and I'll let you know that I'm in."
Masachika, upon hearing her support, puts a huge smile on relief as he rest on the fact that he's not alone on this.
He caresses her cheek gently and tells her his gratitude.
"Thank you, Yuki. I know I can always rely on my trusted sister."
"Those A3 fuckers will pay..."
Yuki grabs hold of his hand on her cheek and pushes her cheek even more into it.
"What I wouldn't do for love... and justice..." she ponders playfully.
Yuki sees a chance to flirt, and being the little gremlin she is, she took it without hesitation.
"At the rate I'm falling for you, I might end up with enough kids for a football match."
"Don't you mean a football team?" Masachika corrects her.
"For both teams, the referees, sponsors, management, and the entire spectators."
"Of course, they all will come only from your scrotum and no one else's."
Masachika quickly turns around, trying to hide his drooling face and excited crotch. His paternal instinct roaring from deep within his psyche.
"...That's a whole city you want to pop out, huh?"
"And all mine..."
He is now rock solid due to his cancelled fap session, work stress, viewing Alya's nudes, and of course caressing Yuki's young pregnant body from earlier.
He starts thinking about fucking Yuki, stopped only by his consideration over their unborn child.
"...Getting a stiffy, big bro?" Yuki said while grinning, teasing him.
Masachika covers his bulging crotch, unwilling to show attraction towards Yuki when Alya is nearby... even if she is unconscious now.
"Heh. Still got my charms even after getting knocked up." Yuki smiles triumphantly.
Masachika shakes his head, trying to clear his aroused mind back to helping Alya.
"Though... Where should we start?"
Yuki looks down, and fidgets as she delivers bad news to her brother.
"I don't like to admit this after saying that I'm on your side, but I have no idea either."
"The masked man puts me under heavy surveillance and supervision after New Osaka, and I had to rely on my underlings to search for you."
"I... don't think we will find any lead soon on ourselves..."
Masachika starts thinking hard, trying to find a way for them to reach their goal.
"We need someone that might know what's going on, someone with enough power and influence, preferably related to the Fires of New Osaka, and would likely to side with us instead of A3..." Masachika said to himself.
Finally, he snaps his fingers as he got the answer.
"Yuki, where did you get Alya's prosthetics again?"
Yuki immediately answers his question: "Well, like I said before, I got them from the aliens-"
"OH! That's right! As expected from my big brother and baby daddy~" Yuki said after realizing that there are aliens open for conversation.
"Yes. We can ask for help from the merchant you traded with."
"We will request them to deliver a message to their leader that we are on their side if they ever want to do something with the Quarantine Zone."
"Although, this means high treason against A3... It might endanger you and our baby..." He said while trying to push her away.
In response, Yuki grabs his hands, trying to convey her willingness to stay with him no matter what.
"I'm with you, Masachika. Always." She declared to him.
Masachika realizes that he shouldn't exclude Yuki. She's capable, reliable, and he would definitely need as much help as possible to take down A3 down and take back Alya's brain matter.
"...You're right. But please, promise me-"
"To stay safe, I get it. I want our baby to be safe too, you know..." She annoyedly states to him while cutting his speech.
"Deal. So when can we talk to this merchant?"
"Shouldn't be long, since the merchant comes every few days to trade."
Yuki glances down and sees that Masachika's penis is still erect.
"So, my brother, while we wait, why don't we have some fun first?"
Masachika gulps as Yuki approaches Alya's powered down synthetic body.
"Put your right thumb on that pink glowing power button below her navel." She said while pointing her fingers just above her crotch.
He can tell it is made deliberately to look like an inmon (womb crest/pubic tattoo).
"It will register you and only you as its rightful partner and owner to the AI core."
"Come on, don't be shy. Alya's your girlfriend, right?"
Masachika finally succumbs to his lust and follows Yuki's instruction.