\u201cEnemy! Two o\u2019clock direction! Damn it, they just keep coming!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My classmate Yuna is firing the machine gun.
Just how many troops has \u25b3 Academy sent?
No matter how many we shoot, more enemies keep emerging from the bushes in the schoolyard.
Since we\u2019re inside the trench, we can fire safely, but the gun is too heavy to handle alone.
That\u2019s why I\u2019m helping\u2014feeding the ammo belt and adjusting the direction of the gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RATATATATATATA!!<\/em> CLACK!<\/em> We\u2019re out of ammo. FWHIP! FWHIP! FWHIP!! THWACK!! It looks like Yuna\u2019s been shot. GLOOP!! BLOOP!!<\/em> A disturbing sound began coming from Yuna\u2019s stomach. Yuna\u2019s belly had started to swell up, tight and round like that of a pregnant woman. SQUELCH\u2026 STRETCH, STRETCH\u2026<\/em> Yuna vomited up her breakfast, panting heavily as she writhed in agony. WHIP!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n A bullet grazed right past my head. CLICK\u2026 RATATAT!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Violent vibrations and shockwaves rocked through me. RATATATATAT!! I instinctively shut my eyes when I fired, but it seems I got lucky and hit one of them. \u201cGuehh!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was vomiting. RATATAT!! She was hit three times in the rear. RATATATATATAT!! I fired several rounds\u2014at least two connected. POP!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hook on her skirt snapped, and her swollen belly burst out. SPLURT!! A spray of blood erupted from the girl. RATATATATATAT!! I landed a few shots, but the girl’s legs didn\u2019t stop. The girl\u2019s belly split open, and her intestines spilled out. BANG!! BANG!! BANG!! Gunfire from behind. THUD!! Suddenly, the girl’s belly burst. The girl convulsed, blood pouring from her mouth. GLOP!! BLOOP BLOOP!! A strange sound came from Aoi\u2019s belly. GLOP!! BLOOP BLOOP!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n My own belly started making the same noises. \u201cCharge!!\u201d Voices echoed from outside the trench. CLICK! CLICK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I grabbed the machine gun\u2014but it wouldn\u2019t move. BLOOP! BLOOP BLOOP BLOOOP!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n My belly suddenly bulged forward. \u201c\u2014!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Without warning, my breakfast surged up and out of my mouth. STRETCH\u2026 STRETCHHH\u2026 Yuna\u2019s stomach tore open like a zipper being violently pulled. GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE!! It hurts. GURGLE GURGLE GURGLE!! \u201cUgh!? I\u2014It hurts! Somebody!!\u201d CLICK\u2026 Three enemy girls jumped into the trench, guns pointed straight at us. CRUMP!! The enemy girl stepped on Aoi\u2019s swollen belly. GRRRRK\u2026 Aoi\u2019s hands slipped. GRAB!! Another girl planted her foot on my belly. GRRRRK\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was pressing down. CREAK\u2026 CREAK CREAK\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n My skin was tearing\u2014probably the muscles beneath. \u201cRAAAAHHH!!\u201d Blood sprayed from Aoi\u2019s belly as the girl\u2019s foot sank in. GRRRRK\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The girl began stomping harder on my own stomach. SPLAAASH!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her foot pierced my stomach. I gave up on the illustrations halfway. There is more to the story, but it’s more of a ‘if there’s demand’ kind of situation. I am Kotoha.I belong to the 3rd Squad of the 2nd Platoon at XX Girls\u2019 Vocational School (hereafter referred to as “XX Vocational”).Currently, we are at war with \u25b3\u25b3 Girls’ Academy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/?p=235","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2,8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-r-18g","category-novel","category-adultsonly","category-picture","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cAmmo! Hurry, hurry!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I quickly grabbed a new belt from the ammo box at our feet and handed it to Yuna.
Since it\u2019s an old model, reloading takes a bit of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several bullets whizz past us.
It looks like they noticed we were out of ammo\u2014now they\u2019re showering us with gunfire.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
While Yuna is reloading, I return fire.
But with just a single-shot rifle, I don\u2019t know how long I can hold them off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKyaa!! I\u2014I\u2019ve been shot! I\u2019ve been shot!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I turned around, she was screaming and clutching her stomach tightly with both hands.
There\u2019s no visible bleeding, so at a glance she seems<\/em> okay\u2026 but…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGuhh!? Uaaah!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It really was a special round after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00493-2973788474.png\")
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The special rounds we use don\u2019t cause injuries, even if they hit the head or body.
Instead, they trigger a mechanism that injects a fixed amount of air from a canister attached to the buttocks.
Each hit delivers five liters of air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2014ahh!! M-my belly\u2026 it\u2019s\u2014burst\u2014ghuu!? Glrrk!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I had no idea how many times she\u2019d been hit, but her belly kept swelling larger and larger.
I arched her back, pushing her stomach outward.
It looked painful, but this posture should open the abdominal cavity and make it easier to breathe.
Her belly finally stopped growing when it reached the size of a woman in her final month of pregnancy.
It turns out she’d only been hit once.
If she\u2019d been unlucky enough to be hit twice or more\u2026
Over 10 liters of air would\u2019ve been pumped in\u2014and her stomach might\u2019ve burst, killing her.
I called for backup over the radio.
But they said they wouldn\u2019t arrive right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The enemy is practically on top of us now.
Until reinforcements arrive, I have no choice but to face them alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fortunately, the machine gun had already been loaded.
This was my first time firing it outside of training.
Peering through the sights, I saw four female students running straight toward me.
There\u2019s no turning back now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh\u2014!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl clutched her stomach and dropped to her knees.
Her belly started to puff up, swelling little by little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She kept reaching for the plug on her rear, but we\u2019re not allowed to remove it ourselves.
Her stomach had grown to the size of a pregnant woman\u2019s\u2014but then it stopped.
Looks like she was only hit once.
Same with Yuna\u2014one shot usually isn\u2019t enough to make the belly burst.
You need multiple hits.
This time, I kept my eyes open. I locked on to my target.
\u201cP-please! Help me!!\u201d
She screamed, unable to stand with her enlarged belly.
She was crawling, desperately trying to retreat back to her lines.
I won\u2019t let her escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHyaah\u2014!? AAAAAAAAH!!\u201d
SPLAAAT!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00096-3902709972.png\")
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Her uniform bulged unnaturally as a massive spray of blood erupted.
That made four hits total\u201420 liters of air injected.
More than enough to cause her belly to burst.
Three girls remained.
Two of them dove into a nearby trench.
The last one was trying to carry the girl whose stomach had already exploded.
It looked like she was trying to save her.
But this is a battlefield.
We were taught that if we let emotions take over, we\u2019ll be the next to die.
I set my sights on her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKyaaah!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s 10 liters of air.
She collapsed, clutching her stomach with both hands.
It\u2019s only half the amount from earlier, but most girls can\u2019t withstand even that.
She rolled onto her back, arching her hips and thrusting her swollen belly toward the sky.
\u201cGehh\u2014guehh!!\u201d
She vomited.
Since only a few rounds hit, the inflation was slower.
Which meant the pain would last longer.
Slowly, she pushed herself up onto all fours.
It seemed she was trying to crawl back toward the two girls who had hidden earlier.
But she was cradling her stomach, so her movement was painfully slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her underwear had slipped off too\u2014her lower half was fully exposed.
Veins bulged beneath the surface of her distended belly.
Ten liters\u2026 it really is too much for an ordinary girl to endure.
The two hiding girls reached out for her.
But their hands couldn\u2019t quite reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAhh!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00095-2538477634.png\")
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Her abdomen had split open.
Inflated intestines began sliding out between her legs, squirming like some separate creature.
The two remaining girls emerged from the trench and charged toward me.
I opened fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHiggh!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even while shielding her stomach, she kept running straight at me.
\u201cHya\u2026 haah\u2026 haah\u2026\u201d
Her pace began to slow.
Even through her uniform, I could see her belly expanding.
And yet, she kept coming.
Her determination was terrifying.
\u201cGuhhh!!\u201d
SPLORCH!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00118-2069619196.png\")
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She could no longer run.
\u201cHah\u2026 no\u2026 this can\u2019t\u2014ugh\u2026 guh\u2026\u201d
She dropped to her knees, curling up and cradling her belly.
She glared at me with frustration\u2014then coughed up blood and stopped moving.
\u201cEep!?\u201d
I locked eyes with the last remaining girl.
She was already almost upon me, but still within manageable range.
I took aim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKyahh!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl who had been charging collapsed, kicking up a cloud of dust.
\u201cAre you okay?\u201d
I turned to see Aoi\u2014my classmate\u2014standing behind me.
She must have heard the radio call and come to help.
\u201cHah\u2026 hah\u2026 h-help me! I don\u2019t want to die!!\u201d
The girl with the swollen belly crawled toward us.
Seems only one round had hit her.
I aimed the machine gun at her.
\u201cWait!!\u201d
Just as I was about to pull the trigger, Aoi lunged forward from the trench.
Her hand grabbed the girl by the back of the neck and yanked her down into the trench.
I was so caught off guard, I couldn\u2019t react.
What Aoi had done was a serious breach of military law\u2014court-martial level.
\u201cHah\u2026 hah\u2026 it\u2014it hurts\u2026 my stomach!!\u201d
The first-year girl clutched her overinflated belly, screaming and sobbing.
First-years are smaller, but the amount of gas injected is the same regardless of grade.
That\u2019s why survival rates are much lower for them.
\u201cRelax your stomach\u2026 breathe slowly.\u201d
Aoi gently stroked the girl\u2019s belly in slow, circular motions.
It looked like she was trying to save her.
Now that I think about it\u2026
I heard recently that Aoi\u2019s younger sister had died.
She jumped on top of a grenade to shield her teammates.
Grenades don\u2019t have lethal power\u2014but the blast activates the canisters.
Aoi\u2019s sister took the full force of the explosion, and her belly burst on the spot.
Maybe\u2026 Aoi saw her sister in this girl.
\u201cFuuu\u2026 fuuu\u2026 fuuuuu\u2026\u201d
\u201cThat\u2019s it. You\u2019re doing great.\u201d
The girl followed Aoi\u2019s instructions obediently.
She even looked a little happy as Aoi stroked her head.
Her equipment was minimal\u2014a rifle with 10 rounds, and a radio.
Oddly, the radio\u2019s transmission button was fixed in the ON position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBllurghhh!!!\u201d
\u201cWha!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
None of us had done anything.
\u201c\u2026glub\u2026 ugh\u2026 ghhh\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00138-951561719.png\")
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Her abdomen burst open, spilling organs everywhere.
It was a complete mess\u2014blood and flesh sprayed all around.
\u201cN-no\u2026 don\u2019t tell me\u2026 a human bomb!?\u201d
Aoi shouted.
Human bombs.
I\u2019d heard of them.
A suicide weapon\u2014explosives and chemicals packed into the stomach and intestines,
designed to detonate inside enemy lines.
They choose girls who are cute and friendly enough to get close to the enemy.
The system is simple.
Get captured, infiltrate, and press the switch when the moment is right.
The explosives rupture the belly, scattering the chemicals packed inside.
Any nearby canisters exposed to the chemicals automatically activate.
But I\u2019ve rarely heard of them being used.
Most girls can\u2019t bring themselves to press the switch\u2014most missions end in failure.
But this girl had a radio.
Someone else must have been watching and remotely triggered the detonation
after she entered our trench.
There were no signs that she was aware of this.
Maybe\u2026 maybe she didn\u2019t even know she was a human bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUgh\u2014m-my stomach!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the same sound I\u2019d heard when Yuna\u2019s canister had activated.
We\u2019d walked right into the enemy\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gas surged back up through my intestines, causing my abdomen to ripple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGo, goooo!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enemy girls were charging straight for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blood and organs from the exploded girl had jammed the mechanism.
One of the effects of a human bomb was temporary disabling of nearby equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve eaten big meals before, but I\u2019ve never seen my stomach this swollen.
It hurts\u2014I\u2019m full, painfully full.
And yet, more is still being pumped in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can\u2019t breathe.
My swollen intestines are pushing up on my diaphragm, crushing my lungs and stomach.
Tears, mucus, sweat\u2014all pouring out uncontrollably.
Something warm trickled between my legs\u2014I must\u2019ve wet myself.
I want to stop it\u2014but my body won\u2019t obey me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGYAAAAAAAAGH!!!\u201d
SPLUUUURCH!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.40pbb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00118-2575184897.png\")
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\u201cGuh\u2026 h-huu\u2026 huu\u2026\u201d
Her body twitched as it lay still.
Her organs spilled out\u2014there was no saving her now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
STRETCH\u2026 STRAIN\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sharp, stabbing pain.
Stab. Stab. Stab.
With every heartbeat, waves of pain pulsed through my abdomen,
like I was being stabbed over and over with a knife.
I couldn\u2019t stop groaning\u2014it was unbearable.
My intestines must be screaming, stretched to their absolute limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POP!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aoi\u2019s skirt burst apart.
Her belly looked like a woman in her final month of pregnancy.
Mine had also swollen to that size\u2014and stopped.
I couldn\u2019t see my feet anymore.
My chest, something I used to be proud of, looked small in comparison.
I\u2019d never seen my belly this big in my entire life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t move!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAh\u2014Kokomi!\u201d
One of them pointed at the exploded girl.
That was her name\u2014Kokomi.
\u201c\u2026\u2026\u201d
She didn\u2019t move.
The explosion had killed her instantly, before she could even suffer.
\u201cSee? Perfect timing, right?\u201d
One girl grinned, holding up her radio and detonator.
So she was the one who triggered it.
\u201cDid Kokomi know? About being a human bomb?\u201d
\u201cNope. I didn\u2019t tell her.\u201d
As I thought\u2014Kokomi never knew.
I couldn\u2019t believe this was something humans could do to each other.
\u201cYou\u2026 monsters\u2026\u201d
\u201cWhoa!? What\u2019s her problem!?\u201d
Aoi had grabbed the girl’s leg, furious.
She must\u2019ve seen her sister in Kokomi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGuh!? Uugh!?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It deformed under the pressure.
Aoi struggled, trying to lift her foot.
\u201cMaybe I\u2019ll just squash it~\u201d
She pressed down harder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStop\u2026 it\u2026 AAAAAAH!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The girl\u2019s foot sank deeper, and Aoi\u2019s side bulged unnaturally.
Red lines of ruptured tissue rose beneath her skin.
Her belly would burst at this rate.
I reached for the radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh no you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just that weight alone was enough to leave me breathless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trying to crush my stomach too.
I clutched her leg, but I wasn\u2019t strong enough to lift it.
My diaphragm was compressed, forcing air and moans from my throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My vision dimmed.
Being shot might\u2019ve been kinder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SPLASH!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her side had split open, and her intestines slithered out.
The enemy girl laughed.
She had no heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My body convulsed\u2014maybe just a spinal reflex.
SQUELCH! SQUELCHHH!!
My insides shifted, gurgling with deep, wet sounds.
My side bulged\u2014my belly had flattened.
The pain was unbearable\u2014
My intestines might have ruptured.
My strength left me, and her foot slowly sank in.
I made a sound I\u2019d never heard myself make before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pain was\u2026 strangely dull.
My heart was racing like I\u2019d run a marathon.
No matter how I gasped, I couldn\u2019t breathe.
Cold chills raced over my body.
A warm liquid poured onto my hands\u2014bright red.
\u201cKuhp!!\u201d
Something spilled from my mouth.
Metallic taste.
It wouldn\u2019t stop.
I was sleepy.
The enemy girls smiled down at me.
I closed my eyes.
I would never wake again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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