Chapter 172: Where exactly was Kai?

Soon, Yumiko came out of the bathroom holding a bucket of hot water and several towels. She found Keiko gently caressing Kai’s face, sitting by his side on the bed, while Salem had lain down in a corner of the bed alongside Tama, both of them watching Kai intently. With a light step, she walked over and placed the bucket of water on the bed, along with the towels, then spoke softly.

“Well, let’s start by taking these clothes off him. You take the top; I’ll do the bottom…”

“Alright…”

Still a bit lost in her thoughts, Keiko answered in a gentle voice. Then she reached out to the torn blue sports jacket, which started to come apart even before she could fully remove it, causing a strange smile to appear on the beautiful woman’s face. She couldn’t help but comment ironically.

“And they’re supposed to be high-quality…”

“That’s how complicated the situation they went through must’ve been…”

While taking off the shredded pieces of what was once Kai’s pants, Yumiko replied quietly and with restraint, her voice carrying countless emotions. Keiko could only nod heavily, remaining silent, then grabbed one of the towels and dipped it in the bucket of hot water, something Yumiko did as well.

With slow, delicate movements, Yumiko and Keiko cleaned the dirt and blood off Kai’s now uninjured body. They stayed silent, as though they had reached a tacit agreement—each lost in her own thoughts and emotions—paying special attention to Kai’s limbs. Both had the image burned into their minds of the blue-eyed boy without them.

“…Does it feel a little softer…?” Lost in her thoughts, Keiko whispered softly as she squeezed Kai’s left arm a bit. Yumiko, doing something similar to Kai’s right leg, murmured in response.

“…Maybe? Or it might just be our imagination because of what we saw. Once the doctor gets here, we’ll know better…”

“You’re right…”

Keiko quickly replied under her breath, then went on to clean Kai’s other arm with equally slow movements, something Yumiko did as well. After some time, they both found themselves close to Kai’s groin area, and at that moment, they looked up and met each other’s gaze.

“…Should we?”

After a few seconds of staring at Yumiko, Keiko asked in a calm tone, though a slight blush was visible on her cheeks—clearly trying to hide it. In response, the beautiful, blue-haired mother nodded and answered casually, though she too had a similar blush on her cheeks.

“Of course. Kai went through a lot and ended up really dirty, but if you feel uncomfortable, I can handle it.”

“No, not at all. I just thought you might be uncomfortable. After all, it’s been so long since we used to bathe with Kai, so I can do it if you like.” Keiko replied quickly in a calm, casual tone, not making a big deal out of it. Yumiko smiled kindly and commented.

“There’s really no need to worry about that. I can handle it perfectly fine. Even though it has been a while since then, Kai is still the baby I watched grow up. There couldn’t be anything like discomfort.”

“…”

Hearing this, Keiko chose to remain silent and looked straight into Yumiko’s blue eyes. Yumiko calmly met her gaze, leading to a brief stare-down that ended after a few seconds, when Keiko sighed and spoke in an amiable tone

“Let’s both do it. Kai’s still our baby; there’s no reason to make a fuss about it.”

“Right, let’s do it together. Besides, we still need to clean his back.” Yumiko answered as she set aside a dirty towel and picked up a fresh one, which she then dipped into the bucket of hot water. Keiko nodded and did likewise.

“You’re right.”

After wetting the new towels with hot water and leaving them on the rim of the bucket, Yumiko took hold of Kai’s underwear. This, despite a few holes, was in slightly better shape than the rest of his clothes and still intact. She then looked at Keiko and spoke calmly.

“Help me lift him.”

Keiko nodded quickly and lifted Kai slightly off the bed, which allowed Yumiko to fluidly remove his underwear. At that moment, two clear gulping sounds echoed in the room, and Yumiko turned to Keiko, speaking in a strange tone of voice, cheeks a little flushed:

“It looks like our baby grew up well…”

“That seems to be the case…”

Keiko replied, her gaze fixed on the boy’s sleeping masculinity, which, even though “inactive,” was already quite impressive in size. She couldn’t help but feel a strange heat run through her body, so she quickly shook her head and spoke in a serious tone,

“Well, we can’t just leave him like this all day, or he might catch a cold. Let’s finish quickly.”

“You’re right, let’s get this done.”

Yumiko nodded immediately and grabbed one of the towels from the bucket, wrung it out a bit, and began cleaning the left side of Kai’s hip, where, besides dirt and blood, there were even small wooden splinters. At the same time, Keiko took the other towel and did the same on the right side.

After the two women carefully cleaned Kai’s hips with deliberately slow movements, they finally reached the center area, at which point they switched towels and moved on to clean the groin. Their hands trembled slightly, deliberately avoiding the most problematic spot at first. However, due to the contact, the physiology of the blue-eyed boy activated even though he was unconscious, awakening his masculinity, which rose proudly before both mothers.

Seeing its impressive size, Yumiko and Keiko again swallowed hard in unison, unconsciously squeezing their thighs together. Yumiko quickly cleaned that problematic area with a swift motion, then looked at Keiko and tried to speak with a controlled expression, feeling a lingering heat in her hand,

“Let’s turn him over so we can clean his back.”

“Y-yes.”

Keiko, who had been almost mesmerized, nodded somewhat nervously and hurried to turn Kai over. But seeing Kai’s erect masculinity, she realized she might hurt him if she wasn’t careful, so with a quick motion of her bare left hand, she adjusted it before fully turning him onto his stomach—something Yumiko witnessed wide-eyed.

“Let’s finish.”

Not wanting to make the moment more awkward, Yumiko spoke in a tone a couple of decibels higher than usual, a sign that she wasn’t as calm as she wanted to seem. Keiko, her face red, quickly nodded.

“Y-yes, let’s get this over with.”

The two mothers grabbed clean towels and started wiping Kai’s back in silence, although their eyes inevitably roamed over the unconscious young man’s body, especially his round backside—proof of his tireless training—which made the blush on their faces intensify in real time.

Soon, the two mothers finished cleaning Kai’s defined body, at which point Yumiko began placing the dirty towels into the bucket of water, deliberately hiding her face from Keiko. She coughed a couple of times to clear her throat and spoke seriously,

“I’ll go find some clothes.”

“Something comfortable.”

Keiko responded at once, also discreetly hiding her blushing face. She pressed slightly with the hand she had used to grab that powerful “dragon,” convinced she could still feel its warmth—something that inevitably made her squeeze her thighs together, noticing a dampness threatening to drip down.

A little later, Yumiko returned with a simple black sports outfit, one of the sets Kai always wore. They put it on him in a hurry, and while they had a bit of trouble again when trying to put on his underwear, Yumiko was quicker and adjusted the upright “dragon” before Keiko could do anything. She kept a casual, carefree expression, leaving the beautiful black-haired woman with a certain feeling of disappointment in her chest that she didn’t dare express.

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“This has been a great life!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!”

In the middle of the mansion’s main hall, the entire family watched as an apocalyptic storm of lightning rained down upon the island in a sepulchral silence, broken only by the pained sobs of those present. They had watched with their own eyes as Kai was pushed to the brink of death, but seeing him accept his end with a huge smile was too heartbreaking.

That almost maniacal laughter, which seemed to perfectly blend with the thunder, was more than they could bear. It shattered their hearts into a thousand pieces, prompting Nejire—her face streaming with tears—to get up and run to the second floor, followed closely by Momo, Ryuko, and Tomoko. At the same time, Shino and Nemuri stood up as well, intending to follow them, but just then, an iconic voice echoed through the property.

“I am here!!”

Upon landing, All Might quickly walked into the mansion, where he found Shino, Nemuri, and Chatora with tear-streaked faces. Their expressions showed such deep pain that even the Symbol of Peace clenched his fists tightly, apprehensive about what had happened, as he asked in a heavy voice.

“What happened?”

“…Kai came back a few minutes ago, but he was on the brink of death. If not for his abilities, we might have lost him…” Nemuri replied, trying to keep her emotions under control, but her voice broke midway. This led All Might to ask gravely.

“Kai-shonen is alright?”

“Yes…he’s upstairs.” Shino answered in a tearful voice, wiping her eyes, and then Chatora added seriously, also wiping away tears.

“But what happened was devastating; they almost ate him alive. I think we need to organize a large-scale raid to attack those spiders. They possess a power capable of destroying nations…”

“They almost ate him alive? What happened? I was circling the sea, but I couldn’t find anything.” All Might asked gravely. Nemuri looked at Chatora and spoke in a serious, though trembling, voice.

“Chatora, we’re going upstairs. Please explain everything to All Might.”

“Alright, leave it to me.” Chatora nodded and spoke in a more serious tone, then slapped his cheeks firmly to gather his courage before turning to face All Might, just as Nemuri and Shino ran up to the second floor.

“Let me show you the data we have.” Chatora spoke in a measured tone, pointing toward the sofas. All Might nodded and approached, and Chatora started to explain solemnly.

“Kai managed to record a video of what happened, but to summarize it for you, in that place there were at least a hundred spiders with extremely powerful quirks. From what Kai sent, the weakest among them were stronger than an average pro hero, but the truly terrifying ones were three giant monsters with power on par with Kai’s—or maybe even yours at your prime.”

As he spoke, Chatora reached the central table and began manipulating it, causing multiple holographic screens to appear in front of All Might. They showed images and various data about the different kinds of spiders, and especially about the Driders and the round monster, while he continued.

“Kai managed to send Eva—the woman you saw before—away with her son, but the quirks of those spiders were incredibly strong and complex, preventing him from escaping himself. He only managed to return thanks to a stroke of luck.”

Chatora promptly showed All Might several clips processed by the server’s AI. All Might watched them with an extremely solemn expression, his fists clenched tightly. After all, in those clips, he saw the wretched state Kai ended up in—someone who could rival him in his prime—so even he might not have survived if he’d gone to that place.

Yet, there was something All Might still didn’t understand. He turned to Chatora and asked seriously.

“But there’s something I don’t get: where is the island shown in these videos? I flew around the area the glasses indicated for quite some time and didn’t see anything like it.”

“That’s strange. In the video, Kai just walked in a straight line until he got swallowed by fog, and shortly afterward he had to face a brutal storm—not to mention that in the footage you can see there’s a full moon in that place…”

Chatora answered in a tone full of uncertainty, manipulating the controls on the table to show All Might images of what he was talking about. The Symbol of Peace raised an eyebrow in disbelief, unable to help commenting in a complicated voice as he looked at the door to the garden, where he could see a beautiful waning moon illuminating the night.

“Where exactly was Kai-shonen…?”

“…We’d like to know that too…” Chatora replied in a tone similar to All Might’s, staring fixedly at the image of Kai arriving on that strange island that appeared to be made of intertwined roots.

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