Chapter 110: Ideas

Ai and Eiji left the base and headed outside. The rain was still coming down just as heavy as before, making Ai frown. "Eiji, before we do anything with the machina's, we will need to build a trench to allow the water a place to flow outside the base, or this place will become too radiated. We are probably already too late, but it is still worth a try. Also, strip, we can't keep losing clothing to the radiation. I told Mai earlier to keep the cameras off and to keep all the shutters closed." 

Basically, all clothing they wore in the rain had to be tossed out. They couldn't wash it in the base fear of contaminating everything else. "Are we really going to do this naked?"

"What the hell are you so embarrassed about? Any human who is out in this right now except the two of us would have already melted by now. Eiji, you have to remember we have a limited supply of clothing. The more we contaminate, the less clothing we have to wear. So quickly strip. It's not like I haven't seen any of it before." Ai looked at Eiji and snorted as she finished taking her clothes off and walked out into the rain. 

Eiji quickly did the same, although he still felt very awkward about being outside in his birthday suit. "Eiji, what do you think? The ground runs at a slope by the east wall. So we have a small pond of radioactive water over there. If I am right, the reason why we do not have a massive pool of water covering the area is because of this slope. Should we make a large trench leading to the outside of the east wall? I am not too good when it comes to this stuff since I never had to deal with it."

"Mmm… I am not sure my guess is as good as yours, but we can try. We should also do something about the small craters from the traps you set up." Eiji replied. 

"Hmm. Yeah, I see they are all full too. We will need to do a good reading on the grounds when the rain stops. And mark off any danger zones clearly. I don't want any of the others to get sick." Ai said as she looked around. She raised her head towards the sky, and it was just as dark as it was before. What worried her was that the clouds seemed to have stalled and were not moving. "Eiji, I think we will need to make another trip to the bunker after we set up stronger defenses."

"Why do you say that?" Eiji asked.

"Look at the clouds." Ai answered and pointed at the sky.

Eiji looked up and realized what Ai meant. He pondered for a moment and an idea popped in his head that caused his face to pale. "You don't think…."

"It is exactly as you think. I think this is not natural. Something is causing the radiation storm to stay stalled and is also feeding it. Whatever it is, I do not know. But before we can even deal with it, we will need to make sure there is a decent supply of food for the others." Ai said as she looked at Eiji. Her eyes trailing down his body as she got a good look at him before locking on to a certain spot.

"Ai, can you not stare at me like that," Eiji blushed. He could feel Ai's eye burning a hole in his crotch. Of course, this was the reaction she wanted. Even in this kind of situation, she couldn't help but tease him since he always gave the best reactions.

"Sorry, sorry, I just figured I see if it would twitch or not. But I must say you are doing a good job of keeping your little buddy in check." Ai said jokingly as she began giving Eiji a golf clap.

"Anyway, how are we going to transport everything back?" Eiji, not being to handle any more teasing, quickly changed the subject.

"Ahh. you saw those shipping truck trailers on the highway, right? Well, I figure if we take one of those, we can fill it up with our stuff if we are careful not to get it wet. Plus, we can also take a good look to see what those trucks are carrying. If anything good, we can make a few runs and really stock up. I didn't think of it until now, but this would be the best option." Ai had never really thought about moving the cargo trucks with tons of supplies in them to the base. Mainly because before she mutated, she thought it would be too risky of a task. But now, with Eiji's help, they can take two or three of these trailers with all kinds of supplies with ease t the same time. 

"That is a good idea. We can also use the trucks to rebuild the walls around the base." Eiji suggested.

"That is also a good idea." Ai hadn't thought of that idea, but it was a decent idea. The base was really in ruins, and those trailers could be used for many things. But this sparked another idea for Ai as well. "We will also hit the ports! If I am not wrong, there should be a shipping container dock around here. Those containers should be filled to the brim. Plus, they are heavenly duty, which means we can even use them to fix the upper sections of the base. Eiji, you just gave me a lot of ideas!" Ai jumped on Eiji and hugged him, then kissed his lips. She wouldn't have thought so far ahead if not for Eiji helping her. "Alright, let's get to work!" 

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