Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

"You need to be naked." Tatiana nodded seriously but Kaley immediately attacked her.

"I'm serious! I'm serious!" Tatiana easily blocked her attacks and she looked at me for help.

"What difference does it make when I'm naked?!" Kaley exclaimed.

The two were going back and forth but I saw Cynthia placing the towel neatly and trying out the kick Tatiana taught Kaley. She was doing it slowly but she could almost nail down the proper motion of that 'right' kick.

"You said you did it by chance when you were naked, correct? Just do it for the hell of it!" Tatiana defended her answer.

"Then why don't you do it?! You know the move, right?!" Kaley snapped.

"Sure, if that's what it takes." Tatiana shrugged her shoulders and Cynthia stopped practicing when she heard what Tatiana said.

"Ta-" Kaley was about to lash out again but Tatiana really undressed to prove her point.

Cynthia was watching with widened eyes but she quickly ran to the door to lock it. Once Tatiana was fully undressed, she performed the same kick while still holding the bowl of food. She performed it more fluidly and the air it produced was more substantial. It was sharper and her heel sliced horizontally coming from the left, towards the right. However, Kaley and I have the same expression.

"It's not the same." Kaley and I simultaneously said.

"But that was already powerful, right?" Cynthia interjected.

"Then. get. naked. yourself." Tatiana gave up and looked at her.

"Are you three…? It feels like you're too familiar with yourselves..." Cynthia added.

"Well… I'll tell you if you're part of the club. Kaley! You're not even wearing underwear, just remove your shirt and short shorts! It's only us girls and your man, we're trying to get to the bottom of something here! Can't you see I already got naked?! How fair is that?!" Tatiana was chuckling the whole time.

"I'm not undressing in front of all of you!" Kaley exclaimed.

"Fine, Cynthia, wouldn't you mind undressing as well?" Tatiana looked at Cynthia.

"Just undressing? Umm, it's a bit… I have rules-" Cynthia muttered but Kaley interjected.

"Don't involve her with your silly ideas!" Kaley exclaimed.

"It's fine, right? You said you could only have sex once a month with whomever you chose, it didn't specify how many. Besides, it's just undressing. Or... you have an interest in our winner as well? Hmm? I can't blame you, he's good." Tatiana smiled at Cynthia while licking her lips.

"W-well..." Cynthia looked away but she briefly glanced at my direction.

"Oh no." I thought to myself.

"You have no chance though. You see, he's really in love with Kaley and is okay with having to spend the rest of his years just with her." Tatiana said.

"B-but why could you casually strip naked in front of them? Isn't that… you know? Kinda weird?" Cynthia replied.

"Well, you see-" Tatiana was about to explain our situation but Kaley covered her mouth.

"Kaley! What are you- Hmmph! Hmpphmp!" Tatiana exclaimed.

"It's embarrassing!" Kaley exclaimed.

"Hmm? I think it's pretty normal if you ask me… People do that sometimes... " Cynthia replied.

The three had a long back and forth while I'm trying to remember everything that happened. I'm really not at my 100% this time since I could usually remember everything. The only other thing that we didn't do to recreate her kick was Kaley being naked.

Thinking about it logically, there was really no difference physically speaking if someone is clothed or not to perform something unless the clothes they were wearing were too tight and hindering their movements. The problem was the clothes that Kaley was wearing this time was very comfortable.

"What did I say earlier? Isn't it 'physically speaking'…? Is that the only issue? How about- Oh~" I then had a realization.

I already knew the answer but I wouldn't tell her straight up because it would be too easy. I had to get her back from being too unreasonable earlier. I found the perfect way to teach her and get back at her. I waved everyone over and told them to listen to me.

"You really found a solution?" Kaley asked.

"Yep, a very simple one too." I replied solemnly.

"Then tell me!" Kaley exclaimed.

"This is gonna sound stupid but Kaley, she's right. Please take off your clothes." I said with a straight face and the three have a mixture of colorful expressions.

"Wow. I was just trying to get her naked for some bullshit reason and you're even in on it. Good on you." Tatiana chuckled.

"I knew it!" Kaley stomped her feet while Cynthia started chuckling.

"Are you three like this always~?" Cynthia muttered.

"Kaley, trust me. It's for your sake." I said with a serious look.

Her eyes scanned over me and after a few moments of hesitation, she undressed. She couldn't look at anyone in the eye and that was what I was going for.

"I'm only gonna do it once! I'm telling you this doesn't make any sense!" Kaley exclaimed.

"Wait. Just a moment, not so fast." I quickly stopped her and I called for Tatiana and Cynthia. We huddled in a corner after I made Tatiana wore her clothes back. I told the two of my plan and the two started giggling. Kaley was starting to get annoyed looking at us because she can't hear what we're talking about.

"This… this might work!" Tatiana whispered.

"Is that really the solution?" Cynthia whispered as well.

"Yeah, I just figured it out. Trust me and do as I say." I whispered to them.

Kaley was looking really embarrassed now since she's naked in front of three people completely clothed. It didn't stop there because we three suddenly sat on the marble floor.

"Why are you down there?!" Kaley tried to cover herself.

"This view is much better." Tatiana nodded a few times.

"You're really pretty!" Cynthia exclaimed.

"Of course she is, we could even see everything. Kaley, please." I tried my best to embarrass her even more.

"IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, YOU THREE ARE DEAD!" she exclaimed before she performed the starting motion.

Kaley was about to die from embarrassment but she suddenly performed the kick that I'm asking for.

That was when the 'wrong' kick happened once again.

When her right leg was raised up, she saw us staring down below. She got so embarrassed, she tried to cover herself by lowering her right thigh while twisting her knee down. She was in the middle of turning around and that was the exact same movement from earlier.

Instead of her foot sweeping horizontally, twisting her knee allowed the force from the spinning motion of her whole body to transfer to her knee so it could spring abruptly while twisting forwards. When her knee twisted, her foot did the same thing and it was able to release more power compared to the 'right' kick.

Even for punches, twisting your arm would deliver more power and even higher penetration compared to a normal straight punch. That sort of twisting movement even applied to guns when bullets were fired.

The only difference now from earlier was that she was closing her eyes since her lower 'goods' was exposed.

*WHOOSH*

Perfect.

The wind she produced this time was even stronger compared to her 'right' kick. Tatiana's smiling expression earlier was now replaced by curiosity the same as Cynthia. The moment the 'wrong' kick was finished, Kaley immediately covered herself with her hands. She was about to die from embarrassment because the three of us were intently staring at her.

"WHY ARE YOU THREE SO SILENT?! SAY SOMETHING! DID IT WORK?!" Kaley snapped.

"It did." I smiled.

"It did?" Kaley tried to confirm.

"Wait, do it again." Tatiana said.

I was about to explain to Kaley the reason why she should be naked but I lost the chance. It was simple really, stupid too. I just needed her to get embarrassed enough so her kick would move in a different direction. I used a different method of teaching her but we still arrived at the result that we wanted. I know this training session was over the moment I heard Tatiana's suggestion.

"Hmm? Even I saw it clearly. That was more powerful." Cynthia added.

"I didn't see it clearly." Tatiana replied while shrugging her shoulders.

"But-" Kaley was already about to put her clothes on.

"Put your clothes on later! Just one more so I could see 'it' clearly." Tatiana tried to convince her while smiling like an idiot.

"What do you need to see clearly?!" Kaley asked, annoyed.

"Your perfect puss-" then Kaley immediately lunged at her.

Tatiana wasn't able to stand up that fast because she was trying to hold her laughter. Kaley threw her clothes first at Tatiana's face to impede her vision so she could dash and bridge the distance. Cynthia on the other hand quickly caught Tatiana's bowl because Tatiana threw it towards her so it wouldn't break from what was about to happen. I was too sore to do anything so I just scooted over and let them figure it out on their own. Cynthia was trying to get out of their way since Kaley started a rush of attacks.

I waved Cynthia over and we shared the bowl of Tatiana's food. It was filled with little pieces of meat slathered in barbecue sauce, creamy mashed potatoes, and a few slices of cheese.

"This is good! How many did Tatiana have? Four?" I asked Cynthia.

"Thanks! I cooked it… oh! She just had a couple..." Cynthia replied.

"After that fight, she's gonna eat a lot more. She eats a lot." I chuckled while watching the two fight.

"Y-you're not gonna stop them?" Cynthia asked me.

"I usually do but I'm hurt for real this time. My whole body's sore and that kick connecting had me running on fumes." I replied.

She poured me a glass of wine and she said, "We have medical staff over here, do you need any help? I could call them for you?"

"Thanks, but all I need is to get stuffed with food and have a few hours of sleep." I replied.

"What? You're not Luffy!" she looked at me weirdly.

I was stunned.

"What did you just say?" I looked at her straight in the eye.

"U-ummm, nevermind. I-It's not i-important..." she looked away while fiddling with her hair.

"Cynthia, look at me." I said with a stern voice but she wouldn't comply so I held her head and made her look at me forcefully.

"W-w-w-w-what?" Cynthia stuttered but her eyes were still avoiding me.

"Manga or anime?" I asked a very important question.

"W-w-w-what?" she asked, still scared from my gaze.

"Just. Fucking. Answer." I said loud enough for the two to stop fighting.

"M-m-manga..." she was about to cry.

I started laughing like a maniac and all the pain from my body faded away like an illusion.

"Cynthia." I said after calming down.

"W-w-what?" she was shaking from the aura I'm emanating.

"You know what? You and I just became friends. What chapter have you read last?" I smiled brightly.

"You read them too?! The last copy I had was from when they just reached the prison to get his brother!" Cynthia exclaimed while pulling out her phone.

"WHAT?! YOU'RE THAT FAR BEHIND?!" I was in shock.

"B-behind?! H-how far?!" she was in shock as well.

"Turn the file-sharing app on your phone!" I shouted.

"O-o-o-okay! W-wait a sec!" she was flustered.

I began to transfer everything that I had up to the latest one right until the shit hit the fan. The two of us never stopped talking while Kaley and Tatiana couldn't enter the conversation. I never thought she would be into one of the stuff I worship. I even gave her a few questions only real fans would know but only up to the latest that she had read and she answered all of them.

"W-what's happening?" Kaley and Tatiana muttered.