Chapter 145: Thanking Mikasa, The Hoover Dam and The Power Grid. +18

You stand before Mikasa, her pussy still glistening as you position yourself between her thighs. Your hands slide up her muscular legs slowly, thumbs tracing the inner curve toward her hip bones.

"Master," Kurumi murmurs beside you, leaning forward. Her heterochromatic eyes track your movements with quiet hunger.

You turn your head, capturing her lips in a slow kiss while your right hand continues exploring Mikasa's body. Kurumi melts into it, her tongue meeting yours as her hand finds the back of your neck.

Hinata shifts on the table's opposite side, lavender eyes wide as she watches. You break from Kurumi and reach for her, pulling her closer by her wrist until your lips meet hers. She tastes sweet, her breath catching as you deepen the kiss.

Your hands roam freely - tracing Mikasa's abs, cupping Kurumi's exposed breast, sliding between Hinata's thighs to feel her wetness through soaked panties. Each woman responds differently: Mikasa's muscles flex beneath your touch, Kurumi arches into your palm with a soft moan, Hinata trembles and gasps against your mouth.

You rotate between them methodically. Kiss Mikasa deeply while fondling Kurumi and fingering Hinata. Switch to Kurumi's lips while your free hand explores Mikasa's pussy and the other squeezes Hinata's modest breast through her bra. Return to Hinata while both hands work the other two women simultaneously.

Time blurs into sensation - the taste of three different mouths, the contrasting textures of skin under your palms, the varied sounds they make as pleasure builds again without release.

"Gate timing reminder," Maria's voice filters through the telepathy web after what might be ten minutes or thirty. "Forest access rotations are scheduled."

You pull back reluctantly, focusing your will. "Thank you Maria." Your clothing materializes from inventory in perfect position - shirt, pants, belt already fastened. Two seconds, completely dressed.

Hinata moves almost as quickly, her bra reappearing properly positioned, panties correcting their twisted state as her uniform settles back into place. Kurumi ties her maid dress closed with practiced efficiency, heterochromatic eyes gleaming.

Mikasa remains sprawled naked on the table, dark eyes tracking you as you turn toward the door.

"Stay," you tell her simply. "Rest."

Her expression doesn't change, but satisfaction radiates through the bond.

The corridor outside feels cold compared to the motorhome's interior. Hinata falls into step on your left, Kurumi on your right, both silent as you navigate toward the flight deck.

Dawn approaches outside - the sky lightening from black to deep blue as you emerge onto the aft section. Erza and Liza wait near the designated gate location, both wearing combat training gear.

"Trinidad redwoods," you state, pulling out your phone to Scry the target location first.

The forest appears peaceful in the pre-dawn darkness - massive tree trunks disappearing into fog, no movement, no threats.

You gesture, speaking the incantation. Reality tears open with a sound like tearing fabric, revealing the redwood forest beyond. Cool, damp air flows through immediately, carrying the scent of earth and moss.

Erza steps through first, hand on her sword hilt. Liza follows, reptilian tail swishing with nervous energy.

You turn aside as Sango approaches with Tuka, both heading for the gate. Your attention shifts, to begin remote enchanting the international vessels.

You settle into the familiar rhythm of remote enchanting, your consciousness spreading through the Scrying and Spectral Hand to touch each vessel's new interface in sequence. Ship after ship you don't bother remembering their names as they're added to the completed list.

The work flows smoothly now that you've done it several times. Each ship takes perhaps ninety seconds - locate via scrying, verify identity through imagery cross-reference, apply the standard enchantment template, confirm uptake through the network feedback. No complications, no failures. Just a few shocked sailors that their ship glowed for a moment.

"International queue complete," you send to Rika through the telepathy web after the list finishes. "Have Webb prepare the next list."

"Acknowledged," comes her immediate reply. "He's already compiling coastal vessels from South America."

You turn your attention to the Trinidad gate still shimmering on the flight deck, then turn to make a few new ones.

"Watch," you tell Hinata and Kurumi standing beside you.

You pull out your phone, scrolling through saved background images until you find one - Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring, brilliant blues and oranges in concentric rings. The scrying activates easily, showing you the thermal pool in real-time darkness, steam rising into cold Wyoming air.

You gesture, speaking the Gate incantation. Reality tears open revealing the exact view - perfect match, thousands of miles away accessible in one step.

"Master," Kurumi breathes, heterochromatic eyes wide.

You close it, open another. Mount Fuji's snow-capped peak appears in pre-dawn twilight. Close. Iceland's Blue Lagoon, geothermal waters glowing faintly. Close. The Hoover Dam's massive concrete face lit by security lights-

You pause, staring at the dam.

"Hydroelectric," you murmur. "Continuous power generation. No fuel requirements."

Hinata shifts beside you. "Goshujin-sama?"

"I can add those now." You keep the Gate open, studying the structure. "Energy conversion at scale. The entire western power grid could..."

"Bulma, Sinon," you send through the telepathy web. "Flight deck. Now. Bringing you to Hoover Dam for large-scale enchanting."

Bulma's response comes immediately. "Finally! Actual infrastructure work!"

Sinon's follows. "On my way."

You maintain the Gate, watching security lights play across concrete while waiting for them to arrive. The dam generates multiple state's worth of power pre-collapse. If you could convert even a fraction of that to mana...

"This will either work amazingly like the planes, or semi-instantly overcharge us and blow us all up." you say quietly.

You stare through the shimmering portal to Hoover Dam, the massive concrete face lit by security lights beyond. Hinata shifts slightly to your left, lavender eyes tracking the gate's perimeter. Kurumi remains on your right, heterochromatic gaze focused on the structure visible through the opening.

"The dam generates electricity from water flow," you explain across the telepathy web. "Lake Mead behind it serves as the reservoir - a critical water supply for the Southwest. With the grid down and the population reduced, we don't know how much power it's actually producing or where it's routing."

Footsteps approach from behind. You turn to find Albedo, Yoruichi, and Musashi crossing the flight deck in formation.

"Four people is insufficient security for infrastructure work," Albedo states flatly, white dress swaying as she walks. "Especially when testing enchantments at explosive potential."

Yoruichi grins, purple hair catching the pre-dawn light. "Plus you were about to have fun without us."

Musashi's hand rests on her katana hilt. "Strategic locations require proper perimeter coverage."

"Fair enough." You close the scenic portal and open a new one on top of the hoover dam. "Seven gives us better options. I'm thinking we enchant it similar to the aircraft - convert existing generation capacity into mana. If I add regular rainfall to Mount Wilson upstream, the lake stays full year-round, generation stays consistent."

Bulma emerges from the interior corridor, blue ponytail bouncing as she jogs over. "Finally! Actual infrastructure instead of just vehicles."

Sinon follows at a measured pace, blue hair tied back, tactical vest secured. "What's the threat assessment?"

"Unknown." You step through the portal first, boots hitting concrete walkway. "Hinata?"

She activates Byakugan immediately behind you, veins bulging around her eyes as she scans. "Goshujin-sama... I see seventeen zombies. Most trapped inside administrative buildings or caught behind security gates. Three wandering the lower access tunnels. No immediate danger to our position."

"Structural damage?"

"None visible. The equipment appears intact - generators, turbines, control systems. Everything looks operational, just... abandoned."

Yoruichi stretches lazily. "So we clear the zombies first, then you work your magic?"

"Exactly." You pull out your Glock, checking the magazine. "Albedo, Musashi - take the administrative section. Yoruichi, Kurumi - sweep the lower tunnels. Hinata guides via telepathy web while escorting Bulma and me to the main control room. Sinon - sweep the horizon and entrances, look for signs of living."

Albedo's wings unfold slightly. "Rules of engagement?"

"Silent kills first. We don't know if there are survivors in the area monitoring this place until Sinon reports."

You move toward the massive concrete structure, Hinata's hand hovering near yours. The veins around her lavender eyes pulse visibly in the security lighting.

"Goshujin-sama," she murmurs. "Three zombies descending through the northern stairwell. Seventeen minutes until intersection with our route."

"More than enough time." You glance at Bulma walking beside you, blue ponytail swaying. "What are we looking for?"

"Main control room should have SCADA systems - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition." Bulma pulls out her phone, scrolling through something. "It monitors turbine output, water flow rates, generator status. We need direct interface access, not just observation terminals."

The three of you pass through heavy steel doors marked 'AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.' Emergency lighting casts everything in dim red. Your boots echo against tile floors.

Hinata guides you through corridors with practiced efficiency. "Left here. The control room is forty meters ahead, second level. No movement inside."

You climb metal stairs, emerging into a large operations center. Banks of monitors line the walls - most dark, but several still display live data fed by backup generators. Gauges show water levels, turbine rotation speeds, electrical output routing.

Bulma moves immediately to the largest console, fingers dancing across keyboards. "Perfect. This is the primary SCADA terminal. Look - seventeen turbines still spinning. The lake is feeding water through the penstocks, generators converting mechanical energy into... approximately 87,000 kilowatts continuous output."

"Where's it going?" you ask.

"Nowhere." She gestures at transmission line status indicators, all showing zero load. "Grid's down. Power's generating, transformers are stepping it up to transmission voltage, but there's nothing drawing it. The system's probably bleeding excess through ground connections to prevent equipment damage."

You study a side blank-console. "This work as the interface point?"

"Yes." Bulma taps the main display. "Central control node. Everything routes through here."

Hinata shifts position, still scanning and directing the others. "Goshujin-sama, the zombies are now twelve minutes from our location."

"Plenty of time." You place your hand flat against the console's surface, feeling the faint electrical hum. "Bulma, step back. Hinata, cover your eyes for a moment - this might be bright."

You draw mana from the network, repeating the enchantments to make sure you don't forget any. The advanced package - Interface, Connection, Network Node, Energy Conversion, full infrastructure suite. The enchantment spreads like liquid light, flowing through circuitry, wrapping around generators seventeen stories below, threading through massive turbines, touching every component of the dam's electrical generation system.

The console screen flares brilliant white.

Bulma gasps. "Brad! The power readings-"

Numbers cascade across displays faster than human eyes can track. 87,000 kilowatts converting... You feel the dam's capacity connect into the network like discovering a new room in an old building.

The lights stabilize. The console hums with new energy.

"Holy shit," Bulma breathes, staring at the readouts. "That's... that's 87,000 mana per hour. Continuous. From one location."

You check the network interface through your phone. The dam registers as a new node, 2,000 taken for enchantments, 85,000 mana generation already feeding into the system, surplus routing to nearest capacity. Capacity currently at 200,000/250,000

Hinata says quietly. "The others are still clearing the administrative building."

You turn from the console as the enchantment's glow fades, studying the readouts Bulma continues scrolling through. "At least half the generators are inactive," you observe. "We need to reconnect the grid, then activate the rest. With the enchantments handling maintenance, is there anything we'd need to keep workers here for?"

Bulma taps through several screens, her blue ponytail swaying. "The Interface handles most operational protocols automatically. Turbine speed, water flow, voltage regulation - all self-adjusting now. But someone would need to physically inspect the grid connection points. The transformers and transmission lines were designed for human monitoring."

"If we need specific expertise, Albedo could review personnel files and resurrect the required workers," you continue. "Though honestly, if we're going that route, we should bring back anyone who knows locations of other large hydroelectric dams. This is the only one I actually knew about due to its history."

"Zombie clearing complete," Albedo's voice filters through the telepathy web. "Seventeen confirmed eliminations. No survivors encountered in administrative sections."

"Horizon and entrances clear," Sinon adds. "No movement within two kilometers. No signs of living human activity."

You glance back at the power output display. "I'm actually disappointed with the current generation. 87,000 mana per hour - the Boeing 737 produced more than twice that. The capacity increase and grid connection are valuable, but if output doesn't match or surpass aircraft, we'd be better hunting down more planes."

Bulma straightens, crossing her arms. "The dam isn't running at full capacity because the grid collapsed. With no load drawing power, the system automatically throttled generation to prevent equipment damage. If we reconnect the grid and bring those regional networks back online, demand will spike and the remaining generators will activate automatically."

"How much would full capacity generate?" Hinata asks quietly from her position near the door.

"Nameplate rating, 2,074,000 kilowatts," Bulma reads from the display. "That converts to approximately 2 million mana per hour at full operation. But we'd need functional distribution infrastructure - substations, transformers, transmission lines across three states."

You process the numbers. Twenty times the Boeing's output. Continental-scale infrastructure.

"Personnel files are stored in the administrative building," Bulma continues. "If you want to resurrect engineers who know dam locations, that's where we'd find employment records."

You layer your response across the telepathy web, pulling everyone into the conversation. "Bulma, you're forgetting the dam and regional grid are now connected to my mana network. It's essentially a secondary grid - the dam should already be throttling up to push power into it."

Bulma's fingers pause over the console. "Wait. If the network registers as active load..."

"Yep." You check readouts as turbine activation indicators shift from amber to green across the display. "With half the population dead and another quarter still in chaos, it'll take weeks before civilian demand impacts generation significantly. Right now this power should reach the entire western half of the country, maybe farther depending on which power lines aren't damaged."

Hinata shifts beside you. "Goshujin-sama, the numbers are climbing rapidly."

"There are probably people stealing power from the Costcos we've enchanted," you continue, "but the impact has been small enough we don't notice. A kilowatt goes pretty far for civilian use. With this much power available, we can probably extend enchantments through the grid itself once we have it up. One at a time."

Sinon's voice filters through the web from her position outside. "What kind of enchantments?"

"Repair would chain-fix and extend the grid farther. Then Aura Ward-Repair and Aura Ward-Sustenance would temporarily delay a large chunk of the survivors' current problems." You pause. "We just need to be careful the network doesn't bottom out on power or become self-sentient."

Kurumu's laugh echoes through the web. "Master, that's not funny."

"Little bit funny," Yoruichi adds. "He's already watching for both those things."

You turn toward the door. "Albedo, please go over personnel files to identify engineers and power grid specialists we need to resurrect. Everyone meet up at the management room."

"Acknowledged," Albedo responds immediately.

The management room sits two corridors over - a smaller operations center with wall-mounted displays and conference equipment. Bulma moves first, already pulling up grid topology maps on her phone. Hinata waits near you, lavender eyes scanning through walls. Kurumi appears beside you, heterochromatic gaze bright.

You focus for a moment, closing the Gate atop the dam remotely. "Gate." opens a new portal - this one connecting directly to the Anchorage's command center.

Through the shimmering aperture, you see Rika spin from her console position, hand dropping instinctively toward her sidearm before recognition kicks in. C.C. glances up from a tactical display without visible surprise. Violet's hands pause over radio equipment. Robin straightens from where she'd been reviewing charts.

"Brad?" Rika's voice carries sharp alertness. "Status?"

"I, may have gotten, a bit distracted... Hoover Hydroelectric Dam is online," you reply simply. "We're about to start resurrecting power grid engineers, thought you'd like to be present sense we just recently got done with the whole written terms conversation."