Chapter 129: 129
Everyone became silent after a short while though they started expressing their opinions.
“I think it’s justified. That is the only thing you could do in that situation.”
“But still…”
“Where are they gonna stay then if they took them?”
“We could…”
“We should at least…”
“No, you are not.”
“It’s all done now. Nothing we can do about it…”
“They number more than us, who’s gonna take care of them then? You?”
“I just…”
“It’s different now.”
“Little kids?!”
“That’s just mercy. They’ve suffered enough…”
I listened to what watch each person had to say and when they all looked at me, I sighed and spoke.
“This is just like the small discussion when we regrouped. In short, we can’t help everyone. That is the reality of the situation. Could I have done a better job? Maybe. But the reality is if we take them in our supply will run out twice as fast but out production or procurement of said supplies would stay the same. Sooner or later we’d be thinking of things much worse and I don’t want that to happen. We did what we could. It’s cruel, I know. But the die has been cast and I’ve chosen to roll with it.” I explained.
“What do we do if we encounter another one of those people or if we encounter their customers?” Johnny asked.
“We react accordingly. Same as always.” I replied.
“In what way?” he asked.
“In the best way possible. There could be a multitude of variables and we don’t know until we’re in there though I’ve always run a lot of those things here.” I said as I tapped my head.
I’m sneaking glances at Matthew though he seems to agree to the decision that I’ve made though he was pretty upset that we excluded him from our run.
We concluded the meeting and then he approached me.
“Kid.” he said.
“Father-in-law.” I replied.
“Grck! The f.u.c.k are you talking about?!” he almost choked.
“Hah! Just bringing the mood up a notch. What is it?” I asked.
“Oscar said you have a Salvo 12 or something? A suppressor for my 870, he said.” Matthew said while scratching his head.
“Yeah. I can place it in your shotgun later. We’re going for a run for supplies now if you want to come?” I said.
“Yeah, I’m just upset you didn’t tell me you were taking care of the group we met yesterday. I’m not that mad or anything but… nevermind.” he said.
“Oh god… please don’t be a tsundere…” I thought to myself.
“It was a last-minute thing. It was supposed to be just me and Oscar at first.” I replied.
“Hey, I thought we were making a run for the vehicles today?” Kaley asked.
“It can wait. Maybe tomorrow we’ll go there. Disassembling all the houses at the 3rd road will take a bit of time and I think I should reload some of the ammo that we used. It’s making a small pile now and I might do that this afternoon. For now, let’s make a few trips outside for more supplies.” I said.
The group I’m with is Kaley, Tatiana, Jared, Matthew and Zardon. I assigned Dong and Mark to help with the disassembling on some of the houses since the numbers of the erected houses on the 3rd road is a few times more in number compared to the ones they disassembled before. Meanwhile Oscar brought Jay, Daisy, Lois, Jo and Marco with him for his own supply run. They brought the 6-wheeler truck while we brought the 8-wheeler. We rode our trucks while they rode theirs.
“Kid. I think we need to make the same attachment for this truck as well, on the other vehicles we bring out too.” Oscar said.
“I agree. Why don’t you go get more building materials then?” I said.
“Sure.” he replied.
“Don’t we have a lot of them already?” Kaley asked.
“Yeah. But we always want to have our storage full to the brim.” I replied.
“You hoarders.” Jared chimed.
“Hah! As long as we could get our hands on it, we’ll take everything this world has to offer.” I said.
The gates were opened for us and we drove outside.
“Where are we headed?” Zardon asked as we’re nearing the elementary school.
“Puregold. Let’s clear that area first and might as well get the food items from Jollibee that’s next to it.” I said.
“I thought that place was already ransacked?” Jared said.
“Yeah. But there are more than food items there though. Besides, having a cleared shop like Puregold gives us access to other supplies. There’re school supplies for the kids, bits of a few electronic devices for everyone, extra clothes, a few toys and other stuff. Besides, we could close off an area that is filled with a few of them. We could cook something special for the kids too if we got the food items from Jollibee.” I said.
“Chickenjoy.” Jared said smiling.
“Exactly.” I said.
“What is Jollibee again? It’s the fast-food shop, correct?” Tatiana asked.
“Yeah. It’s the most popular fast-food joint in the whole country. Even when I was a kid, I’d get excited when we go to this place. The cooking at home is good but it’s nice to being a bit of nostalgia with the other senses.” I explained.
It was a short trip and my uncle parked the vehicle as we drew our weapons.
“Mel-” I was about to say something but I was interrupted.
“Melee first. We know bro, we know.” Jared said while smiling.
He drew his cavalry sword and it looks like a thin saber. It curves slightly but both of its sides are sharp unlike my katana. We all jumped down while Kaley stayed at the truck to be the eyes. My uncle and Matthew guarded near the highway while Jared, Tatiana and I are near the entrance to Puregold. There’s fewer in here compared to the supermarket and this made the encounter with the dead easier.
Puregold has all of its glass entrance and glass walls broken and there is several walking inside aimlessly though the roll-ups for Jollibee which is next to it is closed down and still secure.
“Bro, remind me, why didn’t we go to Jollibee? This placed is ripe for the taking, right?” Jared asked.
“Oh, when we went out at this side a few times ago, it’s still infested with these things. You guys are still learning the ropes and I just surmised we take care of them at a later date, like today.” I replied.
We cleared a small perimeter but there’s still a few coming from Puregold getting caught up in the broken glass and from the street slowly coming towards us. Jared was still adjusting his movements from the cavalry sword so I thought of an idea.
“Jared, do this.” I said as I changed the way I held my katana and posture.
I was now standing sideways where I was holding the katana forwards where my other hand is on my back. Each step I make with my left hand wouldn’t go past my right and I would always step with my right first to go forward and left first to retreat.
Instead of the motion I usually do with my katana. Thrusts is what I only did this time where my body extends forward with my shoulder and right foot.
“What kind of movement is that bro? Like fencing?” he asked.
“Yup, fencing. The blade you’re using would be more suitable for thrusts because it’s much thinner than my katana. Though it is a bit curved, doing this motion with that kind of weapon will be easier for you. Most of the weight of that blade is near the handle unlike Lois’s Kukri that is made for just chopping.” I replied.
He tried it to a slow one coming from his side.
*shcwip*
The blade pierced the bottom of its jaw towards the back of its skull. The body fell and black curdling bits are what stained the blade.
“Try to pull the blade quickly each time you thrust so you could launch another attack quickly and reset your position. It’s not like with my katana where my movements could be like water flowing continuously. Using that, the movements would be like jabbing quickly in boxing or the thrusts I taught in CCW. The end could go in different directions but it retracts in the same place.” I explained.
“Are you seriously gonna teach a class we’re in the middle of clearing them?” Kaley said from the truck.
“Well it’s a few of them here. It’s manageable.” I replied. We continued on clearing a few of them and I saw Jared enjoying to use a melee weapon for once.
“Well he’s always using the M70, this is a nice change of pace for him.” I said to myself.
We slowly cleared the parking area up front and several bodies have been taken care of. We never fired a shot and that puts a smile to my face. It’s a small pile of pierced and sliced heads on the ground.
“If we could find a straight blade it would be better.” I thought to myself.
“Alright we slowly lure the zombies from Puregold. After that, let’s break the glass shards that are protruding so we could have a larger entrance and exit and to avoid cuts.” I said as I pulled the scabbard from my hip. I started to smash it against the protruding glass to break them and lure a few from the noise I’m making.