Chapter 229 – Shelter
“Yes. Shelter. A shelter with plenty of water and food.”
“…There is such a place? How the hell did I know that?”
“Edward told me.”
Philip winked at Edward.
As if he had waited, Edward began to lick his mouth.
“From now on, I’ll tell you. I was originally moving toward the shelter. Then, I was chased by a monster and threw myself into this lake. Then, luckily, I was saved by Philip.”
This is a story everyone knows by now.
“Life here isn’t bad, so I thought I’d forget about the shelter and get along well here…”
But at just the right time, the food warehouse caught fire.
“Now that the situation has come to this, I suggested to Philip that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to aim for a shelter if you don’t mind.”
He was a shameless bastard.
“Is there such a place?”
“Are you okay?”
Humphrey and Matthew voiced hope.
Richard was unresponsive, crossing his arms and holding his weight.
Did you already know?
Maybe they went out together to supply and listened to it.
However, Grace and Carrie’s expressions were not very good.
It is natural.
My women were already at the stage of suspicion that he might be the culprit who set fire to the food warehouse.
And just in the midst of a dark time, he came with an appealing story.
If there is no doubt here, when?
Still, I roughly understood why Edward set fire to the food warehouse. I’m not sure why, but it seemed like they wanted to send us to a place called a shelter.
“Well, even if something is wrong…”
When the reaction from me and the girls wasn’t as good as I thought, Edward put on a puzzled expression.
“At this time of year, it’s a very appropriate story.”
“Yes?”
In Grace’s suspicious eyes, Edward slowly notices that this isn’t him…
“Grace, it could certainly be a suspicious situation. Edward also talked to us after thinking about it for a while.”
I wanted to swear at him, saying, “You crazy bastard! At that point, you should not believe it, but doubt it.”
They say that if you fall in love and get a bean pod, you won’t see anything, but Philip is exactly that.
“Haa…So where is the shelter?”
Seeing Philip’s appearance, Grace asked with a sigh.
“It is here.”
Edward put his finger on the map.
I saw the name Dayton in the southeast.
Looking at it roughly, it was not a distance that could be reached in a day or two.
If you lead the survivors in the camp, it will take twice as long.
“So…Let’s move the people from the camp there?”
“Yes…But there is something that needs to be preceded.”
“What else is there?”
Grace didn’t seem to like it, but she asked as if to tell her if she had something to say.
“You need a key to enter the shelter.”
The story started to get complicated.
“Key? Where else is that?”
“That…”
Edward paused for a moment, then opened his mouth.
“Seattle.”
“No. That’s too dangerous.”
Grace frowned and objected immediately and resolutely.
“Grace, think about it. It’s a shelter. There’s electricity there, as well as food and water for decades. You don’t have to struggle to find food like you do now… You know that life here will end someday. The thing called Lee… This is the difference between when you get beaten.”
No matter how Edward persuaded Philip, he became a believer in Shelter.
“Haa…Philip, you know how dangerous Seattle is. It wasn’t long before you almost died… You’re going to crawl back in there? Shelter or whatever, if you die, it’s over there.”
“I’m thinking of going to Seattle only with psychics. Then I’ll be able to get the shelter key without difficulty.”
“Haa…Philippe, have you already made a plan?”
Grace frowned.
“That, that’s…”
Philip stung.
Grace seemed angry at Philip for planning this without consulting her.
That’s right, this guy…
Somehow… That was the reason he called me.
Let’s go to dangerous Seattle together.
The opinions of the two real people in the camp were sharply opposed.
Philip seemed to feel that it was worth a try, and Grace, of course, was the opposite.
It’s not just dangerous.
It was because of Edward.
It’s a suspicious human proposal.
It was natural for Grace to object.
Philip couldn’t tell if it was poop or soybean paste because of his lover.
Me, Grace, and Carrie are the opposite.
The rest were more in favor of Grace, even though they noticed Grace.
The story of Shelter, full of dreams and hopes, was strong.
Naturally, the opinions of each other were not narrowed down and the meeting was canceled as it was. And me and Carrie gathered again at Grace’s house.
“Suspicious.”
Said Carrie, crossing her arms.
We all think the same.
But not besides us.
Philip trusts Edward.
And it’s not just Philip.
Edward has done a good job with his reputation in the camp with a smooth face.
That trust has to be cracked, but it’s not easy
The three of them tried to roll their heads, but there was no sharp number that could change the opinion of the supporters.
Even if you beat him up, Edward should be able to express his ability… There was no way he would allow that…
I didn’t think I would hear anything good if I interfered, so I was just watching things go by.
No matter what, I just need to take care of my girls.
Seattle.
According to the black man.
Awesome guy
In other words, it must be a place where there is a guy like Zombie King.
Those who are struggling even with intermediate erosion go there?
It was about dying.
Of course, that’s not what’s urgent right now.
We had to get food to eat right away.
Next day.
“Unho, wake up quickly.”
Carrie woke me up in the morning.
“Haam…”
This supply site was quite far away.
It was a tight distance to travel in one day, and they had agreed to leave at dawn.
Originally, I didn’t have this much of a term, but Philip failed to supply it, and the situation was such that I couldn’t help it.
In any case, it is embarrassing for me to be late in the morning.
That said, I had no intention of releasing the food in my inventory.
If I reveal my ability at this timing and release food, anyone can see that I set fire to the food warehouse.
They said they set fire to control this camp under the pretext of food…
In particular, there was a high possibility that Philip would push him that way.
I have an alibi called Carrie.
She might be framed as her accomplice with her.
Humans are not rational animals.
Put simply.
Even if you do, shitty things can happen.
When I went out to the dock, Grace was already waiting for me.
Beside her was Rachel.
“Is she going to go with Rachel too?”
“No. I’m here to see Unho off.”
Rachel replied, bowing her head politely.
Then, the supply agents are Me, Grace, and Carrie.
What was surprising was that Philip had no reaction.
This is Philip, who has been following us steadily.
Normally, it was normal to be here.
He couldn’t see where he had gone.
Am I… Finally recognized as my sister’s man?
…Or have you given up?
However, there was no time to wait for Philip.
We set off just like that.
Even though we set off at dawn, we were able to arrive at the supply location and collect supplies only when the sun was over mid-sky.
Fortunately, the long journey was rewarding, and like Philip and others, they didn’t make a fuss. It was in the middle of the night when we arrived at the camp again with supplies safely.
Even though it was late at night, people were waiting for us like a baby bird waiting for food. His face softened a bit, relieved only when he saw us bringing a large amount of supplies.
And I heard the unexpected news.
It means that while we left for supplies, Phillip’s party went to Seattle to get the key to the shelter.
Philip and Richard.
And Edward.
It is said that only the three of them moved like this.
Edward What is this guy?
Is he crazy
Why is he trying to crawl into the limbs?
If Kamang’s words were correct, it was like going to the grave.
Could it be a minion of the corroding body?
“Unho, Unho, what should I do?”
Carrie couldn’t help but worry that she was still her family.
“Carrie, I’ll go.”
Grace said with a serious face.
It seemed that she, too, could not abandon her old colleague Philip.
Philip was a lump of nuisance.
Of course, I couldn’t send her alone.
“Let’s move together after sleeping and when the day is bright. We’ve been moving all day, so we’re tired. It’s dark now, so it’s dangerous.”
“Thank you. Unho.”
We decided to recover our condition even a little bit and move to tomorrow when the sun is shining.
Next day.
Gloomy morning.
Not only Rachel, but her daughter Dorothy was also there to meet us.
I decided to put them in as raid members.
〈23 Cannot increase the number of engineers in the district.〉
〈Need to create an additional party.〉
〈Additional party creation requires 5 skill points. 〉
It was probably not enough to put all of them into engineering units. Increased the raid party by one more by using skill points.
“What is this? Unho?”
Carrie asked curiously.
“It’s my superpower. We can know each other’s location and send messages.”
“Dorothy: Mister, like this?”
「Unho:…Yes.」
Dorothy liked it for some reason.
There are now three surplus little engineers in the zombie world.
It was also unavoidable.
Rachel was my woman and I am her daughter.
It was better to prepare in advance than to have troublesome things happen later, like Kyungsook’s case.
「Grace: Shi, it’s amazing.」
「Carrie: Awesome!」
The new engineering corps members exchange messages as if it were mysterious.
Because he was young, he adapted quickly.
And, of course, I cut off messages from those in Korea so as not to become unnecessarily complicated.
All preparations are complete.
“Rachel, please.”
Grace knew that Rachel had awakened her psychic powers. She was hoping that she would protect this camp in case of her misfortune.
Rachel looked at me and quietly nodded her head.
「Unho: Come on, go to the place where that amazing guy is.」
「Kamang: Are you finally catching it? Ah, got it.”
I felt anticipation in the message of Kamang.
“Woon-ho, please go.”
“Uncle, please go.”
While receiving Rachel and Dorothy’s farewell, we headed to Seattle in pursuit of Phillip’s party.
