Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

Chapter 1203: We have some... problems...

Like father, like daughter, the first thing Jennifer sniffed out in this place was Oscar's most favorite spot—which was the place that seemed to have good taste in American motors and imports. I could say Quinn should be losing her head as well but her DB9 said otherwise. In any case, let's just say I was strong-armed into buying this off-road Buggy that looked like a roll cage with wheels.

It didn't even have anything special on it aside from the huge-ass engine with the blower, but it seemed like Jennifer wanted a blank canvas instead.

"THANKS A LOT, LIL BRO! I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YA!"

I rolled my eyes as I shook my head, "Yeah, yeah~"

"OH, COME ON! DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT! THIS IS MY WELCOMING PRESENT!"

Quinn cackled from the side, "You sure are excited, huh?"

"WHAT'S THERE— What's not to be excited about?! Can't you see it?! It's a work in progress, sure, but—"

"I'm more into exotics, actually."

"Ah~ I see, I see… and him?"

I answered, "I'm between Tuners and Muscle."

"Mh-Hmm~"

I chuckled, "I can't wait for you to see Oscar's monster truck—"

"THE WHAT?!"

"I knew it… You two are pretty much alike…"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

On that note, Jennifer and the few others looked around while Kaley and I had another pleasant talk with Mauricio and his wife—and I gave him the gist of what was actually going on past the waters. Obviously, he never looked so pissed from the thought of information getting hidden like that but it didn't take long for him to understand their decision from their perspective.

We almost had the same conversation I had with the Admiral and everyone else from the Navy, but we did talk about more local things where we could actually take part and make a difference.

"You already talked to Mr. Garciano?"

"Yeah, I would've loved you to squeeze him even more when we had the meeting, but I think I did pretty well myself. We do need some fresh construction materials aside from using what's available but they've been pretty generous because they're kind of saving on rice which we have an abundance of.

He's also been asking me if I have those skin care products you spoke of but I don't even know what they are."

I chuckled, "That's a secret of mine, heh. He likes the stuff and uses it religiously while we're totally good even with dish soap, so…"

"Fine, keep your secrets—"

"It's just some fancy natural creams. It's just the brand he follows."

"Yeah, I don't even care at all…"

"Pfft… Anyway, are there any other things that popped up from this side?"

He waved me off, "Not anything we can handle ourselves."

"Like Jessica then, thanks. I guess we'll have to pay a visit to Iskoh real soon as well now that it's pretty peaceful here, relatively speaking."

"He having some troubles?"

"Not exactly but out of everyone here, his place needs the most soldiers. It's the capital after all."

"Then you can forgo sending soldiers here. I don't wanna jinx it but sending more over here would make them more complacent. I even made some of them do farm work as well because they're just sitting on their ass most of the time… You know, unless deadheads wander off past our checkpoints."

"Is that even a thing?"

"Well… Sometimes they get carried by the river though we already solved it by using strong netting to pick up the garbage as well. Our soldiers have to travel further out to clear the dead and it's somewhat of a bad thing but more of a good thing still."

I nodded, "I get that, I do. That's just the way it is though. Just find the right balance of sending a few teams out and waiting for them to wander in. Just close out the places where they could nest in and you'll be fine. You can't just waste precious gas by seeking a dozen deadheads then coming back."

"Yeah, I've started luring them in the sports arena with a siren every week, just to see our current threat levels but if we need to get an exact reading in regards to the special ones, we need to venture out and seek them or completely clear out towns or even cities where there's no one defending them.

I'd hate to say this but the dregs are the ones who mostly run around while the special ones have been sneaking away unless we get to their territory."

"That's right… We can't have that. Then again, we should stick with the system of having a few scouts venture out to get the lay of the land and figure out the right time to send in several teams equipped to tackle the problem. Either that or checkpoints located set further out but not so much to thin us out here. We can work with our allies with that."

"Yeah…"

"Yeah. So anyway, thanks for the late lunch and we'll talk soon, alright?"

"Yeah. What you told me's a lot to unpack but I'll keep busy."

"Yeah, yeah."

On that note, I couldn't believe we reached our home in record time—probably because we didn't loot a single place on the way back—netting us a few extra hours to spare, but yeah, it was fun while it lasted, including the times we had some car fun.

However, it was all sorts of chaos when we got back because right from the get-go, Zeus had already jumped for my embrace beating Ella who somehow found a service uniform her size while the old man was having withdrawal symptoms from seeing Jennifer come in with a Buggy with a V8 engine.

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The ones that came in our brand-new Chinook still weren't properly introduced to everyone else—though everyone in my compound and inner sanctum already knew of them—but it'd be a brand new set of introductions later once we have our meeting after dinner.

Though once Rin was made aware of arrival, she quickly ran in and briefly hugged Tatiana before turning to me:

"We have some… problems…"