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Chapter 242 Preparations
Chapter 242 Preparations
Chapter 242 Preparations
[Michael's POV]
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"Well, then… let's depart, I suppose?"
I spoke as I looked at him and, though a bit excited, he still calmed himself down as he spoke,
"Okay. But I still need to prepare for something. Sir Michael, if it's not really a problem, will it be okay if I could borrow some money? There are a couple of things that I will need to buy in order to perform some spells. Honestly, without those preparation-"
"Sure," I spoke as I turned around and started walking out,"George, you have a car?"
Even though I asked, I turned around to find George still lost in his thoughts as he looked at Walter carefully and I spoke again, this time in a bit louder voice,"Hey George. Do you have a car?"
Snapping out of his thoughts, he looked at me with a stupefied look as he asked,"Huh? Me?" "Is there any other George in this room?" I asked with a slight smile and he put his head down with slight embarrassment. He then looked at me and said,"I don't have it but if I ask my father, then he will give it to me."
I nodded as I spoke,"Okay. Then let's get the car keys, shall we?"
And he nodded slightly as Adam and Blake just looked at George in amazement as all of us moved out of my apartment as we reached the lift. George's residence was on floor 24, and reaching there, we soon arrived in front of his apartment.
I saw him entering the house as he looked at me and spoke,"Just wait a moment," before he rushed into the house.
"Dad! I am taking the car keys!" Shouted George as he reached the living room.
"No!" The answer came from the one of the inner rooms. It was faint but we could still clearly hear it as the hallway was quite empty at that time.
"It is for Sir Michael!" George shouted again as he moved out of the house.
"Okay!! But if it is a lie-"
-Thud!
And George closed the door as he smiled at me. His eyes were quite bright at that moment, while our eyes were fixated behind him at the apartment door.
"Let's go. I got the car keys," he spoke as he showed us the car keys. While our eyes were glued to the apartment door before I asked,"Is it really okay-"
Though before I could complain, the door opened again, as an aged man, probably George's father, appeared in front of us. Red hairs and red eyes, as he looked at me with a bit of surprise.
Though initially a bit raging, as soon as he saw me, he turned all smiles before a girl, probably around the age of 13, came from below the father as she looked at me. She was in a bit of a hurry, but looking at me, she too stopped in her tracks as words failed to come out of her mouth.
"I think it would be better if we go," George, our savior from this awkward situation, took us back to the elevator as I spoke to George's father while being dragged away by George,"Thank you for the car."
Though I did not get to hear the answer as we reached the elevator. For a few moments, we were kind of quiet before Walter finally asked,
"George… what-"
"Nope. I am not explaining. Too complicated," George spoke with embarrassment written on his face. It did make me curious, and I wondered if I should use [Inspect] on him, but on second thought, I decided not to.
I kind of knew that his family liked my family to a certain extent, especially since my father helped George in his bad times. I guess that's probably the reason I am famous in George's family.
Moving down to the basement, we were all calmed down by the time we reached the car. None of us were talking about what just happened right now and we were all focused on Walter's movement now.
"Do anyone of you have an idea where we can get these materials?" Asked Walter as he passed on a list to us jotted with various types of materials. We all looked at the materials for a while before Adam started speaking.
"We can get most of the things from a construction workshop, while the others could be bought from steel works. As for the gasoline, we can just take some from the gas station. They still have some for old model cars."
Walter nodded as he spoke,"Can you guide us to that place?" and Adam nodded without any hesitation.
"Hey Walter. How long till we attack that high school?" Blake asked with a sudden thought. I could see his hands shaking a little as he pondered about something.
"In about… 14 hours? Let's say 15 hours," Blake calculated a little as he thought about it and Blake nodded before he began making a call,
"Ah! Hey Buddy. Actually, can you call the leader? I need some help here. Sure! I'll wait. Thanks."
Meanwhile, George started the car with a smile on his face as he proceeded in the direction where Adam was guiding him. Walter, on the other hand, had his eyes closed as he was lost in deep thought about something.
A few moments later, Blake's phone starts ringing before he picks it up and starts speaking,"Hey! Leader. Remember when you said that you would do me a favor as long as it's not anything risky? Okay, so I need you to come to this… Atlanta High School with all the men there. Can you do it? Thank- Huh? What do you mean by you can't touch that place? Doesn- Huh? A Real Gangster? Wait-"
Though before he could complete his sentence, I took the phone from his hands as I started speaking,
"Hey! It's Michael here. You probably don't know me, but would you be interested in making a deal with me?"
The voice on the other side was quiet before a woman spoke out
-We aren't going to risk our lives no matter how much the profit there is.
"Ah! Don't worry. I am not asking you to do anything. All you need to do is send your men to stand there and do nothing. I am not asking you to fight against them, but just stand there. Or is that off the mark, too?" I asked in a really polite tone.
The voice turned silent for a while.
-If anything goes wrong, we might even start attacking you. If you can take this into consideration, then we will come there. Otherwise no.
I pondered over it for a few seconds before speaking,"Sure. So I could see you there?"
-Wait! Clearly you don't think I would be doing it for free, do you?
Hearing those words, a chuckle escaped my mouth as I asked,"Okay. What do you want in return?"
-10,000$.
I thought about it for a few seconds as I tried to build a bit of tension.
-What? Chickening out?
"No… It's fine. I will transfer half the money when your men reach there in 5 hours. While the other half, after the work is done," I spoke with an 'uncertain' tone and satisfied with the deal, the other side answered
-Okay. Then we will meet you there tomorrow morning.
of kept quiet as they watched Walter finishing his things.
Cut-
The phone cut off, and I explained to them what had happened. Blake, who was expecting them to come on his call, was a bit embarrassed, but I patted his head as I spoke,"There is a reason behind everything. Don't worry about it. If you were in their shoes, you would have done the same."
Though not completely understanding what I said, Blake nodded. However, Walter was pondering about something else all together as he spoke,
"I don't think we will be needing anyone to back us up. Firstly, we got me… then even if everything turns wrong, there is still Sir Michael. I don't think you guys need to worry as long as Sir Michael is there."
Hearing his words, George looked at his wrist where I had grabbed him before, while the others observed me with even more curiosity. They had more or less seen what Walter and I were capable of, and from that point of view and because of what Walter spoke, they got even more curious about me.
I just smiled at them before I looked outside the window, watching the view of the city that will soon be gone under ashes… hmmm… is there any way of undoing the apocalypse… hmmm… though the more important question is if it is even worth it? It's not like this is the first planet to turn or would be the last one.
'The root cause of all, the Zombie King is still out there,' I thought as I pondered about that dark entity that I saw before regression. Hopefully, I don't get any surprises anymore. Or at least, I should get strong enough to deal with them.
There were a dozen thoughts as I closed my eyes while the car reached various shops and, using my money, Walter bought various chemicals and minerals that would normally not be available to the public. Though it was difficult, using a bit of my abilities, it wasn't all that difficult.
The 'shopping' trip took about an hour before we reached Adam and Blake's warehouse, the closest one to us. Where Walter began drawing various symbols all around the garage. Although skeptical, when I said it was fine to trust him, they kind of kept quiet as they watched Walter finishing his things.
And once he was done… he smiled at us,
"Let's begin."