356 The Mission, Towards their Destination (1/2)
Day 58 – 8:11 AM – Workshop Parking Area, North District, Bay City Settlement, Pasay City, Metro Manila
It was another day of the outbreak. Everything had calmed down after the rebellion staged by Senator Estrada and the members of Auraboros. However, the circulation of rumors regarding the actual leader of [Team Fairy] became even more exaggerated after what happened yesterday.
Using the rumors and the information that had been released by the military after the rebellion, people started to speculate Mark's abilities, personality, and strength. Even though the military already disclosed that the rebellion was concluded with his participation alone, it was not enough for the imaginative minds of the people who wanted to escape their fears and turn their attention to anything else but the situation outside the settlement.
Only a very small number of people noticed.
It was eerily peaceful these past few days aside from some small skirmishes on the eastern and southern walls.
At the parking area, the alleged members of [Team Fairy] together with their actual leader, two actual fairies and three new members, Karlene, Edzel, and Spera were preparing.
Mark still lacked enough blood to be able to modify the Lorry according to his design. That was why he decided to go out of the settlement to procure the items himself. At the same time, he would go out with the whole team for the first time to observe their battle style and they would also drive the newly modified MB Sprinter and test its capabilities.
***
”Yawn…”
Mark felt a bit sleepy.
The meet up with Senator Ramon and Congresswoman Lanie yesterday evening left Mark quite satisfied because of the answer of the two. His request was not that big and could be dealt with easily due to their position and influence in Bay City. And thus, the two readily agreed despite the fact that they felt a bit of loss after Mark said that they would leave this settlement later. After all, [Team Fairy] had already become a pillar and support of Bay City and things would surely become harder without the powerful group protecting the settlement.
After the meetup, Mark and Mei spent some time together flying under the night sky and ended up returning home late.
Yet, Mark did not want to delay his plans any longer than necessary and woke up early to prepare to leave.
Unlocking the padlock of the metal container, the finished appearance [Exceed: Personnel Carrier] was shown in front of those that only saw the first touches yesterday.
”Master, is this really the same vehicle from before?”
Odelina could not help but ask as she stared at the vehicle she had driven since the start of the apocalypse.
”It is still the same if you enter. I barely touched the insides of the vehicle aside from the sniper dome part behind the front seats.”
Odelina entered the vehicle and saw that the appearance of the vehicle inside was almost the same aside from a number of additions like the gun mounting slots by the windows, the controls for the needle launcher and the adjustable seat under the sniper dome.
As she sighed on how much the outside of the vehicle changed, Odelina heard Mark spoke. Later, I'll also change the insides after we got more parts and materials.
Odelina could only smile bitterly hearing that.
Soon, their preparations were finished and everyone boarded the vehicle. Odelina drove the vehicle out of the parking area and for the first time, the modified vehicle named [Exceed: Personnel Carrier] made its public debut.
The strangely high-tech looking vehicle drove off on the road making everyone by the roadside stop with shocked expressions.
”Well, this is a real head-turner isn't it?”
Mark said in a joking manner as he saw everyone else in the road turn their head following their vehicle with their eyes. Luckily, he made sure to tint the windows by mixing Oracle's and Crimson's blood metal or everyone would see them inside the vehicle.
”Master, I told you, you went overboard.”
Aephelia who was sitting at one of the two seats designated to her and Amihan above the dashboard spoke reprimanding Mark.
”Nah, it's fine. The military workshop will sure get a lot of attention though since they were the only ones that modify vehicles here.”
Mark replied while shrugging his shoulders.
The vehicle took quite an amount of attention before making it out of the settlement. Even the soldiers stationed at the gates had to stop them and confirm their identities before allowing them to go out.
While the [Team Fairy] which Mark decided to change into [Team Black Tourmaline] from the unofficial name drove out. Mark's prediction came true.
Inquiries about the alleged high-tech vehicle flooded the military, especially the Workshop. Of course, the military could not say anything about it as none of them also had any idea about the vehicle Mark created.
Mark had just caused General Perez and his officials another headache.
***
”Where are we going Papa?”
Abbygale who won the rock, paper, and scissors and sat on Mark's lap asked her father who was browsing on a mobile tablet installed with an offline navigation app he downloaded before.
Answering the little girl, Mark pointed at a figure on the mobile tablet.
”We will go here first.”
What Mark pointed at was the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA in Las Piñas. It was more than seven kilometers south of Bay City. Of course, the actual distance following the roads was way longer than that.
However, that was the best choice nearest from Bay City. This university offered a lot of educational services from basic education to college. One of the college courses they were known for was their medical courses and they also had their medical center for internal medicine. From what Mark knew, this University not only had its own school division for medicine courses but also had its own blood bank. They even organized blood donation drives from time to time.
That made it the most optimal choice to search.
As Mark browsed the mobile tablet, he was thinking about how this was quite inconvenient from before. Unfortunately, he had no choice but to play by the rules unless he wanted to play a random roulette with his body.