Chapter 164 - Standing By Haven (1/2)

Chapter 164 - Standing By Haven

Aldrich and Seismic made their way to the nearest shelter where most of the crowd had fled due to Hat Tricks ridiculous round constructs that were essentially scaled down versions of the Panopticon Bunker that the Duds in the Southside holed the tops hts indicated the streets where they lay under, the thick plating of their round vault doors showing in the middle of the street

Aldrich stood before the vault doors, waiting for the his large fingers almost comically into a tiny control pad that manned entry into the shelters Normally, people could just scan their way in via an Eye Phone app, but many heroes like Seis, so they had to do things it code to authorize himself and to open the vault doors

Aldrich watched the doors ruan to slide apart with athe doors, he reflected on how these shelters were used and who they were for

Walled cities were designed with safety against variants in ulations stated that there be adequate shelter space for at minimum 50 of a city's total population to reside is Every couple of streets had a shelter constructed underneath as a result

An average person's gut reaction e? But 50 e Alter did not have thethat proper heroes and support did, they still had to by law register for a PRL (Power Regulation License) which, depending on its type and class, gave a citizen a set amount of authority hich to use their powers

The higher the class of a PRL, the more freely a citizen could use their powers, but this ca to certify that they were capable of responsibly using their abilities

Hero Licenses were considered the highest end of PRLs, requiring at the veryand two years of in field experience to obtain, but even the weakest of Alters who had a class i coh sixon how to use their abilities

As a result, there were very few Alters that were truly useless in a war effort That , elderly, or injured Individuals whose abilities were in some way either compromised or underdeveloped

Coincidentally, that hy most of the people in the crowd that Aldrich had seen was coraphic that needed protection and drummed up public sympathy

The perfect people for Aldrich to surround hiet caught trying to harass Aldrich while he atching over the sick and young and elderly That was one downside of an S ranker coht have been powerful, but simply by virtue of that power, they had fame, and with fa about their precious ie

Tome on," said Aldrich as he waved over Seismic when the doors were fully open Below, they led down to a steely grey, eet disinfected and inspected before passing through to the ed to claw their way through the doors, then the containment chamber also doubled as a trap room that had its oeapons to deal with intruders or just seal the," said Seismic

"Hrn?"

"How do you want me to deal with them?"

"The people down there?" Aldrich motioned to the bunker

Seiset here They'll take me too They'll question me What do you want me to do?

"Cold silence and five-word sentence answers have gotten you through ure they'll get you through this, too"

Seish the older hero's expression remained still, it was evident he was a little hurt by Aldrichhis past incidents It was a soft spot that the usually stoic hero had, probably because he deeply regretted the person he used to be

"My apologies," said Aldrich "If you want a more detailed answer, then here: you have Hareatest asset as a well-known A ranker, even with all your past incidents Because people ht not admit it, but they respect power, even if they don't like where it comes from or how it's used Power is a form of popularity of its own

Haet you in the clear, and they h corp to take care of you

That's what I mean by cold silence You put it out, and your corp fills in the rest to bail you out Do the same here, and I'll clear my own name soon"