Chapter 255 Settling Down In Redrock (2/2)

Aldrich nodded, a sweet tooth "If that's what you want, then sure"

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The rest of the way into Redrock went by without h endless stretch of road with Chrysa sleeping through it all Noticeably, Aldrich sensed herby the rowth and the newly established link between herself and Aldrich

The roads were more peaceful because the closer Aldrich drove to Redrock, to highway under direct surveillance by Panopticon drones or real police or heroes flying by, the harder it was for hunters or underworld crieneral to just camp in areas to harass people

Plus, closer to Redrock, there were h Aldrich's car, a solid 300,000 credit behe and ar, stood out considerably, he did not stand out so uy cautious about his safety

Especially now that flight was hyper regulated

In the post-Monstering age, coht was a lot more difficult to ith Airspace was shared with variants now, after all, and nothing put a da ready to tear into a plane's hull

There was also a phenomenon known as variant resistance to consider Over time, in a form of natural selection-evolution on steroids, variants would respond to huin to counter it If there were tooairspace, ht capabilities, and that was the last thing the Panopticon wanted

Flight capable variants were rounded ones And they istically

Most airspace in the e was therefore dedicated solely to trade Transporting goods and supplies frolobal econolobal Unmanned or one-man piloted airplanes and drones did not seem to incite variant resistance nearly as much as commercial craft packed with tons of Alter lives either

There were exceptions with urgent governhts like the one that had taken Thanatos out to the Crypt, but in general, aside for the ultra-wealthy, easy co of the past

Even flying heroes needed to have a specific license to have the authority to fly around from one place to the other Very few like Solomon Solar had unrestricted access to airspace Generally speaking, only A rankers and above had complete access whenever and wherever they wanted

Aside from desperate situations like with Haven's attack, ht paths pre-authorized

"daood fight" Dia a wide screen HD telescreen playing the news On his lap were a box of two dozen donuts A variety pack, solazed, others sprinkled, others plain, etcetera

The big man ate the donuts like they were little pieces of candy, sing thee," said Aldrich He sat on a desk in front of a laptop, prepping a connection with V Valera sat beside hi curiously at the screen to try and make a sense of it

"What is that?" Chrysa sat beside Dia her head curiously at the colorful donuts "Give me one!"

"Sure, kid" Diamondback held out the box of donuts towards Chrysa, and she scanned the colorful assortoods before she picked out a sprinkled one

"Sprinkles, huh? Good taste" Diaood!" Chrysa said, cru from her mouth as she spoke while she chewed

"Don't talk while you eat It ain't polite," said Diaulped down the rest of her donut and nodde "Okay"

Aldrich nodded at the interaction Diamondback was better with kids than he reckoned

Aldrich had rented out a decent hotel in Redrock's center district In walled cities, the further to the center you were, the higher the land prices generally

Most of the hotels here were on the better side, too, s like criround and credit history For Bruce Vayne, a supposed multi-millionaire trust fund child and his wife, child, and their bodyguard, getting entry was easy

For the average lowlife hunter, though, entry was much harder Fake CIDs let hunters move in and out of cities and some districts because ht

But they did not pass closer security checks, especially in wealthier areas that cared more about security and took their time

? ?? ??-??? ??, ?,?,? You needed a CID properly rigged by a good techno for that, and Aldrich had precisely that now that Z had upgraded his CIDs Diamondback's fake CID was also pretty solid, likely due to needing it for his work

A the Spearhorns, he did the most business in the cities, probably because he was the only one a them that had the cool to hold down a proper conversation

Now feeling just a bit safer, Aldrich got ready to contact V and get things ready He needed to confirm Randall's location here, check on the status of his troops and Casimir still in the Wastes, any extra news about the Dark Six's plans against him, and whether there was any useful infor on Desmond