Chapter 176 - Latif City (3) (1/2)

<Author's note: The things (racism, s.e.xism, political views, etc.) depicted or mentioned in this story do not reflect the real world and are purely coincidences. If they do, please keep in mind that they are simply for world-building and are only work of fiction. Thank you for your understanding.>

The sky started to become gloomy once again.

Meanwhile, down on earth, the scars inflicted by the zombie apocalypse seem to mirror its gloomy atmosphere.

The streets were devoid of life save for the zombies and their occasional roars. In addition to that were the abandoned vehicles, half-broken and looted buildings, and trash lying on the ground.

Bam!

An abandoned car made a loud noise as if it was stepped by something heavy, causing a few nearby zombies to turn in its direction.

Unfortunately, they couldn't see anything out of the ordinary so they chose to ignore it.

Of course, the ”thing” that caused that loud noise was Nathan.

He was invisible and running at full speed, on his way to where Latif High School, Latif State University Campus 1 and Brown Sports Complex were located.

His first stop was Latif High School because it was the closest.

'My God, the feeling between traveling alone invisible versus traveling with someone without invisibility just can't be compared…'

'Traveling alone with invisibility is just more free and relaxed…'

'I literally have nothing to worry about…'

'I really miss this feeling…'

'Sigh… I hope that kid's really worth it when the time comes we need to enter the Divine Tower…'

A few minutes later…

Nathan was standing in front of the main gate of Latif High School.

The school had 3 gates and each gate was divided into two sections -- a larger gate for vehicles and a smaller gate for people.

The first gate or main gate is where people can enter and exit the campus. But for vehicles, it's only used for entering.

The second gate is used for vehicles to exit.

And lastly, the third gate, it's where people can enter and exit the campus. But for the vehicles, only school vehicles and special guests are allowed.

'Hmph! My alma mater…'

The gates were left opened and he entered.

He entered the Main Building first but didn't bother to check the rooms. Instead, he went through it to see what's behind.

And what's behind the Main Building is…

To the West were the Trinitian Chapel and the Juniors Building.

To the East the Gym, Clinic and Sophomores Building.

To the South were the Canteen and Freshmen Building.

And in the middle were the ball field used for football and softball games, and an open-air basketball court used for basketball and volleyball. There were also bleachers on the sides.

Nathan swept his gaze around the area.

There were about 12 zombies loitering around the ball field.

'Doesn't look like it was used as an evacuation shelter…'

'The ball field is empty and its grass is unkempt…'

'Well, aside from the unkempt grass, it looks like nothing much has changed ever since I graduated from here…'

'God, I feel old…'

'Is this what it's like to visit the school that graduated from?'

'I mean, I never bothered to pay a visit to the schools I've graduated from except for getting a transcript…'

He shook his head.

'What the f.u.c.k is wrong with me? Why am I getting all sentimental all of a sudden? There are many far more important things I have to deal with right now.'

'Anyways, back to the reason why I came here in the first place. Just to be sure, I have to check the rooms...'

'Who knows, I might find a person or two camping here…'

He searched around.

Nathan was invisible and walking along the corridors of the Sophomores Building on the second floor.

Up ahead, there was an S1 zombie standing in the middle of the corridor.

He casually went up to it and summoned a [Grade D] Kris Sword.

Whooosh!

Thud!

Thud!

The head of the S2 fell from its body and rolled over the floor.

Nathan immediately activated [Coward's Way] and summoned back his sword into his [Artifact] Gold Spatial Finger before resuming his search.

He didn't bother extracting its nucleus.

'Hmm?'

He stopped because he noticed something inside one of the classrooms.

'Let's see.'

He entered the classroom.

Inside, there was a makeshift tent made out of blankets and had two mattresses and pillows inside. There were also and some empty bottles, pots, canned goods, wrappers and other things like used batteries, a broken rechargeable lamp and touchpad, and etc. on the side.

He approached the tent and crouched down.

His eyes wandered around before he noticed a print on the blankets, mattresses and pillows.

Property of Latif High School Clinic.

'When I checked the clinic earlier, it was ransacked and there were a few missing items. So this is where they went…'

He summoned a [Grade D] Long Dagger from his [Artifact] Gold Spatial Finger and used it like a stick.

'No bloodstains or any forced entry that could suggest there was a struggle…'

'However, it looks like whoever was or were camping here left for good…'

'The only thing worth using here are the blankets, mattresses and pillows…'

'But who knows what kind of disgusting people used them…'

He summoned back his dagger, got up and then resumed checking the rest of the buildings.

20 minutes later…

Nathan stepped out of the Freshmen Building.

It was the last and final building of the campus.

'There's no one…'

'Back at the Chapel and two classrooms at the Sophomores Building I was able to find some sign of human habitation but they looked like the people who lived there left for good…'

'There was no bloodstains or any sign of struggle or a battle whatsoever…'

'No point in staying here any longer...'

'On to the next location…'

He left Latif High School and went to Latif State University Campus 1 which was just next door.

***

Nathan was walking along the hallway of one of the buildings in Latif State University Campus 1.

He didn't attend college here and it was also his first time here so he didn't know the layout of the campus and which building is which.

Nevertheless, he decided to check them…

His eyes wandered around as he passed by the classrooms.

'Look cheap…'

'Not all classrooms have an air-con…'

'What the f.u.c.k… They're still using wooden chairs here?'

He felt pity for the people here.

'Well, it is a public college after all and the tuition fee is free here…'

'So I guess it's understandable…'

'But still…'

'I mean, I can understand the not having an air-con, only ceiling and electric fans. But wooden chairs full of vandals and so worn out that they looked like they going to break in any second? Seriously? If they can't even afford those plastic chairs, can't they at least repaint them?'

He shook his head and thought, 'Corruption at its finest…'

30 minutes later…

Nathan exited a building.

'This is the last building here in this school…'

'It's just like back at my alma mater…'

'Just zombies and abandoned makeshift camps...'

'But at least I was able to find some medicine and vitamins at this school's clinic…'