Chapter 208 - To Fort Yano (18) (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.>

”Nathan? Mis mthat… mis mthat myou?” Captain Lu said after stepping out of the vehicle.

Hearing his name being called, Nathan turned to the person who called out his name.

Looking at the man's face, his brows knitted together before switching to a shocked expression after recognizing who it was.

'Vincent?'

”Nathan, mis mthat myou?” Captain Lu said as he went over to Nathan.

When Captain Lu was inside the vehicle and saw Nathan through the window, he wasn't sure if it was really him or not, because of the height and also the helmet he was wearing.

But when Nathan and Zita were being escorted to the second vehicle and they passed by his window, that's when he got a clearer look and decided that I was really him.

”Myou're Nathan, mright? Mit's mme, Vincent.”

Staring at Captain Lu's face, Nathan shocked expression turned into something that was a combination of different expressions -- calm, confused and surprised.

A thousand thoughts also came flashing in his head, causing his eyes to blink and his fists to close and open a few times.

He regained his composure.

'I wasn't expecting this…'

'To meet this guy…'

'Or one of them…'

'How long has it been since I last spoke to them…?'

'3 years…?'

'I remember imagining at least a million scenarios on how we will meet…

'And a billion scenarios of how I will react…'

Nathan closed his eyes.

'I guess no matter how you prepared you think you are --'

He took a deep breath and exhaled.

'-- life will always find a way to catch you unprepared…'

He opened his eyes and wore a friendly expression.

”Vincent, mit's mbeen ma mwhile. Mhow've mbeen?”

Vincent's expression brightened and he said, ”Mso mit mreally mis myou!”

He was about to give Nathan a hug but he was too tall.

Nathan was 2.2m tall or around 7'2” while Vincent was 5'7”.

He instead grabbed onto Nathan's arm and said, ”Mhow mare myou?! Mi mmean, mi'm mgood. Mhow mare myou? Mit's mbeen myears msince mwe've mseen mand mtalked mto meach mother. Mi'm mreally mhappy mto msee myou mand mi'm mglad myou're msafe.”

Nathan continued wearing a friendly expression and said, ”Myes, myes. Mi'm malso mhappy mto msee myou mand mi'm malso mglad mthat myou're msafe.”

Seeing Nathan's expression and hearing his reply, Vincent's excited expression immediately vanished and he let go of Nathan's arm.

Given that he and Nathan were childhood friends, he knows a lot about Nathan's personality and he could tell when he was being genuine or not.

And most importantly, he also hasn't forgotten what happened 3 years ago.

”Mi'm mglad mto mhear mthat…”

”Mcaptain! Ma mgroup mof mzombies mapproaching mfrom mthe mwest!” the soldier who was behind the turret suddenly said.

Roar!

Roar!

Roar!

Seeing the zombies coming, Zita immediately looked at Nathan.

'Mister has that bored look...'

'So it's nothing worth worrying about...'

”Mgo mto mthe msecond mvehicle mnow!” someone suddenly said.

Nathan and Zita looked at the person who said it.

It was the soldier who was ordered to escort Nathan and Zita to the second vehicle.

”Nathan, mgo mto mthe msecond mvehicle mand mjoin mthe mcivilians. Mwe'll mtake mcare mof mthis.”

Nathan looked at Vincent.

'Dammit…'

'I really don't want to have anything to do with this person...'

'But I have no choice...'

'I mean, given that we're in a zombie apocalypse, he's a soldier with a rank and Fort Yano is managed by the government, the smartest thing to do is to use him…'

One of the things that Nathan used to do in the first year since that incident where he was exiled from Latif City was to secretly binge-watch those popular online videos among men.

The one where a poor, hardworking and loyal man is dumped by his girlfriend or traded for some other guy who is rich and successful.

And then some years later down the road, their paths will cross.

It will be at a party thrown by the company that the girlfriend's current ”rich” and ”successful” boyfriend works for.

And at the party, when the girlfriend and her current ”rich” and ”successful” boyfriend meets the CEO of the company, it will be revealed that it is her ex-boyfriend.

And to really rub it on the woman's face, the ex-boyfriend is also dating a woman who is not only a kind person but is also far more beautiful than her.

And to really, really rub it on the woman's face one last time, the current boyfriend will talk about the story of how the CEO used to really love a girl with all his heart but she dumped him because he wasn't rich and successful without knowing that it was actually her.

Pure male fantasy at its finest.

Now, because of this, Nathan, of course, also used to fantasize about how he, Vincent and Karen will accidentally meet one day.

And in that scenario, of course, he was richer and more successful than them. And both of them, especially Karen, will be full of regrets.

After all, according to philosophers, success is supposedly the best form of revenge.

'Sigh... No matter how prepared you think you are, life will always find a way to catch you unprepared…'

Nathan didn't answer and just went to the second vehicle directly.

After Nathan and Zita finally left, Vincent turned to the zombies coming.

”Young! Mis mthis mthe monly mzombies mcoming mour mway?!”

”Myes, msir!” the soldier behind the mounted heavy machine gun on first vehicle said.

”Mall munits, Formation #1!”

A series of replies came.

”Mroger!”

”Mroger, captain!”

”Mroger that!”

”Mso mwhose mturn mis mit mnow?” said one of the soldiers.

”Mour mturn,” said another soldier.

Three soldiers formed a row and began firing at the zombies.

Tata!

Tata!

Tata!

The soldier behind the turret fired as well.

Tatatatatatata!

A number of zombies came crashing to the ground.

Vincent and two other soldiers had their System weapons out and waited.

When half of the zombies were down, Vincent shouted, ”Mcharge!”

He and the two other soldiers charged..

Suuup!

Chak!

Whoosh!

Suuup!

Vincent and the two soldiers were hacking and slashing any zombie that came on their path.

For the M1 and S1 type, they would stab its head. Meanwhile, for the N1 and Rank 2 zombies, they would decapitate it.

Chak!