Chapter 214 - Returning to Fort Yano (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 was covered in darkness and neither the moon nor stars were visible, only clouds.
Nathan and Zita were walking down the road of a neighborhood and were on their way to find a place to stay about 2.5kms away from Fort Yano.
Nathan was wearing thermal vision goggles.
Zita, on the other hand, was also wearing a pair of thermal vision goggles but she was currently using its night vision mode.
There was a reason for this.
Nathan wasn't yet confident with Zita's fighting prowess during the night. Moreover, as far as he was concerned, they were currently in a ”dangerous” situation at the moment due to what happened back in Fort Yano. Because of these things, he had her use night vision mode in order to avoid unnecessary problems like friendly fire.
With thermal vision, although it gives the wearer a clear distinction between things with heat and things without heat, things don't have that many details. And with the things with heat, they are mostly just silhouettes.
Meanwhile, for the night vision, although it doesn't give the wearer a clear distinction between things like thermal vision, it offers more details.
The two continued walking down the street when Nathan suddenly stopped.
”Zita, I see 5 zombies up ahead. I'm going in. Remember what we talked about,” he said and then activated [Coward's Way] before charging.
Zita stopped and nodded before looking around to see if there were other enemies nearby.
In addition to reduce unnecessary problems like friendly fire, Nathan also told her to not do anything that much. As much as possible, he would do all the killing and she will only assist him when the situation really calls for it, like maybe dealing with an M2.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
He opened it and found a [Small] Healing Potion.
As for the Nucleus, he only extracted the one from the Rank 2, which was an S2.
”Zita, let's go,” he said and then walked.
Zita rushed up to him and walked by his side.
***
A few minutes later…
Nathan and Zita were standing in front of a small shabby-looking house made of wood. Its exterior wasn't painted and it had various posters plastered on it.
”This is perfect,” Nathan said as he stared at the house.
Looking at the house, Zita knitted her brows in confusion and thought, 'This one?'
In Nathan's mind, putting the fact that the house looked like it can easily be bulldozed by an N1, let alone a D2, the reason why he chose this house was not only because it was nothing but small shabby-looking house made of wood which makes it not too catchy, it didn't have any walls surrounding it and it had a spacious lot that the next houses were at least 10 meters away from it. And as an added bonus, it also had its own water pump outside.
As for Zita, the thought about a D-type zombie bulldozing the house with one charge definitely crossed her mind. But putting that aside, appearance-wise, the house looked too ugly and dirty.
Krang!
The house didn't have a doorknob and only had a padlock which Nathan pulled out.
”I'll check inside and you wait here outside. Also, switch to thermal vision mode,” he said and then entered the house.
”Okay,” she said before turning around, switching her goggles to thermal vision mode and then sweeping her gaze around her surroundings.
***
Inside the house, Nathan was immediately greeted with the smell of old, rotten wood mixed with the smell of used clothes that hasn't been washed for weeks.
The smell of the used clothes came from the two-person bed which was located on the left side beside the entrance.
The house didn't have a traditional living room.
Meanwhile, on the right side of the entrance a mirror.
Next to the bed was the cabinet.
And next to that was the kitchen along with the dining table and the bathroom.
Nathan made his way to the bathroom.
He chuckled and shook his head.
'Brown-skinned Asians… Sigh… The front door doesn't have a doorknob but the bathroom has one…'
Ka-cha!
He opened the door.
'Eh~? An old-school Muwinian bathroom, huh…'
'Hmm… I don't think I taught Zita how to use this an old-school Muwinian toilet…'
He glanced at his watch.
6:38 pm.
'Hmm… I think it's time I head there already…'
Ku-chud!
He closed the door of the bathroom and went to Zita who was still outside.
”Spot anything?”
She turned to him.
”No.”
”I see. Go inside and closed the door. I'll check the area if there's anyone nearby. Be sure not to let your guard down,” he said before activating [Coward's Way].
***
A couple of minutes later…
Nathan and Zita were sitting on the table and eating MREs.
There was no light and they were both currently wearing a battery-free pair of night vision goggles.
Nathan finished eating his meal and grabbed a cup of coffee.
Zita, on the other hand, was eating a protein bar from her MRE.
”Zita, I need you to stay here and wait for me while I go to Fort Yano.”
Hearing what Nathan said, Zita quickly swallowed the food inside her mouth. She was about to open her mouth and speak--
”While I'm away, don't step outside, don't make any noise and don't turn on or make any light. And if you find yourself in a situation where you have no choice but to leave this house, come back here when the sun rises. I will be waiting here until you return, no matter what. And oh, I almost forgot, don't forget to kill anyone or anything that isn't me.”
”Mister, can't I go with you to Fort Yano?”
”I'm sorry, but no. What I'm going to do is just a quick recon mission. I'll be back in one-two hours.”