Chapter 271 - New base? - First contact (2/2)

”Quickly take care of the ones incapacitated. I'll move a bit forward.” I instructed him.

*SLASH*

I made someone's scalp plop to the side of the road. It slid a few centimeters before stopping entirely but there's a trail it left like a snail's slimes when traversing a path. There's three in front of me so I made quick work of the two so I could let Cruz take care of the last one. We're trying to make less noise as possible since we've never fired our guns, yet. Checking the bodies of the figures we've killed, I saw a handheld weapon that looks like a machete but it has a false edge only located near the tip and I gave it to Cruz. He promptly accepted it and we rode on the back of the truck once more.

We're slowly making our way and we crossed a small bridge and we're seeing factories on the left side while a couple of car dealing companies are on the right side. Some cars are still on display though you couldn't see them clearly due to blood stains. We saw a cop car that has crashed into a donut shop but when we checked it, it was already looted, both the donut shop and the cop car. The only thing we found useful inside the shop are a few ingredients that wasn't taken like flour and sugar.

There's a huge cargo truck that is blocking the road and we're planning to start it so we could move it aside. There's a lone figure trapped under its wheels and when the truck moved forward, it revealed an interesting sight. It has been run over diagonally because part of its shoulder is flattened but bones are jutting out from the inside tearing through the flesh. It could only move its right arm and tilt its head which were the only ones that weren't run over. I sunk my katana to its head to end it so we could drive away since we're close.

”The tap guys are here.” Tatiana remarked after looking at the distance.

”Tap guys?” Nikolas asked.

I was thinking of what she meant first but I understood it as I shook my head in amus.e.m.e.nt.

*tap* *tap* *tap* *tap* *tap* *tap* *tap* *tap* *tap*

We drove back a few meters to receive them since several sprinters are in the mix. It was a kind of a surprise to see them again since it has been too long seeing them not inside the Valenzuela City Hall. We finally used our guns when they appeared though I found out that Iskoh's soldiers have a certain fear of them. They fired more shots than what was needed and their aiming became shit when they tried to shoot them. The distance we drove back helped since a few of their shots missed when they aimed for them.

”All you need is one shot to the head, same as everything here roaming around. No need to panic like that.” I told the two.

”U-understood sir.” they both replied.

”Avoid shooting them until it's needed since your guns are not suppressed. Also, leave them to us for now and focus on the other normal ones. There's more of them traveling in a clump here compared to our place so small swarms are always seen. It would be bad if they all joined together and made a bigger swarm.” I added.

We continued our way and we finally reached our destination. However, since we're simply checking the whole place out, I told the person driving the truck to drive around the walls of this place to see if they're still intact. We soon discovered that this side of the wall is still in good condition because the people who built their own homes just to the side of it informally were the ones that got destroyed first.

”Those materials jutting out could make vaulting over to this side difficult.” I thought to myself.

We continued to drive around to survey it's walls and we reached the only entrance of the Malacañang Park and Hospital which is unfortunately open wide. The only other way to enter this place is by boat and making use of the river or using a ladder to climb over the high walls. Instead of going inside as soon as we saw the entrance, we drove to the other side of the wall to check its condition as well.

”This could be a great base if we managed to reclaim it. We could also drop by this place not just with my helicopters but with my boats back home.” I thought to myself.

I was scanning the surroundings when I saw several armed figures in the distance. Judging by the getup, it's fairly obvious that they're gang members and one is already raising his hand carrying a pistol.

”Nikolas. Leave one alive.” I muttered.