Chapter 390 - Its OURS now. - Look around, think hard. (1/2)

Jomarro looked at me thinking that I would say what I said with a funny face or I was just cooking up the time to give a proper punchline. However, I was not and what I said earlier was genuine. Like my friends and other colleagues, I've sent numerous emails to tell them about what was about to happen. Jomarro was not one of the people that believed me and now I could safely say that his days were literally numbered by the number of supplies he had left for him and his people.

”Did you turn deaf and mute now?” I said when he was just staring at me.

”Hmm.” Jomarro's face turned solemn.

”What do you mean by 'Hmm.', huh? Just give me an answer already so I could decide what to do with the supplies I came in with to trade!” I widened my eyes from his lack of energy.

”Cheh, how about my rice?!” Jomarro glanced at the few thousand sacks on his shop.

”No.” I replied.

”What do you mean by that? No? What does that mean?” he started scratching his shoulder.

”It's OURS now.” I said with a Russian accent that took Tatiana and Mikhail's attention.

*National_Anthem_of_USSR.mp4 suddenly played in the background*

”What the f.u.c.k did just happen?!” Tatiana and Mikhail exclaimed.

”I think a car with a stereo passed by, weird...” I trailed, scratching my head.

”Impossible...” Tatiana was shaking her head.

”TURN THAT F.U.C.K.I.N.G COMMIE MUSIC OFF OR I'LL MOTHERF.U.C.K.I.N.G TURN IT OFF WITH A SLUG!!!” Oscar shouted from outside.

”I'm sorry! We just found this cassette outside!” a voice replied.

”...” everyone else.

”A-Anyway… isn't it the same?” Jomarro went back to our previous discussion.

”The same what?” I replied.

”I'm just placing all of my items in a different location and I'm worthless after I ran out of things I could give you.” Jomarro was still against the idea of going to my place.

”It's all gonna be up to you if you still wanna keep on sitting on your ass all day. Instead of what you're doing right now, you could learn a lot of things from everyone at my place. You're great with animals, you could learn animal husbandry officially or even actual agriculture to complement your knowledge with rice. We've secured a place where we could start building rice paddies though I'm planning to also plant corn on that place.” I started.

”This...” Jomarro was still hesitating.

”I also teach classes every now and then so you could learn a thing or two about defending yourself. Well, it's not just that, we have people with different kinds of skills and knowledge and they're willing to teach everyone that wanted to learn. It's not the end man, we're just starting again with a little more difficulty. We know how to grind and we'll just keep doing what we do before when we ran our businesses solo at first.” I explained.

”Where do I even start? I'm finding the start really difficult. Mike and the rest could help you and even Elaine does a fantastic job of keeping the records in order.” Jomarro looked at his old picture where he was still buff.

”Heh, that's why I'm here, remember? First things first, you'll get your old body back with our help. It's always best to sculpt your body to an optimal shape so you would be able to perform more movements and actions compared to our old ones. After that, you'll decide for yourself on what to do next. You could follow my earlier suggestions or try every path available to you. How about it, deal?” I offered my hand for a handshake.

”W-Wait a sec, before my belongings turn to our belongings, I have one thing I want you to do for me. And I want this thing done before I order Mike to fill the truck you've brought to what it could carry.” Jomarro looked at my extended hand first before looking into my eyes.

”What? As long as it's not too stupid, I'll do it.” I replied.

”I want you to take me to my house. I've left a lot of my belongings there and even if I'm not sure that they're still there, I'm hoping they still haven't found out the stash I've hidden with the other valuables I have. I know I'm not the most agile one but I'll move when you tell me to move and run like hell when you tell me to run like hell. If you smell any kind of trouble and it would be dangerous to proceed, then we could go to your place though I wanted to try again in another time.” Jomarro stated his request.

”Jomarro, sorry but that is a disaster waiting to happen. Why don't you just tell me where to look for and I'll even show you footage from a camera as to what transpired over there. I'm sorry but I would like to avoid risks as much as possible.” I replied.

”Forgot the place where I live?” Jomarro raised his eyebrow.