Chapter 455 - Location, Location, Location - Temple (1/2)

As soon as Kaley suggested that and the others started to believe her, I immediately placed my thumb and index finger on top of my glabella and started chuckling.

”What?! No! It's the university right next to it!” I exclaimed after getting my bearings.

”Ah- oh… I thought you were insinuating it to be the love hotel...” Kaley embarrassingly said.

”W-Wait, bro. Why don't we just park at the uni- DDR Camp instead?” Jared suggested.

”Hmm? Oh, a few reasons. If we park on the roof of the love hotel, not only we would be able to continue a lasting tradition, but we would also be at an angle just enough to punch holes on the heads of the deadheads below and watch over the train station. Also, when I drove my drone to the sides first, several tents and a helicopter or two were parked on the roofs of the DDR Camp.” I explained.

”Isn't that mall better then?” Ibarra suggested.

”Well, the optimal place to park was the mall right near the center of the monument as you said but we wouldn't be able to clear the DDR Camp which was located on the other side of the map. Also, it's higher compared to the train station so we need to clear a few floors at the center instead of just parking on the roof of the love hotel that had nothing on top of it.” I replied.

”Hmm, I see...” Ibarra nodded a few times.

”Don't get me wrong, we would be able to procure a lot of supplies from that mall but we could procure those items as easily if we went to other stores in other places. Our main concern aside from clearing the dead was acquiring more gear to fight them. Also, if there are helicopters on that DDR Camp, there should at least be a few cans of fuel enough for a few trips.” I continued.

”Wait, you're the only one here that knows how to fly one, right? I was taught a few times but I'm not confident to fly solo, yet.” Kaley replied.

”That's right but don't forget, they're coming. It's almost the year's end. Aside from their team, Avalos and Honassan would be coming as well to assist us.” I said as I glanced at Mikhail and Tatiana.

The two were just faintly smiling but I know that they were excited to be reunited with the rest of their team. They were already feeling at home in my place but it was a good feeling to be with someone they were more familiar with on foreign soil. I could say that we already have a good relationship with them but truth be told, we were only with them for more or less a couple of months. If I compared our relationship with their team that they have been to life and death battles for years, the answer was obvious.

'I just don't want the dynamic to get weird when they get here. Well, we'll see when they arrive.' I thought to myself.

I started replaying the footage left but we soon decided to head back by using the backroads towards the City of Malabon. We left the hanging tongues from the train station for now because it wasn't much of a threat and we could still plan ways to take care of it without damaging the place it was latched on.

Even the walls that were erected were left alone because it was a few feet higher than normal and we would need to bring a larger group because it would take the better part of the afternoon if we took care of it ourselves.

”Question, isn't there more DDR Camps lying around elsewhere? There's a lot that was built throughout the cities, correct?” Tatiana asked.

”Yeah, it's just that we couldn't get to them yet. There are at least one in each barangay but it would always depend on size.” I replied.

”In our case, I actually came from a different DDR Camp but as soon as it started to get harder to contain, we decided to group up with other DDR Camps so we could protect a single place. However, we still failed and I was the only one to survive. It was only a couple of weeks when it started too.” Ibarra interjected.

”Hmm, then that means the even if some buildings were made into DDR Camps, the equipment left wouldn't be there if the previous soldiers moved into another area or DDR Camp?” Kaley asked.

”Yeah, if I remember correctly, I'm stationed at the Barangay of Longos in Malabon. We're in a hospital but we soon got the order to evacuate and head to the park where you found me.” Ibarra replied.

”So, it's possible that there's nothing on the university if the soldiers there already evacuated, right bro?” Jared added.