87 Rescue Operations Part 2 (1/2)

Lieutenant Cedric sighed, and said, ”Currently, we have rescued less than thirty people in the neighboring area. They were hidden in apartments, condominiums and other bizarre places. Like that one guy we found hidden inside a septic tank. We got used to the horrible stench of those zombies, but we weren't prepared for that one. Back to the topic, we have some volunteers who helped us in rescuing people. Unfortunately, even though we have numbers, we weren't able to expand our search radius. You've been outside, you know how things look out there. There were hordes of normal infected, some evolved infected and guess what? We encountered a blazing infected! I don't know what that is, maybe a mutated one, but there's one thing that I'm sure of, I or any of my men, won't be able to go near it. We wouldn't be able to kill it without being burned down to cinders.”

Jun nonchalantly looked at him and said, ”So what's your point?”

Lieutenant Cedric stared at Jun. ”We need weapons. Any kind of long range weapon, and you could supply as with melee weapons too. I saw your goods, and they are very good. We need those if we want to fight the infected.”

”Then buy them. Don't tell me you weren't able to loot a lot of things while out there. That's just impossible. Or you could apply for a loan. Or pawn something. Go and talk to Bernard, he's the old dude that looks friendly. He handles all the financial matters of the market.”

”Will I get better deals?”

”I don't know.” Jun shrugged. ”Well, like I've said you can discuss things with him.”

Lieutenant Cedric was a bit skeptical about his reply but kept the matter on the back of his head. He wouldn't let the opportunity to pass by. If he could buy things at a discounted price and on bulk while on credit, it would be a huge boost for the police force's strength.

A map appeared on the lieutenant's hand and he placed it on the table. It was the map of the town.

A red circle was on the center of the map with a small green circle inside it.

”We are here, and this area is already secured. We checked all the houses, stores, public facilities and all the cars that we passed by. There might be a few zombies left behind that we missed, but that shouldn't pose any problem for any survivors at this point. This red circle is our target area. We plan on clearing houses after houses, but since we weren't equipped well we have to stop and request help from you. I know, I know. I'm being repetitive, but I'm just emphasizing how bad we needed weapons badly. We were able to fight those Rank 1 Destroyer's as you call it, but not without any casualties. Though no one died, having a broken bones doesn't makes thing good.”

”Did you read the guidebook?” Jun said.

”Of course I did! Who wouldn't read this, when it could literally help you stay alive.”

Lieutenant Cedric brought out a piece of paper, then placed the paper on the table. ”I really like this thing, and how did you guys even do this? It's so... futuristic.”

Lieutenant Cedric tapped on the paper and a hologram appeared. A screen appeared with a lot of text, he scrolled down and watched as numerous text and pictures passed by.

”That's a secret.” Jun said.

Lieutenant Cedric grinned, knowing that he won't get any answer regarding that matter, he went back to the topic.

”As you can see, there's a bridge here, and here. If we can control those place, we can make sure, that no zombies could come to this place. We just need to clear the residential area, then post guards on the bridges. We could have housing and people could live with peace of mind, knowing that the whole region is safe.”

Jun looked at the map. Just like what the lieutenant claimed, there were two bridges on the map. Each bridge were at the east and west side of the red circle. On the northern part of the map were vast plains, while the southern area was a lake. Both east and west sides of the map were littered with little houses that indicated the residential areas of the town.

As Jun scanned the map, he noticed the map legends by the side. There were icons that refer to rivers, creeks, farm houses, residential areas and the industrial areas.

”As we were unable to advance to the west due to the insufficient weaponry and various kinds of zombies there, we decided to go east yesterday.” Lieutenant Cedric stood up, then pointed on the eastern part of the map. ”We searched up to here, and saw the hordes of infected in the distance. Thankfully, they just roamed around the area and didn't leave there. We have to be extra quiet that day. To not attract attention, we only fought infected that were alone or were few in numbers. That horde is growing and we need to deal with it, before it notice us.”

”Did you see any evolved or mutated infected?”

”I saw a few, but compared on the western side, their numbers were nothing.”

Jun put his hand on his chin and thought for a few seconds. He then stood up and said, ”Okay.”