102 Its Okay, Im Just Unique (1/2)
Jun and his group went back to the compound. He gave every Death Squad members 1000 CP to spend however they like and reminded them that they need to come back within an hour.
Gilbert was sheltered on one of the houses near the compound. Jun pestered him for more information regarding the mermaid which he received vague answers that made him feel disappointed and worried. It seemed like Gilbert didn't actually meet the 'mermaid' and only heard from other fishermen about the story.
As Jun bade goodbye and walked back to the compound, an advertisement on the bus piqued his interest.
”This coming Saturday! Drinking Contest at Veronica's PUB. 100 CP to enter! Winner takes ALL! Come and Join the FUN!” On the lower part of the advertisement were small written words, ”This advertisement has been approved by Black Haven Marketing Department. Please don't take this home. Violators would be punished.”
Jun noted this event to his mind, thinking of possible ways to gain something from this event. He then went back to the compound to check on how things were going. The market area received less and less customers but it didn't mean that sales were going down. Black Haven shifted from daily products trader to specialized product trader. Black Haven buys any unique item as long as its rare. You found some weird branch? A golden leaf? An ultra and elongated thick worm? We'll buy it! Carcasses were being bought too. In terms of items sold, the most popular were the short swords that could cut any regular infected in two with a single slash. The production sped up after Old John accepted some apprentice and the supply finally increased. Though there's still a deficiency, everyone could still see the improvement.
Jun walked inside the mall and saw Rank One staring at Paterno who was playing with a young girl. Everyone at the mall is already used to seeing the masked men loitering about and they know that they were Jun's subordinates, so they feel at ease even though they looked weird or act weird. Most of the times, they just ignored them since they themselves don't even talk.
As Jun passed by, he couldn't help but get curious, he said, ”Do you know him? I don't like that old man. On the early days, he almost caused our group to be killed. And what? For his selfishness. Though its sad when we found out that his wife and granddaughter were dead, it doesn't change the fact that he almost got us all killed.”
”I don't know him.” Nik bluntly said.
Jun gave him a side way glance with a raised eyebrows. Then he realized from the tone of his voice that this man was the teenager that always requested for his little sister's safety.
”You're that brat!” said Jun with widened eyes, then laughed. ”So, you do have what it takes. But how can you become my body guard when you're weaker than me?”
Nik faced him and through the holes from the mask, his eyes stared at him. ”How would you even know that? I trained like crazy every day and I mindlessly increased my speed stat. I'm level 3 and I have 11 points in strength, 13 points in speed and average of 9 points in every other stat. Everyone in the squad called me a prodigy!”
Jun laughed. ”I hate to inform you this, but let me show you true power.”
Jun's throat glowed crimson as he activated Threaten. He glared at Nik then grabbed his neck activating his Rob skill. His hands glowed red indicating skill usage.
[Rob activated! You used 10 energy.]
[Stat check... 28:8.8... check complete. Your power stat is three times higher than the target. Activating Daylight Robbery!]
Nik's dimensional storage showed itself upon Jun. There were various stuffs in it and most of them were weapons and other various survival items like medical stuff. There's almost nothing for leisure except for a book about physical training. Heck, could that even be considered for leisure!?
Jun felt surprised knowing that this brat was truly focused on strengthening himself. It looks like this kid wasn't all talk and was actually doing what he says.
On the other hand, Nik stood there frozen. He received notification that he was being robbed since he was face to face with the robber and robbing is actually different from pickpocket or stealing where you do the deed in silence. The most unbelievable thing that he can't get out of his mind was the notification that stated that Jun had three times his power stat. He usually felt that having 11 points in power should bring him on the top 1% of the survivors. If Jun was like this, then could his team mates possibly have the same stat configuration? Do they know something that the populace don't? Whatever the reason, he was three fold weaker than the man in front of him.
”Its okay, I'm just unique.” Jun said as he let go of Nik's neck. He then ignored the inquiring gazes of his group and went straight back to his room. When he didn't find Marianne there, he started asking everyone he met for her whereabouts. He found Marianne in the kitchen playing with Takaw. When they met, the two greeted each other with a kiss, then Jun invited her for a dinner. Mike hastily prepared a few dishes that he knew Jun liked and served additional hotdogs for Takaw, filling his plate to the brim. At the same time that they were eating, Jun informed Marianne that he still needs to go out. Though troubled, Marianne accepted his decision and wished for his safety.
Jun could have finished this business for tomorrow but something doesn't just sit well with him regarding Gilbert's story. Why would sea dwellers eat the children? And why now? They could have started eating them on the first day they were captured and that left many questions unanswered.
It was almost nine after eating dinner. Jun headed towards the back office to check on how things were going. He first went to Tatang Robin in the security office.