280 Mid-day Banquet, Part 1 (2/2)

Marvin appeared at the entrance breathing roughly. A smile appeared on his face upon seeing Jun. ”You're back so quick... I should have expected that, but I somehow forgot that my Boss works efficiently. Come in, come in! Let's go inside.”

”I only invited a small group of people for this event. The Castro family, the Montano family, the Galicia family, and Mister Aries' family. Aries Nicor helped us tame more wild animals to cooperate with us. Currently, we have dozens of animals on the back of the municipal building. We have thirty mutated doves, twenty mutated dogs, fifteen mutated cats, and a parrot.”

”With that many mutated animals under him, aren't you worried he would seize your position?” Jun asked jokingly.

Aries Nicor's matters were already reported to Jun the last time they met. The old veterinarian already signed a contract with Rene to not induce or provoke the animals to cause trouble to Black Haven. It was a simple request and the old man could understand why they were worried.

Marvin laughed sheepishly. ”To be honest, the thought crossed my mind once, however, I remembered you value loyalty more than talents. Also, Mister Aries could only talk to them, he can't force them to do his biddings. That's why we only made a contract that forbids him from suggesting evil deeds.”

Jun nodded contentedly.

As they got further from the front door, they heard the door swung open once again.

”You're really here! Hey, rascal. Don't you think that you've been providing less attention to this town? As survivors that willingly defend your territory, shouldn't we get some type of benefits?”

Jun and Marvin turned back only to see a group of girls having their arms crossed at the gymnasium's entrance.

They were Dream Fairy's team who Jun worked together with to assassinate Marcus, the swindler.

Reena was still the tomboyish surgeon that she was. The blunt attitude she had never changed after weeks of not seeing each other.

Jun smiled cheerfully. ”You already said it yourself. You guys worked willingly, so why are you expecting to be rewarded?”

Reena rebutted. ”Working willingly doesn't mean that you don't have to reward them! If you continue doing this, you would lose volunteers!”

”Are they volunteers? Jun asked Marvin.

Marvin was the town manager. He had the power to hire people and had the financial support to do it. ”They aren't. I tried to hire them, but Miss Reena kept rejecting my proposal. She was saying that I could just consider their help as payback to you for helping Miss Lourdes get revenge.”

”I never said that!” Reena exclaimed while blushing.

”There, there~ Calm down, Reena. I think Mister Jun would allow us to enter the party.” Lolita patted Reena, who was much older than her.

”So you guys just wanted free food... why didn't you just say that immediately? Let's go inside.”

”No! We're not just here for the food. We're here for the meat! The meat!” Reena continued shamelessly.

”So vulgar...” Jun muttered then jogged away. Marvin, who understood the joke, hurriedly followed him.

Reena continued blushing and only stared at Jun's receding back.

She clicked her tongue while thinking, ”If you told me that you were a leader of the strongest group in the region, I wouldn't have treated you so badly. Now, it's even too late for me to get close to you. Haa...”

”Let's go inside. Do you think he still had rat meat with him? Wild bats only had small chunks of meat on them. It gets tiring even if we cook them in different styles!” Mellissa commented, salivating at the dish that she had long forgotten.

Seeing her friends act so childish, Lourdes, the oldest member of the Dream Team, assumed control. ”Everyone calm down. As Elite Patrols, we can't have the hired survivors see us like this. Go inside, start walking. Reena, watch your language. There are other people inside, we can't have you embarrassing our group, okay?”

”Yes~” Lolita answered since Reena kept quiet while getting pushed from behind.