Trash in the Apocalypse

Chapter 116: Beneficiary

Inside the principal's office...

Chairman Sarah smirked. "Now, that's some news for me. You don't know him? That brat spends most of his time bar-hopping almost every day. Well, its his luck that you haven't crossed paths. The man wasn't known for being good, just like you."

Jun smiled wryly. He knew that his Aunt Sarah meant well, but the way she delivered her words didn't sound pleasing.

"You should leave this place. Its not safe here." Jun said.

"Is there even a place where its safe? Most of the people here were civilians and a quarter of that is our total fighting power, further divided into two factions." said Chairman Sarah.

"We cleared the surrounding area of the town municipal building. There's over two hundred people currently staying at the surrounding area. Its much safer there and I really hope that you come with us."

Aunt Sarah though about it as she lowered her head. "I can't make the decisions alone, specially if it would risk everyone's life. I'll talk with everyone first, then give you an answer at noon."

Jun nodded his head and stood up. He knew that she really cares about the people, and so he would let them come up with their own decision. Whether they decided to come or not, he already sent the invitation. The matter with their lack of weapons could easily be dealt with if he gave them some extra short swords he have, but that would be bad in the long term. He doesn't want to make the items value become cheap. To preserve its value, he needed to make it appear scarce.

"Is my father okay?"

Jun turned around and saw a gentleman in white long sleeves and sleek jeans. The man had wavy smooth hair and fair skin. Behind him were a few big bodied men, standing side-by-side Nik's squad.

"Hello Chairman Sarah." he greeted as he looked over Jun's shoulder to look towards the barangay chairman, who was about to stand on her seat. "I heard there's someone new came, so I brought myself here. Just my luck that he seems to have come from the municipal town hall."

"My name's Henry. Henry Caesares. I don't really like showing off my family background, but you probably knew some things that makes me really interested. But before that..." he turned his head once again and his eyes went straight for Jennie, who was standing behind Jun. "Hi sweetie," he said while waving his hand. "Long time no see. I haven't seen you in days. What happened? You got me worried."

While the man called Henry was acting like he owned the place, Jun examined him and lost interest. There were a few matters that stopped him from walking out and ignore this flowery man. Right after the man finished speaking, Jun immediately butted in.

"I heard that she traded you some jewelry box a few days ago. Is that true?" said Jun.

Henry finally stopped trying to converse with Jennie and faced Jun. His fake smile remained stuck on his face as he said, "I think so, why?"

"Where is it?"

"Is it important?"

"A bit. It would really help everyone of us if you kindly hand it over. Ofcourse, I'll trade something for it."

Henry stared at Jun, then suddenly shook his head.

"Sure, sure..." he paused, eyeing Jun up and down. He grew up with branded clothes on his body before he could even say his own name. In short, Henry saw nothing on Jun's body that seemed worth something and shook his head once again.

Henry's action disappointed Jun. Does the man not know of dimensional storages? Did he spend all these days locking himself inside this "safe haven" and neglected leveling up? On second thought, it was much normal to stay safe here than go out. There's even no reason for a wealthy person to go out when you can order people to do that for you.

Evo was right. Information was really power. Maybe, he should stop him from publicizing that brochure he was making.

Jun acted cautiously earlier since he thought that the man was hiding weapons in his dimensional storage. The only reason he hasn't acted now was because he still wasn't sure if the man called Henry was acting to make him lower his guard.

Jun said. "Okay. Where is it? Can I exchange it for food?"

"Ohh. I don't think you have food on you, so I have no reason to tell you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Jun quickly grabbed his neck. His sentence alone proved that he knew nothing about dimensional storage. He turned towards Chairman Sarah and said, "He doesn't know of dimensional storage?"

Chairman Sarah shook his head. "No, we labeled it classified information and only my subordinates knew of it. Its too risky if people go out with no weapons."

"Then what about her?" Jun turned towards Jennie, beside him.

"We didn't tell her, but since she always go out on her own, she probably leveled up while defending herself."

Ofcourse Jun already knew that. He just wanted to know if she was told about it or discovered it on her own.

As they were conversing, Henry who was being choked kept on hitting Jun's arms. He tried shouting for help, but only muffled groans came out of his mouth.

Jun faced him and said, "Where's the jewelry box?"

Henry couldn't reply properly and Jun released him from his grasp.

As soon as he was let go, Henry hurriedly caught his breath. He glared at Jun filled with anger. He angrily turned around and said, "Didn't you guys see that I was being choked to death!? Why weren't you doing anything!?"

After turning, he saw his bodyguards being suppressed with swords by their throats. Through the window, Chairman Sarah and Jennie saw the scene outside and was immediately shocked at how things turned from a conversation to a possible one-sided slaughter.

Before Henry could think of anything, Jun quickly reminded him of his necklace.

"Where is it?"

Henry faced Jun with fear on his eyes. He replied, "I gave it to Ishia."

Jun stared at him for a few seconds and Henry couldn't take his stare, so he lowered his head. Jun walked past him and went out of the door. Adrian came out of stealth on the corner and followed behind Jun. Chairman Sarah and Jennie were bewildered at the scene. The masked men stored their swords into their dimensional storage then followed Jun.

Before noon, news spread that powerful people came and rescued them from this place, that there was a much safer place than here.

Jun apologized to his Aunt Sarah about the incident and the fake news that was circulating around. He guaranteed that it wasn't his side that spread it. Jun wanted for his aunt to willingly come, but the events were forcing her to agree. Jun definitely agrees that there was a much safer place than here, but the term "rescued" doesn't seem fit. The term used also indicates that the people who spread the news weren't on good terms with Jun or Chairman Sarah.

People verified this information with Jun's group and they repeatedly told them that they could come if they wanted to. As long as they follow the rules of the community, they should be fine. Well, there's really no rules, but as a survivor, they should know what not to do or what to do. Besides, there's still a working police force at the municipality, so law and order could still be enforced.

Jun found Ishia and bought back the necklace for ten canned foods. She received the necklace as a gift and being able to trade it for food made her feel so lucky.

As the group waited for everyone to get ready, Jun chatted with his Aunt Sarah. They talked about random things and about recent things. When they were talking about leisure and activities, Aunt Sarah mentioned that some teachers were able to survive. They rescued some teachers who lived far away and had to travel early, so that they could arrive on time for their morning classes.

The children doesn't have to worry about having nothing to do since class still continued, though there's only few classes to go to. Afterwards, they could help with the orchard by either expanding or maintaining it. Jun felt that having a teacher should be good, but the things that have to be taught were things about survival.

Right before the sun rose on top of everyone, they were able to move out. The school was a good place to defend considering that it was enclosed by a wall, but they lacked armed forces and weaponry to defend a large area. The places that have watchmen were mostly the front wall where the main gates were located. The back and side walls doesn't have guards which further made the civilians feel endangered. With the reason to leave for a safer place, they all marched and followed the man who seemed to benefited from all of this.

Henry said, "Let's go."