After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 142

Chapter 142: Chapter 142: A Reward for Answering

It sounded like a lot of vehicles had arrived outside.

Nina Jacobs was still trying to process it.

The man beside her was like a mouse seeing a cat—he vanished in a flash.

???

’What in the world is he so afraid of?’ Nina Jacobs wondered.

"Let’s go. We should head back for now."

She really wanted to trade for the Gold Bars with that man.

But it looked like that wasn’t going to happen anytime soon.

The stairwell faced a heavy, closed metal gate.

Just as Nina and her companion were about to head upstairs, the gate crashed down with a deafening BOOM.

"Listen up, everyone!

We’re looking for someone. There’s a reward for anyone who reports them!"

A group of people charged in, and the man standing in the center shouted.

The air was silent for several seconds.

Everyone turned to look.

"Everyone, what is the meaning of this?"

Stephen Rhodes stepped forward and asked.

"What’s the meaning?

Let me ask you, have any new Superpower Users arrived today?"

Jordan Vaughn scanned the crowd and demanded.

’New Superpower Users?’

Nina Jacobs watched the group with interest.

’If they’re talking about new Superpower Users, that would include me and Wayne Warner.’

Stephen Rhodes’s expression didn’t change as he said,

"We have people coming and going here every day.

How would we know who’s new and who’s old?"

"Yeah, is this any way to look for someone?

Looks to me like you’re just looking for trouble!"

A few men who had been playing cards threw down their hands and stood up one after another.

Besides them, many others emerged from the surrounding rooms.

They stood behind Stephen Rhodes, glaring menacingly at the sudden intruders.

Their presence was no less intimidating than the intruders’.

"As long as you all cooperate,

we have no intention of causing unnecessary trouble.

On the contrary, there will be a reward of supplies."

A woman in a tight-fitting tracksuit walked in.

Behind her was a man in a sharp suit, his leather shoes polished to a mirror shine.

Jane Dixon had expected them to jump at the mention of a reward.

But to her surprise, no one paid them any mind.

"I’ll ask again.

Are there any new teams of Superpower Users,

or any Superpower Users who returned this afternoon?"

Jane Dixon asked.

Still, no one answered.

The man behind her seemed to grow impatient and waved a hand to someone behind him.

A woman came in, dragging a little boy by the collar.

Stephen Rhodes’s face changed instantly.

"Yuri?

Let him go!"

Autumn Lewis panicked at the sight; that was her and Stephen Rhodes’s child, Yuri Rhodes.

"As long as you tell the truth,

the child won’t be harmed in the slightest."

Phoebe Vance said.

"Bad guys! You’re all big liars!"

Yuri Rhodes struggled angrily.

Just moments ago, these people had said they were just asking for directions, so he’d told them about the hideout. He never imagined they would grab him right after.

"Don’t you dare hurt the child!

Or I’ll fight you to the death!"

Stephen Rhodes yelled.

A whole case of instant noodles was thrown onto the ground.

"We’re just looking for someone.

Whoever speaks up gets this,

and you’ll be saving the kid at the same time."

Phoebe Vance didn’t believe that a case of instant noodles wouldn’t tempt anyone.

Sure enough, everyone present stared intently at the case of noodles on the ground.

But still, no one spoke up.

Stephen Rhodes and his wife also seemed to be hesitating.

However, their primary concern was Yuri.

This surprised Nina Jacobs as well.

’I remember Stephen Rhodes mentioning it when he let me in.

The only new arrivals today were me and Wayne Warner.

And I only gave him a small bag of flour.

Are they really protecting me, a total stranger?’

"Wayne Warner, go get the noodles."

Nina Jacobs said suddenly.

"Okay."

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