Jonathan Thatcher was initially full of bluster.
But then he saw the row of armored vehicles and gleaming advanced weapons like AK-47s facing him.
His bravado evaporated in an instant.
"Is this yours?"
Jordan Vaughn asked, holding a black object.
"What is it?"
Jonathan Thatcher raised his voice, squinting to get a better look at the object in the man’s hand.
Shiloh’s face darkened as he pressed a button on the object.
A loud song instantly echoed through the entire street:
"Good Luck Comes, wishing you good luck! Good Luck Comes, bringing joy and love! Good Luck Comes, we have good luck! Welcoming good luck, we prosper and flourish everywhere..."
Nina Jacobs had just followed Holden Shaw out of the underground garage.
The song immediately filled her ears.
"What’s wrong?"
Holden Shaw noticed something was off with Nina behind him.
"...It’s nothing."
She continued to follow him into a vehicle, where she saw the object in Shiloh’s hand.
It was the mini speaker her Little Zombie Rat carried.
The very thing she used to lure zombies away.
Even that song, "Good Luck Comes," was the only one that came pre-loaded on the speaker.
’How did it fall into their hands...?’
"Are you kidding me?
Who has the time to listen to this stuff?"
Jonathan Thatcher replied, completely bewildered.
"Verdant Supermarket,
Cold Storage Unit 7, Aerodyne, Next Door Supermarket,
and this place included,
the supplies at all these locations have been cleaned out.
Who do you think would be capable of something like that?"
Shiloh felt that City J was a cursed place.
They had gone through the trouble of clearing the zombies around Aerodyne, only to find the entire livestream shopping warehouse completely empty of supplies.
All they found nearby was a mini speaker, still playing "Good Luck Comes"...
And it wasn’t just Aerodyne; they found the same kind of speaker near Next Door Supermarket too.
And they were all playing "Good Luck Comes."
Every major supply point had been cleaned out by someone.
’This was clearly the work of a single group.’
In a nearby vehicle, Nina Jacobs nearly choked on the water she was drinking.
"What Verdant Supermarket?
We don’t know what you’re talking about.
And that Aerodyne place is a nest of zombie rats. Who would dare go there?
You’d have to have a death wish."
Seeing that Jonathan Thatcher wouldn’t admit to it, Shiloh had his people raise their weapons.
"Let’s talk this out,
let’s talk this out! If you don’t believe us, you can question any of my people.
At worst, we’ll take you to our camp for a look.
The boys really haven’t had any big scores lately."
Jonathan Thatcher said hurriedly.
Although they had Superpower Users, they were completely unprepared and hadn’t expected this move from the other side.
So he had to back down.
"Bring out all their current Space Superpower Users."
Jonathan Thatcher heard someone say from inside one of the armored vehicles.
"You’re the ’Tiger-Lion Squad,’ aren’t you?
And you must be Jonathan Thatcher?
Your squad should have eight Space Superpower Users."
Phoebe Vance stepped forward.
Hearing a complete stranger lay out their information so clearly, Jonathan Thatcher, who had been considering putting up a fight, now understood that they were not on the same level.
"Are you from the government?"
Jonathan Thatcher couldn’t think of anyone else who could have investigated them so thoroughly.
"That’s not your concern.
Just cooperate with our investigation."
Phoebe Vance said.
"Looks like we’re in for another wait,"
Holden Shaw said from beside Nina Jacobs.
"Can they really find anything out just by calling out the Space Superpower Users?"
Nina Jacobs watched the Space Superpower Users lined up outside.
They were undergoing an unfounded interrogation.
’So much for respect in the apocalypse.’
’The strong can do whatever they want to the weak.’
"Who knows? They might make them take out their supplies for inspection."
Holden Shaw said with an air of someone who couldn’t care less.
"But where did you come from before?
How did you end up here?"
He seemed more interested in Nina Jacobs than in the situation outside.
"I came from an abandoned construction site in the South Suburbs.


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