After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 414

Chapter 414: Chapter 414: Don’t Want Them to Be So Comfortable

It was a long while before Ms. Carter came out.

Her expression was exceptionally grim.

"Break it up."

Ms. Carter said.

"It was just a minor scuffle. As long as Ms. Carter doesn’t pursue it, we’re good."

"Now all of you, head back and keep a low profile."

Reinhard Caldwell said to the crowd after finishing his conversation with Ms. Carter.

"It’s over just like that?"

Zachary Sterling couldn’t help but speak up once the crowd had scattered as if granted a general pardon.

"Yeah. In the past, wouldn’t they have rounded everyone up for questioning?"

"And then executed them one by one?"

"But did you guys see it? What was underneath... HISS!"

The Space Superpower User, Manfred, had barely gotten the words out before he felt a dull throb of pain.

Nina Jacobs glanced at him. "If you want to live a few more days, shut up."

Although the incident had been brief, she sensed that something was off.

Zachary Sterling and Manfred exchanged a look. Though surprised, they both realized something was amiss.

Once they were back with Team 1, Zachary Sterling lowered his voice and asked:

"Are you saying there was something fishy about what just happened?"

Nina Jacobs nodded. "That woman, Ms. Carter, arrived too quickly."

The store is at the far end of the correctional pod, the furthest point from the registration office, and Ms. Carter works at the registration office.

What surprised her even more was that the leaders of several teams all seemed to take orders from Ms. Carter.

’Just who is Ms. Carter?’

"Could it have been a coincidence?" Sophia Spencer asked.

"You’re telling me that someone could gather over 300 people that quickly, right after we finished shopping?"

Nina Jacobs didn’t think it was a coincidence.

Of course, it was most likely aimed at her and Wayne Warner.

That was why she had intervened earlier.

"It’s also possible someone didn’t want us to get such a huge reward..."

Zachary Sterling thought Nina Jacobs had a point.

Everyone in Team 1 had points in the millions, enough to live for a long time without worrying about food or drink.

So, someone didn’t want them living so comfortably.

Ansel Garner was most likely acting on orders, and it wasn’t hard to guess who was pulling the strings.

"They were probably trying to kill two birds with one stone, but I think they’ve just stirred up a hornet’s nest."

Nina Jacobs sneered.

The person behind this probably never expected the floor to be torn up like that.

"Ah."

Theseus York finally caught on.

"What is it now, Chief?" Zachary Sterling asked with a sigh.

"How could there be a tunnel under there?"

Theseus York asked, confused.

They had been in the correctional pod for so long and never knew there was a basement level.

"Did we see something we weren’t supposed to see...?"

Sophia Spencer’s face grew a few shades paler.

Nina Jacobs smiled and shook her head.

"It’s too late. By now, I’m afraid everyone in the entire pod knows."

Three or four hundred people saw it at once. This isn’t a problem you can solve just by silencing witnesses anymore.

"Good point. In any case, we should all stick together for now. Those sons of bitches are sore losers; I bet they’ve already got their eyes on us."

Zachary Sterling said.

If it hadn’t been for Nina Jacobs tonight, they probably wouldn’t have been able to protect their points cards and would have suffered heavy casualties.

Now, at least, they were back in one piece.

After returning to her room, Nina Jacobs focused her Five Senses Enhancement on the store’s location.

’There’s something wrong with that store.’

’The boxes holding the Crystal Cores were identical to the ones she’d used when gathering supplies on the train.’

’They were wooden crates with yellow serial numbers on them.’

’So it’s very likely the Crystal Cores in here were also shipped away.’

’Those people are collecting Crystal Cores, too.’

Nina Jacobs deduced.

Sure enough, just as she was about to doze off from her vigil, she finally heard voices near the store.

It sounded like a few Superpower Users repairing the broken floor.

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