After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret novel Chapter 60

Chapter 60: Chapter 60: The Quinn Manor

Nina Jacobs dug the Wind Element Crystal Core out of the zombie’s brain.

The surface of the Wind Element Crystal Core was a faint silvery-white, unlike the red of a Fire Element Mutation Crystal Core. Silver-white was the representative color of the Wind Element.

But she also noticed her Earth Spike had only shallowly pierced the mutated zombie’s head.

"It’s still a bit weak since it’s my first time using it,"

Nina Jacobs sighed.

’Looks like I need to practice more.’

After leaving Rivermouth Pier, Nina Jacobs found she had to take a detour through a mountain road.

It was just after lunchtime and she hadn’t eaten yet, so Nina Jacobs simply pulled her car over to the side of the road.

She took a still-warm container of fried rice from her food storage compartment and started eating in the car.

City D didn’t have any particularly high mountains, so the road ahead was relatively open.

As she ate, Nina Jacobs zoomed in on her system map. It showed a private manor up ahead.

Taking this road meant she would have to pass by that manor.

Nina Jacobs remembered that the manor was the Quinn Group’s territory.

The Quinns had made their fortune in the wine business, so it wasn’t surprising they owned a manor.

After finishing lunch and drinking a hot latte in the car to perk herself up, she slowly started the engine again.

Just as the map had shown, she didn’t have to drive far before several buildings clustered together on a hillside came into view.

The buildings were enclosed by a low wall made of limestone. A black, wrought-iron gate faced a winding driveway that led up the hill.

That must be the private manor from the map.

But Nina Jacobs hadn’t expected to find a row of roadblocks placed on the road ahead.

The barricade wouldn’t be hard to move; she just had to get out of the car.

There were several other cars by the roadside.

They had clearly been stopped by the barricade. The cars were empty, and some of their doors hadn’t even been closed.

’Where did the people in the cars go?’

Nina Jacobs was immediately on high alert.

’It’s highly likely the occupants ran into trouble when they got out to move the barricade.’

There were no bloodstains on the ground nearby.

’So, who took them?’

Nina Jacobs hesitated to get out of the car.

She activated "Five Senses Enhancement" and, sure enough, she heard whispering nearby.

Someone was waiting for her to get out.

"Interesting."

Pretending she didn’t know anything, Nina Jacobs got out and walked toward the barricade.

"She’s out. It’s time!" a strange man said in a low voice.

"Just let her go."

Another voice seemed to be trying to stop him.

Nina Jacobs could hear both voices, but the second one surprised her a little.

’Does he want to let me go?’

"No way. If we’re discovered, we’ll die a horrible death."

"It’s just the two of us right now. No one will find out if we let her go."

"She’s a woman! If you won’t grab her, I will!"

Immediately after, a sharp voice barked from behind the hillside.

"Stop!"

Nina Jacobs slowly turned around.

She curiously sized up the two men who had appeared on the hillside to her right.

Both men were holding guns and wearing security uniforms. This kind of uniform might give some people a sense of security, but Nina Jacobs knew they were just private guards.

’They’re probably just working for someone. They won’t actually shoot me.’

"This is a private road up ahead. You can’t pass," said the shorter of the two guards.

"Since when did this become a private road?"

Nina Jacobs could tell this was the man whose voice had insisted on stopping her.

The taller man behind him had a faint look of anger on his face.

"Just go. Don’t listen to him," the man said bluntly.

"Wayne Warner! If you want to die, don’t drag me down with you!"

"And you, come with me! Or I’ll blow your head off!"

The shorter guard seemed to be losing his patience.

"Where to?" Nina Jacobs asked.

’If I just kill this short guard, I can leave.’

"Someone’s inviting you to be a guest, of course."

Another voice drifted down.

Looking up from her position, Nina Jacobs saw a dozen or so figures appear on the hillside. The man in the lead, who had bleached blond streaks in his hair, was staring at her maliciously.

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