Chapte: 357
Chapter 357.
Sean Voss considered it seriousty for a moment before nodding. “I’ll stay here. There’s nothing left over there anyway.”
Since he had chosen to reveal his identity, it meant he was officially on Josie Quinn’s ship. Now that ke hesitation. Staying with Josie’s team was significantly safer.
was on board, there was no need for further
“However, I need to wrap things up at my workplace,” Sean said. “I was using a fake identity for that position.”
“That’s easy,” Josie replied. “I’ll just tell the Base Commander that I’ve taken a liking to your nerdy vibe and plan to bring you back to tutor my family. I doubt the Base Commander will hold up your transfer for something like that.”
“To throw them off the scent, it would be better to take a few more people,” Sean suggested. “It’ll make it easier to hide our true objective.”
“Fine, we’ll do it your way!” Josie turned to Hudson Knox. “Handle this. Pick a few decent people from the rest of the workers and take them with us.”
Tll just tell the Base Commander I have other uses for them.”
“Got it!” Hudson answered crisply. “Do we want Norms or Supers?”
“Both!” Josie said. “If we’re going to confuse them, let’s do it thoroughly. Also, have the mission desk keep the missing person posters active. Let Cyrus Finch believe I still haven’t found the target and am still searching everywhere!”
“Yes, ma’am!”
“The
rest of you, make another trip. Remember, do it quietly. Don’t draw any attention. Bring back the important things and leave the junk,” Josie ordered. “To the outsiders, just say you found some relatives and are going to stay with them for a few days and will be back soon.”
“Understood!”
After Josie arranged everything, she looked at Sean. “Let’s go. I’ll show you to our quarters.”
Now that she had successfully found her man, there was no need to keep the market running. The cigarette exchange ended abruptly. The official word was that the cigarette inventory had run dry.
The people accepted this explanation easily. Even if people could still farm, no one was wasting time growing tobacco. There wasn’t even enough food to go around-who had the luxury for cigarettes?
Furthermore, no matter how much someone had hoarded before the apocalypse, how much could they really have left? What kind of sane person would stockpile cigarettes instead of grain?
Because she was still supplying other essentials, no one questioned her.
***
Elsewhere in the city.
Cyrus Finch was wracking his brain, wondering where the hell those nuclear warheads were hidden. He had turned Newport City upside down and inside out.
Nothing. There was absolutely nothing!
r
Could the intel be wrong? No. Josie was still here. If the information was false, a woman like her wouldn’t be wasting her time in this place.
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