End of the World? I'm the Boss novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201 Patrol Officer

A commanding voies cut through the commotion from nearby.

The residents’ expressions shifted all at once, and they dispersed without a word.

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Only Zelda’s face lit up. She whirled toward the newcomer with undisguised eagerness. “Noah, you’re finally back. I can’t believe it. We actually ran into an old friend right here in the base.

Robin turned around.

It was Noah, exactly as she’d expected.

He had on a patrol officer’s uniform that fit him roughly as well as a costume pulled from a discount bin.

The sleeves were rolled back, the pant legs bunched at the ankles, and a belt cinched the waistband tight, but the whole thing still billowed off him like a loose sack.

It made his already unremarkable frame look even more slight, like a scrawny bird crammed into a uniform two full sizes too large.

The overall effect was genuinely absurd.

Noah himself didn’t appear to register any of this. He moved with his chest pushed out and his chin tilted high, strutting like he personally owned every square foot of ground beneath him.

His sleeve was deliberately rolled back to keep his insignia on full display, as if he lived in terror of someone forgetting his rank.

Noah’s eyes landed on Robin, and he went visibly still.

“Robin? What are you doing here?”

She was clean, bright-eyed, and composed, and she radiated something that this rotting, hollowed-out world had nearly consumed in everyone else. Vitality. Raw, undeniable vitality.

In a world this gray and gutted, it landed like a beam of light cracking through a sealed romb.

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It practically stopped Noah cold.

An involuntary flash of admiration crossed his face before he caught himself and straightened up reflexively. “Robin, when did you join Redwood Military Base? I didn’t hear a thing about this.

“And how did you get into Centerville? Centerville isn’t open to just anyone. Did you find some back- channel way in here?”

Birds of a feather, apparently.

Listening to him recite almost the exact same script as Zelda, Robin felt a cold, humorless laugh rise up inside her. “Why does that concern you?”

“What?”

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Noah stared at her, genuinely thrown that she’d dismissed him that completely.

He shifted his arm deliberately so his insignia caught the fight. “Do you even know who I am?

“Robin. I’m a patrol officer in Centerville. Every inch of this district is under my authority. Do you have any idea what you’re risking right now?

“This world isn’t what it used to be. Whether you get to stay here at all is entirely up to me. You’d better think hard before you say another word.”

Robin had zero interest in spending another second on this.

She exhaled sharply. “I’d heard about people throwing their weight around over nothing, but this is the first time I’ve actually witnessed it.

“A patrol officer in Centerville. Should I be trembling?”

A visible ripple of unease moved through the watching crowd.

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This woman… does she have any idea what she’s saying? How is she standing there saying this in front of everyone?

A patrol officer’s title wasn’t high on the official ladder, but they were the first point of contact between the leadership and ordinary residents.

The people at the top had no regard for common residents whatsoever, which meant a modest rank had quietly accumulated a disproportionate and very dangerous kind of power.

Getting on a patrol officer’s bad side had real consequences.

“Fine. Fine, then.”

Noah laughed, though there wasn’t a shred of warmth in it. “Robin, I was prepared to let this go out of respect for our history. But since you want to push things, I’m done extending that courtesy.”

He raised his hand in a sharp, decisive gesture. “Bring her in.

The instant those words left his mouth, people converged from every direction. They prore the same poorly fitted uniforms and carried the same brand of arrogance stamped uniformly across their faces. They reached for Robin’s shoulders without hesitation.

Robin’s eyes narrowed to slits, and she moved without a single beat of hesitation. Her kick landed with absolute conviction,

A heavy, bone-deep impact rang out and reverberated through the air around them.

The man who’d reached for her was already gone before any of them could process it, launched clear off his feet and out of sight before he even hit the ground.

“You… you actually struck a patrol officer. You’ve got a lot of nerve!”

Noah’s face had clamped down with cold fury. “Robin, this is your last chance. Stand down now, and I can still speak on your behalf. Show some sense, and I’ll let all of this go.”

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Zelda spun around, her face incandescent with rage. “Noah. I’m still standing right here, and you’re already making eyes at this little make? Do I mean nothing to you?”

She turned back toward Robin, the look in her eyes twisting into something toxic. “I knew it. You’re rotten to your core. You’re going after my man right in front of my face. Do you have any decency left in you?” Something cold and dangerous surfaced in Robin’s eyes. “Zelda, I don’t pick through other people’s trash.”

Watching his most transparent impulse get called out in front of an entire crowd, and catching the full force of Zelda’s fury on top of it, Noah felt the last of his composure starting to fracture.

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