Kapitel 162: Outside (7)
<Author's note: The things (racism, sexism, political views, etc.) depicted or mentioned in this story do not reflect the real world and are purely coincidences. If they do, please keep in mind that they are simply for world-building and are only work of fiction. Thank you for your understanding.>
"Hello there, sweetie," Nathan said with a smile on his face.
Zita's eyes widened and her face became pale. She took a step back and said, "Dylan!"
However, Dylan was surprisingly calm.
Nathan looked at Dylan and said, "You did well."
"I did what you asked. Tell me now where they are."
"The little girlfriend of yours and her sister? First floor, management's office, inside the toilet."
"I swear to Go--"
Nathan dashed forward and grabbed Dylan's jaw.
It happened so fast that neither Dylan nor Zita were able to react.
"I don't have the time and energy to lie to lowlifes like you," Nathan said coldly and raised him up.
He tightened his grip, causing Dylan to grab onto his wrists from the pain.
"So I suggest you keep your threats to yourself, boy," he said and then threw him to the side against a wall.
Bam!
Thud!
Dylan didn't even look at Nathan and Zita when he got up. He just quickly left.
Nathan turned to Zita.
"And you…" his voice and eyes were cold as ice.
Hearing his voice and seeing his stare, Zita was afraid, quite afraid actually.
During her time with him in killing the zombies, she never experienced such tone and eyes from him.
The closest thing to this was back when she was at the Government Shelter and Sweet Dave was offering the helicopter to him.
She remembered how her knees went weak and her instincts going wild and screaming at her to run when he stared at her.
But compared to that time, this moment was very different. She could practically feel the murderous intent coming out of Nathan and it was suffocating her and stopping her from moving.
"M-M-Mister… I-I d-didn't--"
"Shut your mouth. Just return me the items I gave you."
"M-Mis--"
"I don't care about your excuses. Hurry up."
She began removing her System items one by one.
Nathan absorbed all of the items into his [Artifact] Gold Spatial Finger except for the [Grade D] Spatial Bag.
He took out her clothes that they looted from the boutique shop inside of it and dropped them on the floor before absorbing the bag.
He then summoned a [Grade D] Giant Axe and dropped it on the floor.
Clang!
"This is also yours," he said and then disappeared.
***
Nathan was climbing the stairs on his way to the rooftop of the apartment building.
Earlier, when he was sweeping this building and the ones nearby to check for zombies and if there was still running water, he encountered Dylan and his two female companions camped inside one of the apartments.
He initially planned to kill all of them but then changed his mind.
He suddenly appeared right in front of them. He knocked Dylan out first and then proceeded to knock out and kidnap the other two.
After hiding the two female companions somewhere, he returned to where Dylan was, woke him up and offered him a deal.
The deal was, of course, what just happened.
And Zita failed.
'Well, what happened wasn't really a surprise at all…'
'I already had my doubts from the beginning…'
'Sigh… Another failed experiment…'
'Well, at least I learned a couple of things from my interaction with her…'
'One of them is that just because you feed someone EXP, that doesn't mean they would be loyal to you, even if they're children…'
'The second is that even with high STR points, a person's weight still plays a huge factor in choosing weapons…'
'The third one is that traveling with someone who doesn't have invisibility is such a drag!'
'Is that how they move?'
'Every step you have to worry if there are zombies nearby?'
'And imagine if it's dark and you don't have a night or thermal vision goggles…'
A shiver ran down his spine.
'If I were to travel with such people in the future, it's best to have great numbers…'
***
Ka-cha!
A door was opened.
Nathan finally arrived on top of the rooftop.
There were three reasons why he chose this 10-story building.
One - it had a flat-surfaced rooftop.
Two - it wasn't too tall for him to jump at the other buildings nearby in case there was an emergency and he needed to do a quick escape.
Three - it had running water.
He summoned an assault helicopter from his [Artifact] Gold Spatial Finger and stared at it.
"This piece of shit cost me a lot of space."
Back when Sweet Dave was waiting for him near the helicopter and the other things that he demanded, aside from checking the area if there were any traps, he also stole another helicopter and some fuel for himself.
In his mind, who knows, the helicopter they offered him could be rigged.
However, the price was heavy and it broke his heart.
Due to the helicopter's size, he had to give up a lot of things inside his [Artifact] Gold Spatial Finger.
Among them was the 30 boxes of food and drinks.
And instead of giving those boxes of food to some random person, he decided to give them to Sweet Dave because whether he denies it or not, he did treat him well and he also made the deal happen.
Nathan took out a flashlight and the notes he wrote down during the time Yasmin was teaching him how to fly a helicopter.
Although he was invisible right now, it didn't make the light coming from the flashlight invisible.
Initially, his plan was to do this during the day. But since he no longer had Zita with him, he didn't have to anymore. He could easily escape and move to another area in case there was an emergency.
"Okay… Time to review the parts… Ouch! I'm too big! Fucking useless helicopter!"
He carefully slid inside. The last thing he wanted to do is accidentally break it.
"So this part here is called the cyclic and it's used for…"
***
20 minutes later…
'Okay, I think I understood it. The only thing left to actually fly it…'
He stopped rubbing his eyes and stared at the controls.
'I'm seriously going to fly back to Muwin with this?'
He chuckled and then started laughing.
"Heheh… Hahaha… BWAHAHA!"
He shook his head.
'This is crazy… I don't even know how to drive a car and yet here I am, preparing to fly a helicopter from Womania to Muwin…'
'Out of all of the things I did since the zombie apocalypse began, this is probably the craziest one in my opinion…'
'Shit!'
Pah!
He facepalmed.
'I forgot to pick up an inflatable boat in case this helicopter crashes in the middle of the ocean!'
'Sigh… Really…!'
He massaged his temples.
'Wait… Is having two boats enough?
'Again with the space…'
He stopped massaging his temples.
'There's also another problem…'
'What if the helicopter explodes mid-air?'
He started to search for a parachute inside the helicopter.
5 minutes later…
He had a dark expression on his face.
'There's no parachute…'
He scoffed.
'And even if there was, do I even know how to use it?'
He scratched his nose.
'Sigh… I think I'm going to fucking die on this trip.'
'Should I go back and take Yasmin with me?'
'No, no, no… What's even the point?'
'Wait! What if there's a giant sea monster in the middle of the ocean?'
'All my strength and speed is worthless underwater!'
'Oh fuck me sideways I'm so dumb and useless, really dumb and useless, really, really dumb and useless. Nathan, you're so dumb and useless…'
He started massaging his temples once again.
'Ugh… I'm starting to have a headache from all this thinking…'
He then began slamming the back of his head against the pilot's seat.
Bam!
'Dumb…'
Bam!
'Useless…'
Bam!
'Du--'
He stopped.
He clasped his hands together and closed his eyes.
'Please, lady luck, I know I keep on asking for favors but please give me all the luck in the world…'
'I seriously need it…'
'I really, really need it...'
He took out a world map.
***
5 minutes later…
Nathan was sitting on the pilot's seat like a lifeless corpse and staring at the world map.
'I'm afraid to fly…'
'I'm seriously having second thoughts…'
'I mean, what if all of my family is already dead back in Muwin...?'
'Wouldn't it be a waste of time to go there...?'
'Yeah, it's a pointless effort...'
Pah!
He facepalmed and said under his breath, "And for God's sake, I'm Asian! A full-blooded brown-skinned Asian! We're not daredevils! We are the type who just chills in the comforts of our home! And if we ever do something crazy, it's a calculated risk where the chances of success are higher!"
"Or is that just me?"
"Oh God and Lady Luck... please help me…"
Pah!
He slapped himself.
Blood trickled down his lips.
"Pull your-fucking-self together, you cowardly dumbass useless piece of shit and just do it!"
Inhale…
Exhale…
Inhale…
Exhale…
"Okay, I will search for an inflatable raft first…"
"No… I can't. I'm not familiar with the layout of this city and it's dark…"
"Even if I can turn invisible, there are too many factors that need to be considered. I was very lucky that that boy Dylan and his companions were too stupid not to set a trap. Even with all my powers, just one very unlucky accident could cost me my life."
He glanced at his watch.
1:12 am.
"Yeah, yeah… I just search for an inflatable raft once the sun rises."
"In the time being, since my mind is already overwhelmed with details regarding the helicopter's controls, I'm going to read something else for a bit to clear my head from this issue and then take a quick rest and then review them again over breakfast to refresh my memory."
He summoned the folder he "received" from Makeda.
"Let's see…"
He began reading.
AUTORENGEDANKEN 
Immortal_Shades
Immortal_Shades I haven't properly edited this chapter yet. I'll probably do some edits later.
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