Chapter 612: Chapter 428: Reunion of the Quartet
Zachary’s envisioned aerial vehicle had to provide a comfortable riding environment first and foremost; otherwise, he might as well travel by Sword Control, which would be more convenient.
In other respects, the requirements for the aerial vehicle could be more relaxed, since Zachary’s current need for it was simply to travel quickly and comfortably between Pengcheng and Kyoto.
As for the appearance of the aerial craft, Zachary didn’t pay much attention to it and after a long thought, he decided to upgrade the Black Car that had been with him since the beginning.
After all, Zachary had spent quite a few Survival Points to modify the Black Car back in the day, and now upgrading it was a form of nostalgia.
However, since he was thinking about upgrading the Black Car, he might as well completely reforge it like the Wave Rider, elevating it from a Magic Artifact to a Magical Weapon.
The overall size of the Black Car was quite large, so upgrading and transformation would definitely require the abilities of the System and some Survival Points to meet conditions that were beyond Zachary’s reach at the moment.
Just when Zachary was about to reforge the Black Car, the doorbell inside the house rang, informing Zachary that someone was pressing the doorbell outside the courtyard.
At this hour, he wondered who would still come to visit, so Zachary immediately turned on the surveillance. In the video was a young woman with a little girl. As the woman knocked, tears shimmered unaired in her eyes, constantly swirling in her sockets.
The little girl the woman was holding by the hand seemed quite timid and displayed an extremely shy demeanor.
However, the more the little girl exhibited such expressions, the more they ignited a protective instinct for the vulnerable in the hearts of people.
If this mother-daughter duo had been around before the disaster, they could have simply started a live stream, and they would probably make a decent living off donations, even if they never spoke a word to the entire city.
But in the post-apocalyptic world, those things that could stir the good in people’s hearts were often the first to be destroyed by human’s innate urge for destruction.
To be honest, when Zachary first saw the mother and daughter, he actually wanted to let them in, since he already had a pair of sisters, and a mother-daughter duo was another irresistible choice.
But, seamless as the performance by the two outside the door was, one must not forget the neighborhood where Zachary had bought his house.
Frankly speaking, no matter how beautiful they were or how destitute their lives, they shouldn’t be showing up at the door of Zachary’s villa.
Without saying anything else, this was a high-end residential area in Kyoto. Under normal circumstances, even if the mother and daughter were to be pitied, they wouldn’t have been able to enter this place.
Thus, the cautious Zachary immediately used Divine Sense to scan them, and the results left him somewhat at a loss.
Initially, Zachary rarely went out, so the chances of encountering the two were slim to none.
Under normal circumstances, they couldn’t possibly know whether Zachary was in the villa, and thus resort to acting pitiful and selling compassion at the door.
Persistently knocking, Zachary, with a cautious attitude, used Divine Sense to thoroughly scan them from head to toe while they were still at the door.
But the scan revealed something that greatly surprised Zachary. In their long hair draped over their shoulders, he saw earpieces.
You have to understand, although such gadgets were common before the disasters, in normal conditions, very few people would buy these things. So after the disaster struck, not to mention owning one, few had even seen one in person.
And yet, here at the door, a disheveled mother and daughter pair had earpieces, which indicated that the two were anything but ordinary.
As time passed, and snowflakes continued to drift down slowly, the mother and daughter stood under the eaves of the gate, pressing the doorbell while shivering, trying to banish the cold from their bodies.
But as time went on, whether they pressed the doorbell or tried other methods to reach Zachary, they received no response whatsoever.
At this point, the young woman outside began to doubt and spoke up, "Is there really no one at home? Otherwise, we’ve been outside for so long, and the person inside should be aware of it."
When the young woman asked this question, the little girl also showed an unsightly expression, but still cautiously advised, "Shh! Keep it down, don’t let anyone else hear our conversation.
The Spirit Dog has installed quite a few cameras around here, and Spider has collected a lot of information on him. According to his habits, they have devised a meticulous plan tailored for him. So all we need to do now is follow the plan.
Don’t go changing the set execution just on your own accord. As you know, if something unanticipated during the execution happens that we hadn’t considered when devising the plan, even if the mission fails, it doesn’t concern us.
But if you take it upon yourself to change the confirmed execution strategy, then forget about problems arising during the mission, even if there are none, others will have enough to fault you with.
That kind of situation is the scariest, so just stick to the plan. If anything happens, you can come directly to me, but don’t act on your own initiative."
After hearing the little girl’s instructions, the young woman gave the little girl a few telling blinks with eyes that seemed to hold unsaid words.
Time passed, and whether they shouted or continued to press the doorbell, Zachary inside the house never showed any reaction.
