CHAPTER XV
"You're here to save us, aren't you?"
After learning about Henry's military identity, Andrei changed his attitude. He suppressed the joy in his heart and asked Henry cautiously.
Andrew's pupil also put away his previous vigilance at this time, and looked at Henry very "enthusiastically", hoping to get a positive answer.
Henry was suddenly asked such a question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
He didn't want to deceive them, and he didn't want to extinguish their remaining hope. So Henry could only cast a "help" look at Ashley behind him, and the latter understood.
"Don't worry, everyone, there will be a way to get out."
Ashley could probably understand what Henry was thinking, so he stepped forward to help him.
"Great, we're finally saved!"
Hearing Ashley's reply, Andre was very happy.
His students also became excited, and some even began to celebrate in advance.
No one noticed that Zach, who was standing behind Henry, did not have the slightest joy on his face at this time, and was even a little gloomy.
"It's a warehouse with all kinds of goods. But there is very little food and water, and if you don't come, I guess we will go hungry next. ”
André enthusiastically took Henry around the warehouse and gave him a general overview of the place.
Henry followed in Andre's footsteps and roughly figured out the situation in the warehouse.
Originally, Henry didn't want to have more contact with Andre, for fear of leaking his mouth. But André was too enthusiastic, and Henry couldn't help him, so he could only follow him honestly.
"Originally, I took my students to do a practical activity, but on the way back, I was attacked by the gang outside and forced to hide here."
André recounted their experiences as he walked, but what he didn't know was that Henry, who was behind him, didn't listen to him.
Andrei talked about some inconsequential things for a long time, and Henry couldn't get tired of listening to them.
"Well, can you tell me about the situation around here?"
Faced with a chattering Andrei, Henry could only interrupt him.
"Oh, sorry, I've talked a lot... I'm not very familiar with this area, but one of my students' homes is here, you can ask him, his name is Zach. ”
Andrei turned back to apologize to Henry and mentioned a familiar name.
"Zach? Oh, it's the guy who drives, right? ”
Henry suddenly remembered that the young man who drove him and Ashley to save him was called Zack.
"Yes, that's him. But this kid is a bit of a talkative, so you have to be patient. ”
Andrei intimately instructed Henry.
"Well, thank you!"
Henry nodded to Andre and went back to Zack.
Henry returned to where Ashley and the students were resting, and saw several girls pulling Ashley and talking something, but Ashley looked embarrassed.
He searched around and couldn't find any trace of Zack, so he asked one of the students, and he said that he saw Zach go to the other side of the warehouse.
After some searching, Henry found Zach in a corner.
He seemed to be asleep against the wall, the hat on his head pulled down to cover his face.
"Hey, lad."
Henry crouched down beside Zach and shook him gently.
"Well, what are you going to do?!"
Zach, who was shaken awake, instinctively aimed the dagger in his hand at Henry's neck.
"No, no, no, I don't mean anything, I just want to ask something."
Looking at the knife that was close at hand, Henry raised his hand.
"I don't know anything..."
When Zach learned of Henry's intention, he directly chose to reject Henry and put away the dagger.
"I haven't asked yet, why do you say you don't know?"
Henry grinned, seeing that the other party had let his guard down. So he sat cross-legged in front of Zach and asked curiously.
"No matter what questions you ask, I have nothing to say!"
Zach said with a cold face.
"Do you have any preconceptions about me? Speak up. ”
Henry frowned, and persuaded him in a softer tone.
“……”
Seeing that Henry was still insisting, Zach simply put his hat back on his face and ended the conversation decisively.
Henry felt inexplicable, it seemed that he couldn't go on, so he had no choice but to leave...
Henry came to Andre's side depressedly and told him about the situation just now, and after listening to it, Andre said that he had nothing to do.
Ashley, who was on the side, noticed that Henry's expression was not very good, so he walked over to Henry's side.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? ”
Ashley asked Henry with concern.
"I went to Zack to find out what was going on around me, but this guy didn't say anything, he seemed to be very hostile to me, what a strange!"
Henry scratched his head and complained to Ashley.
"Is that the boy who drove us down?"
Ashley smiled.
"yes, that's him. I didn't do anything, why does he hate me so much?! ”
Henry continued to grumble.
"Alright, I got it. I'll try it and see if I can get him to speak. ”
Ashley reassured.
Henry tells Ashley where Zach is in the warehouse, and she goes to find Zach.
The time came for the evening,
Andrei arranged for everyone to have dinner, and then everyone went to rest.
Henry saw that his uniform was tattered and covered in blood.
He took off his clothes and wanted to wash them. But after thinking about it, there is not much water in the warehouse, so let's save it and let everyone drink it.
He folded his uniform neatly, then checked his equipment again. After making sure there was nothing out of the ordinary, he lay down and put his clothes under him as a pillow.
Henry lay on the ground, and all the things that had happened in the past came back to his eyes.
He led the team on a mission, not only did he fail to complete the mission, but he also lost his comrades. Ted, who had been with him from birth to death, was alienated from himself, and then took on a mission that he couldn't start.
Coupled with the fact that he encountered a group of helpless students today, all of this made Henry more stressed.
But fortunately, Henry is not alone, and he meets Ashley.
This woman lost her loved ones, but she survived with tenacity. It was Ashley who gave Henry the confidence to keep going, and it gave him some comfort.
Having said that, although Ashley is a girl who is cold on the surface, she is very kind on the inside.
After a period of time together, Henry gradually developed a crush on her. Thinking of this, the corners of Henry's mouth unconsciously rose.
A slight sound alarmed Henry, who sat up at once. picked up the flashlight and shone it over, and a figure walked out, only to see her blocking the light of the flashlight with her hand, and then slowly walked over.
"It's me..."
It turned out to be Ashley back.
"How's it going?"
Henry saw that it was Ashley who had returned, and his heart was relieved again.
"There is a shopping mall around the warehouse, and there should be a lot of food and water in it, but there will be no shortage of zombies inside."
Ashley sat next to Henry and spoke.
"yes, that sounds pretty good there. But why did he tell you not to tell me? ”
Henry nodded, but immediately became depressed again.
"I asked about that, too, but Zach wouldn't tell me, so I don't know."
Ashley shrugged helplessly, indicating that he didn't know either.
"What else did you ask?"
Henry continued.
"He told me about himself, and he said that his father was also a soldier. also said that his father basically didn't care about him, and he couldn't see his father coming to him when something so big happened. Perhaps, Zach is hostile to you because of his father? ”
Ashley ate something and then said to Henry.
"Oh, Zack's father is also a soldier? What's his name? ”
As soon as Henry heard the word soldier, he immediately came to his senses and asked Zach about his father's name.
"Well, I want to think... It seems to be called Corey. Stan. ”
Ashley had only heard the name once from Zach's mouth, so it took a while to think about it.
"Corey. Stan... Corey. Stan, how do I seem to have seen this name somewhere... Ah, it was him! ”
When Henry heard the name, he felt a sense of déjà vu, and when he thought about it, the man on the tablet was Corey. Stan.