21. Transfer, target CDC
After burying all the bodies, Rick prepares to set off with Luffy and them.
Rick and Sean are police officers and have experience in organizing people's operations, so they gather everyone together before setting off and explain how to contact each other on the way and how to deal with emergencies. After the two of them had spoken separately, Rick asked, "Any other opinions?" ”
At this time, a Mexican in the camp said, "We're not going to go with you!" ”
Everyone else looked at their family in amazement, a young Mexican couple with two children, a boy and a girl. Rick looked at the couple and asked, "Are you sure you want to leave?" ”
"Yes, we've already discussed it." The couple looked at each other, hugged their children separately, and the husband nodded, "Yes, we have all discussed it." ”
The wife followed: "We still have relatives in Birmingham, and we have decided to go to our relatives and not go with you." ”
"But when you go on the road alone, there will be no one on the road to take care of you." Rick Road.
The Mexican couple hugged their children to their chests and said, "We want to gamble!" I've got to think about my family, it's not all here, maybe it's better somewhere in Birmingham. ”
Seeing that the couple had made up their minds to leave, Rick looked down and rummaged in the pocket containing the gun and said, "Okay, Sean! Is there a pistol with a fulcrum 357? ”
Without waiting for Sean next to him to reply, Rick found the pistol in his pocket. Rick handed the pistol to the Mexican: "We can't help you with anything, we can only hope that you can get there safely." ”
And Sean also handed over a small box and said, "We don't have many bullets, and there is still half a box of bullets here, so let's save some use." ”
The Mexicans also knew that Rick didn't have many weapons, and it was a pleasure to be able to provide them with a pistol. So he said gratefully to Rick, "Thank you! Thank you for taking care of you. ”
Rick gave the Mexican a fixed look, as if he was trying to persuade him, but in the end, Rick just hugged the Mexican, and then said, "We're on Channel 40, if you change your mind, just use the wireless in your car to contact us, come back!" ”
"Thank you, thank you!" The Mexicans were so moved that they couldn't speak, but they just said thank you to everyone. After saying goodbye to everyone, the Mexican family set off before Luffy and them.
Watching the Mexican family leave, Luffy heard Sean questioning Rick's voice, and the wind came over, "Are you sure your insistence must be right?" ”
Of course, Rick didn't know that his opinion was not correct, and after listening to Sean's words, Rick could only be silent. After placing Jim in Dell's RV and packing all his luggage, Luffy and Rick set off as well. Unlike before, when Rick came to Atlanta from the small town, he was still full of thought that the CDC was still a place like paradise, and now although Rick still said that it was possible to find a cure in the CDC, in Rick's own heart, he had lowered his expectations for the CDC by a notch, and he was not so confident in finding the antidote in the CDC.
Dell's RV was a very old vehicle, and after driving a short distance from a gas station, the classic car finally lay on its stomach. After the two cars stopped, the other vehicles also stopped. After Luffy and the others walked over, they looked at the engine part that was emitting white smoke, and they couldn't think about it.
Dale got out of the car and inspected it and said, "There's no way, it's the hose in the engine that is aging and can't be used anymore." ”
"Dell, don't you have any replacement parts here?" Rick asked, frowning.
The white-haired Dale spread his hands and said, "Now I don't even have duct tape here, let alone the pipes to be used in the car." ”
If Luffy Yang sells this classic car into the mall and can fill it up again, I believe it will be a brand new RV. But let's not talk about whether the gold coins in Luffy's hand are enough to buy a new car, just say that this car suddenly disappeared in front of everyone's eyes after Luffy touched it, how Luffy Yang should explain it to Rick is a problem.
Daryl climbed on top of the RV to guard when Rick and Dale were talking, to prevent another situation like last night, when he was raided by zombies, and no one found out. As he looked around with his binoculars, Darryl spotted a gas station in front of them, which also had a convenience store. Just as Darryl was about to tell the others the good news, Jacque, a black woman who was taking care of Jim in the car, suddenly ran out of the car and said, "Jim's condition is not good, I don't think he can hold on." ”
Hearing the news, everyone crowded into the RV. Seeing everyone get into the car, Jim, whose whole face had turned pale, said, "Hehe, everyone is here!" I don't think I'm going to be able to make it to the CDC, can you just put me down here? ”
Rick said, "Jim, don't say that, keep at it, you'll definitely make it to the CDC!" ”
Jim laughed hard and said, "Rick, don't comfort me, I know what my situation is." Put me down right here! I want to feel the sunshine and the breeze at the end. ”
Hearing Jim say this, the women present couldn't hold back their tears, and they all covered their mouths to prevent themselves from crying. Rick and they agreed to Jim's request at Jim's insistence, and seeing that Rick and Sean were so difficult to hold one of Jim's arms, Luffy said, "Rick, Sean." Let me do it, let me get Jim out! ”
Ever since he was in the camp just now, he saw Luffy Yang holding Daryl with one hand and couldn't move, and the rest of the people knew that Luffy Yang looked a little fat, but at least Luffy's strength was not small. Now Luffy Yang took the initiative to ask Ying to move Jim, and Rick and Sean let Luffy do something.
At Jim's request, Luffy Yang places Jim under a large tree. Squinting at the sunlight shining through the gaps in the leaves overhead, closing his eyes and feeling the breeze flowing on his face, Jim whispered, "This is the feeling I ......have dreamed of under a big tree, in the sun and the breeze." ”
As they spoke, Luffy heard Jim's voice slowly disappear, and then saw Jim slowly lower his head.
"Jim? Jim! Seeing this situation, Sean, who was more familiar with Jim, hurriedly came to the bottom of the tree and put his hand on Jim's carotid artery. After carefully sensing it, Sean didn't look back, just turned his back to everyone, so that no one else could see the sad expression on his face, and shook his head quietly.
After seeing Sean shake his head, everyone understood what he meant, knowing that on the way to the CDC, there was another companion missing.
Darryl calmed down, and after a moment of grief over Jim's death, he spoke, "Alright, let's go!" Jim is dead now, too, but we're going to keep going. Just now I saw a gas station in front of me, and a convenience store. Now who and I go and look to see if we can find a replacement for the Dell car. ”
Although Daryl said "who is going with me", his gaze was straight at Luffy. When he was in the camp, after being grabbed by Luffy Yang with one hand, Daryl had an intuitive understanding of Luffy's toughness in his heart. Now in this operation of exploring the way together to find supplies, there is a strong teammate, but it is a little more reassuring than a teammate who needs to take care of himself.
Seeing Daryl looking at Luffy with such an obvious gaze, the others also looked at Luffy from time to time to see if he would agree. With such an obvious invitation, Luffy Yang didn't shirk it, and agreed to it in one bite. After seeing that Luffy Yang agreed to come down and go exploring the path with Daryl, in Luffy's induction, he felt that the people around him seemed to be beginning to accept him.
As someone who came from Atlanta with Rick last night. Although at night, Luffy Yang also shot and killed a lot of zombies, but everyone was in shock at the time, except for Rick, who came back from Atlanta with Luffy, and they were probably the only Sean in the camp who paid attention to Luffy's marksmanship. The others probably didn't have the heart to pay attention to Luffy's prowess at the time.
And Luffy Yang also had an idea in his heart, he wanted to see if he could sell food from convenience stores and the like to the mall. While Sean and the others were still piling up Jim's corpse and feeling sad, Luffy Yang had already set off with Daryl. When walking towards the gas station, Luffy Yang thought about the situation he had encountered in the past few days, and he had an intuitive understanding of the vast and sparsely populated territory of the American imperialists.
As the capital of a state in the United States, the city of Atlanta has a population of less than 600,000, which is unimaginable in the Celestial Empire. In the capital city of a province in the Celestial Empire, if the population does not exceed the 10 million level, it is simply embarrassing to greet people.
My family knows my own business. Luffy knew that he had only been in the zombie-infested world for less than 3 days, and the Daryl, who was always gloomy and as if everyone owed him millions, had been fighting for his life since the day the end of the world began.
Although his physical fitness is now 5 times that of Daryl, if he can learn a little experience from Daryl, Luffy believes that it will be more convenient and easy for him to deal with these dangerous situations in the future. So Luffy began to pay attention to Daryl's every move. Seeing Daryl carefully inspect the outside of the gas station first, he said to himself: "Luther, you should be on guard first!" I'll see if there's any gasoline and replacement parts from Dell's RV. ”
Nodding, although he didn't find any zombies in Luffy's sensing range, he still said to Daryl, "Okay, Daryl." Be careful, and if anything happens, call me, and I'll come in at once. ”
This gas station has been cared for for a long time, and Luffy and Daryl have not found any gasoline here. However, not all the emergency items in the convenience store were taken away, and Darryl soon found a pipe in the convenience store.
Back to the crowd, Luffy and Daril handed the found tube to Dale, watching Dale replace the damaged one in the car with the tube they found, Daryl walked up to Sean and said, "Is Jim's body just here?" ”
"He meant to let us put him here!" Sean: They were still in a trance at first, and they didn't react to Daryl's meaning.
However, Darryl quickly said what he meant: "If we let Jim here, will his body become a zombie?" Just like Amy! ”
Sean and they didn't say anything for a long time, but when Dale repaired the car and called them to go, Sean said: "Daryl, I really can't do anything to Jim, can I trouble you?" ”
"You're ......!" Although when he was in the camp, Darryl still looked like he was going to kill Jim, but after Jim died in front of his eyes, Daryl didn't really want to destroy the body of an acquaintance.
When Luffy watched Dale fix the car, he called out to Daryl and Sean that they were ready to go. The three of them didn't move for a long time, and in the end, Daryl waved his hand with his back to Luffy, so that Luffy and they didn't have to wait for him. As the other vehicles started up, they suddenly heard a dull gunshot coming from where Darryl and Sean and Rick were standing.