Chapter 35: You and the Company
The truck drove smoothly to the door of the commercial center, where a lot of cars had gathered, and it seemed that everyone still listened to Richard's words, but when Richard walked into the commercial center with Ashley and Harlan, he saw Samantha arguing with a middle-aged man with a furious ponytail.
“... Hear me, Mayor White, I'm not kidding, Pete and Breck have seen the big spiders, and we have to close all the doors and windows here or we'll all die! ”
"What are you kidding, a spider the size of a car, are you collectively scolding too much, just close the doors and windows, you still have to move things in the mall, do you have any documents to requisition the mall? Is the state responsible for compensation if there is any damage? I'm telling you, if Umbrella refuses to buy it because of that bit of damage, are you going to compensate everyone? ”
"When is this still thinking about money?"
"Nonsense, can you believe that thing, unless I see a big spider, I won't talk about it."
Samantha was so angry that she wanted to shoot him, all signs showed that the town was indeed in danger, but this stupid and greedy guy still refused to let go, and spent all day thinking about selling the whole town, yes, this strange mayor not only built a commercial center in this place where birds don't, but also considered selling the town after discovering that this investment had failed.
"Wait, which company do you say is going to buy our town?" Richard didn't have time for anything else, for he heard a familiar name.
"Haven't you heard of the Umbrella Company? The multinational corporation with a business all over the world wants to buy our town, but they demand that it not be renovated. ”
Of course I've heard of the Umbrella Corporation, and I know more than you, but the key question is, why is there an Umbrella Corporation in the Octopod World?
This time I understand why the mission has survived for more than 24 hours, so the question is, should I let the townspeople in or not let them in?
Fortunately, Richard is not a tangled character, and after thinking about it, he decided to let the townspeople in, regardless of whether this umbrella is that umbrella or not, at least the town has not heard of any signs of the T virus raging, and now it is better to carry the spider stubble first, and in this wave of disasters, the spiders should also be able to consume some townspeople.
Thinking of this, Richard opened his mouth to persuade the mayor: "Mayor White, I don't think the umbrella company is buying our town for these buildings, even if there is a little damage, they shouldn't mind, whether there is a big spider or not, the call to call everyone is issued by our police, and the responsibility is naturally borne by us." If, on the other hand, your decision results in mass casualties among the townspeople, the responsibility is yours. ”
Hearing Richard say this, the mayor of the town was also instigated, human life is greater than a little loss after all, and after Richard's analysis, he felt that he had over-interpreted it before, and the umbrella company said that it was trying not to change the overall structure of the town, but it didn't say that not a single grass or tree could be moved, could people really covet you for such a broken thing.
"Well, human life is more important, and while I don't agree with what you're saying, I care about the safety of the townspeople."
Seeing that the mayor nodded, Samantha immediately asked Pete to organize people to check whether the doors and windows of the shopping mall were closed tightly, and the mayor followed in, while she and another man named Chris began to move weapons out of the police car.
Of course, there are also people here who are hungry for his body, and the little widow sister Ashley has no intention of leaving, so she almost sticks to Richard's body.
"Ashley, do you know that umbrella company?" Richard raised his pistol and looked around vigilantly as he asked the little girl.
"You know, the big company in Phoenix next door, Breck's mother is the manager of that company, and I heard that she proposed the acquisition of the town." Ashley replied as he looked for an opportunity to get around Richard.
"Breck?" Richard wasn't honest either, oh no, he was an honest man, and he let Ashley rub the oil, but he didn't forget to get down to business, "Can you call him over, I have something I want to ask him." ”
"What are you calling him for, getting in the way." Although Ashley looked down on her ex-boyfriend, she also knew that it was a time of crisis, and she couldn't be too willful, and it was too late to talk about anything else when she was done with business, so she muttered a few words and ran into the mall.
At this moment, Samantha and the others also finished moving their weapons, and walked out of the commercial center with a shotgun to Richard's side, "How is it, do you see the spider?" ”
"Not yet." Richard looked at the sky, the sun was setting, and the most dangerous moment was coming, "Spiders are mostly nocturnal creatures, and night is the most dangerous. Oh yes, Sheriff, how many weapons do we have? ”
"Five pistols, three shotguns, and a Haaland rifle from the end of World War II, there is enough ammo, but not so much in demand." Samantha sighed, this is not a tough Texas, most of the men in the town are miners, and not many can use guns.
Ay!
Richard also sighed, he didn't want to cooperate with the beautiful sheriff, the main thing was that he finally knew the difficulty of this task, that is, weapons.
It is impossible for a person without professional training to hit a swift spider with a pistol or a single-shot rifle, let alone hit the vital point, he is like a god of marksmanship, but with just two hands, the kung fu of changing bullets may be broken by the spiders because of the weakening of firepower, not to mention the mysterious umbrella company.
"Sheriff, give me another pistol and the corresponding ammunition, and don't waste bullets on them."
Samantha thought about it, felt that what Richard said made sense, and immediately handed him the M9 on her body with a holster and two magazines, she was self-aware, it was okay to hit a fixed target with a pistol, move the target, who she loved, if she wanted to be able to hit, why did she let the prisoner not move.
After checking the pistol, Richard put his revolver back in the holster, this broken thing is a must, but the actual combat effect is average, there are too few bullets, it is troublesome to load, the enemy is a spider that can be broken in one shot, or the M9 with more bullets is better.
"Richard, we're coming!"
After checking the pistol, Ashley also came back, and with his depressed ex-boyfriend, Samantha looked at her daughter who had pounced on Richard, and didn't speak for a while, it's all at this time, what about it, it's safer to follow Richard than to follow others.