Novel Bin Chapter 26: A group of scums
Chapter 26: A group of scums
"Why is that?" Luke asked, raising his brows.
The short-haired man frowned. "Didn't you just hear me? You'll only be allowed inside after giving all your things."
"I heard that." Luke nodded before saying, "I'm asking why can't I be allowed to take my things with me?"
"Because it's the rule." One of the two men who held swords spoke at this moment.
"Rule, you say?" Luke smiled lightly and asked, "So, this means I can't enter without submitting my things?"
"You may think this is cruel, but we don't know what kind of person you are. Maybe you are having suicidal tendencies and kill a few people before killing yourself." The sword wielding man said without emotion.
Luke glanced at him. Although he couldn't tell who was stronger among these five just by looking, he could feel that this sword wielding man wasn't easy to deal with.
"That's understandable." Luke nodded, then untied his waist bag before giving it and his sword to the short-haired man, deliberately saying, "There are 15 red treasure boxes inside the bag."
"Oh?" The short-haired man's eyes brightened when he heard this.
"Am I allowed to enter now?" Luke asked.
The sword wielder on the side smiled with narrowed eyes. "You and that lady still haven't taken off your vests."
Luke cursed in his mind before taking off his vest. Lori did the same. nove(l)bi(n.)com
Seeing them obediently take off the vests, the sword wielder and the short-haired man nodded before saying, "Okay. You guys can go in. But remember not to cause a disturbance and follow the orders or you'll be thrown outside."
"Yes." Luke nodded before walking inside the factory, with Lori following him.
'Fortunately, they didn't check us or this bracelet would have been confiscated, too.' She sighed in relief, lightly clutching her long sleeve that was covering her bracelet.
As they entered the factory, Luke noticed some bloodstains on the floor.
Swoosh!
Just then, a middle-aged man walked toward them, saying, "Follow me."
Saying this, he led them through the dimly lit corridors. After walking for a while, they arrived at an open area many people were gathered.
Since the apocalypse had only descended a few hours earlier, nothing was organized and people were randomly sitting or lying around.
Everyone had fearful expressions on their faces while some weak willed people were even sobbing silently.
There were at least a hundred people in total. Lori glanced around but didn't see Julia. She turned to the middle-aged man and showed him her picture, asking, "Sir, have you seen this girl?"
The middle-aged man glanced at the picture and raised his brows for a brief moment before shaking his head. "I don't remember seeing her. But you can walk around and check. Maybe she is resting in some corner."
Saying this, he turned around and left.
Luke watched him leave with a thoughtful expression. He clearly noticed his expression changing when he saw Julia's picture.
"Let's ask around." Lori said, while walking to a group of three people nearby.
They were a middle-aged couple and a ten-year-old boy.
"Hello, have you seen this girl here? She arrived here around an hour ago." Lori asked, showing them the picture.
The couple looked at the picture and shook their heads. "Sorry. Since everything has suddenly turned so chaotic, we were too flustered to remember anyone's face."
Lori was disappointed. Nodding slightly at them, just as she was about to go to other people to ask, the little boy opened his mouth and said, "I've seen this big sister."
The couple's expression changed when their son spoke up. They hurriedly stopped him from saying anything further. The woman worriedly said, "We haven't seen her. Please ask someone else."
Lori felt something was up from their expressions. They had evidently seen her, but were not willing to tell her. A bad feeling rose in her heart.
Tears appeared in her eyes as she begged, "Please tell me where she is. She is my only daughter. I don't have anyone besides her. Please tell me."
The woman turned her head around, clearly willing to say anything. But seeing her cry, the man sighed, "I fear if we tell you, we'll have a bad ending."
Lori went silent when she heard this. From this, she knew something was up and Julia most like was in danger.
After pausing for a bit, the man sighed again and under his wife's continued warning glares, he said,
"This girl, your daughter, came more than half an hour ago. She seemed to be sick. She was lying here beside us for a while."
The man continued, "But half an hour ago, one of the leaders of this camp came and he took her away. Your daughter seemed to hate him and resisted. However…"
The man hesitated for a moment and then said, "That guy slapped her unconscious and forcefully took her away. From his expression, he didn't seem to have any good intention toward her."
When the man finished speaking, Lori had started trembling.
Suddenly recalling his words, she asked, "You said my daughter seemed to hate him, right?"
"Yes. That guy also said that she was finally going to be his." The man nodded.
Lori gritted her teeth and asked, "That guy, did he have red hair and an ugly-looking face?"
"That's right." The man nodded.
Hearing the confirmation, Lori's face lost color.
She hurriedly grabbed Luke's hand and said, "Luke, please save my daughter. That guy is a lecherous ruffian. He used to live in our block and has always lusted after Julia. But since she didn't like him, she had rejected him many times before. Now that everything has become like this and he is one of the leaders here, he will definitely do despicable things to her. Please save her."
Luke nodded heavily. "Don't worry. I'll save her, but you calm down first. Don't attract attention."
Hearing this, Lori calmed down. When she looked around, many people were looking in her direction.
Luke turned to the man and asked, "Can you tell me where he took her?"
The man pointed at the deepest parts of the factory. "All the leaders and their henchmen live the factory's storage rooms. But I advise you not to act recklessly."
The man looked around and said in a low voice, "I don't know how, but those guys possess superhuman powers. Before her daughter, they had forcefully taken away some more women. When someone tried to fight them, they were brutally killed."
He then pointed to other people in the hall and said, "You can see everyone is afraid. This is not only because of the zombies outside but also because of the people who we thought were our saviors. We don't know who they would take away next."
Luke glanced and noticed that most people were worriedly looking toward the gates that led to the area where storage rooms were.
He raised his brows and asked, "Since you know they may take their women away, why are they still here?"
The man smiled bitterly and said, "You saw the people outside, right? They aren't there just to guard against the zombies, but also stop us from leaving. A few people tried to force their way out but were killed by them."
'As I feared, these people are a group of scums.' Luke sighed, a murderous look flickering in his eyes.