"We shouldn't have let him go there alone" morgan said pacing around.
It has been more than ten minutes already and the boy still hasn't returned.
"Don't worry, i assure you he has what it takes to be out there"
"Aren't you worried? He is your friend"
"Believe me, i am. More than anyone...but i know, we would've been nothing more than just a burden to him. You saw him, he can do crazy things and it's better if he doesn't have anyone to split his focus on protecting. Let's wait, he said it would be at least 30 minutes"
"But he'd gone only to retrieve his weapons back, why that much?"
Billy stood silent for a moment before telling him.
"He is most likely in the mall, we had it in our plans before meeting you"
"Then we shouldn't be staying here letting a boy risk himself" Morgan argued, yet...he knows how dangerous it is for his family to go, and he won't feel good leaving them here alone...even though he felt guilty toward the boy who saved them.
"That's why we shouldn't do something stupid now and increase the amount of troubles for him, Sasuke can get in and out fast and skillfully, he doesn't need distraction. Once he scout the place i will join him. You stay here with your family"
"Then i will j-"
"No mate, i don't recommand it. If i'd learned something from that boy? Then that is...never understimate walkers, they can be deceiving, they can be everywhere. It took but one stupid moment, one careless action, and a catastroph happen. So stay as the adult man here and protect your familiy, once we are back, we leave all together. Cool?"
"Alright, alright we can do that...thank you again"
"Don't worry about it"
"I hope he is fine" jenny added holding the hands of her son and husband praying for that boy's safety.
Meanwhile the "boy" they were all worried about was so satisfied that he could be dancing if not for the mood in the place.
Sasuke stood amidst multiple walkers, dead around him as he'd just finished with clearing the food section.
And what a great haul...
Even tho there happened something he didn't expect in the least, something that made his mood foul, and worried him even more about walkers but he kept it to the back of his mind for now.
This mall was clearly untouched since the breakout.
As it had at least 70 walkers roaming all around which was enough to form a horde if they were concentrated in one place.
And now with those dealt with, Sasuke finally reached the 10 threads milestone, he now has a 13 thread of chakra, it felt stupid to be happy about this as it is still as useless as ever, even a civilian kid may have multiple amounts of his.
But still, now he can at least trigger an explosion tag, which is akin to holding a grenade with you, it adds to the feeling of safety.
After Finishing with the clothes section. He headed back up to the second floor, and straight to the camping section.
There, he put three big duffel bags side by side and started filling them to take them back with him.
A pain in the ass but necessary to do to keep appearances.
Axes, hunting knives, ropes, flares, machetes, boots, sturdy safety gear, hooks, lighters, 19 CBs, fishing gears, and the most important...
Crossbows and arrows, and another hunting rifle with 3 boxes full of its ammo.
A whole set of 4 crossbows and 45 arrows in total. With 2 more being manual hunting bows.
Chocolate, protein bars, energy drinks that were spoiled, plastic baits, Animal food And seeds.
and finally, water filters.
After putting The hunting rifle, 1 of the corssbows and hunting bow and the arrows in his backpack, separating the other supplies and items into the 3 bags until all of them became stuffed full.
Sasuke turned and stood beside the remaining items.
He had already stacked everything in this section into one big mound and proceeded with hand seals before pressing it and commanding "seal".
What followed was the extroardinary scene of the items that occupied the whole place disappearing just like that with a puff.
His space now is 13 times what it had been the first time he woke up here, which was already as big as a whole room back then.
Thus Sasuke never hesitated when it came to looting, since everything stayed in it's optimal state once there thanks to whatever the crow had done to it.
He is worried that he wouldn't be able to stuff it full and not the other way around.
With the things he has now, he can live with a small group for 3 months if they have a safe shelter.
But he knows, it's not enough...not even close.
Turning, he headed to the last section. Which have hygiene items, house furnitures and utensils.
Then redo the process one last time.
The mall wasn't what it was supposed to be, it seems people had already brought many things, nearly emptying it.
Maybe before the outbreak or during it, which explains the low stock on the storage rooms when it comes to food, clothes and defense tools.
Which also explains why there were so many walkers here and the amount of discarded charts everywhere. They were possibly caught by walkers while on it.
As Sasuke promised, he appeared at the front doors of the bar holding three big duffel bags stuffed to the brim after 25 minutes of absence.
"You are back, thank god. Are you okay?" Jenny asked with concern seeing him holding those heavy bags all alone.
"Yeah don't worry, Billy... anything while i was away?"
"Nothing unusual boy, but we didn't agree to have you be there doing all the work, alone. This isn't the scouting i've agreed to"
"I know but, there were a whole lot of them and sorry to say this but you won't be of any help there. I had to be discreet to fill those. I'm surprised you people made it out of there safe" Sasuke wasn't cursing them but he was truly surprised by the number of walkers there.
"We didn't make it far, they were on the stairs to the second floor and one of them sneaked behind us which alerted the other walkers making us flee in panic"
"Well here you go" He passed a bag to billy and Morgan, one each.
"Inside are food, clothes and some weapons i found, there's a CB too in each bag in case we are separated and have to communicate. I put it to channel 33.3"
"You sure young man? i don't know how to feel about this. We are already grateful for what you did for us out there"
"You don't have to worry about it, just use it for the better and keep fighting"
"Thank you dear, we won't forget what you've done for us" jenny smiled at the boy grateful to meet kind people like him.
"You found a fuckin' crossbow? sorry" Billy turned and apologiezed to the familiy who weren't that much bothered with it.
Duan even smirked hearing that as he was surprised too seeing the thing the handsome guy pulled, it looked cool.
"And arrows too...good" Billy smiled looking at the haul sasuke had brought with him.
' Seems he really is thinking about his archer girl...'
"Katniss said it is her thing. so, you good to go?" As if feeling his gaze sasuke clarified not even understanding why before asking them.
"You need to rest, man. i'm surprised you held three of those things and ran all the way, this alone weighed around 40 pound { 20kg }" Morgan was wondering if he was getting old and weak at this point.
first the boy held duan and ran like he hadn't
And then this, after fighting and all that.
"I'm okay don't worry about me, there are melee weapons in there, axes and such. I don't know about giving sharp things to the untrained but better equip your son with a bat tho, and guys. Aim for the head...always, anywhere else won't work on them"
"We can rest for more son, and may i ask where are we going?" Morgan asked while passing him water.
Sasuke held his head in embarrassment, he forgot to ask about them, Jenny smiled when she heard him asking that and they told him about their situation.
Apparently they got stuck at one point and with nowhere to turn to when more walkers conquered more lands and the traffic became worse, so they were forced to break into a house here in King County.
it is about half a mile south of the building they are using now.
"I see, we have an apartment complex, secured with many of the apartments inside empty and clean, others...not much.
We plan to change place soon but for now it's a decent shelter to us. how about you use one of the apartments there? Or i can accompany you to your place after we put our things at the building"
Sasuke asked after thinking carefully. He knows more people means more mouths to feed but he wasn't concerned about that.
For him the more people the better as that would mean more hands to help, as long as they aren't a danger to his current people.
"Think about it mate, more people can help each others survive better, and i don't think the outside world would be always safe, we already met...horrible people. Those who won't hesitate to hurt their kin"
Billy too thought along the same lines, the man looks strong and his son can help with light things, and Billy knows he and Sasuke can't cover all things alone.
"What do you think?" Morgan didn't answer right away but turned to his family.
The offer is tempting and those two didn't look like bad people, but he still needs to do what his familly is comfortable with.
"I think we should go with them daddy, more people, and a complex might be better than a house with many windows" duan said, he honestly just wanted to learn throwing knives from that guy.
His wife nodded offering more points, they have their supplies so they won't be bothering the group with food.
What they need now is more safety.
"Alright, but i may need to go back to the house we were in so we can take our things there too. Is that okay?"
"Perfectly fine, i will help you with that" Billy nodded and the group did a final check before leaving the bar in a triangle formation
With Sasuke in the front while Billy and Morgan guarded the back with the other two in the center. And so they made it back to the building safely.