Chapter 396 Steelbloom
Chapter 396 Steelbloom
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The woman standing before them, masked and silent, took them all by surprise.
They hadn’t expected someone so important to show up in the Outer Ring.
“What happened to my sister?” Lura gripped the wallet tightly, her clear, bright eyes locked onto Theresa.
“Your sister asked me to tell you… to stay alive.”
As soon as she heard that, Lura lunged forward and grabbed Theresa. “What do you mean by that?
“Is my sister dead?”
“Lura!”
“Rara!”
The other girls rushed forward to pull her back.
This woman was someone important to their camp. She wasn’t someone they could afford to offend.
“Lucy’s an administrator in the Middle Ring. She’s going to be fine.”
“Lucy’s got great people skills. She’ll be okay.”
“We’re going to train harder. Once Steelbloom gets stronger, we’ll bring Lucy back ourselves–she won’t have to serve others to trade supplies for us ever again.”
“We’ll get strong fast. Then we’ll take care of Lucy!”
Theresa nced around at the group of young girls and asked, “Steelbloom? That’s what you call yourselves?”
Yeah. The others nodded eagerly.
Lura’s our leader! We’re Steelbloom!”
“We’re just as good as the guys!”
“We can fight zombies too!”
Theresa let out a shortugh. “Impressive. I’ll remember you
Lura, who’d been quier this whole fime, finally looked up. Her voice was calm but unsteady. “Is my sister really… gone<i>?? </i>
Theresa stared at the girl–sixteen, maybe seventeen–stubbornness written all over her face.
She repeated softly, “Your sister said she can’t protect you anymore. So, you have to stay alive.”
As the words fell, something shifted. The girls all turned to look at Lura
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They understood now. Something had really happened.
Then, Theresa asked, “Do you want toe with me?”
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She remembered what Morgan had told her–among these camps, if they found someone they wanted, all it took was a word.
But Lura lowered her head, arms wrapped around her wallet, and said quietly, “No. My sister’s still here. I’m staying to be with her.
“We’ve only ever had ourselves to rely on.”
With that, she turned around and walked into the house.
As she shut the door behind her, Theresa heard a voice through the crack–tight with tears, but loud and clear.
“Team up! Time for training!”
Standing outside, Theresa felt her chest tighten sharply.
People could only rely on themselves.
Now that their pir was gone, these girls would have to grow stronger, faster, and tougher–if they wanted to survive in this world.
No matter how hard it got, they’d keep fighting.
“Hey, Beautiful. Are you okay?”
“Woof! Woof!”
“Woof!”
Quentin walked up with the dogs in tow. Summer circled around Theresa, rubbing up against her legs
Theresa gave up on knocking again. She bent down and scratched Summer’s head. ‘Let’s go home.”
She wasn’t going to forget those girls in Ark Camp Two.
Before leaving, she found the Outer Ring administrator and dropped Morgan’s name. Said she had her <i>eye </i>on Laura’s group.
The administrator, sharp as ever, immediately nodded and promised to look after them–didn’t even <b>need </b>
her to say morr
With that done, Theresa returned to the Inner King
Morgan had wrapped up his side, too
Theresa didn’t know what deal he’d made with Ark Camp Two, but when they left, the camp leader came out to personally see them off.
Their helicopter lifted off from Ark Camp Two and flew for several hours across the open grasnds
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before finally touching down at Ark Camp One.
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“I’m done for the day,” Theresa said, hopping off Morgan’s chopper and heading toward her own. “I’m
beat.”
Morgan didn’t stop her. “This trip didn’t go as nned. I didn’t get to show you a good time.”
“It’s all good. Hit me up next time you’re heading out.”
Morgan raised an eyebrow, grinning. “I will. I’lle get you.”
Theresa shot him an OK sign and started loading her dogs onto her helicopter. Just before boarding, she remembered something.
“I’ll send you some stuff from our camp–local specialties. You help me sell them.”
“Sure,” Morgan replied without hesitation.
He stood there and watched her chopper rise into the sky. Only when it had vanished into the distance did he turn and leave.
This trip with Morgan had taken Theresa through all three camps.
She hadn’t stepped foot into Ark Camp Three, but she’d met the people in charge.
Each camp was worse than thest.
And the ones at the top?
Not a single one of them was any good.
If she wiped out everyst one of those leaders–none of them would be dying unjustly.
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