6 Chapter 6
Hazel looked around the central room again and found nothing except the revelation of Antonette as the God of Life.
Antonette Aquino already regained her original look as a thirteen years old girl.
She's a Divine Deity, she doesn't have a fixed gender and age since it depends on their master's gender.
It is not a voluntary changes but based on destiny of who will be her master.
Since the day Antonette got her consciousness back, she's already a girl. It means, her destined master is also a girl.
She deliberately hides herself as a human girl until the Eight Master of old mansion pitied her and let her be a maid.
Also, she changes her age based on the passage of time so that no one will suspect her.
For eighty years of her existence, she still doesn't found her destined master until the day she saw Hazel Tancongco caressing the gate of Old Hunter Mansion (just recently changed into Tancongco Mansion). That's why she approached her first.
"When will the Intelligence Unit come back?" she asked and sat on the sofa near the staircase. The living room has complete appliances.
There's no need for modification because the Old Master Hunter already bought the new model for each appliances inside the mansion.
It is the tradition of Hunter Family to modified every corner or appliances of the old mansion so that it will not look very old whenever they enter.
Hazel pressed the Start button on the remote control and looked for the News Channel.
"They are not yet here, Young Mistress. One hour already have passed" Antonette said as she stood behind Hazel, waiting for her command anytime.
Hazel's gaze lingered on her and frowned, "What should I tell Alex Hunter if he asked me where you are?" she asked.
Antonette scratched her cheek for a bit and sighed, 'Then, I have no choice but to be an older woman huh?' as her face twitched.
She immediately transformed into an old woman Antonette and the timing was just right because Alex Hunter walks down the stairs.
"Sister! Sister! Look here!" Alex Hunter is now familiar and close to Hazel Tancongco.
"What is it, this time?" Hazel Tancongco asked.
"Look! The outside world is now hell!" he exclaimed as his body trembles uncomfortably while passing his mobile tablet to Hazel.
Then, he started to think the possibilities of what will happen to him if he was not adopted by the Old Master Hunter.
Will he still be able to stay in the orphanage and turned into one of them after many years have passed? He patted his chest and sighed a relief.
Hazel Tancongco frowned. Honestly, she was dumbfounded to find out that an apocalypse came hours ago and she was oblivious to it!
However, she decided not to be a meddlesome fellow anymore.
She already saved many lives before and even sacrifice herself in her past three lifetimes.
If she also intervene here, she will certainly not live long enough.
She doesn't want to die yet and wanted a peaceful life.
As she starts contemplating on what to do, she went inside her study room which was the previous study room of Old Master Hunter.
She was about to press the switch on/off but she accidentally twisted her ankles and her hand instinctively grabbed on to the bookshelves beside it.
Unfortunately, it was too late. She already fell on to the floor but her elbow pressed on a secret compartment on the floor.
Who would have thought it needs a force just to press down in order for the secret compartment to appear?
Also, why is it on the floor? Shouldn't it be on bookshelves which is the safest? What if other people also got accidentally use force like she does?
The bookshelves shook and sank down beneath the floor as if there's a room there for the bookshelves to fit in.
"This is the most embarrassing moment of my life!" she cursed whoever put the secret compartment there and slowly stood up.
She doesn't care of finding out the secret compartment.
She only cares about her dignity as the genius cultivator, mage and scientist. Isn't it too embarrassing?
'Thank goodness it didn't happen before' as she patted her chest while her cheeks looks like tomatoes already because of too much embarrassment.
If her friends and subordinates found out about it, they will certainly laugh at her.
She pouted with sadness as she remembered their sacrifices just to save the world.
However, in the end, Humans betrayed them for benefits.
"Haist! Why are they playing on me?! Didn't I just say to myself that I will not be a meddlesome person anymore?!" she kicked on the wall.
Anyway, the bookshelves are no longer hindrance to her sight right now as it already sank down the floor.
"Should I go there or not?" she caressed her chin while checking out the floor. She hesitated to go there but there's a force in her heart saying that there might be something there which is helpful to her survival.
"Aish! I need to find ways on how to survive in this zombie apocalypse!" her eyes brightened and clenched her fist.
"Anyway, it is for my survival! Yes! For my survival!" as she convinced herself and started to look to a way down to where the bookshelves sank.
The next day, the Hunter Family is having a gathering inside the Meeting Room.
The room is composed of fifty seats which are divided into upper, middle and lower division.
The upper division which has ten seats are for the elders or the leaders of each branch.
The middle division which has twenty seats are for the heirs or heiress of each branch.
There are five family branch of Hunter Family. So, there are five heir or heiress right now, including Lucas Hunter who is the only son of David Hunter.
They occupied the first five seats and the following seats are for the geniuses of their own specialized field like Liezel Hunter who is known as the Music and Art prodigy among her age.
The lower division are for family members of each branch.
Each seats have its own microphone and other equipments or devices to easily convey their messages, opinions and oppositions.
The stage at the front is where a huge TV screen is displayed.
The screen shows the current situation outside the Hunter Family territory inside the city.
Their faces show how frightening the situations are.
Fear...
and, excitement are on their faces. Old Master Hunter shook his head.
The meeting is not only happening inside the Hunter Family.
There are also meetings inside the other wealthy families like Santiago Family, Collen Family, Valler Family and Pascual Family.
Even though the zombie apocalypse affected their family businesses around the country, their lives are still the most important right now.
They must find a way to survive this ordeal.
"I know that you are all aware of what's happening outside and you are all thinking of the Reshuffling of Social Hierarchy." The Old Master Hunter conveyed his message and it's up to the Branch Heads if they understand the situation or not.
"Yes, we were once a wealthy family who dominated the industry in this city but it is now a different era and will be our transitional period to survive" he continued as his voice contained with concerns for his family's survival.
His family's survival is not based on their own efforts but they need the help of others.
Old Master Hunter looked at his deceased second brother's sons and daughters, as well as their family.
He cannot bear to starve them. Even though they're not his descendants, they are still part of Hunter Family.
It is already carved on their bones to live in luxury and carefree life while managing business with their subordinates.
However, right now, money is no longer have a value. He sighed and closed his eyes as he took a deep breathe.
"Are we really still the wealthiest?" he clenched his fist. His ancestors' efforts are now useless.
"Right now, money is a displayed paper. Food, Shelter and Clothing will become luxury things in this new era." Because of those zombies outside, food will certainly scarce for many years and humans must find a way to cultivate food.
There are no safe shelters unless the leaders have better managements and enough strong men without fear to fight against zombies.
Also, clothing will be our problem during winter and summer but that will be on the later part.
The sudden turning of many people into zombies caught them off guard and many families were turned. This reduced the world population into 40% of the previous population.
This also includes to reduction of martial artists.
"Compared to middle and lower class families, we are blessed to have our own storage room for food." Because they are wealthy at first, they have enough food stocks for now.
"However, until when will it last? There are fifty members in the Hunter Family. We also have guards and their families to feed"
Yes, he not only think about his family but also those guards or servants who stay loyal to their family. They cannot turn their backs during zombie apocalypse right?
He sighed and gulped as he felt thirsty. He waved his arms to call for someone to bring him water but no one responds.
He turned back his head and looked at his Personal Butler.
The butler shook his head and sighed heavily as he got up and took a bottle of water. It means, the water is no longer flowing from the City Water District.
He was the butler who showed contempt towards Hazel. He reached out his hand and gave the water to Old Master Hunter.
Old Master Hunter was stunned and clenched his hands tighter. He opened the bottled water and drank it.
"....there is also a bad news" he continued. No one interrupted him. Only silence embraced the entire room.
"It is already four hours passed since the beginning of zombie apocalypse and the water is already cut off and only bottled waters are available" as he gulped and continued.
"The City Water District who monopolized the distribution of water to each household is now having a trouble."
"We cannot drink the water there as it is already contaminated by zombie virus and the facilities are filled with zombie personnels." his face are full of worries and concerns.
"So, we need to find food stocks and bottled waters to fill our warehouse" as he cannot think of what will happen if the water surrounding them is also contaminated. Will there be water for them to drink? Where?
"Also, besides the Human Zombies outside, we must be careful as we don't know of more dangers to come to us" he ended and walked down the central stage.
"Dominic Hunter, please come here to share you findings on the investigation outside one hour ago" and he smiled towards his grand nephew while nodding at him. It shows how favored he is.
Dominic Hunter, the son of Old Master Hunter's second brother, walks down the second division and goes up into the Center while inserting the USB Drive to the laptop.
The projector showed the file documents. Dominic clicked on the Drone View App and everyone can now see the the current situation outside.
It is more accurate to say that the Drone is helpful than the video clips of News Channel TVs.
The drones showed the situations outside their territory.
There many zombies roaring like a wild animals who are looking for preys to eat.
They looked horrible because of their rotting skins and organs.
"Except the territories of Five Wealthy Family in the city, the other areas are filled with zombies"
"The Underground Floor of Malls are safe for those who are trapped inside the malls" then the drone flew towards the direction of malls.
They saw many survivors inside the Underground floor as it has transparent windows which is easily for anyone to see outside or inside.
It is also a disadvantage for the survivors there because they can also be seen by those zombies and will become their preys.
"They are trapped there but it is also a boon for them to be there. If they are brave enough, they can go up and rummaged through the Supermarket Sections" he controlled the drone.
The drone slowly entered the inside of the mall. Zombies are everywhere.
"The Hunter Family members are not adept on fighting against these monsters but we need to recruit people to journey outside. It is better to explore than doing nothing at all" he concluded while the drone is still there. However, they were shocked to see a familiar silhouette of a girl.
The girl is wearing a pair of black shirt and pants. Her hands gripped tightly on the big hammer.
They were even stunned to see her hammered the zombies easily. Cracks appeared on the floor where some zombies are hammered.
They gulped.
"I-Isn't she H-Hazel Tancongco?" a young boy stuttered as he pointed his fingers towards the TV screen where they saw Hazel Tancongco fought against those zombies.
There are even amazed of her strength!
