4 Jackpot
"U-um, Mr.Zack..and uh, Mr.Chai...thank you so much saving me!! I might have been eaten alive if you weren't there to save me.."
Melissa thanked the heroic duo. The subtle trembling in her voice shows that she frightful experience previously still lingers in her mind.
"What's your name?" (Zack)
"M-Melissa, sir."
"Mel. Can I call you Mel? Look, the town's in chaos now. Me and Zack here wanted to ditch you at first, but seeing you running madly like your life depended on it, we thought that we could do some good once in our lifetime!" (Chai)
Chai laughed while Melissa looks at him and whispered to herself "Unbelievable."
"Chai, tone it down. Melissa, we have our own plans to follow and we might not be capable of protecting you. What do you want to do next?" (Zack)
Melissa became silent and began thinking.
Truth to be told, she has no idea what to do. She wanted to call her father, but she left all her belongings back at a hipster cafe called "Alchemist" where she went for her date.
When she saw that people started attacking each other, the turmoil spread to the cafe's area and her date was unfortunate to get bitten on his right heel.
It lead to her running all the way to the housing areas nearby, where Zack and Chai saved her from her zombified date.
"Mr.Zack, i-if it's okay with you...can I borrow your phone? I'd like to call my family." (Melissa)
"Sure. Chai, pass her my phone." (Zack)
Chai went on to search for Zack's phone in the glove compartment, and when he was about to hand her the phone "That'll be 5 dollars per minute." (Chai)
Chai smiled and looked at her mischievously, while Melissa narrows her eyes.
(OMG, what an annoying guy!!)
"Sorry..I don't have my purse right now..I lost them when I was running.." (Melissa)
"HUH?! No money?! Aah..Zack's precious phone battery and calling credit..who knows when will we have electricity and cellphone connection anymore in the future??!! Aii..that is why youngsters nowadays...sigh-" (Chai)
Veins starts to pop up on her forehead.
(Bloody little brat..you're younger than me and you're calling me a youngster?! Aren't YOU a youngster too? Why I oughta-)
Just when Melissa was about to voice her dissatisfaction "Chai, we're here. Just give her the phone. We got work to do." (Zack)
"YAS!! Here Mel, catch!" (Chai)
Chai threw the phone to Melissa but miscalculated his strength, and the cellphone accidently hit her boobs!
"HEY!!" Melissa furiously shouted as her healthy womanly mounds felt the force from Chai's throw. Her approximately D-Cup assets underneath a high quality, white shirt with the red SUPREME print in the middle trembled as though an ocean wave gently splashed on the ocean.
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Zack told Melissa to stay in the car and watch out for the surroundings. They agreed to discuss their next plan of action once they returned.
"If we're not out in an hour, run far away from here."
Zack locked the car together with Melissa inside. If they did not return in another 60 minutes, she could unlock the car from inside and escape.
For now, she chose to stay in the car.
"You did it on purpose, didn't you?" said Zack indifferently to his best friend.
"I swear I couldn't control my strength. Heh, didn't you enjoyed the jiggling too?Hahaha!" said Chai with a slow wink. Chai knew that since his best buddy had his senses supercharged, he would notice what happened.
"Alright, no more nonsense! Focus. The shop's at Level 1, and so far, I have yet to detect any zombies around. But just to be careful, I'll go on ahead and you cover my back." (Zack)
"Got it." (Chai)
…
Smokes and screams could be seen about 8 kilometers away from the Firearms Shop.
Zack deduced that most of undeads has gone to the center of commercial area after being attracted by the loud noises, rendering this particular commercial building secluded.
The red atmosphere, with neither both the sun or the moon could be seen, provided minimal lighting to the surroundings. It was as if the world was at an eternal sunset.
Premier Firearms Shop is currently closed.
"Can you break the lock?" (Zack)
Zack is an electrical engineer, which he was supposed to start his first job a few weeks after today as a 22 year-old freshly graduated employee.
To avoid the alarms going off, he disarmed the shop's auxiliary and central alarm system.
"Few hours ago, I might say no. But right now?" (Chai)
CREAAAAK…..SWACK!
Chai exerted his body strength, gripping the lock with his right hand and started pulling it.
The lock slowly stretch...and it snapped after the tensile strength of Chai's body force exceeded its maximum rigidity.
"I'd say you could easily have a force of 500 kg and above!" (Zack)
"Maybe I should go to a gym to test it out…" (Chai)
As the lock broke, they opened the shops door slowly to reduce noise.
Once inside, Zack switched the lights on.
Their eyes adjusted to the room's layout. It is a simple 1,800 square feet shop with a weapons vault and a front desk.
Zack went to the only door behind the reception counter, and pushed it in.
What greeted his sight was a dark grey safe, standing tall and looking tough to break.
Zack began to think of a way to break the safe.
"And here I thought it was that easy breaking into the weapons shop. Looks like these people aren't stupid after all." (Chai)
"Hm..it's a double-locking mechanism vault. It has to be activated with both electronic password and manually turn the dial. Sh*t, now things are complicated." (Zack)
Zack wracked his brain on how to open the safe.
He doesn't have the sufficient tools & software to hack electronic system.
He doesn't know how to crack a manually-turned safe lock.
He doesn't have any tools to forcefully open the vault.
He doesn't have explosives to blast the door out.
(Dammit..if only I have powers to melt steel vaults right now…!!)
Zack cursed in his heart for his weakness.
"Chai, I don't have any ways to crack the safe open. Sigh...did we come here for nothing?"
Chai saw his best friends face. He know it very well, he makes that face when he feels helpless.
"Well bro, I am strong you know." Chai grinned and started putting his right hand on his left waist, as if condensing some invisible power within the body to the fist.
Chai took a deep breath. "Huu-up!"
He then released the punch towards the locking pad of the vault. A strong, fast blurry shadow of a fist flew through the air and landed on the locking pad!
CRRAAACKKKK!!! *bzzt* bzzt*
He succeeded! He broke the lock!!
"CHAIIII!!!! M-f*ker you awesome son of gun!!! HAHAHA you did it!!" (Zack)
(I did it alright...but man my hands are numb!!)
Thought Chai to himself, rubbing his knuckles as the impact made Chai felt the vibrations all over his body.
"Bro, how did you figure out to destroy the locking pad instead of the door?" (Zack)
"The doors are usually the toughest part, but since electronic pad panels must be made from something softer or lighter to enable the wiring and sensor, isn't it sensible that it's easier to break?" (Chai)
Zack did not thought about that.
"But how are we gonna solve the manual lock dial part? It doesn't look like its made of the same material too." (Zack)
Fuc*! I totally didn't thought of that!
Chai started to realize the flaw in his action.
Zack analyzed the vault again. He went to the vault and performed some knocking tests. He knocked on all parts of the vault, including the ceiling, wall & floor.
Then he got an idea.
Zack spoke to Chai about the idea. Chai gave it a thought for a few seconds, and then said "I don't see the harm of trying."
...
They successfully broken into the safe!
The brothers' eyes grew larger when they saw the shop's firearms collections!
Glock, Tanfoglio Italy, Smith & Wesson, Walther, Browning, Colt, Sig Sauer, Ruger, Winchester, Fiocchi, Remington, Sellier & Bellot, Benelli, etc.
Handguns, Long guns, Rifles, Shotguns, Machine guns, Carbines, Sub Machine guns, Assault Rifles & Automatic Rifles.
Although the amount is not that much considering its a medium scale shop, they have quite the variety.
JACKPOT! JACKPOT!
"Holy mother of- WE REALLY HIT IT OFF BIG TIME BRAHH!!" (Chai)
"Haha! Thanks to your super strength and idea! You're a freakin' genius bro!" (Zack)
"Hehe, no need to praise me brother. Just treat me to a HY2M 1/12 RX-78-2 Gundam model, that will suffice!" (Chai)
This little bast*rd...the world is ending and you still want to spend money on a giant robot figure? What a shameless otaku b*stard..
Bulletproof vests, military boots, tactical flashlights, BDU pants, boonie hats, defence sprays, riot gear, military and combat knives, combat helmets, night vision goggles, binoculars, cameras, pistol grips and holsters, magazine and shell holders, recoil pads, slings, swivels, clamps, rail kits and many more were also acquired.
They found a few big bags made of military-grade fabric, which seems to be quite durable.
"Bro, it's gonna take too much time if we go through the stairs to move all these inside the car." (Chai)
"Heh, who said we're gonna take the stairs?" (Zack)
Zack explained to Chai that they're going to stuff as much items they can in the bags, and instead of transporting them one at a time, they're gonna throw them over from the first floor to the ground.
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Back into the car, Melissa was getting restless. It is already 10.54 PM, almost 50 minutes has passed since they left her alone in the car.
Melissa has called her father, and felt glad that all her family members are safe and sound.
Her father advised her to be wary of other people in this time of apocalypse, especially people who seemed too good to be true.
She told her father everything that happened. Her father wanted to know the full names of the men who seemingly saved her precious daughter's life, but she only knows their nickname.
GU-DUK!!
Melissa was startled and about to scream, when Chai opened the door swiftly and shut it again.
Her eyes met Chai's sharp eyes, and Chai stared back at her with an eyebrow up.
