Chapter 18: The Second Robbery

The next day, Ike and Regus helped Negan carry his belongings. The roll-up door to the convenience store was completely down, but Negan had an iron door leading down to the stairwell, and Ike and his men moved very quietly.

As long as you don't move around outside, the people inside won't be noticed.

There is a lot of rice in Negan's home, and the number of condiments, daily necessities, and disposable items is amazing. The stock of mineral water is also very large, enough to fill a dozen boxes.

After all, it's a convenience store. These things are always on hand. Negan's living room is half-stuffed.

"We also need to dispose of the items that were moved so that no one can tell that there was a pile of goods," Ike warned.

Almost everyone who lives nearby knows that there is a convenience store here, so it is difficult to guarantee that no one will bother with it.

If Negan's convenience store was broken into one day, it should not be obvious that there were many supplies in the convenience store.

Regus agrees with Ike. "I didn't expect you to be so cautious. I think I underestimated you a little bit. You look smart.""Okay," Negan replied. "I'm going to clean up now."

So they were busy for another day or two.

The rain is still falling, and I don't know when it will stop.

It has been raining for 28 days, not once in the middle of the night, and the wind has been blowing for 28 days.

It was caused by a solar storm.

Or was this hurricane meant to last this long?

In the evening, Ike did some physical training, practicing wrist strength and finger strength. He was sweating and tired before falling into a deep sleep.

Since he started training with Regus, his body has gradually returned to the state it was before the blackout.

On wet, rainy days, an idle schedule is too harmful to the body. He had been feeling a bit heavy in the past few days, and he did not recover until these days after training.

So he urged Yingli and Anna to do some exercise every day to sweat, which is better for the body. Otherwise, they may develop arthritis.

Morning and evening spontaneous training + afternoon training. Most of the day is spent training.

Late at night, there seemed to be a loud banging on the doors. Ike frowned in his sleep, rolled over, and went back to sleep. Such a sound was not uncommon in the middle of the night, and he was afraid that it would disturb his dreams.

But gradually, the sound seemed off. That sound is familiar.

Ike woke up abruptly.

"Fuck you! Fuck!" It's Tom's voice!

Anna and Yingli were awake when Ike woke up, and he quickly put on a coat and grabbed the knife from under the pillow, holding it in his hand.

Opening the bedroom door, Ike said, "Don't go down there." Yingli nodded and said, "Look at the situation, be careful. In case there is any danger, you jump first."

"Hmm," Ike answered and quickly opened two doors to look down through the stairwell window.

Six men and two women were breaking down the rolling door of the convenience store with tools. As soon as Ike looked, they had smashed open the small door, and several men and women rushed in.

Ike quickly turned back and went downstairs.

Upon reaching the first floor, Tom's door was closed.

Ike had to open the big iron door and shut it behind him, and he stood outside the little door that had been broken open by the axe.

Tom was screaming inside, and Ike hesitated for two seconds before diving in.

Once inside, I saw Tom being held down and beaten by three men.

Negan confronted two other men with axes, the remaining two women rummaged through the chaotic convenience store for useful items, and a man smashed the checkout counter.

Linda was nowhere to be seen. She should be in the back room. It's the same guys that did it last time, and this one is even crazier than the last one.

But it looks like they probably didn't mean to hurt anyone, or maybe these gangsters haven't decided to kill anyone yet.

Beating Tom was just out of spite.

Ike hid his knife and suddenly held it against the neck of one of the men who had beaten Tom.

Ike's presence drew the attention of everyone in the room, and the two men were strangers.

Ike looked at them coldly.

Ike didn't want to come into conflict with them either because the men had an axe, two pipes, and two knives.

Ike's message was clear: Take yours but don't hit.

The two men probably realized that, hummed coldly twice, and then turned to swagger to search for something.

After all, they did not quarrel with Ike and Tom. They beat Tom only because the two women wanted revenge, and Tom had been resisting.

The two women saw Ike suddenly appear, weapons in their hands, so they naturally became more arrogant.

"Damn it!" One of the women hurled a few profanities at Ike and raised her hand to slap him in the face.

Ike ducked her arm, grabbed her wrist, and squeezed it. "Get out of here," Ike gave a cold warning.

The woman felt that her wrist was almost broken by Ike, "You let go! Do you believe that I will kill you!"

The woman was talking dirty, but Ike couldn't punch her.

After all, this woman did not come alone, and sadly, there were six of them.

If Ike accidentally annoys them, they can raise their knives and cut Ike a few times.

Even if he is not hacked to death, even a knife wound would be fatal!

Because there are no hospitals and no medicine.

One must distinguish between reality and imagination.

He shook off the woman's wrist, and Tom, too, got up from the ground with scratches all over his face and a bloody nose.

The blood print on his white T-shirt was particularly scary. Ike rushed to get tissues to stop the bleeding.

The two women saw this and did not further entangle. Although one of the women was eager to get Ike in trouble, preferably with a few slaps.

But she could feel a cold look underneath Ike's exterior, and she was afraid.

The two women had been angry and proud, and it was time to do the business they had come to do.

Tom was furious, and as he stopped the bleeding, he gestured with his eyes for Ike to get help, to find Regus.

Ike did not agree.

So what if we call Regus in this situation? Fight these guys?

What if Regus gets hurt?

The hospital has fallen. Did you not hear that the health station has been smashed? Now the injured will only die!

And what if we win?

There's no guarantee that these guys won't come back, and unless they can kill all six of them, it won't end.

Otherwise, pretend to be submissive.

Tom saw my compromise and was so angry that he slapped away the hand that was wiping his nose.

Last time it was Tom's parents who were beaten, this time it was Tom himself who was beaten, and Tom couldn't swallow it!

And in a chaotic room, there was an eerie harmony. Ike and Negan looked on as the intruders rummaged. 'Found the money!' The man who smashed the register

rummaged through the table for a long time and finally found a pile of change, paper, pens, and some coins.

He counted happily and found that it was less than two hundred dollars.

"Fuck, why is there so little money?"

"There's no cash anymore," said a woman who seemed satisfied with the figure.

Indeed, they do not have any cash! They just can't withdraw their money from the bank right now.

Seeing that they had found the money, Tom's expression suddenly changed, and his voice begged, "This is the only money in our family. You have taken all of it. What will our family eatnext?"

But Tom was just acting.

"We don't care what you haven't eaten; we haven't eaten yet!" scoffed the man who received the money.

"Two days ago, it was quite arrogant, and now it's a coward?" Hehe..." said the woman who was holding the knife.

Negan smiled wryly and pleaded for a few more words from them. But they had put away the money, and it was impossible to let it go with a few pleas for mercy.

He even picked up all the coins.

The men almost turned the store upside down and found a small pile of snacks, all of which were unsellable stock.

They found half a box of mineral water and various drinks, which they couldn't take away. They filled six or seven large bags, mostly filled with drinks and beer.

Negan looked at the large bags and begged for mercy. "Those are the only bottles of pure water we have left," he said. "Don't take them away, or we'll have to drink rainwater."

"Shut the fuck up!" the woman with the knife said angrily, pointing the iron bar at Negan.

"One more word and I'll break your head." Negan fell silent.

The woman smirked and looked around the room, realizing there was nothing left to take. "Let's go back," she said.