Out from the Mall

The group of people hurried down the escalator making their escape. Jason, on the other hand, turned to the flood zone and raided all the food that was still fresh and he was just about to exit from the last food stall that he suddenly felt a stiffness in his chest as if a foreboding feeling that something terrible was about to happen. He immediately jumped back.

*Swish

A hockey stick barely missed his head as it flashed in front of his face. The delinquent looking guy looked astonished as there was no possible way for Jason to dodge the strike, he had made sure to strike from a blind spot from where Jason would not be able to see it.

Jason, on the other hand, was furious, although he had killed the zombies for his own profit he had still saved this guy in front him from the zombies and this was how he repaid him, by almost killing him.

He took out his gun and shot the guy in his right leg causing blood to splatter all over on the floor as he fell to the ground and rolled on the ground screaming in anguish as he clutched his injured leg.

"I know you came for the gun, Thinking that a gun would help you survive in this new world and killing someone would mean noting without the law enforcers to stop people like you. But unfortunately for you chose the wrong opponent" Jason did not take the man's life for this thing but shooting his leg was enough punishment for him.

Jason walked away from him and went down the escalator to reach the first floor. After checking that there was nothing that he needed from this floor he went to the last one. Here only harry and the staff worker was left who was filling up her bag with food items.

"Getting a small bag to hide the inventory from others would be a good thing," Jason said as he turned to harry.

"Is it done"

"I packed almost a month's food for us in the bus along with ample bottles of water."Harry nodded at him.

Jason then had harry call Arya and asked her to take some spare clothes from the mall as he chucked food in his inventory.

At last, they were done with the Mall and again headed to the bus but looking at the worn-out bus made him cringe.

"We'll have to get a new ride" Jason murmured as he climbed on to the bus and revved up the engine.

Harry and Arya both were settled in the bus and half of the bus was filled with food and two portable Cooing stoves. They also had brought knives from the Mall for emergencies.

"We'll first fill up the Gas tank at the nearest Gas station and then go to Arya's House, on the way we'll get a new ride if we can find one." Jason laid ou the plan to both of them and then transferred the Tabet from his inventory into the bag he had picked up from the Mall and then gave it to Harry.

"There's an offline map put the coordinates of her house and choose a route that has a Gas station in between."

"Yes Boss," Harry said jokingly. With all the knowledge about the apocalypse and all the things Jason was doing, he had taken over the commanding position in the group.

"Yess and now its time to explain things," Jason said as he started driving.

It was an apocalypse and he might not get a safe enough place to sit and explain all of it to his friends so explaining while driving will have to do.

"So here's what all there is to it. I was sitting in the class with harry when time stopped for me and someone I don't know who told me about the apocalypse. I did not want to believe it at first but things the person told me made me convinced. Even after all that, I was sceptical but our lives are more important so I took action and saved us all. The person gave me guns that I have and all the other things. I don't know why they did this and I'll stay careful about the person's intentions." He just told them about the system just changing the system with a person. He did not tell them about the inventory right now he'll tell them about that in some time.

But when he finished telling all that to them Arya's eyes suddenly rolled up as she fainted right on the seat he was sitting on scaring the shit out of him.

*Ding

The system also gave out a notification at the same time but he was more worried about her and he floored the brake causing the bus to come to a screeching halt as he rushed from the driving seat to her.

He tried waking up but nothing was happening and her temperature falling fast. Her body felt freezing cold when he touched and her temperature was falling fast.

"W- what happed" Harry came to his side as he was trying to wake her up.

"I don't know but her temperature is falling too low. Her body was so cold now that it was affecting the seat she was sitting on causing it to stiffen.

Jason did not know what to do and he was panicking inside from seeing her like this.

"Maybe the system knows something" Jason speculated as the notification had come right in time with her falling sick.

He opened the notification panel and there was a sentence glowing in crimson red. He did not know what it really meant but he had a feeling that everything was about to change.

"The Mana inside the Earth has been released."