Gathering Supplies 1

*Vroom* (It's just the sound of a truck passing down the road)

The heavy-duty truck that they used was a heavy-duty fleet truck specifically designed for transporting products and such. They found an empty one from the mall and decided to take it.

The truck had exactly five seats which were incredibly lucky for them. There were two seats up front and three behind. Mark sat beside Isabelle, who was driving, meaning he was at the front.

Mark was on complete alert and always looked outside. Isabelle looked at him and slightly said, "Don't worry, this is quite a safe route, I made sure of it."

Mark then looked at Isabelle and stared at her mesmerizing hazel eyes. He saw that it was slightly smaller than normal and decided to ask her, "Isabelle, are you not from this country?"

Isabelle then looked at Mark and responded to him, "Hmmm? Why do you ask?", she then immediately looked at the road to avoid any problems especially with this big of a fleet truck.

"It's nothing, it's just I observed that your eyes are somewhat smaller than us and the others", Mark responded honestly.

Isabelle's face then was full of surprise, she didn't think he would notice her slightly smaller eyes despite being blind in one eye. She then sighed and answered, " Yes I'm not from this country. I'm half, half-American, and half-Japanese. I guess I should tell you my real name then, I am Fuchizukawa Isabelle."

"Ahh, that's why", Mark remembered Marie saying that she lost her family in the outbreak, he couldn't believe that since it was only a few hours after the outbreak started. But he then realized what he was about to say and didn't say it.

Isabelle who heard this had slight suspicions. She then asked, "Hmmm? Why'd you stop, what were you about to say?"

Mark then tried to avoid answering and said, "I-its nothing, oh, we're here", Them arriving there saved him..... or that's what he thought.

"Answer me, what do you know?", Isabelle said with a serious face and stopped the truck looking at Mark seriously. Mark couldn't help but sigh, he knew that he couldn't escape anymore and answered, "Marie told me about you losing your family, and don't blame her for spilling the beans, I asked her about you and she just answered."

Isabelle's serious face then turned softer and let go of Mark, but she didn't expect what Mark said, "As I learned that, I actually wanted to help you. I can't just stand seeing someone suffer due to what happened, whether it be past or present."

Isabelle who heard that removed her previous expressionless face and smiled passionately, "You're really too kind to people."

Mark who heard couldn't help but smile and chuckle, "I guess that's both my good point and bad point."

Isabelle giggled and for Mark, who heard that giggle was both surprised and happy. Isabelle then said with a smiled with moisture in her hazel eyes, "It really is your good point, thank you."

Jeanne at the back, with a pout on her face, crossed her arms and grumbled, "These two barely know each other yet are flirting like hell!"

Elaine couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Come on now, don't mind, Mark's just trying to cheer her up."

However, Ariel had a face as if she was excited to fight in a competition. She smiled widely with her bright hazel eyes glimmered. As the two looked at her, they looked at her weirdly with an 'Eh?' face.

'He is a really good guy', Isabelle still smiled as she said, "Let's not waste more time and get what we need."

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There were many zombies on the road walking around like crazy animals. Mark picked his Smith & Wesson M&P9 equipped with a silencer and shot the zombies in front of them to immediately go to the shop nearby.

Why he didn't use his AKM equipped with a compensator? Well, it's simple, there were many zombies behind them too. Compensators don't reduce the sound of the gun but redirect it to the shooter, which means the zombies at the back will be much attracted. (A/N: These are real facts, try searching it)

After shooting a few more zombies, Mark still had about twelve rounds. They then walked closer and closer to the shop and saw that the door was completely locked.

As a soldier, Mark had many experiences, just like picking locks. He tried to find something that could go in but had nothing. He then looked at the four girls and asked with a serious expression, "Do you have even a single hairpin?"

Elaine, Jeanne, and Ariel looked at each other and simultaneously shook their heads. Isabelle, on the other hand, beamed up as if she had remembered something. She then searched her pockets and pulled something out from her specifically sewn breast pocket that made her K-Cup breasts jiggle.

Mark who saw her breast jiggle couldn't help but gulp and turn red for a couple of seconds. Isabelle then handed over the hairpin that she had and said this time, not the previous expressionless face but a face full of regret and sadness, "Be careful about it, it's my sister's after all."

Mark who saw this face couldn't help but sigh, she was full of remorse and sadness, he wanted to help her somehow. He then turned back and picked the lock and successfully opened it. He then gave back the hairpin to Isabelle with a smile, and Isabelle smiled, her smile looked precious and Mark wants to see her always smile.

They then went inside and closed the door. They then placed something at the door to block it. Mark then looked at the inside of the store, it was a grocery store. He then looked at the four girls, "Bring everything we need and put in the bags."

Mark then removed five bags he attached to his back and gave everyone one each. "If there are items that we need but we don't have any space left, let me carry it."

Nodding, the four girls then went to get the items that they need in each section. Mark went to the food section and picked up the instant noodles laid around.

He then saw various canned goods and saw a broken freezer. He looked inside and the smell of rotten meat came to his nose, which made him twitch a little bit, 'Oh shit! The meat has already rotted! such a waste!'.

After looking at the rotten meat, he closed it up and tried to look for more food. He saw canned beans, canned tuna, and other canned foods and immediately picked it up, everything is a must.

Seeing that he already cleared the canned foods, he decided that he will only take the instant and not the other foods, they will only rot anyway. But he did get the eggs.

Going to the tools section, he saw Isabelle. He then said, "What tools do we need, boss?", and he saluted with a smile.

Lightly punching Mark's stomach with a serious face she then said, "Who said to you to call me boss?"

"Oof", lightly acting Mark chuckled a bit and said, " Yeah, yeah, I know, Isabelle. Now, what tools do we need?"

"Hmmm", Isabelle pondered, she then picked up a car wrench and said, "We need to have car tools, but we also need tools that we can use as melee weapons."

"Tools as a weapon, huh", Mark then looked around to find the tools that they needed but before he decided to go find the tools, he then asked Isabelle, "Do you still have a lot of space on your bag?"

Isabelle then looked inside and said with a serious face that actually made it funny, "I still have a lot of space, it's practically empty."

Chuckling lightly, Mark picked up the tools there. He picked up a while car tools set, a sledgehammer in which he put at his back, a crowbar which also was placed on his back, a pipe wrench which was the same as the other two, and a couple of bolts and nuts.

He then placed it on Isabelle's bag and Isabelle was about to carry it but was stopped by Mark, "Carry the food instead, I'll carry the tools."

Isabelle smiled lightly as she picked up the bag filled with food. She was happy with how Mark was treating her. Noticing her passionate smile, Mark couldn't help but feel warm.

In the other section, Jeanne was looking intently at the two while grinding her teeth. 'This woman!', she was furious about how Mark was flirting with her so much. Ever since they had sex, Jeanne's attitude changed a bit. Well, it's not that it changed, she was okay with a three-girl harem for Mark, but, a big fat but, she didn't want a four-girl harem. Well, unfortunately for her, her three-girl harem plan for her brother sure wouldn't come true.

She then remembered a glimpse of when Marie was riding Mark's cock, she then just pouted and smiled bitterly, 'I guess the three girl harem plan won't come true. It's because brother is so kind and handsome too, well, it's not like I'm against a big harem'.

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All of them went out to go back to the entrance of the shop. Mark then looked at the various items on the bags. On Elaine's bag, he found various painkillers, Medicine for diarrhea, migraines, and other stuff.

In Jeanne's bag, she had various drinks such as bottles of water, five 1 liter water bottles and ten 500 ml water bottles and juices and soda of some kind. Her bag, to be honest, was really, really full.

Ariel's bag was filled with various kitchen materials. Ariel indeed became a glutton due to Elaine and mastered cooking because of this. She had a single frying pan, a couple of pots, knives, and other cookware which she handheld because the bags were really, really full.

Mark picked up the other pots and smile at Ariel causing her to blush. They were about to go out of the store, but then, they heard a shrill scream of help sounding from a door that was probably leading to the basement it was a scream from a woman.

Hearing the shrill scream, all of them picked their guns up and went inside and saw stairs leading downwards and went down. They arrived down below and what they saw disgusted them, especially Mark as the woman who screamed earlier was still screaming.