Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd in the Apocalypse!

After a couple of hours or so, everyone and everything was geared up and accounted for, but the moment we were just about to drive past the gate through the highway, I slammed on my fucking brakes and almost caused a collision. And right after that, I suddenly bridged the distance between me and this couple of dudes merrily chatting with one of my "guards", JJ, who was supposed to be keeping a close watch as to who comes and goes in my territory.

It was because these two fuckers weren't even on the updated list of people who were accepted in the community that Rin gave me last night.

"Boss, hey— WAIT! WAIT! WAI—"

Before the guard who was supposed to do his job finished his sentence, one of the two fucks hit the ground due to a sudden front kick while the other was now on the verge of getting choked by his collar due to how I was raising him with one arm.

So, in a matter of seconds, everyone else from my group ran up to them with weapons drawn and they would definitely shoot on sight the moment I gave the order.

But the guard who was with them still tried to defend these visitors:

"B-Boss! Please! T-They were just visiting a-and—"

"And you let them in, right?"

"Y-Yes—"

"Did they have their passes?"

"That's..."

"Did you inform one of the officers?"

"B-But t-they're here almost every single d-day—"

"Are you gonna fucking answer any of my fucking questions? I don't fucking care if they come here to visit every single day, what I fucking asked you is if they have their passes on them and did you inform one of the officers of their visit?"

"S-Sir—"

"Other than that, did you inform Rico, the CO of the DDR Camp in Meycauayan that there will be people from another community near them, that these fucks will be driving over here and those other times? If that's a fucking no again, you'll be losing your job very, very soon—"

"B-But sir! A-All these protocols a-are just—"

I never looked so pissed hearing that shit and knowing what he meant even before he finished his answer, "Just what? Finish that fucking sentence and you'll be leaving with these two right about now."

"...! I-I was just—"

"Shut up," I said before I turned to Jared, "Those other guards gawking probably reported to Ferdinand right now but do call him just in case they haven't yet. They should've done that the first time these two tried to weasel in…"

Jared just nodded at me before pulling out his radio, "Yo, where's— we're gonna need Sir Ferdinand here, real quick. Hmm? Someone's— a few people hadn't been following proper protocol. Just get him here quick because he's real~ pissed— Who, you said? Supreme Leader is pissed, that's who, Mr. Officer~"

To give a bit of context, these two visitors of ours came from the community where I picked up one of my high school friends, Darelle, and his GF, Trisha, but the reason I was this all up in arms about their sudden visit was because the leader of the community they were from was Benjamin Crisologo.

If any of you had already forgotten, it was the stupid fuck who demanded to leave half our guns right after we cleared the horde that was in their gated community, but he had nothing else to hold us back so we just left without doing anything to please his highness.

But yeah, all these months have passed and there was never a mention of their activity, but after confirming it with the guards and with his two minions who were visiting quite frequently these past few days while we were away, something's definitely fucking off and I wouldn't take another step around my territory if I don't get everything straightened out.

Furthermore, the biggest issue out of all of this wasn't even with these two, it was one of the biggest things I'm afraid of but will eventually happen once a base like mine had gotten too fucking safe for our own good, and it was something called complacency.

It was bound to happen sooner or later with the way I do things but this was just too fucking bad of a timing but a slight blessing in itself.

Being a guard was a tough job if you'd have to defend from thousands upon thousands of the undead but forgoing security checks and letting visitors—even if they were visiting frequently—was a fucking no-no, and if I was in his shoes, I'd be more fucking alerted because they just popped out of the blue once the head honcho was gone and now they were visiting almost every single day and was already buddy-buddy with one of the common guards.

In any case, I definitely stripped my "guard" off his badge and gun before letting him sit with the two he was so buddy-buddy with before I loomed over with a threatening aura. Because if Ferdinand would take his fucking time, I'll also take my time getting information out of these fucks before they get saved by the bell because this is my place they're trying to wiggle into.

"So, what's the purpose of your visit? Since you know, JJ over there has been that nice to let you in without any passes and whatnot… Trying to bypass things because your vehicle is parked outside?"

"..."

"..."

"S-Sir, a-as I was saying—"

I threw JJ the 'if you fucking cut me off, I'll cut you' look, "You like talking when not prompted and you don't want to answer shit when being asked, how the fuck did you become a guard?! Fine. Continue what you were about to say… But if that answer doesn't make any sense or are you just gonna make up more excuses of them being frequent visitors, I swear to my fucking life I'll kill them both for trespassing and you for colluding with these fucks."

Then the two finally had something to say.

But with how their leader operates, it was pretty obvious that they operate with fighting fire with fire:

"IS THIS HOW YOU TREAT YOUR GUESTS?!"

"WE'RE JUST PASSING BY TALKING— AND AFTER ALL THE GIFTS WE SENT OVER—"

I laughed at their face as I loomed over with my gun drawn, "So, you two admit to bribery too? Is that it? What fucking gifts are they and why aren't they on the report Rin gave me with the tag such as that? Did you give them to me or did you give them to JJ or the other guards? And gee~ I'm sorry, I didn't know you were such best buds for this gift-giving thing to happen. I also didn't think giving gifts would be thrown at my face for this. As you know, giving a gift should be from the heart not for a transaction of sorts… Did JJ give you anything or what? And why wasn't I informed of that too?"

Right as I said that, the expression they gave me was just of utter shock and disbelief but it seemed like trusting my gut once again prevented something like this from going on for too long.

But it's not over though, very far from it.