One good thing about living in the apocalypse was that everyone knew that if they wanted to gain something, they had to pay for it. After Duanmu Huai made his decision, the other survivors decisively joined the group as well—after all, you had to give something to get something, and at the very least, the more you put in, the more you could get, right?
Aiden and Joel naturally joined. They were both weak on their own, and besides, this whole matter had been Joel's problem to begin with. As for Aiden—as a drifter, he would never pass up an opportunity to scavenge like this.
Among the students, Komuro Takashi and Miyamoto Rei joined too. They had at least some fighting ability. As for Takagi Saya, she would stay behind with Mary to look after Shili Alice and Ellie... After all, there was no way they could feel comfortable leaving two little girls in a place where they knew no one.
Mary's reason for staying was simple. As a writer, she felt that this settlement offered plenty of material to collect, didn't it?
Besides, with Mary's abilities, even if the people in the settlement wanted to do something to them... Well, it was fortunate that Mary was kindhearted and generally wouldn't take lives, but suppressing the entire settlement would still be no trouble for her.
Rumiere and Eclair stayed behind to guard the train, while Duanmu Huai set out with Okegis and Jia Wei.
Of course, before that, they had obtained a map from the people in the settlement to determine their route.
"Hmm... So the Oil Depot is to the east... It isn't exactly far, but it isn't that close either."
Duanmu Huai looked at the circle drawn on the map and compared it with their current location. If