Although there was no evidence, Duanmu Huai felt that, in all likelihood, the true focus of this mission lay with the Salvation Army.
After all, Joel just happened to be taking Ellie to find the Salvation Army too, right? There couldn't be such a coincidence in this world, could there?
Well, probably not.
Hopefully not.
So that's how it is when main and side quests aren't distinguished...
The reason Duanmu Huai had come to this conclusion, aside from the overlapping missions, was also because of these survivors. After Duanmu Huai confirmed that their next destination was the Salvation Army, the other survivors discussed it and decided to stay behind to help rebuild this settlement. After all, thanks to Duanmu Huai's rampage, the city was temporarily safe. At least they wouldn't need to worry about zombie invasions in the short term. Even during the Blood Moon, considering that all the zombies in the surrounding area had been wiped out, this Blood Moon shouldn't pose much of a threat.
Besides, the settlement currently needed manpower, and it occupied such an excellent location as an oil depot. Komuro Takashi and the other students, along with Aiden, decided to stay there. After all, they wouldn't be able to help much at the Salvation Army, would they?
Since their staying behind hadn't triggered any special events, that meant these survivors weren't important characters. The only people left on the train now were Joel and Ellie.
Since both sides had the same destination, then... it seemed that the key to leaving this world lay in the missions of those two.
But why did Joel want to take Ellie to find the Salvation Army?
Joel didn't know either. He and Ellie weren't related at all. At first, Joel had simply regarded Ellie as his mission, but after