novelaction Chapter 111 Too Many Questions
Chapter 111 Too Many Questions
The next day, the sky over Gran Town was still dark.
A car with a shattered windshield and a large amount of blood on the front sped past and stopped in front of the school.
The soldier guarding the gate did not receive a response after asking loudly, so he immediately called for help using the intercom to deal with the current situation together.
There had been a bloody incident at the school recently, so the soldiers were on high alert when patrolling.
The school gate opened, and a group of soldiers approached the car cautiously with guns. Rick lay in the driver's seat, dying. He raised one hand to indicate that he was unarmed, and his other hand was pressed tightly on his thigh. Blood stained his trouser legs red...
In the principal's office, Zhang Qiang was awakened by soldiers before he fully woke up. Several days of intense fighting had left him mentally exhausted.
"Sir! Our officer Rick has returned from outside with injuries. He was shot in the thigh and is currently undergoing surgery in the infirmary."
Zhang Qiang sat up from the sofa irritably and rubbed his eyebrows hard. This sofa was not very comfortable to sleep on and he began to feel a little bored.
"Where's Sean?" Zhang Qiang asked.
The soldier reported, “We didn’t see the range supervisor.”
Zhang Qiang was not in a hurry to find Rick to question him. It would not be too late after the operation. However, Rick had obviously encountered enemies outside, so this matter was still very important.
As for Sean, Zhang Qiang looked down on this bastard. In terms of ability and loyalty, Sean was on Zhang Qiang's elimination list.
Zhang Qiang ordered the soldiers to leave and fell asleep again.
At this time, in the town of Sinoa, east of Gran Town, an old pickup truck was parked on a quiet street.
Morgan, who hadn't been seen for a few days, got out of the driver's seat and opened the back door with a complicated expression.
"Bring him down."
The Governor sat in the back seat, watching over Sean, whose face was covered in scars. He couldn't go back to Woodbury, where there were a lot of school staff. The homeless Governor chose to go to King County with Morgan, but they met Rick and Sean fighting at their destination.
"The zombies here have been cleared, and we can stay safe for a while."
The Governor dragged Sean, whose hands were tied, dizzy and face swollen like a pig's head, out of the car.
He made up a story for Morgan that was 70% true and 30% false, saying that his team accidentally injured the school soldiers, and then the people at the school slaughtered his men and forced Woodbury's people to surrender. In order to avoid more tragedies, the governor chose to compromise.
The school then enslaved the men, women and children of Woodbury, forcing them to work day and night until they died of exhaustion.
Morgan looked at the Governor with a calm face. Being cautious, he did not completely believe the Governor. He only believed what he saw. The school was indeed a cruel place.
As for the Governor, Morgan had no intention of exploring the truth behind his feud with the school.
Seeing that Morgan didn't reply and just walked towards the building on the street, the Governor was in no hurry to continue fooling Morgan. He now needed to wait for an opportunity, and Morgan would temporarily stand aside with him. When enough people were gathered, the Governor would use Sean as a hostage to take back everything that originally belonged to him.
'Zhang Qiang, right? Hehe...'
"Philip died for his rotten girl along with Brian. I have to repay this favor."
The Governor sneered in his heart. Brian and Philip's two personalities have disappeared. Now, this body is his one-man show. He can do whatever he wants!
From now on, Governor will no longer be a code name, but his name!
The streets were deserted, and this stronghold, abandoned by the residents of Woodbury, was now once again visited by those who had attacked it.
The town's four-square streets still have intact defensive walls. When Philip relocated the survivors of Senoia, he never thought of destroying this place and cutting off people's retreat.
Now, all this is just right for the Governor, as he has a safe place to realize his ambitions!
At school, Zhang Qiang didn't get up from the sofa until noon and went to the auditorium to give a speech.
The bodies of the armed team members will all be buried in the cotton fields of Gran Town. Zhang Qiang described the achievements of these people in a sad tone and said that he would not forget everyone who had contributed to the school. In fact, Zhang Qiang did not even remember the names of most people... This was a detail that Moore would remember.
After the ceremony in the auditorium, pickup trucks carrying coffins were transported out of the school gate, and soldiers were responsible for transporting them. Some of the team members' families were also accompanying them. Zhang Qiang promised them that they would do the safest work in the future.
As for what is the safest, all work will be safest once the walls of each stronghold are built.
Zhang Qiang's approach was a bit too heartless, but he had no choice. The school did not have enough resources and benefits to support a group of useless people, and he could not promise too much.
It is really a helpless move to make big promises to deal with the families of these team members.
Moore, with his arm broken, smoked a cigar and watched the vehicle carrying the coffin leave the school. He waved toward the road in front of the school gate, but then he remembered that his right hand was gone, so he waved to the other side and said with a grin:
"Come on guys, my arms will be in the dirt with you."
Zhang Qiang stood in front of a group of laborers, watching the coffin being carried away with a heavy face. He turned around and encouraged the workers again, then went to the infirmary alone.
Facing such a sad scene for the first time, Zhang Qiang could not empathize with most people. He did not have deep connections and interactions with the workers in the school. These people lived together and were familiar with each other on a daily basis.
Even when Zhang Qiang returned to school, he rarely interacted with ordinary people. He was respected and feared by everyone, and few people took the initiative to talk to him, except for the school leaders he was familiar with and the characters who often appeared in the plot of The Walking Dead.
The sadness expressed was a test of Zhang Qiang's patience. He did not feel any sadness about the incident, only anger.
Zhang Qiang returned to the principal's office to smoke when there was a sudden knock on the door.
"come in."
Zhang Qiang suppressed his impatience and tried to keep his tone as calm as possible.
The person who opened the door was Alan. She was deceived by Zhang Qiang's tragic performance in the auditorium and came over to comfort Zhang Qiang.
"what's the matter?"
Zhang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't need to hide anything in front of Alan. This kid was his fanatical fan. He had heard about it from Wang Zhiqiang.
Seeing Zhang Qiang's calm face, Alan looked at him with wide eyes in confusion for a while, then blinked as if he suddenly understood, closed the door and left without saying a word.
Zhang Qiang: “???”
Too lazy to argue with Alan, Zhang Qiang went to the infirmary after resting. He needed Rick to report on his trip. Who attacked Rick?
In the infirmary, Rick was lying on the bed after the operation, and the doctor was giving him glucose.
Zhang Qiang pushed open the door of the infirmary and saw Rick lying on the bed with his eyes closed. He ordered the doctor:
"Adrenaline, wake him up."
The doctor looked at Zhang Qiang in shock. Doing this would not be good for an injured patient. Is this still the Principal Zhang who cares about everyone?
Noticing the doctor's doubts, Zhang Qiang frowned and explained:
"He's been attacked, and we have to know who the enemy is! Intelligence is critical to the safety of the school!"
The doctor's doubts were dispelled after receiving the answer. He nodded and said, "I understand."
Soon, Rick, who had been injected with adrenaline, opened his eyes and woke up, and Zhang Qiang questioned him directly.
"Sean chased you out. Did you see him on the way? Also, who was the person who attacked you?"
"The Governor... The Governor attacked me, he ran away from the school... My friend Morgan was with him, he didn't believe me... Sean was taken away by them."
Rick's lips were dry and cracked; he hadn't drunk any water or eaten anything on the way back.
"Take good care of him." Zhang Qiang said to the doctor, then he walked towards the door.
Zhang Qiang, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped and turned to Rick and said:
"Your senior position has been taken away from you. A lot of things have happened in the school. Find out for yourself."
Rick wanted to ask something else, but Zhang Qiang no longer wanted to communicate with him and left quickly.
Now Zhang Qiang has another important matter to deal with.
After the expedition to the Third Factory, the Destiny Army had run out of gasoline reserves, and a large amount of supplies were piled up in Macon City and could not be transported back to the school for the time being.
The first batch of supplies shipped back to the school are still in the town, but the subsequent transportation of supplies is a problem.