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Neo Hope (I)... [Chapter 57]
🕑 Added 2022-06-01 17:19:54 +0000 UTCRight now, almost everyone in Daichi’s group was gathered in the backyard of Rika Minami’s house. Maresato Chiba and Maresato Alice were standing in the front while holding each other’s hands. The mother and daughter duo were continuously weeping without a pause. Daichi and a few other boys were lowering the body of the late Maresato Kenji into the grave.
As soon as they lowered the body to the grave, Chiba and Alice stepped forward to pay their final respects. When they were finally done, Daichi and the other boys started to fill the grave. It only took them a few minutes to fill the grave. After they were done, almost everyone decided to leave the backyard, only Chiba, Alice, and a few others decided to stay back.
“Son, I never thought you to be someone so caring, especially when it comes to a stranger…” Kemono said as she and Daichi made their way toward the living room and Daichi simply released a snort.
“That man died while trying to find a safe place for his daughter… I can respect that” Daichi answered back.
“Fair enough” Kemono agreed with Daichi’s emotion. Kemono hated weaklings, but she could respect a weakling who died while trying to protect his daughter.
“So, what have you planned about the group?” Kemono asked, and Daichi started to rub his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.
“The first thing we need to do is look for a new and bigger place to stay… I also want it to be future proof, which means the place should be big enough to house thousands of people” Daichi revealed in an amused tone.
Kemono growled as she glared at her son. “I already know that! I wanted to know what you are planning to do about the fighters? I mean we lost two people today…” Kemono explained with a meaningful look on her face and after hearing her words, Daichi lost his amused grin and he couldn’t help but release a tired sigh…
Daichi noticed that Saeko, Kanae, Kohta, and Anthony were paying rapt attention to him. “Right now, I don't have any plans for setting up a combat team. First, I want to find a semi-permanent base for ourselves. After that, we could always assign roles and separate all the members into groups, I think that would be best” Daichi explained, and the others decided to agree with Daichi without any complaints. None of them knew much about leading a group, so they decided to place their trust in Daichi. They also agreed with the fact that they needed to settle down before making any serious decisions.
“Excuse me, there is something I wanted to ask… Do we also need to fight on the frontlines?” All of a sudden, Gisele asked the question which has been worrying some of them since they joined Daichi’s group.
“Fighting is not necessary for everyone, but you must do something to earn your keep” Daichi answered and Gisele frowned after hearing his answer, but she still nodded her head. “Is there something you are good at?” Daichi asked and Gisele beamed at Daichi with a bright smile on her face as soon as Daichi’s question registered in her mind…
“I am good at managing Social networks!” Gisele chirped excitedly and Daichi had to use all of his willpower to stop himself from palming his face. That was not a talent Daichi was looking for. Daichi looked around only to find everyone looking at Gisele like she had grown a second head. Everyone looked completely gobsmacked, but Daichi realized that Gisele did have some use.
“I see… You will be managing my Mana Archive account” Daichi said as he tossed his smartphone toward Gisele after unlocking it. Gisele fumbled a bit, but she still caught the phone. For a moment, Daichi was worried that she would end up dropping it. “You know how the Mana Archive App works, right?” Daichi asked and Gisele nodded her head as she opened the App.
“Create a Streaming Channel, and see how many Units are needed to start streaming” Daichi ordered and Gisele immediately nodded her head as she tapped [YES] when the prompt showed up on the screen. Daichi ended up spending the 100 Units in his account in one swoop.
“What should I name the channel?” Gisele asked and after thinking for a bit, Daichi decided to go with Neo Hope. Daichi was sure that his channel, was going to be only Channel that was actually streaming something since he knew how to get some additional Units. That is why he decided to name it like that, after all, his Channel will be giving hope to the others.
“Name it Neo Hope” Daichi and Gisele tapped the screen a few times while nodding her head. As soon as Gisele stopped tapping, a huge smile appeared on her face as she looked at Daichi. Gisele did not understand the significance behind the name, but she didn’t care much. Gisele saw that the name was cool and since it was Daichi’s channel, she did not complain as she would have tried to name it something else. “Tell me what do you need to start streaming” Daichi said and once again Gisele started to tap on the screen.
“Um… You would need to pay 5 Units to stream for an hour” Gisele answered in a nervous tone. Daichi was already expecting something like that, so he pulled out the common knife in his pocket and this time, instead of tossing the knife, he handed it to Gisele. Gisele accepeted the knife, looking really nervous and wary of the knife and she should be as the knife had Zombie blood on it.
“Sell it in the Pawn shop… The last time I checked, I was getting 20 Units for it” Daichi and Gisele nodded her head in understanding. While Daichi and Gisele was busy with the Mana Archive App, the others were paying rapt attention to the two of them. After a moments, Gisele held the knife over the smart phone screen.
“It is still giving you 20 Units, should I sell it?” Gisele asked and after getting a nod from Daichi she sold the knife for 20 Units and for everyone else who were watching the duo, the knife disappeared into thin air. Since Daichi and Gisele was speaking everyone knew what was happening, so no one was asking any questions.
On the other side of the room, Saeko was helping Bella look for the movie she was watching yesterday. Saeko had also lost interest in the conversation since she didn’t know much about smartphones in the first place, so most of the things Daichi and Gisele were talking about went over her head and Bella didn’t even know what a phone was in the first place.
“So, now we can start streaming, right?” Daichi asked and after getting a nod from Gisele, Daichi started to grin. “Good, then let go and make some content!” Daichi said as he looked around the room. He only wanted to take a few with them, so he decided to select Bella, Saeko, Roberta, Kohta, Anthony, and Kabato Ran. He decided not to take his mom as he needed someone strong to stay here so that they could defend the base.
Daichi quickly pointed out the ones he wanted to take and just as he was expecting, his mother started to protest and Bella started to pout. “Mom, I need you to stay here so that someone could protest the base and our resources in my absence” Daichi calmly explained why he wanted Kemono to say, but he decided not to say anything to Bella, after all, he didn’t need to. Even though Bella was pouting, she would join him even if hadn’t asked her.
“Can I join you guys?” Kanae asked and after thinking for a bit, Daichi decided to agree with her request. Kanae would become really strong if he could nurture her correctly.
Kemono wasn’t happy over the fact that she had to stay here while her son was going to be out there having fun, but she understood why Daichi wanted her to stay back. After today, their resources have increased significantly and Daichi couldn’t have anyone running away with them. Almost everyone was scared of Kemono and Bella, Daichi couldn’t ask Bella to stay due to his Job requirements. So, Kemono had to stay behind and act as the deterrent.
“Do, I need to come too?” Gisele asked nervously. Now, all of a sudden, she was feeling kind of sick.
“Yes, you will be the one who will be responsible for recording the video and don’t woory, you will be protected” Daichi assured Gisele that she would be safe. Gisele gulped loudly and hesitantly nodded her head. She did not want to go outside but if she knew that if she could do her task perfectly thenDaichi was going to let her maintain the job and she would be able to do what she loved doing before all this shit started.
After carrying out some preparations, Daichi and his team finally left the base to hunt some Zombies or Muatant Beasts, whichever they found first…
