Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Collecting Vehicles

Grace parked her car outside the warehouse before climbing out and joining her team who had been standing outside to wait for her.

“Did something happen?” Aleena asked, not hiding the worry she was feeling for Grace.

“An accident happened-”

“Accident!”

Before Grace could have finished the sentence, she heard all four of them screaming the word out loud in alarm. The very next second, Kevin was in front of her, inspecting for any sort of injury on her.

“Did you get hurt? Are you alright? Do you need to go to hospital?” He asked while the others also surrounded her.

Grace shook her head at their reactions, but there was a smile playing on her lips. “Shouldn’t you all be asking if the other party is alright or not?”

“There was a second party? Did you hit someone?”

“Is that person dead or what?”

Grace knocked her knuckle on Seth’s forehead at his stupid question. “Do you think I would have come here if I had injured or killed someone?”

“Right. Right.” Seth murmured while rubbing his forehead. “So…?”

“It was a minor accident. No one got hurt and we have already sorted it out. Don’t worry about it. Let’s go and get a look at the vehicles.” She didn’t wait for their response and immediately started walking toward the entrance of the warehouse.

For next several minutes, the five of them tested each of the vehicles before Grace spoke while addressing Maven. “You have done such a great job with your task. I’m impressed, Maven.”

“Thank you, Boss.” He replied with a proud smile while receiving approved shoulder taps from his teammates.

It was Kevin who decided to shift their attention toward a serious matter. “Boss, since we have already purchased a lot and will continue buying more in the future, we will need a huge storage space. Do you need me to arrange such a place?”

Grace shook her head in denial before replying, “We aren’t going to stay in this city for so long. We will be moving to Sunspire City soon and I have already arranged a perfect place to stock all these supplies. You all also don’t have to worry about the transportation of these goods to Sunspire City. I will take care of it. I need you guys to handle much more important matters for me.”

Even if she wanted to tell them about the Jade bracelet and its secrets, she held it back because she didn’t want to put them in danger. The fewer people knew about the secret of the bracelet, the better it was. Hence, she decided to keep it a secret from them for the time being.

“Why are we moving to Sunspire City all of a sudden?” Seth asked and the other three also had their gazes fixed on Grace as they waited for her response.

“There will be heavy rainfall and storms coming within weeks. We will need to shift to a safe location before that. Sunspire City is built on elevation. I have already reserved my apartment there. Now, I want you to go there and rent the remaining three empty apartments on the same floor as mine.” Grace directed the new task toward Seth while sending him all the needed information about the apartments he needed to book.

Seth opened his phone and took a look at the information he just received before returning his attention back to Grace and nodding his head in understanding. “Consider it done, Boss.”

Grace nodded her head in approval before she turned her attention toward Kevin and spoke, “You will be accompanying Seth to Sunspire City. There’s a lot you both need to prepare before my arrival there.”

Kevin too gave a nod of his head in understanding. Finally, Grace shifted her attention toward Maven and Aleena. “I have sent you both some lists of supplies. Head to nearby cities to place orders for those supplies and safely transport them to our warehouses. Let me know once you are done collecting all those supplies.”

The moment she finished speaking, Grace noticed the four of them sharing a concerned look among the four of them. Before the could have asked the reason, Kevin was already speaking. “If we all leave, you will be all alone here. What if you might end up running into some trouble, or anything else? At least one of us should stay here with you.”

“I will be completely fine on my own here. The Blackwood House is gone from the Mafia world. The Blackwood Empire is gone from the business world. There’s no one out there right now who wants to waste their time on someone as unimportant as me. Besides, I can take care of myself.” Grace stated while shifting her gaze between the four of them.

“But-”

“There’s no but.” She stated when Maven tried to defend Kevin’s suggestion. “I would have loved to keep all seven of you beside me if the situation has been different. However, we all know that we don’t have that much time to waste. We all need to work simultaneously to earn our chance for survival during the upcoming calamity, and we can’t do that by sticking to each other.”

She could see it on their faces that all four of them weren’t too happy about leaving her alone, but at the same time, they understood clearly what she was trying to say.

Eventually, Kevin let out a deep sigh and nodded his head before the other three too accepted her decision. “You should let us know if anything goes wrong here. Okay?” Aleena reminded and Grace nodded her head in understanding.

She watched all the four finally took their leave, heading to carry out their assigned tasks while she was left alone in the warehouse to transfer the goods inside the Infinte Realm.

She spent the next ten minutes transferring the vehicles inside the space and then organizing them in the garage that she had bought from the system. After that, she was on her way to carry out the next task.