Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Forest Ambush 3 Investigating the Millitary Squad
After reaching the supposed spot for the camp out, they layed tents all over and the watch party had been deployed around.
Eri and the team all sat in a circle, shared provisions and ate separately as they were cautious of the environment and being in the open, their voices could echo to a zombie or any creature nearby.
Eri and Carl sat at a farther point from the group watching the millitary soldiers patrol around and silently glare at them from afar.
"What do you think about the millitary?" Carlos asked Eri and portrayed a look on his face that meant he was eating his knowledge.
Eri nodded silently and took another glance at the millitary soldiers to get a bit of clearance, "yes, they are watching us and I do not think it's for good reasons."
"By my probability rate I see more of doubt, hate and fear than bloodlust," Carl spoke Jolting Eri by the amount of information vhe was able to accumulate over a short period of time.
'If only I can get the Eye of truth to work fully I would be able to read their minds!' Eri frowned bitterly.
"Should we perhaps ask to gather Information about them?"
"No," Carl closed in his face and whispered into Eri's ear, "I have a skill to read minds and history as long as I can make contact of the person or get two feet close.... I do not say this to anyone Eri San!"
He sat back on his butt and smiled like the child he was.
'Wait, Carl has held me a lot of times, could he read my mind then?' Eri turned to his expression again and scanned for any sign of doubt and found none in Carl. 'He might be able to read memories, I had that feeling one before but never knew he read my mind!'
Eri got a bit uncomfortable knowing Carlos would have seen a load of his System Notification, weird thoughts and Vampire feeling.
[System Block: this is an inbuilt system skill you possess to block every mind reading or telepathic powers on your mind. You have a special system and it cannot be hacked]
Eri's eyes glowed at this notification, 'So i also get inbuilt Abilities like this, just like fortwall in those books I read before the apocalypse.'
"What do you think Eri?" Carl asked for his opinion clearly not liking kept waiting.
Eri got another piece of information from this, 'Carl did not red my memories to get that simple answer, he trusts me enough not to destroy my privacy.' Eri quickly nodded in reply.
'If I had that power I would suddenly become a pervert.'
With that reply Carlos mounted his feet and waited for Eri who joined him soon enough.
"What about the group, don't we need permission or so?" Eri did not simply want trouble with the group now that he typically was confused of where he was with them.
They saw him with his super Abilities, others saw him cowering from the sun. What a rotten predicament.
"No need, I will just say we went to take a leak, it's not like we can't handle things on our own," Carlos winked sending cold chills down Eri's legs.
He smiled bitterly, 'This kid is toying with me.'
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Walking in a single path Eri and Carl held hands. They were already long gone from their group and felt all eyes bearing down on them from all present soldiers.
"Their not really friendly, are they?" Carl tried to sound funny but nothing about the situation seemed that way.
With the distance apart and the aggressiveness of the soldiers Eri could barely comprehend how they would get two feet or in touch with them without getting shot.
The lustful intent and glared were getting a bit too much for him to handle.
"What do we do now Carlos?" Eri appeared to be an idiot at this point with zero info on all knowledge at this point.
"Make sure to scream loud enough!"
'What?' Eri quickly turned to Carlos and the next thing he heard was the noise of flesh being torn up by a sharp object.
Eri looked down to his gut to see Carlos ramming his own knife into his gut.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" He screamed grabbing Carl strongly by the hands and staggering back.
"Don't commit suicide big brother!" Eri was shocked to hear this but even more to see Carlos in tears.
"What?"