The haul we got, from Galaxy & Gold Co. I quite big, Alfred had calculated everything after we literally ransacked everything clean, nothing silver, gold or gems are left behind. Turns out the jewelry shop, is quite special as they got a lot of private showing and fitting room, that they decorated so beautifully and actually used a lot of silver and gold decorations for it, with my Deep Analysis being used on almost everything, we just left the entire store empty and bare. And thanks to this, our total haul from the Galaxy & Gold Co, is 1.5 million dollars, I just become a millionaire in just 2 days' time after I arrived in this world.
"There's a lot of books here, Honey…. there is even terminal here…and all of them is still in one piece…I marked it for you~...". (Natasha)
"Thanks, Nat…I'll be there in a sec…".
We are now saving all the literature property of this world, inside of Rosewood Town Library, needless to say, the books on the second floor were all damaged and rotted all thanks to the hole in the ceiling of the building, the first-floor books were quite salvageable and aplenty. The ground floor, were too little as the books were mostly being taken away and turned into a fire starter. Thankfully the library had a stock room, the special section and the terminal room on the basement, all the good things were down there, so we saved them all.
"...why do want that…painting?". (Natasha)
"Well…it because it was beautiful….it can be considered a historical art…that should be saved and enjoyed, Nat…and also our homes need a bit of decoration as well…".
"Oh, decorations….to decorate our house?". (Natasha)
"Yes, that's right…and I liked this kind of things actually...".
"Really? there's a place where there were a lot of that. Painting…It was a place called the 'Museum', in Jouston city…but that place is in the middle of the woodlands…there's a lot of Mutant animals there…even mutant lion…". (Natasha)
"a museum, huh…maybe we should go there…when we got the chances...".
"Maybe we should…but…only after we added more member to our family…that place is quite dangerous...". (Natasha)
In the basement, after I put every single book, terminal, and the still usable bookshelf into my inventory, I found a painting, that resembled The Sin by Lossow from 1880, I used Deep Analysis on it, and found out that it was an authentic one, so I do the most sensible thing that I should which is takes it immediately, there even the Mona-Lisa in the midst as well, but it was fake. Only this one was real, so I saved it, naturally Natasha asked me about it, as to her and perhaps to all of the wasteland inhabitant, me taking the painting to just make it a decoration rather than just turned them into a firewood, was definitely weird.
"[Sir, it is now.3 in the afternoon…it is best to leave the town now…]". (Alfred)
"Right…Nat, we are leaving…".
"
Exiting the Library, after looting everything, we both head back to our 4WD truck and entered, starting the engine, we then started to move, heading back to our Star Gas Station. If I were to rate this outing of ours, I would give it only 3 stars.
"Honey.". (Natasha)
"Hmm?".
Breaking up the silence, Natasha gently called out to me, as she massaging my shoulder.
"Don't be upset…we can always come back there again…to that bank…I heard that there is a laser sword that can cut through that vault…if we can buy it…we can come back there again…and open that vault up...". (Natasha)
"Alright…. Hmmm…laser sword, huh…there are people selling that stuff too?".
"Of course…they said it comes from the aliens from the Silicon Breast City up north…". (Natasha)
There is a place called Silicon Breast City, that is hilarious perhaps they named the city after a plastic surgery hospital or something. Natasha worried about my mood, is mostly because we weren't able to loot the bank completely. There's a massive vault in that bank basement, that were as big as the entire basement floor itself, and it was locked up tight. I can't store an entire basement floor that were still connected to the entire building and the ground itself. So, at the end, we gave up, we do manage to scavenge the inside of the bank, collecting all the money that we can find in the nook and cranny of the bank, and managed to get 100 thousand dollars. There's money on the floor, behind the counter of each bank teller, so at the very least, we still got something from the bank, but not that many.
"1.5 million dollars…is a lot…with that money we can buy a lot of things, first in the list, we need to buy a power generator and constructions stuffs as well…Alfred can you place the order on everything that we had on the list?".
"[Sure can, Sir…may I suggest buying some toiletries and new clothing as well, sir? hygiene and some refreshing items would be a good boost of morale, for you and the madam as well…]". (Alfred)
"Please do…I forgot to do that…also buy me, a laptop as well…and a few satellites phone…we need to prepare for a long-distance communication…since you are able to connect to a satellite…that means.".
"[I can act as a communication medium for those that are far away…Congratulations, sir...you have found another loop hole to use…very amazing, sir…]". (Alfred)
Alfred can talk to anyone by using any electronic, and with him as a medium who is connected to a satellite, that means through him, I can use a satellite phone to be in contact with anyone I want using a satellite phone, thus solving the problem of long-distance communication problem in this wasteland. Right now, thanks to Natasha who is currently sleeping besides me, the people in this world can't use phone, but the can have a short distance communication via radio. And also, a radio broadcast seemed to still working and there is someone out there that are still working as a radio deejay providing the wasteland for a little entertainment in this boring world and depressing world.
"[Sir…I have analyzed and calculated about your discussion with Madam earlier…about expanding the current force of ours. And after I have studied and learned from Madam story and your memory…her suggestion made the most sense…and by far is the safest option that we can take…]". (Alfred)
"...Okay. Elaborate...".
"[Like Madam said, family bond in this wasteland is strong…to make it even better…a member of the family that has tasted to pure comfort that you can provide…they would never want to let that comfort go. And when they became your family, they knew…that once they betrayed you…they can no longer get that blissful feeling anymore…meanwhile, an employment in this lawless world would always invite betrayal…they will covet your power and the resource you bring…simple reasoning…but you to know how simple a human can be…. especially to those that are desperate...]". (Alfred)
Once again, both of them thinks the same thing and said almost the same thing as well.
"Perhaps…I might still be tied to my old-world views…".
"[You are a unique person, Sir…a normal person. Before…but now…unfortunately…you had to change and adapt.]". (Alfred)
"I guess so, Alfred…".
I can't deny that I am bogged down by sense of moral and value, mostly, I wanted to believed that this world might be the same as the old one. That the people would still react the same way and knows to hold back, but this world is not like that at all, it had its own set of value and it works in its own way. It was the world that exposes the human worst nature out in the open, always thinks the bad of the people and it would always be true.
"...I guess…. I will be taking a lot of new family members…in the future then…".
"[You should be doing that, Sir….and also, while you at it…why not enjoyed it as well…according to my observations…it seems that the female in this world were a lot more beautiful…]". (Alfred)