The first I did when I got home was checking how much money I managed to get. "So let's see… I mortgaged the house for 50 million and sold Mercedes Benz EQC for 25million… that was a company car, but forget it the apocalypse is under way. I also took a loan of 100 million from the bank and 200 million from those dumb loan sharks. 375 million in total should be enough."
After that I also had to take in my pending expenses. "I have to pay 1.5 million to the restaurant, I also have six months to payback both loans and one month before the bank evicts me from my house so I've got plenty of time."
Since everything was going smoothly, I decide to move my plan ahead a bit and came to the most famous War Dragon security company.
In my previous life a second generation rich guy from the mafia spent $5 billion to build a safe house, many months later when the apocalypse hit, the rich guy became the king in the
Apocalypse. And he apparently came to this company to do it.
A soon as I got past reception I one of their staff approached me and asked if I needed any help. So when I told him that I wanted to build 'a safe house capable of withstanding an apocalypse'. The man surprisingly didn't say much and simply directed me to the manager's office.
Upon getting to the manager's office I simply repeated the same thing I said earlier, he presented me with several plans for me to choose from saying that I wasn't the first to request which made me think about the man from my before my regression- did he know something?
However I didn't get distracted since this type of thing is common especially among big companies and stuff. But I definitely was not satisfied with the plans I was shown, they just weren't secure enough.
So I started making changes. "The house should be reinforced with aviation grade materials, the glass panels and windows be bulletproof, add an air filtration system and the security system should have no blind spots, the main gate should be made of the same material as a bank's anti-theft vault doors, the rest should be reinforced steel, the…"- Yes I might have gone overboard to you, but if you got slaughtered by your neighbors you would too… money is no object.
Oh, I asked the manager to find a way to get some guns too but after hearing my 'absurd' list of
requirements the business manager was surprised.
He said "Sir these requests… along with the weapons, they're going to cost a lot, roughly 500 million at least"
But I didn't care, once it was done this would be a fortress so I paid 250 million and said "I don't give a damn. Just get it done in less than two months, the rest of the money would be paid when I see the finished product"
As I left I realized I needed to get more weapons since I knew that this company wouldn't get me the really powerful ones as I didn't have a permit to own military grade weapons. After a lot of searching I found out about an owner of a hunting club that secretly ran an arms dealing business through my connections as manager of a large mall- You'd be surprised with how many daughters, wives and relatives of influential people you meet in the line of work.
Anyway thanks to this I got a few sets of rocket launcher, grenades, and all sorts of illegal weaponry from him. I also hired my own goons and security detail since I couldn't use all these weapons myself- Ah yes… the wonders of the mafia.
I had only been home a few minutes and was about to call the company to see how far they had gotten with the work, when the first batch of food for the 'banquet' I had ordered also arrived in by truck.
Naturally this attracted quite a few people from the neighborhood, after all these were the delivery trucks of a five-star hotel. I just ignored them and had the trucks move the food into the living room- which was empty as I had conveniently stored all the furniture moments prior.
Then shooed them off before they could ask any questions while saying I would be expecting them tomorrow as well.
I put them all into the infinite storage space. With all this delicious food and the ingredients I had bought in the markets earlier. I basically don't have to worry about food for a long time.
The next day, the security company worker's approached me to inform me that 'construction was going to take a long time since some materials were actually harder to find and the funding wasn't enough' and I simply didn't have time to argue and just gave them what they actually came for- more money that I *cough* *cough*, borrowed from several different banks with no intention to pay back.
Safe to say news of the safe house's construction reached the ears of members of my neighborhood. The ones that couldn't believe it went there to see it themselves, then like the 'good' neighbors they were they took it upon themselves to cause a scene.
Quite a few neighbors ridiculed me asking if I had taken the wrong medication. But I didn't care
'when the end comes you'll know who the real joke is' I thought to myself.
I found manager Lee from a car dealership company and I ordered all sorts of vehicles like snow mobiles, snow ploughs and any other vehicle I thought would work in icy conditions.
I also bought trailers as I planned to have the boys- I mean the men I hired as thugs- raid warehouse supplies from different malls and supermarkets, during the EMP grid failure when the apocalypse hits; then transport these things home.
Mainly because it was much easier, and also because my recent hoarding activities attracted the unwanted attention of *name of girl*; she began asking if something was going to happen soon.
That bitch even said she had been thinking about me lately- I wanted to puke but I was so disgusted I couldn't. So in response to this bitch's fake messages of concern, I performed the classic read but don't reply technique- hmm, this gives me déjà vu.
Anyway this really pissed her off; probably surprised I actually dared to ignore her- there'd be a lot more in store for her soon. Hehehehe…
But she was still curious about my sudden hoarding; so she asked Shiv my best friend who just scoffed that I had probably gone mad. "If something big was happening, the country would definitely notify us right? Just try your best to seduce Ash, and then that bootlicker will do whatever we want"- if you are wondering how I knew, those brain dead monkeys had their private
conversation outside my house.
Half a month later my safe house was successfully built, and in order to ensure 'employer satisfaction' the manager followed my instructions to the letter.
I was very satisfied with this, so now all that was left was to wait for my last batch of supplies to arrive, and to finish my training- I forgot to mention I had shooting and hand to hand combat classes since having a lot of guns is pointless if you can't shoot and in situations where I don't have a gun on me, I didn't want to be beaten by malnourished apocalypse victims.
Days later several trucks of drinking water arrived in succession, at which point an uncle from the same neighborhood became curious.
He asked "Ashok my boy, what are you up to? First you mortgaged your house, then you had a 'fortress built nearby, you also seem to be storing so much food and now what's with all these barrels of water".
Normally I'd ignore anyone that asked but feeling that he was one of the few good people in my past life- though maybe that's because he died soon after the big freeze? We'll find out if he lives this time around. I whispered "Uncle the weather this year is going to be very unusual it's best to stock up on some supplies. Trust me; it will get super cold a month from now"
He immediately became skeptical, but seeing the serious look on my face he believed it in the end.
With 3 weeks before the extremely cold end of days, I went back to the warehouse and invited all my colleagues there for a 'friendly' cup of milk tea which after they drank everyone kindly repaid me by fainting.
After I shut off the main power switch to disable the security cameras I proceeded to move all the goods in the entire warehouse with peace of mind. I was waltzing through the warehouse, putting rows of goods into the in Infinite Storage space and had just about emptied the entire warehouse.
With everything in place even if I was about to face the cold ice age, I have nothing to fear. Now to prevent getting caught, I also help myself to a cup of milk tea and lie down beside my colleagues, falling asleep.
Hours later I was awakened by my colleague- Sid who was shouting "Ashok something crazy has
happened. Our warehouse has been completely emptied"
Hearing this I acted surprised, rushing to my feet I yelled "What the hell!"
Then looking at the empty Warehouse I became 'upset' and started throwing a fit "What happened? How are all the supplies in the warehouse gone?"
At this time the manager-who Sid already reported to before waking me- called me, inquiring about the loss of the warehouse supplies.
After hearing about the whole situation from me and confirming the warehouse was truly emptied he immediately started cursing "How is this possible? Ashok I'm sure you're responsible… yes you must have drugged the tea, stealing the goods in the warehouse for yourself."
An awkward smile formed on my face as I thought 'damn he actually got it'.
Of course that didn't stop me from defending myself "Sir, what do you take me for? I also got drugged, so how could I do it. Besides, I'm not that capable. I know you're looking for a scapegoat but I'm innocent, I think you should report this to the higher ups as soon as possible to avoid trouble; so as not to delay the Investigation"
After hanging up the phone, I started comforting my colleagues. "Everyone, don't be afraid we who are upright are not afraid of crooked shadows"
Soon all the colleagues on duty and I were called to the police station for questioning but nothing could be found out.
.....To Be Continue