Afterlife Department

Morning, the gate at the base. 

"Jin Wu and Mo Shi will be in the second group. Yi Bing, Huo Ling, you go with us, the first group." Qi Ming spoke after he divided the Rolling Thunder Team into two groups. 

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The Rolling Thunder Team has no qualms about the division of the group since they can see that Yi Bing is the strongest in their group of four – the Grim Reapers Team. Look, even their number, four1, sound so ominous! They just hope that it won't bring bad luck to their leader, Qi Ming, who looks so unlucky despite him being handsome. 

Though Qi Ming's attractive index is lower than the Grim Reapers Team. Even his strength is overshadowed by this group of four 'people'. 

"En." Yi Bing nodded, confirming his agreement with the division of people. It doesn't affect him who they will be going with, as long as they can procure information from them, along with food as their task to contribute to the Northern Military Base where they will be temporarily staying. 

He looked at Jin Wu. 

Jin Wu nodded at him, showing his agreement to the arrangement, and then pulled Mo Shi who looked dejected with him. They went to the second group of the Rolling Thunder Team. Mo Shi's feet left two lines in the ground, showing how much he is unwilling to be with Jin Wu. 

This was misunderstood by Qi Ming, though, as disagreeing with his arrangement. But, since Yi Bing and Jin Wu, the two strongest in the Grim Reapers Team, have already agreed, then Mo Shi, as well as Huo Ling who looked well-behaved, has to follow their decision. 

"… will your friend be alright?" he worriedly asked Yi Bing as they looked at Jin Wu dragging Mo Shi with him to the second group who will go east while their group will be going west. 

"Jin Wu's with him. He'll be fine." Yi Bing answered. 

Huo Ling who was listening to the side. "…" it's because Jin Wu is there that he won't be fine. He thought. He had already noticed that Mo Shi seemed afraid of Jin Wu, or that, to be more specific, dislikes Jin Wu. Though he is curious, but he isn't someone who gossips.

"Let's go?" he asked as he looked at Yi Bing. 

Yi Bing looked at Qi Ming who nodded. 

Qi Ming turned to the people guarding the gate. "Open the gate!" he yelled before he beckoned Yi Bing and Huo Ling inside the modified bus. 

The gates slowly opened and the people watching them on the sides immediately ran away in a hurry. Fortunately, the Northern Military Base has already laid out traps around the base to prevent the zombies from coming closer to the base and attack it. There are also the soldiers who are also ability users to patrol the base outside and inside during the night. 

So, when the gates opened, they didn't see any zombies and the two modified buses smoothly rode out of the gate that closed after they left. Then, the two buses rode into two different directions to procure food and other supplies. 

...

In a base just a kilometer away from the Northern Military Base, a man sat on the swivel chair and had a disgusted look on his face after he saw the terrified expression and trembling body of a woman that his subordinates sent him. 

"Throw her away!" Xi Kai shouted as he pushed the woman away who smelled of perfume he guessed his subordinates poured on her before they gave her to him just to curry favor to him. 

"Yes, boss!" the Fighting Wolves answered and immediately took her away. The greed and lust in their eyes didn't escape his sharp eyes. 

"No… no…!" the woman screamed as she struggled out of their grasp. "Boss… boss! Please, please take me in! I'll do anything you want. Just… just don't give me to them!" she said, crying. Her face is pale from fright and also hunger after not eating for two days. Because she became weaker of hunger, these men easily took her away. 

Xi Kai's brow raised and he tapped the table. "Bring her back." He said. 

There was a flash of disappointment in his subordinates' eyes. "Yes, boss." They answered and brought the woman inside again. 

"You can leave." He waved his hand at them. 

"Yes!" they answered and immediately closed the door, and even locked it. 

The woman, although terrified, but fought her fear. It's better to be done by one man than many. This is the apocalypse, and only the strong can survive. In order to survive, she, the weak, has to rely on the strong. "B-boss…" she called as she pinched the button of her top with shaking hands. 

Xi Kai ignored her and picked up the remote control. "Shut up." He told her before a video played in the monitor. 

The woman saw it was an adult video and her heart thumped. But, she has to please Xi Kai. Or else, she'll be fed to those wolves. It's better to be with Xi Kai, the leader of the Fighting Wolves, than be with those low-lives. 

She started unbuttoning her top when suddenly, Xi Kai turned to her and glared at her with a sharp gaze. She became frozen. 

"What are you doing?!" Xi Kai asked, angry. "Cover yourself up! Shameful!" he said. His face is filled with disgust as he set the volume to the highest, filling the room with adulterated sounds. 

The woman was very puzzled by Xi Kai's behavior. Won't he touch her? So, he's more interested in videos than commit the deed? She thought. 

As if reading her thought, Xi Kai snorted in disdain. "Do you want them to be suspicious?" he asked. 

"N-no…" she answered in reflex. 

"Then, shut up. Go inside that room and dress yourself properly." He told her. "Don't touch anything!" he added. 

"Y-yes!" she answered and hurriedly ran to the room before she closed the door. As soon as the door closed, she sighed in relief. Then, she pondered over Xi Kai's actions. 

He… doesn't like women? 

...

The door opened and Jenny entered with a smile on her face. Seeing her boss' frown, she can already guess what happened. She ignored the adult video playing and spoke. "Did they trouble you again?" she asked, though she already knows the answer. 

Xi Kai looked at her. She is his first 'woman' who was given by his 'good' subordinates. Then, she started working for him. "Go take care of her. She might be your another sister1." He told her. 

Jenny's eyes lit up. "Okay, boss!" she answered and immediately went to the room. Those low-level subordinates of Xi Kai have already 'given' her two sisters. It won't hurt with another one. "Oh. By the way, boss." She spoke and stopped before she turned to him. "I heard our people say they spotted Qi Ming's people going to the Gen District." She told him. 

Hearing Qi Ming's name, Xi Kai felt his head hurt more. 

Jenny laughed when she saw his expression. "I already said, why don't you clear the misunderstanding with their group?" she asked. 

That day, their two teams collided after chasing level three zombies. Xi Kai was thrashed by the level three zombie, leaving him only a pair of pants. But, he accidentally hit Qi Ning and torn her clothes. In a freak combination of coincidences, Qi Ming saw this scene. 

Xi Kai, knowing that he was misunderstood, spat out insulting words. He even dragged Qi Ming's other sibling, Qi Ying! Then, he was hit by Qi Ming. Xi Kai felt furious after he woke up three days later. So, every time their two teams would meet, they would fight. 

Jenny sighed in defeat when she saw Xi Kai's expression. She knew her prideful boss wouldn't clear the misunderstanding. Instead, she felt Qi Ming's group has a low IQ. They are in the middle of a battle against zombies. Who in their right mind would think of lust? Geez. 

She sighed and went to the room to meet her new sister. "Oh!" she exclaimed when she saw the potted plants wilted. "Boss! She's a plant ability user!" she yelled. 

"Oh." Xi Kai indifferently muttered as he gazed outside the glass floor-to-ceiling window. 

Jenny rolled his eyes at him before she went to comfort the woman. "Don't be scared. Boss won't do anything to you." She told her. "He doesn't like women, though it isn't known if he likes men. Maybe he's pansexual." She carelessly said. "The core members of the Fighting Wolves are boss, two females and I. Since you're a plant ability user, then you'll become another core member of the team." She said. 

"Is… is it okay?" the woman asked. "I… I was very hungry and felt weak so they managed to capture me." She said. 

"I guessed." Jenny spoke. "Come." She pulled the blanket to cover the woman's body to make the people outside Xi Kai's office think that Xi Kai and the woman done the deed. "And welcome to the team." She added. 

four = 'si', homophones with 'death'.the sister here doesn't mean a blood-related one, but a female friend.