Tomorrow's Ark

Chapter 9: Hawker

When starting another page of our life, the unexpected thing to pop off would be the narrative starting with a timeskip

Three months passed since that day they climb into the street of Lungmen. In that time frame, nothing much had happened

The first two hours after they got out, the city went into high alert. A team of inspectors have been notified of the breach in Lungmen's outer defense. The natural conlcusion is drawn, and this prompt the authority to send in police force searching up the slum

It is a miracle they haven't been caught yet, as the three hid out just five blocks away, hidden in the dirt hub he constructed using his Arts

Though the wait is long, eventually the LGD gave up after a week of futile searching.

They stumbled out from the hub, their clothe dirty and face stained with dirt. Their stomach growls from several day's worth of hunger

"The worst have passed" He sat down tiredly "Now we just need to find something to sustain our life here"

Lappland and him don't have any LMD to spare. Naturally, Angelina is merciful enough to share some with them

Soon, they were able to buy some food from the slum's market

Looking down on one of the meat bun, the boy was surprised to see half of them being clamped down between the jaws of a Lupo

"Wait, what are you doing?!" He cry "Let go of my bun, Lappland! Where's your ration!?"

"Mfghsmfffuh!" Came the nonsensical reply. Her eyes shone with the ferocity of a beast at the peak of its hunger, unrestrained in its appetite

Not giving up, the boy also clamp down on the other side of the bun, trying to eat as much of it before the other guy can finish

Angelina watched it all happening from the sideline. She silently wonder if it'd be okay staying here with these two obviously abnormal people

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Before long, they grew accustomed to the lifestyle here

Angelina contnued on with her lifestyle as a messenger, accepting work from construction sites with heavy blockage too heavy to be moved

Lappland being Lappland, immediately took to being the leader of the group. Despite her fierce exterior, the Lupo is surprisingly good at managing the herd

The first week they scavenge the food and barely survive. The second week he found a job working at one of the nearby food place. The third week Lappland disappeared, leaving them alone

By the fourth week she returned as if nothing happened, but something must have considering what she brought with her

"Official Lungmen ID card?" He inspect the card with a wide eye look "How in Terra do you manage to get this?"

"Eh, I know some friends from the Siracusan mafioso who migrated here specialized in identity forging. Pulled in a few favor and have him do the deed for us"

"The Siracusan family is here?"

She must have heard the concern in his voice, because Lappland let out a bark of laughter

"Don't worry too much, pup. Capone and his goon here must follow the law of the slum. He won't do too much unless provoked"