27. Zero Dollar

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Boom..

In a cold night under the continuous thunder and lightning, the whole world is covered with endless darkness.

Every strike of a bright lightning, a peek of what's transpiring can be seen.

The drainage and pits in the City have abnormal amount of water. Slowly, the water level climbs to the critical level. But this is not the worst situation, because in the rural areas with relatively in low level planes, the water level had already reached the ankle.

At 1 o'clock am, sounds of steel screeching and metal collision could be heard but easily neglected due to thunderous sounds in the sky. Inside the bank, a scene that could only be seen in movies like oceans eleven is happening.

Click..

With the final click, the bank door with the strongest security system in the City was opened.

"Boss. It's done" Spade whispered to Artemis obediently. Walking aside to let her boss walk in.

"Good. Joker, girls. Prioritize Jade, Gold, Silver, and other metals. Move fast. We only have 10 minutes to collect, since there's a lot of banks in the City" she said while already collecting Gold bars.

"Understood!" with this, the five members of the fifth Ring crazily emptied the bank, putting everything inside the brother's space, before repeating the process to other banks.

Thanks to the extreme thunderstorm, no one dared to go out of the house. Even the small number of guards were easily subdued. Not to mention that the sun is missing in action until now.

•••

At 5 o'clock in the morning, people woke up one by one.

Seeing the dark sky and gloomy City, everyone decided to open the television and social media accounts to get some reliable news.

[Seriously! How will I attend class like this? Is the class cancelled?]

[Heh! The always knowing government did not announce anything until now. Hello! Weather forecast?]

[Don't you think today is too abnormal?]

[Yes! There's no sun! I'm getting nervous out of nowhere. Do you think this is my sixth sense warning?]

[Hey! You already forgot! Last night there was an announcement about Apocalypse thingy]

[hahaha sister, you're thinking wildly. Isn't it because of thunderstorm?]

[This is like the situation in the Apocalyptic movie I've watched before. It's creepy! Do you think it's possibly the end of the world?]

[Pfft.. please don't be an alarmist!]

[Seriously! Didn't the posts before and  last night said there will be thunderstorm today?]

[No way! I'll sue you for spreading false rumors]

[sue for false rumors +1]

+888

•••

By  4 o'clock in the afternoon, all small and big banks around the City were emptied.

Artemis and the fifth Ring parked a medium sized grey SUV at the side of the rented house to rest, eat and replenish the gasoline.

"Rest for two hours, our target tonight are pharmacies. We need to finish everything tonight, because news will surely explode by tomorrow" she gestured for Joker to bring out food boxes prepared beforehand.

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