Wasteland Conqueror

Chapter 20: Property Hunt

A short drive through the concrete and metal jungle that is the undercity we reached our destination. Upon our arrival, our group unloaded out of the car with Alice and I climbing out of the back seats last, and walked through the parking lot in the direction of a large concrete and metal structure located a short distance away.

When the bunch of us entered the real estate building, the front desk immediately greeted us and directed us to sit down and wait for the agent that my family preferred to do business with due to previous dealings, Mr. Birch.

We sat there waiting for around a minute or so before an older gentleman showed up from the nearby elevator dressed in a dark blue suit. Following a short greeting and a bit of small talk, he brought us away first to the elevator and then to his office once the elevator reached the fifth floor.

Directly after entering Mr. Birch's office, he inquired as to the reason for our visit. "So what brings you all here to today?"

Grandpa Henry placed his hand on my left shoulder and answered. "My grandson over here wants a large industrial building that he can use for research and manufacturing, preferably in between the manufacturing and mining districts."

The second he learned of what we want, he set into motion and began rapidly pulling up and showing us the numerous properties available with his desktop. That should meet my requirements.

I looked through a number of them and ended up selecting three of them that fit my needs in terms of space as well as location. With my choices made we headed back to the lobby with Mr. Birch now accompanying us and since my dad's car didn't have enough space for all of us Mr. Birch got the company to send a large passenger van to take us to go look at the properties I was interested in seeing.

Our group waited until the van showed up, and so with our transportation here, we collectively boarded the vehicle and began our trip to nearly the other side of the undercity. On our long-ish drive to the other side and with not much to do on the ride there, I passed the time by looking out the window at the many things taking place and going on in the city with Alice once again attached to my side.

As the van continued traveling to the first property, I watched the many cars that reminded me of the different models from my previous world mashed together with an assortment of futuristic elements and styling pass us by, going wherever their destinations lied.

Besides watching the many cars passing by, the numerous undercity residents going about their lives in the distance kept me entertained enough for the next several minutes before my mind started wandering and a thought occurred to me.

It's honestly impressive how much this place has grown since nuclear annihilation fucked everything up two centuries ago...

While the car continued on its way, I kept myself occupied with the going ons of the city as well as my thoughts. After spending my time like that for however many minutes, we finally arrived at our first destination.

"We've reached the nearest property your grandson was interested in seeing and from what I can tell, it should fit your requirements rather well." Mr. Birch said moments after the car came to a stop.

"Let's go check it out and see if it fits what you're looking for, grandson." My grandpa Henry said before we started exiting the vehicle.

Once the bunch of us left the vehicle excluding the driver who would remain with the van, we began walking in the direction of a large nondescript industrial building that appeared to be around 30 feet or so tall and covered at least several thousand square feet in area. When we reached the main door of the building, Mr. Birch walked up to a keypad located next to the door and keyed in a code, unlocking the door.