The Walking Dead: I Sell Arms as a Sixth-Rate Seller in the Apocalypse

Eight in the morning

The Spike Motel is located 5 km from the entrance to Atlanta's East Side.

After getting dressed, Rick returned to the rooftop of the motel and said to the system, "System, system, announce the reward."

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing your personal rescue mission: "Rescue Maggie Glenn and Beth Green, who are trapped at the entrance to the North Side of Atlanta."]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the advanced hidden mission: "Rescue Mieko Nohara, who is trapped at the entrance to the North District of Atlanta."]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the main quest: "Lead the abandoned quarry camp to survive the zombie attack."]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the advanced mission: "Eliminate all zombies within the base during the Crimson Full Moon."]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the advanced mission: "Survive the zombie attack without any casualties."]

[Ding! Mission Reward: "Portable Space System Upgrade" unlocked. Would you like to upgrade immediately?]

Rick: "System, system, how long will it take to upgrade this portable space system?"

[Ding! Reply to host: The system's portable space upgrade will only take sixty minutes. During this time, the host will be unable to use the portable space system, but the system's shop space will not be affected.]

Rick: "Thank goodness, it only took sixty minutes to upgrade successfully. An hour is just around the corner; a short rest will make it pass quickly. System, system, please continue reporting the rewards."

[Ding! Advanced mission reward: "Host's Permit for Free Access to Personal Space" has been issued. The host can use it freely after the personal space system is upgraded.]

[Ding! Advanced quest reward: "Tactical Crossbow Multi-functional Bolts" has been unlocked for redemption. The host can redeem it using points in the system shop.]

[Ding! Advanced Quest Reward: The "Base Construction and Development System" has been automatically bound to the host. The host can freely construct any building or fortification at any location.]

[Ding! The loyalty display function has been upgraded and can now be viewed in the system toolbar.]

Seeing so many rewards, Rick was grinning from ear to ear. Now, apart from not being able to recycle everything and not having a war vehicle system bound to him, Rick is definitely one of the hosts with the most system functions among this generation of hosts.

Rick closed the system interface, looked at the blazing sun in the sky, and thought of the blood-red full moon hanging in the sky last night. Rick took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, but was then nauseated by the strong smell of blood. Rick forgot that the zombies he had killed with the Beowulf assault rifle five hours earlier were still piled up in the corridor and stairwell on the second floor. The second floor and the first floor were now completely blocked by the dismembered remains of zombies.

Rick looked around helplessly. Not only were the second-floor corridors of the hotel filled with the severed limbs and organs of zombies, but the first floor and parking lot were also in a mess.

Rick had no intention of cleaning. He flipped down to the second-floor corridor again and headed towards the room he had come from earlier. That room was the one where Nohara Mieko was lying. When Rick opened the door and entered, he found that the bed was empty, and the demon sword, the First Generation Kitetsu, which had been next to the chair, was gone. As Rick continued to venture deeper into the room, a girl suddenly appeared behind him, holding a katana that exuded a chilling aura to Rick's neck.

Rick didn't speak. He slowly raised his hands, his Beowulf assault rifle slung behind his back. At that moment, Nohara Mieko looked warily at the man's back and said, "Hand over the weapon behind you! If you dare to have any bad intentions, don't blame my knife for not recognizing anyone."

Hearing the girl's words behind him, Rick turned his back to her, slowly squatted down, took the Beowulf assault rifle from his body, and slowly placed it on the ground. Seeing this, the girl behind him, with her katana still against Rick's neck, slowly approached, circled around to Rick's side, and picked up the Beowulf assault rifle.

Rick didn't turn around when he saw this. Instead, he stood there with his hands raised. The girl put away her katana. Rick asked, "Excuse me, may I turn around? I promise I won't make any sudden movements."

The girl put down her katana, held the Beowulf assault rifle to Rick's back, and said, "You can turn around now. Remember what you said, or I'll use your gun—no, it's mine now—to blow you up."

Rick shook his head after hearing this, raised his hand, and slowly turned to face the girl.

The girl was facing Rick, and Rick was facing the girl. They stared at each other for three minutes.

Rick was the first to break down in embarrassment and said to the girl in front of him, "Um, actually, well, you know, this..."

A soft chuckle rang out as the girl couldn't help but burst out laughing at the man before her. It was the first time she'd ever encountered a man who couldn't even speak coherently. She then said to him, "Tell me, why did you attack me before? What was your purpose?"

Rick was stunned. He hadn't expected that in the pitch-black environment of the previous night, this girl would still know that he was the one who had knocked her unconscious the day before. This made Rick even more interested in the girl in front of him.

Rick: "Um, how did you know that the person who attacked you at that time was definitely me?"

The girl in front of me gripped the Beowulf assault rifle in her hand and then said, "Because before I lost consciousness, I saw your face and your figure, which made me very certain that the person who knocked me out was you."

The girl suddenly raised her Beowulf assault rifle, aimed it at Rick's head, and said menacingly, "Tell me! Why did you knock me out? What did you do to me after you knocked me out? Why am I here? Tell me! Or I'll blow your head off!"

Seeing the girl yelling at him fiercely, Rick wasn't angry at all. Instead, he smiled kindly at her and said, "Silly girl, of course it's to save you and your two best friends."

After saying that, Rick's lips curled up slightly, and then he continued, "Your two best friends told me everything about you. Not only that, they even told me about the mole on your back and that your mother runs a Korean BBQ restaurant in the North Side of Atlanta."

Upon hearing the man's words, the girl's gaze froze for a moment. She hadn't expected that her secret and the purpose of her visit would be so thoroughly exposed by the two Green sisters, which immediately brought a sense of disappointment to the girl's face.

Seeing this, Rick said, "Well, actually, they were almost in danger last night, but luckily I saved them in time. Afterwards, they told me about you. Since you're good friends with Maggie and Beth, I'll definitely help you."

Hearing the man's words, the girl immediately relaxed. She put Beowulf aside, then stood up and said to the man, "Thank you so much for saving Maggie and Beth. Although I don't know what your purpose was, since you saved them, I believe you are not a bad person."

Rick chuckled and said, "See? You could have done this earlier. Why make such a fuss? If I hadn't intervened last night, you and the Maggie Beth sisters would have been in danger at this motel."

The girl nodded. In fact, she had been awake for a while. She had woken up when the man was slaughtering zombies in the corridor with his weapon. After the gunfire stopped, she went outside into the corridor and saw the mutilated limbs and organs of zombies scattered everywhere. Even though she had experienced great ups and downs, she couldn't bear it and immediately ran back to the bathroom in her room to vomit.

Looking at the man before her, Mieko's own heart was racing. She hadn't inherited her mother's fondness for young, handsome men; instead, she preferred men like her father—mature, charming, and responsible. During her time at Macon, Mieko had received numerous love letters from classmates and students from other grades, which she always threw away without even reading them. This behavior earned her the disdain of other female classmates, who often insulted her behind her back, calling her hypocritical and arrogant. Some even spread rumors that she didn't like men. But Mieko didn't care. These negative rumors didn't affect her; in fact, they garnered more support from her close friends. As a result, Mieko often took her classmates to bubble tea shops in Chinatown.

To this day, no man has been able to give Mieko a sense of security. The only man who could give her a sense of security, her father, has become a cannibalistic zombie. Whenever she thinks of this, a look of loss appears on Mieko's face.

But when she met the man in front of her, she realized that she had actually fallen in love with him. Although he had ambushed her and knocked her unconscious, she could not forget the scene of him killing zombies in the corridor to protect her and Maggie Beth. When she closed her eyes, that scene would replay.

Seeing the girl's expression, Rick, to avoid embarrassment, took the initiative to speak: "Hello, beautiful lady, please allow me to introduce myself. My surname is Rick, my given name is Ke, and my courtesy name is Lao Liu. I am Chinese and unmarried."

While pondering the problem, Mieko didn't listen carefully to what the man in front of her was saying. She only clearly heard him introducing himself. Then, Mieko stood up, bowed to Rick, and said, "Hello, my name is Nohara Mieko. Thank you so much for saving me and my sisters."

Having finished speaking

Mieko stared at the man in front of her, and the man was also staring back at her. This continued for several dozen seconds until Mieko felt a little awkward and wanted to say something.

Rick suddenly grabbed Mieko's face and kissed her immediately. This caught Mieko completely off guard. She never expected that the man in front of her would be so bold as to kiss her. Although Mieko thought this, she did not move her body. Instead, she let Rick kiss her. After kissing for more than ten seconds, Rick released Mieko's mouth.

Looking at the man in front of her, Mihoko's mind was still blank; she hadn't even reacted yet, while Rick picked her up and put her on the bed.

Seeing this, Mihoko guessed what Rick wanted to do, but she still did not resist. Rick leaned down and moved closer to Mihoko. One lay on the bed, and the other leaned down and stared at the other. The two looked at each other and could hear each other's heartbeats.

In this situation, Mihoko knew that she couldn't escape her first time. Although she was a little scared, she didn't regret it, because she had feelings for the man in front of her.

At this moment, Mihoko closed her eyes, waiting to be taken advantage of by the man in front of her.

Several tens of seconds passed

The man in front of her didn't move, which puzzled Mihoko, who had her eyes closed. She opened her eyes and saw Rick dressed and standing in front of the window, observing the outside world.

Seeing that the man hadn't done anything to her, Mieko asked, "What's wrong with you? The atmosphere was really tense just now, why didn't you do anything to me?"

Hearing Mieko's words, Rick replied, "Miss Mieko, seeing you like that, I know this is not what you truly want, so I will not continue. I respect you, and I will give it to you when you are willing to."

Upon hearing Rick's words, Mihoko was stunned for a moment, then her face immediately turned red. She quickly shoved her head under the covers and started slapping the soft bed with her legs, muttering, "So embarrassing, so embarrassing, so embarrassing."

Seeing Mieko's expression, Rick cleared his throat. Mieko immediately stopped, looked up at Rick, and Rick looked at her with deep affection, asking the question.