A few minutes later.
"In short, you work with them as a tracker while you look for the person who separated from your side?"
Joel nodded with a cold expression.
"Yes. A group of Fireflies had gone out to meet some outsiders; their plan was to start a conversation. Meanwhile, I took advantage of the moment to leave and search for that lost person. We wanted to get close to this place to see if there were people who could help us." After saying this, Joel asked, "Are you involved with those people?"
Daryl had already returned his motorcycle to the road, but now that he looked at it closely, the damage was severe, so he was so annoyed that he had to vent his anger somehow.
Looking around, Daryl pulled out his dagger and began eliminating the walkers that were approaching.
Jasmine at his side did not speak much; when she saw Daryl's movements, she also drew a dagger and joined the cleanup. With a few simple observations, Jason knew that Joel was not worried about that woman's departure, and by the way she moved, it could be seen that she had good skill.
Seeing this, he turned his head to look at Pool and Joel.
"The Fireflies you work for kidnap many people and kill indiscriminately. Right now it could be said that we are on bad terms, and I really want to eliminate that plague."
"Oh, we don't care what you want to do with the Fireflies; we're just trying to say that we had a silly accident…"
Jason and the other people behind him looked at each other with a bit of consternation.
…
Daryl moved his hand while holding a long knife and stabbed the walkers surrounding him, when suddenly he sensed a sound coming from right behind him, and at the moment he was about to turn around, he saw that a walker's head had been pierced by a knife.
Then an unpleasant-looking woman passed by. Daryl clenched his teeth in frustration and weighed the dagger in his hand.
Pff! Crack!
Just as Jasmine was about to kill the walker in front of her, a dagger flew and stabbed the walker in the head.
She looked back and saw that Daryl had no expression on his face, as if he had not thrown the knife at that moment.
Jasmine shook her head, pulled out the dagger, and threw it to Daryl, who also picked up the dagger from the ground. The two looked at each other and turned around at the same time to clear the walkers on both sides.
"Daryl, we're leaving!" After a few minutes, everyone returned to their motorcycles.
"What should we do now?"
"We have to go back now; we've already had enough in this place to stay…"
A few meters away, three people got into the car and left, and seeing this, Daryl felt a bit strange.
"Didn't you invite them?"
"I did, but they said they had companions nearby. The man named Joel headed in this direction to meet his people."
Daryl fell silent. He knew that the man named Joel was not a normal old man; he could feel that kind of vibe in dangerous people.
"Should we follow them?"
Jason hesitated, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally made a decision.
"Yes, I felt curious about that man named Joel."
…
Half an hour later, Jason was on the roof of a rundown building, staring at the distant buildings in a daze.
They really hadn't found them…
This was the first time this had happened to him since he had memories, and Daryl, who had the ability to find people, didn't work…
What could have happened?
"Damn it!"
"What did you say?"
"No, I just said why I couldn't find these people."
Daryl sighed angrily; those people really got away.
"So, what should we do? Go back now?"
Looking at the dead city around them, it seemed impossible to find the other party now, and now they could only go to the point where their group was supposedly going to meet the Fireflies again for a brief exchange.
"Let's go back."
When Jason and the others returned to the meeting point, they saw two cars parked there from a distance, and the people in the cars also saw them, but those who were supposed to bring the supplies did not come.
"Zz… Glenn, are you still alive?"
"Zz… Of course I am, we'll arrive in 30 minutes."
"What happened?"
"Zz… The situation is more complicated; I'll tell you later."
After waiting another 20 minutes, two trucks were approaching from afar, and everyone was on alert.
The two cars didn't stop until they were 30 meters from Jason's convoy. More than a dozen people got out of the car, and the leader was the one who had negotiated with them, Manny.
"Listen, I've brought what you asked for. Are our agreed supplies ready?"
Jason advanced slowly, observed these people, and discovered that there were some people behind the Fireflies.
"Our supplies won't arrive until a bit later."
"All right, let's wait a moment; we'll pay for the goods and deliver them."
Twenty minutes later, everyone finally saw several vehicles coming from the distance, and in total there were three trucks.
Daryl suddenly stepped forward, pointed at the last vehicle, and said, "Did you have some kind of mishap?"
Of course Luke also saw it, wondering what was going on, so he held back his curiosity and approached.
From a distance, he saw George walking toward him with a frown, and T-Dog accompanied him.
"George, why did it take so long?"
George turned his head and looked at T-Dog, and saw that the latter approached and explained in a low voice.
"Jason, do you remember the comic book shops?"
"Well, what happened?"
"We saved someone when we went looking for extra supplies…" T-Dog's simple explanation made Jason understand the current situation; he also saw some survivors coming from behind.
Jason looked to this side; he did not expect to run into those people again after another half hour.
"Jason, we meet again."
"It seems we're destined to meet again…"
"I probably know what's going on. If you really work with these people, I'll have to see if the person you're looking for is at the Fireflies' base. What's her name, by the way?"
"Ellie…" Joel said in a low voice.
"A good name…"
After finishing speaking, Jason walked toward the group of people without any fear and said, "We're meeting for the first time. Since at first you wanted to talk, I must assume you know who we are. Were you the one who escaped from that massacre?"
"How are you so sure?"
"You're killing me with your stare and you still assume I'm not sure? Since we've met again, I don't know how I should call you?"
"Manny…"
Looking at Manny with a smile on his face, Jason felt a bit strange. This man really had an irreversible anger when it came to anyone he knew being the first to bite it.
But now that the other party had brought people, he first had to see their behavior to make a reasonable judgment.
"Besides the people you brought, we want someone else. The agreed supplies are in those trucks."
"Oh? Who else?"
"A girl named Ellie…"
Manny asked again with a thoughtful expression on his face, looking at the few people around him, and suddenly realized something.
"Oh, I remember there should be someone like that in the camp…"
Jasmine, who was standing to the side, had a surprised expression on her face and couldn't wait to intervene.
"That's right, it's her! Is Ellie okay?"
Jason's eyes suddenly turned a bit cold. He turned to look at Jasmine, and his tone became serious.
"Listen! I haven't decided yet whether to trade her. You'd better keep quiet!"
But as soon as he finished his words, a chilling voice came from behind.
"She has to be traded one way or another, whether you want it or not."
Seeing Jasmine step forward, Joel shouted at her to stop.
"Jasmine, stop!"
Jasmine did not pay attention at all. She immediately grabbed Jason's arm and wanted to restrain him, but she didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so fast that it didn't give her any opportunity at all.
"Really?"
Crack!
"Ah!"
No one knew what had happened, but Jasmine was pinned by her arm, and her entire arm was trapped behind her.
"Let me go!"