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Reverend Apocalysis: Reality Surpassed Fiction

Chapter 14 - Not Doing Something Crazy

Initially, what Anton wanted to do was fill the entire basement of his house and have a secure place to go in case of a large-scale disaster. Not far from his house, there was an emergency basement that was only there to give the appearance of one in his house, but in reality, it was not used for anything.

Thinking about everything he was going to do, he would fill that basement with the weapons his uncle Antonio would send him and the rest with food. Knowing what happened with the Coronavirus, he had to prepare food to last for years without even leaving the house. He needed suits to protect himself from biological attacks, masks, ventilation systems working twenty-four hours a day, and a system that purifies the air.

There were so many things that Anton needed to analyze and place in his house as soon as possible. If it came to survival, his father had trained him since he was a child to never be intimidated and paralyzed in a life or death situation.

But there were so many things that could end his life that he needed to be meticulous; he had to procure the necessary things to stay at home and survive those carriers of that strange virus that turned humans into the living dead, zombies, or beings trying to spread the virus to leave no one alive.

Anton didn't have time to familiarize himself with the virus; he didn't need to know more than its form or composition since he only wanted to know how it infects and the things he needed to worry about.

While the workers who had accepted to do the shopping and bring the carts to the checkout were doing their job, Anton took out his phone and started looking for a warehouse near his house that he could use as a storage point in case things got out of control.

He had seen with his own eyes how these monsters could wreak havoc in life, so it wouldn't be smart to barricade himself in one place. He didn't know when the virus could happen, or how they planned to do it. However, he didn't want to confine himself to one place for the rest of his life, so he would have several points near his house to store important things.

Therefore, looking at the houses that were for rent around his house, he began to communicate with the landlords to set a rate and start renting the house. For now, this is what Anton would do, rent some houses according to his budget and fill the basements with resources, have a special support point in case things drag on even more.

The trick to keeping others from taking his things is to hide the basement, find rooms he can conceal and fill them with things before moving on to the next house. Things would be that simple during the first week; all he had to do was buy a map and mark the places where he had secure houses.

After scheduling ten meetings for today, Anton checked the time and thought that if he rushed, he would barely make it to the meetings. In addition to that, he also contacted a man who had a warehouse a few streets from his house that he wanted to try.

The warehouse was extremely large from what he had seen, but the price was within Anton's budget, so he scheduled a visit for tomorrow morning.

This warehouse was originally a place where fabric materials were stored but had been closed for a long time after the crises during the Coronavirus. As many businesses went bankrupt, this warehouse had remained completely empty and was actually of very good quality.

When Anton discovered this warehouse, all the other houses he had contacted had been temporarily forgotten. But as he now had the meetings, it would be better to attend and broaden his possibilities. The better things he had for the future, the more paths would open in his life.

The owner of the warehouse was worried because he hadn't rented it for some time, but Anton assured him over the phone that he wanted it, so he immediately made a transfer with the initial expenses to secure the place and told him that tomorrow he would make an official visit to have everything else sorted out.

This place was a storage and work area; there were numerous trucks coming in and out, so there was nothing strange to worry about. In case he brought food trucks to that place, there would be no suspicion of what he was taking there.

Looking at the images, the only things Anton needed to work on were the security doors and the fences around the warehouse. Anything else, he believed, was fine. He could easily store large water tanks, trucks for transportation, and many other things.

For now, he shouldn't go crazy, so immediately after rejecting half of the houses he had agreed to visit, if he finished quickly here, he might go see them; otherwise, he might not have enough time.

When Anton least expected it, he saw several carts full of things, so he immediately approached and paid for everything with his card. Two people who were outside had empty carts, so immediately those who arrived with full carts went to fill more.

Buying in this way might be a waste of time and money, but this is the only way to ensure the following days of shopping. That is, if something striking related to what his father warned him about happens in a few hours, then he would have enough resources not to worry for some time.

Probably all the food he was about to buy was not only for himself; he could use a large part of his warehouse to try to support the needy. There were exceptions and truly people who would need food, men willing to do anything to help a third party, and doctors working until the last days of their lives.

After half an hour, a full truck had been completely filled, so Anton said that if they finished in another half hour, he could pay them a big bonus. As time passed, many had created a plan to buy much faster, and they no longer needed to pay directly because with the speed, the bill kept increasing.

In another half hour, both mid-sized trucks were filled with cardboard boxes full of products he had bought. Therefore, Anton gave each of them two hundred dollars and asked for their contact number to be able to call them if he had work for tomorrow.

Money was not something Anton lacked, so he thought about hiring some kind of people to start cleaning the warehouse and sorting it into special areas.

At the end of the day, all he needed was to have a place for himself to store resources. One week was more than enough to fill that warehouse with all the resources he would need later.

By the time he finished everything, if it still fit in his budget to fill houses with supplies, then he would think of some way to create shelter houses. Although hoping that the outbreak of this virus wouldn't happen was common. Anton, now that he was preparing, if nothing happened at the end of the day, wouldn't know how to react.

"Thank you very much for today; maybe I'll need your help to clean a warehouse." Anton smiled calmly as he looked at the adults with a satisfied smile; making money might never have been so easy and strange.

"Sir, no matter what job you need, we can handle it." A man spoke in fluent English while smiling.

Anton nodded and said, "Very well, then we'll see you tomorrow at the same work spot as today."

When Anton finished paying, he got into one of the trucks, and they both headed back home much faster than expected. Maybe he could even meet with the warehouse owner, so seeing that everything was flowing much faster than expected, he thought it was more than perfect.

"Later I'll have to tell Emma about it; it will be very troublesome if I hide something from her..." Anton, upon arriving, saw his house filled with security fences, and everything was flowing very well at work, even the water tanks had been placed.

Right now, as they arrived, the people who would install the solar panels were the ones who would now take over the job. But as lunchtime had arrived, everyone had taken a short break to share their meals.

"Sir, things have been arriving since you left, and many of them we have taken upstairs to clear the center of the room." One of the workers, upon seeing Anton coming down quickly, informed him of everything they had done.

"When you have time, I want you to help me bring down all the boxes from these trucks; you can leave them anywhere inside the house where there is space." Anton smiled and walked towards the house to prepare something to eat before heading to the meetings he had for today.