Hruday replied, " ok I don't know Teach me."

Tyler taught him some basic yoga poses and was surprised by Hruday's flexibility. "Despite how you look, you are flexible," Tyler said.

Hruday asked, "Dude, I'm not that fat. "

Tyler laughed. "No, you look like you're on the bulk."

hruday said look I don't have that much fat can't you almost see the packs Tyler said look at those thighs you won't be able to run that much with those thicc thighs you are just a little fit hruday thought "You have no idea how weak I was just a month ago I couldn't even do 3 pull-ups hruday you have improved look now you can do 36 its big improvement"

Hruday said, "Man, I knew these poses. My mom used to force me to do these. I just didn't know their names or that they were called yoga."

As Hruday was struggling with a particular yoga pose, annoyed, he asked, "What does this have to do with climbing?"

Tyler softened his tone. "It's all about building core strength and flexibility."

Just then, Michael entered and pushed Hruday hard. Hruday fell, both legs touching the ground with a plop sound. He screamed, "Ahh, you bastard! Ahh, fuck, I think my leg is broken! Look, you tore my pants!"

Hruday quickly quieted his voice as he saw Sophia and Nick giggling.

Hruday sat in the same position, a small tear escaping from his left eye. Michael, realizing his mistake, whispered, "Dude, are you alright?"

Hruday said, "What? I can't hear you." As Michael leaned in closer, Hruday looked at Roy and quickly hit Michael's leg, making him fall. Hruday positioned his hand just right, forming a fist, and Michael fell onto it, impacting his most sensitive area, causing his mouth to swell with air. "Oop," Michael said, looking at Hruday.

"Now talk, you bastard. You should ask if someone's alright in front of your crush," Hruday thought. Both took their time to recover, hiding their pain with some not-so-professional acting skills. It was an amusing sight for everyone except for the actors themselves.

Hruday smiled. "We'll start with some basic parkour training. It's going to help us move quickly and safely. Tyler will be helping us with this."

Nick, curious, asked, "So, where do we train, Hruday?"

Tyler suggested, "Now that zombies have almost disappeared, how about we go towards a park?"

Hruday denied it. "It's too far. We could go to the college grounds, but I don't know, some zombies might be there. So I was thinking of the church."

Sophia agreed. "Yes, we should make it so that others could train too."

Nick was silent. Hruday, a bit hesitant, said, "Yes, you are right, Sophia. How is your part of the work?"

Hruday would usually have asked this in a different way, but he felt like a robot. Sophia looked at Nick and thanked him. "Nick and I have gotten loads of work done."

Hruday said, "Ahh, sorry."

She dismissed his concern. "No worries. I like this work. Besides, I will ask for pay later."

Hruday explained, "I asked because I wanted your help to continue our experiment on the zombies." He handed her a notebook. She read silently, turning two pages.

"Hmm, okay, so that means it is either a virus behavior or our primal brain getting irritated because of the frequency."

Hruday corrected her. "I can't say irritated because it could be anger or stimulation."

She nodded. "So where are we going to do this?"

Hruday explained, "That's why I called you all. We could set this up inside the abandoned college ground or inside the church."

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Sophia asked, "Isn't it better to do it as far away as possible?"

Everyone seemed to agree with her opinion. Hruday said, "Yes, but it would be hard to monitor, and some of the trapped zombies are inside that house," pointing towards a tree. "I wanted to experiment on them."

"Shouldn't we get rid of them first? They are a threat," Sophia said.

Michael replied, "No, we deliberately left them there to see if they would kill each other and how they would react in a dark place."

Hruday continued, "So, Sophia, I want you to take everyone out for another round. This time, they will pick up all fallen wooden carts and Bluetooth speakers. I also want them to collect leftovers that we couldn't collect last time. Ask everybody to bring anything and everything, even small wooden pieces. We need them."

Sophia understood and agreed. "What else do you need for the experiment?"

Hruday said, "We need some medical equipment." He took a couple of deep breaths and took the notebook back from Sophia, starting to write something. "Then, guys, now look, these are things I want to do before I go to the Amazon warehouse."

Sophia was too surprised by what she just heard. "Oh," Hruday explained as if it wasn't a big deal.

She asked, "Isn't this too risky?"

Hruday looked at her, not wanting to explain again. "Don't worry."

He continued, ignoring her looks, "Guys, I want everyone to start learning parkour, get the dental clinic tools, and rescue everyone in the nurse dorm. If possible, go towards the medical store that is attached to the hospital."

Tyler looked at him and said, "Ahh, it's going to take a really long time before we go towards the warehouse, huh?"

Mark asked, "So, wait, how many people are going to this Amazon warehouse again?"

Tyler looked at Hruday. "Oh, Hruday didn't tell you anything?"

Hruday apologized. "Ahh, well, I wasn't sure about considering this idea, so I didn't tell you, bro."

Hruday said, "I am still not sure how many of us should go, but it shouldn't be more than four. Considering this phenomenon, we can't leave this base."

Michael nodded. "Especially with new commerce and a scout leader on board."

Sophia didn't say anything, looking at Nick. Nick said, "Yes, that guy is evil, bro. He is annoying. He betrayed me; otherwise, I would have gotten more points." Nick showed his silver convertible knife/scissors.

Michael said, "This bastard didn't give me one. That looks so cool. Show me how it works."

Nick showed it. Sophia was surprised and showed interest in it. "It looks so pretty. It's like a platinum necklace with no diamonds."

Hruday cleared his throat. "On that note, guys, I wanted to give you these." He opened his pant zipper pocket and pulled out five identical fancy convertible knives. "This is a gift from me, guys. Thanks for helping me out."

He handed each one out. When giving one to Tyler, he said, "Let's say this is a fee." After giving everyone their knives, he pulled out a silver chain and said, a little embarrassed, "I have this small chain, but it's the only one I got."

Michael was smiling widely and grinning creepily at Hruday. "Ohh, why didn't you fit it with one of the pendants?"

Hruday said, "I just got it, whatever. So, who wants it?"

Michael said, "Oh, this is a problem. We all want it."

Sophia quickly snatched it. Those who picked it first got it. Michael protested, "No, no, it's unfair. Let's give Hruday a chance to decide."

After playing around, they continued discussing. Sophia, holding a paper, said, "So, these are the list of things we need: steel trap wire, wooden planks, knives—both butcher ones and small ones—injections, ammonia..." She listed out things.

She said, "Ahh, I am not sure if we can get everything on the list. I will try. So, are you guys going to the college ground?"

Tyler said, "Yeah, we will see first and then decide what to do next."

Sophia thought about the midday meal. Hruday shrugged. "Can't they eat a little late? It's not even 11 yet. Also, Sophia," he felt weird calling her by her name for some odd reason, "what do we do about vegetables? The dishes are getting repetitive."

Sophia replied, "We can't do much about it. We can make noodles, idly, chapati, and puliyogare, but we need big utensils and more help. Nobody is coming to help other than Hector. So if something doesn't change, you guys will have to eat rice and dal, or rasam, or rice with horse or green gram side dish."

Hruday hummed. "Then how many people do you think we need?"

She thought for a second and said, "Four more people."

Hruday thought and said, "I will tell everyone that it is compulsory for everyone to help in the kitchen and divide the tasks according to what is needed. I will announce this once again later tonight."

She nodded. "Hruday, be sure to inform others that I am outside and waiting for them to arrive."

Hruday quickly went towards storage room 2 and collected all the materials he needed, including two live chickens and their eggs. He noted them as -1 torch in the notebook that was tied to a rope like the pens in banks.

Everyone except Sophia went outside the gate. Nick practically begged to go, and Hruday allowed him, convincing the others. They went outside, geared up.

Hruday complained, "Ahh, this armor stinks. We need to wash this using a machine."

Michael replied

, "That's why I would soak it in warm water and dry it on the terrace."

Hruday said, "We need to have an extra spare for this. Tyler, how does yours fit?"

"It's loose, and whoever wore it before, their sweat stinks a lot," Tyler replied, Michael chuckled and they started collecting speakers.

meanwhile, Rick was seeing a semi-transparent game-like screen til displayed

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system notification: two rounds of 3 min continuous run pending?

penalty : $@%$?? unable to reveal

penalty type: situational

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looking at it Nick smiled this is fun

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