Ryan doesn't see any zombies close enough to be an immediate threat, but he still quickly takes his spear from under the van and holds it in his left hand while the sword is in his right. Carefully, Ryan climbs onto the hood of the van and then onto the roof. There, he opens the shop once more.

In the armor tab, Ryan purchases a pair of heavy gloves for 150 credits and a protective motorcycle jacket for 2000 credits. The jacket might have been very expensive, but it offered protection for Ryan's chest, back, arms, and neck.

From standing on top of the van, several zombies began to crowd around Ryan. Though the zombies could not reach him with their arms, the ones at the front of the van were almost managing to climb up. Ryan quickly ended their feeble attempts with his spear and cut the zombies that clawed at the sides of the van with his sword.

A few minutes later, most of the zombies on the street were cleared. Ryan wondered how the busy city streets had fewer zombies roaming than the sewer, but he didn't question it. Rather, Ryan descended from the van and began a slow run towards the direction of his parents' home in Garden City. The trip would take him almost 15 miles across Detroit, which he had no idea how long it would take during a zombie infestation.

As he needed it, Ryan bought glasses of water and drank them. He had almost five thousand credits, so a few glasses of water were just drops in the bucket and allowed him to perform marginally better than without it. After almost a mile, about ten minutes later, Ryan once again stood among a crowd of zombies. With his sword and spear, Ryan had managed to kill off any zombies in his path, but the numbers now were getting too much.

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Ryan climbs between the truck and the cab of an 18-wheeler so he can climb onto the roof. The feat of dexterity is something he wouldn't have been able to do several days ago, but the climbing skill made it much easier. After throwing his sword and spear to the roof, Ryan ascends himself. During his break, Ryan buys a scabbard for his belt for 120 credits and places the sword in it. Then, with his spear, gets to work on the crowd of zombies below.

Several minutes pass while Ryan stabs the skulls of zombies, but he's interrupted when a car begins driving down the road. From the passenger window, an arm is hanging out and bashing zombie heads with a baseball bat.

"It's a living person!" Yells the person holding the bat.

"I wonder how many credits we get for killing a person!" Yells the other man in the car.

>Name: Ryan Stone

>Class: Tycoon

>Credits: 4734 ₵

>Str: 15

>Dex: 13

>Vit: 12

>Int: 10

>Wis: 10

>Luc: 11

>Skills: Ice Picks 1, Spears 1, Swords 1, Sleep Resistance 1, Hunger Resistance 1, Thirst Resistance 1, Sharp Hearing 1, Climbing 1

>Current Equipment: Ice Pick, Spear, Sword, Belt Scabbard, Heavy Work Gloves, Textile Motorcycle Jacket

>Weapons

>>Iron Dagger, 100 ₵

>>Steel Sword, 300 ₵

>>Steel Ice Pick, 100 ₵

>>Steel Spear, 300 ₵

>>9mm Semi-Auto Pistol, 14000 ₵

>Armor

>>Heavy Work Gloves, 150 ₵

>>Textile Motorcycle Jacket, 2000 ₵

>Skills

>>Ice Picks 1, 300 ₵

>>Spears 1, 300 ₵

>>Swords 1, 300 ₵

>>Sleep Resistance 1, 500 ₵

>>Hunger Resistance 1, 500 ₵

>>Thirst Resistance 1, 500 ₵

>>Sharp Hearing 1, 500 ₵

>>Climbing 1, 300 ₵

>Items

>>Plastic Bag, 1 ₵

>>Glass of Water, 10 ₵

>>Cheap Cheeseburger, 10 ₵

>>Cheeseburger, 50 ₵

>>Belt Scabbard, 120 ₵