Code Zulu Alpha: Nerd In The Apocalypse!

Chapter 1366 Sergeant Jiuzo & The Fucking Runt

At this moment, I was on the roof and leaning back on the railings when I finally readied myself to one of the most important calls in my life.

Despite my improving social skills, calling a complete stranger cold—despite my achievements and things associated with my name—was still a hurdle, and the continued ringing in my ear once I finally put in the numbers through my sat phone was making my heart beat a little faster.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

'Hello, my name's Sky Ishiyama— Nah. Greetings? Konichiwa? Moshi Moshi~? Shit— FUCK!'

Then the call suddenly connected:

[This is Sgt. Jiuzo of the Kadena Airbase. To whom am I speaking?]

"Ah— It's Sky Ishiyama, from—"

[Ah~ I see. We received a rather~ threatening call from the Admiral a day or so ago. Was the kid he was talking about you? You have the name— do you really belong in a special unit?]

"It's— It's complicated, to say the least, but I'd first like to extend my thanks for accepting my call—"

[Boy, it's just a press of a button, why don't we skip the formalities?]

"We could do that, Sergeant, but I still want to be proper with you."

[Hmm. Is that right?]

"Yes, sir."

[Hmm, but if you're looking for the Commander, he's unfortunately somewhere else.]

"May I ask where he is?"

[It's classified.]

"I see. Then since you're the one answering his number—"

[The Commander has several numbers. This is just one that's entrusted to me.]

"Well— Since the Commander has entrusted you with one of his numbers, it seems to me that he gave you the responsibility to handle some of his affairs."

[No.]

"Pardon?"

[I— It didn't "seem" that he gave me responsibility for "some" of his affairs. He did give me the responsibility to handle ALL of his affairs.]

"I understand. I apologize for the misunderstanding."

[Don't be coy with me. I'm just stating the facts.]

"I... I'm just stating the facts too..."

[Hmm.]

"Anyway, since the Commander is someplace else, I'm pretty sure— no. I guarantee that you've also been informed of my impending visit to the Kadena Airbase in a month or so."

["Or so?" That doesn't sound definite.]

"Well, I do need to plan my trip—"

[Boy, you're not taking this thing seriously.]

"Excuse me?"

[You heard what I said. From my recollection, you'll be coming from the Philippines with a rag-tag group of foreign soldiers, youths, and other citizens WE would have to feed for the duration of your stay—]

In addition, if I didn't see Eikiji who snuck in there, I really would've dropped the call and wait for Commander Tachikawa—or better yet, called Admiral Burke once again and know why he gave them such a 'threatening' call.

But yeah, after some hesitation from Sergeant Juizo, he transferred my call to someone else who was also not that happy about receiving a call:

[Juizo, who's this fucker?]

[Lieutenant! I-It's the boy— person— guy the Admiral talked to the Commander a day or so ago! H-He can hear us!]

I cut in, "I really can. What's up, Lieutenant? The fuck's your name?"

[Hah! Sanders! Nice to meet you too! The fuck do you want? Huh?!]

"A bucket of spicy chicken, a famous bowl, extra gravy—"

[YOU— PFFT! AHAHAHA! I'D ACTUALLY KILL FOR THAT ORDER! JUIZO! THE FUCK YOU DIDN'T TRANSFER HIM TO ME SOONER?! I WOULD'VE— Juizo?

OI! Dammit—]

"He dipped, huh?"

[Seems so. But joking aside, do you have any idea what time it is?! It's almost midnight and you give us a call?! You have a deathwish or something?!]

"Would you have answered in the daytime if you were so fucking busy?"

[Fair. The fuck you want, anyway?]

"I'm just trying to bridge the gap here and link with Commander Tachikawa and the Kadena Airbase. Though talking with Sergeant Jizz-o, it seems that we aren't welcome."

[Not exactly but the Commander is fast asleep. I can wake him up but I'll be in the bottom of the ocean as soon as I knock on his door.]

"Then can you relay a message— and what do you mean by 'not exactly'? Are we welcome or not? And don't worry, we'll be good either way."

[Who are you here for, anyway? Weird time to sight-see, I can tell you that much.]

"I'm taking a trip there for family."

[Huh? I'm sorry, kid. But there's no one here in the register with the same last name as you do.]

"It's the type of family not bound by blood but just as close."

[Can you give me a name?]

"Yamamoto."

[Yama— WHAT?! Y-YOU—]

"Hmm? Something wrong?"

[THOSE FUCKING— I'm sorry, you don't happen to know a fucking thieving runt with a stupid look on his fucking face, right?]

"What?"

[This is embarrassing to say but we've been losing out shit because some of our equipment and gear have gone missing and our only lead is this stupid fucking runt we caught on the CCTVs.]

"Huh."

[I mean, the CCTVs took footage of that fucking kid but no one here has caught a fucking glimpse of that motherfucker! Some of the soldiers here have been saying it's the ghost of some kid up in the mountains, it's crazy, I tell you.]

"Uh-huh... That is crazy, alright..."

'Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck— That fucking— AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!'