Demon Lord's Reincarnation

Of course, if someone had existing photos of them meant their electronic devices were working properly and if Eikiji could sneak out and be almost undetected, he could do that again—and that was my bridge to contact my extended family: contact Kadena Air Base and hopefully relay a message to that fucking runt— I mean, err… prodigious child of great abilities.

But yeah, I still have to go through the proper channels—even if I already "borrowed" that airbase's contact info and even if the Admiral let us "obtain" them—and the person I quickly had Zeus track down was Ella:

"Zeus."

"Arf?"

"Project: Manhunt."

"Woof— Woof."

Juan never looked so confused and amazed, "The fuck is happening—"

I completely ignored him as I gave Zeus precise instructions, "We have to track down Ella, the "brat", obviously below 5 feet, probably wearing some weird outfit she made, has twin tails currently, serial cereal snacker—"

"Woof!"

"Oh, you got it already— Of course, you do. Shall we?"

"Wuf."

"Then lead the way, partner."

At that point, instead of me walking Zeus, Zeus walked me as he followed Ella's scent among thousands of different people mixing in with it—and I could've just sent a PSA or called her with her own personal radio, but this shit was more fucking fun to me despite taking more than thrice the time locating her.

And funnily enough, Ella was just in my house, in my living room, completely knocked out with a bowl of unfinished cereal on my coffee table while watching a kid's show about a talking sponge.

She was one of the people in our circle who had her eggs frozen—and her appointment must've been done—but despite my strong need to call in a few favors, I just waited for her to wake up as I let the TV run for a while as I cleaned up her mess.

"Woof!"

"Shh~ Zeus, she's sleeping," I said in a whisper.

"Woof…"

"Yeah, yeah, we did a good job— no, YOU did a good job! Treat?"

"WOO— Woof…"

"Good boy, which one do you want? The Treaky Treatz or the Reignbow Bowns?"

"W-Woof!"

"Both?! You're crazy— but okay! Just wait for me to finish washing this bowl and everything else, alright?"

"Woof, woof!"

At that point, Zeus just stood by my side, patiently waiting for me to clean up as his tail wagged all over, before I went over his cabinet of dog treats and fished out two of his favorites—which was actually all of them. He was wearing a satisfied smile after he chomped down on both of them like a feral guinea pig, and he just made the right amount of noise to "naturally" wake up Ella.

"Hmrgh… H-Hmm? Zeus? S-Sky? Oh, h-hi, did I fall asleep on the couch?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zeus and I both nodded, "Yeah, I already cleaned up after you, don't worry— but is there any chance we can contact your dad right now?"

"Daddy?"

"Technically speaking, yeah."

"What do you mean technically— Pfft! AHAHAH! You— Ahaha… I-I guess I can drop him a message but if you mean talk by talk for around 15 minutes or so, it's only possible in early mornings here. You know, timezones and such… But I can always drop in a message to his secretaries and he may or may not pick-up."

"I see… That's totally okay—"

"But if he knew it comes from you and it's an emergency, if he isn't doing anything too important or if he's in a small break, I'm sure he'd pick up? Is it an emergency?"

"Not quite but I just want him to introduce me to the CO of the Kadena Airbase in Okinawa, that's it. I may have discovered some family there and I wanted to link up in the appropriate channels."

"Oh~ I guess that's no problem! Why don't we do it now?" Ella smiled as she fished out her phone from her small bag.

"Really? Thanks!"

"Ehehe~ Anything for you, technically not Daddy~"

I shook my head, chucking, "Alright, I dug my own grave, thanks…"

"Shh~ It's ringing! It's ringing! H-Hello~ Is Dad— I mean, is the Admiral open for a short appointment? Oh? Can you tell him it's Ella? Oh!

OH! And please tell him it's not me who wanted to talk but Mr. Ishiyama! Yes! Please tell him that, okaythxbye!"

"That easy?"

Ella gave me a cheeky smile, "Yeah, it's that easy! Oh, right… He's kind of in the middle of something at the moment so he'd probably call us as soon as he can or in our usual time which is around four in the morning… Is that okay?"

"More than okay, thanks, Ella."

"No problem! Then…"

"Hmm?"

"That means we gotta wait for Daddy's call, right?"

"Yes, and?"

"And you have to pick it up *snaps fingers* just like that?"

"Yes…?"

"So that means we shouldn't be apart, right?"

"Pfft…. I guess that's true, huh?"

"Hieee~ Ahaha! I'm so happy! Are you doing anything at the moment? I should tag along, right?"

I scratched the back of my head, "Not at the moment, no."

"Oh…"

"But you can tell us what to do and I'll definitely tag along with you! Call it a date— AH! Ella?! Why'd you hit me?!"

Ella had never been so red after she slapped my arm, "YOU— Don't call it like that! A-And I've n-never been on a date… Like ever… D-Despite y-you know… D-Doing all those things with you…"

I lightly chuckled, "Then I'll make up for it right now, really. But if you don't know what to do, we can either hit the gym, the shooting range— or just walk around and see where it leads us? As lons it's within my territory where a lot of people are present."

"Hmm~ That sounds like something you'd like to do though?"

"I mean— Oh!"

"W-What?"

"You're planning to make a sun dress for Kaley, right?"

"Yes?"

"Why don't you make something like that for me? A button-up shirt and some shorts for just walking around would be nice?"

"YES! ABSOLUTELY! Ehehe… Of course, we'll get your measurements first! Come on! My kit's upstairs and we'll use your sewing machine, you weirdo!"

In any case, we spent quite a bit of time alone with Zeus, of course—since she also made a fluffy hat for 'im, and while we were at it, I received another call not from the Admiral but from Katya instead.

As per my instruction, she gave a brief report of what occurred from their end each end of day, and most of it was spent on building, building, and more building.

And surprisingly enough, they found an easy way to have their vehicles above ground, and it was to create a hole in the wall in this 3-star hotel and the wall adjacent to it which was one side of the D.Jose Station.

After that, they made a reinforced bridge that could be retracted, and voila, one other problem solved where I didn't have to lift a finger.

However, that meant another area to clear out and barricade—which was easily doable—though it was better compared to leaving their transport below and risking the chance of it getting damaged or stolen.

In any case, their group and the puppies also claimed their own rooms and assigned the vacant ones into communal spaces and tomorrow, they'll cut a hole through the ceiling to have the roof accessible and to have a working farm that could receive enough sunlight.

And after that would be the installation of more solar panels and a large water tank with some DIY filters, and after that would be stuff that'd be less essential but would be definitely helpful for morale, boredom, or just to keep their sanity—and have a few things that aligned with their tastes.

All they'd have to do was acquire those things themselves but in terms of ammunition, they'd have to send in a request to Rin while sending back appropriate casings and other materials found in the wild.

But yeah, it didn't take long before she mentioned the Manila City Jail or "Bilibid" Prison being somewhat of a death maze looking from above, but she swore to her fucking colors that there were movements from both the dead and the living alike.

In addition, while the place could be easily climbed over because of the world's current predicament, the people inside were supposedly staying there as a choice—though they weren't sure if they were inmates, the officers, a mix of both, or people who wanted to recreate the second season of the Pacing Unliving.

So before we ended the call, I told her that I'd send more people there and a few goodies that would deter anyone else from attacking them AND have them think of an alliance instead if they even saw those things peeking out from our reclaimed station.

Still, they do have Bogdan with them so unless those fucks wanted to live a healthy life, they should stay away from the dude who could make fucking napalm.