After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World novel Chapter 232

Before leaving, the twins asked their new friends and stall neighbors Sunny and Cassie to watch their stuff for them. After orienting the girls, they headed in the direction the woman ran to.

The twins quickly weaved through the crowd in the direction of the woman. They ran purposely, expressions a mix of determination and urgency.

They passed through crowd after crowd, alley to alley, house after house, trying to catch up to the woman.

Unfortunately even with Luke’s superior eyesight… they still lost her.

"Damn it!" Luke yelled with gritted teeth, while Leo frowned, his fists forming into fists.

"Why did she run?" Luke said, mumbling bitterly, while Leo didn’t speak.

Yes, why would she run? There was no other reason unless…

He shook his head, not wanting to think too much.

"Are you looking for someone, lads?" An old man manning a clothing repair stall asked.

The man looked at their clothes and nodded. "Those must be made here, in this continent, yes?"

"Ah… yes."

To promote their products, the main parties traveling were encouraged to wear new clothes from the newly produced cotton cloths.

"You could tell?"

"Yes, most clothes from Terran are automated. There are differences in the stitches."

"I see…" He said and felt very good about this kind-looking old man, temporarily putting aside the issue of the woman. Besides, he could’ve seen something.

"You fix clothes for a living?"

The old man paused and chuckled. "You can say so, yes.

"Since we don’t have access to cloth, the people here could only make do with what they have. I happened to have fixed a lot of clothes in my youth…" He paused, smiling. "This is all thanks to the lord that a useless old man like me could get a job."

Luke was good friends with Sunny’s group, so he naturally had some more knowledge about the ruling class here. He couldn’t bear to let this kind old man be brainwashed so deeply.

"From what I heard, the lord here is a bit.. shady? A politician who could get so much hard money, and all…"

The man paused, only staring at them for a moment, and Luke felt a little guilty for trying to break other people’s worldviews.

"Perhaps." The old man said after a moment, face adorned with a wise smile. "But we don’t deny that much of the reason we could live peacefully is because of him."

Luke shrugged and just thought he was a lost cause. Leo on the other hand just paused with his words and didn’t say anything else.

"Have you seen the woman we were chasing? She had a braided bun on her head." Leo asked, "She’s our mum’s friend. She was with her when the disaster happened."

The old man looked at them with wise eyes, as if determining if they were telling the truth. He closed his eyes and finally spoke. "She lives with others a block from here." He said, pointing in a direction.

The twins thanked the old man before heading their way.

But as they walked away, they heard the old man say behind them:

"A reminder: Things may not be as they seem."

Leo’s steps paused for a moment but he shook his head. He had much more urgent matters to deal with.