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Shaking his head, he firmly replied,

“I don’t feel safe here.”

“Not safe? In what way? Tell me, and I’ll change it immediately.”

Jarred’s patience was wearing thin after three minutes of back-and-forth. Time was precious to him, and he couldn’t waste it on polite chatter with this old man. Gritting his teeth, he cut to the chase:

“Mayor Reyes, what do you want in exchange for letting us leave?”

Murphy took a sip of green tea and replied calmly,

“Jarred, we’re not detaining you. It’s just too dark to ensure your safety on the road… How about this: tomorrow morning, I’ll personally escort you back. Does that sound fair?”

"Haha, by tomorrow morning, they’ll have another excuse. This old fox’s goal is to keep me here until I’ve charged enough artillery shells to wipe out the zombie horde—he has no intention of letting me go tomorrow morning."

Jarred chuckled bitterly to himself but outwardly feigned helplessness. After pretending to hesitate for ten seconds, he finally said,

“I need to co
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