[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un":3,"chapter-after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-102":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","After I Fully Prepared for the Apocalypse, the Ungrateful Cried with Regret",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},146466,236,"Chapter 102: So Unconventional This Time","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-102",102,"\u003Cp>\"I came to see you, and there’s also something I need your help with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs said, getting straight to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need my help?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re so powerful you even trounced the top-ranked combatant, and you still need me to help you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner was astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was just an overlooked nobody who occasionally told fortunes and sold water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, do you remember Cole Dempsey?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I remember!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner nearly jumped out of her skin when Nina Jacobs mentioned his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had returned with the other Superpower Users who were absorbed into the Superpower User Alliance. After saying goodbye to Nina Jacobs, she hadn’t seen Cole Dempsey since.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I figure you have ways of prying things out of him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs explained that Cole Dempsey was refusing to cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner’s eyes immediately lit up with glee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rubbed her hands together, a sinister grin spreading across her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave this to me, you’ve come to the right person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guarantee I’ll make him tell us everything he should, and even things he shouldn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s just stick to what he’s supposed to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs couldn’t help but laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’As long as Sherry was willing to help, she’d definitely find a way.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she brought Sherry Renner over, Myra Lawson happened to be standing outside the interrogation rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina could faintly hear angry shouts and the sound of a table being slammed from inside one of the rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced around and saw there were at least six interrogation rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson looked exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina, you’re here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this is...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A smile immediately touched Myra Lawson’s lips when she saw Nina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my friend, Sherry Renner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’s an expert in the field of Mysticism.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina replied with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner stared at Nina Jacobs with wide eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time in her life she had been called an expert in Mysticism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’An expert...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mysticism?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d expected Nina to try an unconventional approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she hadn’t expected anything this unorthodox.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, she’d never believed in Mysticism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But during the time Ian Chandler was missing, the only thing she could cling to was faith in the divine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with a series of dreams she’d had, she couldn’t help but feel a certain reverence for such matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Even if she didn’t believe, there was no harm in trying.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There seem to be more and more capable young women these days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think someone as young as Sherry would know about such things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson said admiringly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though she had no idea what Sherry actually knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She once helped Cole Dempsey’s group locate several supply caches through divination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina briefly recounted Sherry’s past ordeal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She... she can even divine the location of supply caches?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson had not expected that at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she looked at Sherry Renner again, her gaze held a new, probing quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner suddenly felt the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Nina didn’t tell me a big shot would be here before she dragged me over, did she?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina patted her on the shoulder and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t feel too pressured. Just think about what Cole Dempsey did to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry, ma’am,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will complete the mission!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner’s expression instantly turned serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But before I start, I’ll need some vermillion and Talisman Paper. If you can’t get that, regular yellow paper will do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner said, a little sheepishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was dirt poor now; she was lucky just to have food and water. Of all her old tools of the trade, only a chipped Compass remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s simple. I’ll have Ian bring some over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas had also arrived. After overhearing their conversation, she had one of the people with her relay a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a weary-looking Myron Sinclair walked out of one of the interrogation rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Another one who doesn’t know a thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myron Sinclair said to Myra Lawson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned slightly when he saw Nina, apparently confused as to why she was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I called Nina and her friend here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since you can’t get anything out of him, let’s see if they can figure something out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas sat down next to Nina with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If even a freak like you can’t get anything out of him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what good will they be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myron Sinclair said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina could tell that Myron Sinclair clearly didn’t welcome them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Myron, I think you’re just tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why don’t you go rest for a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myra Lawson interrupted their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Ian Chandler arrived, carrying a stack of yellow paper and a container of vermillion, among other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m not tired. I want to see how this ’Martial Sorcerer’ runs her scams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myron Sinclair said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I may be a Martial Sorcerer,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but I’m no scam artist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner was used to being doubted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, Nina had brought her here. She could lose her own face, but she couldn’t disgrace Nina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, she earnestly picked up a brush, dipped it in the vermillion ink, and began to draw on the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nina, what is she drawing? I can’t make heads or tails of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ian Chandler said, looking curiously at the complex patterns and intricate characters on the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the first time in his life he had ever seen anything like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drakonia has a millennia-long cultural heritage. There are many things we’ve never seen, which just means they exist outside our own fields of experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it’s fine if you don’t understand. That’s perfectly normal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina replied, watching Sherry’s focused expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’In her previous life, she had asked Sherry what wishes she had yet to fulfill.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry’s answer had been: to save the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"’Though I lack the wings of a phoenix to hold up the heavens, I would be the flame that lights the watchtower.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? But that’s what my master taught me since I was a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think he might have brainwashed me...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry had worn a look of disgust as she said it, but Nina knew at least seventy percent of it was what she truly believed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If Sherry’s abilities could finally be recognized, perhaps it wouldn’t be a bad thing for her.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finished!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner announced, cradling the Talisman Paper like a treasure and blowing on the still-wet ink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then be my guest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myron Sinclair settled in, ready for the show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Myron Sinclair is really close to Liam Grant,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and you beat Liam up so badly. That’s why he’s got a problem with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas took the opportunity to whisper in Nina’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So that’s why.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thanks. Your little grapevine is as reliable as ever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll take that as a compliment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shirley Lucas said with a laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs and Sherry Renner entered the place where Cole Dempsey was being held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You two?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole Dempsey became instantly agitated the moment he saw them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was restrained and couldn’t move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long time no see, Dempsey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina greeted him with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if they brought you in, I still don’t know what I don’t know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole Dempsey quickly put two and two together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’These two must be the shelter’s reinforcements.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face hardened, and he refused to say another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll give you one more chance. Who is Hughes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina Jacobs asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of astonishment flickered in Cole Dempsey’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you do know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re just deliberately keeping quiet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina could see that this Cole Dempsey was a loyal subordinate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She wanted to ask what his relationship was with Liam Grant and Renee Strong, but she knew Myra Lawson and the others were watching from outside.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’She’d just have to investigate that slowly.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry. If he won’t talk,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have my ways of making him talk. Hehehe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sherry Renner strode up to Cole Dempsey, a malicious grin on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a sharp CRACK, she slapped him across the face, leaving Cole Dempsey completely stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still just resorting to torture. Hmph.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina heard Myron Sinclair mutter from outside the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before Cole Dempsey could react, a piece of Talisman Paper ignited between Sherry Renner’s fingertips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cole Dempsey had just opened his mouth to curse when the burning Talisman Paper was stuffed into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swallow it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another fist slammed into Cole Dempsey’s back, and he actually swallowed the half-incinerated Talisman Paper in one gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nina’s expression was complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Are Sherry’s methods always this brutal...?’\u003C\u002Fp>",1409,"2026-05-29T03:44:18.636Z","2026-06-01T04:29:06.436Z",1,"novelbin.me","d936b71423e2a9d25261d630dcbb25f6c4ccf28a29b2ada98222734e4052ceb8","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-103","after-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-chapter-101",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fafter-i-fully-prepared-for-the-apocalypse-the-un-cover.jpg"]