Chapter 394: Damien Tied Up Inside A Basement

’As long as I do the same offer I did with Henry’s team, even Damien and Haley wouldn’t be able to resist upgrading their innate talent.’

Although, Zayne discovered with Hint Prompt (Gold) that Haley’s innate talent was so broken that it could even upgrade on its own!

As long as Haley’s love power was enough, it wasn’t impossible for her to upgrade her innate talent to X-rank, and even her lover Damien’s SSS-rank Disease Immunity innate talent to X-rank!

Of course, Zayne planned to take advantage of the information asymmetry. Even if he knew Haley’s innate talent was capable of that, Damien and Haley didn’t. He also knew they wouldn’t ask, so the advantage was his!

’Anyway, even if Haley were given time, it would take half a year or even a year for her to upgrade both her and Damien’s innate talent to X-rank. Moreover, doing so would stunt her and Damien’s power growth since most resources would be allocated just to upgrade their innate talents.’

’Half a year would mean Six Monthly Apocalypse World Updates would have passed, and by that time, survivors might have already discovered an innate talent upgrade card or a resource that could upgrade innate talents.’

Thinking of this, Zayne wasn’t worried that Damien and Haley were losing out on this deal. In fact, they were profiting. They didn’t have anything to lose, and the cost on his side was negligible, so both sides were profiting.

With this in mind, Zayne teleported towards the front door of the basement where Haley and Damien were staying.

Knocking on the door, Zayne asked, "Yo! Damien, open up! Zayne here. I’ve come to bargain!"

"I’ve already visited and given benefits to Henry and Alan. You’re the only one I haven’t visited yet."

Hearing Zayne’s knocking and voice, Damien and Haley’s two-person world was shattered, and the two of them would have cursed in annoyance if not for the source of the voice being someone they knew.

Despite this, Damien still said, "How the heck did you enter the villa without making a noise? It’s like you teleported outside the basement’s door out of nowhere."

While Damien was complaining in annoyance, Haley had already opened the door.

Entering the basement and seeing Damien’s feet tied up on the bed, Zayne snickered, "How intriguing. The college’s number one playboy is finally tamed by the school beauty."

The handsome teenager with blonde hair and blue eyes tied up on the bed was none other than Damien Crawford.

Zayne had noticed that when he entered, while Haley didn’t hate him, she still kept her distance and was even secretly preparing to attack him if he ever showed hostility towards Damien and her.

Zayne wasn’t surprised since, aside from Damien, Haley had never shown anyone in the college any interest and wouldn’t greet them on her own accord.

Even he, Henry, and Alan, who were some of the prince charming in the college like Damien, were treated by Haley as if they didn’t exist.

To be honest, even Zayne didn’t know how Damien managed to win over Haley. With how devoted Haley was to Damien, Zayne couldn’t help but speculate if Damien had ever fed her a love potion.

’Meh, love is illogical anyway.’

While thinking of this, Zayne knew that Haley’s distrust of him was due to it already being the zombie apocalypse.

Even if he had good relations with Damien, someone as distrustful and wary as Haley would assume he was up to no good, especially when he had managed to enter their villa without their knowledge.

After all, during the zombie apocalypse, even family members could turn on each other and betray one another, let alone friends.

As for Damien, he wasn’t as wary as Haley and didn’t mind Zayne visiting him, especially when Zayne mentioned that he had already visited Henry and Alan.

Faced with Zayne’s amusement, Damien ignored it and asked nonchalantly, "How are Henry and Alan? As much as I wanted to find and meet up with them, my current situation doesn’t allow me to leave."

Receiving Damien’s inquiry, Zayne answered, "Henry and Alan are doing well. They’ve already started establishing a military fortress using Henry’s innate talent. Henry and Alan have extended an invitation to you to meet them in their base if you are interested in teaming up with them."

"Like you and Haley, Henry and Alan have also awakened SSS-rank innate talents. As for what their innate talents are, you can ask them in person if you are curious. I didn’t get permission to disclose their innate talents."

Hearing his words, Damien shook his head, "It’s great that they’re doing well, but I’m not that interested in knowing their innate talents. As you can see, I’m in no position to join them."

"This life with Haley doesn’t seem that bad. It’s different from what I’m used to, which makes it quite a novel experience.’

Knowing that Damien didn’t mind staying in this basement, Zayne no longer had the interest to persuade him to meet up with Henry and Alan.

Anyway, while the four of them were indeed best friends and dorm mates, that was before the zombie apocalypse. Now that every one of them had awakened a powerful innate talent, each of them could walk a different path and didn’t have to band together.

Due to this, Zayne had already completed this goal of seeing his best friends and knowing that they were doing well.

All that’s left was to make a deal with Damien and obtain his and Haley’s innate talents.

"I see, then as your bro, I can only support your decision. Although Haley’s a zombie, love conquers all, and race doesn’t matter much."

After agreeing with Damien, Zayne then asked, "Are you and Haley interested in upgrading your SSS-rank innate talents to X-rank? I’ve already upgraded Henry and Alan’s innate talents to X-rank."

"I’m actually the strongest in the entire world right now. My combat power is at country-level, and if I’m given enough time, sinking an entire continent wouldn’t be a problem."

"So, no need to worry about inconveniencing me. I wouldn’t have offered this if the price was too heavy to pay."