Chapter 72

After a while, several police officers brought out a girl from the villa, her hands tied behind her back and a burlap sack over her head.

"Hey! I said, you two! Be gentle with the young lady!" Pierre saw them handling her like a criminal and immediately shouted at them.

"Chief, the young lady is just too strong, we have no choice..." The two police officers replied with a look of difficulty.

"Never mind, quickly get the young lady on the plane!" Pierre, seeing that Duke Gade's expression was turning sour, hurriedly urged them.

Just as the two were about to take the young lady to the helicopter, they were stopped by the soldiers.

"Captain Gade? What is this?" Milsap, seeing them about to put the zombie into the helicopter, asked in shock.

"Lieutenant Milsap, this is my daughter. Without my daughter, I will not go anywhere." Duke Gade finally deigned to look at him.

"But, she is already dead! She has turned into a zombie!" Milsap tried to persuade the Duke to face the facts; he would never agree to take a zombie back to London.

"Lieutenant, with this infectious disease, a cure or medicine might be developed soon. I will absolutely not leave my daughter here."

Duke Gade was also unyielding, with a clear challenge in his tone.

Milsap cursed inwardly: What an idiot! She's dead and can't be cured.

"My mission is to take Duke Gade to Buckingham Palace, not to take you and the young lady. Please understand." Milsap said humbly.

His mission was to ensure Duke Gade's safe return to Buckingham Palace no matter what. But now, it seemed the task was not as simple as he had imagined.

"Then your mission might fail. Take the young lady back to the villa." Duke Gade said, turning to leave, clearly dismissing them.

Milsap's brows knitted together in frustration. This stubborn old man! But he had no other choice; to complete the Queen's mission, he had to back down.

"Alright, then let's do as Duke Gade says! Let's get on the plane quickly."

Seeing Milsap agree, Duke Gade nodded in satisfaction and walked toward the helicopter.

"Saving no one alive, yet taking a zombie on the plane, truly..." Alsaes muttered to himself.

Milsap, hearing Alsaes' words, turned back with a burning rage and glared at Alsaes. The latter quickly shut up and remained silent.

"By the way, Pierre. I entrust my estate to you. You and your men, as well as their families, can stay here indefinitely." Duke Gade turned to Pierre and instructed before boarding the helicopter.

"Rest assured, Duke. I will take care of everything and await your return!" Pierre immediately responded with a firm promise.

Duke Gade nodded in satisfaction and then boarded the helicopter. The two police officers handed the young lady over to the soldiers and were also taken on the plane. Soon, the helicopter took off and flew back in the direction it came from.

"Phew, finally got rid of that old man! Now it's my turn to call the shots! Ha ha." Pierre sighed in relief and laughed happily.

"Where is Grant!?" As soon as he entered the villa, Pierre immediately shouted.

"Chief Pierre, what do you need?" An elderly man walked up to Pierre and answered respectfully.

From his attire, this man seemed to have a certain status, likely the estate's butler. This man named Grant was slightly hunched, not very tall, with a face full of wrinkles. He had a hooked nose and narrow eyes that gleamed, clearly not an easy person to deal with.

"Now that the Duke's estate is under my control, I need to know about the food reserves. Also, the layout of the entire estate, so I can arrange the management." With the Duke's instructions, Pierre spoke to Grant without any courtesy.

"Chief, I have lived in this estate for over forty years. As the butler, I am very familiar with the situation you mentioned. You don't need to worry." Grant deflected the question.

"Very well, report these details to me. By the way, where is the Duke's study?"

Duke Gade was gone, and there was no telling when he would return. Pierre no longer had any reservations.

Seeing Pierre acting like a monkey in the absence of the tiger, Grant said without hesitation: "Sorry, only with the Duke's permission can anyone enter his study. Without the Duke's permission, I cannot disclose any information about the estate to anyone."

"Grant, you are really senile and should retire. The Duke said I am to take over the estate, understand? Now I am in charge here!!" Pierre, seeing that Grant was being unreasonable, said with a stern face.

"Sorry, Pierre. The Duke has already instructed me to manage the estate before he left. Your job is to protect the Duke's estate." Grant no longer gave Pierre any face and called him by his name.

Grant walked up to Pierre, leaned close to his ear, and said: "Security, understand?"

After saying that, Grant turned and left. The servants who had been watching the scene also followed him.

"Damn, this old bastard! How dare he speak to the Chief like that! I'll shoot him!" A white police officer cursed fiercely, even pretending to draw his gun.

If Li Fat was there, he would recognize this man as the one who abandoned his comrades and fled in his car that day.

"Brook, calm down. So what if we have a falling out? No big deal." Pierre said without changing his expression, as if he hadn't heard the previous words.

"I will make them understand that the one with the gun is in charge. Let him enjoy it for a couple of days." Pierre said and immediately directed all the elderly, women, and children to disperse.

"Brook, and you few, come with me. We need to thoroughly investigate this estate. No matter what happens in the future, we won't be at a disadvantage."

Previously, with Duke Gade around, Pierre didn't dare to act rashly in front of the owner. Now that it was his turn to call the shots, for his own safety and future plans, he needed to understand the estate thoroughly.

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The helicopter flew steadily over Norwich. However, the Duke's daughter was not very cooperative and kept causing trouble at the back. Fortunately, two soldiers held her down tightly, or who knows what she might have done.

"Captain Milsap, look down there! There are so many zombies!" Alsaes, looking through the binoculars, turned back to Milsap and said.

"Listen, I am the captain of this mission, but you should call me Lieutenant, understand? Lieutenant!! Not captain!!"

"Okay, Captain. No, I mean, okay, Lieutenant Milsap. There are many zombies down there!"

Milsap glanced outside and said disdainfully, "The zombie wave in London is several times larger than this. What's so surprising?"

"Lieutenant! No, Lieutenant! Look! It's the group we saw before! They are being chased by zombies!"

Alsaes saw Li Fat's Land Rover through the binoculars and quickly shouted to Milsap.