Treasure Hunter

Chapter 3: Bird Headed Man

When Leit opened the door to the outside world, he found himself just outside the apartment he was living in. There was a long hallway with many doors with numbers on the them. His apartment was numbered 499 and seemed to be the last apartment so Leit chose left and walked calmly in the hallway. 

Everything he came across didn't feel new to him, it was new to him. At the end of the hallway was the elevator and Leit entered it. Anime had taught him many things about the outside world and technology and it was now time to apply this information in real life.

The elevator opened a bipedal iguana family walked out of the elevator and ignored Leit who was looking at them with curiosity and awe. Leit then quickly entered the elevator and pressed one. The elevator doors closed and for the first time in his life, Leit experienced inertia and it wasn't a good experience. A few minutes later, the elevator doors opened and a huge lobby with different bipedal species was revealed to Leit. 

The place looked luxurious and high class like it was for the wealthy. Leit looked at everyone with curiosity but they just ignored him, who would care about a skinny old man, they got better things to do. Leit saw the entrance and exit of this building and quickly walked towards it and the doors opened automatically and finally, Leit was out of his hell hole. 

Once outside, Leit didn't expect it to be so dusty. 

‘So that's why everyone was wearing scarfs and masks.’ he thought as he chose a random direction and ran away. 

Swoosh! 

Leit's speed was so fast that he left a dust trail behind since the road wasn't paved or built using any special material. Leit was running at an impressive speed of 45 000 kilometres per hour, 750 kilometres per minute and 12.5 kilometres per second. He was ten times faster than bullet speed but he didn't know that, at least not now. 

‘How do I stop?! How do I stop?!’ thought Leit as he was about to crash through a group of fancy armoury wearing people. 

“Rirr, incoming!” said the bird headed man and a tall and muscular beetle headed person wearing heavy armour stood in front of Leit. The heavy armour was D-Rank equipment so it was strong but when this Rirr guy came into contact with Leit, he knew, he fucked up. 

Bang! 

Whoosh! 

Rirr's armour shattered and Leit passed through his body like he was a curtain of water. Leit then tumbled on the ground before coming to a stop. His clothes were dirty and covered in blood and sand, even his hair and face had blood on it.

Plop! 

“You killed him… You killed Rirr! Why did you kill our teammate?! Huh, why did you kill him when he was only trying to help?! If you don't give me a valid reason then I'm calling the cops!” said the bird headed man but unfortunately, he didn't understand a word he was saying. 

“Captain, I don't think he understands a word you're saying.” said a gorgeous lady with snake eyes and tongue. 

“Take this! Put it around your neck! Put. It. Around. Your. Neck.” said the bird headed man, slowly, while also making gestures. Leit had seen Tom wearing a similar gadget so he also wore it around his neck. 

“Do you understand me now?!” shouted the bird headed man. 

“Loud and clear, there's no need for you to shout.” said Leit while covering his ears. 

“Why did you kill my teammate?” asked the bird headed man while pointing at Rirr who had a humanoid hole and nothing in that hole. 

“I'm sorry for what I did and I'm sorry for your loss. This is my first time outside my room so I got a little carried away and didn't control my speed, if there's a way to peacefully solve this then I'm all for it.” explained Leit. 

“What? Your first time outside your room? Do you think I'm going to believe your nonsense?! Why would you keep yourself cooped up in your room your entire life?”

“Huh, I was… practicing! Yes, I was practicing. I started practicing when I was seven years old and I'm now eighty two years old. I've been practicing for seventy five years and a few days ago, I was enlightened and my strength rose from F-Rank all the way to B-Rank. That's why I'm behind the times.” said Leit calmly.

“Wait a minute, you're a B-Rank Awakener?!” exclaimed the bird headed man. 

‘Phew, fortunately you didn't ask me to explain how I got enlightened.’ thought Leit. 

“I'm a Low B-Rank Awakener.” answered Leit. 

“Really, then would you like to join my team and become a mercenary? We travel a lot so you'll come across a lot of unbelievable things, make friends and go to different planets. Someday, we can even go to Earth where all the strong people live.”

The bird headed man was no fool and wasn't a mercenary leader for no reason. From the little information that Leit gave them, he collected it all and created a larger web then connected the dots. From Leit's bumpkin-like appearance, no devices on his person and lack of strength control, he deduced that what Leit said was mostly the truth.

“Earth?! I went to go to Earth, take me there!” said Leit with glowing eyes. 

“Join our mercenary group first.”

“Okay, I agree to be a part of your mercenary group now take me to Earth!” said Leit. 

“Calm down. I'll explain everything to you on the way, let's talk while we walk.” said the bird headed man and began to explain everything to Leit. 

It turned out to be far more complicated to enter planet Earth. Firstly, you had to have not just a lot of money but also connection with people in high places because there were only two ways to go to Earth, either with a spaceship or with a teleportation channel which was very expensive. Secondly, one had to be an A-Rank Awakener or just one A-Rank Awakener in a group would suffice and thirdly, you had to register at the Awakener Association and have a clear record.