XII- treasure by Asao

He looked at me shock painting on his face. I meant it, he is my treasure, the first human I ever saw, treated, and talked to. That's what a treasure means to me.

"Whatever, you should sleep, we have a lot to do tomorrow and you're still very injured. Tell your people to go, we won't need them for now." I said while pushing him on the bed.

"We can't stay here, you are in danger. Wei's son wants to kill you."

"If it's so, you need to rest and I need to pack some things before following you."

"I don't need to rest, I'm almost healed." He said, pushing my hand to get up.

He showed me his most serious injury for me to see that it was indeed healing pretty fast. I looked at him shocked to see him smile at me. He is cute when he smiles.

"You're a human, right?"

"I am but it's another story, pack your stuff we have to go."

I did not know what to do, I could not follow him like that. I need to create a bond of trust with him before entering his group otherwise I would struggle to get what I want. But if someone planned to kill me today, I can't just sleep thinking I could open my eyes tomorrow.

I felt a headache coming, I'd never had to make such choices in my life, it's an annoying situation.

"If we go out, you promise to stay with me?"

He put a puzzled gaze on me, then nodded slowly a few seconds later. I was not convinced.

"I don't believe in you but we have to go. That is to say, when we get out of here we'll not follow your group. I know the city, I know every most recent lane and hidden spots you can't fool me."

He smiled without saying anything, sat down on the couch and said something in his earpiece then put his attention back on me.

"We do as you say."

With fear inked deep down in my heart, I unlocked the door and went out to pack my things and put my dad's most important data in a flash drive. thirty minutes after I was done, I came back with a backpack, two K-ways, and clean clothes. I handed a K-way and the clothes to him and asked for his name.

"Samuel."

"Okay Samuel, we can go now. But before, change your clothes they are stained with blood and it looks suspicious." I said while looking at the security device.

They were gone, well I hope they did. Samuel went into the bathroom to change and came out a few minutes later. I verified everything was ok and we went out taking the emergency exit located in the basement.

Samuel followed me without saying anything, from time to time I could hear some painful groans but that's it. We walked in a long tunnel for nearly an hour and will still have one hour to go before going out, so I decided to rest a little bit.

"We should rest, you are still injured and did not sleep enough. it's 3 am and we still have one hour to go on."

"Where are we going ?"

"So you came with me without knowing? It's odd for a human being to trust someone like that. I don't even trust you to tell me your real name."

He laughed a little bit and sat down.

"I swear, Samuel is my real name. I followed you because it's not safe to keep in touch with the group right now. Wei Ming must have figured out we were looking for you."

"Mhm, what is your organization name?"

"Blair. The new boss changed the former name."

"For Eric Arthur Blair*?" I said, giving him a bottle of water.

"Yes. Thank you."

I sat next to him.

"Your boss must be cultivated."

" Yes, maybe."

"When did you start working for Blair?"

"I was born in the group."

"Oh, then how old are you?"

"24, my parents worked for the formal boss."

"What happened to the last one?"

"Death sentence."

I stopped talking, I thought this kind of sentence has been abolished in the world since 2050.

"How is it possible?"

He looked at me for a few minutes then drank a bit of water.

"He was charged for the murder of Lhin, Wei Cheng's mother."

"What! Everybody knows this murder was premeditated by the Wei themselves!" I yell astonished.

"Yes, everybody knows. Whatever, we have to go now."

I nodded and we continued walking through the tunnel. One hour later, we arrived in front of a ladder. I took the detonator in my pocket and activated it.

"Go ahead, he has 30 seconds before everything collapses."

Without wasting time we climb the ladder to arrive 15 seconds later in front of a locked trap.

"it's 119115.*"

Without waiting time, he entered the code and the trap opened in a dark lane. Samuel gets out first and helps me to do so. We closed the trap and it disappeared to the ground. It's a few seconds later that we could hear the basement collapsing with my home.

We walked out of the lane and for the first time in my short life I saw the city. The real gigantic city tells in my books. I could feel the wind, smell the street activities. But most importantly, I could see a bunch of human beings gathered in front of me.

"That is incredible!" I said looking and walking around like a child in an amusement park.

Someone took my arm pulling me out of my leaving dream to take me back in the dark lane.

"Are you nuts! They are policemen everywhere, you can't show your face like that in front of so many people." I whispered at him angrily.

"Oh yeah... Sorry. You know it's my first time, I didn't think twice, pardon me."

"It's okay. Do you know where we can hide?"

"I have a lot of money on this card. Do you know how to use it?" I said showing a golden card.

He looked at it for a few seconds and took it.

"How much?"

"3 billion."

I thought his eyes would come out of his head. He got instantly pale and squeezed the card in his hand. I didn't understand his reaction, I thought his injury hurt him or worse. So I tried to lift his shirt to take a look it's at the moment that he began to react

"You are excessively rich, you know that?"

"That's good we can buy a new house then!" I said enthusiastically.

he smiled a little bit and shook his head while petting mine.

"First of all, you need a new identity card with a bunch of social points to be able to buy a house in the city. I know someone who can create one for you." He said walking further in the lane.

I was a little bit disappointed, I thought I could have spoken to plenty of humans but I think I will have to stay with just one for now.

No problem, he is handsome.