Chapter 10 On the Way
From the views of Hei, nothing seems important for him on a personal level. Maybe the original body host had something or someone he held precious, but what about this artificial clone with an incomplete brain? Perhaps nobody knows the answer of this question, not even Hei himself.
The weather is decent. The blue sky seems extra high when there are no clouds. The sun hangs on the edge of the sky, while the wind brushes through the green forests on the side of the road. A single breath on this type of day will clear anyone away of any unhappy thoughts.
However, on such a beautiful day, an emotionless young man can still ignore the positive atmosphere around him while complaining about systematic things on top of his horseback.
"Sun carrying too much light and heat can hinder the ability to stay on low profile." Murmuring to himself, Hei takes out an apple and casually bites down a piece.
"From the previous encounter with the soldiers and the road bandits, the physical potentials of a normal person in this world should be about three to five times than my creator's world. With a certain amount of exercise, a person should be able to jump four meters in height, and hit with a force of fifteen thousand newtons. After defeating three waves of bandits and one giant beast, food and water are temporarily secured for this trip."
"From the direction toward which the bandits pointed in the past few days, this is the way to the capital."
In the same instant, the ground beneath Hei shatters into hundreds of pieces. An awkward-looking giant beast shoots out from the underground and lands right in front of Hei.
If the beast can think, then it is clearly expecting a frightened prey in front of it.
However, it seems like it will be severely disappointed.
The human in front of him is calming the horse with an expression of indifference. The red apple is still in his left hand. Looking at the beast, and then turning toward his goods on the horseback, Hei walks calmly toward one of the bags he has, takes out a small rug, and –
He wipes the dirt off his apple.
"Even though I cannot taste the soil on the fruit, I would still prefer a cleaner desert."
…
And the beast continuous to stare ferociously at Hei.
…
CHOMP.
Hei bites down another piece of apple in his hand.
…
"Ahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaa!"
Before Hei reacts to the current situation further, the voice of a young boy crashes out from the back of the beast. In an instant, the beast in front of Hei is separated into many pieces. The blood of the beast reflects the shinning sun light into Hei's eyes, and the picture of the blood-spill looks as beautiful as the summer rose.
"Hi there! Are you alright? That was really dangerous!"
A young man steps out from the corpse of the danger beast, scratching his head with a smile forming on his face.
Just as he is about to continue with his conversation, something immediately stops him from proceeding with his communication.
The man he just saved is currently kneeling in front of the corpse and collecting the blood into a small container of his.
"Um… Mister…"
Unknowingly, this young boy seems rather pitiful in this type of situation. He had just been ignored by the man he had saved.
After collecting about five hundred milliliters of blood sample, Hei stands up in front of this young man, observing him behind his glasses.
"I am Tatsumi, I come from a small village on the northern side of the empire."
Not knowing the reason, Tatsumi offers his hand to this complete stranger.
…
Observing the young man in front of him again, Hei turns his head and looks into Tatsumi's eyes.
And Tatsumi immediately feels a chill developed inside his body.
From the emotionless eyes Hei is displaying, Tatsumi feels as if he is currently standing in a frozen winter without any clothes on his body.
"I am Hei."
That is cold.
"Woah… he is… so cold. It that what they called 'the momentum of the strong'?" Tatsumi wipes his cold sweat from his forehead, and proceeds with his previous conversation, "Um… Would you tell me if… this is the way to the capital?"
"Yes."
"Um… Thank you… very much…"
Shrugging his shoulders, Tatsumi knows that he had just been defeated psychologically by the man he had saved a few minutes ago.
But will he give up so easily? No.
"So… where do you come from?" Tatsumi puts on another heartwarming smile.
"…"
No reply.
"The weather is great today, right?"
"…"
"Why did you collect the blood of that beast back there?"
"…"
"So…"
…
After about half a minute, cold sweat has covered the entirety of young boy's back. Facing that unmovable face, Tatsumi finally gives up on finding a way to communicate with this Hei.
"We are here."
The duo stops in front of a magnificent gate…
The capital.