19 Red Zone (2/2)
With his internal introspection done, Shesmu just smiled at Leo and said.
”Well, let's not forget about our goal here. But having some fun along the way isn't a problem.”
With this, as if they were beast unleashed, the duo immediately jumped into the lake.
Splash!
Without even taking off their clothes, they dived right into it.
”Ah! This is great! The water is so cool!” exclaimed Leo.
”Come in, Shesmu. We need to keep on searching for the treasures, right?” DepressedRyan added, then he continued with a taunt, ”Or, are you maybe afraid of the cold water? Is that why you have been delaying the search of the lake for so long?”
The smug smile DepressedRyan had on his face quickly annoyed Shesmu. Then, without any notice, Shesmu jumped into the water, still fully clad.
”You little shit, just you wait!”
Shesmu swam with all his might towards Ryan, intent on teaching him a lesson for mocking him.
Seeing Shesmu coming at him with such ardor, DepressedRyan immediately ran away.
”It was just a prank bro! Please!”
However, Shesmu didn't have any of that. He kept on swimming, intent on catching Ryan no matter what.
While Leo was laughing his lungs out on the sideline, the duo kept on swimming, one running away and the other fully intent on catching his prey. Their speed was about the same, so the battle became quickly one of endurance.
'Tough luck, Ryan! With my enhanced lungs, you can never get away from me.'
It didn't take more than 2 minutes for DepressedRyan to no be able to keep up speed and be caught by Shesmu.
After Shesmu caught Ryan, he looked at him for two seconds while thinking, 'Well, now that I caught him, what do I do now?' He then kept looking at Ryan's nervous eyes for another 5 seconds before just sighing and letting him free. Shesmu couldn't bring himself to scold Ryan when he looked at him that way.
”Hey Ryan, I have never asked you this, but how old are you?” asked Shesmu. The opportunity didn't present itself before, but he was curious about DepressedRyan's age since he looked and sounded so young.
”I'm 15, what about you?”
”I'm 18,” Shesmu answered, 'though I was 28 at some point.'
”Well, enough of all of this. Let's get to searching, we cannot waste even more time.”
With this closing statement, the party went back to work. Everyone took one part of the small lake and started searching.
Less than 5 minutes later, Leo came back to the surface and exclaimed, ”Guys! I found something. Come!”
”Oh, is it a treasure?” DepressedRyan asked.
To his question, Leo nodded. After that, everyone followed Leo's lead and dived under the water. It didn't take more than 10 seconds for the trio to reach the surface of the lake which was filled with algae. But between all of the green, a golden shine stood out. Leo spread the green plants, and a golden treasure chest had slowly shown itself.