Chapter 13 The Bugs New Ability (2/2)

This one, however, was even more experienced at fighting.

Twisting his body to avoid the stick, he swung his fist in a counterattack.

'Slow down!' Li Du wished. The little bug seemed to read his thoughts, and immediately all time slowed to a crawl.

Li Du quickly moved out of the way and used all his strength, swinging his stick at the neck of his opponent without any mercy. While Li Du did put all his strength behind this attack, in reality, after using all his energy slowing down time, he didn't have much stamina left. Compared to the energy used for the avatar ability, however, the energy he used to slow down time could quickly be regained.

Further explanation: it took around ten hours to recover after using the avatar ability, while it only took a quick rest to recover from slowing down time.

The neck was still one of the weakest areas of the human body. Although Li Du didn't hit hard, the man's vision went black, and he quickly collapsed onto the ground.

Hans gave Rambis another two punches and turned his head to check on Li Du. He was stunned at the sight of the two men on the ground.

”Let's go, Big Fox,” Li Du said, feeling uncomfortable having involved himself in a brawl.

Hans, on the other hand, appeared to be completely unconcerned. ”No worries. The auction was over. Unless those bast*rds call the police, nobody is going to come. If they do, then they will become the laughingstock of this circle.”

With that, he spat on the ground and swaggered away. As for the crowd, their murmuring reflected their enjoyment at watching this show. Finally, someone asked, ”Hey Fox, where did you get this bodyguard? Is he a Chinese Kung Fu master?”

”He's not a bodyguard. He is treasure tycoon Big Fox's new partner!” Hans proclaimed, proudly giving Li Du a pat on the back.

Although Hans claimed that no one was going to call the police, they still quickly cleaned up the storage unit and drove away.

It mostly contained garbage. In America, it would take extra expenditure to process trash of that amount legally.

So when Hans threw the trash away at a nearby dump, they drove away at an even faster speed than when they had left the storage. If the police caught him, he would be thrown in jail.

Clearing the warehouse took a long time. It was dark out before they knew it.

When they drove past ”The Golden Aquitaine,” Hans went in to get some food. Aquitaine was the name of a French territory full of history; many said that even now, their beef was one of the best in the world. Because this restaurant used Aquitaine meat for their dishes, the prices there were very high. This was one of the few high-end restaurants in Flagstaff.

Although Hans only bought four steaks, a beef salad with lemon vinaigrette, some kebabs, two 12-inch beef pizzas, and a serving of their special baked potato with beef and chess sauce, the whole meal came to over 800 dollars.

The price shocked Li Du. ”Oh boy, are you planning to invite the president to dinner? Isn't spending this much money on a simple meal a bit crazy?”

Hans chuckled, ”My treat for you and Hannah. Since we've made quite a bit of cash, we should celebrate. Do you know how much that Harley could sell for?”

”How much?”

”Enough to spend an entire week coming here for all our meals,” answered Hans.

Li Du would never allow himself to spend that much money on a single meal. However, Hans, or perhaps Americans in general, had a completely different view on how money should be spent.

This was something he discovered when he first came to America. Most Americans barely had any savings, instead having a decent amount of debt. It was their habit to spend all that they earned.

For treasure hunters, this spending habit was even more apparent. To them, money came quick and therefore was spent even more quickly, just like Hans with the meal. It wouldn't be much of a surprise to Li Du if they went bankrupt after one bad decision. This sounded an exaggeration, but it was sadly the reality.