Hero Jentaka
Chp.27 Strong reason

"Don't underestimate an ordinary child like me" Teeth Theodorus docked. Looked at the millions of stairs before him.

"I want to be a military elite.." Theodore shouted out loudly, clenched his hands and ran through one two and dozens of steps before him.

"Hyooo's.." Sanji, Mitsuya and Xernathan were excited to see Theodorus returning to his spirit.

"Sanji, Xernathan let's race who gets out this aisle first.." Mitsuya.

"All the losers must obey one request of the victor." Sanji accepted the challenge.

Xernathan shakes. "I'll escort Theo from behind, you two alone." Xernathan ran away leaving the two men behind.

Sanji and Mitsuya gaped at the speed of Xernathan's run after Theodorus who had climbed thousands of steps so easily as not to need energy.

"Ba. all right let's get started.." Mitsuya gave a warning and took a running position up the stairs. He who trained from childhood could not even be as fast as Xernathan climbing these stairs.

"Siaap.. Mulaaii"

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Gatlin turned her head towards the back. 'It seems like the test I gave them was very difficult for them. Just climbing the stairs.' The athletic man did not know himself to say that in his mind. Looking towards the back the more steps they passed the more people stopped following him.

"They are very weak, even more than half of them give up when this is only the first stage test." Gatlin instead felt anxious because the test he gave hundreds of people had already fallen as participants.

"This examiner named Gatlin is like a monster"

"Have run so far but his breath seems not the slightest trouble"

"Look at his shirt, not getting wet in the slightest because of sweating." The people behind Gatlin kept swearing. Looking at the gray slim fit dress Gatlin is not wet because of sweat.

Those who choose silence and look ordinary are very strong people, such as Levin, Alfa, Mitozumi, Taiho and others they do not look difficult at all.

Even Levin, the rabbit-masked man was casually chatting with his friend who also looked strange. Levin's friend wore a mask with needles covering his entire face, making the others not even dare to look at him for long.

Hakk. hakkk.. Theodorus felt with a murmur like this the fatigue in his body would not be felt.

"Theo you okay?" Xernathan asked beside Theodore.

"I'm so much better than you see Nathan you take it easy." Theodorus did not even glance at Xernathan next to him and his focus was on running up the stairs.

"Theo really what's the reason a kid like you wants to be a military elite huh?" Xernathan asked.

"I know a lot of people who live madly looking for treasure, but they're not the same as you."

Of course to run so far takes more than one strong reason for them to stay. The physical strength of an ordinary child like Theodorus would not be strong if it was digested using the logic of running tens of kilometers. Only a strong reason would make them able to survive this far.

But even to this life Xernathan did not know what reason Theodorus survived. That's why at a time like this he insisted on asking.

"Nathan, you're the one who said don't talk much right now. Will waste a lot of energy." Theodorus switched the conversation like he didn't want to be interrogated.

"Well, that's it.." Xernathan ignored.

"Nathan, you know, my reason is because of the wealth I want to be rich." Theodore explained honestly.

'Cihh the Theodore really likes to talk..' Xernathan cursed for a moment and focused on listening.

"With money we can buy anything, including food.." Theodore clenched his fists.

"Then, there was a massive crop failure in my hometown. A full year the place was in the lunge of the winter" Theodorus distress took out his words but he continued half-heartedly.

"There was actually a group of traders who stopped by in our village, but because they realized the failure of the harvest we experienced at that time they raised the selling price of their merchandise at a very high price."

"Theo if you don't want to finish your story don't force it."

"A few days after the company left, my hometown was hit by a long snowstorm, we were so deprived of food and dry clothing that more than half of the villagers died at that time.." Theodore wiped away his tears.

"Including my mother's father.." Theodorus cried as he ran faster up the stairs.

Xernathan.

"You okay?" Xernathan.

"Originally the government came weeks after it happened more and more people died and there were some of us left in the village." Theodore ends his story.

"You know Xernathan? Pain and suffering always make children like us forced to mature faster."

"Hallo you two.." Sanji and Mitsuya went hand in hand starting next to Xernathan and Theodorus.

Realizing the arrival of these two men Theodorus threw his face in the other direction.

"We're luan yaa.." Mitsuya waved his hand leaving the two of them in follow by Sanji next to him.

"They're slow, yeah.." Mitsuya humbled others who started to slow down and even some stopped.

"You want me to call Nathan to defeat your arrogance, huh?" Sanji.

"Not that we've agreed not to talk about the boy, you said yourself that he learned something to gain such power." Mitsuya was furious, he did not accept that anyone else had defeated the prowess of his training all along.

"alright.. But I'd like to ask you, why did you take the exam to become this military elite?" Sanji raised next to his eyebrows.

"Of course I want to have fun and meet kids like the three of you." Mitsuya indeed had a trivial sounding reason.

"If you were, what would De Medusa's psychopathic group do to your tribe's left hand?" Mitsuya lightly asked as if it was a usual question.

Sanji could only hold back. "Maybe they made the bones of the Nayara tribe as a sword or an heirloom that they must have sold at a very, very expensive price." Sanji gave an explanation as easy as Mitsuya wanted to hear.

"Hey look at that light.." Mitsuya pointed towards the end of the radiant passageway.

"That must be the exit of this hallway.." Sanji started to increase his running speed. Followed by Mitsuya who did not want to lose.

The two of them ran through many people behind them.

Gatlin had already reached the end of the passageway and stopped at the mouth of the passageway. "All right, I'll count how many people got this far"

Gatlin slowly turned towards the back and wanted to count the participants. "Let's see how good people are.."

"Goaaall's.." Sanji and Mitsuya simultaneously raised their hands out of the mouth of the passageway.

"I won.." Sanji.

"Hey damn it I won.." Sanji felt that he was the one who won.