Steve had somewhere to go and told Asfa to keep the journal here once he is done reading. Asfa took 2 hours to read the journal before he left the college. He left the college before 4 o'clock and arrived at the forest an hour later.

After reading the journal, he learned a lot of new information. Firstly, he knew now that the old man used to be the leading researcher who made the enhanced serum, but he quit due to unknown circumstances.

Recently, the government legislated new laws regarding the enhanced human. Those who registered themself as enhanced humans would be getting extra privileges such as a monthly allowance, free healthcare, and chances to work with the government.

Asfa was tempted by the privileges given but decided to not do anything until he was strong enough to protect himself. Asfa is now in front of the forest and he rushes inside to explore the forest.

Meanwhile, somewhere inside a luxury bar in the Capital.

"Are you serious, Ian? A hundred thousand just to follow and find anything suspicious from this weak looking commoner."

Ian is wearing something to cover his face from being recognised there, "Shut up, Clay. Just do your job quietly and don't get caught."

Clay is a detective who works with the government. In his free time, he would be a part-time private investigator for the elites. Ian trusted Clay's skill as an investigator since they one-time worked together years ago.

"I should repair house today so that it can use in the future to keep the weaponry I stole."

Asfa is scanning the whole hut to see what can he do to improve the wooden hut. He kept the bandit things he found yesterday and hid them under the wooden floor of the hut. He liked the sniper rifle a lot, but he had no experience in using one.

It was almost dawn when Asfa has done repairing the wooden hut. He left that place to explore the forest with the map he got from the bandit.

There are skull and treasure shaped symbols marked on the map. Asfa is rushing towards the treasure location first since it is not far from the hut.

After an hour of running, he reached the marked location. He was stunned because he had to enter an old quarry to get the treasure if it is still there. He scanned the whole quarry with his ability to identify the safest path for exploring the place.

Fortunately, there are no living creatures detected within his scanning ability perimeter. Asfa brings out the thermal gun he got from the bandit and starts exploring the quarry.

The width of the pathway he chose is only a meter in length but he had no choice since the others were much worse. After half an hour of walking, he is almost to the bottom of the quarry.

On his way to the bottom, he found human skeletons that seem to be abandoned a long time ago. Asfa scanned through their tattered clothes and found nothing. He continued walking, and suddenly he saw a steel door at the end of the route.

"This door looks new, and it is locked. They may have found something and tried to hide it here. No wonder it was so easy to reach the bottom". Asfa is standing in front of the steel door while trying to picklock the door with his ability.

Once it got unlocked, Asfa entered the room cautiously. He has been walking without light, but now he brings out torchlight from his backpack to find the treasure. He scanned the room with the torchlight to see the surrounding.

"Wew, so much for the treasure. There are only wooden crates here.. They don't even look luxurious or expensive. Hope there is something good inside."

Asfa uses his ability to pull all the nails on the wooden crate to see the content inside. There are bottles of serum in different colours contained inside a black small case. There are ten cases inside and each of them contains 10 bottles of serum.

There is some writing on the bottle of serum but Asfa decided to ignore it. He would not understand it anyway unless he looked it on the internet. He decided to bring some of the serum to the professor to see if he can make a profit out of it.

He hid the remained bottles underground nearby the wooden hut on his way back home. It is almost midnight when Asfa reaches the apartment.

Asfa used the internet to find anything about the serum but it was almost non-existent. There are just some random and unreliable hoaxes about a serum that can give people ability without any proof. He stops searching and studies the serum with his ability. Yet, he got nothing out of it.

The next day, he arrived at the college before 7 in the morning. He decided to go earlier than usual to keep the serums in the laboratory. For him, it is much safer there. When he arrived at the laboratory, the old guy was not there. He put the small black case on the table given by the old guy to him yesterday.

"Duhh, where is the old guy? Did he go out for breakfast? Maybe I should just go to the gym for practice."

Asfa waited half an hour for the old man yet he never came.

"I guess I will just meet him later", Asfa packs his stuff to leave the laboratory.

As he was about to leave, he heard something inside his head.

(Morning, kid. Surprised to see you this early. Don't leave yet, I'm on my way there. I do know a guy who can sell those serums)

Asfa knew he can't really hide anything from the old man for now. He plans to split the profit equally if the old man helps him sell these serums. He had no contact, to begin with.

After a few minutes, the old man arrived. Asfa shows him the serums immediately, and the old man's expression changes.

"Where do you get these? If you show this to someone else, you might lose your life, kid."

Asfa told the old man about his encounter with the bandits and the map he used to locate the serums.

"I don't really put many details on the journal I gave you, so it was normal for you to not know this. This is actually an old version of the enhanced serum. It is almost impossible to get one these days. Do you want to know why, kid?"

"Enlighten me, prof" Asfa nods his head.

The old man looks serious and changes his tone, "Well, the old serum was made with the blood of the enhanced human. It was a massacre back then as an enhanced human. We were hunted by everyone including the government. It was the survival of the fittest."

Asfa frowned for a while. He realised that the old guy has been through a lot to be alive these days.

"Don't worry, kid. We are now in much better condition than decades ago. Ay ay, you can read this later when you are done with the journal I gave yesterday. So, do you still want to sell the serums?"