He slowly opened the black box and inside was lying the beautiful black dagger, he slowly reached for the handle and felt a jolt through his body, it was the additional stats kicking in.
Until today he had always used the equipment of the school, sometimes he saw students using their own stuff that they had been gifted by their parents and felt jealous because even if he wanted to save money to buy one it would take years.
Today he had finally got his own piece of equipment and it was better than the ones his classmates had, since he could win his school's tournament 2 years in a row with equipments they had lent him how different the result would be with his own and with the item being so much better ?
His eyes shone as he looked at the dagger, most rich people would find it average but he was already in love with it ! By curiosity he tried touching the blade and felt as if his body had became a few times heavier, hopefully he wasn't standing because he felt like he might have fallen to his knees. He tried moving his arm and just barely lifted his hand to his face.
'This is insane ! That guy from class four bought his sword 7000$ and the effects are way less obvious and definitely less strong than those of this dagger, I might be able to sell it twice that prize however I need to find a way to prove its authenticity first. I can't sell it face to face to avoid any complications so I have to sell it on the Uninet, people buy on there only if they trust the seller or recognize the blacksmith.'
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The next day Henry went to school as usual and kept thinking all day about how he should do to sell his dagger to the best price, he could just sell it to a derisory price and then sell other daggers after his first buyer made him a bit of advertising. Of course that wasn't a sure method so he didn't throw it away but kept it in the back of his mind for the moment.
Around noon he heard two classmates talking close to him and he overheard their conversation
"Yeah they say it's one guy but since he was well equipped the police couldn't do anything against him and he ran away."
"That's all ? Your dad will let him run away ?"
"Don't worry my dad said that he'll come back for sure, they left a limited edition vintage Rolls Royce that costs a few million dollars on that same parking, they'll catch him the moment he shows the tip of his tail !"
'Bait...?'
By using the police's plan as a reference a plan slowly started to take form in Henry's head.
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That evening Henry went downtown and rented a whole outfit that should cost a few thousand dollars and went towards a neighborhood that had always had a bad reputation. His own living place was similar but since everybody knew him there he went somewhere else.
He rented an expensive suit from one shop, leather shoes from another, three gold rings and a gold watch from a last one, he was certain that he looked like a snack for criminals, for girls too but he was too focused on his plan to realize that all the girls he had went by looked at him with shiny eyes.
Half an hour later he arrived in the dark part of the city, it was the equivalent of a slum except that in this futuristic period there were no more slums. The houses and buildings were broken down, tons of people looked at Henry when he went by but didn't move, only their eyes had a glint of gloating.
'I don't know what you came here for but good luck rich boy.'
Most people thought the same thing, after walking for awhile he went through a dark alley with no exit and put a miniature camera in an inconspicuous spot, less than a second later a group of four guys came from the only open way.
"Hi there my fri... eh ?"
A guy wearing glasses with a smiling face started but couldn't help but stop midway through his sentence, they had followed Henry for awhile and already had a bad feeling when he went through this dead end alley but now it was worse.
Henry has put on a mask before turning on the camera, as he hadn't found anything less showy he had bought a creepy smiling mask he had bought in a store when passing by.
"Guys this is bad, just run away !"
The guy wearing glass said but before he could turn around he saw Henry pulling out his dagger.
"Shit guys this guy is a psycho ! He got a knife run away !"
Of course this was the most logical reaction, these guys were criminals but they only stole stuff and robbed people. They were different from other guys who robbed with weapon, they had understood that for most people you just had to pressure them with a few people and they would give you their stuff so they didn't carry weapons.
Today was the first time they had actually met this kind of situation.
"I won't kill you."
Henry said, he had guessed it would go this way but he didn't have the choice. It would be better if he could trap them instead of him being trapped between them and a wall but he couldn't think of anything that could create such a situation.
The guy with glasses who had ran less than 4 steps slowed down
"A kid's voice ?"
Although Henry had quite a deep voice compared to his classmates it could still be recognized that he wasn't a full grown adult yet.
"Why is a kid playing with a knife ?"
The thieves had stopped but they didn't drop their guard and stayed as close as the alley's exit, if they felt any danger they would run as fast as they could, even a kid with a knife could kill.
"I just want to try my new dagger, I will only use the blunt side. If you can defeat me you can have it, my dad bought it for 20000$ dollars ! Since it hadn't been used yet you can sell it for almost the same price."
The thieves looked at each other and two of them nodded, the glass wearing guy and another tried to dissuade them to no avail
"Guys this is a bad idea, how can you trust him so easily ?!"
"I don't care, even if he really wanted to kill me he wouldn't be able to. I'm not weak enough to die to a kid !"
"I need this money bro, if I get it I can go out of this shit hole and take my family to a better place too."
The appeal of such a huge sum made them change their minds and get close to Henry, he had lied about the price of three dagger since it costs at most 15000$ but he didn't care, these guys were about to rob him so he could use them without feeling bad about it.