Chapter 79- Stealing
A prince or a discarded young master betrayed by his fiancée, finding an opportunity to rise, seek revenge, and shame those who wronged him.
Uncertain about the location of the treasure, Dave sensed an opportunity in the boy.
Believing him to be a protagonist in this world, he could lead Dave to a place of opportunity.
"An opportunity to act," Dave thought.
He transformed into an old hermit expert, with a height of 5'7 feet, white hair, a long beard, and normal clothes.
Appearing in front of the boy, he startled him.
"Boy, I've been in seclusion for many years. I sensed the presence of a destined youth who could become my second disciple, so I followed my instincts and didn't expect to find a genius here," Dave said in his new guise.
The boy was shocked because he had never seen his movements before. Of course, he was only at the sage level, and his strength was below Dave's.
He didn't doubt Dave because he knew Dave was strong, and he couldn't gain anything from lying to him.
He bowed and said, "You said I am a genius?"
Dave nodded and replied, "You know I hate accepting disciples because my only disciple betrayed me back then. His name is Son Goku, and he snatched all my wealth."
He sighed, and the boy believed him, shocked that he was the one who trained Son Goku.
"Son Goku?"
That name was famous because of his deeds in the monkey empire, and he was mysterious.
He hated Son Goku because, due to him, his clan was at war. Son Goku framed their clan while he enjoyed the treasures he stole.
Dave saw that the boy was hooked and continued, "Many called me Master Roshi, and I come from Kame House. I had some relationship with turtles before, as I have an old turtle friend."
"After my disciple betrayed me, I secluded myself from the world for many years. As I was sleeping, I suddenly felt that I could meet my next disciple, who had a special talent, and his name was Donatello."
Dave had already checked Donatello's stats and knew his name.
'What? Is it true? How can he know my name?'
Donatello now believed him, excited because he knew he had a special talent.
Donatello was easy to fool because he was in a situation where he doubted if he had talent or if he was destined to be a waste.
Dave used this opportunity to secretly manipulate him. Dave felt like a demon tricking someone into making a deal with him.
Donatello knelt in front of him and said, "Please take me as your disciple, Master Roshi."
Dave patted his shoulder and replied, "Of course, because it was destined, and I will make you strong enough to overcome anyone who stands in your way."
"Do you want revenge? Do you want to defeat those who bullied and looked down on you? Do you want to punish your fiancée who betrayed you?"
"With me here, you can achieve it."
Donatello was excited to finally have someone to teach him and hoped to surpass Son Goku.
"Master," Donatello greeted him formally, delighted to become a disciple of a strong expert.
Dave spoke again, "As your master, I don't have anything to give you since I was in seclusion for many years, and we need funds to train you."
"I have a secret way to easily raise your cultivation, but I doubt it's possible without funds."
He sighed and felt ashamed as he looked at Donatello. His acting seemed genuine, easily fooling him.
Donatello didn't doubt him, as he had been truly in seclusion for many years and hadn't interacted with other people.
He stood up and said, "Don't worry, Master. I will help you take some money from our treasury."
"If it helps me, I can explain it to my father later after the war."
Dave's eyes lit up, and he said, "It was destined for me to meet you as you are a good disciple."
Dave patted his shoulders and smirked as he started his plan to acquire funds.
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In the meeting hall, the current king looked at everyone and sighed.
"There are many of our people dying, and from the looks of it, the monkey clan plans to eradicate us."
"After all, their holy fruit and their treasury were stolen, yet they don't believe that it was not us who stole it."
All of them nodded, and then the minister spoke up, "Why don't we awaken our first king as he was the only one who could resolve this war."
"Hundreds of thousands of our clanmates have died from the war, and the other elders and the king were injured in the battle."
"The monkey kings are strong, and if not for our numbers and defense, we will be defeated by them."
The king looked at him with an angry expression, "Do you want me to be killed by him? You know that he hates incompetent rulers, and he will surely kill me."
They went silent as they knew that he was right. The 1st king already killed some previous kings, like the 5th king, as they didn't manage the kingdom well.
He was scary, and he was the one who was guarding the holy tree personally. They had not seen him for so many years, but he still brought terror to them.
As everyone was talking in the meeting room, two human figures appeared near the treasury.
Of course, it was Dave and Donatello. Donatello led him here, and Dave saw two guards at the door of the treasury. They were strong, but they were just ants in front of Dave.
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He put an illusion on them, and they didn't feel anything, as if nothing happened.
Dave walked to the treasury with ease, and Donatello was amazed by his power.
Dave opened the formation, and no one detected that he had already gone inside.
Dave saw a large amount of treasure lying on the ground, more than the treasury of the monkey kingdom.
"Oh, this is good. It was almost 1 over 100 of my treasure before, and it's not bad."
Dave smirked and started to collect all of them.