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Chapter #4
Approach the man about the treasure
by: Unknown
You walk over to the treasure hunter who is now sitting down at a table by himself. He stares of into the distance as he sips on the bottle of rum in the hand. The smell of alcohol fills your nostrils as you approach him and it is blatantly obvious that he is quite drunk. You take a seat in the empty chair on the other side of the table.
"So this treasure you were going after, how big is the prize?" you ask the man. The man snaps out of his trance and stares at you. He does not respond right away and you start to wonder if he even heard your question when all of a sudden he answers. "It is so big that you would not have to do another job for years" he says enthusiastically, however his tone soon turns from enthusiasm to depression as he continues his sentence. "There is no way I am going after that treasure with that maniac on the lose though".
"Does this mean that you would not mind me taking a shot at it?" you ask the man. Again he sits there in silence for a moment. You are not sure if he is thinking it over, or if in his drunken stupor he is trying to comprehend what you said. "I will tell you everything about the treasure on one condition. If you manage to fund the treasure, I get 20 percent of the loot" he tells you. Thinking it over, you decide that this is more than fair and you agree. He pulls out a map from his back pocket and hands it over to you.
"I managed to hide this from the woman when I was being interrogated. Follow this and it will lead you right to the treasure" he tells you. You shake his hand and start to head out of the bar when all of a sudden......
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