KMA: Kickass Man A Is Back novel Chapter 15

Atlas saw the man through upon first glance. 1000 was no more than a number to him. Ronald just gave him a million.

"Wrap it up for me," Atlas said slowly.

"OK!" The man smiled from ear to ear. His eyes squinted so narrowly that they could barely be seen.

Atlas paid the money and took over the Buddha statue. Then he was about to leave.

Just by then, an old man's voice sounded, "Young man, can't you tell that this is just a counterfeit? It won't be worth more than 50 bucks, why are you paying twenty times more?"

Atlas glanced at the old man. His eyes looked wise. He was just asking out of sheer curiosity.

Atlas wouldn't tell him the truth, because he didn't know him.

"It looked pleasing to my eyes, so I bought it."

The old man smiled and shook his head. "It's definitely not a random decision. I've been watching you since you came in. You hadn't looked at anything else before you walked straight up to this Buddha statue and fixed your eyes on it."

"Ordinary people would bargain when they buy things, but you bought it without hesitation. That doesn't seem right. I think this Buddha statue is more than what we think it is."

Atlas was impressed by this old man's keen eyes, but he didn't want to say anything. He smile and said, "See you!"

"Hang on!" The old man called out.

Atlas stopped and looked at the old man with a cold face. He hated being harassed.

The old man suddenly bowed and said, "Please don't be mad at me. I'm Christopher Hamilton, an honorary consultant of the Lanceham Appraisal Center. I could feel how different this Buddha statue is, but I couldn't tell exactly what's special about it. Could you enlighten me about it?"

Upon hearing the old man's name, the owner of the shop exclaimed, "Welcome, master! Sorry for my ignorance!"

"I watch your show a lot and I admire your knowledge. I've benefited a lot from your lectures!"

Christopher chuckled and responded proudly, "It's my honor."

He then looked at Atlas, bowed and asked, "Mister, if you would give me some guidance."

Atlas saw the perseverance and thirst for knowledge in Christopher's eyes. He noticed that this Buddha statue is different because he could feel the fluctuation of Spiritual Power.

But when it came to knowledge, Atlas definitely didn't know as much as Christopher.

"Since you want to know it so badly... then I'm gonna tell you," Atlas said as he opened the box, putting the Buddha statue on the desk again.

Atlas picked up a small carving knife on the table and scratched the statue lightly.

The transparent glass on the Buddha suddenly turned into a fair color of jade.

As he scraped faster and faster, the Buddha statue eventually became an white jade Buddha statue.

"That's... top-class white jade from Myanmar!" Christopher looked very excited.

The store owner didn't look happy.

Such a large piece of Myanmar white jade is worth a few hundred thousands. Carved into a Buddha statue, it could go up to as worthy as one million!

He thought he could take advantage of Atlas, but it turned out now that he's the one that has suffered a loss.

He suddenly came forward and cupped the statue with both hands. Then he stared at Atlas vigilantly.

"I'm not selling it. I'll return you double of the price. I'm not selling it!"

Christopher said sternly, "Nonsense! Trading antiques are like playing chess. People all count on their knowledge and experience. You've been in this industry for so many years, it will humiliate us all if you do this today!"