50,000 years ago, Hell was destroyed because of too much Foul from the resentment of the souls that later turned to Soul Eaters and devoured everything in their wake, leaving nothing of Hell. The gods above in Heaven, in order to take care of the newly-died souls, created the Afterlife Department comprised of grim reapers. Huo Ling was delivering food that day when he met Yi Bing and the guy gave him a warning. When he arrived to the customer's unit, he was killed. Huo Ling: you set up a death flag for me! Yi Bing: I'm a grim reaper. I'm the flag myself. Let me help you solve the mystery of your death. Huo Ling: your sister! Alternative title: The Different Ways I Died at 23 Update: daily
"There really was a serial murder that happened five years ago… but it didn't happen in the school." Xin Wen spoke as a holographic screen appeared and he showed them the documents that he has copied from the database of the police station.
Yi Bing and Huo Ling opened them one by one after Xin Wen has sent the documents to them. Meanwhile, Ling San replaced Xin Wen in watching over Jiang Ce.
"The areas were all random, too, where the serial murder has happened." Huo Ling muttered.
"En. But – " Yi Bing spoke as a map with red dots appeared on his screen. The red dots were the places where the murders happened. " – they were all in one city. This city." He said.
Huo Ling nodded in agreement. "But, the victims… they died with either stabs or blood loss." He frowned. "And, they don't have a connection with the students of the Zhongming College that have died either five years ago or now." He said.