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
"Hahahaha!" Gu Lin's laughter echoed along with the wails and screams of the spy grim reapers in the cold and empty halls of the underground prison of the Deserters' headquarters as Huo Ling torched the souls of the spy grim reapers using his fire.
This is really the literal picture of a tragicomedy (tragedy and comedy). The spy grim reapers are tragic because they are tortured while Gu Lin felt that this is very amusing, and so the tragic scene also looked like comedic.
"AAAAAHHH!!!" the spy grim reapers miserably screamed as their bodies violently shake due to the pain that they feel in their souls that are slowly but surely burned by Huo Ling's fire. They can't move that much because they were chained to the walls by the Deserters, like beasts from the ancient times.