1 Delusional

"Welcome to the Hall of Judgement, Mr. Su Fang!"

A sweet and melodious voice awakened Su Fang from his slumber, making him raise his head to look at the source of the soothing voice he just heard. His eyes were blurred, while his mind was still in a trance. He could only see a blurry silhouette of the person standing in front of him, and his mind could barely comprehend anything.

Su Fang slowly raised his right arm, and used his hand to hold his forehead to massage his temples.

"It seems you received quite a shock and your mind is now disoriented," The sweet voice sounded again, "Wait a moment, I will help you with the issue."

Right after the words ended, Su Fang felt something warm engulf his entire person. Following the warmth that engulfed his body, a cold current rushed through his body. The cold current immediately cleared his mind and vision, and Su Fang felt that his mind was clearer than ever. He could finally think straight and also see the person in front of him.

And as soon as he saw the person, no, goddess, standing in front of him, he was dazed once more. In front of him stood a woman so beautiful she could easily make all the actresses on Earth feel inferior. Long curly silver hair, twinkling eyes that seemed to hold all the stars in the galaxy, luscious red cherry lips that just made his heart itch to take a bite, skin fairer than snow that threatened to spill blood with a single touch, and a captivating smile.

She wore a long white dress that covered her from the neck down to her ankles. Crystalline transparent sandals covered her dainty feet, giving them a unique charm. Su Fang could smell a faint scent of lilies spreading around the empty room he was in.

Su Fang wondered if he was dreaming? After all, how could there be such a beautiful woman in the world. Moreover, even if there was a woman this beautiful, why would she bother with someone like him?

Su Fang kept on staring at the beautiful woman in front of him with dazed eyes. Although his actions were rude, the woman didn't seem to mind and kept on smiling with a warm look in her eyes. After a few moments of staring at each other, the woman finally decided to break the silence as she spoke.

"Mr. Su Fang, do you understand your current situation?"

Her words immediately brought Su Fang out of his daze. Su Fang realized his rude behavior, and coughed to clear his throat and the awkwardness he felt.

"Pardon my rudeness. Miss, please explain to me."

Su Fang truly didn't understand his current situation. He remembered that he went to school just like any other day. Just when he entered the school, he heard a student walking beside him shadily murmur to himself. Interested in what the boy was saying, Su Fang pricked his ears and started to intently listen to the boy without raising any suspicion.

"Hehehe... Today, I will certainly pound that bitch Qin Xue'er. Hehe..." The boy spoke while grinning to himself lewdly. Su Fang immediately lost interest as he knew the brat was a delusional one. The girl he was talking about, Qin Xue'er, was the belle of their Jiang Eastern High. She had been ranked the No. 1 beauty on the school's anonymous online forum's Beauty Ranking Chart for three years straight.

Not only was this Qin Xue'er the most beautiful girl in their school, she was also the one who ranked first in every test and exam of her grade, every grade! She had the beauty, and she had the brains. Moreover, she had not a single rumor about being in a relationship. Every single boy who confessed to her would be rejected in a matter of moments, sometimes, even in front of the entire school. The good thing was that she was quite kind with her words, and didn't disgrace the opposite party like some other girls in their school did.

That was why the girl had the most admirers in the school, and even had a Flower Guard of her own. According to some informants in the forum, he had found out that Qin Xue'er wasn't from some rich family like he had believed, instead, she was from a humble background. What's more, she also worked as a chef in her family's small restaurant in her free time. Su Fang had tasted the food cooked by her once, and it was really good.

To get to the point, Qin Xue'er was the ideal beauty in every man's dream. She was beautiful, smart, kind, and knew how to cook delicious food. Moreover, she had dozens of admirers who were more than willing to use their 'lives' to protect the goddess of their hearts, so it was impossible for this delusional brat to do anything to her.

Although the boy next to him spoke boorish words that irked Su Fang, Su Fang couldn't be bothered to tell him to stop. After all, he couldn't tie someone's tongue and thoughts, right? It was that boy's mouth, so he could spew whatever nonsense he wanted. Su Fang just decided to ignore him and go ahead to his class.

But just when Su Fang decided to increase his pace, he heard the boy say something that sent a chill down his spine.

"With this gun I got from Bro Yellow Dog, I will see how that bitch dares to resist. Hehe... As for that bastard Xin Kang and his group of trash... if I don't shoot every one of them to death, I won't be Dong Dong'er!"

Su Fang immediately slowed his pace and decided to listen a bit more. Even if this Dong Dong'er was only speaking bullshit, he could not ignore him anymore. If, by any chance, the words this little shit spoke turned out to be true, the consequences won't be light. Su Fang immediately took out his cell phone and sent a message to the school's guard. Every student had an emergency number provided by the school that they could use when their safety was threatened inside or in the vicinity of the school. [Author: The school guard doesn't represent a single person, but a group of trained professionals.]

It was something the governments around the world had made mandatory, and every school had a special guard unit to protect the students in the vicinity of the school. The reason for such a change was... well, students like this Dong Dong'er. Over the last few years, the instances of delusional, mentally challenged, or insane students bringing guns to school and committing a mass murder had risen. Even though firearms were strictly regulated, some still slipped through the regulation net.

Su Fang was more than sure that this Dong Dong'er was a fucking retard, but it was good that this dipshit was a retard. If he had a brain, then he would be very very dangerous. [Author: He's stupid by the fact that he's mumbling his plan without realizing that others might end up listening to him.]

"Yo! If it isn't Dong Dong'er, the great warmonger!"

Just when Su Fang was waiting for the school guard to get to their position and apprehend this retarded brat, a group of people stepped in front of that brat and stopped him.

"Shit... I hope those words were only the empty ramblings of a delusional fool." [Author: Su Fang is talking about Dong Dong'er's previous murmurings.]

Su Fang couldn't help but say in a low voice. He had immediately recognized the students who stopped the delusional brat. The one in the lead, who was also the one to speak, was Xin Kang. Behind Xin Kang were 4-5 other boys who were his cronies. Xin Kang and his cronies behind had the appearance of typical thugs that mixed in with local gangsters, and that was exactly what they did. [Author: Yellow dyed hair, ear piercings, tattoos, etc. can be considered typical appearance for thugs.]

Su Fang was familiar with this Xin Kang as they were desk mates in the first grade in high school. Xin Kang wasn't a good student, but he wasn't evil either. Although he bullied students once in a while, that was only when the other person got on his nerves. As Su Fang knew Xin Kang, he was sure that this Dong Dong'er must have stepped on his tail and provoked him. He wondered what this little delusional brat did to anger Xin Kang?

After getting that Dong Dong'er's attention with his words, Xin Kang turned towards Su Fang and said with a wide and warm smile, "Bro Fang, how ya been doing? Man, ever since our classes separated in the second grade, I barely get to see you. But well, Bro Fang doesn't like to interact with others, so I can understand."

"Ah, Xin Kang, what are you doing here? Why stop this brother Dong'er all of a sudden?"

Su Fang got to the point as he wanted to know what kind of hatred existed between these people. If he could find the root of the issue, there might be a chance to resolve the issue without causing a ruckus and accidents.

"Bro Fang, you know how much we adore Qin..."

Before Xin Kang could even finish his words, a loud bellow sounded from that brat named Dong Dong'er.

"Xin Kang, you motherfucker, this daddy is gonna blast your ass to the moon today!"

Everyone in the surroundings was stunned, and before anyone could react, Su Fang had already pounced on the brat named Dong Dong'er. As soon as Dong Dong'er started his bellow, Su Fang had seen him take something out of his bag.

"Motherfucker, get out of my way! I must kill this bastard Xin Kang and his cronies — how dare they stop me from pursuing that bitch, Qin Xue! I must also fuck that bitch; how dare that bitch reject my grace? She was supposed to be high on the moon as soon as I asked her to be my side chick, and prostrate herself in front of me!"

The two fell to the ground and started to struggle against each other. The guy who Su Fang brought to the ground started to spout vulgarities and hurl abuses at everyone around.

"Sunovabitch, you really are delusional and insa..."

"Bang! Bang!"

Before Su Fang could finish his words, two gun shots sounded. The sound of the shots was as clear as it could get, and immediately brought the surrounding students out of their daze. Many boys and girls started to shriek and run around in a flurry and fear.

"Bro Fang! Bro Fang!"

Those were the last words Su Fang had heard before his consciousness blurred and a curtain of darkness fell over his vision. As for what happened after that, Su Fang didn't know and could no longer care...

...

Su Fang looked at the beauty in front of him with a questioning gaze. He wanted to know where he was, and why he was here? Wasn't he supposed to be dead and gone after getting shot?

"Mr. Su Fang, you are dead."

The beautiful woman in front of him replied without flinching. Her face still held that captivating smile, and it was as if she was just talking about something random with an acquaintance.

"Eh..."

Su Fang was immediately stumped for words. If he was dead, then how was he here, and how was she able to speak to him? Was he a ghost now? Su Fang lowered his head to look at his body. He wanted to see if he had changed into a ghost like those he saw in movies, the ones that were white, transparent, and had a smoke tail in place of their lower bodies.

And as soon as Su Fang looked below, he was momentarily dazed. Good Heavens! He hadn't changed into any kind of ghost, and he was still normal all over. Instead, he was naked with not a thing to cover him. The good thing was that there was a sort of misty light that wrapped around him and made sure the beauty in front of him could only see his head. It was good, otherwise, he wouldn't have known how to look the beauty in the eyes.

After confirming that he hadn't turned into a ghost, Su Fang shook his head, and replied with a sigh.

"Well, that was to be expected. Seems like the bullets made their way through my vitals."

"That's indeed the case."

His reply was completely opposite to what the woman had expected. She had thought he would be in denial like the majority of people who arrived in the Hall of Judgement before him, but his reaction was completely contrary to her expectations. It wasn't every day that she got to see someone who could stay calm even when he was told of his death. No, it was her first time seeing someone like that in person. Before, she had only heard about people like that from the others.

"So, where's this place? The afterlife? And where do I go from here? Heaven, Hell, or the lottery Wheel of Samsara?"

It was now the beauty's turn to fall into a daze. There was definitely something wrong about his reaction, she thought. It was different from what she was anticipating.

Su Fang's eyes started to shine brightly as he spoke like a curious child. He didn't really care about his previous life, after all, he was long tired of everything in his former life. If not for the fact that he believed suicide was an escape for the weak, he might have killed himself a long time ago.

It was just like Xin Kang said — he didn't like interacting with others. The only reason he had something to do with Xin Kang was because that brat was annoying as heck and couldn't keep his mouth shut. Over the year he spent as Xin Kang's desk mate, Xin Kang didn't spend a single day when he didn't bother him. Even though that Xin Kang was a thug, he was a diligent thug; he didn't skip a single day or lecture throughout their first grade.

Well, whatever, nothing to care about anymore. He was dead, after all. Although he was dead, he had at least died for a good cause, and saved...

"Oh, right! Miss, did someone else get hurt in the process?"

Su Fang asked her. If Xin Kang and his cronies got shot, then his sacrifice would be completely in vain.