3 What choice will you choose Thomas?

"Do you know Thomas you would have been capable of solving this case."

"What no way. Then why would I be here" The agitated Thomas stood up from his chair.

"Sit down child. Well I said you would have but the situation didn't allow you to. You would have been the greatest detective but the job burdened you to death as well."

"So you are saying my job is a double edged sword?"

"Nope son you didn't understand what i said. You were anxious that he was growing stronger everyday and you were scared you might end up as the next one in his list. So you see boy, you felt the emotion fear. Remember my words emotions are the making and breaking of a human my child."

"So I could have caught him."

"Do you want to catch the killer? Not kill him."

"That's what a detective do."

"But is it the so call justice he would face son. He has a backup. And a good one in fact." The god smiled at him.

"But I can't kill him. I am not like you to judge a person's life. I am no God."

"But what if I help you."

"You would?"

"That's why I am giving you this choice. Reincarnate you back to the starting point. One is that I want to see what you would become and the other is to kill a few treacherous criminals out there who went past their negative karma meter."

"How will you guide me."

"I will give you a basic system or knowledge you may call to help you make a choice."

"Wait a system like the ones in a webnovel."

"Just kidding. What I am giving you is the scales of true justice and soul flame of justice. Which will determine if a person is pure or guilty. There are four stages. Pure, Normal, Impure, Guilty. Pure stands for no crime in his life, Normal stands for some lies and minor stuffs similar to it, Impure is like stealing, lying a lot and breaking in like that. Finally Guilty is murder and rape and you know what."

It took a while before an understanding look dawns on Thomas's face.

"How about the soul flame of justice."

"It is one of the few flames of god of judgement used to incinerate the person's soul. The pain the person faces increases more along the number of crimes they committed. Pain - 0 which causes more pain while the target is burning and it is for Impure targets. And pain - 1 which is one-fold more pain and it is for guilty targets. The more actions they have gathered under the so called category of Impure and Guilty will result in pain level. 10 pain 0 = 1 pain 1. 10 pain 1 = 1 pain 2. 10 pain 2 = 1 pain 3 or one might call total annihilation of soul at the level of hell. And the range is that the target should be within your eyesight and you should call out their misdeeds and the victims of it before saying "INCINERATE AT THE NAME OF JUSTICE"" The god smiled at the last words.

"Thank you God. Thank you." Thomas started kowtowing.

"Get up. Get up son" God decided to peak into Thomas's thoughts at this point.

OMG. The sentence is so cool.

The God decided to reprimand him while the latter part of Thomas's thoughts stopped him.

Mom, Dad, and everyone I have the ability to get revenge for you guys.

"Don't get your hopes too high. There will be limitations for this gift I am giving you...."

"Hey wait a minute. Didn't i say no peeking into my thoughts."

"Yeah, Yeah whatever. Stop interrupting me. So what was i saying....ah yes...so don't get cocky with this power as you are still human and not a God like me. The first is that for every false calls during the justice flames (soul flame of justice) would cause a backlash. You will fill the pain for the wrong judgement. You won't die but you will feel the pain."

Thomas got goosebumps all over his body.

"The second is that the justice scales works by you imagining the targets full features. Then only the scale would move. Or you need a blood sample of the target. The only best part is that you can summon it at your will or retract it at your will, same for the justice flames.

"So it only judges. I won't know any details about the crime."

"Bingo. Then wouldn't it be too overpowered. Detective Thomas. Life is a game son. It would be too easy with too many cheats. So one more restriction you knowledge unlocks when the corresponding cases emerge. So you would have full knowledge of your case time but not your entire life. Or else it won't be fun and it will allow you to have a wider understanding of your situation."

"I see. How about the 1 option."

"Oh usual webnovel reincarnation stuff. You will get an overpowered skill and you will live a life there. So What choice will you choose Thomas?" The God looked directly at Thomas's eyes

Thomas felt like his eyes burning after being stared too many times. "Cut that thing off. My eyes are burning in pain."

"Oh I am sorry, I accidentally went into my interrogation mode."

I am done with my career as a detective. Thomas thought after hearing that sentence.

"You will get it over time as well. Fear is a key aspect during interrogation. Back to the main point So What choice will you choose Thomas."

"You have to ask. Obviously it is ..... "

Chapter 4 - Hard time leads to Confusion time