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
"Fck!" Shi Jiu cursed when he returned to their mansion along with Huo Ling and Jiu Ye whom he met on the way. His expression looked very ugly when he remembered the two people he observed earlier who were his drinking buddies yesterday that's why he approached them.
Jiu Ye's face is paler than earlier when he left with Huo Ling. "W-w-what's happening?" he asked. There is too much confusion on his face and looked that he lost all hope in the world. "Why… why is Ah Su – " his voice halted to a stop as he covered his mouth in shock when he remembered it.
Huo Ling is just silent. When he inadvertently turned, he saw Yi Bing sitting on the porch when they entered. "Yi Bing." He called.
Yi Bing raised his head. "How is it?" he asked, then smiled when he saw Jiu Ye's and Shi Jiu's faces. He can already guess the answer just looking at their faces. So, he turned back to Huo Ling. "Why do you look calm?" he asked.