This is a game beyond dimension–the pursuit of truth. 
The unknown seal, the gambit between gods and demons… 
The defiance against data, the retribution of human… 
In a virtual world connected with reality, consciousness dictates us, consciousness chooses us, and consciousness dictates our consciousness. 
Now, throw away you fear. 
Throw away your selfish interest, question, and disbelief… Free your thought. 
Welcome to Thriller Paradise. 
Feng Bujue lost his ability to fear because of an unknown psychological disorder. Through a virtual reality game designed for players to experience fright and despair, he began his search for his lost fear. Could he finally regain his ability to fear? Could he outwit the scenarios presented to him? Could he finally uncover the truth hidden inside Thriller Paradise?  



 
"It has been a rough day." I said so followed by a tired sigh. I find myself walking on this crowded lobby of our school. I am accompanied by other students who are like me had also experienced the bombardment of school work. Their faces took forms like a newly zombified humans. The way they walk was like dancing jellyfish as they wobbled in tiredness. Seeing this stream of exhausted student flowing in and out to whichever direction, one would say that we came from the graveyard of thriller if this a music video from Michael Jackson.
 
"Medical school rocks!" I said in minimal tone.
 
I look at my watch and saw that it's already five in the afternoon. Knowing that I have to study again for tomorrows' stupid test! I force myself to walk faster than my usual speed. Time is gold for me. Every second counts.
 
"Hey watch it!" A black haired female student sporting a white uniform just like me angrily said as I unintentionally push her forward. Her shoulder bag was ready to wallop on my face. Her thick books from when she held on her bulging chest was now on the floor.
 
Seeing her steaming face I quickly ask for mercy. Clasping my hands as close as possible. I read  a publish research before, that asking for mercy while clasping my hands was an effective psychological strategy for survival.
 
Seeing that I minimize about 3% of her steam I quickly pick up her fallen books. Having calm down, I guess, she grabbed her books from my grasped and harrumphed afterwards. 
 
"Use your BIG eyes next time! I'm not in the mood today for your information! Consider yourself lucky that I still have an ounce of calm on my heart!" She said while grabbing her pen on a stabbing position. Anyone can see her bulging veins. "Or else this will HAPPEN to you."
 
She held her pen horizontally below her chin and then pressed it against her neck. She then slowly move it like butchering a pig or a chicken.
 
"Forgive me!" I said after she emphasized her threat and anger.
 
 She then nods her head as if to acknowledge. And  walks out with strides that can surpass a model. 
 
Stress is shit in my school. Medical school is like hell. You need to study a lot and finished works on time that even sleeping is sacrificed. Mood in this place is quite not very pleasant as everyone wanted to be as good on their profession to help our dear patients. Wisdom to help patients is the most important thing on medical school every information in the book is crucial to the percentage of patient survival. 
 
But alas.
 
"I wish they change the curriculum. More like a human friendly approach."
 
At exactly 5:15 I arrived at my apartment and with my dedication and handwork I started to study like my life depended on it.
 
When 7:00 pm struck the clock I went to prepare my dinner. It was humble. Vegetables, fish and some fruit juice. 
 
"Refreshing!" I consumed them all leaving my plate shiny like a mirror. After washing my plate I continued my study.
 
When I reach 10:00 pm in the evening I finally ended the session an prepared my body to sleep. I close my notebook and laptop filled with question I use for my active recall technique and cleaned my desk. Once it was done, I let my body fall on the soft bed. The bouncing feeling brought me heaven as if I was hugging a cloud. The bed was accompanied by a nice atmosphere, the dark room, cool air, and nice smell from the sheets of my bed ascended me to the ultimate relaxation.
 
"This is heaven." I finally close my eyes and entered the realm of the dead a  term others call sleep.
 
$$$
 
Boom!
 
My ears hurt and a ringing sound filled my mind! The place was blindingly bright like looking to the sun itself. As I experienced this I felt the wet sandy soil behind my palms. I then smelled a chemical aroma like those from fireworks. Next, I saw people moving around me like the students from the lobby walking like dead people. They move forward and backwards, running as if they were running from death. I can say death because their faces showed despair. The pale face, wrinkles, dirt, shock eyes and vibrating skin all told me I was right. Finally when I regain more of my vision, I smelled iron, no, blood!
 
Boom! An explosion from afar awoke me finally! I then saw mobs of poorly dress soldiers gathered around of what seems to be a trench. I was also one of them! Same as them, I also have a dirty and smelly beggar like military uniform. I held a one shot rifle I think, like those from games and historical museum.
 
"Trench war? World war 1? Civil war?" I ask opening my eyes to the limits.
 
"ON YOUR LADDERS! In you go! Come on ready up everybody! When the whistle blows! Anything you see that is not our men, not you brothers, not familiar with  you, not your uniform, must be killed instantly! Use your rifle if they are afar. If you have no bullets stabbed them with your bayonets. If you have no weapons use anything to kill those demons in front of you! Do you understand!"
 
"Yes sir!" Those mobs of soldier shouted. Their peer pressure grabbed me by the neck and pulled my mouth to shout in agreement! 
 
Confusion finally squeeze my brain. 
 
"What's going on? Who are you people?" I ask with a scared tone. When those words left my mouth those mobs of people all freeze. All of their bodies shake as if my words was an anti-morale.

info, 
au; modern post apocalyptic.
genre; fiction, action, thriller, slice-of-life. also comedy kind of.
status; on going.
warnings; slight blood, foul language, suicide, horror in a way. also, anything that happens has nothing to do with my real intentions and is purely just a part of a fictional plot. 

.characters;

•Mark;;
-leader like persona 
-trusts too easy and is very emotional 
-good at close-combat but still works wonders with guns, bows, and arrows
-"we've gotten this far, we can't give up now!"


•Renjun;;
-medic of the group 
-gets rattled quickly
-has a temper
-knows his shit and gets with it
-avoids emotions
-vegan and often appetite-less 
-always looking after everyone's dumbasses 
-"I told you you shouldn't have done that stupid thing 'cause it'll hurt you! I'll kill you for this!"

•Jeno;;
-leader of the group
-really good at close-combat but hates it
-skilled with guns and knives
-is only willing to live because a jaemin still exists in his life
-impromptu but still does the right thing
-"trust me, we'll be alright."

•Haechan;;
-offense of the group, in charge of attacking physically the infected, verbally the members of his team
-highly alert 24/7
-screams if needed
-loves mind games
-hates showing emotion but does anyway
-prefers guns, bows, and arrows over close-combat weapons
-willing to trade all his emotions to Satan for a potato chip 
-"I'm sorry you had to see that."

•You;;
-the brains of the group
-satan's child
-should get an oscar for acting tough 24/7 when actually all you want to do is cry 
-seem careless and cold-hearted when really you're very sensitive and get hurt emotionally very easily
-hates how quick you catch The Feels™
-"well shit.. it's way easier to just kill ourselves at this point."

•Jaemin;;
-in charge of all kinds of supplies; food, water, medical, sanitary, etc.
-always finds a way to make the circumstances they're under seem ok
-very close friends with jeno 
-a daredevil 
-impulsive 
-"what do you think will happen if we do this stupid thing like, right now??"

•Chenle;;
-happy virus and walking map of the group
-makes sure everyone knows he's there
-screams a lot 
-knows how to make use of maps, compasses, locations, cardinal points, etc.
-"guys, it's this way! Let's go!"

•Jisung;; 
-the tech of the group
-oftentimes is lost somewhere
-everyone is soft for him
-quiet and reserved 
-regularly inquires himself  what's the point of surviving when the world looks like it's ending already 
-youngest of the group
-"ugh! No wifi connection... we're done for!"

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again, this entire thing is merely a work of fiction. copying my story in any way is prohibited. the characters' original real life personality will be slightly altered to fit the plot, and their ages as well. i promise i hate myself for doing all of this too lol.

From ordinary teens to survivors, a group of friends fight for their lives through the war against the infected; suffocating in a dark labyrinth of choked up emotions and loathed memories.

On this day, the social media pages of two very different people had one similar message. A wedding photo and a message which read, 

' Hi everyone. Meet my husband/wife.'

 The bride from the picture, dressed in an off white frilled skirt and top, short curled hair which was left open, minimal accessories , natural makeup and a wide smile, presented an effortless beauty. While the groom, almost a feet taller than the bride, dressed in a formal black shirt, all buttoned up and a black fitted pants, half a smile adorning his handsome visage, tilted his head just a little towards the bride. Just the sort of perfect wedding picture, people could hope for.
It is understood from their profiles that, the bride, Arya Mariyam, is 25, a medical student interested in crime fictions and thriller movies. Her friends include family, college, school mates and a couple of random people. Meanwhile the groom, Nikhil Thompson, is 27, a former entertainment journalist, currently the newly appointed President of the family business which is a chain of international schools, has a hobby of photography and has an avid following on various socialmedia platforms. 
Anyway right after the message, all sorts of reactions also popped up, the majority being,
' What in the world !', (by the respective families and close friends)
 followed by, ' congratulation & happy married life' , (mainly by 'a like doesn't cost anything anyway' others).
Two parties to whom these were addressed however went offline and therefore the pictures were circulated widely among their peers and all kinds of theories about the event came about,including the one where the both were secretly dating and eloped without their parents consent, some concerned people even wondering if the rushed marriage was due to.....?
The families of the both were in fact in disbelief too. Then they were lead to indignation followed by pure rage. I mean, yeah, their daughter was the paradigm of obedience while the son was 'al- bastardly' from birth, but still never limitless, like this ! The respective mothers mourned with silent tears, fathers cursed with saliva flying miles along, cousin brothers hid their smiles counting their own luck, cousin sisters gossiped within, waiting for their turns, underlining how 'charactor-full' themselves are to their families, while the aunties and uncles tried contacting the family homes of the two very special people of the day but only to hear the monotonous voice of a lady proclaiming, the number you have dialed is currently switched off.... The two culprits still remained MIA. 
By the end of the day two families reached out to each other and found a consensus in waiting to find out how long are the two going to hide. The two fathers knocked their glasses with chilled whiskey and said silent cheers to the rising steam from their heads, while the mothers though sad, proceeded to discuss the next plausable steps and the explanations to the relatives to be handed out in short notice. Both of them finally decided to be greatful that at least their children didn't elope with some unknown species. 
But somehow nobody could find the rationale behind such a surprise .

As hard as they try, nobody, as in nobody, believes their romance.
Why do you ask ?
well, that's the story. Read on

Some hours after Vivi confirmed that Jon is dating with her, everything starts to become normal. Well, except Sanji that always look at Jon with angry and jealous eyes. Jon just ask Nami to tell Vivi that he's fine, so she won't be worried too much.

In the afternoon, the crew decide to sail again and Jon can finally stand and walk after he drank some bottle of milk, but he can't train or fight yet. Even Jon can't believe that his body can heal this fast. It's very abnormal on earth, but maybe it's normal in this world. He even healed from being freezed in 2 days, so maybe getting his bones healed by drinking milk is normal.

"Woah, i don't know that i just need to drink milk when my bones are broke."-Jon

"Right? I told you it will work."-Luffy

"That's right, i have done it many times, yohohoho."-Brook

"Nonono, it shouldn't be like that"-Nami

They walk to the ship, and it seem Nami know Lola and they talk like they're very close friends.

"Ah, Jon, were you the one that take all of treasures in Thriller Bark?"-Nami

"Hmm? I guess so, i found many in the castle before."-Jon

"As i thought, can you take them out?"-Nami

"Sure"-Jon

Jon take out all the treasures he took from Moria's castle on the deck. Nami then take some and give it to Lola, this make everybody surprised.

"NAMI GIVE TREASURES TO OTHER PEOPLE?"-Luffy

"STORM WILL COME SOON!"-Usopp

"THE WORLD END IS NEAR."-Jon

"You're exagerating"-Sanji

They all then look at the treasures for something they like. They have done it too with what they found before in Rainbow Mist. But nothing attracted their eyes before. But now it seems something attract Luffy's attention. It's an arm band with glass ornaments, and he immediately take it.

Nami is not so stingy because they have so many treasures and money. They didn't sell everything yet, and only sold some. After they finished looking at the treasures, they want to continue sailing and Lola give a piece of paper called Vivre Card. Luffy then remember that Ace gave him something similar and take it out, but it's burned.

"That's bad, if a vivre card is burned, it means the owner life is in danger."-Lola

They all surprised and look at Luffy. If Luffy want to save Ace, then they will follow him even if it's dangerous.

"It's okay, we have our own adventure, Ace has his own adventure. He will not like it if i come and meddle in his adventure. I believe that he will be fine too."-Luffy

"Are you sure Luffy?"-Zoro

"Yeah."-Luffy

Then they continue to sail toward Fishman Island. Jon just resting to recover himself, he focused on learning the books about chakra, hand seals, fuinjutsu, and many more theoritical knowledge, including medical ninjutsu.

He want to learn medical ninjutsu after he got injured badly this time and need to rest for some days. At least he want to be able to heal himself from injury. Altough Chopper can give them treatment but it stil take time to heal. At least with learning medical ninjutsu, he can help them heal wounds faster.

Of course Jon still use his shadow clone to learn many lesson at once. But he and his clones just laying around lazily and read their books. He also keep storing chakra in his Yin Seal because it's very usefull, and now he have more chakra.

While Jon lazying around, the crew also do as they please. Sanji also finally accept the fact that Jon & Vivi is dating, even tough he is still jealous of Jon. Luffy, Chopper & Usopp play around like usual. Franky try to make some new tools. Nami is relaxing with Robin and being served by their servant, Sanji. Zoro has started his training again even when Chopper forbid him, so Jon talk with him.

"Stop it Zoro, you haven't recovered fully, training now will only break your body, not make it stronger."-Jon

"But i'm still weak, i can only scratch him coincidentally."-Zoro

"So do i, but what if we meet someone strong in the next island? If your body haven't healed at that time, you will only hinder us, so rest and heal yourself first! You can train your mind & chakra rather than hurting your body like this. I didn't open your chakra pathway so you can hurt your body."-Jon

Jon leave Zoro and go back to read his books. He know Zoro's feeling of weakness, but breaking your body is not an answer to be strong. Zoro also think of Jon's word and finally stop his training for now and focused to heal his body. Zoro decide to meditate to train his mind and chakra like Jon's suggestion.

The next day, Jon decide to ask Brook to teach him how to play music. He want to play some earth music, and play it for Vivi too. He never had a chance to learn music, at most he sang some song with his low musical sense. He want to play a good romantic music for his love of life, at least once.

Brook gladly teach him, and he start with notes of course. Brook even write the notes and give it to Jon. Jon learn it happily, it is his refreshment after learning all that ninja stuff all day. Brook also let him try the notes on his piano. Jon keep playing with the piano for days until one day, they meet a trouble.

They encounter a strange phenomena where the sea water become like snakes. The currents shot from the sea and jump around the area. Nami try to find a way, while the other defend the ship from the water snakes. Jon just use senbons and paper bombs while sitting on chair. He can't run around before he got healed.

Sometime later, Nami find a way out and they climb a water snake. Then Franky use Coup de Burst to fly away from this place. After landing, they continue their journey. Nothing happen again for some hours until they see a tall red wall.

"This is, the red line."-Sanji

"Heeh, it's so nostalgic."-Luffy

"Red line, the wall that separate the grandline into two part. Damn, i want to see the reverse mountain too."-Jon

"The log is pointing straight down, the Fishman Island must be right below us. But we don't know how to get there."-Nami

They look around for a way to reach Fishman Island, but there's no clue at all. Franky then told them that they have a submarine and can use it to search for clue underwater. Luffy, Robin, and Brook decide to use the submarine even with everyone's objection. The 3 of them are devil fruit users, if something happen, then they will not be safe.

But no one can stop Luffy's stubborness and they can only give up. Then the submarine dive to look for clues of Fishman Island, and keep reporting the situation to the ones on the ship. They didn't find anything even until 5000 meters below the sea level. But the submarine can't hold the pressure anymore, so they need to go back.

When they go back, suddenly they see a seaking following them and try to eat them. They move up fast and finally go out from the sea. They go back to Sunny and suddenly the seaking that follow them come out. It has appearance like rabbit, but Luffy didn't care and attack it with his Rifle in the stomach.

The seaking spit something from it's mouth and it fall on the ship's deck. They all gathered to look at it, and they got surprised. It's a mermaid, and a young one at that. Sanji immediately become happy and even stating it's his first time seeing mermaid. But Usopp slap him with reality when he remind Sanji of Grandma Kokoro.

"Thriller Bark? That's not scary at all, what scary is-"-Sanji

"Alright alright, it's your first time seeing mermaid, right Sanji?"-Usopp

"Eh, Grandma Kokoro is a mermaid?"-Luffy

"Yeah"-Jon

"Imagining Grandma Kokoro as a mermaid is very gross."-Luffy have a 'gross' expression on his face.

"YOU GUYS ARE SO RUDE."-Nami

"Why did they think mermaid is always a young girl, how would they have children if they keep being young, yare yare daze."-Jon

The mermaid suddenly screamed and she seem to be afraid of humans. But at a short time she forgot about it and interract like usual with them. Then she freaked out when she see Brook, but she recover fast like before.

"Either her willpower is strong or she's just an easy going type"-Jon

The mermaid's name is Caimie and she is almost eaten by the seaking. She also introduce a starfish named Pappag. It is her pet but also her teacher, so strange. Well it's even strange when a normal starfish can talk like human. But they have seen many strange things so it's not that surprising anymore.

"Hey Pappag, did you have a sponge friend?"-Jon

"Huh? No, why?"-Pappag

"No, nothing."-Jon

Jon immediately got dejected and sit back. The crew talk with Caimie and Pappag for sometime until Caimie say she want to repay their help with Takoyaki, but she ask for payment, and Pappag retort at her. Jon laugh a lot seeing this girl, she's just a clumsy young girl.

"Then i will call my friend that have the Takoyaki stall, Hachin."-Caimie

Caimie called Hatchin but the one that pick up the denden mushi is not Hachin. It's someone called Makuro and he have catch Hachin, and he will sell him. Makuro said if Caimie want to save Hachin, she need to take him in Flying Fish Rider's base.

'Sell him? Is it human, no, fishman traficking?'-Jon

Pappag then take out a map from Caimie's backpack. This is a map of Shabaody Archipelago, and he pointed a route from Shabaody to the rider's camp. Jon try to remember where did he read about Shabaody, but he can't remember, so he ask the system.

[Shabaody Archipelago, located near the Red line and below the Holy Land: Mary Geoise. Famous for it's legal human traficking because the World Nobles often buy their slaves in there.]

'Hmm, we need to be careful in that place. I think we need to go there first before going to Fishman Island. Just like when we need to go to Jaya before we go to Sky Island.'-Jon

The crew decide to help Hachin, mainly because Luffy want to eat the takoyaki and Nami want Caimie to tell how they can reach Fishman Island. They sail but sometime later there's 3 flying fishes that flying toward them. There are riders on those fishes, they're the Flying Fish Riders.

They try to attack the crew by dropping bombs, but it easily defended. But then the riders suddenly leave and not attacking again. So they continue sailing and sometime later, they arrive at the base. It's like a village being built on the sea. It shaped like a circle and surrounded by walls.

The place is very quiet with no one on sight, but there is a cage being hung at the front. In the cage, there is someone with black color being tied that look at them. Caimie ask something and confirm that he is Hachin. Nami feel familiar with that voice and Sanji ask something to confirm it.

"Hey, is Arlong fine?"

"Arlong? He and the others are captured by marines and put in prison. But i can escape and now become takoyaki chef."-Hachin

Nami finally confirm that he is Hachi that attack her village with Arlong's pirate crew. They won't help him because he is Nami's enemy. But Caimie and Pappag still want to save him. They jump to the sea without plan and instantly being captured. Hachi try to save them and desperately hitting the cage. Seeing Hachi like that, Nami finally decide to help.

"It's okay, let's help him, Hachi actually not a bad guy. Beside, we have promised Caimie."-Nami

Then the crew finally decide to help them.

Jono is just an ordinary guy with ordinary life. But he died young because of pandemic. But when he's about to be judge by GOD, he's got a chance. But of course, just because you're reincarnated with some wishes, doesn't mean it will be a smooth road.
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As soon as Aarvi stepped out of the President's office room with Shawn, she saw two other secretaries peeking at them between their work. The Shadow team member reported to her once the door closed behind them, "They have covered us. Leon Harmon is in the elevator heading here, right now."
Aarvi crossed her arms before turning behind to face the three men, "It's going to be an action. Choose, thriller or face off?"
The three men's lips twitched so as the other the Shadow team members who heard her over the conference call two men were in.
Shawn started to think about how those plans could be and why she hadn't spoken about the escape plans. Then he realized, Leon Harmon reaching or reacting to the news wasn't certain, hence she didn't want to overload their brain with plans.
If Leon wasn't watching Vance Hays or reached the Hays International, they would have left the building gentlemanly and graciously through the main door. 
Since Leon Harmon reacted in swift, that means he was prepared for it and Aarvi had her plans ready. Hearing her speak of two plans, he kind of wished to join her each plan to have fun.
'All hail to my Little Heart.' He deep bowed her thrice in his mind and chuckled.
The Shadow member who heard his captain instruct, [Safe one.] also repeated it, "Safe one, Ms. Evans." The chances of Leon wielding a firearm are very high as she provoked him way too much so they didn't want to take a chance.
Aarvi pointed towards the second emergency exit away from the elevator, "Then it's a thriller." More like it was going to be adventurous.
As soon as her hand pointed, she took steps towards it and the rest followed. Aarvi resignedly smiled looking at Shawn over-excited to be part of it but the Shadow team wasn't in good shape.
They were thinking if they have to descend nine stories. No, alighting isn't the problem, it's easy to guess the escape route and Leon's men can catch them easily. 
'Or is she going to sacrifice us?' They were long back prepared for it, in case they got caught by Leon Harmon to save her.
While closing the emergency exit door, the Shadow team member saw Leon Harmon, Dylan Harmon, and another man exiting the elevator, 'We are late.' He thought because they should have exited by now to be safe.
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As soon as Leon went to the office room, he saw swollen cheeks of two, the woman wailing her heart out, the old man had fainted and Vance was sprinkling water on his face to wake him up.
"Vance Hays," Leon grunted.
However, Vance ignored him and tried to wake up his grandfather but the man who was with Leon Harmon held Vance's collar and pulled him up to face Leon.
"What?" Vance spat without an ounce of fear.
"Ava Kelly is alive, isn't she?" Leon straight went to the point without beating around the bush.
Vance strangely wanted to say 'No' but he didn't and smirked, "Don't worry, it will be your turn soon." He meant Ava Kelly was going to ruin him soon too.
'pow'
Leon stroked him across his face and roared, "Spineless man."
Vance pressed his jaw and looked back at Leon without caring to mention Shawn's name or Ava Kelly is with Rivas family or her second name is Evans.
"Don't you think this all started because you are incompetent? If you knew the difference between a stone and pearl, you wouldn't have seen this day." Leon said through his teeth. If Vance had married her, he wouldn't be impotent now.
Meanwhile, Dylan was instructing his team over call, "They left now, take control and catch them." 
Another man went out to catch the lady. He asked the secretaries and went to the emergency exit while Leon and Vance continued to talk.
"Pearl?" Vance asked and mockingly laughed at Leon. His voice softened but sounded firm, "Did you forget you failed to break her down? She is a diamond."
Leon clenched his fist hearing the certainty of Vance Hays. How could he let it off when he was condemning him right in front of him, "Vance Hays, pray that I don't catch her soon. I will again kill her right in front of your eyes and send you with her."
Dylan hid his amusement watching Vance Hays laugh at Leon Harmon without a hint of fear but faith in Ava Kelly.
"Again kill?" Vance laughed which was infuriating Leon. 
Vance was already aware there was a camera recording everything. He couldn't believe Leon was dumb enough to threaten without looking around.
"Are you hearing yourself? If you had killed her, how is she alive? That means your failure started the day you laid your dirty eyes on her. President Harmon, why don't you pray that she won't trap you?" Vance threw it back at him.
"Trap me?" This time Leon laughed, he laughed heartily as thought he heard a best joke. His laugh was stating trapping him is impossible and Vance was daydreaming. "She is the one who is running away from me."
Dylan craved to pat Leon's head. Every move by Ava Kelly was a trap for Leon Harmon. 'Why didn't I know Leon is dumb?' He thought while Vance was chuckling at Leon's misunderstanding of the situation.
"President Harmon, I always thought you were mind-blowing in planning but you know what? You are just self-obsessed." Vance remarked and checked the time on his wristwatch thinking the ambulance and hospital staff will reach soon.
While Dylan controlled laughing at Leon, the latter was fuming mad and waited for Vance to complete what he started with a look of disbelief written all over his face. 
Disbelief because Vance's hate for Ava Kelly changed to admiration. Vance's fear of Leon changed to mockery just by meeting Ava Kelly.
Vance looked at the burning red eyes of Leon as he asked, "President Harmon, do you think you are here because you can capture her?"
Thinking about every encounter Vance had with Ms. Evans from bike race to present, he was certain, each event is meticulously planned by her. 
His grandfather will lose his company, his parents are going to lose their pride, Grace lost her sanity, Billy Craft lost his business and name. Nonetheless, she spared Vance because he ditched their wedding.
So will Ava Kelly go easy on Leon Harmon?
Vance shook his head for his own question and worded it for Leon, "You are here because she wanted you to be here and hear me say Ava Kelly is alive and kicking."
Vance smirked looking at Leon furious hearing him speak highly of the girl he almost killed. "President Harmon, she isn't a weak prey anymore. She is the predator who will decide how to play with her prey."
Silence enveloped for a few seconds before the door flung open, the medical staff entered with three stretchers. They were flabbergasted looking at two with swollen cheeks. Two members quickly checked on Grandfather Hays.
The hospital staff quickly took the three and left for the hospital.
Vance paused at the door and turned behind to look at Leon. He said as though he can read the future, "President Harmon, mark my words. You will run on the roads to save your life, yet she will be holding your reins."
Followed by his voice was a loud crash of chair against the fiberglass door and Leon roared like a hurt lion, "I have the whole building under control." They had seized every entry and exit of the building so there was no way she could escape.


'Each betrayal begins with trust' 
~~~
‘Endure a while’ was what her grandfather said.

She endured the curses.
She endured the pain.
She endured the unfairness.
She endured the behest.
She endured the down heart.
She endured many things but what did she get in return? 

Betrayal from her own people.

‘This cruel world is not for innocents.’ She had to learn it forcefully laying on the deathbed wishing to leave the world forever.

But fate plays cruelly.

Now she is back to the same world to stand strong and smile at the evil.

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Aarvi Evans typed a message shamelessly on her mobile, [I need a kiss.] Her lips tugged to a rare mischievous curve clicking on the send button.

It wasn’t even fifteen minutes, her mobile went off. She walked out of the private room of the restaurant and answered the call, “Hel…”

She was suddenly yanked to the opposite private room. Before she could absorb the situation, the door was shut, she was pinned to the wall and a pair of thin soft lips pressed on her forehead calming her nerves.

‘How naive!’ She hadn’t thought he would actually ignore his client just to give her a kiss.

A kiss!

Aaron Rivas would have called her naive if he could hear her thoughts. The next second, Aarvi’s petite face was showered with gentle pecks without leaving an inch unattended.

Aaron paused and said, “Cupcake! you hadn’t mentioned where you needed the kiss.”

He didn't let her react and locked her lips.

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The protagonist, Qin Yi, was not a child with overflowing compassion, but a clear-headed soldier with a heart of stone.
He was influenced by the consciousness of the Zergs and naturally felt close and sympathetic to the Zergs. However, he could use his own rationality to resist and reject this feeling of closeness. He lied to the Zergs without any hesitation and ordered the extermination of the entire Zergs. This was what the protagonist of China should do.
Of course, this made the ending seem even more ironic.
If it was a saintly protagonist who called for peace with the Zergs and ended up on the Zergs' side, the audience would only think that he was a 'human traitor' and an idiot. They would not have any good impression of him.
However, Qin Yi was completely on the human side. Yet, he had been betrayed by a freak combination of factors and had no choice but to become the ruler of the Zergs. This made it difficult for the audience to hate him.
Thus, if Lu Zhiyao were to judge the movie, he felt that there were three special aspects to it.
The first was to use China's cultural perspective to re-explain a classic science fiction theme. To domestic audiences, this was a story that made most people feel that their values were compatible with themselves.
Secondly, such a huge investment and a large number of special effects had pushed the domestic sci-fi film to a peak. Regardless of whether it earned or lost money, it would at least leave a deep mark in the development of domestic sci-fi movies.
Lastly, this special performance was obviously different from other movies. It was a very novel attempt.
Lu Zhiyao was the only main actor in the entire movie. If his acting skills collapsed, the movie would collapse as well. However, if his acting skills could prop up the entire movie, a performance that lasted more than an hour and had a few changes in emotions would become a classic in the history of the movie.
There were no outdoor scenes and everything was done using the green screen. While it greatly increased the filming costs, it was also a way to play to one's strengths and avoid one's shortcomings.
Given the current situation in the country, there were many companies that produced game special effects, they had good skills, there were very few companies that produced film special effects so they had poor skills. What's more, Tengda Corporation had more technical reserves in the game.
Since that was the case, he would purposely not create so many realistic scenes. It would just be a space capsule and a green screen. All the combat scenes would be done with special effects to maximize the effect.
Apart from that, Lu Zhiyao also vaguely felt that this movie was closely related to the gameplay of Mission and Choice.
However, Lu Zhiyao was not a hardcore gamer. He did not know much about games, and he knew nothing about the details of 'Mission and Choice'. Thus, he could only figure out the connection between the two after the game was released and the movie was released.
After reading the last part of the script, Lu Zhiyao was even more certain that he had accepted the right film.
Come to think of it, how could Boss Pei's films be problematic? Every one of them would definitely be a classic!
If the previous Tomorrow is Beautiful was a sci-fi film that talked about human nature and social system, then Mission and Choice was a genuine sci-fi film.
What's more, this sci-fi film had a higher requirement for Lu Zhiyao's acting skills. If he could act well, Lu Zhiyao would definitely take another step on his path to becoming a Best Actor!
Lu Zhiyao felt full of energy at that thought. He continued to practice his acting skills in the mirror.
… 
… 
February 6th, Monday…
Pei Qian took a taxi to Thriller Hostel after he woke up and had his breakfast.
It was the Lantern Festival today, but it was not a legal holiday. However, Pei Qian specially instructed Fish-Catching Take-Out to add on to the employees' work meals as a special care for the holiday.
Pei Qian went to Thriller Hostel today because he had a huge task for Chen Kangtuo.
Thriller Hostel was completed in July last year. There were three projects: Desperate Escape, Haunted House Nightmare, and Ultimate Horror.
Boss Li and the others did a round of publicity in Jingzhou and even Handong Province after they were opened for business. Zhang Wang did a round of publicity through the shared phone booths in the country. They also did another round of publicity for various UP Masters' videos. Many people came to Jingzhou to challenge this thrilling project after "Boss Pei's lifestyle" became popular.
All in all, as a haunted house, Thriller Hostel was already famous throughout the country. Everyone's first reaction was the Thriller Hostel when mentioning haunted houses in Jingzhou and even the entire Handong Province. Many young people also came from other cities to experience it.
However, half a year had passed and the visitor flow of Thriller Hostel had already decreased. There was still a long way to go before they could recover the initial investment.
The most fundamental reason was that there was no cluster effect.
There were more than ten large amusement parks and dozens of projects. Not only were there haunted houses, but there were also roller coasters, pendulum rides, and other extreme and exciting projects. There were also relatively relaxing and suitable projects like the merry-go-round.
These large amusement parks were suitable for both young and old. They were open to all ages. What's more, they could play many projects at a time, and attract more tourists.
The Thriller Hostel project might be fun, even more so than other haunted houses. However, the first wave of horror enthusiasts would only come three or four times at most. They would not come every day.
Thus, the popularity naturally dropped.
Pei Qian felt that this was a good sign.
Looking at the Thriller Hostel project half a year after it opened showed that while it was profitable at the moment, it was still far from taking back the initial investment. It might take a few years, a dozen years, or even longer.
This meant that the strategy was right!
Pei Qian had more and more System Funds in his hands now. He could probably continue building more buildings in Thriller Hostel and burn more money.
… 
Pei Qian arrived at the office of Thriller Hostel and saw Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong.
It was Monday morning. There were not many tourists in the Thriller Hostel. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were in the office, busy with some daily matters.
Chen Kangtuo did not enter the haunted houses every day after becoming the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel. Other than maintaining the normal operations of Thriller Hostel and dealing with unexpected situations, his main focus was on improving the experience of the visitors.
The completion rate of these three projects was already very high, but there was still room for improvement in some details. Some buildings and decorations in the venue also had room for improvement.
Chen Kangtuo had been staying in Thriller Hostel all day. He was almost as familiar with the place as his own backyard. When he had nothing to do, he would suggest some minor renovations.
Thus, the experience that Thriller Hostel gave tourists was much better than when it first opened.
Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were a little excited to see Boss Pei.
Boss Pei did not forget us!
Boss Pei had not been here for half a year ever since Thriller Hostel officially opened for business. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong would have thought that they were abandoned by Boss Pei if not for the huge investment in this place.
Boss Pei obviously had a new mission now that he was finally here!
Pei Qian sat down on the sofa in his office and sipped his tea. He did not intend to keep them in suspense and went straight to the point.
"I don't have anything special to do today. I just arranged a new job for you."
"I'll give you a hundred million yuan to work on a new project at Thriller Hostel for a year."
Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were stunned.
What was that?
A hundred million yuan??
Both of them were at a loss.
That was because Tengda Corporation had only invested fifty to sixty million yuan in Thriller Hostel so far. What's more, they had done three projects!
The three projects - Desperate Escape, Haunted House Nightmare, Ultimate Horror - included the Golden Maze in the garden area, the maid cafe, and so on. They used the original factory, so they were mainly modified and set up in the factory.
Tens of millions was enough to create a terrifying effect.
The supporting facilities around the three projects were paid by Boss Li and the others.
Previously, he had spent fifty to sixty million yuan on three projects. Now, he had to spend a hundred million yuan on one project?
The cost and working period of this project was much higher than the previous three projects!
What kind of project was this?
"Boss Pei, are we building a haunted house this time?" Chen Kangtuo probed.
Pei Qian shook his head. "No. 
Back then, Pei Qian had decided to build a haunted house mainly for two purposes: to lose money, and to scare Ruan Guangjian.
However, he had not achieved either of his goals in the current state of Thriller Hostel!
His second goal to scare Ruan Guangjian was a total failure. He was having the time of his life in Ultimate Horror instead.
Wouldn't he be letting him off easy if he were to build a new haunted house?
What's more, the more they invested in haunted houses, the more likely they would be able to attract horror enthusiasts from all over the world.
Thriller Hostel was already quite famous among the group of horror enthusiasts. If they spent another hundred million yuan on renovating the new haunted house project, its scale would probably be comparable to a super-large haunted house like Wushan Mental Hospital. It would become the largest haunted house in the country in a single leap. The consequences would be unimaginable.
Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian decided to put the haunted house aside and spend the hundred million yuan on other projects.
The reason why he set such a high budget was mainly because of the long working period.
The project this time would take two cycles which would take almost a year. Who knew how much money he would earn this year? He had to set the budget higher so that he would not be caught when he had to spend more money.
Chen Kangtuo heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Boss Pei say that it was not a haunted house project.
Lucky!
That was because the design of the Thriller Hostel had almost drained him and Hao Qiong of their ideas. If he spent another hundred million yuan to build a haunted house, it would at most be a large haunted house like the Mt. Fog mental hospital. There might not be anything new.
Doing other projects would also enrich the entertainment variety of Thriller Hostel.
Chen Kangtuo asked, "Boss Pei, what exactly is the project this time?"
Pei Qian had already thought about it. He immediately answered, "It's a roller coaster, but it's not a traditional roller coaster."
Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were confused and continued listening intently.


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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" Its enough to tell you how strong i am. Now Lets go to Thriller Bark !!! " Adam said happily.

" Umm.. Adam-san, Thriller Bark is a ship that sail wandering at the Florian Triangle seas.. " Brook said.

 Then Adam face fell, and almost forget.

" You have been here for so long? You did not remember their route ? " Nami ask frowning.

" No.. Yohohoho~ " Brook laugh embarassedly

" I think we can only roam around this sea then.. " Robin said with her smile.

" Huh.. Ill fly and find it. You all can wait here, Nami use the pendant anytime if something happened. Koby dont forget to clean the dishes. " Adam said to everyone.

 Adam went to the deck and teleport in the air while using his Observation Haki fully covering the area 20km with him as the center.

 In 5 minutes, Adam has found many mysterious and creepy things at Florian Triangle. From monsters which was taller than the Zunesha, to many ghost ships.

 But Adam did not disturb them and keep looking for the Thriller Bark. Soon he found it and land on a flat ground belong to the island the Thriller Bark ship carries. Ignoring everyone looking at him with their shock and horrified face, Adam use his Teleport Teleport Fruit powers and mark the ground beneath him.

 Then Adam teleport back to the Golden Yacht. 

" Ohh !! " Brook who was drinking his hot tea was shocked.

" HAHA.. I found it, i also found many monsters with height almost 20km, many ghost ships.. bla..bla.. " Adam said what he saw in this Florian Triangle.

" Ihh... " Nami and Koby shivered.

" So the things in the books telling about the Florian Triangle were true, interesting.. " Robin licked her lips.

" Cough.. lets go.. " Adam first touch Brook and teleport him at Thriller Bark, then Koby.

 Next was Nami and Robin, after that leaving him alone at the Golden Yacht. 

 Adam touch the Golden Yacht and soon he teleport above the ground where he marks, also above Brook, Nami, Robin and Koby shocking them.

 Adam quickly went to the keel of the Golden Yacht, and carry it with his one hand.

" Golden Yacht ! Activate Landing Slids ! " Adam shout to the Golden Yacht above him.

 Soon, the hull ship transform and a Landing Slids were out. After Adam slowly put the Golden Yacht in the ground. Adam look at everyone, Nami and Robin was calm. But Koby and Brook was shocked by Adam strength.

" Teacher, your very powerful " Koby said with worship.

" Yohohoho ~ I will diretly crush to pieces if i was fallen by it, im sure this ship was much heavier than other ship. Especially 90% of the parts were solid gold.. " Brook said jokingly.

" Ahaha.. Nothing.. Its just as light as feather.. " Adam laugh and said truthfully.

 Hearing Adam"s words, everyone felt their ears were wrong.

" Clap Clap. Then lets go clean up this zombies.. " Adam said clapping his hands and waking everyone.

 Adam, Nami, Robin, Koby and Brook look at the many zombies who have surrounded them.

 They first was shocked seing Adam and the others, but when they saw the 80m ship full of gold.They thought of their boss would be happy if they can bring it . So they try to scare them first and attack them soon later.

 Although the Thriller Bark ship was huge. Adam still can cover the whole place easily with his Observation Haki and Conqueror"s Haki. 

" Let me clear them all. " Adam said while going forward.

 A golden lights flickered from Adam green pupil, and a powerful momentum broke out from Adam body, with green wave of winds blew from Adam position as the center to the whole Thriller Bark. 

 Soon everyone at Thriller Bark except from Adam"s group all stop in place. From the Zombies, Gecko Moria"s crews, the pirates who lost their shadows and hides somewhere.

" The pirates who lost their shadows, come to my position if you want to live. Absalom, Hogback and Perona come too. Im sure you all read newspaper and knew me. " Adam attached his voice to his Conqueror"s Haki. 

 The people besides the zombies all heard Adam voice, when they felt the pressure on their body was gone. They all hesistate wether to go to Adam, but soon thought of Adam strength they all finally with their heavy steps went to Adam place.

 When Adam first come, they already spotted it. So many of them knew Adam current location.

" Adam what are you doing? " Nami ask confusedly.

" Finding a helper.. " Adam said with a smirk.

 Soon Adam and the others saw many people come and gather together not too far from Adam nervously.

" Thriller Bark Victim"s Association ? You all were pirates, am i right? I hate pirates, but i gave you all a chance.." Adam said looking at them seriously, then taking out many bag of salt from his Storage Ring he prepare the previous day.

" This is salt, spread it to all the zombies. With that the shadows will gone, and they will turn into a corspe. After that you all burried them properly, and then i will prepare food for you all and you can go away from this place. " Adam said seriously

 Hearing Adam words, they thought their ears were wrong. 

" Thats the first chance from me. The second was, fight with me and maybe you can get your freedom ? " 

        Adam words were calm, but the people still felt cold.

The mc got choosen by the 'Crossing God' to cross to many worlds along with the 'Invincible System'.

Current world, One Piece.

Disclaimer.
*Writing this just for my own fun, and spend my boring time.
*English is not my mother language. I apologized for my bad grammar and bad english.
* I do not own One Piece, other Animation, Movies, Novels. Beside this :D

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