Oct/27/Thu/2022 8:33am


It was a bright and sunny day.


Rich's mother takes him for a walk in the city to buy groceries (which is boring).


While strolling around the city, Rich came across a pet store nearby, and started pulling his mother's sleeves, "Mom! Let's go there! I want to see the animals."


"Ok, ok. Let's go,"


The first thing they saw they went inside were hamsters running inside their wheels. 

And mice chewing on their food.


Rabbits shaking their nose. Cats staring at them with a confused look. Dogs sitting still with their tongues sticking out. Fishes waggle in the water, and birds create a soothing sound.


And countless crickets chilling inside a piece of wood...


But what caught his attention was a pair of big hamsters like creatures resting in their cages.


"Mom! Look! A guinea pig!" He said while running to it.


"Oh, you like this one kid?" The shopkeeper asked.


He's in his forties. Wearing a vintage outfit that had blue square lines, pattern shirt, and black trouser, "They're mainly rodents, but also biologically related to pigs."


"Wow! Can we keep it, Mom? Please... Pretty please..."


She hesitated for a moment before giving her answer, "No,"


 "What? Why?"


"I prefer the hamsters,"


Rich stomps the ground, and says, "But I want it!"


"Are you sure? I think hamsters is better since it's smaller, and easier to take care of,"


"No! I want a guinea pig!"


She sighed, and decided to give up, "Fine..."


His heart was pumped with excitement giving a cheerful smile.


"We'll take this one," She pointed at the one with white and brown fur.


The shopkeeper nods, and gently carries the little big creature in a cardboard box while Rich and his mother were picking a cage for it to stay.


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"Okay. There you go," Rich mother placed the guinea pig in his purple colored cage near the house exit. Letting it roam around, and get used to its new home.


"So, what are you going to name him?" She asked Rich.


"Hmm... I'm gonna name him Hurly!"


"Hurly? From the movie?"


"Yeah!"


"Alright, it's your choice,"


Rich noticed something was missing, and gasped, "Mom! where is Hurly's food! He's going to starve soon!"


"Ok, ok. I'll feed him now,"


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Ever since that day, Rich has been spending time with Hurly day and night. Literally everyday. 


Taking him for a walk around the room.


Feed him. Changes his water.


And watches movies together, "Look, Hurly. That's you on TV."


And finally. Reading storybooks for Hurly, "The big bad wolf blows the house made of straws flew away-"


"Wait a minute... Can you understand what what I'm saying?" He asked while staring at Hurly.


Hurly only walks around pretending he doesn't hear anything.


"Hmm... Nevermind. I'll read lots of stories for you until you understand what I'm saying,"


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Few months later...


The sun hasn't fully raised yet. Only dark blue lights were visible indoors.


Rich was first to wakes up in this dark morning, and rushed his way to Hurly's cage, "Good morning, Hurly. Are you still asleep?"


Hurly only stays still in the corner not responding to Rich's greeting, "Hurly?"


He pokes Hurly a few times, and feels that his body was hard as stone while still not moving at all, "Mom!"


"Mom! Come quick! Hurly is not moving!"


"Wha- what!" She jolts awake, and gets up from her mattress. Running right next to him to observe Hurly's condition.


"Hurly? Are you ok boy?" She opens the cage. Putting in her right hand inside to give Hurly a little push.


Hurly then drops like a fallen statue.


She gasped in shock while Rich was terrified.


"He's dead..." She said.


"Ah! Hurly, no!"


"It can't be helped. He's gone now,"


"How did he die... And why!" He asked while sobbing.


"I think he was sick. His left eye was harder than the rest of his body," She answered after examining him for a few moments.


"I... I noticed that... And thought he was injured. I should've known he was sick!" He said making his heart more heavier, and painful than before.


"It's not your fault. Even if we know he's sick, the vet is too far away from our place to cure him,"


"Well, it's time to throw him away,"


Rich was surprised to hear this, "shouldn't we bury him?"


"We don't have a shovel. It's much easier anyway,"


Then she had an idea, "Or... why don't we place something next to him?"


She wraps Hurly's body with paper, and places him in a box, and puts a ladder next him, "Like this ladder. He loves to climb it right?"


"Oh, I know!" Rich runs to the living room, and rips apart a piece of paper from his book on the shelves then writes something on it.


Goodbye, Hurly. We'll always remember you. Rest in peace, My friend.


He placed it right next to him, and his mother closes the box, and carried it, "Let's take him away,"


"Wait!" He stopped her.


"Hmm? Why?"


"Let me carry him,"


"Alright," She hands over the box. Rich carefully grabs it into his arms like he was about to hug it.


"Let's go,"


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Rich and his mother were walking halfway to the large green box that was filled with garbage. Giving him a second thought, "Hurly..."


Why does he have to go there...


Tears started to force their way out, but his mother saw it, and said, "Don't cry. People are watching."


He musters all his strength to hold it back.


Rich tosses Hurly into the pile of garbage with a frown on his face, and walks away.


He wanted to turn around, and look at it once last time, but he chose not to, and hold his mother's hand, "Mom."


"Yes?"


"Is Hurly happy there in heaven?"


She was surprised to hear this question, but calmly answers it, "As long as you don't cry for him then he will."


"Alright! Then I won't!"


She smiles, and keeps on walking until they reach home.


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Few weeks later.


They've come across the pet store again, and his mother asked, "Want a new friend?"


Rich hesitated for a moment, and answered, "Yes?"


"Well, this time I'm choosing the hamsters," She said in a demanding tone.


"Ok..."


They stepped into the store, and the shopkeeper greeted them, "Oh, welcome back. How's the guinea pig doing?"


Rich breathes in as much air he could. Fighting off his sadness.


He saw Rich's reaction, and nods in understanding, "I see... Sorry for that."


Rich's mother cuts in, and says "It's fine. Do you still have any hamsters?"


"Yes, they never stop breeding. Pick as much as you want," He pointed at the hamsters.


"Oh, look at them, B. Aren't they cute?"


"Um... Yeah..."


Rich went closer, and saw the hamsters were looking at them while standing with two legs for a moment, and sniffing the air with it's little pink nose, "So cute!"


His mother was glad to see him cheerful, and had decided, "We'll take two pairs,"


"Four? Alright. Which one do you want?" The shopkeeper asked with a hint of glee in his tone.


"Got any discount?" She asked with a grind.


"No," He answers blankly.


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"Welcome to your new home everyone!"


"The home where Hurly used to live..."


His mother gave a slight cough, and asked, "Aren't you going to name them?"


"Oh, yeah!"


Rich looked at each of the hamsters, and thought for a whole minute, "Alright! The white and orange spot will be Bucky!"


"From the movie again?" She asked.


"Yes! And this white and gray will be called, Grey,"


"Are you sure? You know that's a female right?"


"I will still call her Grey," Rich crosses his arms.


"Ok, ok."


"I will call the white one, Snowy,"


"Better,"


Rich suddenly pauses for a moment, "What is this color?" He said while pointing at the last and biggest hamster.


She took a closer look.


It had white, black, brown, and a rare unique color to its fur, "I think it's brown-coffee."


He opens his mouth wide to say, "Oh..."


"Then I will call him, Diego!"


She raises her eyebrows, "The one from that cartoon show you watched? Why?"


"Because he's going to be strong and adventurous like Diego," He said with pride.


"Haha. Alright, from now on his name is, Diego,"


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Just like before, Rich treats them like how he treats Hurly.


Out of curiosity, he places them on a rope that his mother tied next to the bathroom to hang the laundry, and places a pillow under it to avoid injury.


They really walked over it.


"Wow, you guys are amazing!"


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Today, Diego was moved to another cage because…


He's too big and hostile. Fighting anyone on his way.


"There you go. Now you can't bite anyone anymore," Rich's mother said. Dropping him into the new cage.


"Bad Diego," Rich said while tapping Diego's nose.


A few days after Diego was moved, the metal cage was bent wide by being opened too much, causing the two hamsters to escape at night. Walking at every corner of the house. Exploring, sniffing, biting, and carrying… Red onions to the cage? From the kitchen? How does that fit in that small gap?


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The next morning.


"B!"


Rich forces his eyes open slowly getting up, and walks toward his mother like a moving toy using batteries that almost drain out, "What's the matter mom…" He said while rubbing his eyes.


"Why are there onions inside their cage?"


"Onions? I don't know. Where?"


"Here…" She lifts the cage from the bedding.


Rich took a closer look, and saw a half dozen red onions, interrupted Snowy's sleep, and Diego from the other side looking around confused at how the cage was lifted, "Hmm?"


"Mom, where is Bucky and Grey?"


"I don't know. Maybe they are responsible for these onions. We should look for them,"


Rich searched around the living room like playing hide and seek while his mother went to the bathroom because she's afraid that they would get wet there.


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"Did you find them, B?"


"No,"


"Thank god they're not in the bathroom. Let's look for them in the kitchen,"


Both steps into the kitchen, and Rich heard something was rattling from the left side. He went there, and saw Bucky peeking through the boxes and random stuff then went back to hide, "Mom! I saw Bucky!"


"Where?"


"He's hiding behind here," Rich said. Pointing at where he saw Bucky.


She moves some of the objects, and saw Bucky and Grey with more onions, and bite a hole through a box.


Both Rich and his mother feel relief when they find them again, and put them back into the cage, "I'm going to close the gap with rope or wires so that they won't sneak out again."


"Oh, ok,"


"But I'm still confused how they could carry the onions and why?"


"Maybe they like onions," He said while making an idiotic smile.


"I don't think they could..." She said while still wondering.


"Well, keep an eye on them, B. I'm going to cook breakfast,"


"Alright!"


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Few weeks had passed. Everything went well, and cheerful. 


Until…


Rich was done playing with his toys in the living room, and decided to check on the hamsters.


Snowy was sleeping peacefully in the small house, and Diego was walking… Uncomfortably…


Bucky was eating.


Eating something Rich never expected Bucky would feast on…


Grey…


"Bucky! What are you doing!"


Half of Grey's head was completely devoured by his own friend.


Rich eyes were widened.


Looking at Bucky with disbelief, "Mom!"


He ran toward his mother. Trying to focus on sewing some clothes with holes, and told her, "Mom! Bucky is eating Grey!"


She frowned, and said, "Don't be ridiculous. They won't eat each other."


"No! He's really eating her right now!"


"It's not good to talk to them like that, you know. I'm really busy right now."


"I'm not lying! See it for yourself!" Rich pulls her hand, and drags her away from the couch.


"Look!"


She examined the cage, and saw what he said was true.


"Ah!" She lifts the cage from its bedding, and pushes Bucky away.


"Oh no…  Grey…" She brings a piece of cloth, and grabs Grey with it.


"Looks like we had to throw her away..."


Rich made a disgusted face, and said, "Along with the thrash again?"


"I have no choice. I'm not willing to bury her,"


Rich's jaws were crushing together, and looking away from her, "You throw her away. I'm not going."


"Alright, I'm taking her away," She drops Grey into a garbage bag.


He witnesses it with disdain. Watching her stepping out of the door to dispose of his lost companion.


Sitting down, and yelled, "Why! Why did you eat Grey!"


Bucky was surprised, but ignored him after a moment.


"Wasn't she your partner? Why did you do it?"


No response…


"Argh!" He storms off, and locks himself in the room feeling despair. Staring at the ceiling unable to move on for losing Grey.


Rich started to visit them less often ever since.


Bucky was feeling weak after a few days.


It was then a silent night. Rich couldn't sleep. So, he decided to visit the hamsters, and saw… Bucky was lying motionless in the middle of the cage, "Bucky?"


He gave a few strong shakes, and realised, "You… Died…?"


Rich sniffs a little, and feels a pressure coming from his throat and eyes, but he gains back his composure, and says, "Hmph, suits you well. That's what you get for killing Grey."


He runs back into his room, laying flat on the bed trying to forget about Bucky until he falls asleep.


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"I'm home,"


After hearing that voice, Rich quickly raises up, and gleefully hops out of his bed to greet her, "Mom! Guess what, Bucky…" 


He suddenly felt reluctant to say it, "Bucky died."


"Oh," She bows down, and sees Bucky was still lying in the middle.


"Well, I feel bad for him, but he deserves it," She brings a few pieces of tissue, and grabs Bucky with it, dumping him in the trash bag, and dispatching him the next morning.


Leaving Snowy by herself.


Just to die on her own laying in the pure white house.


"No! Not Snowy! Wake up! Don't die!" Rich couldn't hold his tears anymore, letting it all out like a flood caused by a devastating storm crashed through a solid wall.


"Out of all of the other places, she chose to die here… That's what I love about Snowy, but it's time for her to go…" She was about to get up until Rich grabbed her arms with both hands.


"Can we bury her… Please…" He pleaded.


She gave a heavy sigh, and smiled, "Alright, but only this once."


Rich then smiles like the sun appearing during a rain.


They went to the backyard, and it was only next to a huge hill. His mother bought a cleaver to replace a shovel and a cloth with Snowy inside it, "This seems to be a good place. Should we do it here?"


He nods, and she started stabbing the dirt off the ground as deep as she could, "Alright, this seems deep enough. Now, let's put Snowy inside."


She gently places Snowy in the hole, and covers it up with dirt, "Rest in peace, Snowy."


"Goodbye, Snowy…" Rich sniffs, and let go of his tears. His mother pats his head a bit before giving a hug.


"It's all fine now. I'm sure she's happy after resting her body in a safe place,"


"Yeah…! As long as she's happy,"


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Diego has been moved to the old cage since it's bigger than the one he lives in now.


Rich stares at him, and says "Ok, You better behave yourself since you're the only one left."


"Well, even though you're bad I will still be your friend. Welcome back, Diego."


He cherishes Diego a lot.


Trying his best not to harm, and lost another friend.


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It was almost the end of the weekend, Rich hadn't looked at Diego for two days, and decided to walk pass by to check on him.


"Diego!"


He fell on his knees, and stared at his last friend lying flat on the ground with his head facing sideways with his eyes closed.


His mother rushed in, and asked, "What happened! What's wrong with Diego?"


"He… Died…" He was lost in words. He felt like a boy without a soul.


"Oh… Not again…"


"Are you ok, B?" Giving him a concerned look. 


"No!"


"I'm not ok!"


"Just take him away already!" Rage and despair could be heard from his voice.


His mother could only obey, and leave the house with Diego in her hands.


Rich was staring at the empty cage. Blaming himself deep inside his heart.


He's all alone again…


No friends…


Probably never will…


Dec/1/Thu/2022 8:16am


A great day for a walk in town.


The worst part is…


Everytime they walked past the pet store. Rich will suddenly turn upset remembering the heartbreaking past.


"Want to go, and ask?" She said.


"Ask what?" He replies, giving a puzzled look.


"Like why all of them died,"


He gave a serious nod, and both stepped in the store for the last time.


"Oh, it's you two. Haven't seen you for some time," The shopkeeper said.


Rich's mother steps in and said, "Yeah, today we just wanted to ask you something,"


"Hmm? Sure. Go on?"


She then explains what happened to the hamsters for the past two months. The shopkeeper nods, and gave his answers, "I see the problem here,"


"I wanted to say the onions caused it, but I don't think that's the reason,"


"There's three things that's happening to them: One is depression. Two are illnesses. Three is the cage is cage was too small,"


"Having three or four hamsters in that cage is not big enough, and will cause depression then starting to kill each other,"


"Or, the other hamster was attacked by parasite, and caused one of them to die, and the other must take responsibility to eat or dispose it before the dead body pollutes their home,"


Rich realised what he was talking about "Bucky…"


"My guesses are the rest probably died because the parasite manage to attack all of them or their life span was shortened by over stressed,"


"I see… What do you think, B?" She turned around just to see him crying again.


"Oh! Sorry! Did I make him cry?" The asked.


"Mom… Bucky was a good guy all along?"


"They weren't happy this whole time!"


His mother ran in front of him and rested her hands on his shoulders, "No, it's not true. They were happy."


"No they're not!"


"We couldn't afford to take care of them!"


Rich calms down, and closes his eyes, pushing out his tears, trying to avoid her eyes, and says, "It's fine, Mom…"


"I rather be alone without friends if that could make them happy…"


"I don't want a pet anymore…"


"Let's go home…"

"I want to reach my hand to the skies and feel free,"

"I wish to climb the mountains to experience the challenge and danger,"

" To share my glory along with my friends,"

"Sometimes I wanted to be alone, and enjoy the peaceful surroundings without problems,"

"Why is it so complicated to achieve?"

This is the story of boy who wanted to be free and participate in extreme activities, but life have other plans for him and decided to change his fate and gave him isolation instead of freedom. Will he get the life he always wanted?


When the students heard that they were about to save the hamsters, their eyes widened and their hearts raced. They listened carefully. 
Zhang Zian took the opportunity to explain the science behind it first.　　
Hibernation was a basic instinct to many animals. From small rodents, to reptiles, to bears, they all chose to hibernate to withstand the harsh weather when food became scarce. During hibernation, the animals had lower body temperature and slower metabolisms. They could spend the entire winter without eating, drinking or moving.
Before entering hibernation, animals made preparations to fatten themselves up, so that they had enough fat to consume and to keep them warm. They chose a safe, quiet, and warm nest to hide out. By the time they came out, spring already arrived.　　
Shi Shi liked to put a sweater on the Labrador she owned with Liu Sanlang. Zhang Zian had explained "surface area to volume ratio" to her. Smaller animals had higher surface area to volume ratios, so they were more likely to lose heat. Therefore, medium to large-sized dogs didn't need extra clothing in winter, only small dogs needed the extra help. Hamsters, since they were very small, were sensitive to temperature changes.　 
Hamsters' hibernation were rushed, as they didn't know enough to prepare for it. They entered hibernation as soon as their environment became too harsh. This type of hibernation was dangerous because there was a chance they'd never wake up. To scientists, calling the hamsters' behavior "hibernation" was an insult to the other animals, so they called it "pseudo-hibernation." 　　 
Zhang Zian had only been there for a few minutes, but he had already spotted a few problems. They didn't use pure wood chips, the cages were in the north instead of the south, the humidity in the room was a little high, etc. All were reasons that could've forced the hamsters into hibernation, but the main reason was the temperature.　　 
"I'll help you move the cages so that they're in the south. There are two things that caused the pseudo-hibernation. One is the low temperature, the other is the short daylight hours. I'll need you to split up and prepare some stuff, but let's revive them first. Do you have a kettle? To boil some water. Do you have syringes?" Zhang asked.　 
"There's a kettle in the classroom. I'll go get it." A little boy volunteered.
Wang Yaning frowned and said, "The syringes are in the biology classroom and the school clinic, but they're both closed right now. Should we buy some?"　　
"I'll go. I know a convenience store nearby that sells toy syringes," another boy said. After getting Zhang Zian's approval, he ran outside, then ran back and asked, "How many should I buy?"  
"Just one. The cheapest one will do." Zhang Zian put up one finger.　　 
"Okay." The boy ran out again.　　
"Does anyone have candy?" Zhang Zian asked.　　
"I do," another girl spoke in a shy voice.　　
"We'll need to supplement sugar to the hamsters. Do you mind if we use your candy? A small piece will do." Zhang Zian said gently.　
"Okay." The girl took some candy out of her pocket and put it on the desk.　
Zhang Zian nodded at her, then spoke to everyone, "Stretch out your hands, and rub them like this, until your palms are hot."　　 
He rubbed his palms quickly to demonstrate. They followed his example and rubbed their palms until they became red and hot.　
"Okay. Now, everybody grab a hamster. If you think that it's getting cold, rub your hands again, and blow on it with your mouths." As Zhang Zian spoke, he picked up a hamster from the cage.　　 
The three girls each chose a hamster, put them in warm palms, and brought them near their mouths to breathe warm air on them.　　 
This was the simplest and safest way to warm the hamsters up. Using hot water or heated blankets could backfire since the temperature was harder to control. However, Zhang Zian had only heard of this method, but he wasn't sure if it would work.　　 
The heat emitted from their palms traveled to the hamsters, and the hot air from their mouths was like a warm wind.　　 
"I'm back!" The boy that went to fetch the kettle returned first, with a silver stainless steel kettle in his hand. "Is this okay?"　
"Yes." Zhang Zian looked at the kettle doubtfully. "Is that an electric kettle? Where's the dock with the cord? Do you plan to boil the water with fire?"　　 
The girls couldn't stop chuckling. 　　 
The boy paused, then looked at the kettle in his hand, and felt massively embarrassed. He stuttered, "I...I'll head back to get it..."　　 
"Wait!" Zhang Zian stopped him. "Put the kettle down, then go get the dock."
The boy dashed out as soon as he put the kettle down, running faster than last time.　 
After a while, the second boy came back with a toy syringe. Zhang Zian gave him a hamster, and asked him to do what the girls were doing to heat up the hamster.　　 
A few minutes later, the first boy came back again. He brought the dock for the kettle.　 
"Fill the kettle halfway, and boil the water. Be careful not to burn yourselves," Zhang Zian commanded.　　 
It only took a couple of minutes for the water to boil.　　 
Zhang Zian gave his hamster to the boy who brought the kettle. He poured half the hot water into a small glass, then took a tiny piece of candy and put it into the hot water. The candy dissolved and disappeared quickly.　　 
He shook the glass to mix the sugar well. After the water cooled down to an appropriate temperature, he drew enough water to fill the toy syringe, opened the mouth of the hamster in the boy's hands, and injected the warm sugar water into its mouth.　　 
He repeated the process with the other hamsters.　　 
He put the syringe down. He had done everything he could, and now all he could do was wait.　　 
Little Celery nervously looked at the Winter White hamster in her hands. If looks had heat, hers could melt ice. 　　
Suddenly, she felt a twitch in her palms, as if something had scratched her.　　 
The hamster wiggled its body and opened its eyes.　　 


1. Download a suspicious game
2. Catch a few magical pets as partners
3. Go through interesting daily routines and lead the pet shop to a whole new level

George didn't die in battle.
Some Knights were killed, while others escaped. His good friend John perished in battle. George knelt down hopelessly and dropped his weapon. 
He looked at Hoodlum, who was stabbed to death many times but was able to reappear again and again before him.
Hoodlum wasn't completely killed and was healed by a powerful pastor.
That was what George thought.
When he finished his action, he was waiting to be killed. But he found that the gamers suddenly stopped attacking.
Some other gamers wanted to attack him but were stopped by others.
"Gosh, stop hitting. If the BOSS dies, there will be no more Strange Encounter!"
"The BOSS has surrendered! Look, he has dropped his weapon!"
"No, he's still wearing armor!"
"What, he's still wearing it?"
George didn't understand what they were saying. Were they asking him to surrender? 
George stripped his armor upon seeing that his enemies had no intention to kill him. He thought that they were barbarians that couldn't be understood, but he was wrong.
They had no intention to kill a surrendered Knight. Likely, they were capturing him.
To George, it was good news.
He thought he was going to die. Now that he had a chance to live, how could he not be happy?
George stripped his Breastplate, Plate Leggings, and Pauldrons and was only left with his clothing.
The gamers continued their discussion.
"No, I have to kill him. He's still wearing his clothing. That's quality clothing!"
"Gosh, it's really nice. It's a noble's clothing!"
"Stop hitting him. The BOSS has surrendered!"
The group of gamers shouted at each other.
George was about to shed tears of humiliation, but he endured it and took off his clothing.
Then he was captured and brought back to Victoria City.
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In a cold metal cage, George lowered his head dispiritedly and looked listlessly outside. It was much more dilapidated than the poorest village.
This was Victoria, Victoria Freedom City.
Though it was a Freedom City with many more Humans, the roads and houses were inferior to a common village.
Though George wasn't knowledgeable, he knew that the construction materials used in Victoria City weren't produced by professional machines. They were produced by amateurs. Even George thought that he could produce them.
The only appealing building was the Castle. Though it was made of plants, its magnificence and building style were appealing to the eyes. It didn't have any traces of manufacturing.
Besides the buildings, their way of storing their items was strange. They didn't have a dedicated warehouse officer. All of the equipment was stacked at the empty spot outside the Castle, together with the blood-stained equipment and food materials. 
It was grotesque. Did they eat such stuff? Green, blue, and colorful stuff that looked like it was made of animal parts.
George was feeling fortunate that they weren't Ogres.
He saw the Victorians stacking the dead Humans together. Then they burned the corpses without any emotion or rituals.
When they brought back the dead horses, they were sad and despondent.
It seemed like a horse was more precious than a Human.
George wasn't a saint. Though he was a Knight and a Christian, he didn't harbor any kind of compassion in battle.
It was already great compassion to gather all of the corpses for incineration. That would prevent the bodies from being eaten by wild beasts.
They were also worried about the possibility of a plague.
Who knew, and why would they be concerned?
George was letting his imagination run wild. He couldn't understand how he was defeated by these ill-equipped barbarians.
Undeniably, these barbarians were handsome and beautiful.
There were also Fairies and Elves.
A fat Hamster appeared before the cage and gave him a fright.
"Is he the BOSS?" The Hamster gazed at George and spoke in an unknown evil language.
"Yes, it's him. He's got yellow hair…" Another Hamster came close.
"When do we have our meal?" That was the third Hamster.
"Oh! Lancelot is here. Speak in the Human language," the first Hamster said nervously.
"Hi, Count Glamorgan. Are you here to see the BOSS?" The second Hamster straightened his body. He was speaking in a language that George understood.
While George was trying to figure out the intent of the three Hamsters, he saw a familiar face. It was Lancelot!
Since when did he become Count Glamorgan? Did he have a noble's title?
Lancelot grasped his sword hilt and walked over. He looked at the caged George and the three Hamsters, then bowed to the Hamsters. Though he was Count Glamorgan, he didn't take it to heart.
"Count Glamorgan, we intend to bring this golden-haired lad to see Queen Victoria. Do you have any matters?" Big Boss looked at Lancelot and asked.
"No, I heard the description of the prisoner and thought I may know him. So, I came to take a look." Lancelot shook his head and looked at George while he squatted down.
"It has been a long time, George."
"Laugh if you will, you unfaithful Lancelot," George said as he looked in disdain at Lancelot. 
George was in a hilarious situation. He didn't have any clothes and looked like an animal in the metal cage.
"What's up? What George? What unfaithful Lancelot? Were you two classmates? Did you give each other names in class?" Second Boss looked bewildered at George and Lancelot.
Big Boss said, "It's their custom. They like to create titles. Like Hoodlum, he was called Slumbering Hoodlum because he was good at sleeping."
Second Boss was enlightened.
The Hamsters talked to themselves, but Lancelot wasn't bothered. He looked at George and said, "Queen Victoria is a capable Lady. What she asks you to do, I hope that you won't decline. This is your last chance for survival."
George laughed and didn't speak.
Big Boss opened the metal cage, and Second Boss threw a set of clothes to him. He couldn't be naked when he visited Lilo.
Fat Otaku was drooling when he saw the metal cage, but Big Boss dragged it away.
George followed the three Hamsters to the Castle. He thought he would be allowed to go inside to meet Queen Victoria, though he wasn't sure why a poor Victoria village would have a Queen.
George thought too much.
The door on the second-floor wooden balcony opened, and a medium height young lass of about thirteen or fourteen years old came out. She wasn't wearing any crown, but she was Queen Victoria—Lilo, her Highness!
"Are you George?" Lilo stood on the balcony and gazed down at George.
George nodded. He didn't look good. He suspected that Queen Victoria might be humiliating him.
Even the King couldn't stand on the balcony and speak to him in a condescending manner.
"Good, where's the Duke of York? Does he have a female successor? Where is she?" Lilo asked a few questions in succession, but George looked astonished. He didn't reply.
Lilo frowned. She was running out of patience.
A pale Human stood out. He was the person shot by Softie!
Lancelot watched the person walk out and felt as if his heart was being hammered. It was a feeling of love, and the target was a lad…
"Your Highness Queen Victoria! Let me say a few words!" the person shouted with great effort.
Though there were many gamers watching, Lilo didn't wish to hear their chatting, so she exerted her dominance to control them. The gamers weren't bothered as they were in Plot Animation Mode. 
Queen Victoria looked at the person and nodded, allowing him to speak.
The person was agitated, so his body trembled. He shouted to Queen Victoria, who was on the balcony, "Your Highness! I know the location of the Castle of the Duke of York! I also know about his successor. I'm one of his successors!"
The person shouted, and at the same time, George screamed loudly, "Traitor! Are you letting your uncle down?"
As he shouted, he was restrained by three unruly Hamsters.
Lilo didn't ponder as she said, "Good, you shall be the wife of Count Lancelot. We'll kill the Duke of York, and you shall succeed him. The York Territory will be part of my fief! It's decided."
Lilo turned to leave, but she recalled something. She pointed to George, who was restrained by the three Hamsters, saying, "Release him. Let him return to inform the Duke of York to prepare his warriors and equipment. Victoria City is exacting our revenge."
Lilo returned to her Castle after speaking.
George, Lancelot, and the unknown successor to York Territory were gaping in astonishment. 
"Ooo, ooo, ooo!"
George was being pulled away by the three Hamsters.
Lancelot shouted, "Wait, wait for a moment! He's a lad!"
Lilo had no intention to show herself. The cute boy was taken aback, but he ran to Lancelot and bowed to him before shouting with his eyes closed, "From today onwards, I'm your wife! Help me defeat the Duke of York! Help me get back the York Territory!"
"Ah?" Lancelot was unable to understand what was going on. 
The gamers who were out of the Plot Animation Mode left happily.
They obtained equipment and horses. In the near future, they would have a chance to attack the York Territory. How could they not be happy?
They were complaining of the thin Plot. Now, they wished for less, but they couldn't resist the desire to attack the York Territory!
…
At Winterfell.
Arthur, NotWearingPants, Sylvanas, Peasant, BurningChestHair, and twenty other Pioneer Alliance members were looking for possible leads.
Recently, the gamers of Eternal Kingdom combed the streets to find leads for the Strange Encounter Mission.
The other game maps weren't large, only the Winterfell map was huge.
For the past few days, the gamers of Eternal Kingdom searched Winterfell.
Especially the large Guilds. Due to the animosity amongst the Guilds, they didn't wish their competitors to find the leads of the Strange Encounter Mission. However, they were unable to attack and kill each other in Winterfell. So, they made full use of their time and the most efficient methods to find possible leads. 
That was what Arthur's Guild was doing.
"Where can we find the Heavy Tangerine and the cat in a box? Is there an orange cat in this world?" Peasant walked for a long time, and his eyes were getting blurry, but he didn't spot any cats.
Lord Sherlock had a black cat. Though it wasn't an orange cat, he was harassed by the gamers. As long as there was a close relation to cats, the gamers would investigate to see if they could find any leads.
From the posts on the discussion forum, the gamers didn't have any breakthroughs.
It was late at night, and the gamers were tired after a day of searching. Many gamers got offline. They would continue the search tomorrow.
Arthur wouldn't force his Guild members to stay overtime to search for clues. After all, they were playing computer gamers and not working. Arthur didn't pay his members any salary, unlike the other rich Guilds.
Finally, there was only Arthur and his five-member team.
Raintea would go offline punctually every night.
"What shall we do? Shall we go offline too? It's three in the morning. There aren't many gamers left. Even the night market is closed," BurningChestHair said as he pointed to a shop that was packing up for the night.
There was a night market in Winterfell. The gamers knew about it. Arthur and his members had been searching until late at night before going offline.
Arthur looked at the time and intended to go offline. NotWearingPants suddenly shouted, "Gosh! Is that Heavy Tangerine?"
He pointed to a shop that was packing and closing. They saw a shopkeeper who was wearing clothing with an orange cat imprinted on the chest. The orange cat wasn't overweight, but the shopkeeper was obese.
Heavy Tangerine!
The five of them eyed each other before running over. The shopkeeper noticed them and stopped closing. He shouted at them, "Are you from Eternal Kingdom? Apologies, I have some matters to deal with today. Normally, I'd treat you to a bowl of food."
"No, shopkeeper, we're not here to eat! We'd like to ask you questions." Sylvanas took out a photograph that showed a skull and asked, "Do you know him?"
The shopkeeper looked at the photograph and examined it carefully.
Peasant also took out a photograph that showed another Skeleton and said, "This is the disciple of his missing mentor. Did you see his mentor before?"
The shopkeeper looked at the two photographs. After comparing and switching the photographs, he looked at the five gamers and then lowered his head to examine the photographs before saying, "Are you trying to fool me?"
…
They didn't obtain any information. The shopkeeper was angry due to some strange reason and shouted, "I haven't seen the Skeleton. Now scram!"
Seeing their lead coming to a dead-end, Peasant asked casually, "Boss, where did you buy the shirt?"


Sherlock is a new generation Dungeon Lord whose ambition is to become the greatest Devil King and building up the greatest Dungeon in the Underworld.
He summons a group of other-worldly goblins who give themselves strange names, form cliques, engage in commerce, and even fight among themselves.
They call themselves—Gamers!

I wanted so bad to go check on the archery notice board after school, but Zara had skipped, yes, skipped to me straight after the bell to go home together.
I preferred Zara skipping than strutting or whatever Krystal and the cool girls did in place of walking.
"Are you still coming over to my place?" Zara asked.
"Yeah, why not?" I answered.
"My place is kind of small." She told me.
"Do you not want me to come?" I asked.
"No! I mean yes! I mean I want you to come." Zara cried out immediately.
"Let's go then." I said.
"Come back after school, I'll send you home." Henry said.
Henry was going to try out for the debate club today.
"It's ok. Someone will pick me up from Zara's place." I told him.
Henry nodded. Suddenly reassured. I remembered my mum saying that being driven about was normal daily security for future Alphas.
I left with Zara, we walked out the back entrance and down the steps.
"My house is just there." Zara pointed at the old buildings I've often cut across to go home.
We walked together through it until we reached the train station, then we made a left to an old apartment block along a deserted street.
"This is my block." Zara said.
It was the middle of the afternoon. The building looked worn and tired. The paint was peeling and patchy. A shroud of fog seemed stuck to it.
"I never been around here before." I told Zara.
"Yeah? Well, it's nice." She told me.
I followed her to a narrow passage way, narrowly avoiding a passing roach. Zara hadn't seemed to notice it. While we waited for the lifts Zara told me, "I live on the fifth floor."
"My hamsters would be happy to meet a new friend." Zara looked happy. I smiled. We entered a green colored lift. It smelled of a thousand unidentifiable things.
My wolf was on alert, but silent.
{Beta is near}
Well mostly silent.
We got out at the fifth floor, passing a couple of doors. I started feeling creeped out at how quiet and empty and dark each apartment was. But Wolfie seemed unperturbed, so I kept going.
But I had to admit, I did feel that everyone who had ever advised me against this was right.
Finally we reached her door. There was a metal gate in front of it, with a padlock, which she unlocked. And then a wooden door, it's paint peeling. We went into a dark apartment. I sensed no other human around, but also more unfamiliar smells. It was quite exciting.
"Come in." Zara showed me in and turned on the lights. The apartment continued to look shadowy and grey though.
"Come see my babies." Zara beamed. I smiled at that.
At this point, as she opened the door to her room, I was expecting to see a bedroom and like, maybe a hamster cage on her desk or something.
But the moment the door opened, I felt my mouth fall open with it. Lined wall to wall under her windows were cages and cages stacked on top of each other, full of little critters.
"They just keep having babies." Zara told me.
I nodded wordlessly.
The other side of the room was a single bed with mismatched sheets, and a small wooden wardrobe.
Zara picked out a pink cage, "Let's go outside and play with Brownie."
I nodded, "Okay."
{Beta is near}
Oh! I hadn't texted home!
"Sorry, I need to text my mum." I told Zara.
Zara looked disappointed, "Do you want to go?"
I shook my head, "No, I can stay for an hour or so. I just need to let my mum know."
Zara lit up, "You're going to stay?"
"Yeah, I've never held a hamster before." I told her.
"Yeah, okay. I'll let you hold a nice one." She promised me.
I took out my phone and texted my mum, "I'm at Zara's now. She has a lot of hamsters!" I put a heart after the text. Zara read the text over my shoulder and smiled, "You love hamsters too huh?"
"Not as much as you do." I shrugged, "But I think they are cute."
Zara then introduced me to Brownie, the mother of many hamsters.
"Brownie is nice," Zara told me, "She doesn't bite."
Zara showed me how to hold up my hands cupped together, I did and she put the squirming small ball of fur in my  palms.
"It's so ticklish!" I nearly squealed but I didn't. Because that would be un-alpha-like.
Zara laughed.
And then Brownie bit me.
Ouch.
I quickly passed it back to Zara.
"Funny," Zara frowned to herself, "Brownie loves humans."
Hahaha, Zara, you must know I'm not human. But she didn't seem to notice.
"I'll show you the others." She told me, "But you better not hold them, most of them bite."
She showed me Blackie, the one who bit Krystal. Good job Blackie. Hahahaha
And then Brownie's different batches of children.
Ironically Blackie would attack the babies even the ones sired by him. He had to live on his own. The only one he's good to was Brownie, but Brownie, depending on her mood would not always entertain his affections. Poor alpha hamster.
{Beta is near}
My phone buzzed, a text from an unknown number.
"Waiting at carpark, Princess. Take your time."
Great, the Princess plague had spread. Even Beta Lucas!
Princess was a nickname for girls like Maria... You know, a little spoilt, a little selfish, a little sheltered.
Not for girls like me.
When I was a kid, if we played knights and dragons, Lizzy would be the princess. Savy always chose dragon. And I was always the knight.
When I was a preschooler, I wasn't the pink dresses and tiaras type of girl. My mum did put me in dresses, but my color was blue. And I would be running about bare headed and bare footed until an adult hunted me down and caught me.
When I was a toddler, I wasn't the pretty thing that sat on my parents laps at dinner parties. My mum told me I was the one who went from table to table drinking orange soda from anyone who'd offer to share their cup.
I wasn't the princess type, so I don't know why I'm getting called that so much suddenly.
"Want to see the smallest ones I have?" Zara pulled out a small cage with three little baby hamsters. So cute.
We were back in her room again. I admired the babies while Zara told me their names. Sweet Pea, Sour Pea, Small Pea. They looked identical to me.
"Do you have to go now?" Zara asked.
I looked at the time, "Yeah, I had better. My ride's waiting downstairs."
"Okay, someone is here to fetch you? I'll walk you downstairs." Zara put the cages away and walked me down.
"Thanks for showing me your hamsters Zara."
"Who do you like best?" Zara wanted to know.
"Blackie." I decided.
"Funny, everyone likes Blackie even though he is such a meanie and bites." Zara told me.
There was my hope, right there, that I'll always have friends who would like me. 
We took the lift of a thousand unidentified smells down.
The carpark was completely empty except for a black pick up truck. It was completely black, even the windows and parts of the wheels that was usually silver was black.
"Cool. Is that your ride?" Zara asked.
It looked familiar... But it was also definitely not Beta Lucas' SUV.
We walked towards it and the driver side opened.
Harvey got out, all decked in leather jacket and a wry smile, "I'm here to pick up a princess."
Zara's mouth dropped.
I felt something inside me explode, and not in a good way explode. It was more of a I'm so mad I think it one of my arteries had burst kind of explosion.
When we got near enough, I punched Harvey, as hard as I could.
I landed the first punch, but Harvey caught my fist with the second.
"Och...That didn't hurt." He grinned.
I wanted to kick him where it would really hurt, but I realized Zara was still staring.
"Uh, yeah, this is my ride." I told her, removing my fist from the Beta's grasp to point at him, "Bye!"
"Bye!" Zara said.
Harvey opened the door for me and I climbed in. It was my first time in a pick up truck and it felt weird to climb up into the seat than just sit down into it like a normal car.
Weird in a good way.
"Nice ride Beta." I told him as he turned out of the parking lot. It smelled new inside.
I could see Zara still watching us but I don't wave because Harvey's windows were tinted black and I knew Zara wouldn't be able to see inside.
"Thanks." Harvey said, "I just got it."
"What's with the 'I'm here to pick up a princess'?" I burst out now that the niceties were done.
Harvey laughed softly, "I have a pick up truck, see? And I'm picking up a princess."
Hardy har har, or should I say, Harvey har har?
"Don't call me princess." I said finally, "Just call me Sam, like everyone else."
"Wait, I thought everyone called you princess?" Harvey started to look panicked now.
"No, nobody calls me princess." I informed him, "I'm not even the princess type."
"But Nix and the guys said..." He trailed off, realization dawning in his eyes.
"Beta, do you really believe those three hyenas?" I asked him.
"Oh s***..." Harvey hissed lowly under his breath.
My good Beta was back with a vengeance. With an even calm voice, Harvey said quietly, "I'm going to get them for this."
Go get them Beta!
"I even called you princess in front of your mum!" Harvey bemoaned suddenly.
Now I laughed out loud.
"This is so embarrassing." Harvey told me, his face reddened. But I appreciated how his eyes was still on the road and both hands were steady on the wheel.
All signs of a good, albeit embarrassed Beta.
"It's fine. Just pretend that it was a code name or something." I told him.
He raised a brow at me.
"As long as you act like it was no big deal, and I act like it's no big deal, no one would act like its a big deal." I told him.
"I can't believe I'm taking advice from a 14 year old girl." Beta continued driving. His navigation skills seemed more mainstream than Beta Lucas'.
"You'll be taking much more from me than that Beta." I told him.
Harvey laughed, "Princess, that sounds bad.. Oh s***, I did it again."
I sighed, "How about replacing 'princess' with 'alpha'?"
Harvey thought about it, "I could, but I prefer princess. It suits you."
I didn't answer, at first it was because I was so mad at him for refusing to acknowledge me as his Alpha. Was it because I was a girl? Or did he think I wouldn't be good enough?
But then I realized princess might be a good alias after all. Then no one would ever suspect me of being a threat.
I'll let them keep calling me princess. Then I'll make them understand that I'm really the Alpha. I'll prove to them that I am the Alpha.
In the meanwhile, I think I was going to get away with a lot more as the princess.
My mum was right, sometimes being the Luna (or in my cases future Luna aka princess) was better than the Alpha.
Hahahaha. I'm so sneaky. Fear my hidden Alpha in disguise as a Luna!

Big-hearted and witty, Samantha Kingsley is the Alpha's daughter who grew up learning to meet everyone's expectations. But Samantha isn't a pup anymore, she's in high school now, and is just about to discover that her life is written by her choices. Not by dreams, or prophecies, or even the moon goddess. This girl is going to protect the happiness of her pack and everyone she loves.

Read her diary here.
Updated every night.

Volume Synopsis
VOL 1
It's the first week of school. Despite my failed attempt to make a friend, I somehow ended up surrounded by a handful of wolf classmates, got accepted by the human "cool" girls, and became a vampire's guard dog? 


VOL 2
I think I'm just starting to get the hang of school. From navigating school halls, new friends, vampires, and school clubs... 
Back home it should have been the usual drill, but things started shifting. And I urm...might have been messing around where I shouldn't.


VOL 3
I had to miss a couple of school days this week due to my ah, long term bout of "anemia". It's been pretty intense at home. My alpha position was challenged, rogues burnt down our home, I rescued my first fight dog, discovered the Lorent's secret oracle, almost rescued my mate...and accidentally stumbled into my Alpha Dad's secret.


VOL 4
My worlds collide as some members from my pack come to my school to sell concert tickets. And when Grandpa Alpha shocked us all by dying, my dad's family comes together to pay their last respects at the Night Forest Pack. 


VOL 5
It's February and the Vampire Queen is celebrating her birthday. Would Rebel's plan to escape work out? Meanwhile, I'm stuck in school dealing with high school drama, an evolving wolf, and a new human sister. In the Red Packlands, war nearly breaks out. (This might have been a very little bit my fault.)

VOL 6
It's the week of Valentine's Day, but I've got a highschool play, Lorent drama, Vampire slaying training, and an underground army to deal with first. And then warlock weather threw an extended snowstorm at us. The whole of Green Packlands goes into lockdown - but what about Valentine's Day?

VOL 7
Exams are a week away, and it feels like my time at Winderhill is really coming to a close. I'm trying to be a good student, but there are paparazzi camped outside my school, I ran with rogues (I'm shocked too), Maria just had to enter her dark cycle in school...My life is too exciting to study for exams.

VOL 8
It's exam week, but I've got far greater problems brewing at home. The prophecies are merging. River's stone had unlocked warlock trouble, the rogue king has moved in, and then there's Uncle Louis' economical problems... one at a time. Just let me survive Code Black and figure out what's going on at Heller's first, and I'm sure everything else will work out somehow.

Looking at the time, Logan realized he didn't have long before he had to go. The elderly hamster was slowly walking its way to the bush where Dani and the rest of the hamsters hid.

It was a long journey. Given it was only Vanessa, her three friends, and the elderly hamster, they were able to get by without being detected by predators. If only Dani put in the same amount of effort.

Upon escorting the old hamster into the bush, a giant puddle of hamsters was seen dug into the dirt. Dani was in the center sleeping like a kitten.

"Dani," called Vanessa, "You were supposed to watch them,"


"Nothing in this forest will touch them," she yawned, "I am fierce".


"You mean 'feerse'," said Logan looking at the time.


Mimi added, "Dani sleeping while the rest of us were running around like hamsters".


Vanessa rushed her lazy ass up and assembled her fur babies. After taking count, she realized somehow none of them died. Logan mocked Vanessa for allowing two hamsters to die back in the beginning. It was an amazing gift of the feral cats he added, to watch over young while sleeping.


"We will not let another hamster die," said Vanessa.


Logan added with a smile, "Well you got one, maybe two hours before I leave... And Dani doesn't run".


Vanessa rushed the hamsters into place. As before, Dani was to sit on top of a hamster while Logan, Mimi, and Kiki ran like heathens. When Vanessa wasn't touching a hamster, Kiki whispered, asking Logan if he was trying to make her fail. Instead of sabotaging, he was rather proud she made it this far. He even admitted that these hamster abilities would come in handy for not just the team, but her as an individual as well.


.........................
Despite her goofy nature, Vanessa was once again very careful about moving the hamsters across the forest. From bush to stump, she bound them away.

A fox was spotted on the radar. Using hand signals, Vanessa pushed everybody into hiding. The fox sniffed about the bushes, looking for food. She further signaled her three useful teammates into position. They waited for the fox to come near before striking.

Watching the predator from the radar, Vanessa studied its movements. It rushed over towards them. Logan and Mimi ran for a frontal attack, but the fox jumped clear over.

"Fuck," said the two attackers as an eagle swooped down at them.

Vanessa created a magical ball around them to prevent the eagle from gripping them. Her energy took a big hit creating those two spheres. She yelled for them to get back into the bush.

Logan yelled for Mimi not to listen, but it was too late. The eagle saw Mimi running towards a bush and attacked it directly.

Everything within the bush rattled to no end. It was an obvious hunting tactic that Vanessa wasn't aware of. It was to be expected from a girl who never hunted. Nor has she been through many survival themes.

Just the bush was nearly tipping over, Vanessa ran her furbabies away. The eagle swooped again to grab a hamster. Vanessa guarded it with a sphere.

The eagle's claws clashed with the magical sphere, causing it to fly up. Vanessa seized the moment to run everybody in a single pack.


As the eagle turned around for another strike, Vanessa set her team into a diamond formation. Each wing of the bird stretched well beyond that of the formation. Probably the size of a normal human.

Just as it nearly grabbed a hamster, Mimi rushed on it. Fortunate to the hamsters, they weren't shredded by their friendly spheres. That didn't stop the eagle from landing in the back with Dani.


"No no no no no, you will not eat Dani," she pleaded shooting at the large bird.


Logan called out asking Vanessa not to shield him again as she placed a sphere over each hamster in the back row with Dani. Being on a hamster herself, Dani was also shielded.


It glided to the center of the formation to grab one of many hamsters. Kiki hopped over many to jump into the eagle.

Like rain, the eagle saw it coming. Sure enough, Vanessa encased Kiki in a magical sphere.


A slight tilt was all it needed to avoid Kiki's clever attack. That slight tilt positioned it perfectly to Logan's throw card.

That tiny paper cut to the eagle's eye felt like a full-blown peck from another eagle. The bird flew into a tree.


Logan picked up a tiny hamster and ran after the fallen eagle.


"Not my baby baby," cried Vanessa.


Once Logan threw the little guy at the giant predator, Vanessa had no choice but to place a sphere on it as well.

The baby hamster ripped down the eagle's thigh. Logan further pushed it on the crying eagle's foot.

Mimi and Kiki cheered on Logan's antics against the bird while Vanessa cried for her baby.

The eagle flew away defeated before it lost any more blood.


Kiki called over, "Vanessa, I think this is a race"!

"Bro, this entire fucking trial is a race to not get eaten!" yelled Mimi.

Dani continued laying on her soft cuddly hamster, listening in on the team bicker. After a short minute, Vanessa decided to run her team through the forest. The cliff wasn't far. But with a potential threat at any turn and her magic reserves low, only time would tell if they made it.


...........................................
Shortly after entering the desert, a foreign tremor was detected on the radar. It wasn't clear, but it was definitely headed their way.

"What is that?" asked Vanessa.

The elder shook while fumbling his words.

"It's a snake!" yelled Kiki.

Mimi and Logan grumbled under their breaths, not wanting to deal with anything. The cliff itself was in sight. Kiki asked to send her with Mimi or Logan. Mimi rejected the moment she looked on the radar. The area of the tremor wasn't only moving fast. It was also a big area. Meaning they were either facing a big snake or a bunch of small snakes.


Dani laid on her running hamster and said, "How about no. Just no more. Dani's done for the day".


"Quick!" yelled Logan, "Sacrifice Dani! It's the only way"! 

Dani quickly responded calling him a "Fucking traitor". 

Vanessa shook her hands, refusing to let a single hamster go. The elder saw the anguish in her heart in sacrificing one of her own for the sake of the rest. With the group of snakes approaching, she was left with no choice. 

She held one finger up at Kiki, signaling to cripple a single hamster. Kiki kicked a hamster's legs, causing it to fall back into the hoard of oncoming snakes. It cries screeched to Vanessa's now sensitive ears. 

Dani yelled again, "That could've been me, asshole"!

The pack of snakes ate at the hamster before continuing their chase. After noticing, Vanesa held out two fingers. Kiki and Dani each crippled a single hamster. They fell into the hoards of snakes, stopping them near completely. 

It was just the time needed to get up the cliff. 
.........................................................................................

Fully reunited, in the tunnel, Vanessa stood in front of the elder hamster. 

Mimi couldn't resist pointing out how brutal it was. Logan even added that the fox pact wasn't hurtful. The very idea of sacrificing one's own for the sake of others was a challenging decision to be made. Ironically, it fell on Vanessa's shoulders. 

The elder acknowledged Vanessa's contribution. And while many of her achievements came from the help of friends, it was her wise decision to listen. He held out his tiny cold paws out, releasing a light that went into Vanessa. The Isekai system appeared informing her that the hamster skill tree has been activated. 


She immediately cheered through Logan's tutorial. He explained that the hamster skill tree was added to her training chart, but that she still needed to study each skill like she would a normal job class. 

Though it seemed Vanessa ignored every word he said to hug and play with the hamsters, she was fully aware of everything he said. 


The girls remained to enjoy their day with hamsters. Logan had to reschedule getting the two limit breaks for the next day. For now, he left to attend some important matters on behalf of the team.

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Looking at the time, Logan realized he didn't have long before he had to go. The elderly hamster was slowly walking its way to the bush where Dani and the rest of the hamsters hid. 

It was a long journey. Given it was only Vanessa, her three friends, and the elderly hamster, they were able to get by without being detected by predators. If only Dani put in the same amount of effort. 

Upon escorting the old hamster into the bush, a giant puddle of hamsters was seen dug into the dirt. Dani was in the center sleeping like a kitten. 

"Dani," called Vanessa, "You were supposed to watch them". 

"Nothing in this forest will touch them," she yawned, "I am fierce". 

"You mean 'feerse'," said Logan looking at the time. 

Mimi added, "Dani sleeping while the rest of us were running around like hamsters". 

Vanessa rushed her lazy ass up and assembled her fur babies. After taking count, she realized somehow none of them died. Logan mocked Vanessa for allowing two hamsters to die back in the beginning. It was an amazing gift of the feral cats he added, to watch over young while sleeping. 

"We will not let another hamster die," said Vanessa. 

Logan added with a smile, "Well you got one, maybe two hours before I leave... And Dani doesn't run". 

Vanessa rushed the hamsters into place. As before, Dani was to sit on top of a hamster while Logan, Mimi, and Kiki ran like heathens. When Vanessa wasn't touching a hamster, Kiki whispered, asking Logan if he was trying to make her fail. Instead of sabotaging, he was rather proud she made it this far. He even admitted that these hamster abilities would come in handy for not just the team, but her as an individual as well. 

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Despite her goofy nature, Vanessa was once again very careful about moving the hamsters across the forest. From bush to stump, she bound them away. 

A fox was spotted on the radar. Using hand signals, Vanessa pushed everybody into hiding. The fox sniffed about the bushes, looking for food. She further signaled her three useful teammates into position. They waited for the fox to come near before striking. 

Watching the predator from the radar, Vanessa studied its movements. It rushed over towards them. Logan and Mimi ran for a frontal attack, but the fox jumped clear over. 

"Fuck," said the two attackers as an eagle swooped down at them. 

Vanessa created a magical ball around them to prevent the eagle from gripping them. Her energy took a big hit creating those two spheres. She yelled for them to get back into the bush. 

Logan yelled for Mimi not to listen, but it was too late. The eagle saw Mimi running towards a bush and attacked it directly. 

Everything within the bush rattled to no end. It was an obvious hunting tactic that Vanessa wasn't aware of. It was to be expected from a girl who never hunted. Nor has she been through many survival themes. 

Just the bush was nearly tipping over, Vanessa ran her furbabies away. The eagle swooped again to grab a hamster. Vanessa guarded it with a sphere. 

The eagle's claws clashed with the magical sphere, causing it to fly up. Vanessa seized the moment to run everybody in a single pack. 

As the eagle turned around for another strike, Vanessa set her team into a diamond formation. Each wing of the bird stretched well beyond that of the formation. Probably the size of a normal human. 

Just as it nearly grabbed a hamster, Mimi rushed on it. Fortunate to the hamsters, they weren't shredded by their friendly spheres. That didn't stop the eagle from landing in the back with Dani. 

"No no no no no, you will not eat Dani," she pleaded shooting at the large bird. 

Logan called out asking Vanessa not to shield him again as she placed a sphere over each hamster in the back row with Dani. Being on a hamster herself, Dani was also shielded. 

It glided to the center of the formation to grab one of many hamsters. Kiki hopped over many to jump into the eagle. 

Like rain, the eagle saw it coming. Sure enough, Vanessa encased Kiki in a magical sphere. 

A slight tilt was all it needed to avoid Kiki's clever attack. That slight tilt positioned it perfectly to Logan's throw card. 

That tiny paper cut to the eagle's eye felt like a full-blown peck from another eagle. The bird flew into a tree. 

Logan picked up a tiny hamster and ran after the fallen eagle. 

"Not my baby baby," cried Vanessa. 

Once Logan threw the little guy at the giant predator, Vanessa had no choice but to place a sphere on it as well. 

The baby hamster ripped down the eagle's thigh. Logan further pushed it on the crying eagle's foot. 

Mimi and Kiki cheered on Logan's antics against the bird while Vanessa cried for her baby. 

The eagle flew away defeated before it lost any more blood. 

Kiki called over, "Vanessa, I think this is a race"! 

"Bro, this entire fucking trial is a race to not get eaten!" yelled Mimi. 

Dani continued laying on her soft cuddly hamster, listening in on the team bicker. After a short minute, Vanessa decided to run her team through the forest. 

The cliff wasn't far. But with a potential threat at any turn and her magic reserves low, only time would tell if they made it. 

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Shortly after entering the desert, a foreign tremor was detected on the radar. It wasn't clear, but it was definitely headed their way. 

"What is that?" asked Vanessa. 

The elder shook while fumbling his words. 

"It's a snake!" yelled Kiki. 

Mimi and Logan grumbled under their breaths, not wanting to deal with anything. The cliff itself was in sight. Kiki asked to send her with Mimi or Logan. 

Mimi rejected the moment she looked on the radar. The area of the tremor wasn't only moving fast. It was also a big area. Meaning they were either facing a big snake or a bunch of small snakes. 

Dani laid on her running hamster and said, "How about no. Just no more. Dani's done for the day". 

"Quick!" yelled Logan, "Sacrifice Dani! It's the only way"! 

Dani quickly responded calling him a "Fucking traitor". 

Vanessa shook her hands, refusing to let a single hamster go. The elder saw the anguish in her heart in sacrificing one of her own for the sake of the rest. With the group of snakes approaching, she was left with no choice. 

She held one finger up at Kiki, signaling to cripple a single hamster. Kiki kicked a hamster's legs, causing it to fall back into the hoard of oncoming snakes. It cries screeched to Vanessa's now sensitive ears. 

Dani yelled again, "That could've been me, asshole"! 

The den of snakes ate at the hamster before continuing their chase. After noticing, Vanesa held out two fingers. Kiki and Dani each crippled a single hamster. They fell into the horde of snakes, stopping them near completely. 

It was just the time needed to get up the cliff. 

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Fully reunited, in the tunnel, Vanessa stood in front of the elder hamster. 

Mimi couldn't resist pointing out how brutal it was. Logan even added that the fox pact wasn't hurtful. The very idea of sacrificing one's own for the sake of others was a challenging decision to be made. Ironically, it fell on Vanessa's shoulders. 

The elder acknowledged Vanessa's contribution. And while many of her achievements came from the help of friends, it was her wise decision to listen. He held out his tiny cold paws out, releasing a light that went into Vanessa. The Isekai system appeared informing her that the hamster skill tree has been activated. 

She immediately cheered through Logan's tutorial. He explained that the hamster skill tree was added to her training chart, but that she still needed to study each skill like she would a normal job class. 

Though it seemed Vanessa ignored every word he said to hug and play with the hamsters, she was fully aware of everything he said. 

The girls remained to enjoy their day with hamsters. Logan had to reschedule getting the two limit breaks for the next day. For now, he left to attend some important matters on behalf of the team.

The Isekai Game is a vigorous sport where players battle in a variety of themes each month. From magic, alchemy, melee combat, gun slinging, themes, players are forced to fight each other and monsters alike. 



Vanessa finally has her shot at playing and making it to the pro leagues to live a life of wealth, fame, and adventure. But when her small guild of misfits is threatened by an in-game assassin and her "ghost" warns her of a traitor, she feels at the end of her ropes. 



Will her new Isekai family stay together and make it to the pro leagues. Or will this traitor succeed at tearing them apart along with the harsh nature of the game?

Find out in The Isekai Game. 





Tags: action, gaming, RPG, strong female-lead, weak-to-strong, virtual reality, LARPing, Live Action, Roleplaying Game.


Manga to be released in June for free. Check my Instagram for more info.








Notes:
I know my first 2 chapters are confusing. I literally give the first 65 chapters free. My story has a "Do now, explain later" rhythm to it. The characters you read on in the first two chapters get fleshed out in the next two chapters. 
So give it a chance. 


Also, this is not your typical trash Isekai. There is no boy getting hit by a truck. No heavy romance. No high dive online nonsense. No harem. No sex jokes thrown every chapter nor bouncing tits. No truck-kun. No getting trapped in the game. No matrix or any other corny stuff. My concept is not original. But I literally cannot think of 1 story out there that has it.


".........///////////" indicates a transition in scene or time. 
My story gets hectic. This will help a lot. 



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Under the scorching summer heat, I walked towards  the area next to my middle school, trying to find this pet shop. After about 10 minutes of looking around for it, I could finally see a middle-sized, clean-looking and simply decorated pet shop. Everything would be perfect if not for the very striking red and pink name 'Zhang's Pet Shop' printed on a bright green background... 

I walk in and the bells above me jingle as I open the door. Looking around, I notice a variety of objects in different areas. On the right side of the shop, there is a counter filled with a variety of food and toys for animals, on the left side there are some objects like bedding and brushes for dogs and cats, as well as other objects that most owners would buy for their pets. I can also hear faint barks and meows coming from the back of the shop and I sudenlly have an impulse to rush to the back and gaze at the big pack of cuties! 

Before I could execute my plan and make a fool of myself, I nearly get a heart attack when I spot a man, who looks like he's around 25 years old, directly looking at me. I shiver as I feel his cold, piercing eyes scanning me all over.

He then looks me in the eyes and says in a very indiffetent and monotone voice. "Welcome to Zhang's Pet Shop, what would you like from us today?"

Even though I feel a little scared of this man, I still show a polite smile as I point towards the flyer about a part-time summer position and say, "Hello, my name is Han Xue Wei, and I'm currently looking for a part-time job during summer, and I coincidentally saw your advertisement. Could I speak to whoever is in charge?"

I notice a slight surprise in the man's eyes as he then tells me to sit down on a chair and wait a minute.

'Haha, he probably thinks, why would a model like him who looks as majestic as an ancient phoenix, want to work in a small pet shop like this? Hmph...it seems that being good looking is also a sin.'

After waiting for a few minutes, I see the door at the back of the shop open and the weird man comes out together with an older grandfather who looks very similar to the weird man, although older and much more kinder-looking.

The old man looks over at me and then gives me a smile, big enough to see his fake teeth popping out.

"Welcome young man! My name is Zhang Yichou and I'm the owner of this shop. This is my son, Zhang Da Lei and he often helps me to keep the pet shop clean and delas with all the animals since I'm getting old and need some hand around here to assist me. By the way you said that you wanted to apply for a part time job right, young lad?"

I nod to him as a response and he continues. 

"First i need to do a quick employee interview since we need to know if you're suitable for this job, is that okay with you?" 

"That's fine boss Zhang" I smile in satisfaction. 

"Okay okay just call me grandpa Zhang. First tell me your name" 

"Han Xue Wei" 

"Are you 16 or older?" 

"Yes, I am already 16"

"You don't mind getting paid a minimal wage, do you? 

"I don't mind, I'm still a student after all so this is reasonable" I say and think to myself that in two months, I will have at least 4,000RMB saved up from this job.

"How are you with animals?" 

I immediately brighten and show one of my best smiles, not including my tiger teeth since I'm pretty sure that the old man would get a heart attack from cuteness overload kekeke. 

"I love all of them, birds, cats, dogs, snakes, hamsters, rabbits, fish, guinea-pigs, you name it, I will love it and sincerely take care of each of of these lovely creatures. Well everything other than insects. I hate insects very much" I name all the animals I could think of on the spot and smile sheepishly. I swear I could see the mouth of the weird man turn upwards for a millisecond, before he restored his usual expression. 

'Maybe he is not so weird after all. He may just be a little emotionless and not accustomed to strangers...'

"Haha, that's s good, that's good. Okay, I decided to give you a chance so you got the job young man! When can you start? The first week will be me and my son teaching you and showing you the ropes around the shop as well as how to take care of all the animals."

"Thank you, I can start from tomorrow Thursday"

"You will work from 8 in the morning, have a lunch break for an hour and finish at around 7. You can stay and I will pay you for overtime if you decide to help to clean up the shop. Come back here tomorrow morning and we will sign a part-time contract for the fisr two months of holidays!" 

I see the old man dancing happily and singing around the shop as he sweeps the floor, apparently feeling very happy to have a new worker. I thank them and walk out of the shop. I decide to take a stroll near the library. 

As I reach the city's library, I want to go around the building as there is a hidden alley which significantly shortens my path to the house. Before I can do that however, I hear someone calling out behind me. 

"Stop! Young lad! Please stop for a moment" 

I don't recognise this voice at all so keep on walking, thinking that it's not me. The voice however, only got louder and I reasoned out, that since there is only me here, the owner of the voice must be someone who wants to talk to me... 

I turn around in confusion as I look at the panting, sweaty and slightly chubby middle-aged man who looks at me like he just found his long-lost treasure. 

"Can I help you, mister?" I say quietly, my voice filled with doubt and alertness when taking to an unknown man at night. You always have to be alert in these situations, especially since I'm such a handsome young man. 

"Hello, I am the director of the city's library. People call me Uncle Chen" 

'Ohhhh, so he's the poetic old man who praised my magnificence yesterday hehe'

"Hello Director Chen, how may I help you?" I answer politely while still maintaining my distance with the newly met person. 

"Young man, I have actually been waiting for you for quiet some time, let's walk to this tea shop on the other side of the road so I can sit down and catch my breath."

I immediately agree as I can obviously see his exhaustion from running and since I respect the old, I can't refuse him when I see an older generation in such a stste. We walk towards the tea shop in peaceful silence. When we sit down I order my favorite chrysanthemum tea while he orders a Longjing tea. 

"Young man, firstly I want to thank you for the beautiful drawing you made" He begins as we sip the tea. 

"This was actually nothing, Director Chen. I really only drew this for pure enjoyment and had no intention of selling it so it was more appropriate to gift it" I smile faintly as I rember the talk and the funny business transaction I had with the petite lady who wanted to buy the drawing from me for Director Chen. 

"I still have to thank you. Since you said that I can pay for your next artwork, then I realised that I cannot wait any longer and waited for you to offer you a deal."

I perked up my ears and obediently listened to him. A deal. Which means more money in my wallet. This is definitely a good deal(^o^). 

"I would like you to make a bigger painting of one of the places in our library. I would like you to paint it as realistically as possible, just like when you drew the picture last time. I will supply you with everything you need, be it the canvas, the brushes or the paint. You name it, I'll buy it! You can then keep these supplies that will be left over and I will pay you a 1,000RMB for the finished project."

I'm slightly stunned by his over generous offer. I feel slightly scared, thinking that this must be too good to be true and I'm  probably falling into some kind of scam. 

I think Director Chen saw through my thoughts as he merely laughed bitterly and said, "Don't misunderstand me lad, the canvas you will paint on will be quite large and it may take you a few days to finish. If that's how it is then my offer is not that expensive."

"How large is the canvas?" I ask while feeling shocked. How can he trust someone he doesn't know with such a big project?! 

He probably saw through my thoughts once again as he looked me in the eye and said seriously, "It will be an extra large,"60x40" canvas. I trust you because I have a good eye when it comes to people. When I saw your drawing, I instantly knew that a talent like you should produce more works so I simply grabbed an opportunity to meet and collaborate with an outstanding, young and talented boy like you!"

In the last few days, it happened quiet often but now once again I felt very warm in my heart because of someone's kind words towards me. In my last life, this feeling was something I only sincerely felt when I was with Tao Rong, but now, I realise that there are actually many people who truly appreciate and support me...

"Okay, I agree, however I just found myself a part time job in a pet shop, so I can only come around to paint during the weekends. Don't worry, two full days should be enough for me to finish if I start in the morning." 

I smile very brightly as I think about how fun this weekend be. I haven't used paint and canvas in a while, but I will definitely enjoy myself to the fullest. Plus, I will also get paid for it, and I desperately need money. I really need to buy a smartphone since my brick phone is on the verge of destruction... 

'After I buy my new phone, my now handsome and thick wallet will become like a patient with terminal illness again..Yingyingying...' I weep silently as I think about my future expenses. It is therefore good to raise as much money as I can! 

We talked until it got darker and we quickly finished our tea as I kolęd at the time. Director Chen, noticing that its already very late, stood up and I followed suit. We shook hands to commemorate out partnership and parted ways. 

On the way to the house, I recounted all the events that happened and realised that today was really my lucky day... 

*********

On the other side of Beijing, an old man is sitting quietly before a big desk that's filled to the brim with examination papers. 

He looks at the paper that his old, skinny and withered hands are currently holding, which are now slightly trembling from shock. He turns the pages of the Chinese paper over to the front to read the name of the young, teenage writer. 

*Han Xue Wei* No. 30 Middle School, Beijing*

He looks over this name countless times as if he's trying to imprint it in his mind and starts talking with a slightly shaky voice 

"Which... Which God was it that sent this Angel to our planet?!" 

This incident actually happened in many other houses of old proffesors tonight.

Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English, Politics and History. All the professors, checking the paper of the same boy, were having similar reactions while reading his exams over and over until they couldn't stop themselves from heading to the window and looking up towards the sky as they all started to praise the gods for sending someone so gifted to their home country.

Shock, confusion, appreciation and amazement.

All of these emotions are mixed in and are now showing on the faces of those old, but very reputable teachers. 

If someone saw them praising the Gods at night like lunatics, their jaws would have dropped to the floor. They would all be thinking: 'Are these the professors that are known for their reputable, strict and fair characters all over China or old men that came out from a mental asylum!?' 

And while these old men are trying to figure out how to meet this young man, the perpetrator himself, Han Xue Wei, is quietly sleeping in his small balcony room as he dreams about a fruit that if eaten, will make his already out-of-this-world handsome face, even better looking...

Han Xue Wei, should have been like every other main lead in a story.

He should have had high intelligence. 

Breathtaking looks. 

A stunning figure that every other character envies and drolls at. 

A peaceful teenage life with plenty of friends who would go to the end of the world with him. 

A job which every other person wishes to have, with no need for a salary, because OBVIOUSLY as a Male Lead, he has to have his own firm. 

And a loving family that will sacrifice everything for him. 

Yes... He Was supposed to have had this prodigious life. 

However, reality often slaps people in the face, even if it is our lovely male lead, Han Xue Wei.

His life would have been perfect if not for the fact that everything changed after his parents died in a car crash.

His Aunt chose to keep the 'poor orphan' and let him live with her family, but this was a life led on a path more miserable than if he chose to stay in an orphanage.

Even when meeting with death at the age of 28, he still regretted being naive as he blamed himself for not being able to recognise who did things for his good and who wanted to harm him. 

God had a serious talk with the author and said: This novel sucks.
He is the most miserable Male Lead I have ever seen. Help him author-sama, otherwise all you will get are hate comments!

And thus, the author took on a mission to give Han Xue Wei a second chance to get more views!

*While there will be some bxb romance, this is very slow as the ML and the love interest are both straight at the start.
The novel itself will only have chapters that are classified as a pure romance with oy a bit of boy on boy 'action' so it is still a boy's love story so those who do not like it, feel free to stop reading*

 Kipo and Sarah were heading to the snake village and finish their mission to help the hamsters village.
Kipo : so I have asked you this question before.....but I want to see if the answer have changed....what's the plan ?
Sarah : I didn't change the plan yet.....first...we need to do some scouting....but this time I will do it alone....
Kipo : yeah yeah....I know.
After a while of walking they found the snake village, every snake was asleep, because it was daytime, but that does not mean that they can't wake up.
Sarah has already climbed the same tree Kipo fell off of. 
Kipo : I don't like this tree.
Sarah : I don't think the tree was the problem fatty...
Kipo : I'm not fat.....right ?
Kipo then checked her belly but it was flat.
Kipo in her mind : meh....I'm not fat.
Sarah started looking for any snake that might be awake, but she saw no one, she climbed down the tree and started to look with Kipo in the houses of the village through the windows, they saw many snakes, different sizes and heights, when Sarah saw them she realized that they can't win a fight against these creatures.
Sarah whispered : we have to leave....before we wake one of them up.....if one is up...all are up....let's go.
After they left the village and got far away from it, Kipo was confused of what's the matter.
Kipo : so what's next.....how will we take them out ?
Sarah : we won't.
Kipo : what ?....why ?
Sarah : you don't know much about biology.....do you ?
Kipo : I'm an astronomy scientist....of course I don't know anything about biology.
Sarah : snakes contain venom....this venom can do many different things to it's victim....some hurt...some immobilize....some make you bleed.....and some kills....one drop of a giant snake's venom is enough to kill you at least in like 2 minutes.....there is no way any of us will survive a fight with them.
Kipo : but how do we help the hamsters ?.....we have to.
Sarah : we need to find another way that doesn't involve violence.....unfortunately.
Kipo : we could get Zet.....if violence is still an option.
Sarah : if we do this fight even with Zet.....he might be the only survivor in it.....and that's a maybe.
Kipo : do we head to back to the hamster village now ?
Sarah : I think I have a plan....but we need Zet for it to work.....let's go to his tree house.
After a long walk, the night is almost sitting and it started raining, they have finally reached Zet's house, when they arrived Sarah climbed up to the door and broke it open, she knows that he's not in it.
Kipo : that was very unnecessary of you.
Sarah : sure....we can wait outside if you want.
Kipo : fine....
Sarah : we'll wait for him....he should be back soon.
The girls waited in the tree house for almost 10 minutes, then they heard Zet coming back.
When Zet came in he was surprised to see his door open, he summoned lightning in his hands before going to see who broke his door, he then climbed up and aimed immediately at the first thing he spotted.
Kipo : don't shoot !!
Sarah : oh hey Zet.....thought you'd never come back.
when Zet saw who broke in his house he turned off his lightning hands.
Zet : oh....it's you two....you couldn't more rude than this you know....oh...and hey Kipo.
Sarah : glad to see you too.....you know I broke into my house too.
Kipo : hi Zet.
Zet : what do you want ?
Sarah : long story....we need your help...and no...we're not going to kill or hurt anyone....this time.
Zet : fill me in.
Sarah : so recently we visited a village.....it was the hamsters village....they're dying slowly almost every night.....they're getting hunted by the snakes....they will eventually all die unless they get help.
Zet : and YOU want to help them?....I'm truly shocked...
Sarah : not me precisely....but yes...I do.
Zet : so what's the plan ?
Kipo : well....we tried to fight the snakes at first.....but luckily we realized we can't kill one of them without dying first.
Zet : you just found out?.....the snake that was chasing me was a blind snake.....but also a dumb one....it couldn't speak like the rest....but because it can't see it could hear and smell better than the rest of it's kind.....that one was average height and size to them....no one can miss with these guys and survive....I was lucky to find water on my way.
Kipo : wow....the mutation event did a real number on them.
Sarah : we need to go back to the hamsters village and see how they're holding up.
Zet : let's go then.
A while has passed when they were walking, and suddenly Zet asked Kipo in private.
Zet : hey does she know about what I told you ?
Kipo : no....I did not tell her anything.....yet.
By the time Zet and Kipo finished their private conversation, they have already arrived to their destination, the hamsters village.
Sarah : we're here.
Kipo was glad to see the population of this village didn't decrease as much as she thought.
Kipo : hi everyone !
The hamsters looked at her for a short while without saying any word.
Kipo : right...depression.
Zet : anybody cares to explain what's up with them ?
Kipo : they're usually depressed because of the snake attacks.
Sarah : and we're about to change this.
Sarah then headed to a high place, high enough to be able to gather all the hamsters in one place.
Sarah : alright everyone.....who's of you sick of the snakes attacks almost every night ? 
Many hamsters lift their hands up, while many others just left, they did not want to change anything and accept their fate by ending up eaten by a snake.
Sarah : we can change all of this.
The village chief : we won't fight them.
Sarah : why the hell does everyone find violence the first solution to everything....
Zet : what do you mean ?.....you did that too !
Sarah : shut up.....anyway....we have a plan to make you all safe from the snakes once and for all.
Some of the hamsters that left came back, they wanted to hear this plan before judging.
Sarah : but we need your help with this....if this plan works...none of you will ever be eaten by a snake again.
The villager chief : we're listening.
Sarah : we can change this whole village's location to somewhere else where they won't find you....and we will make decoys in these houses....so they won't suspect anything.....when they find out that you all left it will be too late for them...you would already be gone.
The village chief : but what about when they come at night ?
Sarah : this is why we have this guy.....everyone....meet Zet....he can control lightning and stuff...
Zet : hi everyone.....
Sarah then whispered to Zet.
Sarah : show them....
Zet : oh yeah.....this will hurt.
He then showed off his powers to the hamsters, they were impressed, more of those who left started to come back, this plan was destined to succeed.
Kipo : NOW they're interested.
Sarah : he will be able to keep them away at night.....we will work hard for it....but it will be worth it....unless you all want to be randomly picked as snakes dinner.
The village chief : do you have more details? 
Sarah : yes....but for now...that's all you need to know to judge.....so...do you agree to save yourselves ?
The hamsters finally let out a small smile on their faces, the village chief nodded in agreement, Sarah nodded back, she was excited for her plan to work.
Sarah : alright then.....let's get to work !
Zet : wait...who came up with this idea ?
Kipo : I didn't even know about it.....all Sarah.
Zet : not bad.....not bad...so what we should do first ?
Sarah : ok....Kipo....go get wood from the forest....get a group with you...gather as much sticks as you can find.
Kipo : got it !
Sarah : and Zet....I need you to keep an eye on the snakes at all time....keep them away from here as much you can....if you're part fails....the whole plan fails.
Zet : no pressure huh ? 
Sarah : relax....we both know you got this....
Zet : speak for yourself.....but sure.
The village chief : and what's our part ? 
Sarah : work on transferring all your stuff outside of the village....and I will go and find a new place for you to live in.
The chief nodded in agreement.
The village chief : thank you....for all of this.
Sarah nodded with a faint smile on her face.
Sarah then left the village to look for the villager's new home. 
Hours have passed, the night has started to set, Sarah found 3 different places, she can't make the choice herself, it's all up to the chief to decide, it's time for her to get back.
when Sarah came back she saw progress being made, they are desperate to live a happy normal life.
Kipo and Zet had already came back after hard long day of work.
Sarah : Zet....report.
Zet : they don't show any action all day....only night....
Sarah : good news.....you'll have time to rest in the day.
Zet : heading to do my job. 
Sarah : and what about you Kipo ? 
Kipo leaded Sarah into one of the houses where she put all the sticks she gathered, it was a massive pile of sticks .
Kipo : is this enough ? 
When Sarah saw the pile she was surprised.
Sarah : more than enough....good job.....you can go get some rest now.
Kipo : you're not coming ?
Sarah : I'll be late....I need to speak with the chief.
Kipo : ok....see you later.
Sarah then went to speak with chief, he was in a private meeting with a group of villagers, she heard them talking about her and her group, she decided to hide in a place where they won't see her and started to listen. 
Villager : we have to do this....it will be way better than her plan.
Villager : but they're trying to help us.
Village chief : they're humans....we can't trust them....we have to do it....
Villager : it's simple....we capture them when they are defenseless....we deliver them to him and we will be rewarded with a wish....as he usually does....and he will get rid of all the snakes....he doesn't like them anyway.
Village chief : we will capture them tomorrow at dawn....be ready for them....we know where they live.
Sarah was surprised by this, it was all a trap, they were betraying them all this time, she had to do something fast, she ran away from the village without anyone seeing her and headed straight to their tent, when she arrived their she found Kipo sleeping. 
Sarah : Kipo wake up!
Kipo : woah....what's going on ? 
Sarah : pack the tent....we need to leave now.
Kipo : what ?....why ?....what happened ?
Sarah : I will explain later....but now we need to find Zet.....pack everything and wait here....I'll go call Zet....be right back.
Sarah then ran and searched for a 2 rocks and a stick, she then climbed a big tree as fast as she could and started to set the stick on fire, she then howled as loudly. 
Zet heard it, he looked up at the sky.
Sarah then set the stick on fire and threw it up in the sky.
Zet saw it and ran back to her as fast he could.
Zet has arrived.
Zet : what's the emergency ?
Sarah : no time to explain now....we need to get to Kipo.
Zet and Sarah then ran back to Kipo, she already finished packing the tent.
Sarah : Kipo....when you went to get the sticks....did you pass by Zet's house ? 
Kipo : yes....multiple times....there were many broken trees in that area.....is there anything wrong ?
Zet : I live next to the lumber cats....
Sarah : oh no....the tree house is compromised....we need to get all the stuff you need in that house and leave...now.
Zet : are you going to say what's happening ? 
Sarah : they're frauds....they were trying to capture us all this time....apparently they know that were humans and they're going to deliver us to him.
Zet : him ?
Sarah : I don't know either....they kept saying him....they are going to attack us at dawn....we need to hurry and get your important stuff and ditch that place....now !
Zet : let's go.
They ran to Zet's tree house, there was no one there, they had to hurry, when they arrived they were about to get in, but Zet stopped them outside.
Zet : stop here....I won't take long.
Sarah nodded.
Kipo : ok.
after 15 minutes Zet came out of the tree house with a backpack.
Zet : alright....I'm ready...let's get away from this place.
After Zet finished packing they all headed in the opposite direction of the hamsters village.
They have been walking all night, they were all tired, they needed to sleep, when they walked far enough from the hamsters village, they found a spot to set the camp in, it was in the forest, where the trees will give them cover to protect them from their enemies.
Everyone was tired, but Zet was angry, he waited for the girls to sleep then he flew back to hamsters village, when he arrived he sneaked into the house where Kipo stashed all the sticks, he grabbed a big amount and sat them all on fire and threw them at the villager's houses burning many houses they were sleeping in, he then flew back to the camp, he found Sarah waiting for him.
She was worried about him.
Sarah : where were you ? 
Zet : they took my home away.....so I took theirs.
Sarah : so much for laying low....
Zet did not respond, he was very mad, he can kill the whole village in a matter of minutes, but his conscious will always prevent him from killing.

The story revolves around 
8 kids who have different powers in a world where humanity is in a war against mutated animals.
Each one of them has stories to be told, and adventures to be talked about....hope you enjoy this. 


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"Oh my god boss, this car is just too awesome. One step on the gas pedal and ….. I freaking love it! But boss, didn't you say you were short on funds?" Driving this brand new Ford F750 around, Robins can only be said to be excited. Yes, excited. In fact, no matter who is driving this beast, they will all be excited. Jiang Hai doesn't have his driver's license yet, otherwise there is no way that Robins would be the one currently driving.
"There is no problem. This amount of spending can only be said to be spare change." Jiang Hai said happily.
Yup, what Jiang Hai bought is the Ford F750. Normally the biggest pickup available on market in China is the F650 with a base price tag of 3,000,000 yuan. It is already big enough to be awe-inspiring. However in America, the bigger 750 already existed. The starting price of the 650 here is $35,000 while the 750 is at $48,000.
After inquiring about the prices, Jiang Hai paid the asking price without any haggling or hesitation. Swipe the card and pick up the cars. Furthermore with just this time alone, he paid for 3 trucks. 2 F750 and 1 F650. The 2 750 is for the farm while the 650 is for him to fool around with when he gets his license upgraded.
These car's prices can be considered to be pretty cheap. Compared to those supercars that easily cost a few million and on, these $500,000 pickups can only be said to be a bargain. After paying for these trucks, Jiang Hai drove off with one on the spot. The other 2 alone with Robins' old pickup will of course be delivered back to the estate by Durufle.
Along the way, Jiang Hai experienced first hand the feeling of being superior than everyone else. If he says he wasn't excited then he really is a retard. Of course the one most excited here is Robins; who is driving this beast. Their original plan was to buy the trucks first then go adopt some dogs. Generally there are a very few places which straight up sell dogs in America; especially for likes of cattle dogs. Usually people try to request them from others. If they are rejected, then will adopt some stray dogs under the condition that they are smart enough.
However now with their new car, their plans changed. After a special round trip around the town to satisfy their cravings, they reluctantly drove to the town's animal shelter. When this black beast arrived in front of the animal shelter, all the dogs inside started to bark non stop. This is also the first time a beast of this size appeared in the town. When the workers inside heard the dog's bark, they all walked out to see what the cause is and what appeared infront of them is this monstrous beast.
*Peng* *Peng* Out came Jiang Hai and Robins as they jumped down. This car is seriously big and tall. The footstep to the ground has a distance of almost a meter. But this does not trouble Jiang Hai and Robins at all as they landed on the ground.
"Hi there, how may I help you?" A nervous girl came over and said, baffled.
Although she doesn't understand cars, but seeing the car in front of her, her instincts tell her this car is very expensive. That also means these two are definitely rich. But as to why these rich people are here, she has no clue.
"Um, it's like this. I'm the new owner of the Green Forest, and I'm thinking of raising some cows. So I am currently in need of some cattle dogs, which is why I am here to see if there are any here." Jiang Hai happily explained.
The girl in front of him is around 5'3. Caucasian, a bit chubby with some freckles.
"Oh, so it's like this, follow me." Hearing Jiang Hai is here to adopt pets, although having already guessed their intentions, the girl still smiled.
In these shelters, there are no workers, but only volunteers. It can be said most of the people who work here are all compassionate. What they really want to see is the animals here be adopted by families. Especially rich families like Jiang Hai's.
"Sorry for the inconvenience." Jiang Hai muttered before following the girl in.
As soon as they entered the shelter, Jiang Hai is astonished by it's size. This shelter is really … big. There are many different species here. Not only do they house pet cats and dogs, but also other types as well. In America there really isn't any nature conservation act. As long as you have the money then you can buy (adopt) what you want. The most famous of which is Mike Tyson's tigers. As long as what you raise doesn't hurt people then go ahead, this is also why there are all kinds of pets in America.
Not only is there is normal cats, dogs, fish, birds, hamsters. The unconventional spiders, lizards, snakes, turtles, martens, rabbits and so on. There are also some real predators. Such as the golden eagle that is staring directly at him as soon as he entered the shelter. Behind it is even more hawks, eagles, falcons and other small sized predators.
Apart from these predators, there is also a bunch of snakes in the opposite room. Species such as the golden python and the likes are pretty common. There is also some rare poisonous snakes, like the black mamba, king cobra and so on, here as well. Due to them entering, these beasts all raised their heads and hissed at him from their cages.
"You guys really have quite a selection here." Jiang Hai exclaimed excitingly. He doesn't have many hobbies, but the raising pets is definitely one of them. Especially when it comes to raising predators, no men will say no to them. Sadly the chinese government restricts you from raising them, but now that he is in America, he really wants to try it. Seeing all these animals, he is already making plans for them.
"Yup, you just came to America didn't you? We have pets of all kinds here. The ones here are just the small ones. All the big ones are in the back." The girl said nonchalantly.
Because the American government allows unrestrained raising of pets, there are all kinds of pets in America. But there are always some morons out there who will do everything half heartedly. When they start to raise their pets, they will say they will raise them properly and so and so. But not long after, they will get annoyed with all the this.
Under normal conditions there are two ways to solve this. One is to kill it. This tends to bring in some compensation in China since you can just sell them to stores that specialize in these things, but is very rare in America. The second option would be to just throw them away, which is the option most Americans take. But there is also some policies in place such that these thrown away pets don't end up as stray animals who will cause some pandemic or something.
After passing the migrant birds, snakes, lizards, frogs, hamsters, cat, small and medium sized dogs, they finally arrived at the back of the shelter. Here is where all the big animals are sheltered, but the first thing that appeared in front of Jiang Hai is a freaking bear.
*roar* Sensing the arrival of outsiders, this beast who was originally lying down inside of it's cage suddenly stood up and roared. Seeing this more than 2 meter tall intimidating beast, even Robins began to back away. Yet due to the tattoo on him, Jiang Hai treated these animal's intimidation as nothing. Instead, it led Jiang Hai to examine this bear even more closely. Only to find it missing an eye and bear multiple scars.
"Paul, down! He is a tragic grizzly from Colorado. He was raised up by people since he was a cub. Sadly his previous owner is really a good-for-nothing. The missing eye and all those scars are all caused by them. When we found him, he was on the verge of death, but he at least is alive now. However apart from us, he has a grudge against all other humans." noticing Jiang Hai's interest, the girl explained as she hit the cage. Sure enough, the bear listened to her and lied down again, resuming its previous calmness.
Hearing her explanation, Jiang Hai nodded, but didn't say anything and continued forward. He discovered that this area for large beasts is more like a small zoo than anything else. Apart from the grizzly at the front door, there are also leopards, jaguars, black bears, river boas, and even crocodiles. According to the girl, most of the animals here are not from the Boston area. Rather they mostly came from New York ().
He can't help but acknowledge the fact that rich people are sometimes really abnormal. But honestly, Jiang Hai can also be considered a rich person. Thus, when he saw these animals, he also had thoughts of wanting to raise some. Thinking up to here, Jiang Hai shook his head and put this matter behind him, since this is not the main reason why he is here.
After following the girl to the very back of the shelter, they arrived at the section where all the big hounds are kept. The reason why these dogs are placed behind those predators is because of their sheer volume. As soon as Jiang Hai entered, all those hounds stood up in their cages and stared unwaveringly at the group. From the looks of things, these dogs aren't as friendly as you might think.
When the girl entered a particular room, she said "All the dogs here were all cattle dogs or sheep dogs previously. They were all sent here because either their owner died or because they couldn't be supported anymore. Therefore they don't have grudges against humans. They are pretty easy to handle and all had some training before. You guys can take a look and once you have finished selecting, we can begin the adoption process."

Blue sky, white clouds, lazily lying on the beach, while feeling the gentle breeze coming from the sea. Hounds at the side with marine animals chasing each other around. Cups of unrivaled wine from his personal winery with cuts of prime A grade steaks readily around. For others, life is all about pursuing money, power, and fame, but for Jiang Hai, this type of lifestyle is what he constantly dreamed of.

chaps 1- 80 not translated by me
will edit 60 - 80 at a later date.

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