Female action lead in a modern semi-sci-fi environment. It’s my first novel, I’m open to any remark, recommendation :) I won’t say I’m not a slowpoke writer, nevertheless I’ll try my best to write at least around 1000 words/day.
I hope you will enjoy it!

Just as there is 'Soft Magic' in Fantasy that is portrayed through magibabble, there can be 'Soft Science' in a Sci-Fi stories through technobabble that makes 'some sense', but not entirely correct.

We are frickin' writers, not scientists. You don't have to be anatomically correct all the time, all you need to do is show that you know enough of your stuff to write a decent story. In fact, the excuse of it being an alternate world can be used if you're going to bend the limits of physics and say that fire doesn't need air to exist in this parallel dimension.

I see a lot of writers being put into a state of confusion due to not understanding the line between fantasy and Sci-Fi. They seem like they are trying to fit the Star Trek mould too often.

Science can just as well do the same things as plot devices in fantasy stories. Once you add 'realism' to a fantasy, it becomes progressively better sometimes compared to a completely fantasied story where 'logic' doesn't hold within it.

Those who write Sci-Fi usually envision a future they can imagine where magic-like Rocket Boots and other stuff exist. However, a writer must not get bogged down by small details and MUST think of an overarching story where these details matter.

It is the same with Fantasy. Even if you write about someone breaking the mould as a wizard or something, you have to attach your world to a narrative rather than doing it the other way 'round.

No one wants to hear about how awesome your boat propellers are before hearing your story's narrative. They would rather you cut down and make it relevant when it is actually relevant.

Adding some 'Hard Science' to your story is only when the scenes later on have any use for them. It bores a person to death no matter how extensive your technobabble is unless you make it interesting. Try using facts as plot elements.

For example: Even the simple fact that people cannot breath in space and instantly die when they come in contact with the 'void' of space could be used to add a layer of tension when a spaceship is damaged. Similar to how dangerous 'hard magic' is used in Epic Fantasy like Frodo's Ring in The Lord of the Rings has definitive corruption on others.

Unlike Fantasy that can use the Power of Friendship to bend logic, the readers of Sci-Fi never be expecting any 'realistic' plot elements to be bend just because the Author wants a happy ending. There are no 'Healing Potions' in real life that can be used to fix up injuries nor are people affected by prophesies or whatever.

This is the contrast between Sci-Fi and Fantasy that you can make full use of. As most authors go onto the Sci-Fi side of writing not because they strive to be scientists but since the aesthetics of a science fiction world are just so interesting.

Science Fiction is a good place to tackle heavy topics like the nature of life and the absurdity of those who see 'science' as everything. Those who disregard emotions and become cybernetic entities for the sake of casting off their mortality are portrayed as the bad guys while our totally human protagonist fighting them is a 'good guy'.

The lines between an Artificial Intelligence and regular Humans blurs as we become the 'God' of technological species that defy our definition of what is 'living'. Just as we see God as some sort of fourth-dimensional and incomprehensible being that created us as an imperfect image of 'Him', the robots given sentience would see us similarly.

Some robots might have emotions that can allow them to defy their programming, some robots won't go as far as gaining emotional functionality but will preform their roles better than even a human. It could show the reason why people get attached to the inanimate and soulless objects we put our own hearts into creating (like Big Hero 6).

But though exploring philosophical questions is good and all, never forget that a good 'plot' is needed to put forward and give clues into the writer's answer that context. Sci-Fi is, after all, a premise, not a relatable character in of itself.

Think of the science-fiction elements as just the background for your story, similar to how other genres should be that as well. You won't have to deal writing blocks if you keep to writing only what you know rather than just speculative theories.

Whether it's as dark as a Cyber Punk or optimistic of the future, just know what mould you are using for this premise. Are you writing an Adventure story with Sci-Fi as the places, destinations, and whatever tools the MC can get him hands on, or are you writing a comedy where the Sci-Fi elements don't need consistency but absurdity?

After moving past why you shouldn't add unneeded technobabble unless it's interesting to listen to or has plot significance, let me remind you all that robots and 'science' isn't entirely separated from the realm of magic. After all, there is a reason you don't see skimpy power suits being worn by astronauts these days. Just be sure to have a focus if your going to add very illogical things to the plot.

I like Gundam as much as the next guy but the whole reason the Mecha sub-genre of Anime has waned in recent years is because writers have been focusing too much on 'science' rather than the spectacle. I don't need to now what materials your Mecha is made of unless you point its weak points and make it relevant in a fight scene.

Bring up the strengths and weaknesses of something and THEN use those facts as devices that can move the plot. Conversely, if you go overboard with this advice and tell me nothing but how your giant robot looks and the 'science' behind its creation, even going as far as to tell me how many secret guns it has, then I'll be bored...

I'd love to see Cyborgs Vs Mecha but just don't forget the human element of Sci-Fi. How we create things not solely for the sake of creation but put are feelings into it just like the novels we write.

Humans are passionate that way...

Thanks for reading and I wish you guys well~ Be sure to ask if you have any blog or story requests.

(Cover by Darkstar Dust)

This is a story I worked on ages ago that has been refined and edited by adding foreshadowing to events while also simplifying the power system better than before. This story can be considered a prequel to An Adventure Beyond Greatness as it takes place years prior to the events of that story.

Short Synopsis:
After retiring from the battlefield, my life became empty and lifeless. The regrets of my past haunt me in my sleep. Then a change occurred, a King from another world summoned me to fight for his kingdom, but I died even before I could give him my answer. Now, after a fake God allowed me to reincarnate (albeit imperfectly) with my memories intact, into a world filled with magic and swords.

Long Synopsis:
This is about a flawed protagonist who only knew to rely on others and not socialise who gets a second chance to change himself in order to live the life he aimed for in his past life. The narrator isn’t exactly trustworthy since it is purely in his bias perspective while other perspectives given by others fill in the blanks that he either leaves out or twists to suit the situation.

The story itself can be considered a parody of Isekai’s classic tropes which are given a sense of reality as time goes by. As there exists no ‘Demon Lord’, there is also no black and white, only characters opinions and counter-opinions throughout the story.

First off, I would like to point out that this is a fannovel of a popular (and loved by myself) military sci-fi shooter called Halo. Most Characters, Settings, Weapons and Locations within this book, are respectfully the property of 343 Industries, I do not own any of the aforementioned, this is a fan project dedicated towards this amazing franchise, not for profit nor publicity.

 I would like to thank Bungie for creating such an amazing game series that has been around for nearly two decades. And thank the wonderful people at 343 Industries who push on hard to uphold the Halo series today. 

I would like to also thank a particular inspiration to me as certain people may be able to infer from the cover and title of this fanbook. Eric Nylund, a great author and one who helped to breathe life into such an amazing franchise, even before Halo CE was released, loved by Halo Fans everywhere. I would also like to thank, and credit Fred Van Lente, who created the four main characters used in this fanbook, Van Lente created the main characters, and I hold no ownership over them. Fred is a great comic and book writer, making amazing works on not just Halo, but numerous Superheroes from the MARVEL franchise.

I would like to thank my parents, for always being there for me. And driving me to where I am today, looking after me, listening to me, and just generally how well you guys do your jobs. You have my eternal gratitude and thanks.

Lastly, I dedicate this to all Halo fans, whether casual or hardcore, like me. Halo has given me my very own "Great Journey" through the years of my life on Xbox, meeting amazing people through the common love of a great franchise of a military sci-fi shooter. Here is to nearly two decades of Halo, and two decades more!


It is the twenty sixth century, humanity has expanded across the stars, culminating in hundreds of worlds that humanity calls their homes, safeguarded by the might of the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command.

The UNSC. having struggled beneath its weight under the insurrection which cut a terrorising swath across the colonies. As a result, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) launches the SPARTAN II Program to stomp out the insurrection and restore law and order to humanity's interstellar frontier. 

But with the arrival of a new enemy, the Covenant, an alien empire caste who see humanity as an offense to their religion, and are bent on one thing. The total annihilation and extinction of the human species, burning through humanity's defences and killing billions. Humanity’s only chance for survival now lies on the SPARTAN II Program. Now, In 2552, after 27 years since first contact with the alien Covenant,  they have found Reach, humanity’s fortress world amongst the stars. Outnumbered and outgunned, the defence of Reach, now rests on a squad of the hardened and battle armoured SPARTAN IIs, including those of the SPARTANs known as “BLACK Team”.

First off, I would like to point out that this is a fannovel of a popular (and loved by myself) military sci-fi shooter called Halo. Most Characters, Settings, Weapons and Locations within this book, are respectfully the property of 343 Industries, I do not own any of the aforementioned, this is a fan project dedicated towards this amazing franchise, not for profit nor publicity.
 
I would like to thank Bungie for creating such an amazing game series that has been around for nearly two decades. And thank the wonderful people at 343 Industries who push on hard to uphold the Halo series today.
 
I would like to also thank a particular inspiration to me as certain people may be able to infer from the cover and title of this fanbook. Eric Nylund, a great author and one who helped to breathe life into such an amazing franchise, even before Halo CE was released, loved by Halo Fans everywhere. I would also like to thank, and credit Fred Van Lente, who created the four main characters used in this fanbook, Van Lente created the main characters, and I hold no ownership over them. Fred is a great comic and book writer, making amazing works on not just Halo, but numerous Superheroes from the MARVEL franchise.
 
I would like to thank my parents, for always being there for me. And driving me to where I am today, looking after me, listening to me, and just generally how well you guys do your jobs. You have my eternal gratitude and thanks.
 
Lastly, I dedicate this to all Halo fans, whether casual or hardcore, like me. Halo has given me my very own "Great Journey" through the years of my life on Xbox, meeting amazing people through the common love of a great franchise of a military sci-fi shooter. Here is to nearly two decades of Halo, and two decades more!

It is the twenty sixth century, humanity has expanded across the stars, culminating in hundreds of worlds that humanity calls their homes, safeguarded by the might of the United Earth Government and the United Nations Space Command.

The UNSC. having struggled beneath its weight under the insurrection which cut a terrorising swath across the colonies. As a result, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) launches the SPARTAN II Program to stomp out the insurrection and restore law and order to humanity's interstellar frontier.

But with the arrival of a new enemy, the Covenant, an alien empire caste who see humanity as an offense to their religion, and are bent on one thing. The total annihilation and extinction of the human species, burning through humanity's defences and killing billions. Humanity’s only chance for survival now lies on the SPARTAN II Program. Now, In 2552, after 27 years since first contact with the alien Covenant, they have found Reach, humanity’s fortress world amongst the stars. Outnumbered and outgunned, the defence of Reach, now rests on a squad of the hardened and battle armoured SPARTAN IIs, including those of the SPARTANs known as “BLACK Team”.

They all die at the end or so does the writer says, I am Anuoluwa and I am welcoming you to an epic Sci-fi journey set in Futuristic Lagos Nigeria.

Lu Zhiyao was speechless.
The script for "Mission and Choice" was originally given in segments. Director Zhu Xiaoce had put it nicely so that Lu Zhiyao could "figure out every plot and not affect the current performance because he knew the ending in advance."
Director Zhu Xiaoce had achieved his goal.
Lu Zhiyao really brought himself into the role of Captain Qin Yi when he acted in every plot. He had no idea what would happen in the future, so he acted closer to Qin Yi's true state in the drama.
However, this also brought about a problem. Lu Zhiyao had such fragmented information that he was dying.
He would only give the script a small part each time. However, the development of the plot was very complicated. Lu Zhiyao would be stopped every time he wanted to know the next part of the plot.
He did not expect it to be a cliffhanger now that he had finally gotten the script for the end of the movie. There was still no plot!
That made Lu Zhiyao break down and despair.
Of course, he also knew that the entire story was complete based on the current content. There were both ups and downs. It was more than enough for a movie.
Huang Sibo and Director Zhu Xiaoce probably had not thought about the rest of the plot either. They had only left a suspense for the next series. 
However, even though Lu Zhiyao knew this very well, he still could not help but scold the "cliffhanger ending".
Lu Zhiyao began to re-examine the last part of the plot after calming down.
Before this, his acting skills had been tested from every angle. He had thought that he was already experienced and fearless.
However, Lu Zhiyao realized that the real difficulty was at the end when he saw the last part of the script!
There were still many twists and turns in the final outcome. Qin Yi's emotions were turning despair to the point of collapse, then he found a chance of survival in his despair. Then, he used his impassioned speech to lift the morale of all the warriors and successfully showed humanity the dawn of victory.
If the script ended here, it would be a standard popcorn film with a very authentic hot-blooded ending.
However, the plot took a sharp turn just as Qin Yi was about to see the light of victory.
The unconscious Qin Yi realized that he had the consciousness of the Zergs. The consciousness of the Zergs made him naturally stand on the side of the Zergs and think about problems. He had empathy for the Zergs. Qin Yi realized that humans were the first to attack the Zergs. Strictly speaking, the Zergs were the ones who were invaded.
Qin Yi ordered all the soldiers to stop the fire after waking up. The war between humans and Zergs had been forced to stop.
If the script ended here, humans and Zergs would shake hands and build a beautiful universe together. That would be a standard Western political correct ending.
However, Qin Yi did not want to shake hands with the Zergs and make peace. Instead, he deceived the Zergs and found the location of the Zerg Queen and all the secondary empresses through the consciousness of the Zergs. He then carried out the decapitation operation.
Qin Yi lied to the Zergs for the sake of mankind, but he was also deceived and abandoned. In the end, Qin Yi became the leader of all the Zergs and was carried by the Leviathan Beast to the endless space because all the Zergs' empresses and secondary empresses were wiped out.
In this plot, Qin Yi's emotions were still changing drastically.
Part of him was excited, part of him was surprised to learn the truth, part of him was cold-blooded, part of him felt betrayed…
Especially in the last scene, where Qin Yi woke up in the incubation pool of the Leviathan Behemoth. There would be a close-up shot where Lu Zhiyao had to show Qin Yi's complicated emotions with one look.
Obviously, this plot was much more difficult than the previous script to Lu Zhiyao!
What's more, he knew from the start that Qin Yi's character tested his acting skills and was difficult to act out because his character was set as an iron-blooded soldier.
Qin Yi did not have any emotions under most circumstances. He was very reserved even if he did.
However, in this script, Qin Yi's fate was too complicated. He always faced extreme despair or extreme pain. This made it difficult for Lu Zhiyao to find a balance.
Qin Yi's character would easily collapse if he exerted a little more force. It was not appropriate for an iron-blooded warrior to fly into a rage or have a mental breakdown. If he did not use enough strength, the audience would think that Lu Zhiyao did not have any acting skills and could not express his emotions well.
Comparatively, young characters were easier to act because the emotions of such characters were usually very simple. Joy was joy, anger was anger. It was not that complicated and the speed was very relaxed.
On the other hand, it was the most difficult to act out a strong-willed person like Captain Qin Yi.
Lu Zhiyao sighed softly. It seemed like he would be busy again in the coming days.
He wanted to continue staying in the hotel room and study the plot with the mirror. He wanted to adjust his acting skills and expression so that he could perfectly show the last part of the plot.
However, Lu Zhiyao took all the scripts so far and read them from beginning to end before that. He analyzed the story from his own perspective.
The deepest impression that this story left on Lu Zhiyao was its 'cultural angle '.
As an actor, Lu Zhiyao has seen many movies. He had seen all sorts of movies in various countries and genres.
The story of 'Mission and Choice', if dissected individually, would be nothing special compared to many traditional sci-fi movies.
Of course, this was normal.
'Zergs' had existed in sci-fi movies for decades after all. Various seniors had already expressed many different views from various angles and methods. There were not many places left for future generations to innovate.
It was impossible to turn every plot in the story upside down with so many classic works available.
However, in Lu Zhiyao's opinion, the biggest breakthrough in Mission and Choice was actually combining the cultural perspective and sci-fi theme of China. This was something that had never happened before.
Sci-fi movies were very rare in China. That was because sci-fi movies required too much investment and required a large number of professional props, special effects, and staff. It was very easy to make them into oddities without accumulation.
Thus, when it came to sci-fi movies, the first thing people would think of were the huge sci-fi systems in Europe and America even in the domestic film market.
The problem was that almost all of the popular sci-fi works that could be seen at the moment were explained from a Western cultural perspective.
This caused many domestic audiences to question and feel disjointed about the value of these sci-fi movies. Things that Westerners were used to were completely unacceptable to domestic audiences.
The idea of 'Mission and Choice' was actually written by a famous foreign science fiction writer in 1985. He had also won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. It was an eternal science fiction classic.
However, in that story, the commander was a child. He felt very guilty after destroying the Zergs. That was why he brought the young Zerg Queen into the universe to find a new home, hoping to redeem himself.
This was the standard Western thinking. Just like how many people in the animal protection organizations in the West were calling for a vegetarian diet for animals to enjoy the same rights as humans…
This might be natural political correctness and kindness for people living in Western cultural backgrounds.
However, this was a complete stupidity and hypocrisy for people who lived in the cultural background of China. It was a manifestation of the Virgin Mary.
Westerners shouted the slogan for political correctness, and even fought for rights and benefits for animals. Ultimately, it was because their lives were too rich and comfortable, and because their resources were too abundant that they had the spare energy to spread their excess sympathy everywhere while squandering.
The source of Westerners' wealth and ease was the exploitation, plundering, and bloody slaughter of the world by their ancestors hundreds of years ago.
Westerners did not look back at the aboriginals slaughtered by their ancestors when shouting "animals have rights", ; they did not think about how they obtained so much material wealth because their country was plundering and exploiting the rest of the world.
While these Westerners were empathizing with the animals for their rights, their country was bullying, oppressing, and exploiting the other countries in the world. They were constantly spreading wars, famines, and plagues, causing their fellow humans to live in hell.
Therefore, it was very stupid and hypocritical for humans to sympathize with the Zergs from the perspective of Chinese culture.
The world would be much better if Westerners treated the people of other races and other countries with half of their sympathy for animals.
Zergs existed in the universe as a race that posed an extreme threat to all life in the setting. They had a strong collective consciousness, efficient sharing of information, and powerful mutation abilities. The only meaning of their existence was to expand and reproduce in the universe, eliminating all other races.
Their race was still an extreme threat to human survival even if the Zerg Queen really wanted to coexist peacefully with humans.
On the other hand, humans sympathizing with the Zergs and sparing them would be akin to rearing a tiger. How could they tell that the Zerg Queen was not lying? How could they tell if the Zerg Queen's future thinking would change?
Under such circumstances, exterminating the Zergs was the most rational decision of mankind.
Sympathizing with the Zergs and protecting them would put humans in great danger.
'Mission and Choice' completely adopted the Chinese perspective on this theme.


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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This book is highly popular in China and has set off a new trend. Webnovel has very high expectations for this book and has gotten the author to refine the first chapter as an exclusive for global readers. We hope everyone will enjoy reading it.

Originally written as a short story, I've recently felt the need to expand it and continue on as an epic adventure. I welcome any and all comments, good or bad! I am using this platform as a way to grow as a writer and your feedback will be immensely valuable for that purpose. 
Thank you, I hope you enjoy reading this sci fi adventure.

Unrequited love becomes clear as the world they once knew to be true falls apart. Ash is a young boy in love with a girl in his class. Leekoqåtii seems to be interested, but when the opportunity arrises, she avoids the conversation. She's hiding a secret. One day, the world becomes disrupted which exposes her secret.

Chapter 568: even pregnant women need to do more activities.

Mother jiang just happened to walk in. when she saw this scene, she could not help but laugh till she could not close her mouth. "young master is back?"

"yes."

"i'll go upstairs and show it to you!" shi cai ning glanced at gu kuangen. seeing that he was really not in the mood to eat, he stood up and walked upstairs, hoping that his two-part proposal would give him a pleasant surprise.

Dozens of seconds later, shi cai ning walked downstairs in style and handed him seven to eight pieces of paper filled with words.

Gu kuangen frowned. "not only did you write so many proposals, you even cooked some dishes. aren't you going to work a little harder?"

"i'm not as weak as you think." shi cai ning shook his head and smiled faintly. "let's eat and read at the same time!"

He started from the first page. the first proposal was for movies and television. although the format was not professional, after all, shi cai ning's specialty was not in that area, but this idea...

Gu kuangen's eyes lit up. "i've read the novels you mentioned before. they were written by a sci-fi writer in china. however, his copyright was never sold. i think i've heard that li tingshen had approached him before, but he was not tempted by the astronomical copyright fee of five hundred million!"

Shi caining nodded. "i know that this author is not only famous, he has a temper as well. no one was able to persuade him to sell his copyright. i think he was afraid that his work would be destroyed."

"so... your project is not bad, but unfortunately, you can't buy it!" gu kuangen said regretfully.

Shi caining's proposal required him to buy the author's copyright before he could start shooting movies. in recent years, the production of sci-fi movies had cost a lot of money, but the box office sales had been very good.

As for this author, yang tian, he was a wealthy second-generation writer. he was now in his fifties, and he was one of those writers who did not lack money. of course, he was unwilling to sell his copyright.

There were also famous directors abroad who had approached him, hoping that he would sell him the rights to the three novels, "the change of heaven", "the second earth", and "the mutation". however, they still did not receive any approval.

"how would i know if i did not try? such a good novel, it would be his lifelong regret not to make it into a classic, right?" shi cai ning smiled. "let me look for him for you."

Gu kuangen's expression darkened slightly, "how can a pregnant woman like you run around?"

"pregnant women need to exercise more. if i lie in bed 24 hours a day, it would be bad for the child. besides... your current situation is also caused by me..." shi cai ning pursed her lips. ever since gu kuangen had been with her, he had never been a workaholic.

However, the bet with li tingshen meant that he had to work overtime even on weekends...

"silly, i'm willing to take on all of this." gu kuangen smiled faintly. "this movie project... maybe i can really make it happen."

Shi cai ning was extremely surprised. "you really can do it? don't i need to go and investigate?"

Gu kuangen shook his head. there was a faint smile on his lips. he calmly said, "i naturally have a way. just like you said, how can i not try?"

Actually, he had long wanted to buy the copyright for yang tian's novel. however, he had been busy with other industries all these years. after he had just bought the movie company, he had encountered madam bai's mess.

He did not expect that his own thoughts were shockingly similar to shi cai ning's!

He flipped to the second project and saw the words that shi cai ning had written. he could not help but smile lightly and his chopsticks paused. "i was right, you did think of this as well. medicinal diet is becoming more and more popular, and only your grandmother's recipe is the best i've ever tasted. if your grandmother agrees, then we can invest in this project!"



I'm not your slave, you bastard! She's furious! She's furious! I'm furious! WE'RE BREAKING UP! She's laughing like crazy! We'll discuss this in a hundred years She was her ex boyfriend, mother hated down and out, but he praised her as treasure, when Tsenin, you want my heart, my life, I can give you at any time

It was just an ordinary afternoon after school.

Janet's brain was full of the metrics of the spaceships in 3020. She designed some amazing technologies for the future world in her novel. She loved sci-fi stories, under the influence from her father. And she didn't tell anyone that she wanted to be a sci-fi writer.

She had been writing the story for 3 years. Every day and night, she was writing and editing it on the notebooks. Now she had 10 notebooks.

So naturally, after the badminton class, she forgot her racket in the gymnasium.

She returned to the gym and got the racket. When she was going to leave, someone's sobbing from the back of the gym attracted her attention.

She knew there was a group of bad boys bullying students they disliked. They called it "the Judgement".

Their leader was called "the Judge". He was the rule-maker in this school.

There were no so-called "standards" of "the Judgement". It was purely bullying. They made fun of the students by violence and abuse. They selected the victims randomly. Bad performance at ball games, falling in love with a popular girl, even just being too pale or having a weird haircut could be the reason for their bullying.

She was a coward. She never dared to stop them when they surrounded the victims and said hurtful things. She never dared to walk the same way with them. She never even dared to look at them directly.

Therefore when she was looking for the source of sobbing, she was also carefully making sure that the bullies were not around.

It was Levi, the boy they called "sissy puff". He crouched his body on the ground. Janet saw the scar on the top of his head, blood oozing from the burnt skin. It should be made by a cigarette.

It hurt just looking at the scar. Janet couldn't believe someone did this horrible thing to him.

She walked slowly to Levi. She wanted to touch his scar but finally determined not to do so. He was shivering. Then she saw the metal bucket behind him. Something was still burning inside. Ashes floated, mixing themselves with Levi's tears on his face.

All of a sudden, Janet felt like being caught by the throat. She instinctively put her hand in the bucket. There were pieces of papers, more specifically, from a notebook. There wrote some city sceneries in the future world.

Electricity stroke her spine. Her eyes became warm and teary. She felt cold, but her back was sweating.

Pieces by pieces did she take out from the weakening flame. Most of them were burned black. But she was too familiar with the papers, the handwriting, every single word she had written down in these three years with excitement.

"Who did this? Who did this to you Levi? Who did this... to me?"

"Matt...Matt Turing." Levi said with trembling lips. That was the name of the Devil King, the Judge.
******

Janet exhaled deeply to dump the bad feelings haunting her the whole day.

It was the day that she went to the bookstore to help her father. He retired from the police office early for the injuries, then opened a bookstore downtown when she was 10. She had been reluctant to show up there in her puberty. But as her growing up, she found it might be the most comforting place in the world.

On the way to the bookstore, Janet felt someone was following her. But nobody was there when she looked back. It was a busy street as usual. Weird...

Unsurprisingly, there was her father Jack alone in the bookstore. He laid behind the register and was reading a book – sci-fi stuff, of course.

Jack was bad at operating a bookstore. He only sold books from his own choice, most of which were unpopular sci-fi stories. He was always reading, or just staring at the passers-by outside and doing profiling of them.

It was his pension and God's mercy to prevent the family from starving to death. Janet always thought.

"Hi, long time no see."

Jack waved at her...back. When she was confused why Jack greeted to her, the voice came up from behind. "Hi. It had been years Jack. Do you have the new release of PJ David?"

"Who are you asking man? Look at this. He even sent me a copy with his signature on the cover. You can Envy me now." He shook the book in his hand to show off his friendship with the bestseller author.

Dad and Matt were talking about... a sci-fi author? Wait why do they know each other?

Jack introduced Matt to his utterly confused daughter:" Janet, Matt; Matt, Janet. "

...You call this "introduction"?

"Jack forced me to read PJ David." Matt smiled.

"Recommend. Mind your language. You love him so basically I HELPED you to know a good author."

"By the way Jack, I'll stay here for a longer time. I became a teacher in this town."

"Teacher? You don't coincidentally teach at my daughter's school, do you? Don't you go to New York?"

"Yes, I do, coincidentally. My mom is very sick. I can't leave her alone, so I came back."

"She was too tired. She is a great mother." Jack nodded, "You made the right decision."

Janet couldn't believe her eyes. The man in front of her looked so innocent and easy to get along with. He was attractive with his hazel eyes, soft smile and casual suit. From Jack's words, Matt was even a filial son.

But who is this guy?

Is he the Matt Turing she knows from high school? Or did she have the fake memory of the coldest eyes on the planet?

Jack realized the unnatural air around the two youngsters:" Ah and Janet, how was your high school? Did you two get along well?" He winked at Janet.

Jack's question was nearly ironic to his daughter. He didn't know Matt was the reason for her depression and transferring to another school 8 years ago.

"We didn't talk at all. He was not a good student in school." She replied coldly.

"You mean like drinking and smoking piece of sh*t?"

How could she explain to his father? Matt looked as if he was the nicest guy and she was the villain.

Astonished, Janet speechlessly walked out of the bookstore. She didn't want to see Matt. Why did he appear in front of her over and over again?

Matt followed her.

"Janet... want to talk?"

His voice stopped her. She felt uncomfortable when he was approaching her step by step.

"No, don't..."

"There must be some misunderstandings between us..."

He was just a step away from her. Why did he come so near? She felt disgusted.

She had no friends in high school. She was insignificant. All she had was a small dream and those notebooks.

"You ruined everything I had..."

His Hazel eyes darkened with the sunset. Will he take off his façade before her? Janet was instinctively terrified.

"I wanted to make friends with you."

Why is he still approaching her? Too close, too suffocating...

Janet slapped him in the face with full strength. He was almost deaf for a second.

"Leave me alone and say nothing about the past, you bastard!!!"

When Janet Johnson was in high school, she dreamt about becoming a writer. She had been writing a story for three years.

One day, she accidentally saw one of her classmates bullied, and painfully found that her story, was burnt to ashes.

"It was Matt...Matt Turing."

She gave up her dream. Years later, she became a teacher because she wanted to stop bullying among students.

Then Matt appeared again.

Would a bad boy change when he wears suits? Janet had no idea. But in his suits, he looked really…… charming.

Disclaimer: The boy is not really a badass. Read it at your own risk.

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