Sarcastic, revengeful and frank — the three words that describe CEO of Black Hole Ent., Kim Hyun Jae the best.

Once, there was a rumor spread around regarding him being gay. The media turned at him and the netizens visited his house everyday with rotten eggs and tomatoes in hand.

How did he retaliate? No, he didn't scheme and plot a nice face-slapping plan — he was... too stupid for that, according to his personal assistant. Instead, he wore three layers of raincoats and brough out with him as many buckets of rotten eggs and tomatoes he could carry.

"Want to bombard me with rotten eggs and tomatoes? Hmph! I'll do the same to you then!"

When the netizens shamelessly reported this to the police, he took out a hidden camera that recorded the netizens' endless days of bashing and asked, "If they can do it, so can I. You think I am easy to bully? Try again! Don't wait till I make you go bankrupt and then buy all your puppies so that you have at least a few hundred bucks enough to live!"



* DISCLAIMER: The book cover used DOES NOT belong to me. I will keep in mind to change it once I have my own cover prepared.

The major families even set up tables and chairs in the front row a long time ago, seizing the best seats for the competition.
The other civilians who did not occupy the best positions grumbled about how they regretted being late.
In addition to the people who came to watch the commotion, many hawkers took the opportunity to sell various snacks.
All sorts of sounds were jumbled together and it was extremely lively.
"A piece of trash who can't even recognize medicinal materials wants to compete with Old Master Su in refining medicine. I really don't know what she's thinking!"
"Who knows? Perhaps she went to Green Spirit Island and got a lot of seawater in her head. Hahaha…"
When noon arrived, ear-piercing laughter filled the square.
Of course, everyone thought that Jun Mohuang couldn't win.
Even a three-year-old in Huan Yun knew that refining medicine required pill fire. Without the corresponding bloodline inheritance, how could Jun Mohuang refine it?
They were here to watch Jun Mohuang embarrass herself.
"Humph, I think Jun Mohuang wants to use this opportunity to live for three more days. The King shouldn't have agreed to this kind of competition. He should have just killed that sinner of Huan Yun!"
"That's right. She's so young and yet so vicious. I wonder how she'll harm Huan Yun if she stays!"
Of course, there were also many people who were extremely furious about Jun Mohuang destroying Green Spirit Island.
When Su Zhiyu arrived with the Su Family, she heard their mockery and invectives towards Jun Mohuang. She couldn't help but smile and even her footsteps became lighter.
"Bring a few people and buy some…"
After taking her seat in the Su Family's area, she called the Su Family's servants who were waiting behind her and instructed in a low voice.
"Yes, Miss."
The Su Family's servant immediately disappeared into the crowd.
"Sister Yu'er, what did you order that servant to do just now?"
The Su Family's area was adjacent to the royal family's. Feng Yunying approached out of curiosity.
"You'll know soon, Princess."
Su Zhiyu smiled mysteriously and kept her in suspense.
After a while, the Su Family servant changed his clothes and appeared again with more than 10 people.
Everyone squeezed into the crowd with a bamboo basket and began shouting.
"Come, come, come, buy some rotten eggs and rotten tomatoes! When Jun Mohuang loses, use the rotten eggs and rotten tomatoes in your hands to ruthlessly humiliate her!"
"To deal with the sinners of Huan Yun, you don't need 998 gold coins. You only need one gold coin. A rotten egg and tomato only costs one gold coin!"
"I want 10!"
"I want 20!"
Immediately, the crowd that was watching the commotion and furious about the destruction of Green Spirit Island purchased those items.
They planned to smash the rotten eggs and tomatoes onto Jun Mohuang as soon as she lost.
"Sister Yu'er, you're so talented!"
Feng Yunying looked at Su Zhiyu in admiration.
Once Jun Mohuang lost, she would throw rotten eggs and rotten tomatoes at her and humiliate her ruthlessly. Just the thought of it was satisfying.
"Get me a basket of rotten eggs and tomatoes. I'll throw them at Jun Mohuang!"
Feng Yunying instructed the court maid with excitement in her beautiful eyes.
"Yes, Fifth Princess."
"Su Zhiyu, you're too much!"
Feng Yunqi happened to see this when he arrived. He walked over quickly and pointed angrily at Su Zhiyu.
This hypocrite who pretended to be noble and kind actually thought of such a vicious idea to humiliate his boss.



In the 21st century, she was the strongest bounty hunter who possessed supernatural powers and was proficient in brewing all types of potions. However, she becomes the first talentless child of a cultivating family when she transmigrates. 
Her elitist family members holds her in contempt because she cannot cultivate? In a few minutes, she cultivates a pile of mind-blowing spiritual weapons in front of their eyes. Did the woman who snatched away her husband think she's very impressive because she can cultivate? I'm sorry but even the number one medicine brewer in the continent desperately begs her to be his teacher after he sees the medicine she produces. 
She is dismissed by her scumbag fiancé because she can't cultivate? Hehe, her god-level cultivation skills are easily leveled up. When he regrets his decision and begs for a reconciliation? She leans in the arms of another handsome man and said disdainfully, "Just get lost." 
However, what happens after she accidentally opened the coffin of a vicious, yet handsome man and he decides to stick by her? She has no choice but to accommodate his wishes. 
[Strong male and female lead who are soulmates.]

Even the boldest prognosticator would not dare to predict the current situation, from the midnight show craze, to media feedback, to audience attention, then continued to the network focus, and finally landed on the participation of film critics, "Buried" actually ahead of "Paranormal Activity 2". This is a ... nightmare!
 
In 2oo9, a camera-based pseudo-documentary horror movie, "Paranormal Activity", became the biggest dark horse of the year, with a low investment of $15,000, but relying on excellent marketing and clever layout, reaped $107 million in North America, becoming second only to "The Blair Witch Project" in film history when it comes to the highest profit ratio in the history of cinema. The first time I saw the film, I was able to see it.
 
A year later, the sequel made its debut with a cost of two million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which is a dramatic change from the previous film. The publicity was overwhelming before it was released, and it was thought that it would join forces with "Saw VII" to dominate the Halloween season this year - at least until "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I".
 
As a result, but encountered a strong sniper "Buried", which is definitely the line company Paramount did not expect. Although, because "Buried" was only in eleven theatres, it was not competitive at the box office, and the weekend box office championship of "Paranormal Activity 2" was still very stable, the momentum of the screening weekend was blocked, which is obviously not a good news for the subsequent box office trend.
 
As for Focus Features, it is happy to be sitting on the fishing boat, but it got a surprise. Not only can the next "Buried" line strategy be adjusted slightly, with high hopes, but the PR strategy for the upcoming awards season can also be changed accordingly, giving them an additional option once again.
 
Judging from the critical feedback, Focus Features spent $4.5 million in Toronto for the North American rights to "Buried", which seems to be a much better deal than Weinstein Pictures - "Blue Valentine" became the king of the Toronto Film Festival this year with $6 million, but the film does not seem to be so "friendly" to the general public.
 
In the authoritative media roundup, "Buried" received twenty-nine reviews, twenty-one of which were favorable, five were moderate and three were unfavorable, overwhelmingly continuing the media trend in Toronto. With critics and audiences alike showing their support for the film, the call for additional screenings in Toronto was justified, leading to growing anticipation for the work that is now playing on demand.
 
"Buried" received a press review score of 69, while "The Shining" received a press review score of 61 and "The Sixth Sense" received a press review score of 64.
 
Even those who criticized the overall quality of the film, even the harsh and critical New York critics, they did not hesitate to give their praise to Renly. They were not shy about giving their praise to Renly.
 
As a newcomer, Renly has made a name for himself in just a few months with absolute strength, and the success of "The Pacific" in winning Renly an Emmy has led to expectations that "Buried" will make a difference in this year's awards season. This year's awards season will be able to do something?
 
In the U.S. movie rating system, the press roundup is only part of it, representing the views of professional media, who are often professional critics, or even film professionals, and have deep research on movies, so their tastes are often more tricky, more cold.
 
In addition to the media roundup, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB and theater scores are the best complement to feedback on the quality of the movie.
 
Rotten Tomatoes represents the views of the mass media, comprehensive magazines, online media, authoritative bloggers, theatrical critics and so on are included, which means their tastes will be closer to the public, but still retain the professionalism of film critics. If the number of reviews for media roundups generally hovers around thirty, with no more than forty-five at most, then Rotten Tomatoes' mass media starts at one hundred and fifty, with major commercial films even attracting reviews from two hundred and fifty outlets.
 
Naturally, IMDB needs no introduction, as it is a website that provides complete feedback on audience preferences. However, IMDB's rating system is very complex, it will be based on the number of viewers, the quality of viewing and many other data, the user rating will occupy a larger proportion of senior users, which, to some extent, slightly curb the behavior of a large number of water army to brush the score. This is also an important reason why IMDB's score is so authoritative.
 
The final theater score is the feedback of the statistical theater word of mouth, the response is completely the taste of the general public. In general, the rating of commercial popcorn movies are "a-" jump, below this score is difficult to make people satisfied; thriller horror movies are "B" around, to reach this score is worth celebrating; art film rating will be relatively low, part of the works only in the art theater broadcast, and will not even count the data.
 
The four data items, representing the feedback of different groups, are available to the general audience for reference.
 
However, watching a movie is a very personal thing, and it is normal to have no feeling at all about a movie that everyone else applauds, or to be completely entertained by a work that everyone else scorns. Therefore, different audiences pick the movies they want to see based on different indicators, and this is the way to go.
 
Following a sixty-nine score from the press roundup, "Buried" Rotten Tomatoes score reached eighty-seven percent, with the mass media showing unprecedented enthusiasm and praise for the film, while the Rotten Tomatoes score landed at seven point six on a ten point scale, which for a thriller and suspense film, could not be more impressive! It couldn't be better!
 
It can be seen that both professional critics and popular critics have not hesitated to send their praise, from Toronto to Telluride, and then to the North American spot screenings, "Buried" momentum not only does not show a decline, but also insidiously continue to climb, set off a storm of word of mouth!
 
So, what about the audience?
 
IMDB's score is limited and cannot be counted for now, but the 8.5 frenzy has already seen the first reaction of the midnight audience; as for the theatrical score, there is none.
 
As for the theatrical score, there is none. There is no way to count the theatrical score of this work that was only shown in eleven art houses, so this reference data is currently blank. However, people can find the answer they want from the indirect reference data.
 
"Paranormal Activity 2".
 
The same day this work was released, the same thriller and suspense genre, the same small budget production, the same first time to harvest a lot of feedback, this is undoubtedly the best reference object for people.
 
The four evaluation data of "Paranormal Activity 2", which was released in more than 3,200 theaters, were all released in the first time.
 
The overall results of the twenty-three media reviews, only 53 points, a big disappointment, compared to the previous film's sixty-eight points, a full two grades down!
 
The Rotten Tomatoes index, on the other hand, was only fifty-eight percent, and the average rating of one hundred and thirty-one mass media outlets was only six points, in line with professional critics, with scores declining across the board.
 
IMDB's score actually gathered more than 14,000 votes from users, apparently the number of viewers who went into the cinema easily exceeded "Buried", but the score was a big disappointment, only 5.5 points, compared to the previous film's 6.3 points, once again a precipitous decline.
 
As for the theatrical score, the "B" score finally saved face and reached the average level of thriller horror movies - but only a passing grade, without losing the bottom together.
 
It's no exaggeration to say that the quality of "Paranormal Activity 2" completely collapsed, with audiences and critics alike remaining highly unanimous in their disappointment with the production.
 
In comparison, "Buried" is definitely ahead in terms of word of mouth, easily crushing almost every statistic and even rivaling the miracle "Paranormal Activity", which also means that "Buried" will have a minimum theatrical score of "B" - at least equal to "Paranormal Activity 2", as to whether it will have a "B+" or even "a-" performance, only after walking into the cinema to make a judgment.
 
What's more, the Yahoo community, the photo wall, Facebook and other networks are hot, the feedback is red across the board, plus the media roundup and Rotten Tomatoes index is red across the board, it's not hard to conclude: this is a movie worth watching.
 
The so-called Halloween season is a festival for those who like to watch horror and thriller movies to revel in. But this year, "Paranormal Activity 2" obviously disappointed everyone, before waiting for the next week "Saw VII" debut, the audience's wounded hearts desperately need to take care of some, so "Buried" is now in the public eye.
 
At this moment, industry insiders marvel at the cunning of Focus Features, "Buried" arranged in this slot, on the surface, the same type of subject matter head-on collision, is bound to "Buried" such a work without resources is unfavorable; but on the other hand, this is also for those who love "Buried". But on the other hand, this also provides another option for those who love the "Paranormal Activity 2" genre.
 
Of course, this is just an afterthought on paper. "Buried" has won attention because of a combination of timing, location and people. The schedule arranged by Focus Features only provided the final catalyst.
 
Incredibly, the weekend screening market for "Buried" was booming like never before, some because of the Toronto and Telluride effect, some because they were curious about Renly's true strength, some because of the overwhelmingly positive reviews, and some because of the disappointment of "Paranormal Activity 2".
 
But whatever the reason, the audience, in droves, went into the cinema and bought tickets for "Buried", and that was the result.

After getting the final relief from his past sufferings, Chu Jiashu was given a second chance when he found himself in the body of an infant from an aristocratic family of Hall. Now, nothing is going to stop him from achieving his long-cherished dream of acting. Enter Renly Hall, a Hollywood miracle of 21st century.


Note from the translator - from me, that is.
   
"Honestly, I get frustrated too much when I look at countless subpar novels being translated day after day. So much human resources wasted. I kinda get what Qidian International is doing, but it is just, I can't bear the notion of having so many wonderful novels that belong to the Chinese platform to be left in the dust. English-speaking community should know of the existence of such brilliant works, and more so, they should enjoy them. The novel is by a Chinese dude "Qiqi Jia D Mao Mao", whatever that might mean, who wrote several showbiz novels (he is probably the best at what he is doing). It is not my work, I'm just a dude who, with the help of two free machine translators (DeepL and good ol' Google), can show you a hidden gem. Wait, you said machine translators? Sadly, yes. I can't speak Chinese at all, but fortunately, this novel is structured in a machine-translation-friendly way, like really so. Most of the time context is saved. I'm just polishing the edges with my superb (not really) editing skills, so you all chaps have a splendid experience with this good staff indeed. Actually, you can go and read machine translation or just wait for my updates. Up to you dudes and dudies. And then I go away...blewb, blewb, blewb, blewb, blewb....."

P.S.
"I am a knife for a hire. So the managers of the site can employ me for this novel, but please don't remove it. Oh, please, I'm begging you on my knees. You guys won't even think of translating this novel, and here I am "translating" it for free,.... well for the time being, that is mwahahaha!"

P.S. for P.S.
This novel does not contain the following:
Harem, definitely not NTR, stupid characters, NTR again (God, I hate NTR (secretly beating the meat for a one in hentai))

But this novel contains:
Great storyline, relatable characters, realistic situations, very fun moments as well as tear jerking ones (so much so, you will find your throat hella sore from crying all the time), surprise after surprise for the decisions that author went with.

You will have a good time indeed
WARNING! READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION!

'Losing fans?'
Hearing this, the corner of Feng Feng's lips curved into a slight smile. "The fans who truly love you will hope for your happiness; a hidden relationship only happens when one is afraid of making a public announcement in the beginning. This isn't wrong because when one is uncertain, they wouldn't want to risk it all in one throw. I'm certain that she's the one so I'm not being so secretive."
'Certain that she's the one?'
Feng Feng lowered his head a little, shielding a different kind of glint in his eye.
'Am I really certain that she's the one?'
'Why had I not felt repulsed when I said that?'
Shui Anluo's hand shivered when she heard this. She stared at the man on the screen.
It was true that most romances in the entertainment circle were discovered by paparazzi who had too much pickled vegetables and too much free time. Not many would publicly announce their relationships at the start of their romance. One reason was because they were afraid of backlash from their fans and the other reason was that they were not certain about their relationship.
Therefore, does Feng Feng's statement mean that Qiao Yaruan was the one for him and not Sister Qirou?
This time, she had won the bet.
Xin Le watched with the laptop in her arms and exclaimed, "How moving for the Silver Screen King Feng to actually say this kind of thing."
'This kind of thing?'
Qiao Yaruan's ears felt mildly distracted but she pretended as though she did not care.
"She's not from our circle so I hope that you'll all give me some space. Don't disturb her. After all, I don't want her to be disturbed." Feng Feng spoke with such deep affection that no one would suspect his feelings for Qiao Yaruan.
"Hey, hey, Silver Screen King Feng is telling everyone..." Xin Le spoke up but saw the look on Qiao Yaruan's face and immediately shut her mouth.
Sigh, she could not understand why all the good men belonged to other people.
Shui Anluo felt more relaxed after watching the press conference.
Now that she was in a better mood, she limped to the kitchen to cook.
Maid Yu could not move so it was left to her to cook the meals.
Shui Anluo entered the kitchen and opened the refrigerator to look for ingredients for lunch. However, she noticed a white powdery substance on the surface of a few tomatoes she was taking out. "Are they spoilt?" Shui Anluo exclaimed as she put one to the tip of her nose to take a whiff.
It did not smell rotten.
Shui Anluo curiously took out all the tomatoes from inside the freezer. Most of them had a white powdery substance on the surface. Shui Anluo was taken aback and she quickly turned around and headed to Maid Yu's room. "Maid Yu, Maid Yu, did your diarrhea start after you ate the tomatoes in the fridge?"
Maid Yu was taken aback. She thought for a bit before replying, "I think so but I had bought those tomatoes last night. Mister Feng doesn't eat tomatoes so I didn't cook them but that I was hungry last night so I ate one and then..." Maid Yu rambled on and let out a cry. "That blasted idiot vegetable seller, Old Zhang, can't have given me rotten tomatoes right?"
The corners of Shui Anluo's lips twitched. It seems that she was right. The white substance had not come from the frost in the freezer but were laxatives that revealed their true nature under low temperatures.
"No, I'm going to find that damned Old Zhang. This is all his fault," Maid Yu cried out.
"Maid Yu, Maid Yu, how're you going to go out like this?" Shui Anluo quickly stopped Maid Yu, "We'll just have to be more careful when buying vegetables next time. Maybe you didn't wash the pesticide off properly before eating the tomato. I'll throw these pesticide-ridden ones away, okay?" Shui Anluo suggested. She comforted Maid Yu before she heading off to scrape the white powder from the tomatoes, placing the scrapings into a small bottle.


Divorced, disowned, and down on her luck, Shui Anluo was determined to move on and live a peaceful life… Unfortunately, her ex-husband somehow found out about the baby and insisted that she should move in with him again. Soon, he realizes that he cannot live without her… But the road to marriage is bumpy and Shui Anluo is unwilling to go through heartbreak again. Can she take back everything that had belonged to her and will she find the courage to jump in and fall in love again?

God damn it! How can anybody be so dumb!? He might as well have posted a freaking notice in the forum! It's no wonder that every spy in the barony was hollering down every possible comm channels! With elaborate descriptions of his appearance, character traits, and all possible whereabouts. Otherwise why the hell would there be a small army assembling in this backwater town. Fuckin' hell, it sounds like there are more than five hundred inquisitors in this death squad! And the Conjurers won't be far behind! And who knows how many factionless players will find their way here! The bounty on his head is bigger than the ones awarded for taking down most raid bosses! They've probably locked down all the respawn points by now and organized themselves in a straight line for easy frags. And he's just on level 30 with just his pants equipped, at least that's what the locals are saying. 
A cursing Morgenhand ran out into the square. A dying Fidex was proclaiming something from a burning pyre. The flames began consuming the feet, and laughter rang out. The burning bastard's body began to contort and twist. Feathers burst from the skin and caught fire instantly. A flaming figure waved its arms that had already formed into wings flew into the air. It froze 20 feet above the pyre and propelled by the current of hot air yesterday's drinking buddy darted towards the head Inquisitor. The flight soon turned into a headfirst fall, I could swear I saw charred bone from under the flames. The Inquisitor raised his hand and screamed: "Autodafe!"
The flaming figure burst in a flash of blinding white Light and flakes of greasy ashes fell all over the caster. He started trying to dust himself off but ended up smearing black all over himself.
'Cursed! He is cursed!"
There was screaming and shouts coming from the crowd. The knights regrouped and locked shields around their commanding officer.
'Hey! So how did I look?'
'Fidex, are you fucking crazy!? Is the respawn point locked down yet?!'
'What are you talking about? I suddenly appeared in a nice place. There's this dried up oak with animal skulls hanging all over. Quite picturesque.'
'Get the hell outta there and find somewhere to hide quick! The manhunt is on, man!'
'Don't get your panties in a twist! Tell me what the inquisitors are up to.'
'They're in a box formation moving steadily towards the gates. Looks like someone's started throwing rotten tomatoes.'
'Great! I'm not done with them yet, now listen carefully and do exactly as I say...'
'May I ask where you are going, my dear sirs?!'
Morgenhand stood right in the middle of the gates, the knights in front bared their swords.
'You dare stand in the way of the Light, human?'
'Me? Heeeeell no, not on my life. I merely wish to humbly ask for your help. Since the vigilant protectors of good against the forces of Darkness have honored our town with their presence, perhaps you can solve another problem for us. Will you hear my plea?'
'Speak, warrior. - The head inquisitor stepped forth.'
'North down the road near Baron Gorring's cursed castle, a horrible creature roams hungry for the flesh of sentients. You must stop it! Protect the people of the town!'
'You want us to save people who have sheltered a cursed heretic?'
'Hunger and fear for our children have made us desperate! We were forced to seek protection elsewhere. Our bravest and strongest have fallen to the monster's gluttony. And desperation leads to foolish decisions! Or do you consider the lives of innocent children a fair price for mere hospitality? If you wish to condemn the whole town just because we put up with a stranger - well... Maybe the cursed one wasn't so wrong after all.'
The Inquisitor huffed in outrage but restrained himself and said:
'We will kill your monster. And then I'll be back to ram your words down tour throat!! Move out!'

Once upon a time, there lived an ordinary man. He lived among us, maybe some of you even knew him. And then he died. 
Explosive rounds shot to the chest aren't very good for your health. His body was buried, his brain preserved. Three centuries have passed. 
Our descendants discovered the old refrigerator with the brains of their ancestors, took our hero out of the ice, digitizing his persona, and implanting him into a videogame.
Little did they know that they fulfilled the terms of a contract to their demise. Because Fidex doesn't intend to spend an eternity in this digital playground even if though there's no difference from the real world.
But the only way he can return to reality is to become а God in the game. And so our hero sets foot on the Path of the Gods, ignoring the facts that he is followed by a walking nightmare named FreakHead, that the skies mock his every step and that anyone who looks upon him sees the title "Bringer of Chaos."



Dr. Tade hesitated for a few minutes before knocking on Tolani’s room door. He had wanted to ignore the fact that she had been receiving a lot of visitors and asides being there to check on her, they were clearly there to discuss her marriage and the need for her to forgive her husband with her. Dr. Tade knew from the moment Tolani woke up that she was very unhappy about something and it only took him observing the cold treatments she had been giving her husband since she woke up to know he must have really hurt her. Also, instinct already made Dr. Tade aware that her husband’s betrayal must have one way or the other contributed to the reason she was in the hospital. Why would any man have such a ravishingly beautiful wife like this and hurt her in anyway? he thought. 

“Come in” He heard her say. 

“How do you feel Madam?” 

“Much better doctor.” 

“You can call me Tade and if you don’t mind, can I call you Tolani?” 

“Of course.” She smiled. 

“So now Tolani, I’m going to do something I feel a bit awkward doing, which is a little bit unprofessional, but I have to do it all the same. You see, as my patient, your mental health is also a priority to me and I can’t help but notice you’ve been very unhappy. I am also aware from the visits from your husband and the other family members that it has to do with your relationship with your husband. So I’m going to ask you this; do you mind if I meddle a little by asking you to forgive him for whatever it is he must have done to you? It’s not for his sake but for the sake of your mental health.” 

“Thank you doctor, I mean Tade. Yes it’s about my husband and he cheated on me” 

“Okay…..” 

“And I think I’ve finally had it. I’ve reached the limit of my endurance.” 

“Pardon me for saying this but he seems genuinely sorry. I caught him crying on your bed several times while you were in a coma. Also, judging from how many family members that seem to be aware and knowing you have been incapacitated, I suspect he must have told them all about it. Doesn’t that tell you he realizes his wrongs and is deeply sorry? I’d say forgive him and move on Tolani, but that’s my thoughts, it’s still your decision.” 

Tolani smiled in a cynical way before replying him. 

“Do you know how many times I’ve caught him red-handed cheating on me in the course of our marriage Tade? Sixteen times! Now, don’t get me wrong, he has cheated many more times than that but I have caught him in the act sixteen times.” 

“Waoh! That’s a lot.” 

“Yes. I have forgiven him fifteen times and he still does it again. The worst part of it is that I love this man so much, so every time he cheats on me, it slices a knife through my heart. It literally rips me apart and I want to die. He tells me he is sorry, tells family members to beg me, I agree, I’m hopeful he’ll change and then he goes ahead and does it again. Where I come from, society contributes to a man’s misbehavior because they tolerate it. A woman is supposed to just swallow it all up, forgive and move on and if she complains they say she is a rebel and she is not ready to keep her marriage. Do you know what happens to a woman who cheats on her husband on my side Tade?” He shook his head. 

“It’s called ‘irin ete’. Let me tell you about it.” 

“I’m all ears.” He said as she proceeded to tell him about the tradition called ‘irin ete’. 

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The year was 1981 and seven years old Tolani had accompanied her mother to the market. Her mother was in the yam seller's store pricing yams when they suddenly heard a crowd of people shouting excitedly in one direction. Her mother held her tight as they ran to see what the commotion was about. As soon as they were close enough, they saw a woman in her twenties, stark naked! Tolani first thought the woman was crazy but soon saw that behind her were six men and four women forcing her to undergo her punishment. This was Tolani's first experience with the shameful walk also known as 'irin ete'. The woman was crying and walking slowly as children chanted excitedly after her and some people hurled insults and threw rotten tomatoes at her. Tolani later got to know that this was a severe punishment reserved for women caught in the act of adultery ; they were made to walk from one end of town to another, stark naked! It was one of the most embarrassing things Tolani had ever seen. As they got home, she asked her mother, 

"If she was caught in the act, she must have had a partner, where was he when she was made to walk naked around town? 

"I don't know Tolani, you ask too many questions," was her mother's reply. 

She witnessed the 'irin ete' of five other women after that. It was always the same way, the woman stark naked, the enforcers walking behind her while the rest of the people in the town hurled insults, rotten tomatoes and in some cases eggs at the disgraced woman. 



Tolani had been married to her husband Tunji for twenty-one years in a society that preached and encouraged male superiority and partiality. She took all the hurts and betrayals from him until the day she learnt he had been keeping a shocking secret from her for twenty years. At that point Tolani knew it was time to take her revenge not just against her husband but also against every single person who had been his enabler and she wouldn't let anything stop her in her mission.

"Don't worry. You will soon know what to do next. Your experience points would be automatically allocated now. There's no need to think too much of it. As a 'vagabond', your stats would be distributed accordingly. A 'vagabond' would have the advantage of wielding a one or two-handed weapons and be able to use a ranged weapon like your short bow now."
"Thank you, elder, for your enlightenment," I said as I reached my hand to accept a bowl of gruel with some vegetables and fox meat in them. The scent of the gruel was enticing and I wished I could stock up on her food reserves since it would hard on her having an extra mouth to feed.
"I would like to go to the marketplace to get some more grains, elder. It's for both of us and some garnishings too." I suggested and she raised her hands when I mentioned about garnishing.
"Look yonder for chives, celery, onions, garlic and parsley. Collect them and return it back here once you have collected a basketful each. You don't have to buy those. I had cultivated them myself."
"Yes, Elder. I will do as being told. How much does the grain costs?" I asked since I do have such a meagre amount in my coin pouch now.
"Oh...just 1 'chupak' or 'catty' costs 3 coppers for unhusked grains while 8 coppers for rice. You can buy the unhusked grains and I will be doing the unhusking here using this molar and pestle. Such a waste to buy the rice since it costs nearly triple the amount. of grains"
"Yes elder, thank you once again. I will go to the fields later to cultivate the things required and I will go to the marketplace afterwards to get the grains. May I see the kitchen on what are the things that are required to be purchased later on?"
"Eeehhhh... no man has entered my private domain before and it would not be the first from you. Just buy what you think is needed and when on your second trip, I will let you know what is not being required."
"Yes, elder...I understand and please forgive me if my statement early was misunderstood." I quickly finished the gruel and held another bowl for seconds when she stopped me by saying, "Do you think this is Oliver Twist eh? Oh please...may I have some more...? See this ladle here? One knock on your head will turn you into a monkey... Now go and perform your tasks..."
"Ara ma...this old lady is sure grumpy as hell. No wonder she lives all by herself...." I thought to myself and took my empty basket and proceeded to the other side of the house where she had cultivated a plot of 10x10 land to grow her roots and herbs.
 
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After I had picked the required amount of garnishing, I head back and deposited the basket's contents on the makeshift table at the side of the house. Noticing the elder was staring into the flickers of the fireplace's flames, I inquired her if she was alright.
"Everything is good with me, child. But there's nothing right with you at this moment. Look at your name above your head, it is still red, am I right? It had turned from crimson red and now it had become lighter red in colour. Do you wish to still go to the marketplace which is 2 hours yonder?"
I looked up and I saw my name was that was looming was changing into a lighter red than before. I took the blanket and concealed my head like a shawl and it immediately faded away from everyone's sight. I guess this has to do for a while. It's better than leaving it exposed like a siren above my head after all.
"Don't worry elder, I will return as soon as I could." I put a stick upright and saw a short shade heading towards the west and it suggests nearly after midday and before 1 pm. 4 hours to and fro and I should be back before dinner time.
"Alright, elder...I'm off to the marketplace now. I've set the garnishing on the preparation table at the side of the house and I am carrying this basket with me. I leave my bow and arrows at the side of the house, if you may."
The elder nodded her head as I picked up the basket and placed it in the crook of my arm and I walked alongside with stream. "2 hours walk...let me deploy my Internal Chi Energy and see if I could walk faster than this without breaking a sweat." I thought to myself as I slowly controlled my breathing and concentrated my secondary points on both legs to pump it faster as I trudged towards the marketplace.
I was like breezing through alongside the stream and everything around me was like afterimages due to the speed of my walk. "Not bad...really is not bad..." I slowly regain myself back as I deactivated my Internal Chi Breathing when I saw the outskirts of the marketplace nearing. It took me about half an hour to get here using my technique.
I wonder what kind of naming technique would I call that? Brisk walking? It seems so, and the main thing is that I am able to reach here in the shortest time possible. There were 5 to 6 main merchants lined up at the main marketplace and I peeked at them who were selling their wares. There was an ornamental stand merchant, a herbalist merchant, a clothes merchant, an innkeeper, a blacksmith and also the tavern.
There were a number of adventures and they never took notice of me since I was shabbily dressed with a shawl over my head and a wicker basket in the crook of my arm. Except for my short sword, I look neither an adventurer nor a Hodelum.
I walked over to the merchant manning the tavern and asked her where are the local produce market and she pointed out to me in the other direction where the local villagers were milling about. There were colourful tentages above them and the sellers were hollering their wares and prices as the villagers bargain their purchase.
"Miss, could you do me a small favour. I was thinking of buying some groceries and all I have is this gold coin. Could you kindly break this down to smaller change for me?"
"Oh sure, child. Are you sure you won't buy anything back? I have this salted duck eggs that go for only 5 coppers for 2. I would then be of service to you to return the change back."
"Alright Miss, I'd take 2 eggs then. By the way, is this any good?"
"Of course child. When this salted duck egg is consumed, it will slowly heal you back within a period of 5 seconds. Not that much because this is the basic food only but sustenance but also healing."
She passed me the salted duck eggs that it's hardshell had been covered with a kind of mud and straw. I gave her my gold coin and she returned my change. With a jingle of coppers in my coin pouch, I made my way to the local produce to get what I need.
I bought the following:
3 catties of unhusked grains for 15 coppers
1 catty of rice for 8 coppers
1 slab of animal fat for 5 coppers
1 dozen chicken eggs at 6 coppers
1 catty of plain flour for 5 coppers
1 head of Chinese cabbage for 3 coppers
1 head of cauliflower for 3 coppers
2 stick of carrots for 2 coppers
6 semi-ripe tomatoes for 3 coppers
I had spent a total of 50 coppers for the marketing and it's time for me to head back since my basket was overflowing. the 2 salted duck eggs were placed on my pants pocket and the chicken eggs that I had bought was placed on top of all the groceries.
The adventurers had all white names, and same goes to the other villagers and sellers. They took little notice of me with a shawl over my head and a basket on the crook of my hand and one look at me would suggest that I am here to do my usual groceries.
At the corner of the market, I saw a big dumping ground and I picked a few rotten carrots, rotten potatoes, rotten tomatoes and some rotten strawberries and a few dried string beans. "Great...! It's not for consumption but would definitely be great for cultivation. It might take some time to reap what we down but at least we do have some vegetables in the vegetable patch.
A few villagers lasses me by and took little notice. If these weren't NPC, they would be sneering at me 'dumpster diving' even though I had bought the food I wanted. Hahaha...i picked another broken basket and places all the rotten vegetables inside and this way my load would be balanced and my trip to the market today would be worthwhile.
"Time to head back to the elder's..." I thought to myself as I gingerly walked with the two baskets on both crooks of my arms. When I'm outside the outskirts of the settlement, I deployed my Internal Chi Breathing and concentrated on my legs as I walked and then breezed through after images with the technique I had deployed.
I deactivated the technique when I was just a short distance away from the house and the elder was surprised that I came back with 2 baskets from the market. "It seems you had mastered the art of 'Cruising Along' my child."
"Cruising Along was the techniques I had recently deployed? Is that the term for that? I thought it was Brisk Walking."
"Brisk walking your head la...What are you going to those eggs in your pants? Keeping them warm issit?
 
=*=
"Oh...you mean the salted duck eggs..." I removed the 2 eggs that were coated with mud and hay. "Is this a normal way to make these salted eggs?" I asked as I produced the eggs out from my pants pocket.
"Definitely not store them in your pockets. Yes, it's a way to preserve these eggs. These eggs had been processed and after that, the coating would keep them at a controlled temperature. Did you buy that from the tavern? Do you know it's used besides eating them?"
"The lady told me it would heal me in 5 seconds, considering the fact that it was cheap and edible, I don't think it would regain so much health points."
"That's true and it would also make a good companion dish with the gruel. So I see you bought grains and rice. You shouldn't have bought the rice but it's for my convenience right? Why do you need this flour for?"
"Yes elder, it's for your convenience. The flour is to make grilled bread since I saw a small saucepan that can be used. Would you mind if I make breakfast tomorrow? And this basket of rotten fruits and vegetables, could I share the garden patch to grow some vegetables too? it may look rotten now but it's the best way to get started."
"Do what you wish to do with them. Are you sure you would know how to till the land?"
"Yes, elder...i know how to manually till the land for cultivation. I would do it in the morning when the soil is wet with dew and cold from the night."
The Elder nodded her head as she acknowledges my methods of cultivating the land. I went over and only saw an old hoe with a broken handle and decides to make good use of it.
"Since its evening, go make yourself a hearth beside the fireplace and you can do whatever you like. You are not my disciple anyway and I am no Master too. Go, run along for the rest of the chores. There are some leftovers from lunch for dinner. Eat it all up and remember to wash the cauldron."

--- A/N ---

Hello guys, Its been a while!


I hope everyone are doing great! 


Thanks for everyone's suggestion and concluded to use Ghost, Suggested by Crimsonitaci. It is good since the group are there but they doesn't exist. I like that concept so I will choose that hehehe. By the way, I will start doing a time skip next chapter to fast forward the events.

If you found any problem in this chapter, just leave a comment into it so i can fix it. Thanks for everyone's cooperation and Have a nice day guys!

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I exited the tower in hope of looking for Tsunade and Kong but I stopped when I sensed a huge crowd of people in front of Hokage tower. They are holding different faming tools and torches while shouting curses. They are throwing rotten tomatoes to the tied and battered Tsunade and Kong. Tsunade and Kong struggled as much as they can to get out of being tied on a wood impaled on the ground and to get out of this crazy group of people.




I sighed because I know what is happening right now. I observed them all and heard them shouting different curses to Tsunade and Kong. I also saw them attracting more crowd to this area.




I waited inside the tower while waiting for Tobirama. After a while, I felt Tobirama Coming out of his office so i greeted him. He also saw the crowd together with Kong and Tsunade. He sighed and face palmed with a long face. He said "It is my turn now right?"





I nodded and said "Yup, but today I will help you out uncle. This group is much bigger than what we mostly handle."



We always confront angry group of people monthly due to the troubles made by Kong and Tsunade. We even created a schedule per month who should confront this people. This schedule was created by Me, Mito and Tobirama as a precaution for this kind of problems.


We moved to the direction of this group and wore a smile. I can see Kong catching the tomatoes before throwing it back to the crowd. Tsunade was seen crying while dodging with all her might and struggle to untie herself. I saw that they are battered, full of bruises and cuts. Their aura are also chaotic, indicating that they had a fight before being tied here by this crowd.


Kong shouted "Untie us now you pitiful creatures! Once i am out of this, I will you all whose the bos-"



Kong hadn't finish his speech as a rotten tomato was thrown directly into his mouth.


He spit it out before shouting again "Pweh! What the fuck was that you stupid ape--!"


A barrage of tomatoes was thrown again to his mouth and almost made Kong to cry. Tsunade next to him was pleading for help while dodging every tomatoes thrown to her by jumping together with the log on her back.


Tobirama, next to me, calmed them up and said "Can everyone please calm down now? No need to be barbaric in this kind of problems do we?"



His words calmed the crowd so we moved directly to Kong and Tsunade's direction. Kong's face turned smug and said "Heh, Now that my boss is here, you all will be punished for giving my Handsome face a beating! I wi-!" *Smack*


My fist is smoking as I am looking angrilt at Kong. Kong is really a subordinate that knows how to always get in trouble. I asked them "What problem did you two did today?"



Tsunade, next to Kong, tearly said "Brother Haru, Granduncle, Help us!! This group of people are scary, They kept on throwing rotten tomatoes and cursing us after tying us up with this rope!!! They are insane!!!"



Kong also calmly said "Boss, you got to help us! This Fucking people started to beat us to the ground! We didn't do anything stupid boss! please help us!"




We didn't believe it so we asked everyone "Can we know what did these two did to you all?"



A Farmer walked to us while holding a Hoe. He directed the Hoe to Kong and said "This two destroyed our livelihood! They destroyed half of our Farm! Half of my friends were injured! We didn't know how to get up after this!"


A bulky man said "Woah for real! We are going to starve for this! For them to do that in our village! They are menace to our village!"


The crowd shouted "Yeah, Menace to our village!"


*Twitch*


A man with a chefs outfit came out of the crowd and said "This two kept on running the street without restrain and destroyed my shop's sign and door!"


The bulky man threw a tomato to Kong and said "That is my favorite Restaurant! Shame on you too, especially that Gorilla!"

The crowd also shouted "Shame you two!"


*Twitch*



A rich con man also said "The Food I was eating was destroyed by them! They even dirtied my robe and destroyed some of my jewelries!"


The bulky man said "Wait they did all of that? Bring them to hell then!"



The crowd copied what the bulky man and shouted "Yeah! Bring them to hell!!!"


*Twitch*



A beggar said "They destroyed my mansion!"

The bulky man said "Bring the- wait, I know you. You are the beggar next to our place! Since when did you have mansion!?"


The beggar replied "Oh, did I say Mansion. My bad, it is my Villa that was destroyed!"



The Bulky man Rebutted "Bring him to hell too!"


The man started to throw rotten tomatoes to the beggar and gained the crowd's support. The vein in my head kept throbbing many times as I am looking and listening at the bulky man. 



I mean what the heck is my father doing here! The crowd are idiots that follows what was said by my father! I am really confuse what is happening right now! He should help us diffuse the angry mobs, not increase their anger!


I angrily said "What the hell are you doing here father!?"


He said "Don't mind me here son, I am just here for the fun hahahahaha! Yeah! Throw more Tomatoes!!!!"


I said "Ohhhh.... For the fun huh? I wonder what will Mother do if she learned that you are here 'FOR FUN' instead of helping her in the house."



My father's face turned pale and passed all of his tomatoes to the man next to him. He hurriedly said "Here, take this man. Go and throw it to those two especially that Gorilla, He is also one of the two people that destroyed my life! Give revenge to me comrade!!"



He bolted out of this place which made the man next to him dumbfounded. I sigh as I am starting to have an headache.




An Uncle wearing a toxido said to Tobirama "We kept on telling these two to pay for the damages they created! These two kept on destroying our business in the broad day light and they even destroyed half of the farm today! These two are ruining our business due to their fights!"


Pay them? I just gave them a big sum of money in case they destroyed something again. I sigh and moved closer to Tsunade.



Tsunade Said "Brother Haru, Help us! That seal you gave us must have expired while we are fighting!! That must have been the reason for that big explosion they are talking about! Brother Haru, Help us!!!!"



Oh so they used my Cube prototype again huh? I created that cube to make my Hunting life easier. I kept on fighting and killing monsters in the forest near this village that I started to attract unwanted spectators from different clans especially my Grandfather. I created a cube that contains many sealing seals that temporarily seal the user and enemy to another dimension. That Dimension is a dimension I created and placed between that cube. You can say that, it can copy an exact biome outside the cube and suck two or more person inside. 



What is actually nice about this creation of mine is that, you can trap anyone for an hour as long as you have a much bigger chakra pool than your target. This cube can operate by supplying chakra into it while imagining who you want to enter with you on that cube . I created 50 of this and gave Tsunade half of it in case she wants to fight Kong without Holding back.



Tobirama looked at me with a dead pan expression. He said "Really? Another weapon of destruction?"



I sigh and said "Not really Uncle. This is a sealing cube that can trap anyone inside to fight without destroying the surroundings. I gave 25 cubes to them so they can fight without destroying the village. Who would have thought that, even if they already have this cube, they'll still blow something up?"



An angry Fat Woman came to our direction and said "Hokage, please listen to our plead! This two must be punished for the explosion they created near our farm and destroyed half of our farms and injured some of our friends! They must also be punished for destroying the street and some of our businesses especially this ugly and rude Gorilla!!!!"



She, Out or her anger, kicked hard Kong in his face. Kong smirked at her and said "Heh, THAT FUCKING KICK WAS TOO WEAK! My Grandmother can kick much harder than you Whale!!!!"


The woman said "OH YOU..!!!!!!!!"


The woman gave Kong another beating of his life. The Husband of that fat woman helped her by giving he differently weapon to use. Another vein appeard on my head together with Tobirama. Kong really makes this more pain in the ass.



Tobirama said "Okay, everyone. No need to be barbaric so let us talk about this! we will pay for the damages and let these two help you out in cleaning and fixing all of your business."


The crowd agreed to the condition and dispersed after a brief discussion about this. Tsunade and Kong were freed from the ropes and shouted in glee "WE ARE FINALLY FREE!!!!"


The two started to celebrate and run as they are freed from the rope. Kong looked at the direction of the crowd and said "Ha, You all better hide! The next time I am see you all, I will fucking shove a rotten tomato to all of your Throats!!!"



I let Kongs antics slide and smiled to Tsunade. I asked again "By the way Tsunade, Where is the money? That will be used to pay half pf the damages you two created."



The money was destroyed in their fight and Tsunade didn't want to gain my wrath by saying it. Tsunade didn't know what to do and started to sweat furiously but after thinking for a while, She thought of a genius plan. It is to blame the money and all of the problem to Kong. She shyly said "I-Its, its destroyed by Kong!"


Kong that is dusting his fur and humming in glee was stopped. He looked at her and immediately rebutted "What the Fuck Brute! How did I destroyed that! You are the one holding the money remember!? Don't hide it now!"



Tsunade said "Yes, I secured it before our fight but because of your last attack, half of my scrolls that I am hiding on my bag, were destroyed including the money. Even my favorite dress was destroyed!"



Kong dumbly replied "Oh...Is that so? Sorry about that, I get carried away in our fight hahahahahha." 


We all glared at him as he laugh awkwardly. Tsunade said "Pay me up for that dress! That cost me of my entire savings!"


He started to sweat like crazy as he is the he is the only one being pressure to pay. He looked at Tsunade and saw her secretly smirking on him. He realize that this was planned by Tsunade. She was pushing the problem to him. He looked at Tsunade and thought of escaping here. He suddenly threw a bag of smoke in his position and bolted out of this place. He said "Adios Bitch! Its your problem now Hahahaha!!!"


I said to Tobirama "Do you like to chase him?"



Tobirama sighed and said "I am tired. I got so much problems to deal today especially the information you just gave me. You can do all the honor, Haru! By the way, Tsunade, Even if you blame it all to Kong, you will still work for the damages you made."



Tsunade, that is secretly celebrating for her successful plan, was downed again because of Tobirama's words. She thought that her 1000 IQ plan was easily seen by his GrandUncle. She said "Yes, GrandUncle."



I nodded to Tobirama before getting Tsunade by her collar. I looked for Kong and saw him running southwest. He plan to hide in the forest and lose us. To bad for him, he is so slow and easy to predict. I used instant transmission and appeared in front of him. He is laughing out loud as he said "Fools! I have a much bigger brain than you Brute! To think that you are pushing the blame to me!? Hah, You will need Hundred more years  to study before surpassing my Intelligence hahahahaha!!!"




He stumbled on me and fall on his butt. Tsunade was looking at him in glee while a vein appeared on my forehead. He said "Oh Shit!!"




I beat the hell out of him while telling him to take his study seriously. I am teaching him to think but he is still acting as a child which I can't control. I delivered the laughing Tsunade on her compound before dragging the unconsious Kong by his tail.



I dropped him by his room before going down my lab. Well I will find a new location for this lab, Letting it sit under our house will cause so much problem. It is also quite uncomfortable to see it lying underground, I will need to look for a hidden yet open place.




I entered my laboratory and was greeted by Jarvis.



<Professor, The clones are complete and ready for harvest while the DNA is almost complete. As for the monsters, they are 50% done. I will need more Samples of Tailed beast Chakra for completion, Professor>



I sighed after hearing this news. This is a Good news after a Bad day created by Tsunade and Kong. I moved to the monitor and saw the data they are complete.



I said "The Samples are great. Jarvis, Go send Clone number 1 before I do the merging session!"


<Noted Professor!>



I waited as an unconscious clone of mine was delivered to my position by my minion robots. I said "Active him, Give every necessary information to his brain. He will work as my substitute while I am gone. I don't want anyone to notice me leaving my house or Village."



The clone was activated and showed the same aura, look and charm like mine. He nodded to me and moved back to my room. I will start my road for power now!

This is my book and English is my third language so expect some sentence, grammar and spelling error.

A headstart for everyone, the MC may have absorbed Aizen and Dr. Gero's soul but that doesn't mean he will become like them. I am creating a character that is different to them so please excuse me is I offended some people. 

[Synopsis]

A man was transported in a dark place where ball of light lights appear and disappear from time to time. He approached one and devour one ball accidentally. 


He discovered that it is also a soul and he obtain all of its knowledge. He is in glee and starts devouring everything in his vission. Who would have though that a devil was watching him with interest.


Disclaimers:

The Picture I used in the cover is not mine. I found in google and all of the credits for the cover is all to him/her.

I also don't own the anime characters in this book. They belong to their respected creators, only the originals I created was mine.


Thank you for reading this before opening my book. Have a nice day guys!

     "Get down here dammit!"

     My name's Logan. It's the first day of school and as usual, Michael is drunk and ready to hit me again. He's just a broken record that plays the same thing over and over again. Get a new script dude. Now... where did I put my gi? 

     "MIKE DID YOU DO LAUNDRY?!"

     "For you? HA"

     Of course not. Hahhh. Maybe it's still in the... yup. Right in the laundry basket where I left it. Still covered in tomatoes and mud I see. If I hadn't already said this, the people here (or anywhere really) don't really like me. Not us, just me. Apparently, a drunkard who harrases innocent girls is better than a kid just trying to go to school. Regardless, now that I'm dressed in my dirty gi and too-small shoes, I'm ready to make today a fantastic day. Ah, as usual...

     "Hey, Mike! There's crap on the wall that needs to be cleaned again!"

     "Then clean it before you leave!"

     "Go to hell."

     "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!"

     Oops. I thought that was in my head. Oh well, time to cut out. And of course, as I jump over the fence I tear the already crappy gi that my mom left for me. Sorry, mom. I'll fix it when I get home. Anyway, shields up. I have to use my backpack to block whatever the townspeople decide to throw at me. Some days I even get some good stuff. Last week I got a halfway good apple for breakfast. It's almost become a daily game for them. As for me, it's good training.

     First, it's Mrs. Beckman. Usually, she only throws some half moldy tomatoes and... yup, same as usual. Duck under the tomatoes and backflip to avoid old man James' cane. As I take one of the tennis balls off the bottom, I blow a raspberry at him, as is our routine. You'd think after a year of losing one every day, he'd be tired of buying new ones but to each their own I guess. WOAH!

     I was so lost in thought that Ms. Tina almost hit me with a peach... Hold up...

     "THERE WAS A SEED IN THERE YOU OLD HAG!"

     "GO TO HELL!"

     "THANKS FOR THE INVITE BUT I DON'T REALLY WANNA BE IN YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW!!"

     As she walks inside, she doesn't forget to pause long enough to give me the finger. She's only twenty-five and honestly, I think she's just mad that I'm not old enough for her if you know what I mean. Anyway, now I can just run since no one else on this block has good- OW-... aim. Who the hell was that?

     "Hey ya Lil bastard, is it not enough of a challenge without me?"

     Crap. I forgot Mr. Alder moved to this street last week. He's got an amazing arm. I mean, it's nothing I can't avoid when I'm paying attention, but damn it hurts when I'm not. This time I see when he launches another apple at me and I catch it. It hurts my wrist a bit but nothing serious. It's got a worm in it but worms are a good source of protein so I thank him for breakfast and hightail it outta there.

     Finally, I made it to school. Oh, come ON! Why is SHE standing at the entrance?

     "THERE you are. Why are you late and... ew dirty?"

     "Well good morning to you as well Jen. Sleep good? If you did then I assume no one else in your house did with that snoring problem you've got."

     This is my childhood friend Jennessa. She's about the only person who's genuinely nice to me. Well... actually she's literally the only person who still likes me. I'm not really sure why though. She just kinda latched onto me around the same time my parents died and hasn't left since. 

     "And what took you so long?"

     Oh dear god, please, no. It's the damn principal. He's been trying to be as cruel as possible towards me just so the king will be pleased. I hate this guy to the core. The only thing he said to me after my parents were killed was "too bad they left without taking their trash with them."

     "And why are you so dirty?"

     Seems like he won't get the hint if I just ignore him. I just need to hurry up and get away from this piggy bastard before-

     "Aw come on Logan. We can't have you walking around in an outfit like that."

     Ah... too late. Here comes the one and only Prince Williams. He's been a thorn in my side for forever. 

     "If you're gonna dye your gi... at least finish it!"

     As he finished saying this, he dumped a bucket of red paint on me. He must've known there would be tomatoes on my gi and only one person could've told him. Thanks a lot, big bro.

     "Wow. Your fashion sense is so A-1 that it's a shame you were born with a face like that."

     Damn. Sometimes I just can't keep my mouth shut, even to save my life. I can see he's getting angry. Since he's not smart enough to have a good comeback, I assume my scheduled a** whooping is coming. Time to get into position.

     "You're gonna regret that."

     Thanks, bub but I really don't need the lame villain commentary. Regardless I'm now walking to the side of the building before I'm told to. Don't get me wrong, I could totally take his whole crew, but if there's so much as a scratch on the prince, I'm dead. After curling up on the ground and getting about twenty kicks to the stomach as the principal watches and smiles, it's finally time to go to class.

     In class, we're once again going over the origins and nature of our ki since the prince is too slow to get it even after a whole year of repeating all this. Ki is the energy of a person's soul. Training your ki is the same as training your emotions, your body, and your mentality. All of these things are a part of what is called your "soul". Depending on your mentality, your nature will change. Depending on your emotional balance, your power's stability will change. Finally, depending on your body's state, your ability to use ki will change. The world is about harmony and so is ki.

     After hours of doing the same thing, we finally have practical training. Of course, I'm paired with the prince. Why? Because they know that I know I'm on my last strike. If I so much as breathe too hard on him I might get expelled.

     "Let's just hurry up and get this performance over with."

     "Don't worry. I'll make this as painful as I can."

     "Oh thank god. For a second there I thought this might actually hurt."

     Everyone jeered and attempted to hold in their laughs. They know I'm funny but they all hate me and want to please the prince. As the fight starts, I have to continuously pretend to be hurt by these weak a** punches. I think he noticed I'm pretending after I accidentally jumped back too soon. The anger in his face made me smile involuntarily. Damn. He saw it

     "It's real funny huh?!"

     "Of course not your Highness. I was grimacing, not smiling."

     "You lying BASTARD! It's okay to smile though. I smiled the same way six years ago."

     What the hell is he talking about-... is he talking about my parents?

     "Wasn't it funny when they screamed? You remember how they sounded when their flesh turned to scorched rotten meat?"

     Relax Logan. This isn't the first time he's used them against you. Just calm down

     "Do you remember why they had to die?"

     "Yeah. Because I stopped you from raping someone when we were only nine years ol-"

     "BECAUSE YOU DEFIED ME! But..."

     Why is he getting so close and trying to whisper in my ear?

     "...it was a great excuse for my father to take their ki centers."

     ...what? Was that the real reason? MY FATHER WAS AN HONORED KNIGHT! THEY KILLED THEM JUST FOR THEIR KI CENTERS?! My patience was thin... Now... it's GONE

I've always had my life dictated by my older brother. When I was 9, I watched as my parents were burned alive for treason. Ever since my brother has been against me. It's like he hates me just for being alive. I'm not strong enough, I'm not smart enough, I'm not good enough. "Why are you even still alive?" W-what? "Weren't you the one who exposed the prince in the first place?" Wait-... I REMEMBER NOW!!

"Hmph! Do it then!" Zhang Fu gave George an icy glare.

George smiled. He remembered something about the will of heaven. People in this world really like to make an agreement by using vow. They vowed to the heaven, so if they broke the vow, they will be smitten by a clap of thunder from the heaven itself.

George going to use that for his advantage. As long he didn't say anything about seeing Zhang Fu's disciple, he will be fine.

"I never killed your disciple you were saying about! And I vowed to the heaven for that. If I ever killed that disciple, I'll get smitten by a ton of lightning!" George proudly said.

People looked at George nervously, thinking that if he really killed this guy's disciple... They won't get any more potions. 

As they waited for a while, there is no grey cloud forming on top of this shop. Meaning that he didn't kill this guy's disciple.

"See? No lightning! I'm not your disciple's killer! Now.. Scram!" George coldly said to this sasuke's headband. [1]

Zhang Fu didn't think that it was possible that George wasn't the one who killed his disciple. "Then who is it?" He frowned deeply and forgetting about his bet.

People became very mad because of it. "Screw you, old man! I thought that you were very decent! You lost a bet and couldn't accept that?! You even frowned at Owner Ma's word! I lost all my respect for you!"

"Yeah.. I always thought that all alchemist had noble characters, but this guy... Haish... I don't even want to talk about it!"

"Just go away, you stinky old man!"

"Hurry up! Do you want another egg?! Or maybe with some tomatoes?"

"What? An omelette with some diced tomato?! That's a good idea for lunch!"

George : "..." Netizens everywhere are always like that.

Plop!

Someone really threw an egg to Zhang Fu. Furthermore, it's in the same place.

(◯Δ◯∥)

"WHO THE HELL JUST THREW ANOTHER EGG AT ME?!" Zhang Fu immediately came back to his senses and shouted furiously at these bold netizens.

('-'*ゞ

George only could salute to these brave netizens. "They definitely will be hunted down!"

But different than his expectation, they immediately scrambled away and vanished to thin air.

George coughed. "Remember the bet? You need to go away now! And you couldn't buy any of my potions from now on... My precious grandson!"

"Who in the right mind still want to stay in this ridiculous shop! HMPH!" Zhang Fu sneered and immediately left this shop. 

Seeing the main problem gone from this shop, the employees sighed in satisfaction. "M- Master! What about this mess?!"

George then realized something that made him almost mad. He just realized that the friggin' netizen threw things inside his f*cking shop! Right now.. it was in a very bad shape.

"Clean it! Of course... And tell me if you found out who threw these egg! I'll also throw a potion of harming to that guy's face! How dare he threw something at my shop!!" George also smelt a disgusting fishy smell from that egg. "Eww.. It's f*cking rotten! Damn... This guy! Who is it... No.. If I see those guys on my front shop... I'll make them pay! I remembered their auras..."

A guy who was just hiding on this shop felt shivers when he heard that. He walked away from the shop like it wasn't his business and reported all of it to his friends. They narrowed their eyes and stormed back to the shop to help clean it.

The crowds who ran away from Zhang Fu also come back right away, not only because of the mess. But, they came here to see the new item.

When George saw then coming back, he smiled coldly while cracking his hands. "Hoho.. You guys are very brave, huh?! You dared to threw these rotten eggs at my freakin' shop?! Want to die?"

All of them felt a shiver on their swine. "A.. Ahaha.. Don't worry... We came back to help you clean this mess! We don't dare to do it. If we don't do it, that sore loser won't come out from here!"

George rolled his eyes. "Whatever! Just do it or I'll throw these potion of harming at your face!"

They immediately helped Su Ling and Sun Zhou to clean the shop. They also made the two of them to just see them cleaning this shop.

Seeing that Sun Zhou in free time, George gave the notes about ingredients for the Twilight Forest's residence. "Buy these things and store them in our storage! It's for my mansions!"

Sun Zhou nodded and quickly went outside. He just saw his master angry look and don't want to make it worser than that, so he immediately went to the traditional market.

"Uhh.. Owner Ma... We're done cleaning your shop!" Said one of the guys who helped him cleaning this shop.

"Oh? Already done?!"

He nodded. "Of course... With this many people, it was very easy to clean that small mess!"

George nodded his head. "Okay then... I'll continue the promotion! Any other questions about these new items?"

"What? How to turn normal after using these two items? Easy... Just use it again!"

They frowned. "So... if we drunk the potion, we will get smaller? To reverse the effect, we need to drink more of it?!"

"Oh! You are indeed a genius... I don't even know what he was talking about!" Replied one of the guys.

George coughed while he rolled his eyes to them. "Not like that! If you are already small, then eat the cake one! Duh..."

"Why don't they understand this easy asf logic?!" Asked George to himself.

George Candra, a nature enthusiast fell from a cliff and found himself awoke in the bottom of a ravine with a ton of skeletons surrounding him.

As he tried to climb up, he found out that he have a system, but it wasn't your usual system. It was... a shop. Yes... a shop.

With the coins that he found nearby, he somehow managed to survive in the bottom of the cliff. He even made a house in there, until someone crashed the house and destroyed it...

"..." He suddenly felt an urge to just demolish the house he just finished building a moment ago.

"WTF... There's a person on the roof." He poked the man and demanded compensation of the house to him, but the man can't seem to understand Indonesian, nor English.

"Uhh... Wo.. ai.. ni?"

The man's face darkened.

...

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