Sorry but I need to delete this. Ella Project : The Secret Weapon has also free dramatized audio. Please search it at youtube if you really like the novel

"Try touching it?" 
"You have already been poisoned by my Single Gate Poison Gu. Without my other Gu that acts as the counterpart to it, after seven days you will turn into pus and blood and die." 
"To compare myself to Sir Flower Wine, I'm just a fart! I must have been unwell in the head, to actually not recognize such a great person and offended Sir Flower Wine. Sir Flower Wine, please remember my clan's generous hospitality earlier and spare my life!"
The scene replayed itself over for the second time on the wall. Fang Yuan remained silent; when the motion picture started to repeat itself for the third time he finally sighed faintly and said, "I see."
This method of leaving a moving picture with sound on the wall was probably the Flower Wine Monk's doing with the help of a Photo-audio Gu. This Gu was able to record down imagery and project it out later.
The Photo-audio Gu fed on light and sound to survive. For some unknown reason this secret cave emitted red light, while at the same time the stone crevice was connected to the outside world, so it would not completely isolate the sounds outside. Right now Fang Yuan could still hear the roaring of the smaller waterfalls. Thus the Photo-audio Gu was able to live on in this secret cave.
A moment ago when Fang Yuan ripped away the withered vines, he had probably alarmed the Photo-audio Guhiding in the stone wall. As long as one is not stupid, with mere guesswork one could tell that this moving image was authentic.
Back then, the fourth generation clan head tried to plot against the Flower Wine Monk but he failed. After he lost in the battle he tried a sneak attack; even though it repelled away the latter, he eventually died because of it. This part of history was considered disgraceful, and the remaining surviving clan elders decided to tamper with the truth.
They reversed the roles of the fourth generation clan head and the Flower Wine Monk.
The Flower Wine Monk became the one who was defeated in battle and tried a sneak attack, and later died on the spot. On the other hand, the fourth generation leader was turned into the justified and perfect hero.
But this story itself had a big loophole—The Flower Wine Monk had clearly died on the spot, so his corpse should be in the hands of the Gu Yue clan, but why was another pile of remains found?
In his previous life, the Gu Master who found it had probably been terrified after seeing the moving image. Those surviving elders had long been dead, but to prevent the truth of the Flower Wine Monk from returning, this truth was probably kept secret by the top brass of the clan.
That Gu Master realized that if he single handedly took the treasure it would be a huge risk. If people investigated and found that he was involved with the Flower Wine Monk in future, the top brass would naturally execute him. Thus after making his choice, he did not dare to hide away this treasure, but instead make a decision to notify the top brass.
By doing so it would prove his loyalty to the clan. His subsequent circumstances would also show that he made a wise choice.
However even if he did that, it didn't mean that Fang Yuan would do the same.
"I went through a pretty rough time searching for this treasure, so I should take everything for myself. Why should I share it with others? So what if I've been found out? Without braving the risks, where would you get profit? That Gu master is really cowardly," Fang Yuan smiled coldly, no longer caring about the moving image that kept repeating on the stone wall. He turned around and stretched his hand, using his strength to pull apart the dead vines and roots.
The Flower Wine Monk's remains were also affected. It was originally intact, but right now it was being broken into several pieces. Fang Yuan could hardly care; he kicked away a piece of leg bone that was in the way and squatted again, searching through the remains.
Firstly he found a bag of primeval stones. When he opened them he only found fifteen pieces.
"Old miser," Fang Yuan spat. The Flower Wine Monk's outer appearance looked flashy, but unexpectedly he only had so little money put aside.
However he quickly thought of the reason—The Flower Wine Monk went through a fierce battle, add on to the fact that he got tainted by the Moonshadow Gu, so he would definitely have used primeval stones to heal his injuries. To be able to leave behind fifteen pieces was actually not bad already.
After that he found a few dead Gu remains. Most of them were flower and grass variety, and had all completely withered away. Gu are also living creatures, so they also need food to survive, and most of them are picky. Though the grass Gu and flower Gu need less food, but in this secret cave there was not even a single ray of sunshine.
And after that…
After that, there was nothing.
The Flower Wine Monk was on the same level as the fourth generation clan leader. After fighting a fierce battle, he fought with around ten elders right after. His own Gu were mostly consumed, and up to this stage as he wanted to heal his injuries, he grew the Wine Sack Flower Gu and the Rice Pouch Grass Gu here. Yet in the end because of the Moonshadow Gu he was dragged to death.
After three hundred year, the Gu in his possession also died away. The only ones left were the Photo-audio Guon the wall and the Liquor worm.
This Liquor worm was probably reliant on the Wine Sack Flower Gu and barely lived through until today. But as the Wine Sack Flower Gu withered away one by one, it also lost its food supply.
This prompted the Liquor worm to go outside and look for wild Wine Sack Flowers. Then in this night, it was attracted by the aroma of the green bamboo wine and came before Fang Yuan.
"The Photo-audio Gu can only record once, since it's a one-time use Gu. Looks like the Liquor worm is my greatest gain here, no wonder that Gu Master decided to report to the clan. Looks like it was because the profit was too small, and not worth such a huge risk." A sort of understanding rose into Fang Yuan's heart.
In his memories, that Gu Master was already Rank three, while the Liquor worm was just a Rank one Gu. To Fang Yuan it was more precious, but to that Gu Master it was pretty much nothing.
However it was clear that due to his report, the clan gave him a big reward.
"Should I also tell the clan?" Fang Yuan thought for a moment, then he pushed away this idea.
The Flower Wine Monk's treasure seemed to be just the Liquor worm and the primeval stones, but that was not the case. The most valuable thing was actually the wall that hid the Photo-audio Gu. In other words, it was the moving image that did not stop repeating on the wall.
This image could entirely be sold to other villages. Trust in the fact that the top brass of the two other villages on Qing Mao Mountain must be very interested in this sort of evidence that could strike hard onto the conviction of a clan.
What?
You said something about a sense of loyalty and honour to the clan?
I'm so sorry, Fang Yuan does not have one bit of that.
Moreover this moving image isn't even some kind of strong force that can destroy the entire clan; it won't do much substantial damage. The indifferent nature of the clan will also not look at Fang Yuan with importance. He needed to rely on his own hard work and find cultivation resources, in the early stage of cultivation he needed to borrow the powers around him more.
"Count on the clan? Heh heh." Fang Yuan sneered in his heart, "How can I be so naïve like my past life."
Do not depend on anyone; you must rely on yourself on everything in this world.
After making sure that he had ransacked every corner of the cave, Fang Yuan began his way back following the original road home.
Holding against the water pressure and squeezing past the boulder, he returned outside the mountain. Looking back at this huge boulder, Fang Yuan suddenly thought of his past life. It was said that the remains were found in an underground secret cave. But how was this place underground? It was clearly in the inside of the mountain wall.
No wonder he couldn't find it for seven days straight even though he wasted so much effort. Looks like in his past life after the clan found out about this place, the first thing they did was to destroy the wall with the image, and then go about spreading a truth riddled with lies to mislead the clanspeople.
To be able to find this place tonight was partly due to luck, partly due to hard work, and the biggest reason would be the green bamboo wine.
This green bamboo wine was really rich, it could be said to be the best in Qing Mao Mountain. Perhaps in his past life, after that Gu Master lost his lover, the wine that he had been drinking was this wine.
But all of this was no longer important. The Flower Wine Monk's treasure had been unearthed and ransacked by Fang Yuan; although in the end it was rather disappointing, it was also reasonable. The most important was that Fang Yuan's original goal (Liquor worm) was in his hands, and the item he needed the most (primeval stones) was also gotten.
"Next up, I will need to set my heart on holing myself in the inn refining this Gu. As long as I have a vital Gu I can return to the academy and be qualified to stay in the academy dormitories. I'll also be able to borrow the clan resources to cultivate. I can only stay in this inn for one or two times; if I stay too long the cost is too much." Fang Yuan pondered, his footsteps never ceasing as he hurried back to the village.
He was originally left with two primeval stones, but now he gained fifteen pieces, so the total is seventeen pieces. But to a Gu Master, this small amount of primeval stones mean nothing.


With his Three Fundamental Views* unrighteous, the demon is reborn.
An old dream in the ancient days, a new author with an identical name.
An old story about a time traveler who was constantly being reborn.
An eccentric world that grows, cultivates, and uses Gu. 
The Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor worm, Comprehensive Golden Light Worm, Fine Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu. . . . . .
And a peerless great demon that freely acts to his heart’s content.
Translator's Synopsis: 
A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu - magical creatures of the world - Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.
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Gu is a legendary venomous insect, often used in black magic practices. It can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms etc.
* = one's world view, values of worth and philosophy on life 


As a small compensation that the last chapter took so long, I thought: I'll show you alternative ways how the story could have gone.
1. the bloodthirsty hunter:
In the beginning, Jaguar was supposed to be the antagonist of the story. He should have slightly grey skin and be more like Frankenstein's creature. He should be Talon's most brutal killer and be known for drinking the blood of his victims and because of his enormous regeneration he is almost impossible to kill. The real hero should be a bounty hunter, whose family was once killed by Jaguar, right in front of his eyes.
He or she (this was not yet certain) should join Overwatch to find Jaguar and take revenge on him. For this purpose he/she has made a spear of shining blue metal, which blocks his regeneration. In the end the hero, with Tracer's help (the two have come very close in the course of the story), defeats Jaguar by ramming the spear into Jaguar's heart. Jaguar's corpse then disintegrates, leaving only a black skeleton with silver teeth. The hero then decides to stay with Overwatch and with Tracer.


2. the next generation:
Another idea was: Overwatch stormed a secret lab and Tracer found a kid with silver teeth and claws. Overwatch takes care of him and with his curiosity and skills he often causes chaos. 20 years later he is the leader of a new generation of Overwatch agents.


2.5. The voice:
My actual desired candidate for Jaguar's voice was the actor and musician Sascha Rotermund (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch in The Hobbit, Star Trek and the Marvel movies, Jon Hamm, Armie Hammer, Dan Stevens in "Beauty and the Beast" or currently as the voice of Mandalorian in the series. Furthermore many audio books and audio plays.
    
However, he was already the German voice of Baptiste. So someone new had to be found.


3. the special investigator:
One plan was for Jaguar, instead of a pirate, to be a "Special Investigator of the British Kingdom". So someone who would be called in when " strange" things happened. Agents of the secret service found him in the jungle and brought him (after he bit off a commander's hand) to England. Where they trained him (not completely voluntarily) as a special investigator. He was dismissed, however, and spent his time as a bounty hunter, private investigator and adventure. He is supported by an AI called MINA, which is on a microchip transplanted into him. MINA is very childish and rebellious, the two often fight over words. After meeting Overwatch several times, he later joined them.
The idea comes from the German audio play series: "Oscar Wilde and Mycroft Holmes Special Investigator of the Crown" and "Cyberdetective" in which Sascha Rotermund plays the leading role in both.
P. S. Jaguar's story he reads to the agents is the content of Frank Schätzing's novel " Tod und Teufel" (engl. "Death and Devil"). With the difference that the novel is set in Cologne and that not the Queen but the bishop is to be murdered.
The ghost train story is a tribute to the Audible audio play series "Ghostsitter". The first part is now also available in English on Audible. Take the risk to listen to it, it's worth it.


What do you think, would you guys have liked one of the stories better?

A dangerous killer, who was thought to be dead long ago, has emerged from obscurity and calls Overwatch into action. But is he really the real enemy?

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Spoiler:
Tracer x OC

Di Fuyi was not assured. After he finished talking, he asked her to repeat it. Only then did he feel relieved. "Xijiu, start to prepare for it. I will wait for your good news."
Gu Xijiu could not stand it anymore and asked, "Are you going to see me today? Are you not on your way?"
"Good girl, I don't have time today. I will go tomorrow. We'll meet again tomorrow." Di Fuyi's voice was soft, but it was also very magnetic.
"What are you doing? Where are you?" Gu Xilu always felt that he had something to hide from her.
Di Fuyi did not speak. Gu Xijiu waited for a while but still did not get his response. She bit her lips and asked, "Is it a top secret of the heavens that cannot be revealed?"
"Smart!" Di Fuyi praised her. "Alright, there's not much time. Quickly prepare and don't miss the golden hour." After he finished this sentence, he switched off the directed audio spell.
Gu Xijiu looked at the directed audio spell in her hand and felt inexplicable anger in her heart. Top secret!? Top secret!? She hated those words! Everything he did not want to tell her was always a top secret!
She was angry, and her palmWhen she realized it the directed audio spell in her hand had turned into ashes.
She remained silent. Well, it seemed that God did not want her to contact him too frequently, so the only way to contact him had now gone.
Although she was the one who made this spell, it required at least three days for her to make a new one. She wondered if Di Fuyi could stand not talking to her for three days. Once he could not contact her, he would come to find her for sure
She jumped up and began to prepare.
... 
The soul salvation process could not be performed when the sun was at its brightest as it would make the wraiths be scattered by the sun. It could not be done when there was no sun either. Once the sun went down, the power of Yin would be strengthened, and the power of the wrath would also increase. By then, she would not be able to salvage them but might even be overtaken by them.
Due to the above two reasons, the salvation ceremony was conducted when the sun was somewhat subsiding.
The sky was gold due to the sunset, and the clouds were red. At the north of the house of the fake Celestial Master Zuo, there was a high platform built.
The height of the platform was about 30 feet. There were nine pillars set up by the Bagua matrix. There were eight children under each pillar. Each of them wore vestments and stood in a circle.
On the high platform, the four heaven's gift disciples were standing at every corner. They also wore their own robes. When the wind blew, their robes fluttered along as if they would fly away with the wind.
Gu Xijiu was standing at the center of the high platform. She wore a white robe with her sword in her hand which made her look stunning.
Under the high stage, there were eight valiant warriors. Each of them was strong and full of masculinity. There were a total of 100 warriors to form a team. Each team wore a suit-colored armor, so there were eight teams with different color suits and they all surrounded the high platform in the middle.
This salvation ceremony required a lot of people to help, so it attracted the people of the entire capital. Everyone arrived at the place to witness the ceremony.
Of course, there were troops around the station to maintain order so the people could only stand outside the circle and watch the ceremony from far.
Although it was quite some distance away, everyone still saw the person who conducted the ceremony.
Gu Xijiu, who wore a white robe, looked very conspicuous. She had very dark hair and a beautiful appearance, so when she stood on top of the high platform she had a unique aura.
She was not the same girl who used to be bullied by her siblings. She looked calm and steady. It gave people the feeling that she came from heaven and made people want to worship


In a modern world, a professional assassin was murdered by her beloved and found herself revived in an ancient world as a general's daughter with a weak physique. She was engaged to a prince, but because she did not have a nice appearance, her fiancé and sister attempted to kill her. Although she had to struggle to survive, there were also those who unconditionally loves her that supported her in her time of need. 

How does she intend to adapt and survive in such a foreign and hostile world? Follow Gu Xijiu on her journey to discover her one true love!

Mason entered the basement with all of the music equipments he bought and he noticed that his mother's shoes were gone.

"Forgot she has work."

Mason heard noises in the bathroom he saw Elizabeth entering the day before so he could assume that she was preparing to go somewhere.

He entered his bedroom and walked into shirt closet and touched some random spots on the wall before the wall opened up. It seemed like the spot on the wall he had to touch was the same as the one in the shoe closet.

He entered the secret room and began touching the wall on the other side before the wall closed.

In the secret room for shoes, there was outlets everywhere so the shirt's should be the same.

Mason looked for the best spot to set us his makeshift studio and luckily on the far left corner of the secret room was a spot where there wasn't any shirts hanged up. He first sat his laptop down and plugged it into the wall.

He began connecting everything together until the studio was ready. The reason making the studio in the secret shirt room was because it was the furthest away from his mother and Elizabeth's rooms.

He didn't want them to know about what he was doing yet. "Thank god that everything can be purchased with apps nowadays. My password for my bank account hasn't changed either. The meteor is a really generous heavenly being after all."

Mason opened up the MacBook and began setting it up. He made an account, logged in, and the first he did was connect to the WiFi. He wasn't worried about the WiFi password because he found it on his phone.

The WiFi was finally connected to his MacBook and Mason opened up safari. He searched up apps he could use to make music and he found one that costed 40 dollars.

Mason pressed download and it asked him for his name, credit card number and the sorts.

It began downloading and Mason had to decide which song he could use for his first song. He couldn't use the best songs because since he was just a new artist and that would just be a waste of a good song.

He decided to use the song, White Iverson as the first song he was going to release on SoundCloud. 

He knew that it wouldn't exactly have the same impact as the original song did for Post Malone but he wasn't afraid because if it didn't help him blow up, he still had many songs in his array. On the contrary it could go the opposite and be even more of an impact on Mason's music career than it did for Post's.

He had many reasons for choosing it. First, it made Post Malone blow up. Second, it was an amazing song that stuck to people's head. And lastly, it was 1 of the only songs that he memorized from heart.

Mason was glad that he didn't spend all of his money on his music equipments because the music video for this song was an amazing piece of art as well.

It was simple and yet it was so memorable.

Mason had some problems involving the lyrics to himself but changing it wouldn't have too much impact on the song itself, or at least that's what Mason convinced to himself.

Mason wrote the lyrics down onto a notebook that he grabbed from his room and after he finished, he edited some parts of the songs that he didn't think would fit him.

However most of the song was unedited and it still felt like a banger to Mason. He practiced singing this new versions for a while before taking a sip of water.

This bottle of water costed him 5 dollars. It was from a small store he entered while waiting for the Uber. Apparently it was good for his throat.

Although he didn't really believe, he still bought it just in case it was true.

He opened up the app that just finished downloading and because it was similar to the app his teacher had the students use in order to make a beat representing the country they choose for a project, he was able to easily navigate through the app.

Mason clicked on record and without stopping, Mason sang the whole song front to back without stopping.

After he finished I recording the song, he turned the recording off. He listened to the singing and already, he knew that it was going to be easier singing with the beat so Mason closed the vocal recording and opened up external audio.

It wasn't called the same as most apps but Mason could tell that the grid controller was accessed through there.

He clicked on each indivisual square on the grid controller and listened to what kind of sounds they made. He played around with it a bit and discovered that he could change the sounds, the pitch, and basically make the sound fit to what he needed.

There was also a piano on top so he wasn't worried about songs needing pianos.

He memorized the lyrics completely but the beat was a different situation. He could sort remember how the beat went but because he couldn't listen to the song itself, he could only guess.

After a while, he knew that he couldn't even remotely replicate the beat so he had no choice but to make his own.

He thanked his teacher for teaching the class how to make music so he had to take the hard route and make a beat around his singing.

He closed the external audio and reopened the vocal recorder. He recorded himself once again but it still didn't sound like it should have. Mason kept trying again and again until he was finally satisfied with the audio.

He listened to the audio and decided to clean it up. He wasn't improving his voice with autotune, he was just trying to further isolate his voice. Although it didn't change much, it still improved the audio. 

He changed some things here and there and finally he was completely satisfied. He listened to the song and played around some beats. He recorded them separately and duplicated his vocal audio and fit them all into each indivisual beats.

By the end, Mason had over 10 different versions of White Iverson and more than 6 hours past already. He listened to each and every single 1of them till the end of the song. 


He could immediately get rid of half of the songs. He used this process to get to his final 2. He listened to them both but he still couldn't decide so he listened once more.

Then Mason said, "Fuck it. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe." Although it was childish, it worked.

He didn't delete any versions of the song, he saved them onto a file called, "White Iverson Fails 2 Hit A 3 Point Shot".

He was just having some fun with the file and didn't mean anything serious. He wanted to keep a file of his failed versions because although they weren't the best beats, they were still representations of how much hard work he had to put into stealing somebody's song.

Mason laughed at how funny it sounded in his head.

He actually wanted the file so he could turn them into beats. Although making beats wasn't all that hard, it would be easier to just take his old beat and change some things up.

There wasn't too much problems when switching up a song even if they were made to fit the song.

Mason edited the final song just a little bit and he was ready to put it onto SoundCloud. He was hoping that by releasing it onto SoundCloud first before releasing the music video, it wasn't going to influence the popularity of the song too much.

 But before he did, he needed to make a cover for this single. He actually took photoshop class in high school so it didn't take too long to make a cover.

The cover he created wasn't the same as the one Post Malone made. Mason always thought that the cover for the single could have been made better but he didn't really want to hate on it too badly because he made it before he became a professional artist after all.

Mason opened up SoundCloud and set the whole thing up before he began uploading the song.

"And there we go. Easy money. Only costed me around 5000 if I include the tax."

Mason Cohen, a regular boy with a regular name. He was a regular millennial that followed regular news about the media. Only thing different was that he was also a fan of light novels.

That was him 4 years ago. Mason was now the highest paid actor in Hollywood and the owner of the biggest company in the world. He also took the spot of number 1 song in the world.

The change in his life was sudden and was so fast that Hollywood couldn't keep up.

And it was all thanks to a shooting star.



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"Chief, we got an email from Ram. It's an audio file." Abdulla said walking into the terrace where Shariff is working with his personal hacker team whom he flew down from Japan.
"Chen, play it" Chen the head of the hacker team connected Abdulla's phone to the main computer. He passed on the headphones to Abdulla and Shariff. Shariff and Abdulla's blood boiled every second heard the voice of Christopher. Once the audio file finished Chen played another one which was attached with the email.
"Hello, Mr. Shariff, I hope you would have heard the audio file which we recorded on the day of Sitara Mam's kidnap. Dev Sir implanted an untraceable tracking chip in Sitara Mam's hand. We from the intelligence department were specified where exactly we need to implant the chip inside the human body as it's an untraceable one it will be easy for us to remove it later. But when the accident happened Chathuranga removed it from Sitara Mam's body without any detector machine's help. Even when the main suspect contacted us through the implanted tracking comm we couldn't track him. It was like he was talking from an untraceable house. All we could do was record his conversation. We hope it could help you guys anyway." Shariff and Abdulla removed the headphones and looked at each other for a second.
"Chief, how were you damn sure it was not Anand?" Abdulla raised the question.
"Because I slashed his carotid artery and jugular vein together. Maximum he had 10 mins to survive, and it was impossible for him to move from the underground ring given his broken legs and hands. While we were on the plane Jeffery informed me that my file was stamped inactive right after our departure to London. 2 years back someone hacked into our files in MI6 and made sure that it fell into Sidhanth's hands. This bloody bastard wanted Sidhanth to enter India. Everything was planned to kidnap our Shonu and now he got her." Shariff sat on the swing burying his head into his palm. His men are on the toes, he is working day and night trying to find Sitara.  
He couldn't stop blaming himself for everything.  
Though he did the right things, he took the wrong path to achieve them. He heard someone say to him that at one point in time your past will catch up on you and he feels like it's because of his past his little girl is suffering.  
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"Papa, you will never leave my hands, right?" little Sitara asked with fear-filled eyes as Shariff tried to teach her swimming.  
"Never my Shonu baby. Even if something bad tries to touch you, Papa will take you, Mamma, and Abu Chachu to my secret room. There no one can find us." Shariff cooed to little Sitara and tried to teach her to swim.
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"Secret Room" Shariff looked up at Abdulla who scrunched his eyes hearing Shariff's words.
"What?"
"Abdulla our secret room. The houses we bought in major cities have the secret chambers which we built for safety purposes. When we cleared out the houses, we sealed the chambers. If this guy is using our resources means he obviously would have known about the secret chamber." Shariff tried to remind Abdulla.
"The chamber is made out of lead and cadmium and if he was talking from the chamber it will be impossible to track the devices," Abdulla said as he remembered the details of the chamber they built.
"Chen, take out the details of the houses we own in India. I need their old and new blueprint including the possibility of expanding the underground route."
"Yes, Chief. Tomorrow morning you will have all the details." Shariff and Abdulla started to walk towards their house and saw Revathi speaking to Sonali.
"Revathi, it's better if you don't try to communicate with us. I already told your father it was my stupidity to try to give Sitara her real identity. But the truth is she already has one. Her name is Sitara Mariam Ashutosh. Her father's name is Shariff Ashutosh. Shekar is nothing but a bridge between Shariff and Sitara."  
"Maa, I understand that you are angry at us and it's justifiable, but I am not here to advocate for Papa but for Sidhanth. He loves her so much Maa. I know you and uncle will try to take Sitara away from him, but the truth is both of them can't live without each other. Please don't try to separate them." Revathi pleaded Sonali.  
"Revathi beta." Revathi turned back and saw Shariff entering the hall.
"I know you have no ill intentions, but the truth is we are all third person in Sidhanth and Sitara's marriage. Whatever might be the decision it will be of Sitara's and hers only. We as her parents will stand by her no matter what. It's getting late and I think you should leave. Abdulla makes sure Revathi reaches Maheshwari Mansion safely."  
"No uncle, I am staying at my house for the night. Thanks." looking at Sonali one last time, Revathi walked out of the house half-heartedly.
"Sona, where is Maa?" Shariff asked her.
"Maa was tired so I made her eat and she went to sleep just now. Why? What happened Shariff?"
"We got a lead Sona. If my assumption is right, we will bring our Shonu back in two days." Sonali's eyes filled with tears not able to believe what she heard.
"You are saying the truth, right? Our Shona will come back to us, right?"
"Haan, Bhabhi. See within two days Our Shonu baby will be in front of us fit and fine." Abdulla assured her. Shariff hugged Sonali and tried to comfort her.  
On the other hand, in Maheshwari Mansion, everyone lost their appetite to eat anything. Ram and Lakshman are working hard to find Sitara while Sidhanth is just lying on his bed injured. He needs the energy to fight for Sitara and for that Sidhanth has to take a rest. Durga Prasad made sure that he is away from his phones, tabs, and laptop.  
But for Sidhanth every second feels like decades. He just waiting for the night to pass so that he can spring back on his feet and try to find Sitara in his own way. Today he realized that the game which he thought was all about Sonali and Shariff was at all about them. It was all about him and Sitara. Someone wanted to get his hands on Sitara, and he could feel that he wanted it to happen through. Sidhanth thought he is the grandmaster of this game but looks like another grandmaster is playing against him.
He underestimated everything.  
The information, the sources, the planning, everything fell right into his hands and he like a fool without even cross-checking the things jumped into it. He knew Sitara was his weakness and he stroke his cords perfectly.
Sidhanth closed his eyes trying to gain some sleep. But he couldn't. Sitara's tear-filled eyes, her touch, her smell, her words. They are haunting him day and night. He tried to shake away her thoughts, but it was all in vain. He started to think about everything from the beginning.  
How he entered Sitara's life.  
Her closeness with Lakshman.
Her love for music and dance.
Her passion for her work.
Her first kidnapping by Alex.
"You think if you kill me, it's the end? People like me will come after her because she is a fucking stallion" Sidhanth's eyes flown open as he is mind reprocessed Alex's words. That time he didn't care about his words but now it makes sense to him. Alex said that she is a prize which means people before he would have tried to reach her.  
Sidhanth got down from the bed and searched around his room for his mobile but couldn't find it. Uttara who came inside his room carrying his dinner saw Sidhanth searching for something.
"Bhaiyu, do you need anything?" Uttara asked placing the dinner tray on the coffee table.  
"Uttu, have you seen my mobile phone?"
"Bade Papa asked Adi Bhai to take it away from you given that you will not take rest if they are with you."
"Uttu, I need it urgently. I promise. Just one call I will not take more than 2 mins. It's important Uttu. It's about Sitara." Uttara contemplated for a second and gave her mobile to him.
"Your mobile is in the study room Bhaiyu and I can't get it at the moment. Use my phone for the time being." Sidhanth took the phone from her and dialed Smith's number. After a few rings, Smith took the call.
"Hello, Smith it's Dev here."
"Boss. Did you hear the audio I sent you?" Smith enquired him immediately.
"Bade Papa took away all of my gadgets and I am not in the state of walking towards the vault. I want you to fish out the details of Alex Glomes. Before I killed him, he told me that people will come after Sitara even if I kill him. I think someone made him escape the federal heights."
"Ok, Boss. About the audio, try to hear it as soon as possible. I strongly believe that you will identify the guy who kidnapped Sitara Mam."
"Ok, Smith. You go through Alex's file. Maximum I will come back to the HQ before tomorrow afternoon." Disconnecting the call, Sidhanth gave back the mobile to Uttara while she made sure he ate his dinner. After dinner, Sidhanth tried to keep his eyes open but he couldn't as Uttara mixed sleeping pills in Sidanth's dinner. Finally, the darkness consumed his senses pulling him into its world.  


The small world of Sitara's consists of her mother Sonali, her Dida, Kantha Tai, and her friends. Singing and dancing are her only solace. Her life took a 360 turn when a hail storm called Sidhanth entered her life and destroyed her, completely. She can't remember how happy she was before his entry.
Sidhanth entered her life with only one motive that is to destroy Sitara inch by inch. He has a dark past attached to his life that no one knew about except his father Ram and Bade Papa Durga prasad.
Sitara is the only answer to all of the questions he has in his life.

Sidhanth looked straight into the eyes of Sitara, whose eyes are filled with disbelief. This guy has the guts to drag her to a temple and ask her to marry him. Just a day before, her marriage got canceled, and he wants her to step inside the same household. Where her sister resides as the bride of her ex-fiance.

"You are impossible, Sidhanth. And by the way, if I have to marry, you will not be even my last choice. Stop your drama, and let me live peacefully. Already I have gone through so much because of you and your family. I am not ready to face any more humiliation." Sitara spat and turned around only to see a well-built lady wearing a black and black uniform blocking her way. She tried to go the other way, but the lady again stood in her way.

"Excuse me, move aside."

"Marry me, Sitara. Then you can leave the temple with me,"

"In your dreams, Mr. Maheshwari."

"It's Sidhanth, for you. I never dream, Sitara. I turn the dreams of others into reality. My reality. That is Sidhanth's style." His proud smirk told the arrogance and pride he has been filled with.

He is a demon.

She is an angel.

In this game of destiny, can this demon win the angel over?

Steve then messaged his men, "Go to Mason Harper's house and find out every clue that you can"
Then he went back to his cabin and waited for the evening.
Steve already had his men keep an eye on Mason so he was not worried.
It was now post working hours, so Mason left for his home and decided to keep an eye on Steve and Erica from there as he bugged every place they would visit.
Unknown to Mason, Steve was now following him.
With the stalker who works in the security team of S.H. law firm being under Steve's control there was no one to keep an eye on him.
Steve followed Mason to his apartment which was already investigated by Steve's men.
When Mason reached his apartment and turned on the light, he was shocked by the view inside.
His furniture was all turned upside down, everything in his house was a mess. His house was literally destroyed and looked like a garbage room.
He got worried and quickly rushed into his bedroom, there he slid the cupboard door open and saw all his suits and dresses lying around on the floor. He then opened the secret door behind the cupboard and went inside.
Mason sighed in relief to see everything here was in its place.
The audio listening devices he uses to eavesdrop on Steve were all perfectly there and it was not disturbed.
He was relieved and when he turned back he got startled to see Steve standing near the door of this secret room.
Steve's back was pressed against the wall and his right leg was folded at its knee and was pressed on the wall behind him as he stood there. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
Mason was shocked to see Steve there, then he turned back at the big wall where he posted Steve and his father's pictures.
Every article that mentioned Fords was stuck on the wall.
There was a big article on Benjamin smith in the middle of all small articles.
There were pictures of Steve and his father which were crossed using red markers.
"What's up Mr Smith?" Steve asked him between his puffs.
"How did you figure it out?" Ethan knew there was no point in pretending as he had been caught red-handed.
"I'll explain everything to you once you go to jail" Steve calmly told him while he continued smoking.
Ethan smiled at him, "I can't believe you fooled me"
"Of course, it was really easy to fool you, after all you are Benjamin Smith's son, son of the biggest fool"
Steve's words hit Ethan very hard and he slowly took out a pocket knife and rushed towards him.
Steve was ready for it the moment he insulted Ethan's father.
Swiftly Steve held Ethan's wrist and dodged his attack, he twisted his wrist and snatched the knife away from him and pushed Ethan forward.
Ethan lost his balance and he fell ahead.
"Arrest him" Steve shouted and suddenly the cops showed up who arrested Ethan and took him away.
"YOU ASSHOLE, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU, I WILL ALSO KILL YOUR FATHER. I WILL DESTROY YOUR LAW FIRMS" Ethan kept shouting while being dragged away from the cops.
Steve then went out and talked to the cops.
"The evidence against him is in that room, he bugged me and you will find lot of audio recordings from my daily life in there"
"Don't worry Mr. Ford, we will take care of everything from here" The cop assured him.
Steve then came out of the apartment, there he saw Erica standing outside, looking worried.
As soon as she saw Steve, she ran towards him, "Are you alright?" She checked him for any wounds.
Steve felt warmth spread through his heart to see her concerned for him.
She was angry with him for two days and didn't talk to him properly even once.
She only talked if it was about Ethan's case they were working on, other than that she didn't utter one word.
But now seeing him in danger she let go of her anger and was concerned for him.
Earlier Steve's men went through Ethan's apartment and they found this secret room where every evidence against Ethan was available.
His bank account under Smith Brothers & Co, the bank statements of the money he transferred, the audio recordings of every time he spied on Steve, everything was available there.
Arthur then instructed these men to leave that as it is as all of this can be used as evidence against Ethan. Since Steve was under surveillance of the audio bugs, Arthur made the decision on his behalf.
Arthur gave a time-to-time update to Steve on Erica's phone.
Steve then instructed Arthur to ask his men to install cameras in Ethan's secret room so that Ethan is captured while being in that room.
It would be solid evidence against him.
But keeping cameras in other people's property without their knowledge is a crime and this could be used against Steve so in advance Steve's men informed the cops of everything and after special permission they installed those cameras. All of this was done based on Steve and Arthur's instructions.
Erica, who was outside the building, was looking at the footage of Ethan's secret room with a cop as she was worried about Steve.
When she saw Ethan suddenly run towards Steve to attack him her heart was a mess and she panicked but the cops around her didn't let her enter the building as it was not safe.
She saw that Steve dodged the attack but she was still worried about his safety.  
So, as soon as she saw Steve, she panicked and ran towards him to check for any wounds.
"Yeah my right arm and wrist is paining" Steve rubbed his right arm and made a pity face.
"Fuck, help me fold your sleeves" Erica panicked and folded his shirt sleeves to see if there are any wounds due to Ethan's attack.
Steve wanted to gladly smile at her actions but he controlled himself and looked in pain.
"No, he didn't attack me but I suddenly dodged the attack so my right arm was twisted" He lied to her.
"Steve, let's go to the hospital" Erica suggested to him.
"No need, it is okay. If I rest for a few days I'll be fine"  
Erica still looked worried for him.
Steve's heart wrenched and he hugged her, "Don't worry my pain is already gone" He stroked her hair and tried to console her.
Seeing her sad he couldn't continue his false pretense.
"Okay" Erica too tightly hugged him as her heart really skipped a beat when Ethan attacked Steve, for a moment she was so panicked she thought she would lose Steve forever.
Although it was a pocket knife, it was enough to kill someone if used in the right way.
Erica dealt with many cases where the murder weapon was a pocket knife so she was petrified.
The cops then came to Steve for his statement and only then Erica let go of him.
Steve then shared all the information which was enough to strengthen his case.    
Later Steve and his men released Sarah's mother and Kevin's wife as the two promised to cooperate.  
These two were scared of going to the jail for their crime so in exchange for their freedom they decided to throw Ethan under the bus.
The security guard who had been stalking them was arrested by the cops and taken under custody. He was not in his senses when Steve's men kidnapped him so he had no idea what happened with him.
Therefore Steve was not worried about facing the consequences for his actions.
At the same time, Evan too got arrested in Boston.
It was late night in Boston but with the evidence the cops gathered at Ethan's house, it was proved that Evan too broke the law and they got all the evidence against him too.
All the employees who were paid by Ethan and Evan to leak the confidential information against S.H. Law firms were all taken under police custody.
Steve informed all these employees that he has solid evidence against them so he offered them something.
They can either cooperate with the investigation and reveal all the truth to the cops and share every piece of information they had on Evan and Ethan in exchange for their freedom. Although they will permanently lose their jobs here, they at least won't go to jail.
If not then with the evidence he has on them they will be put behind the bars and will permanently be blacklisted with no chance of finding a job elsewhere after serving time in prison.
All the employees got scared and they promised to cooperate as there was really solid evidence against them and they were not willing to go to jail.
All of this happened that night itself.


“Steve… let go… of me” Erica ordered while still panting.
“No” He denied her and held her even more tightly.
“Excuse me? What the… fuck do you mean… by no?”
“I am not letting you go”
“Steve, are you crazy?” Erica tried to push him away but he was stronger and she couldn’t get away from him.
“Not yet, but I think I am going crazy because of you” 
Steve wrapped his one hand around her waist and he held the back of her head and leaned forward to kiss her.
.....
Erica was leading a successful life as a top lawyer in Seattle. She is cold, scary and single as she couldn't get over her first love.
Assuming her first love to be forever unsuccessful she gave up hopes on ever having a chance at it but one day surprisingly the love of her life showed up at her work place but as her boss.
Erica was nervous and anxious and wanted to avoid him at all costs but Steve was not the one she could easily avoid.
The more she wanted to avoid him, the more their lives got entangled with each other.
....
Disclaimer: The book cover does not belong to me. If the creator has a problem with me using it, please let me know, I'll get it removed

Jason kept opening his mouth but couldn't say anything.  
He even stood up and approached the teleprompter to read if it really is dildos. He sat down and looked at the reporter.
"Is this some sort of sick joke? I am a distinguished war analyst who served on many battles against Canada and Russia. And you're making me sit here and talk about dildos?" Jason glared.
"Si-Sir! It's really the report! This is also the first time I'm reading it!" The reporter then turned back to the camera and continued.
"Mo-moving on. Let's read what the report has to say… Reports of bright light exploded out of the area where the Africans believe to be Fifth Fortress. In the Saudi Caliphate Region. The bright light was strong that those on the shore of Africa claimed to have seen a sun appearing and disappearing on the horizon. Ok… it looks like we are back in business. No more dildo nonsense… Thankfully." The reported laughed.  
Jason's angry glare changed.
"A bright light? Interesting."
"Could you tell what this might be?"
"Pangean Everbright. That's one possibility. But this one seems to be an enhanced version. It looks like it must have been so bright since your correspondent was actually able to name the base which was attacked. I was going to tell you to fire that man for that inappropriate report. But hopefully, we are way past that."  
"Right. Right. That was just… stupid. Moving on with the report… The African government detected several powerful energy fluctuations and confirmed that Dune World was activated. Furthermore, A Sand Golem was created in that sandstorm. Erm… Mr. Jason, what are Sand Golems."
The moment the reporter mentioned Sand golems, the expression of Jason changed.
"Alright. I take it back. Don't fire that correspondent of yours! It looks like this is the real deal! Sand Golem is a very top secret protocol in the Caliphates! It's not something that civilians know!"
"Oh, thank God." The reporter sighed in great relief.  
"What exactly is this Sand Golem?"
"It uses advanced Dune tech to make the sandstorm engulf one Armor. Sounds weak, right? It's not! A Sand Golem can take on a full nuke and still fight! It's amazing how your correspondent got that info! That's just great journalism! The Caliphates doesn't use it. In fact, from the reports and information we have, they have yet to activate that protocol!"
"Wow. That's very amazing! So is this one of the reasons why the Caliphate is tough to attack?"
"Yes. Its Dune Technology counters EMP, Lightning Rod, you name it! If a Sand Golem has been summoned, it means the threat of this attack was so real! I think that the earlier report is true!"
"It-it-it is? The dildos?!"
Maybe your correspondent talked about the dildos because it was a cover for the WGP to steal the real weapon! You know, go in, make some strange actions that draw attention, and while everyone is focused on a nonsensical operation, a weapon is stolen! And that stolen weapon is something strong enough to make the Caliphates use Dune World and Sand Golems!!"
"Of course! You're right! That's probably it! Amazing deduction!"
"I think the correspondent of yours knows how to tell a story! This is delivering news with excitement and thrill. He knows that War Analysts will be looking into this, so he or she must have been trying to add intrigue to this report. He had me going there. But now I see the bigger picture. Give that correspondent a raise!"
"I see. A little out of the box, but it seems it's effective."
"Well… such reports are only appreciated depending on who the war analyst is." Jason laughed.
"Indeed! Our station is thankful to have you, Mr. Blanco! Let's see where this report is going…" The reporter turned back to the teleprompter.
"This raid becomes critical to understanding the battle. Fifth Fortress was the second base identified to have been attacked. We were able to identify the base because of the weapons that were used. While the African government hasn't yet made confirmation of the attack, our team has come into contact with an important informant who offered to tell us the battle. The battle in the Caliphates was so chaotic, so brutal that it prompted this soldier to turn tail, flee the Caliphates, cross the Red Sea and escape to Africa. After interviewing him, we are convinced that the earlier actions of the WGP in stealing dildos are a part of a greater plot."
"Brilliant! Now that is a reporter!" Jason praised.
"They have found a fleeing soldier even before the African government found him? That's amazing!"
The reporter could not help but puff his chest in pride.
"Indeed! We actually have information that the government couldn't find! Let's see… There seemed to be some audio file attached to this report. The attached audio file is our interview with the soldier that had fled. Now keep in mind, ladies and gentlemen, this audio is being played for the first time!"
The audio file was played.
"Tell us what you saw." A man's voice asked.
"The battle there was very chaotic. It all started with a lone soldier attacking who we weren't able to catch or kill. We were told not to kill him, and he was able to kill a little over thirty soldiers. Maybe more!"
"Thirty soldiers? An amazing pilot! That has to be a Commander Level!" Jason exclaimed.
The audio continued…
"Why couldn't you kill him?"
"I don't know. He was being controlled by someone else. The moment we got him, more attacks arrived as a large Pokémon surfaced from the sea."
"A large… Pokémon?"
"That's right. I know it was one! I've seen it! But I'm not that of a gamer. My son owns a game with it. But that Pokémon fought and killed a lot of my friends. And then they deployed a strange tech. That was the most bizarre weapon I've seen! It wasn't in any of our briefings of possible techs. No one could identify it!"
"It's the weapon!" Jason added. He had a strange expression when he heard Pokémon but assumed that the soldier might have just been a nerd of some sorts.
"I couldn't understand it… What I know is that this weapon is so powerful it tore apart our base! It nullified the Dune World's power and destroyed us from the inside out!"
Jason was stunned. This technology could rule the world!
"And somehow, it is connected to dildos."
There was silence. The person interviewing the soldier didn't know what to say.
The studio that was playing the audio also fell into a strange silence.
Jason had a very disturbed expression.
"Dildos? As in the sex toys?" The interviewer finally asked.
"The very same. I was wondering why it was around the base. Dildos were everywhere. I couldn't understand why. Someone had scattered dildos all over the base."
"Scattered dildos?"
"Yes! Some of these elite secret soldiers with bombs in their hearts even kept shouting something about the dildos. There was a secret behind this object that we just didn't know! I even grabbed a hold on to some out of curiosity?"
"What did these dildos do?"
"Nothing! It was just a plain old dildo! Hard and bendy." The soldier shrugged.
"What?!" The interviewer asked.
"WHAT?!" Jason Blanco shouted.
"So it didn't do anything harmful?"
"That's the mystery! It did! Some soldiers were waving it, and the WGP retreated when they found out that we had dildos!"
"Wait… Your army uses dildos?"
"Apparently. The elite team called Planted all had them. One managed to use it to hit and wound a WGP! It was a Fleet Admiral! And the dildo damaged the suit! It broke through layers and layers of the force field and wounded the Fleet Admiral that the WGP had to retreat!"
"The dildo that your armies used wounded a WGP Fleet Admiral? That's a suit closest to those Iron Mans in Russia!"
"Yes! I saw it with my own eyes!"
"How did the weapon work?"
"Well… It pierced the Fleet Admiral."
"Pierced?"
"Yeah! I mean… That's what dildos do, right?!"
There was silence once more.
Jason's expression was extremely ugly.
"Mister- Mister Jason. Let's wait. You said it yourself… maybe this report will later clarify what's going on, and the soldier and the correspondent is merely um… building excitement."
"Yes. What else can build up excitement  but dildos, right?" Jason shouted sarcastically.
"Also. There was another group called the Lost Primordial. They were attacking us!"
"Wait. It wasn't the WGP that was attacking you?"
"At first. But then the Pokémon and that other group attacked. There Exoskeleton of this Lost Primordial was a Supreme Exoskeleton. It was the real thing! It was an Iron Man! They also attacked and fought each other. Our base merely became the fighting ground for these crazy people!"
"Wait. Iron Man, Pokémon and the WGP?"
"Yes! An,d they all obsessed and used dildos! Each had strange powers! I heard they called it Phallic Techs or something! The WGP and the Iron Man were talking about it."
"What did the Iron Man look like?"
"It was an Exoskeleton with strange dildos around it. The WGP also had dildos all over its suit."
"Dildos again?"
"Yeah. I don't get it either?"
"So, in your opinion, are these dildos important weapons?"
"I saw the power! I figured that our base got destroyed because of these dildos! But, here's another thing. Somehow, a guy named General Vender Hirock and Gender Vender was in the mix."
"Who is that?"
"I don't know! Someone from the WGP? I know that name is after an African General, but he must have been using an alias! In fact, there were three of them! One was in an Exoskeleton, and another was something called a Planted?"
"What are Planteds?"
"The elite group with bombs that I just said earlier. From what I know, sleeper agents of some sort. Or probably people who were forced to serve General Joab Barak. The Caliphates will soon have a civil war. That General was into some nasty business. They are called Planted because they have undetectable bombs planted on their heart!"
"How horrifying!"
At this point, the reporter was hoping that Jason would somehow calm down. The information being discussed turned into a more serious and believable turn.
Jason tried to contain his anger and drank some water.
"Let's circle back to the Vender Hirock people. You said three. An Exoskeleton, a Planted and who was the third!"
"And the last one was an exhibitionist."
"PFFFT!" Jason spat out the water.
"An exhibitionist?"
"That's what I saw! It was chaos! Planteds, Pioneers, and Presiders were being mentioned! And then that another P was thrown out! And when that P was thrown out, I walked away!"
"Another letter P?"
"You see, in the height of the battle, I was already on the sea watching the battle with a telescope. The battle ended when General Joab Barak threw a large rocket that caused the bright light. He threw it at the Planted, who was saying he was General Vender Hirock. The WGP rescued the other Vender Hirock, and after that, they were all gone."
"They rescued the Exoskeleton?"
"No. Ok. This is just my opinion here, alright? That battle was downright weird. The WGP rescued the man who was naked. I think the three people were pretending to be that Vender Hirock. General Joab Barak wanted to kill him. The WGP wanted to save him."
"So who won?"
"I don't know! General Barak attacked the Planted the WGP saved the exhibitionist because he showed them his erm… you know?"
"What?"
"His saber."
"His Light Saber? His Contained Flame Saber?"
"No! I mean, his, you know…"
"His dildo?"
"Not that! His real stuff?"
"His real stuff?"
"His Papa Echo November India Sierra."
"Is that a weapon? What was it again? Papa- what?"
"No! I mean his junk! His stuff! His Johnny! His Mandalorian! That! His- !" A censoring beep resounded.
"His- ?" Another censoring beep resounded.
The reporter, who was swallowing his own saliva out of nervousness, choked on it.
  "Yes!"
"Why?"
"I don't know."
"Cut the damn audio! I had enough of this crap!" Jason exclaimed as he flipped the nearby table.
The audio was immediately stopped.
"Fire that idiot correspondent! How dare he interviews an insane man! How dare he!"
"Alright! Alright! Quick! Cut to commercial!" The reporter urged as he stood up to stop the raging war analyst.
The news circulated around the globe.
But to certain people, this odd and comical news made them feel a sense of fear that they have never before felt on earth.
Presider, Pioneer, and Planted were reported. It didn't take long for the Aragarian population to find out about the ongoing massacre of Planteds in the Caliphate bases.  
Straviaa watched the news as she had an extremely ugly expression. She called the only Presider she could trust.
"Straviaa? Why are you calling me?" An older man answered with a grunt.
"Enderks. I am calling you because I believe it's you who knows what to do. I am sending you a video file from one of the turncoats of Pridgeon's Pioneers. Watch it and stream the trending news that you see in that news channel from the Americas."
"What's the main point? If it's not interesting, I'll-"
"I have proof of Pridgeon's betrayal. He might have killed Crostfree and possibly stolen his techs. The video file will detail several techs that Pridgeon has not shown. He could be a mid-tiered Presider! And if he has Crostfree's tech, he could be a high-tiered one!"
"What?"
"I called you because you're the only one who has the guts and the impatient personality to do what I plan. Help me kill Pridgeon!"


An alien race invaded the Earth on June 6, 2128. At the midst of this war, many nations allied with the alien threat and the war nearly wiped out the rebelling humans of the planet. At the edge of mankind's survival, the United Nations Army launched its forces to eliminate the immediate stellar threats that loomed over Earth.

General Seeker Carlean, commander and leader of the mission, risked and gave his life to destroy the immediate stellar threat. The battle was won though Earth lay in ruins. Perhaps mankind will live to see a few years of peace before the alien threat returns to wipe out their existence.

At the immediate aftermath of the stellar battle, the fallen Seeker Carlean awakens and finds himself at aged 17, living the peaceful life he lived 16 years before he died.

So begins a new game in the battle for humanity's survival.

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Cover art by Jayps. http://www.behance.net/Jayps

Han Kuan said with both shame and anger, "You deserve your big name, detective Zhao. I thought that my plan was flawless, but I didn't expect that my wife's recording would fail to remove your suspicion about me!"
He then added, "I really want to know what the loophole was in my plan! What was it that aroused your suspicion?"
Zhao Yu replied seriously with his own question, "Do you really want to know the reason? Ha ha. I forget! All I remember is that your performance was too perfect. All of the evidence seemed like it waiting for us to find it."
Then, Zhao Yu tried to recall, "Actually, I think that if it wasn't for that recording, maybe I wouldn't have suspected you at all! But... I can't be sure..."
Han Kuan had his head bowed and became even more depressed. "It seems that I ruined my plan with that extra recording pen. In fact, she recorded that a long time ago. At that time, she had not yet discovered my secret."
He shook his head, then said, "I wrote a few short stories and wanted to send them to a magazine, but that magazine went bankrupt. So, she recorded the audio and wanted to publish a small collection of audio stories on an audio website. However, because of copyright issues, she ended up not doing that."
He paused, then added, "Actually... If it hadn't been for the audio... I... Maybe I wouldn't have killed her!"
Han Kuan shook his head again, then asked with regret, "Why did I kill her for a silly piece of audio? Detective Zhao, do you think I'm mad?"
"Well... You have to ask yourself... Was it really for the audio? How did your wife discover your secret?" Zhao Yu asked.
"Everything... It's all my fault!" Han Kuan waved his hand and his eyes became watery. "I totally forgot about my devil suit, just like 11 Kills... Left it in my parents' basement!"
"Huh? You forgot?" Zhao Yu asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Han Kuan said helplessly. "I finally understand why the Buddha and the Devil went two different ways. Mahayana seeks enlightenment not for themselves alone, but for all sentient beings. But, the Devil is born in one's heart and will eventually lead you to destruction!"
He shook his head, then said, "Detective Zhao, I guess you don't know that I destroyed my original devil suit when I came back from Jiangxing County to Beiqian."
"Oh?" Zhao Yu was quite surprised to hear this.
"I panicked, as I knew that the suit was evidence of my crime, so on my way back to Beiqian, I found a deserted place and burned everything!" Han Kuan sighed, then said, "That's one of the reasons why I stopped killing at that time!"
Only then did Zhao Yu understand why the Devil Case murders had come to an abrupt end so suddenly.
"But, the devil had taken root in me by then, and burning the suit alone couldn't eliminate my desire to kill!" Han Kuan continued. "A year later, the police started to investigate the Devil Case, and I had to make a new suit to frame Mr. Lang for the murders."
He paused to take a breath, then continued, "While I was making the new suit, I was almost unable to resist the impulse of killing again! It's like there was a real devil calling me, telling me what to do..."
Han Kuan once again fell into a state of seeming insanity as he said mysteriously, "So, even though it was a long time after I made the first suit for the Devil Case, I made an even better devil suit at that time! The mask, cloak, fire, sound effects... Everything was perfect! Then... I just needed a victim."
Upon hearing Han Kuan's words, Zhao Yu felt a chill run up his spine. It felt as if a devil with sharp teeth and claws had really appeared in front of him!
Unexpectedly, when Han Kuan came to the most critical point, his nervous look suddenly changed and his eyes showed tenderness as he said, "But… At that time, three things completely changed my life! First, the chat forum was closed, so I couldn't find any suitable targets. Second, my novel was published! Third... I met my wife."
He smiled as he recalled, "Our sweet love eventually eliminated my desire to kill people. She is the one who always appreciated my talent and understood me the most in the world! Even when I quit my job, she married me without hesitation..."
He swallowed hard, then said, "After we got married, we lived a very happy life. Her cheerful personality complemented mine. We never had any conflicts, and every day was wonderful. I didn't disappoint her, either. With the publication of my novel, I earned more money than my old salary at work and could provide her with better living conditions."
He then added, "Although we had no children, this never affected our love. At that time, I devoted myself entirely to writing and forgot all about my past guilt and crimes. I put the devil suit in a metal box and buried it under the bricks in the room in the south!"
He paused for a moment, then continued, "In the years after we got married, I thought several times about getting rid of it… But I always thought that it was okay to leave it there. Even when the police found it, they couldn't take it as decisive evidence, as it was found too many years after the Devil Case occurred."
Han Kuan then said hopelessly, "However, I just thought about the police… Totally forgetting about my wife! She went to school in Beiqian, so she knew a lot about the Devil Case! One day, when she unexpectedly dug out the box, everything came crumbling down!"
He then looked up at Zhao Yu, and before the detective could even ask, he said, "Don't ask me... I don't know! I really don't know how she found the box and dug it out. It was buried under the bricks. But, anyway, she found it!"
Han Kuan then said uncomfortably, "That day, when I got home, I saw that my box had been dug out! Then, she was acting like a totally different person toward me! She wouldn't say a word to me, and no matter how I tried to explain it, she wouldn't listen."
Han Kuan then admitted, "Detective Zhao, you were right! I was not worried about her reporting me, because I firmly believed that that box was not enough evidence to prove anything! But, I really couldn't stand her change in attitude toward me!"
Han Kuan then said frantically, "Her attitude towards me changed completely, and she became indifferent to me. What made me suffer the most was that she looked at me with horror in her eyes."
Han Kuan twisted his body as if her was in agony, then said sadly, "I couldn't bear that! My purpose of becoming the devil was to seek justice, not to frighten my wife! I simply couldn't bear it!"
He shook his head, then continued, "So... So... I couldn't let her live in fear forever... So... I..."
Han Kuan grabbed his fists and said, while trembling all over, "I... I... God… What on earth have I done to her? I killed her! And... In a way that I thought was flawless!"
Han Kuan then asked hopelessly, "Officer Zhao, is everything you have shown me true? Was she really going to forgive me? I... Why did I kill her?"
"Your killing her was real, and your feelings are real now..." Zhao Yu looked at Han Kuan indifferently, then said, "But, your selfishness is also real! The Devil is just an excuse that you are using to comfort yourself!"
"Excuse... You really think that is just an excuse?" Han Kuan's eyes blurred with his tears.
"Han Kuan, you need to wake up!" Zhao Yu said solemnly. "We all must pay for what we do! Do you think that you can escape the law?"
At this point, Zhao Yu finally smiled with relief as he added, "Even if I've never been to Golden City and I'd never met you, you couldn't get away with it. I would definitely catch you in the end!"


A little ruffian who fought recklessly without any morals and bottomline accidentally time-traveled to parallel space and became a Key Case Investigation Team agent. The huge change in identity had him creating chaos in the police station. However, a strange miracle system helped him repeatedly solve mysterious cases, turning him into an impudent ruffian detective!

Wang Yun fell seriously ill while being held in the secret prison. In fact, it had become very difficult for superhumans to fall sick nowadays. He knew it was purely because he felt so wronged that he had fallen sick this time.
It was not easy for him to become the top dog of the intelligence agency, but he only managed to be on the job for one day before he was removed. He had not even warmed the seat yet!
Moreover, he did not only get framed by one party. While in prison, Wang Yun realized he had been set up by both the Wang Consortium and the Northwest.
These two organizations probably did not conspire with each other, but their simultaneous efforts had caused a critical effect on him.
Regarding the problem at the front lines, Wang Yun thought about it and felt there was something fishy.
Because entry into the command center was restricted, not everyone had access to the command and control systems. The soldiers were also not allowed to bring any electronic devices into the military base.
But this was a trap set by the Anjing House and the Wang Consortium. To them, if they only needed a hard drive to take down the entire front line's command and control systems, why would they resort to using him to achieve that? Although other methods might be more difficult, it was not entirely impossible!
Besides, there was obviously a lot of uncertainty involved in using him to do this.
So Wang Yun suddenly understood the other party was being redundant like this because they had intended to cast the blame on him.
If he did not succeed in helping them achieve this objective, the enemy might have other backup plans for the front lines. They would still be able to paralyze the command and control systems at the front lines regardless.
And then there was the Great Hoodwinker. Wang Yun did not at all expect him to do something like that!
How horrible!
Wang Yun even felt that the Great Hoodwinker, Ren Xiaosu, and the others were probably the ones who sent his subordinates away by changing the marks he had left for them. Although he did not have any evidence, these two incidents were equally awful!
Under normal circumstances, it would be quite difficult to encounter such mean people.
However, Wang Yun could not figure out why this had happened. He did not have any grudges with them, so why were both parties targeting him at the same time?
Actually, Ren Xiaosu asked the Great Hoodwinker a similar question before. He was wondering if there was really a need to force Wang Yun into a corner. The Great Hoodwinker's answer was that it was absolutely necessary.
If someone like Wang Yun were allowed to lead the Kong Consortium's intelligence agency, he would become a big threat to all of the other organizations.
When Wang Yun first joined the intelligence field, he made a name for himself. He could carry out missions decisively, and his ability to find leads was unmatched, while his memory was also unparalleled.
When such a person occupied a low position in an organization, he might not be able to reach the potential of his power. But if he were to become the director of the intelligence agency, it would be disastrous for the spies of the other forces.
Who knew when your comrades might get caught and be tortured by him?
Therefore, if such a talented man was not going to be part of the Prosperous Northwest, they should be exterminated as soon as possible.
Of course, the Great Hoodwinker was more inclined to let Wang Yun experience some hardship first before joining the Prosperous Northwest.
The Great Hoodwinker had always been a resolute fortune teller. If he said you would prosper in the Northwest, you would have no other choice but to fulfill the prophecy.
The only unexpected thing was that according to the Great Hoodwinker's past experience, although Kong Donghai was a suspicious man, he would probably not do anything to Wang Yun over just a photo. At most, he would not place Wang Yun in an important position within his organization.
However, he did not expect that the Wang Consortium would also set Wang Yun up and cause him to be sent straight to the secret prison.
So the Great Hoodwinker was already thinking about how to rescue Wang Yun at this moment.
But before Wang Yun's rescue could happen, a war between the Kong Consortium and the Pyro Company quietly broke out.
At the border between the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium, the troops who had always been affiliated with the Kong Consortium's military suddenly crossed the border and fought an unexpected skirmish with the patrolling Pyro Company's troops.
This caught the Kong Consortium by surprise as well. Due to the collapse of their front line's command and control systems, their command center had given the order not to trigger any conflicts. However, this platoon seemed to have gotten lost and appeared in the Pyro Company's territory.
After that, even though there were only two platoons on both sides totaling less than a 100 people fighting at first, by the afternoon of the same day, more combat units from both sides had joined in, and the skirmish spilled over into an extremely intense back-and-forth battle.
The two armies bordered Mt. Dabaichi. In the past, this place was scenic and beautiful, but now it had turned into a theater of death.
No one knew why the Kong Consortium's platoon had suddenly gotten lost, nor did anyone know the significance of this battle. They just started fighting all of a sudden.
When the Kong Consortium's command center received the news, they decided to send in a brigade to suppress the enemy. These troops were even equipped with audio broadcasting equipment.
The Kong Consortium felt they had the upper hand against the Pyro Company now. 'Since you, the Pyro Company, have willingly delivered yourselves to our doorsteps by starting a war, we, the Kong Consortium, will have to teach you a lesson for being so arrogant.So what if we don't have any armored troops? Our Kong Consortium holds the key to your survival!'
Over the years, there had been endless friction between the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium. The border armies on both sides had always harbored enmity against each other, so now seemed to be the best time to take revenge.
The Pyro Company did not cower even though the entire Kong Consortium's brigade was charging at them. Instead, it was as though they had laid an ambush with even more troops.
The Kong Consortium was not to be outdone either. They wanted to teach the Pyro Company a lesson with blood at the front line of Mt. Dabaichi.
The Kong Consortium's troops rushed onto the battlefield with their sophisticated audio equipment, playing a "backing track" as they charged.
But something unexpected happened. The Kong Consortium soldiers at the front line discovered the audio recording did not have any effect on these Pyro Company troops. No one lost consciousness and fell to the ground, and no one was foaming at the mouth. Instead, they started fighting even harder.
This caught the Kong Consortium's troops off guard and forced them to retreat in defeat!
Kong Fangyun, the commander at the front line, was dumbfounded. Didn't they say the Pyro Company spies in the strongholds had already been wiped out? Didn't they specifically test the authenticity of the audio recording on them? Then why weren't the Pyro Company's troops afraid to hear the audio recording?
This should also be a trap set by the Pyro Company, right? The other party had already made preparations and sacrificed several hundred people to lure the Kong Consortium into their trap. They sacrificed more than 600 spies to make the Kong Consortium believe it was real! Among them, there were even some spies who had already risen to become mid-ranking military personnel in the Kong Consortium army. All of this left the Kong Consortium absolutely convinced they had found something they could use against the Pyro Company!
But just as the Kong Consortium thought they could usurp the Pyro Company, they realized they had been tricked!
If not for this audio recording, the Kong Consortium's frontline troops would probably still be holding their defensive positions instead of taking the initiative to attack like they were doing now. Furthermore, they had even initiated the attack when their armored brigade was mostly incapacitated!
The Wang Consortium and the Pyro Company had collaborated flawlessly and put on a good show for everyone. They tricked so many supernatural beings into going to the Sacred Mountains and killed them there. Then they even joined forces and caused the Kong Consortium to lose the opportunity for a preemptive strike.
Kong Fangyun imagined they would probably not only have to face the Pyro Company. The western front should also be facing a massive invasion by the Wang Consortium!
The chaotic war affecting the Alliance of Strongholds had finally begun. Meanwhile, the first slice of pie everyone wanted their hands on turned out to be the Kong Consortium.
Only now did all of the organizations understand that the peaceful days of the Alliance of Strongholds were about to end. What awaited the stronghold residents would only be a gloomy and bloody war, and no one knew when peace would return again.


This is a brand new story.
Survive the darkness, see the light
There is no right or wrong, it just depends on which side you are standing on.
To be a god, or to be a man.
To be good, or to be evil.
Just what is...the highest order of weapon that humanity has?
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After a great catastrophe struck, the world was set back many years and humanity started living in anarchy.
With time, society started building up again and people were now living in walled strongholds and fringe towns across the land.
Humans have also become distrustful and ruthless in an unforgiving society where the strong survive and the weak are eliminated.
Growing up in such an era, Ren Xiaosu had to fend for himself.
After an incident, he gained supernatural powers...

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