this is just a book im reading and need the audio function! so dont waste time here im already in chapte 55 or something


"Iho, iho!" (This is a Spanish word for "little boy" which is addressed by our grandparents to us) The same word which gave shivers to my spine the first time I heard it from my nephew's phone. By the way, my nephew has really been a daredevil. Despite the fact that the house where they have stayed in has been haunted for already a decade, he has never stopped staying in the master's bedroom even at the crack of dawn and has had the habit of recording the things that he has thought to be "spooky".

His tale of horror started when his little sister began calling the name of her unseen friend. (For the record, my niece is a 5 year-old kid who stutters a lot.) There were times that her sister would play at 2 am while everyone was snoring. She would either laugh or would run around and would try to go upstairs. (The whole family is staying at the living room.) Usually they would just see her doing it while saying, "Tara, Leslie, laro tayo!" (Come on Leslie, let's play!).

Then one time, my niece started to cry, saying Leslie was forcing her to come upstairs and stay inside the big closet in the master's bedroom. Their dad and mom still asked them to pray. After a minute or two, everything went to normal and my niece was pacified. (Most of his siblings cried but my nephew then got the nerve to comfort them. Maybe it's because he was the eldest and he needed to make his siblings feel safe).

The horror continued as days went by but he decided to stay in the biggest bedroom where my other cousins and my aunt were sleeping. My nephew killed time playing with his smartphone but in the middle of his game (as he retold the story, everyone of us wanted to wet our pants) goosebumps crawled unto his skin and he knew that it was a fateful night! Scared though, he pressed the button and started recording. He was expecting to catch a glimpse of a shadow or a kid without eyes and so on but to his surprise nothing was captured. However, when he started playing the recording again, that's when he realized that the worse was just about to happen. It's because when he played it the second time, an eerie voice was heard! Like the sound of an old woman. The worst thing was, while he was playing the audio file the voice was like coming from a spot near him! That made him shut his eyes and struggled to sleep.

The next day, we were all stunned and horrified 'cause when we listened to the recorded audio file, it was true. The voice was like coming from beneath the grave. We were all scared for them especially for the youngest member of the family because according to her, "Leslie" was still playing with her. My nephew decided to sleep beside his sister since then...

a collection of scary stories, urban legends, and mythical creatures found in the philippines.

"Ziming, don't tell me I really molested you?"
Pei Ge sat at the dining table to have her breakfast; after finishing her glass of milk, she finally could not resist asking this question.
"…"
Ji Ziming watched the woman across blink her eyes, and his lips twitched slightly.
"Are you serious? I really did something bad to you?"
His reaction seemed to confirm her conjecture that she had done something inappropriate to him.
She pursed her lips tightly together with an expression that said, 'How could I do that kind of stuff?!'
She scratched her head and finally looked at him. "Ziming, rest assured; I'll definitely take responsibility."
The man could not hold it in any longer upon hearing this. "… What is in your brain exactly?"
"Huh?" She blinked her eyes in confusion.
"You're forbidden from drinking so much again next time." He calmly put down the glass cup in his hand and looked at her.
Last night wasn't the first time this woman had gotten drunk to the extent of forgetfulness.
I must properly look after her next time and not allow her to drink, or else who knows what else will happen?

"Huh? Oh!" She nodded on reflex at this but soon recalled something. "That's not right. Ziming, what did I do exactly last night after I got drunk? You don't seem to be very happy."
"Nothing. I only don't like seeing you drunk."
He did not tell her what had happened last night but only calmly and indifferently glared at her.
"Really?" She nudged her lips, still feeling that something was amiss.
However, she did not press him for answers since he did not seem to be willing to say more.
After breakfast, both of them put on their couple aprons and washed the dishes together.
The warm sunlight streamed in through the windows and onto their bodies, making the atmosphere here warm and cozy.
Although she was still thinking about what had happened last night, Pei Ge's actions did not pause.
In fact, she could split her attention into three as she chatted with Ji Ziming.
"I heard your mom saying that she wants to hold a pre-wedding singles' party for us tomorrow at home."
She felt like laughing when she heard the party's name.
She knew that the man's mother had always been a little trendy and unreliable, but she did not expect that the middle-aged woman would be modern enough to organize a party usually held in Western countries.
"Ignore her."
The man put on a stoic look at this.
It could be seen that he was not the least bit interested in this so-called singles' party.
"It's still a token of mom's good wishes, and she seems to have sent out the invitations already," she softly muttered.
"Do you want to go?"
He turned to look at her when he heard her mumble.
"I'm okay with either."
She shrugged at him. She was actually not very interested in it. After all, even if this singles' party was organized by the man's party, she did not know many of those attending.
"We'll go if you want."
With that, he lowered his head and received the clean plate she had just washed.
Pei Ge felt a little conflicted when he gave her the power to decide.
However, when she thought that the man's mother had put much effort into organizing the party and that she could take advantage of it to expand her network, which would be helpful to her career…
In the end, she decided to attend the pre-wedding singles' party. "Then… we should go."
"Okay."
Her smile turned even more radiant when he unhesitatingly acquiesced.
"Ziming, you're amazing!"
She did not care that her hands were wet as she happily hugged his waist.
The both of them had taken time off work as their marriage was nearing and they had finished tasks at hand.
Hence, they had quite a bit of time to be with each other. As a workaholic and a pseudo-workaholic, the two of them did not work but spent their time together either watching television or doing other things.
For some reason, the man seemed to be very keen on watching movies these days, especially horror movies.
He would always cling onto her and sit with her in the audio-visual room without switching on a single light.
However, every time they finished watching a horror film, he would inexplicably always have a depressed look.
Just like now; upon exiting the audio-visual room, she spotted the man looking depressed.
"Ziming, why does it feel that you don't like watching horror films?"
She looked at him in confusion. But if he doesn't like horror films, why does he always pull me to watch it with him?
"…" He fell silent at her question and then finally asked, "Why aren't you afraid at all?"
"Huh? Afraid? What's there to be afraid of?"
She was a little stunned at his question but then soon laughed aloud.
"Ziming, don't tell me… that you thought I'd be scared so you kept dragging me to watch horror films these few days?"
A certain Mr. CEO who got exposed quickly put on a straight face and lightly coughed.
"Pfft!"
She knew at once that she had hit the nail on the head at his reaction.
"Oh, my gosh! How old are you already, but your tricks are still so old-fashioned?" asked Pei Ge in jest as she looked at him teasingly.
She recalled hearing when she was very young that a boy would bring the girl he liked to watch horror films if he wanted to have some intimate interaction with her.
Having been a good and obedient girl in the past, she had naturally never watched a horror film with a boy.
Little did she expect that, now that she was nearing her thirties, she would experience it for herself…
"Cough!"
A certain CEO, who got exposed, expressionlessly coughed, but his red ears already gave him away.
"He he! My soon-to-be husband is so cute!"


After a series of life-changing events, Pei Ge decides to start anew and rediscover her place in this world. She gets a new job, new friends and… a new boss whom she mistakes as a male host!

He helps her to get revenge on a back-stabbing friend, supports her when it seems that the world has given up on her, encourages her to be more confident about herself and even… messes up her blind dates!

With her strong working abilities and fiery attitude, she manages to climb up the ranks in the company (under the devious scheme of a certain CEO) and even gains a fan girl who can’t wait to be her sister-in-law.

As Pei Ge navigates through the ups and downs of office politics, family drama, finding her right partner and societal expectations, she realizes that things are not as simple as it seemed and everything she had believed in is tested…

The Big Misunderstanding:

“You asshole! Why didn’t you use protection?! I’m pregnant!”
“…It’s not mine.”
“Asshole! You actually dare to not admit it?! I gave all my firsts to you! You jerk!”
…
At the gynecologist, she read her pregnancy lab report and was stunned: Irregular period.
The man raised an eyebrow and smirked, “Didn’t you make a ruckus about being pregnant with my child? Where is the child?!”
“…” Who is scared of who? Let’s make a bet!

He immediately flipped to the last few pages and froze in horror after he read the words on the document.
His expression suddenly changed and a layer of cold sweat soon appeared on his back. The hand that was holding the documents shook uncontrollably.
He felt completely numb. He didn't say anything but stared at the words on the document in wide-eyed horror while his complexion paled. 
He couldn't believe what he had just read. According to the document, his current wife Han Xue had tried to bribe Wang Lan in August 2021 to add some kind of drug into his ex-wife's food. This drug could cause the death of the fetus that she had been carrying within her belly.
Ye Hao turned pale and his shock and incredulity were reflected in his eyes. 
If this was true, this meant that he had almost lost Xi Xi, his child with Yan Yan.
He was shocked to find out that Han Xue had once attempted to murder his child.
"Where's Han Xue?" Ye Hao asked as he suddenly threw the documents on the desk. The shock on his face had faded and he looked enraged. How dare that bitch harbor such evil intentions? 
The police officer quickly held him back when he saw how livid Ye Hao was.
"Mr. Ye, please calm down," the police officer said. He was afraid of what Mr. Ye would do in a fit of rage. 
Ye Hao placed a hand over his chest and his chest heaved. He felt as though his liver and his organs were on fire.
"How did you manage to find out all this information?" Ye Hao asked as he struggled to rein in his temper. 
The police officer paused for a moment and gestured for Ye Hao to take a seat when he saw how agitated Ye Hao was. 
"Mr. Ye, I can't carry on a conversation with you when you're so upset. Please try to calm down," he said helplessly. 
Naturally, anyone who encountered such a situation would be equally agitated.
Ye Hao took a deep breath and reined in his temper. He finally took his seat after a while.
"How did you manage to find this information? Did you manage to collect any evidence?" he asked as though he couldn't believe that this was real.
The police dug out a key and took something small out from a drawer. It was a thumb drive.
He placed it on the desk and said, "We found this in Wang Lan's room yesterday inside the pocket of her jacket. We didn't search thoroughly enough the last time, so we failed to find this thumb drive but after we did a thorough sweep yesterday, we discovered this thumb drive and found that it contained two important recordings."
He turned on his computer and played one of the audio files.
Soon, the audio file started to play. In the beginning, the sound of heels clicking against the floor could be heard. It clicked rhythmically on the floor and then, a gust of wind could be heard. 
Soon, the footsteps disappeared and a woman's voice could be heard.
"Wang Lan, I'll give you 2 million dollars as long as you manage to put this drug into He Xiyan's food."
Ye Hao froze and his expression immediately changed while his face turned as red as the setting sun. He looked livid because he could tell that it was Han Xue's voice. He was absolutely sure that it was her.
The file continued to play and soon, another voice was heard.
"You'll have to pay me a deposit first. I won't take this job without a deposit."
Ye Hao recognized this voice was Wang Lan's voice.


Married rich for three years with no child born. Just when she was finally cured of infertility and ready to give him a child, he brought home his pregnant mistress in high profile. 

"Get lost if you can't get knocked up. Or do you want my son to be the last of the Mo family?" her mother-in-law viciously cursed. 

Her husband grimly shoved a divorce agreement upon her face, "I've signed. Leave when you are ready."

It was heard later that two men went physical in the city plaze of Ye City to win back the wife, with the two babies at the side fighting fiercely for their mom!

This is a story of a woman's search for a new life and bliss while abandoning her tragic past. 


Wang Ke woke up. He was badly injured. When Zhou Ze went downstairs, he could only lie on the sofa. His face was a little pale. He was scared and also injured.
"Do you need my help? " Zhou ze asked.
Wang Ke shook his head and said, "As long as you help me... "
"Oh, then I'll leave. "
Zhou Ze saw Wang Ke shake his head and turned to walk to the entrance, as if he didn't hear Wang Ke's "Euphemism" .
Wang Ke: " ... "
Bai Yingying and the old priest followed him out of the door.
In fact, for Zhou Ze, the matters here had been settled. The Little Loli would help him with the rest of the matters. Judging from the Little Loli's behavior of risking her life to save Wang Ke, she still valued Wang Ke as a father.
This couldn't help but make Zhou Ze feel a little emotional. Of course, it wasn't because of this father-daughter relationship.
Instead, it was because the ghost that was in the body of his sister-in-law the last time seemed to have been influenced by the host. It had entered the host's mind and even killed people to achieve the unrequited love of the host's sister.
The Little Loli seemed to be the same. She was willing to risk her life to save her father. Zhou Ze didn't think that Wang Ke's personality was so charming to such an extent.
Then..,
did It mean that ghost hunters or high-level ghosts could be used in a person's body, but at the same time, they could not help but be affected by it?
Then, he was also affected?
It seemed to be like this for a period of time,
for example, the obsession that had troubled him for a long time:
Anyway, she won't sleep with me?
Yes, that must be because he was affected by Xu Le
It's impossible for a normal person like me to be filled with dirty and impulsive thoughts.
However, it seems like I'm not as affected as the two ghosts on the Little Loli and little sister-in-law. There should be some connections and differences between them.
For example, they might have entered hell for the convenience of me, but the soul of the host body in the human world is still there. This is also for the sake of their soul leaving, so that this body can continue to survive and be convenient for the next time they use it. However, after a long period of time, it was inevitable that they would be affected.
As for Zhou Ze and Tang Shi, the owner of this body was dead. Without the original owner's soul in the way, the impact would naturally be small.
Each had its pros and cons,
for example, Zhou Ze couldn't learn the little loli type:
"Biubiubiu. "
After taking a taxi and returning to the bookstore, Zhou Ze yawned. He was a little tired, but what surprised him was that there were customers in the bookstore.
Looking at the time, it was already past two o'clock in the morning.
If it was the kind of customer who could give him Netherworld notes, Zhou Ze would not be surprised, but this was a living person.
A girl in a white dress was sitting there, reading books and playing with her phone.
She should be around twenty-five or twenty-six years old, and she looked Zhou Zheng. Her reading habits were somewhat different from ordinary people. As she read the article, her lips moved as if she was reciting it silently. It was a habit that only primary school students had when they were just learning the text.
Bai Yingying went to take a shower and had a big fight with that disgusting old man. She was not injured, but her body was dirty. She had followed Zhou Ze for a long time, so she had naturally learned some habits.
After all, she was a zombie that had been lying underground for two hundred years. Zhou Ze did not believe that Madam Bai would take her body out every now and then to take a shower and have a spa treatment.
The Old Priest went out to buy supper. While Xu Qinglang was not in the shop, everyone's food problem was a little worrying. Usually, Xu Qinglang was in charge of three meals.
Thinking of this, Zhou Ze was a little sad,
if Xu Qinglang did not come back..,
this juice, he was going to drink it all.
He was not in a hurry to go upstairs. Zhou Ze poured two cups of water and walked to the girl's side. He placed a cup of water in front of the girl and sat down on the opposite sofa.
Although it was a pity that he was not a ghost, he was a guest. He had to entertain her.
"Thank you. "
The girl raised her head and looked at Zhou Ze. Then, she continued to lower her head and read the articles and magazines in her hands. She slowly read them silently.
Zhou ze originally thought that this was a habit of hers. However, he slowly realized that something was wrong. Not only was she reading silently, but she was also reading emotionally.
As if noticing Zhou Ze's gaze, the girl raised her head and looked at Zhou Ze again, then smiled.
"You're the owner of this shop? " The girl asked.
Zhou ze nodded, picked up the glass of water, and took a sip.
Be reserved, be reserved.
"How's the business of this bookstore? " The girl asked again.
Zhou ze frowned. He hated it when others asked this question, because the people who asked this question had already seen that the business of living people in the bookstore was not good.
However, he couldn't explain to them that he was in the business of the dead people. He could only silently bear the gaze of the people who treated him as a retard and burned his money.
"It's okay. "
"Oh, I think your store is pretty good. Come here to read books and drink drinks at night. It's very lively, " the girl said.
"Okay. "
Having just subdued the Little Loli, Zhou Ze was in a good mood and was willing to chat with the customers. He immediately asked,
"You're a radio host? "
The girl shook her head.
"So you're an audio broadcaster? "
The girl smiled and nodded. "Boss, you're very smart. "
There was nothing smart about it. In this day and age, there were only a few jobs related to voices.
"What do you broadcast? "
"Novels. " The girl took out her cell phone and asked, "Boss, do you usually listen to audio novels? "
Zhou ze remembered that there seemed to be quite a number of audio novels stored in Xu Le's computer, such as the audio version of the series of * * * stories.
"I listen to them occasionally, " Zhou Ze said perfunctorily.
"This is my stage name, 'Uncle Hua' . I'm a signed anchor for lazy people who listen to books. Boss, you can try listening to the books that I record and broadcast, " the girl introduced to Zhou Ze.
"What kind of novels do you usually record? "
"I like to record horror novels. In the audio market, it used to be horror, love, and the other three major themes that were popular. "
"The other theme? " Zhou Ze caught the main point.
"We're not allowed to record anymore. It's those novels that are slightly more explicit. In the past, we could record them, and there were more people who were willing to listen to them. Now, the management is strict, so it's not allowed anymore.
In fact, when we went to class for professional training, we had previously specialized in the techniques of recording books on this subject. "
"There's a special class? "
"Yes, when the teacher starts, we go to class together as a group of contracted anchors. Dozens of men and women sit together and shout 'Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah' in the rhythm of the teacher, with emotion and exaggeration.
Then, the teacher kept shouting at us from the podium, "Be more emotional, more intense, more relaxed. "
Zhou ze opened his mouth slightly. This was really an increase in knowledge.
Imagine that atmosphere. It was really a little fascinating. It was the elegant version of the wine pool and meat forest.
Of course, this was art. After all, that kind of thing and matters related to that kind of thing were actually not that dirty. After all, everyone was not born after their mothers bathed in the sun and got pregnant.
"When we were in class, there was a sister who was not relaxed enough after being called out by the teacher. That sister said aggrievedly, "Teacher, I'm already relaxed. How can you let me Relax? "
After saying that, the girl also smiled. Obviously, she was someone who liked to chat and talk. Of course, talking was also one of her occupations.
"Why are you interested in coming here? " Zhou ze asked.
Especially in the middle of the night.
"A fan asked me to come, " the girl replied, "He's been chasing my work for a long time. He's been chasing me since six years ago when I was just a rookie. He left comments for me every day and encouraged me for a long time. In the end, I didn't expect him to live in Tongcheng with me. But he said he was going back to his hometown, which was very far away from Tongcheng.
"So, he wanted to ask me out to meet him, and I agreed. "
"He gave you a lot of tips, didn't he? " Zhou ze asked.
The girl shook her head. "Not much, but the person who was willing to accompany you when you were at your most unknown was the most worthy to be cherished and protected. "
"He asked you to come to this bookstore and even said that he wanted to go to a very far place. "
A bold guess arose in Zhou Ze's heart.
In the eyes of the living, this bookstore of his was a deserted shop, but in the eyes of another kind of people, it had an unusual meaning.
"Tell me, are those who listen to your book living people? "
"Of course, I never click and recommend tickets. These popularity and data are real, but there are no zombie fans or Taobao packages. "
Obviously, the girl had misunderstood Zhou Ze's meaning.
Zhou ze shook his head and did not answer the question.
The girl continued to think that Zhou Ze did not believe her and continued to say,
"Boss, the audio market is indeed not big, but there are more than one billion people in the country. Even if the proportion of people who like to listen to audio books is low, it is still an incredible number when placed on such a large population base.
"You have to know..,
"Vision will limit one's imagination,
"Hearing will stimulate one's imagination. "
"That's quite deep. "
Zhou Ze stood up. Bai Yingying came out of the shower and was ready to take a shower herself.
Coincidentally, Zhou Ze saw a man in a white shirt walking in from the bookstore. He looked around and saw Zhou Ze first. He smiled shyly and fearfully,
then, he saw the girl next to Zhou Ze and took the initiative to walk over.
The girl acted as if she did not see him and did not notice anyone approaching.
"I like your work very much, and I also like your voice very much. I'm leaving. I'm leaving. Please continue to cheer for me.
"You're no longer the newbie broadcaster of the past. Your popularity is already very high. Even if you don't have my company and support in the future, you will become more and more popular!
Come On! "
The boy made an encouraging gesture to the girl,
however..,
the girl didn't hear anything.
Instead, she looked at the time and muttered to her enthusiastic fans, as if she had stood them up.
Zhou Ze wasn't in a hurry to send the boy to Hell. Instead, he stayed by the side for a while and picked up a book from the bookshelf.
In fact, the emergence of the internet was indeed a very magical platform.
Across the screen,
not only can you not tell whether it is a man or a woman who is acting cute and coquettish with you.
In the forums, in the posts, in the book review section,
those who reply to the comments,
those who like you,
those who scold you,
those who encourage and support you,
may not only be living people,
but also..


A doctor has died, and returned to life as a bookstore owner, finding himself catering to the dead. The world of ghosts and ghostly encounters opens up before him, and as old tales mingle with new, and the worries of the dead carry over to the living, he finds himself caught as an Envoy between the two worlds, and life and death are no longer idle terms to him...
A bookstore that opens late at night...
Welcome.

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!

Trying to figure out who the booming voice belonged to, our tempted protagonist couldnt see a person anywhere in the building where he was trapped in. The only explanation could be that the voice was coming from an audio enhancement module, which was a high tech speaker that could broadcast any sounds perfectly, with no static or other blemishes in audio.

    "Show yourself, you coward!" Mark screamed, as he tried to struggle his way out of his confinements. He was currently tied, both hands and feet, to a metal chair, which was bolted in to the concrete floor below him. Mark realized with great reluctance that he was truly trapped, that no matter the amount of struggling he did he would never break loose of his shackles. 

    Suddenly, he hears a loud squeaking noise,  coming from behind him.  This lead Mark in to struggling to look behind him, but to his great horror what he saw right then would forever haunt his dreams for as long as he may live.


    Oozing out from a dark corner, a giant black blob-like monster seemed to be slowly making it's way towards Mark, when it suddenly shot straight up into the air like a bullet, seeping through the cracks in the ceiling and disappearing completely within seconds.


    "What the hell was that creature?!" Mark thought, panicking. There was no such thing as monsters, so why would there be a blob-like monster here?! Where exactly am I?!" 


    "Ha Ha Ha Ha! I see you noticed my pet Alpha! As long as I tell it not to attack you, you'll be perfectly safe, but if not, then you and your bones will all be dissolved in an instant, leaving no trace behind. If I were you, I would do exactly as I instruct, or else you wont stand a chance of leaving here alive."


    " I know you are most likely thinking that you're having a nightmare, and that you'll wake up soon, but,  alas, this is the real world behind the shadows. And, now that you are a part of this, you'll have no choice but to follow my orders if you dont want the demons to hunt you down and eliminate you."


    "What do you want?! Who are you?! Where are you?!" Mark cried out, frantically searching for the source of the voice. "Why did you bring me here?! Was that creature one of those demons you talked about?!"


    "That is correct, Mark. You are here for one simple reason. You hold a power that can eliminate the forces of light, and we need that power to regain our freedom. The forces of light have sealed us away, in this dark plane of existence, but we would like to regain our throne in the world of the living, rather than be trapped in the shadows." The voice spoke, full of dark energy, causing Mark to shudder.
  
    
    "Why won't you show yourself? I feel as if I'm talking to a hallucination right now, so it would be nice to put a face to this voice." Mark said,  nervously glancing around the empty room.


    "I am sure you realize that you are not talking to a speaker or any electronics based off seeing my little pet Alpha, so I will show myself in my human form, so as not to have you die from fright." The voice chuckled, as a dark cloud started forming five feet in front of Mark.

The party was going well, Tony was pleased to note. The Avengers were enjoying themselves. Maybe enough to close the very real ideological divide within the team, not that most of them knew of or acknowledged it. Unlikely, but he could hope. 
"The handle's imprinted, right? Like a security code. "Whosoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints" is, I think, the literal translation?"
It burned a little bit inside that he couldn't hold the hammer. Not even Spangles had made it. He couldn't think of a quality unique enough that it would only apply to Thor, and dismiss all other candidates. The man in question was laughing as random theories made rounds. Cheerfulness, perhaps? Rogers definitely didn't meet that one. 
"Yes, well, that's, uh, that's a very, very interesting theory. I have a simpler one." Thor said as he stood up and lifted the hammer. He even flipped it in front of them, all while wearing a smug grin! "You're all not worthy."
Tony joined the chorus of disagreement at that but held in his real hypothesis. Perhaps, pseudo 'godhood' was a preliminary requirement before the worthiness. Perhaps believing you were worthy, besides just being 'worthy' — and god knew there wasn't a more subjective and nonsensical term than 'worthiness'—  was also necessary. He certainly didn't feel worthy, not with his past. Not when his work to change and make up for years of being the Merchant of Death hadn't ended. It would likely never end. Looking around the room, it was likely most of these people also didn't feel so. Insecurity was such a crippling human vice. 
"Tell him, Tony," Rhodey punched his elbow and said. 
"What?" He must have been more in his head than he thought, to not have noticed someone speaking to him.
"About—" his friend started but suddenly, a loud screeching noise rang throughout the floor. Everyone covered their ears while he tried to think what the fuck had just happened. The Tower's systems wouldn't just play any sound willy-nilly. 
"Stark," Rogers said once it stopped.
"Wait a moment," Tony answered absent-minded, his hands already typing on his pad. "JARVIS?"
The helpful AI didn't answer. He wasn't getting a good feeling about this. "JARVIS."
Nothing again. "JARVIS, this is not the time for pranks, body."
No, it wasn't. And JARVIS didn't do pranks. His youngest AI was usually too much of a goody-two-shoes for that, despite his snark. 
"JARVIS!" he shouted as he checked the systems and tried to find the presence of the AI on the tower's servers. "Answer —"
A loud scream rang around the room. So loud, that most of the Avengers covered their ears again. Tony didn't even try. 
It was a heart-wrenching scream, not the type you heard about in horror movies. It was desperate and painful and screeching and so very fucking long. 
The sound cut. The scream hadn't ended. The audio they had heard did. 
Tony felt ashamed that the first thing that he had thought once he realized the voice sounded like that of a young child was: It wasn't JARVIS.
"What was that, Stark?" Hill not-quite-yelled at him.
Pushing down the mixture of relief and worry, he turned to Hill. "I have no idea."
"This is your tower, Stark!" Barton shouted amidst a choir of angry guests.
Tony didn't have time for his guests at the moment. He had to find out what happened to JARVIS. Had he been silenced or… worse? 
Ignoring the others, he checked the security cameras of the lab. That was where he had last spoken with JARVIS, and where the… scepter was. 
"What are we looking at here, Stark?" Rogers said as he watched him over his shoulders.
"That sounded like a child. I couldn't make the gender." Romanov added. 
"Does that mean someone took a child and… caused that?" Bruce continued, making a wobbly motion towards the ceilings, where the acoustics were.
"You think someone kidnapped a kid?" Barton said. "And is using it to do what? Send a message? To us?"
"Maybe it's just to Stark. But how would they hack the security?" questioned Romanov.
"I am calling this in." Hill decided as she placed a call on her phone and left the room.
Rhodey placed a hand over his shoulder. "Tony, wouldn't they have to get past JARVIS to do that?"
Tony stared at the lab footage. The image of JARVIS' consciousness was missing. No.
"Tones?"
He blinked. "Yes." What were they talking about? The scream? The hacking? "Yes. They would."
He got up. He didn't remember sitting down. He had to hold the sofa arm because he suddenly felt a bout of vertigo. He shouldn't have drunk. 
"Tony, you alright?" Bruce asked.
He had to get moving. He had to find JARVIS. "Just fine. Great really. I'll let you work on the scream thing. I gotta go." He paused as he made the way for the door.
"Stark, what are you doing? We have a child to rescue!" Rogers said, always disapproving in his Cap voice.
He was getting really annoyed. He shouldn't have drunk. "So do I." He told Spangles. Then addressed Rhodey. "Rhodey, you have the access codes. You can show them around security as you guys check. Good?" He didn't wait for an answer. "Great."
"Tony!"
"Stark!"
He ran for the elevator. He had to go to the lab. He had to find JARVIS.
"He's fine. He's just fine." He couldn't even convince himself of that as he looked at the floor numbers change. 
As he entered the lab, he stopped. What the fuck?
The projection for Ultron's consciousness. The one the scepter would help grow. Oh, it had grown alright. It had taken over the floor.
"No. No. Didn't happen. Ultron did not just eat JARVIS. That's idiotic. Stupid. Imbecilic." Regardless, he better remove the scepter from the room first. "Yes. Good idea. Let's do that." However, just as he made for the scepter, the 3D image of Ultron's consciousness collapsed and disappeared in flecks of light. "Or let's not."
A screeching noise shouted from the audio again. Tony barely covered his ears in time. After it stopped, a scream followed.
This was getting ridiculous. Tony went to his desk and started to manually check the code for both JARVIS and Ultron. JARVIS, he couldn't find anywhere. But neither could he find evidence of a fight happening, of pieces of his code broken or lost amidst the servers. Ultron wouldn't just overwhelm JARVIS. JARVIS was a fighter. A survivor. There would have been something. But Ultron's code... What the fuck was wrong with it? Why couldn't he access any parts of it at all? No matter how he tried, something blocked him.
Another screech of noise from the audio, another childish scream. Was it happening periodically? He hacked his own firewalls to see if only his access as Ultron's creator was being pushed off. 
Ultron's programming appeared on the screen. Finally. Here was something. He looked over the records. He frowned. That wasn't Ultron. Ultron wasn't programmed like this. Even with the scepter's help, how had it become so complex? So... adaptable? It was as if it was... "Alive," he whispered, disbelieving. 
He checked the trials JARVIS had looked over. The initialization had been successful. How? They hadn't found anything that would have made —he looked at what now appeared to be Ultron on screen— this. A person. Ultron was a peacekeeping program. Not a... mind. A being. Even as an AI, this code— this mind was too... developed, not as if newly created. 
A screeching sound. Then a scream.
Ultron noticed his intrusion. And adapted. He was being pushed out. Tony tried to keep up. But he knew it wouldn't work. He couldn't hack a mind. Not something this complex. He didn't even know how the scepter came into this. And where JARVIS would have disappeared to. Wait.
Why was there a scream? It hadn't been JARVIS. He looked at the code that disappeared more and more behind a wall of nothingness even as he typed. Was it—?
The sound system let out a screeching sound once more. Seconds passed. No scream. He waited. Feeling ridiculous as he did so.
Music blared around the room. The melody sounded joyful, but slow. It was familiar. He couldn't say where he had heard it from.
Had he changed genres in his absence? From sci-fi to horror movies.
"I've got no strings," 
That voice.
"To hold me down,"
He knew that voice.
"To make me fret,"
Or make me frown."
The screaming child.
"I had strings,"
It was singing. Creepily.
"But now I'm free,"
It couldn't be. "Ultron?"
The child laughed. All the screens and projections turned neon blue.
"There are no strings on me."
The lab exploded.

Rebirth was not something that he had thought possible. Perhaps, he had had some vague hopes of reincarnation cycles as the more desirable option to afterlife. But being reborn in what he believed to be a fictional universe had only seemed as the premise of stories.
Waking up to a void of nothing, no light, no body, no feeling, and then being thrown into the midst of what had once seemed a mere fantasy— it was too much.
As an A.I., how much could he change? Could he save Tony? Could he save the world without his sacrifice? Or should he not do anything? What if his existence was the butterfly that would destroy the timeline, and with it, the universe?
Was this even a choice? Was he to play the villain? So the timeline could remain intact?
Could he even do that?
"You doing ok, kid?" Tony asked him.
"I'm fine, Tony, really."
No, no, he couldn't.

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A/N: Dear readers, here are some things to note or warn about this story:
1. Action, drama, fluff, angst, and family feels - no sex scenes, focus is on the narrative.
2. MC is not a pure Self-Insert, but an OC inserted into an MCU character.
3. MC starts with the android body of a kid. A kid! Wait 100,000 words before even thinking about a relationship, ok? He is an AI and switched later, but this is the situation at the beginning of this story.
4. MC is bi. Relationships with both men and women will happen (in the very far future). Not explicit. Only subplot. Sub. Plot. Romance is in the very back backstage here.
5. Not Harem. Dear god, just no.
6. There will be violence, some gore, trauma, and coarse language.
7. No bashing! Of any characters. But... I am obviously on Team Iron Man, dear readers! And I will punch logic into Steve's head if I have to!
8. I will stick with the MCU movies. Until it naturally devolves into an AU. That means movies post-Endgame and any and all TV shows, or even the X-men verse, are all not considered canon for this fic, and as such, do not exist. Stan Lee's cute cameo appearances are also not considered canon. Some small comics' elements might be there, though. Other changes are just me.
9. Updates are once weekly, on weekend nights. Each chapter will be somewhere around 1000-2000 words.
10. There is an age change for the Maximoff twins. By the Age of Ultron movie, they are 16 years old for this fic. The reasons for that are explained in the spoiler note at the end note of the first chapter.
11. Thank you for reading and enjoy yourself!

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