Lucas Henry, 21-year-old single ends up going to an Isekai. Class: Trainee

What class is this?

Am I not the hero?

Has demon king already been defeated?

Why is it so hard to make this a normal Isekai novel?

"Kakagising ko pa lang. Bakit ako matutulog?" Sabi ni Tang Rou.
"Hindi rin naman ako inaantok." Sabi ni Ye Xiu.
"Kailan ba kayo gumising?" Nagtanong si Tang Rou.
"8 o'clock!"
Pagkatapos masabi ito, silang dalawa'y nag-usap at hindi na pinansin si Chen Guo. Si Chen Guo natahimik sa galit. Sa mga sandaling ito, bumukas ang pintuan ng Internet Cafe at isang manong ang pumasok: "Kayo ba yung nawalan ng kuryente?"
Lubos na nagalak si Tang Rou at Ye Xiu nang makita ang kaniyang pagdating. Sinalubong nilang dalawa ang manong, at yumukong tumatango: "Yeah, yeah. Kami nga iyon, Kuya."
"Anong nangyari?" Dinala ng manong ang kaniyang toolbox at pumasok.
"Mag-ingat kayong dalawa!" Tapos na ang sermon ni Chen Guo sa dalawa kaya siya'y papaakyat na sana sa ikalawang palapag nang bigla niyang marinig ang sigaw ni Ye Xiu.
"Boss, hindi ba kailangan nating magbayad?"
Nang marinig ito ni Chen Guo. Siya'y nadulas at muntik siyang nahulog. Hindi nagtagal, siya'y nakarekober at dahan-dahang sinabi: "Kunin mo ang bayad sa cash box."
si Ye Xiu at Tang Rou ay kaagad naging mga matiyagang alipin ng manong. Sinundan nila siya kahit saan, naka-antay sa tabi na may nakahandang cha-a at tubig para sa kaniya. Pagkatapos nakita ni manong electrician ang problema. Naging hindi naging maganda ang kaniyang mukha. Mahihinuhang ang problema'y hindi madaling ayusin.
"Hindi ito madaling ayusin. Sobrang madilin na ang gabi, babalik nalang ako bukas!" Sinabi ito ng manong at nagsimulamg mag-impake para umalis.
Nagsimulang mag-panic si Ye Xiu. Susuhulan na niya sana ang manong gamit ang ilang mga sigarilyo nang biglang nakarinig siya ng "Hindi pwede!", na nagpatigil sa kaniya. Sa mga sandaling ito, ipinamalas ni Tang Rou ang kaniyang lakas. Hinila niya ang manong at, inakit siya ng mga maririkit na salitang humihingi ng tulong. Pagkatapos lang ng ilang mga segundo, marahang bumaba ang IQ at EQ ng manong. Pinahiran niya ang kaniyang mukha na para bang pinapahiran ang kaniyang laway. Dala-dala ang kaniyang toolbox, lumiko siya't sinabi na walang pag-aatubili: "Ako na ang bahala! Tingnan mo 'ko!"
Nasiyahan si Ye Xiu at pinadalhan ng thumbs up si Tang Rou at si Tang Rou ay napangiti. Ang dalawa'y naging professional electrician apprentices. Ang isa sa kanila'y may dala-dalang flashlight at ang isa'y dala-dala ang mga tools, habang nakikinig sa mga paliwanag ng manong sa kung ano ang nangyaring problema. Kahit na sila'y walang alam sa kaniyang mga pinagsasasabi, sila'y tumatango at ginagamit ang "Oo. Yeah. Talaga." at iba pang mga umaayong salita.
Ang manong electrician ay isang mabait at matapat na tao. Nung sinabi niyang matagal maayos ang problema. Talagang matagal itong naayos. Sa huli, ang mga kustomers na naghihintay na bumalik ang kuryente ay nagsilabasan para umuwi. Halos dalawang oras na nagkukumpuni ang manong ngunit wala pang nakikitang senyales na babalik na ang kuryente.
"Bumili muna tayo ng midnight snacks at magpahinga!" Si Tang Rou na pinigilang umalis ang manong electrician ay nakaramdam ng awa at kahihiyan. Naisipan niyang dapat makakain man lang ng ilang mga midnight snacks ang manong electrician.
"Sige, ako na ang bibili." Tumango si Ye Xiu. Napakamot sa ulo si Ye Xiu habang tinatanong: "Sa cash box ko kukunin ang pera?"
Tiningnan lang siya ni Tang Rou at ang dalawang kampo'y nagkaintindihan. Si Ye Xiu ay tumango at umalis para pumunta sa isang malapit na kainan para makabili ng pagkain. Pagkabalik niya'y inimbita niya ang manong electrician para kumain. At dahil siya'y talagang napagod sa ginagawa niya, hindi siya tumanggi.
"Magkano ang nagastos mo?" Tinanong ni Tang Rou si Ye Xiu.
"Nagastos sa?"
"Pagkain." Sabi ni Tang Rou.
"86. Hindi ka pa kumakain ng hapunan, hindi ba?" Sagot ni Ye Xiu.
"Oo...86, may 43 lang ako. Uutangin ko nalang muna sayo ah!" Tugon ni Tang Rou.
"Hindi na kailangan." Napatawa si Ye Xiu. Talagang ang babaeng ito'y marangal. Ginusto pa niyang hatiin ang bayarin sa kanilang dalawa.
"Kung gusto mo talagang ganyan ang mangyari, walang problema sa akin." Napangiti si Tang Rou.
"Tara, kain! Kain!" Ito'y hindi ininda ni Ye Xiu. Tumalikod siya't hinarap ang manong electrician: "Pasensya na sa problema, manong. Gaano katagal pa ang kailangan mo?"
"Hindi na gaanong matagal. Mga kalahating oras nalang!" Sagot ng manong electrician.
Ang dalawa'y napabuntong hininga. Sa wakas ay nakikita na nila ang liwanag sa kanilang problema.
Hindi niya kinailangan ng tatlumpung minuto, dahil sa loob lamang ng dalawampung minuto, ang lahat ay naibalik sa dati at ang kuryente ng Internet Cafe ay bumalik.
Pagkatapos umalis ang manong electrician at umilaw ulit ang mga ilaw ng Internet Cafe, tanging si Ye Xiu at Tang Rou lang ang naroon. Malalim na ang gabi, walang masyadong karanasan si Ye Xiu sa pagtratrabaho kaya tinanong niya si Tang Rou: "May mga darating pa ba na bisita?"
"Hindi ako sigurado. Tingnan nalang natin!" Pinatay ni Tang Rou ang mga hindi kinakailangang pailaw. Umupo si Ye Xiu sa reception desk at binuksan na ang kompyuter. "Maglalaro rin ako!" Pinuntahan ni Tang Rou ang server computer. Kinakailangang nakabukas ang server computer kung may gustong gumamit ng ibang mga computer station.
Kakabalik pa lang ng kuryente kaya siya'y hindi siguradong may pupunta pa sa Cafe. At mas mabuti namang direktahan niyang gamitin ang server computer kaysa magbukas pa ng isa.
"Wala namang problema sayo kung maninigarilyo ako, hindi ba?" Kaagad nagtanong si Ye Xiu.
"Walang problema." Sagot ni Tang Rou.
"Sige sige." Napabuntong hininga si Ye Xiu.
"Gusto mo ng cha-a?" Dinala ni Tang Rou ang kaniyang tasa para gumawa ng cha-a.
"Salamat." Hindi ito tinanggihan ni Ye Xiu.
"Asan yung tasa mo?"
"..." Papaanong magkakaroon ng sariling tasa si Ye Xiu. Sa huli, kumuha ng isang bote ng Healthy Master Green tea mula sa cupboard si Tang Rou at ibinigay ito kay Ye Xiu.
"Libre ko yan."
"..." Walang nasabi si Ye Xiu.
Nakapatay ang karamihan sa mga pailaw ng Internet Cafe. Sa loob ng malaking espasong ito, tanging ang reception desk lang ang may bahagyang ilaw. Wala nang sinabi pa si Tang Rou at kaagad na inilagay ang kaniyang account card para makapasok sa laro. Kinontrola niya si Soft Mist at dinala ito sa Skeleton Graveyard. Sa kabilang dulo, binuksan muna ni Ye Xiu ang web browser at pumunta sa official site ng Glory Professional Alliance.
Natalo sila!
Gaya ng inaasahan, natalo ang Team Excellent Era sa team competition. Sa huli, dahil sa nag-iisang panalo ni Su Mucheng sa individual competition at ang panalo sa pangalawang parte ng kompetisyon, nakakuha ng 3 puntos ang Excellent Era. Ang Team 301 nama'y nakakuha ng 7 puntos.
Sa ika-dalawampung round ng league, hindi nagbago ang ranking ng Team Excellent Era. Sila'y nasa pangalawa bago ang huli pa rin. Gayunpaman, sumiklab ang pag-asa sa puso ng kanilang mga taga-suporta. Ang lahat na ito'y dahil sa magandang ipinamalas ni Sun Xiang at ang pambihirang 1v3 ni One Autumn Leaf sa group competition. Para naman sa kanilang pagkatalo, sinisi ng lahat ang katotohanang kakapasok palang ni Sun Xiang sa team at hindi pa nakaka-adjust.
Kung susumahin, ang lahat ay may pag-asa pa rin para sa Team Excellent Era at kay Sun Xiang. Mula sa mga kalkulasyon kung ilang puntos ang kinakailangan para makapasok sila sa top eight ng regular season at makalaro sa playoffs, nakita ng lahat na may posibilidad pang makalaro ang Team Excellent Era sa playoffs.
Pero kahit na ito'y maaring mangyari. Hindi ibig sabihing ito'y magiging madali. Masyadong hindi maganda ang ipinakita nilang performance sa unang kalahati ng season. Sa kalagitnaan ng mga komento, maraming nagpahayag ng kanilang reklamo sa nakaraang team captain na si Ye Qiu.
Sinarado ni Ye Xiu ang web page at kaagad isinilid ang kaniyang card, at pumasok sa laro. Sa mga sandaling nakapasok na siya. Nakatanggap agad siya ng pagbabati mula kay Seven Fields. Pagkatapos bumati, si Seven Fields ay nagpadala ng imbitasyon: "Gusto mong mag-dungeon kasama namin, kuyang mahusay?"
Tiningnan niya't nakita na nasa Level 19 na si Tang Rou. Siguradong makakarating siya sa Level 20 ngayong gabi. Limitado lang ang kaniyang entries sa Frost Forest dungeon at kailangan niyang dalhin si Tang Rou doon para mapamilyar siya sa mapa kaya sinagot niya si Seven Fields.
"Mamaya nalang! Magpa-level muna kayo. May kaibigan ako dito. Dadalhin ko siya mamaya para makapag-dungeon tayong lahat."
"Sige." Hindi tumanggi si Seven Fields: "Pupunat pa rin ba tayo sa Boneyard?"
"Yeah, ikaw lang ang nandito ngayon?" Makikitang hindi online si Drifting Water at Sunset Clouds sa kaniyang friends list.
"Kasama rin si Sleeping Moon!" Sumagot si Seven Fields.
"Kung ganoon magsama-sama tayo!"
Kasama mo rin ba si Steamed Bun Invasion?" Si Steamed Bun Invasion ay makikitang online sa kaniyang friends list.
"Hindi, natatakot siyang magpa-level, kaya pumunta siya sa Arena para mag-PK."
Habang binabasa ni Ye Xiu ang sagot ni Seven Fields, si Steamed Bun Invasion ay nagpadala ng mensahe: "Diyos! Kailan tayo pupunta sa dungeon?"
"Malapit na, malapit na. Nag-eensayo ka pala sa Arena! Kumusta ka na?" Nagtanong si Ye Xiu.
Sumagot si Steamed Bun Invasion ng "He he" na may kasamang smiley face. Malinaw na maganda ang kaniyang sitwasyon. Hindi nasorpresa si Ye Xiu. Sa hand speed palang ni Steamed Bun Invasion, sapat na ito para siya'y maging kampeon ng mga baguhan. Para naman sa mga eksperto. Si Blue River? Plantago Seed? Cold Night? Silang lahat ay desperadong nagpapa-level. Sinong may oras sa kanila para maglaro sa Arena?!
Pagkatapos sumama kay Seven Fields at Sleeping Moon sa Boneyard, ang Internet Cafe ay naging tahimik. Dahil sila'y nagsimulang magpa-level. Sila'y walang masyadong napag-uusapan. Si Tang Rou rin ay nakatuon ang pansin sa dungeon, kaya siya'y wala ring masasabi. Tanging ang tunog lang ng mouse at keyboard ang umaalingawngaw.
Ang ganitong sitwasyon ay umiral ng isang oras at naputol lang nang biglang nakarinig sila ng mga yapak. Ang dalawa'y inialis ang kanilang mga mata sa screen at tumingin sa pintuan ng Internet Cafe. Halos alas dos na ng madaling araw pero hindi inaasahang may kustomer pa.
Ang taong nasa pintuan ay tiningnan ang loob ng Internet Cafe at bumaling sa likod habang nagagalak na sinabi: "Kuya Hao, walang tao sa Internet Cafe!"
Pagkatapos masabi ito, tatlong iba pang mga tao ang pumasok sa Internet Cafe at dumeretso sa reception desk kung saan may ilaw at nagtanong: "Bukas ba kayo?"
Kapag may mga kustomer, kailangan nilang magtrabaho! Hindi sila pinansin ni Tang Rou dahil siya'y wala sa night duty. Ito'y trabaho ni Ye Xiu na nasa night duty.
Agad-agad huminto sa paglalaro si Ye Xiu. Binuksan niya ang mga ilaw sa reception desk at bumati: "Ilan ang maglalaro sa inyo?"
Itinaas niya ang kaniyang ulo at nakakita ng apat na tao. Nabigla si Ye Xiu. Lubos niyang nakikilala silang lahat.
Ang taong nagtanong sa kaniya kanina ay si Chen Yehui. Sa Glory, siya ang guild leader ng Excellent Dynasty.
Ang tatlong iba pa na sumama sa kaniya ay sina, Liu Hao, Wang Ze, Fang Fengran. Lahat sila'y mga pro players ng Team Excellent Era. Namumula ang mga mukha ng apat na para bang sila ay lasing. Nung pumasok sila, hindi nila nakita si Ye Xiu dahil siya'y nahaharangan ng kompyuter. Pero nakita nila si Tang Rou at ang kanilang mga mata'y kumislap.
Nang pumasok ang apat, si Ye Xiu ay kalmadong nagpatuloy sa pag-upo. Si Liu Hao ay lumapit sa pinakaharap, at pagkatapos tiningnan ang screen ni Tang Rou, siya'y kaagad na tumawa at sinabing: "Miss, naglalaro ka ng Glory?"
Sandaling tinitigan siya ni Tang Rou. Pagkatapos ngumiti at sinabing "Oo", nagpatuloy siya sa paglalaro na para bang walang nangyari.
"Cough!" Napa-ubo ng walang dahilan si Liu Hao. Malinaw na gusto niyang makuha ang atensyon ni Tang Rou bago sinabing: "Magaling kang maglaro!"
"Salamat." Nagpasalamat si Tang Rou at ngumiti sa kaniya. Pagkatapos, ay bumalik ulit sa paglalaro at hindi na pinansin si Liu Hao.
Naguluhan si Liu Hao, lubos na naguluhan! Kung naglalaro siya ng Glory, papaanong hindi niya nakikilala siya? Siya'y isang dakila't sikat na pro player! Magkalapit lang naman sila't maliwanag pa... Hindi kaya'y bahagyang iba ang kaniyang hairstyle? Nakakalito!
Ang mga tao sa likod niya'y dalawang beses na hinila ang kaniyang damit. Umikot si Liu Hao at nakitang ang dalawa sa likod niya'y hindi mapakali. Silang lahat ay tumitingin sa tabi.
Sinundan ni Liu Hao ang kanilang mga mata at nakita si Ye Xiu na may sigarilyo sa kaniyang bibig na nakatingin sa kanila.
"Gagamit ba kayo ng mga kompyuter?" Nagtanong si Ye Xiu.


Sa isang larong online na Glory, si Ye Xiu ay kilala bilang isang mala-Diyos na manlalaro't walang kahit na sino man ang nakakapantay sa karunungan niya sa laro. Gayunpaman, dahil sa ilang mga dahilan ay nasipa siya mula sa kaniyang team. Matapos lumisan, siya ay nakahanap ng trabaho bilang tagapamahala sa isang Internet Cafe.
Sa mga sandaling binuksan ng Glory ang kanilang ika-sampung server, siya na may halos sampung taong karanasan sa laro ay muling magbabalik. Kasama ang alaala ng kahapon, at isang hindi kumpleto't self-made na armas, ay muling magsisimula ang kaniyang daan papunta sa tuktok!
Matapos ang mga madugong labanan, at nakakasindak na patayan, sino ang nagnakaw ng aking kadakilaan? Sa ilalim ng bagyo’t delubyo, magiging para bang hindi nawasak ang aking mga pangarap.
Sa liwanag nito'y hindi mababalutan ng kadiliman ang daan. Sa ilalim ng mga mata ng lahat, dito magsisimula ang aking daan para sa kadakilaan!



Knock! Knock, knock!
In the early morning, Zhang Zian was woken up by the faint sound of knocking. He yawned and sat up. Rubbing his eyes that were still sleep-ridden, he got down from the bed and walked to the window in confusion. He pulled up the curtains and saw Vladimir sitting outside, so he opened the window for it. After it jumped in, he closed the window lightly, trying not to disturb the other elfins that were still asleep.
It was not a ghost calling outside his door at midnight, but a cat knocking on his window in the early morning.
The last few days, Vladimir had frequently gone out at night and slept during the day. When Zhang Zian and the elfins wanted to sleep, it would go out by itself, then return in the early morning.
It opened its mouth widely and yawned. Its face was full of tiredness as it said, "God d*mn, I'm so tired. Time to hurry and sleep!"
"Why do you keep running out late at night? Is there anything that you cannot solve during the day?" After the morning wind blew at him through the window, Zhang Zian was slightly more awake.
After a few days of interacting with it, he knew that Vladimir actually did not need to eat. That showed that it was likely not a cat that existed in real life, and instead, it was just an imaginary elfin. Despite that, however, it still needed to sleep.
Vladimir did not care much and just laid on the mat. He answered in a way that did not actually answer Zhang Zian's question. "Yeah, I'm almost done settling it. In the future, I'll try to work during the day and sleep at night."
Zhang Zian saw that it seemed to not want to say, or perhaps it felt that it was not the right time. It picked up a cloth and covered its body with it like a blanket.
Its fur had a lot of small stems and thorns on it every morning when it returned. It was like it had been running about the whole night with no feeling of exhaustion.
Actually, even if it didn't say anything, Zhang Zian could roughly guess that it definitely went out and fought with the stray cats outside. It seemed to not have any realization that it was an elfin and did not think that it was better than the ordinary cat. If it met a stray cat on the road, it would always raise a front paw and automatically greet the other party. Even if they ignored it, it was not angry.
He sat next to the bed and took up his phone to look at the time. Even though it was slightly earlier than his normal wake up time, he was awake already. He probably would not be able to sleep even if he laid back down.
There were a few unread notifications on his phone. They had been sent over late the night before by the [Collapse The World], whom he had met on the forum. It seemed like they were also nocturnal.
[Collapse The World]: "Did you see the newest data from the crawler program? In the last two days, the capital had its first cat abuse case. It seems like the peace was only a probability-wise, occasional occurrence."
Zhang Zian saw that Pi was still sleeping in the basket hammock chair, so he sat in front of the computer and opened the screen of the laptop.
After coming back from the capital, he had been running the Internet crawler program that [Collapse The World] had sent in the background. He had been searching for information on cat abuse cases around the country on the local forums in different countries. The computer was practically never closed, anyway, so it did not interfere with Pi's writing.
He changed to the interface of the Internet crawler, and based on the occurrences of the cat abuse cases, he sorted it them lowest to highest. As expected, he saw a new record: The capital, which had never been on the list, had a new entry.
Opening the new entry, he quickly looked through the capital forum snapshots and saw that the cat abuse cases were around the same as other places.
It looked like as soon as Vladimir left the capital, the capital immediately fell into trouble.
[Collapse The World] had guessed wrong, but that was also good. It would save Zhang Zian the trouble of him being suspicious every day.
Zhang Zian replied: "My trip to the capital has yielded some results, and cat abuse cases may be over in the near future. If you want to ask the reason, it's probably… The construction of socialist spiritual civilization has achieved periodic results."
He sent the message over, and as to whether [Collapse The World] believed it or not, it had nothing to do with him.
"Meow! Zian, good morning!" Galaxy energetically whispered.
He also replied quietly, in order to prevent disturbing the other elfins' rest.
He went downstairs and opened the shutter door, then started to clean up in preparation for the shop's opening.
Not long after, Wang Qian, Li Kun, Lu Yiyun, and Jiang Feifei came in one by one, taking up the cleaning equipment and chatting as they did their daily activities.
Uncle Li and Aunt Li had opened up shop earlier than he had, so now the door of the snack bar already had a lot of people lined up outside of it.
"Mr Shop Manager, good morning!" Masanori Suzuhara held onto Snoopy's leash and quickly ran past his shop.
"Good morning," he replied, holding a broom.
Everything was normal.
"Store Manager Zhang! Store Manager Zhang! Are you here?"
Zhang Zian's back was facing the door as he helped place the plastic bottles Wang Qian and Li Kun had spent the day before collecting into a plastic bag. He suddenly heard someone call him from behind; the voice was quite old, but it sounded familiar. 
He turned to look. An electric bicycle was stopped at the door of the shop, and Electrician Wu hurriedly jumped off the vehicle and quickly rushed into the shop.
"Store Manager Zhang!" Electrician Wu's throat and tongue were dry. He pulled on his arm, not able to say anything for a short while.
"What happened, Master Wu? Don't be too flustered. Speak slowly, the sky won't fall," Zhang Zian signaled for Wang Qian to give Electrician Wu a cup of water in a disposable paper cup.
Electrician Wu gulped down the water in the cup quickly. He wiped his mouth and said, "Store Manager Zhang! You're finally back! Where have you run off to these few days? I couldn't find you at all!"
"Oh, I've been a bit busy. I was in the capital the last few days," Zhang Zian explained. "Master Wu, why were you looking for me? Are you going to introduce me to someone? Is the girl pretty? Is it a worker in your factor? I can relax my criteria. If it's not a fair-skinned, rich, and gorgeous girl it's all right… as long as she's either pretty or rich. After all, we know each other quite well, and I trust Master Wu's judgment…"
Electrician Wu almost choked. He coughed a few times before regaining his breath. "Cough! Cough! This… I'll make sure to keep a lookout for Store Manager Zhang next time––keep a look-out… Store Manager Zhang, you're a fine-looking man, you still haven't found a girlfriend yet?" Electrician Wu said awkwardly.
"Sigh, I must first have a person who can spot the long-distance running horse before I can find a long-distance running horse. Now the problem is that it is easy to find a long-distance running horse, but it is hard to find someone who can spot it…" Zhang Zian held his wrist and sighed.
"Master, why are you taking things to heart? Is it that the novels are not nice, or the game is not fun? Why must you find a girl?" Wang Qian came over to them. "Women are the most troublesome."
"Ga ga! That's right, men can still play with men," Richard said, a hidden meaning to its words. "If you are really bored, how about finding a wrestling training camp to sign up for? You can be the next King Billy!"
"Leave! All of you leave!" Zhang Zian glared. He picked up a feather-duster and chased them all away before he turned to Electrician Wu and asked, "Master Wu, please don't forget to do that… Right, what are you here for today?"


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

On the second night that Tomcat observed Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I again, the point of light had brightened again. The comet's speed was extremely fast—it was probably the fastest moving celestial body in the Solar System. It could fly more than 70 km/s while ordinary planetoids only moved at 20 km/s.
In terms of mass, the energy brought by the comet was thirteen times that of the asteroid that blasted the dinosaurs into extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period. If Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I were to hit Mars, the catastrophe it created would be more spectacular than the fifth major extinction event.
Mars's volume density was much smaller than Earth's, and the comet had enough energy to throw large quantities of matter into orbit. This would leave a huge impact crater on Mars's surface while also forming a belt of particles around it, giving it its own ring.
Of course, it would be impossible for Tang Yue and Mai Dong to see such a scene. Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I came from above the Solar System's ecliptic plane, so it would definitely hit the northern hemisphere of Mars. It was possible that Kunlun Station would be instantly destroyed upon impact, and the space station would be ripped to shreds from the ejected rubble.
"How is it? That comet?" Tang Yue asked.
Tomcat moved the monitor towards Tang Yue.
On the screen was space. It was a picture taken from the space station's survey telescope. It had been constantly tracking the comet that had barged into the Solar System.
To Tang Yue's surprise, Tomcat pointed at a very faint point of light with its paw. It didn't stand out among the bright stars, completely at odds with Tang Yue's impression of a comet.
He originally imagined that he would see a bright comet with a sweeping tail.
"Unfortunately, the Dawn module on the space station has been destroyed. Otherwise, we could have telescopes with bigger apertures and precision. That way, you'd be able to see it more clearly," Tomcat said. "This is Comet Tomcat-Tang-Mai I that's flying towards the sun at high speeds. In the three minutes you have been staring blankly at the screen, it has already crossed a distance of 12,600 kilometers."
Tang Yue stroked his chin.
If this were ancient times, this comet would likely be labeled as a "calamity from the skies, an ominous portent." Be it China or foreign countries, the ancients had bad impressions of comets. The Chinese called it a jinx that represented bad luck, while Westerners believed that it was a sign of God's displeasure and fury.
After all, anyone who knew that there was such a huge object approaching from over their heads would feel uneasy, regardless if it was a nuclear bomb or a comet.
Tang Yue suddenly had a strange thought. "Tomcat, do you think that this is actually an interstellar missile? Certain civilizations create them as long-range strike weapons. They fly fast just like a missile… Don't you see the resemblance?"
"Not at all." Tomcat shot a glance at him and shook its head. "According to the light spectrum analysis, this object is 95% comprised of water. The rest is carbon dioxide, nitrogen, ammonia, and methane. Such materials rapidly evaporate when they approach the sun. If it's a missile, I feel that it should have a ferrotungsten core at the very least, or be a three-stage bomb."
"So it's actually just an interstellar water delivery boy?"
"Yes." Tomcat nodded. "A considerable portion of Earth's water might have originated from comets. Billions of years ago, when life had yet to be born, large numbers of comets and asteroids collided with Earth, bringing it rare metals and water, perhaps even organic molecules."
"If it hits Mars, and I'm only saying if… with it not affecting Kunlun Station or the space station… does that mean it will replenish us with water? So much, that we won't be able to finish that amount in all our lives."
"Impossible. What is going on inside your head? Do you think it will turn into a lake or ocean after the impact?" Tomcat shook its head. "All the water contained in the comet nucleus will instantly evaporate due to the high temperatures from the impact. They will evaporate into the Martian atmosphere, and you won't be able to get a single drop of water. Of course, this bit of water won't moisturize the Martian atmosphere. It's equivalent to pouring a bottle of mineral water in the middle of the Sahara desert."
"I was just fantasizing." Tang Yue curled his lips.
"The only way to extract the water resources from the comet is…"
"What's it?" Tang Yue asked.
"To fly up and stop it just like the Deep Impact spacecraft," Tomcat answered. "Then, you can extract however much water you wish."
When Tomcat mentioned such tales that bordered on the level of gods, it meant that it was very irritated by one's extreme stupidity.
"Is the result of this object's trajectory out?"
Tomcat shook its head. "It's still under observation."
Tang Yue knew that it was impossible for the comet to hit Mars… The possibility of having these two celestial objects collide, was lower than having a bullet hit another. However, he couldn't stop worrying. In the past, Tang Yue definitely wouldn't have worried over a comet, nor was it his place to worry over it. But ever since Earth had vanished, Tang Yue felt that the Universe was fraught with danger. The vast, pitch-black night sky seemed to be hiding all kinds of ferocious beasts.
Since it could swallow Earth with just one bite, spitting out something to drown you wasn't unimaginable.
"Mr. Cat?"
"Miss Mai Dong, is the light sensor on the S1 battery bank still operational?"
"Everything is operational. The light sensor is in good condition," Mai Dong replied. "The repair work was very successful."
Mai Dong's EVA missions had come to a perfect conclusion. She had smoothly swapped the damaged wires and Tang Yue had praised her for her talent as an electrician.
Tomcat curled its mouth as it couldn't be bothered.
What kind of talent was needed to be an electrician?
Only being Electrician Liu, Liu Cixin, needed talent.
"Mr. Cat, I've sorted out a portion of the development history of European technology and agriculture. I've also briefly mentioned a few key people in Western philosophy," Mai Dong sent the document to Tomcat. "I have St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Leibniz, and Descartes."
"Hmm…" Tomcat glanced at it. "Tang Yue, are you done on your side?"
"Almost. However, for people like Pythagoras and Democritus, do you plan on putting them into philosophical history or in scientific history?"
Tomcat thought and said, "Philosophical history."
"After all, the earliest science was the philosophy of nature," Mai Dong said. "Philosophers were scientists."
"But Aristotle was practically an antagonist in secondary physics classes," Tang Yue said. "He was criticized in almost every lesson."
"The next person is Francis cured meat… Ah, no. Bacon!"
"Next would be Nikola and Bruno."
"Going down the list would be Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo… These people should be placed in scientific history. The philosophers worth mentioning here would be Berkeley and Spinoza."
Tomcat babbled on and on.
They were organizing their records of scientific and philosophical history. They were taking note of all the famous experts in history, while science and philosophy were specially highlighted, placing them on equal ground with the human civilization's chronicles. Doing so made the presentation more orderly. In addition, agricultural and industrial development was made into a separate book by them. They went from slash-and-burn to the use of fertilizer, going from the first Industrial Revolution to the birth of the semiconductor. Human history was sloshing through this tiny scientific station.
"Kant… and also Hegel."
"That person is Schopenhauer!"
"Freud shouldn't appear here. Let's mention him when writing about psychology. Don't forget Nietzsche, heard that, Miss Mai Dong… Nietzsche's period is wrong."
"F*ck, I told you before, Tang Yue. Marx isn't a Soviet!"


Payload specialist, Tang Yue, who is a mechanical and electrical engineer by training, is left stranded on Mars when he receives news from his AI robot assistant, Tomcat, that Earth has exploded. He believes himself to be the last human in the Universe.
Turns out, he is only the last man in the Universe. Botanist, Mai Dong, had been left on the United Space Station (USS) orbiting Mars, to await Tang Yue's ascent to the USS before they make their journey back to Earth. But now, it's impossible.
Join the trio's quest for survival as they attempt to unravel the mystery of Earth's disappearance.

As the KING was listening to the reasons of NESTIAS visiting the human capital he started thinking inside of him.....

KING : (Xmm i got a general idea but why at this time and period) (it's hard to imagine the rank 1 race running low on resources....)

while thinking NESTIA took out a list with the ingredients they needed..

NESTIA : My KING Here Is A List With What We Need From The Mountain Of Ore ... I've Been Authorized To Pay Any Amount Of Money Or Other Services You Might Need....

KING : Let Me See The List...

NESTIA : Of Course.....

AREN who was next to her took the list and slowly approached the throne while the PRINCESS took it from AREN and gave it to the KING..

KING : I See It's True That These Are Incredibly Hard To Find And Probably You Won't Find Any In The Mountains.... So You'll Like Permission To Go Directly To Mountain Ore For Higher Chances Of Finding Some....

NESTIA : YES My KING!!!!!!

KING : Xmmmmmmmm

silence fell on the room while the KING was trying to figure out the meaning of this. He was in a stalemate because of the ingredients were really hard to find and based on the list it would require to stay for 5 days in the mountain of Ore and even then you couldn't hope to find more than 10grams each one... when the PRINCESS spoke...

THELIA : Father If That's The Case Perhaps She Can Help Us As Well....

KING : Xmmm Meaning???

THELIA : Since We Were Also In Low Stock Of Other Resources Maybe She Can Act As a Guard To The Team We Were Planning To Send.....

hearing those words from the PRINCESS AREN became a little pale same as the KING who realized what she was trying to do.... 

THELIA : If I'm Not Mistaken The Guild Has Applied A Quest For A Party Of Nine Explorers In Order To Obtain Those Ingredients. The Trainee Earlier Who Didn't Show Up Wanted To Go There For Farming, And I Wanted To Go As Well For My Research On Medical Potions. The Problem Was We Lacked An S Rank Explorer To Guide Us, If We Assume She Has An S Rank ID Doesn't That Benefit All Of Us?????

as having their fear becoming a reality both of them were puzzled as it would be an ideal situation as the PRINCESS and the Summoned Ones would raise their level, obtain the resources they needed and keep an eye on her but if anything went wrong all of them could end up dead...

KING : NO!!!! It's Too Risky Both You And The Trainee Are At Most Level20-30 There Are Many Monsters There That You Want to Be Able To Beat.... And In The END!!!!!  That's If She Has An S Rank ID....
when the KING said that he turned towards NESTIA  asking for confirmation with his eyes realizing that she said...

NESTIA : I Do Have One My KING!!! Would You Like To Check If It's Authentic ????

KING : No Need!!!!! It Will Be Scanned In The Guild For The Quest Either Way, But Are You Okay With Guard Duty As Well As Gathering?

NESTIA : YEA No Problem.... Also, I Would Like To Help Them As It Was My Fault They Were Late And Got Suspended From The Guild ...

KING : I See..... So Then No Problem On Both Sides.... AREN!!!!

AREN: YES My KING...!!!!

KING : Go And Gather Those Young Trainees And While Briefing Them For The Mission Make Sure They'll Be Ready In Two Hours....

AREN : RIGHT AWAY MY KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Agreeing to that AREN left to go prepare those for the mission....

In a world with magic and swords excels and many different races lives, for million years Ruler after Ruler they kept raising wars between them. After many sacrifices, betrayals, disputes, 6 rulers stand at them top of each race creating a peace-treaty relationship thus forming the united flag of the races (U.F.R) that represent's them along with a dark sun in the middle of them that represent's the dark history of them. Due to creating such a treaty they had to find a way so that no one will repeat the past mistakes. They created a tournament which every six years all races participate in a match that determine their ranks from 1 to 6 and their proper treatment and access to resources. Now having passed thousands years the human race have lost countless times and always ranked last having nothing left from resources they are forced to perform a summoning of six individuals from other worlds to help them stand again. After many tries, many rulers they finally succeed in summoning but instead of six people nine appears.

The elements are derived from the K-Pop and the Western Pop Industry.

This novel has a unique audition system, this chapter may lead to spoilers.

This chapter is made only to explain more clearly so that no confusions arise.

Trainee program:
A training for idols before they debut. Sometimes could lead to no debut too. (If performed badly or showing no signs of improvement, companies are allowed to kick them out)

Audition Season:
The auditions usually take place in the summer holidays of the country, all happening in a given amount of time.

There are 3 types of auditions

1. Talent show-derived
2. Open-auditions
3. Closed-auditions


Talent show-derived:

Usually, young artists sign contracts who have reached a degree of success or the title winners in a talent show get to sign with an entertainment company to debut as an idol.
They are almost assured to debut and are never rejected.
But the degree of competitivity is the best over here, so all the idols who are chosen from this type of audition, generally tend to be abducted by big-name enterprises.

Open Auditions:

Several participants send their applications through the web and apply to SEVERAL agencies.
The process goes like this ->
Sending an application form with photo, age, height, weight etc.
After consolidating them, up to 70 members come to audition. (These 70 could be in other auditions too, but there is a small contradiction which will be explained below)
Then they are to list their unique talents, dance and sing. In the end, the winners may enter the trainee program.
Usually, they are recorded and the trainees who are selected in the end retain their video for future purposes.

In case one of the selected 70 is in another audition:
If the company does not clarify anything, show disapproval or show strong remarks, the auditionee should choose between either. But once withdrawn from the audition, the auditionee cannot apply again or audition to the same company, in the same year.

Closed Audition:
Usually found from the mainstream media, youngsters who upload videos are hunted by talent scouts / or youngsters can apply to one. This requires sending a video clipping of their talents, the eloquence and singing and dancing. Once selected, they dance and perform live in front of the judges and sign the contract if satisfactory.


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Side note: Contract refers to "Trainee" Contract and not "Debut" Contract.

Please read the new series here --->

https://www.webnovel.com/book/10652332406088605/Over-the-Top-%3A-The-Track-to-Fame

The entertainment world is a hard place to survive. Vying at its peak, people are retiring, backing off due to fear of failure. In an unseemingly new company which is about to decline, 7 boys enter its halls.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

All Rights Reserved.

Special Thanks to:
Logdesh, Ermory and SpaceIsLife

Written by Aeiara

"Afraid? What should I be afraid of?" The middle-aged man's expression became unnatural. He had no idea where Chen Ge's confidence to accuse him came from.
"I am trying to help everyone find and investigate the killer, but you have been trying time and time again to change the subject. Could it be that you know something but have decided not to share it with the rest of us?" Chen Ge narrowed his eyes. "At the time, the murderer escaped from the sixth-floor window. He would not have gone far. He should have been hiding on the fifth, sixth, or seventh floors. Those are the three floors that were most probably his hiding place. If we'd started our search on those three levels, there was a very high chance we would have been able to block and apprehend the killer, but you insisted on us coming to find the landlord first."
Chen Ge used a manipulative way of phrasing it. At the time, the middle-aged man only suggested they find the landlord, but Chen Ge made it sound like the middle-aged man had given that as an order. It was the middle-aged man who had allowed the killer to escape.
"The landlord lives on the ninth floor, and this place is very far from the crime scene. I suspect you were purposely trying to lead us away so that you could buy some time for the killer to escape."
"That is ludicrous! Everyone, do not listen to him. He is lying! I've done no such thing!"
"You led us all to the ninth floor, and somehow, you appeared to know that the landlord has been harmed, and thus, no one would come to open the door for us. To get the front door open, we have wasted yet another half an hour here. The time wasted was more than enough for the killer to remove the blood evidence from his body." Chen Ge's words stuck into the middle-aged man's body like sharp knives. "It is not my wish to suspect you, but there are just too many coincidences that do not line up. I for one do not believe in so many coincidences. It feels more like you are purposely trying to buy time for the real killer to escape."
The way the neighbors looked at the middle-aged man slowly turned unfriendly and hostile.
"Listen to me! I really had no idea that the landlord has been harmed! If I knew that, I would not have said the things that I did! Trust me, I am completely innocent!" The middle-aged man tried his best to argue his case. Chen Ge stood to the side and watched. He did not care for the middle-aged man's defense. He merely wanted to find an excuse, an excuse that could allow him access into the middle-aged man's house. None of the tenants were 'clean'. As long as Chen Ge was given a chance to enter their room, even if there was no evidence, Chen Ge would try his best to 'find' the evidence.
"I have known Brother Man for many years already. I know his personality very well. I believe that he would not have done something like that. I believe he is really innocent." Auntie Ding suddenly jumped out to the middle-aged man's rescue. Just as the latter was about to sigh in relief, Auntie Ding suddenly added the following to push him further into the abyss. "But like the young man said, everything feels to coincidental. To prove Brother Man's innocence, how about we start the search at Brother Man's place? I believe firmly that he is innocent, and I am sure that a search of his place will clear his name right up. That way, we can move on to the capture of the real killer after dealing with this misunderstanding."
Auntie Ding sounded like she was defending the middle-aged man. In fact, she had stated explicitly that she believed in the middle-aged man's innocence, but in reality, she was damning the middle-aged man. As an old tenant of the building, she should know the middle-aged man's secret quite well. She knew that there were things inside brother Man's home that could not be exposed to the public.
After hearing what Auntie Ding had to say, the middle-aged man's expression turned ugly. He did not expect that the final knife that determined his fate at this crucial moment would come from his own neighbor, Auntie Ding.
With dark and consuming eyes, the middle-aged man stared at Auntie Ding, his hands clenching into fists. Chen Ge did not step in and say anything; his gaze merely wandered between the middle-aged man and Auntie Ding. Auntie Ding was the first to discover that the spare keys inside the closet had been stolen. Her reaction was extremely unnatural. For Chen Ge, Auntie Ding was likely related to the landlord's death. She was probably one of the killers that took the landlord's life. This would explain why she had chosen to speak up at this moment. She wanted to push the blame for the landlord's death onto the middle-aged man.
Of course, this would only work if the middle-aged man had something to hide. And honestly, he deserved it for his big mouth. If he did not bring up anything about the landlord, no one would have come up to the ninth floor and found out about the landlord's disappearance and possible death. Now, those people who had harmed the landlord naturally would not let him go. Since he had volunteered as a scapegoat, the best possible way was to push the blame onto him.
Chen Ge understood that psychology very well, and that was what he had been doing when he accosted the middle-aged man. He was not looking for an argument for no reason; he was trying to push the middle-aged man into the position of the suspect who might have killed the landlord. He understood that once he had done that, there would be someone would jump out to support him. They would pin the middle-aged man down and deliver his death sentence. The tenants who were cleared of their suspicion started to gang up against those who had not had their suspicion cleared, and now even the tenants who were not suspected started to have cracks in their camaraderie. If this continued, without doing anything, Chen Ge would be able to get closer to his goal.
"This is not the time for infighting. The most important thing that we need to do now is find the killer who murdered Qu Gui!" Seeing the altercation between the tenants, Chen Ge could not have been more overjoyed in his heart, but the words that came out from his lips hoped that they would put aside their differences and work together. "We should all calm down! Let's return to the initial hypothesis. Xiao Sun told us that the electrician on the eighth floor got into an argument with Qu Gui and threatened his life. The electrician has motive, so we should start our investigation with him."
Chen Ge did not let Auntie Ding gather the crowd against the middle-aged man. He wanted to retain the middle-aged to create more cracks in the future. After leaving Room 901, Chen Ge walked at the front with a smile on his face. Behind him trailed the tenants from the building; this was truly an astounding sight.
"Is anyone home?" With Xiao Sun's direction, the crowd reached the house of the electrician. The knocking echoed down the corridor, shattering the silence of the eighth floor. Everyone had their eyes on the door before them. The tenants were curious about the electrician's secret as well. They were eager to expose his secret; this kind of rush was something that was hard to describe. After several knocks, footsteps finally came from inside the room, and the front door was pulled open slightly.
"How can I help you?" A man with long beard appeared at the door. He appeared to be quite reticent. His eyes were bloodshot like he had not had a good night's sleep in a long time.
"There's been a murder. We just came to warn you about it. We wish for you to be careful."
"Noted," the electrician said and was about to close the door, but Chen Ge reached out to grab the door and stop him.
"What are you doing?"
"This is not what I wish to do but a consensus that has been reached by everyone in the building." Chen Ge pointed to the tenants behind him. "This is for everyone's personal safety. I hope you will understand and cooperate."
"We now suspect that you are somehow involved in the murder. If you are innocent, then please step out of the way. We will not mess up your house. We just wish to confirm some things." Xiao Sun was not a cunning person. He shared their purpose for being there directly.
"I am suspected to be involved in the murder?" The electrician lifted his head. His bloodshot eyes swept to the left and right of Chen Ge as if using his eyes to communicate with someone. Chen Ge knew that Auntie Ding was standing on his left side behind him. Things were getting more and more interesting. When the electrician knew that he was in trouble, he turned to Auntie Ding immediately. This proved that they were both in on something. Combined with the earlier speculation that Auntie Ding was related to the landlord's death, did this not prove that the electrician was also related to the landlord's death?
When Chen Ge discovered the complicated wiring in Room 901, Chen Ge had already suspected that the killer was the electrician. This was because the electrician was probably the first person to discover the landlord's secret. Chen Ge was facing away from Auntie Ding, so he had no idea what kind of hint Auntie Ding had provided to the electrician, but he saw that after the brief eye contact, the electrician's expression turned uglier.
"I've been inside my room alone throughout the night. I have not left my house at all. You've got the wrong person." The electrician refused to step aside and got into a stalemate with the people at the corridor. Chen Ge felt like they had wasted too much time there. If the electrician refused to budge, then the rest of the plan would halt there. The tenants there were all incredibly cunning. Other than Xiao Sun, no one was willing to stick their neck out. Chen Ge had no choice but to do this on his own.
"The killer has threatened everyone's safety. Your refusal to let us go in proves that you surely have something to hide." Chen Ge's attitude turned firmer. "We are not asking for your opinion; we are merely here to inform you of that."
"Inform me? We are all tenants here. Who gave any of you the right to enter my private home? Preposterous!"
"We have already patiently explained the situation to you, but you still refused to let us through. Looks like you are really related to Qu Gui's death. You have something to hide!" Chen Ge's patience was wearing thin. His hand that gripped the door pulled with strength. "Let us in. There must be some clues inside his room!"
With Chen Ge leading the way, the other tenants that did not have much interaction with the electrician normally started to help. Against the strength of so many people, the electrician was unable to keep his door shut.
"What the hell! Stop this nonsense!"
The front door was yanked open. Chen Ge was the first to charge in. His nostrils flared. Chen Ge sniffed a burnt smell in the air. "What is being burnt?"
The room was very messy, and trash littered every corner. There was barely a space for people to stand. The neighbors squeezed into the room and trampled over the stuff on the ground. The electrician appeared to have given up. He turned to face the door and kept his head lowered. He kept his expression from the sight of everyone else.
"Qu Gui was stabbed to death, so the killer would have been covered in a copious amount of blood. There is another thing that we need to pay attention to. The killer planned everything out before they committed the crime, so that means that they probably have been planning this for a long time. Therefore, there might be something related to the murder inside his notebooks."
The tenants that followed behind Chen Ge started to ransack the room. Throughout the whole process, the electrician stood at the door with his head lowered, and not a peep came out of the man. "His whole body is incredibly tense. He is afraid."
The tenants searched for a long time, but they could find any evidence that tied the electrician to the murder. Auntie Ding walked toward Chen Ge. "Perhaps we have misjudged him. As messy as this place is, there is no sign of blood. He does not have the habit of reading or taking notes. There are no reading or writing materials anywhere in this place."
"Looks like he is really not the killer." Xiao Sun walked out from the bedroom with a frown. He was still an innocent child. He had not gone through the harsh reality of the society yet. After knowing that he was wrong, he ran to the electrician's side. "I am so sorry. We only hoped to capture the killer as soon as possible. I will treat you a dinner in the future and consider that an apology for this transgression."
"Now, can you please leave me alone?" the electrician growled. It was clear that he was very angry.
"Of course," Auntie Ding said on everyone's behalf. The rest also slowly shuffled to the front door.
"Wait a minute." Chen Ge stood inside the room and suddenly said, "Do you guys smell something burning?"
"The place is so messy. It is probably something that has gone moldy." Auntie Ding was obviously trying to defend the electrician. "Let's not waste time here anymore. We should go and check the other suspects."
"A moldy food wouldn't give off a burnt smell." Chen Ge followed the trail of stench and came to the bedroom on the right. "Do you live alone?"
The electrician lifted his head to look at Chen Ge. His voice was hoarse. "Yes, I do live alone."
"You live alone, but both of the bedrooms have king sized beds. You sure live in the lap of luxury."
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I am just curious." Chen Ge looked at the beds that had recently been changed. The covers looked washed and clean. It was a bright contrast to the mess that was the rest of the house. "Which bedroom do you normally sleep in?"
"This is my house. I can sleep in whichever room that I want. Why should I answer that? Does that have to do with the murder that you are talking about?" The electrician glared with his bloodshot eyes. He had been suppressing anger. The man probably had anger management issues, and he had been trying to reign it in before the public.
"My guess is that you normally sleep in the bedroom on the left because of the array of everyday objects that are placed there. In contrast, the bedroom on the right is much simpler in nature. In fact, it does not look occupied. It feels more like this is your workshop." Chen Ge kicked away some of the wiring on the ground. A few of them, he noticed, were connected to the space under the bed. "But why would a workshop need such a big bed?"
Chen Ge grabbed the newly changed covers and pulled them off without warning and tossed them to the ground. The electrician's face blanched immediately, and he took a subconscious step back. Underneath the cover was a thick mattress. There were many burnt spots on the mattress, and that was where the smell came from.
After taking a glance at the mattress, Auntie Ding quickly moved her gaze away. "We should go to the other rooms. There is nothing to see hear. Everything looks normal to me."
"The bed is of good quality, and it is incredibly soundproof and can resist shaking," Chen Ge said as he yanked off the mattress. He pulled the whole mattress away. A stingy burnt smell rushed out and assaulted the nose of everyone present. Underneath the mattress was a wooden bed frame. Chen Ge did not hesitate and pushed the bed frame to the side. The scene that was exposed was revolting. Underneath the bedframe was the body of a boy. Many electrical clamps were connected to his body. His skin was seriously charred, but the real fatal wound could be found around his neck. He had been strangled to his death; the signs of strangling were quite obvious.
"Jia Qi!" Auntie Ding dropped to the ground once the boy was exposed. She crawled to the bedside and wanted to hug the boy's dead body. Auntie Ding wailed like a traumatized mother, but Chen Ge saw very clearly that the woman could not even fake a single crocodile tear.
"Capture that electrician!" Xiao Sun shouted loudly. When Chen Ge pulled back the mattress, the electrician had already sneaked out from the room.
"He killed Jia Qi! How could he torture such a sweet boy! I will kill him! I will kill him!" Auntie Ding seemed to have gone berserk from the trauma. She grabbed the fruit knife on the nearby coffee table and charged out. She was quite largely built and was as large as a man. She ran quite fast as well.
"Quick! The murderer has been found! We should follow and captured him!" Xiao Sun ran out with passion. The other neighbors also mobilized. Only Chen Ge and Wen Qing stayed in the bedroom.
"Aren't we going to follow them?" Wen Qing asked softly.
"The electrician is not going to survive. Auntie Ding will do everything within her power to kill him."
"You're right. Auntie Ding has been defending the man. To find out that her trust has been betrayed, she must be in great pain."
"The reason she needs to kill the electrician is not out of pain but fear. This boy should be Auntie Ding's 'present' to the electrician. They are both responsible for the landlord's death. The electrician knows Auntie Ding's many secrets. Auntie Ding is afraid that once the electrician is captured, he will sell her out as well so she will definitely kill him before he is given a chance to speak." Chen Ge looked at the young boy that was propped up like a grotesque exhibit, and the smile slowly disappeared from his face. He hissed through gritted teeth. "This bunch of animals."
Wen Qing churned Chen Ge's words in her mind. She had been following Chen Ge and experienced the same thing, but she had no idea how Chen Ge managed to come up with the hypotheses for so many things.


The hearse with the weird odor slowed to a stop before the entrance. The sound of pebbles could be heard bouncing on the ceiling. There were footsteps coming from the corridor, and there seemed to be someone sawing next door. The door knob to the room rattled slightly, and the faucet in the bathroom kept dripping even though it had been screwed shut. There was a rubber ball that rolled on its own underneath the bed. Wet footsteps started to surface one after another on the floor. 
At 3 am, Chen Ge held a cleaver in his hand as he hid beside the room heater. The call he was trying to make was finally answered. "Landlord, is this what you meant by 'the house can be a little crowded at night'‽"

Chapter 27
 
The members of this new group were living in the dorm to get ready for their debut.
Then, the day before their first show, the female member suddenly disappeared. The debut show had to be postponed and the agency searched everywhere to find the girl, but without success.
Three months later, the girl reappeared on TV as a solo singer from another agency. When the other trainees saw her on TV, they couldn't believe their eyes. Her original agency got ready to sue her, and the other two male members of the group also decided to sue her separately for breaking up their group and destroying their chances of becoming an idol.
However, things didn't go as expected.
The female member provided proof and evidence that changed the situation completely.
First, she released the contract she had to sign with her first agency. It was clearly an unfair slave contract. On top of that, the agency didn't honor many of the things that were promised in the contract. Also, in the fine print, the contract stated that if either party broke any part of the contract, which the agency did, the other party, the trainee, had the right to leave the relationship.
Second, she claimed was that she was sexually harassed by the members of her old agency. She even had recordings as proof, and her new agency had hired two lawyers to back her.
Third, an incredible thing happened. Another female trainee, a pretty quiet girl, came out to claim that she has been bullied and harassed as well by the agency's personnel. Soon, the truth finally came out, and it turned out that the agency's CEO, managers, and dance and vocal teachers all treated female trainees unfairly, especially compared to the male trainees. The girls were often verbally abused regarding their weight. They were never given enough to eat and forced to practice all day. On top of that, if any of the girls fought back or argued, they were given fewer chances and were humiliated in front of everyone.
However, it wasn't much better for the male trainees. A month after Hyojun and Kiwook joined the agency, there was one male trainee who quit all of a sudden. No one knew for certain why he left, but there was a persistent rumor about how it happened.
The CEO had a mistress, who was much older than him and was very wealthy. The rumor had it that she invested a significant amount into the agency and that was why the CEO was powerless against her. It was said that he was basically the lady's gigolo. The trainees called her the 'Lady.'
Everything about all the agency's idol groups was decided by this lady.
This included the type of music, dance, the outfits, and the accessories the idol members wore.
There was a new girl group consisting of four members that were about to make their debut. They were in the process of making their first music video, and the rumor had it that the Lady made sure the girls were wearing only the clothes and accessories from her other fashion business.
Soon, it was found that this rumor was true, and it was only a few days later after this fact was confirmed that the male trainee suddenly disappeared.
One of the older trainees, who has been with the agency for 7 years, said during their break,
"He probably was forced to leave because he did something that the Lady didn't like. He was the male lead in the music video for that girl group, right? He was picked because the Lady found him attractive. I heard a rumor that he was offered a condo in exchange for acting as her lover whenever she felt like it. She even promised to make him a star. I mean, who could refuse such an offer?"
When Hyojun first heard this, he didn't believe it. Kiwook also thought it was just unfounded gossip and laughed. After a while, things settled down at the agency, and the girl who left the agency and joined another became a popular idol. The agency's CEO was furious, but there was nothing he could do about it.
The other trainees continued to dream big, all secretly hoping to become just like that girl.
Then, about a month later, things became clearer. One night, the male trainee who left suddenly showed up to the practice room and revealed what really happened. Looking terribly thin, he explained, "I need to leave this industry."
He looked very sickly, and he warned the trainees that all the rumors were true. He said that it could happen to any of them.
"It turned out that it was our CEO who orchestrated this whole thing. He was the one who made me 'entertain' that old lady so that she would be distracted while he took over the finances of this company. I had no idea what was happening…"
The other trainees nodded as they had expected this, but Hyojun and Kiwook stared in shock and disbelief.
He continued, "But soon after, that lady fell for another trainee. She told me to leave the condo this week, so I went to talk to our CEO and… he said that I needed to leave right away. He said I wasn't needed anymore and that I won't be debuting. He then showed me a contract, which stated… that I owed him 20,000 dollars! I don't have that kind of money! I have been a trainee for the past five years, I have nothing!"
"So what are you going to do?"
When asked, he covered his face with his hands and started to cry. No one knew what to say to him. There was no way to console him, and everyone was afraid that they could be next.
He replied, "I have no choice but to pay him the money somehow."
After a while, he finally stopped crying and continued, "He had a list of lessons I took over the years and the cost for each of them. They were all provided by the agency, right? He also charged me a rental fee for the practice room. And the deposit I received when I first signed the contract… I got a lot. You guys probably received about a thousand to two thousand dollars, right? I got ten thousand dollars, which I have to pay back. At that time, I was excited because I assumed that the agency valued me more than others. But now… all I'm left with is debt. Huge debt and my broken body."
"… Are you ill?"
"The dance practice we do here… I've been doing circus-level choreography for five years, which left me with bad knees. I went to the hospital and the doctor was shocked. He said I had the knees of a 70-year-old. My joints are basically gone. And the constant diet we go through here… I now have severe arthritis and damaged liver. I think you guys probably know what I'm talking about, right? You guys must all feel pains here and there. I mean… how many high jumps do we do per day as part of the dance practice? There were days when I did a thousand of them in one day. It makes sense that our knees and ankles get destroyed after a while."
He stood up slowly and continued, "The reason why I came here to tell you this is…"

2nd year of High School, Yoona. Her mother had left the world early and left her and her father by themselves. She relieves her stress caused by her troublesome father and schoolwork through watching Idols. But one day, her father announces that he will be getting remarried! And her new stepmother has a son?
Yoona suddenly gets a new brother...

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