After an nonstop three day baking binge, Benedictus Agnes, finds himself transported to another world. Unlike other heroes, he is suddenly sent to the Backend, a small town overlooking the sea. 
Dropped in the middle of nowhere, our hero only has one plan: get cooking!

The soft breeze the next afternoon carried more warmth than most days of this season. There was still some clutter blown into odd places by the night's storm, but the world had returned to normal. A few people were out with yard tools and ladders, and somewhere in the distance was the hum of a street sweeper, clearing up the evidence one slow pass up and down the streets at a time.

The breeze was sweet with more than the scent of decaying leaves. Traces of sugar and bountiful harvests wafted in the air, as though the return of power after a night without had inspired half the city to bake. Pumpkin and nuts, beans and bacon, dozens of scents of seasonal food seemed to mingle on the breeze.

She drew in another deep breath and then retreated into the warm room. Her cat held down his place in the window, snoozing as deeply as though there weren't a care in the world. She envied the depth of his relaxation, but she didn't try to imitate it.

She made herself a lazy man's caramel apple, sliced apple on a plate beside a stack of caramel squares. She alternated taking bites between the apple and the candy. The soft sweetness of the candy and the clear tart sweetness of the apple blended in her mouth.

Caramel was one of those strange products of alchemy disguised as cooking. It was a mystery how sharp crystals could transform into milky softness by being lightly singed for a long period of time at the right temperature. She'd tried making caramel herself, it never came out well. Certainly nothing like the sticky soft blocks of the professionally made candy.

One of the trees outside along the walk reached down and plucked a bird out of the shrubbery beside it. Her hand froze halfway to her mouth. A feather drifted out of the tree and wafted into the next yard over.

She swallowed hard and set the half eaten candy on the plate. She was losing it. She was definitely seeing things that couldn't be real. Her hands trembled, so she tucked them under her arms to hold them still.

--

On the wall at the psychologist's office there was a poster that spoke to the reader about how brave they were. 

It compared them at length to a combat veteran lost in a jungle after some terrible experience, stranded and starving, and searching for a stick to aid them in obtaining the resources to survive. It said, "You amaze me! You're here telling me that you can make it out alone with nothing but a stick! And all I'm doing is handing out sticks."

When her turn came, she said, "A compass, I think?"

"What?" the psychologist asked blankly.

"The poster outside, it says we're all just looking for a stick. I think I can find a stick, but I don't know which direction I should go," she explained.

"Ah, right. The poster," the woman answered noncommittally. She waved to the chair in front of her desk and asked, "Have a seat? Your appointment request says that you saw a tree eat a bird?"

She nodded. She hadn't been brave enough to write down that she'd seen severed heads in her shower. "I don't know why I keep seeing things," she said nervously.

The woman hesitated a moment, and then asked, "Have you seen other things like a tree eating birds?"

"Yes," she replied. It all came out in a rush, the skeletal branches clawing at the window, the stranger who seemed too much like the man with the red cap, but thinner and in brown. Finally, she described the heads that she'd seen in her shower, which she was fairly certain had to have been a dream.

The psychologist observed her calmly over folded hands and asked, "Have you had your vision checked lately?"

"What? There's nothing wrong with my eyes!" she protested. She couldn't even explain why the suggestion hurt. She thought that if someone said they'd seen a tree eat a bird she might have asked the same thing. She took a deep breath and said more calmly, "I can see you perfectly clearly, and I haven't had any trouble reading, either up close, or distant things like street signs."

"And yet you doubt your own eyes, right? I don't hear you telling me that I should be notifying the police to start looking for bodies, or that you want the city to cut down the carnivorous tree," the woman said calmly.

"I, no, I guess not?" she replied in a muddled fashion.

The psychologist smiled and said reassuringly, "The brain is a very complex machine. You'd be shocked to see what little information your eyes actually convey to it to create the images that you see everyday. It's very creative too. If there's a distortion in the input, it makes up reasons for those, and presents them as fact."

She gazed at the woman doubtfully. "Shouldn't I at least be seeing similar things each time then?" she questioned. "A damaged spot in my eyes wouldn't change so drastically would it?"

"I don't know, it would depend upon a lot of things. People often see strange things when they have high fevers, because of different pressures upon their nerves and interference in the brain's usual processes. You can always come back any time, I just think that maybe you should start by having your eyes checked," the woman said almost kindly.

She stood halfway before she thought of the strange apparent memory loss before and after what she thought must be a dream, and stopped and settled awkwardly back onto the edge of the seat.

The psychologist glanced at the clock and asked, "There's something else?"

"No, I mentioned it, but," she hesitated. "What about the disorientation after the dream? Not remembering putting on those pajamas and stuff? That wouldn't be caused by my eyes would it?"

The psychologist hesitated again, but then said calmly, "Forgetting things that you do every day is much easier than forgetting something unusual. The brain is lazy. It doesn't bother with things that seem unimportant. After such a shocking dream, it's not strange that some of the mundane stuff seems to have gone missing. It hasn't really, it's just buried in the fine print, while all you can see when you look back is the headlines."

It sounded logical, but usually her memory was very good. She hesitated on the edge of the chair.

"Get your eyes checked first," the woman suggested more firmly, "and then go from there."

"Okay," she agreed finally, and stood. 

Having stood, it seemed like the proper thing to do was leave, but she couldn't help glancing back as she opened the door. The psychologist was frowning at the clock, so she hurried out into the empty waiting area. She couldn't help but wonder if someone else was late to their appointment, or if the psychologist worked such short days that she usually went home so early in the afternoon.

The wind tasted like cinnamon, and smelled slightly burnt.

What does one do when the line between illusion and reality bends? When everything is normal, except what she has seen, can reality be trusted? A memory? A dream?

--

A few days of story for Halloween.

The morning quickly arrived, John quickly told his parents that he is now going to school. Breeze National High School is just ten minutes away from their home.

After arriving in the school, it was still some kind of ceremony so he didn't bother going in and hid around the canteen while eating snacks.

John remembered that he received a giftpack yesterday but forgot to open it because he still felt unreal because of what had just happened to him and fell asleep when he got home.

"System, where is my gift pack?" John asked in his mind while crunching a cookie.

"Just think 'inventory' in your mind and a panel will appear in front of you." The system said coldly.

John felt a little bit excited, "Inventory!" he said in his mind. Then, a panel appeared in front of him that only he can see.

[Overgod Inventory]
-1x Gift Pack

John thought for a while on how to open the gift pack and remembered the novel he had read in his past life, "System, I want to open the gift pack!"

"Ding! You have received Candy Recipe, x1 Fighting Pill, x3 Double Exp Pill 1 hour, and x1 Spectre Summoning Card."

[Host's Information Panel]
Name: John Lauren
Level: 1
Pet: N/A
Subordinates: N/A


John frown when he saw a new panel and asked the system, "What is the level used for, system?  And also pet and subordinates?"

"Level is required to unlock more panels and missions. Weapons that came from the system require a minimum of the level to equip or it will never work. [Pet], as the name implied it is a pet but with buff skills that can help you. [Subordinates], as the name implied you will have your own loyal subordinates which will never betray you." The system said coldly.

"Then where can I get a pet and subordinate?" John asked hoping that there will be freebies but unfortunately, a merciless cold voice poured cold water on him.

"Ding! You do not have enough level to unlock [Pet] and [Subordinate] panels." 

John knew it and shook his head with a sad smile and realized that the ceremony has already ended.

After reaching his classroom he sat in his respective seat and his dull look once appeared again making his classmates stared at him with a funny look. However, John didn't care at them because he is busy thinking about his rewards.

[Golden Candy Recipe]: A delicious candy made in the high tier planet.

[Fighting Pill] - Increases your fighting experience by 1 year.

[Double Exp x3] - Doubles your exp for one hour.

[Spectre Summoning Card] - Summons a Spectre from the abyss and can help you anything. (Once only) 

John felt disappointed by the rewards that he got because, in novels, most MCs will get heaven-defying cultivation techniques such as [Sky Annihilator] and more. But instead, what he got is rubbish, thinking about the candy recipe he got a bitter smile appeared in his face.

"Ding! Mission Triggered: Earn PHP1000
Reward: 5000 EXP and Mission Panel
Failure: Mission Panel will no longer be available
Time Limit: None"

When John heard it, a big smile appeared in his face and he thought, 'Perhaps that's the reason why I got a candy recipe.'

"But how can I make this Golden Candy? There are none ingredients listed on it. Hey system, what am I going to do?" John asked the system anxiously because he really wants to unlock more missions and earn levels.

"Ding! [Recipe] panel is currently locked. Do you wish to sell your 1 level to unlock it?" The system asked John coldly.


"Fuck your mother! Do it!" John couldn't help but cursed, the system wouldn't even let his 1 level go.

"Ding! Your Level 1 has now become Level 0 and you have unlocked [Recipe Panel]!"

[Recipe Panel]
Golden Recipe - Requires the host to buy candies in the real world and the system will help you convert it into a [Golden Candy].

John felt pissed that he had to spend money again, and he had just bought snacks worth of PHP20 earlier so he only has PHP30 left in his pocket. 

John looked at the teacher on the front who is discussing and then he raises his hand and the teacher called him and he said, "Sir, can I go to CR?"

The teacher stared at John with a stern expression for stopping his discussion and said, "Go."

John thank the teacher and left the classroom under the eyes of his classmates and goes to the canteen not far away. 

After arriving in the canteen, he bought all his money and got 30 candies inside the plastic bag.

"So what's the next step, system?" John asked the system.

"Ding! Do you wish to convert the x30 candy into [Golden Candy]?" 

John look left and right and saw that there were no students coming to the canteen because it's still class hours so he did not hesitate and said, "Convert!"

The Candies in the plastic bag glows with a red color and all the candies disappeared. After ten seconds, the plastic bag glows in a red color again and new candies appeared which looks shiny like gold and naturally it is the [Golden Candy].

John took one candy and stared at it for a while and a hint of expectation appeared in his eyes. After removing the cover, he slowly put the candy in his mouth and his taste buds exploded into something that he cannot explain.

It was simply too delicious, this is the most delicious candy he had ever eaten. The taste seems sweet but not so sweet and there seems to be an unknown ingredient that he himself thought it didn't exist on Earth!

"As expected of the candy made in a high tier planet. I believe just this candy can already make me become a rich man in just a few years." John said to himself while a smile appeared on his face.

John glance at the canteen owner who is sitting inside his shop while listening radio and he thought, 'Maybe he will like this candy and order for more.'

John left the canteen first in order not to look suspicious and goes to CR then came back to the canteen after five minutes. Then he said to the canteen owner, "Boss Sho, are you interested in buying new candies that will make students go mad just to buy it?"

Boss Sho opened his eyes and glance at the young man and remembered this was the kid who bought candies earlier but he still asked, "What candy is that?"

John smiled at Boss Sho and took out two Golden Candy from his pocket and gave it to him.

"I believe you will surely like it," John said to Boss Sho while waiting for him to eat it.

Boss Sho stared at him with doubt and took the candy and stared at it. The cover was already different so does the candy inside.

'Is this really not the candy he bought from me?' Sho thought suspiciously but shook his head and started removing the candy.

Sho felt surprised seeing such beautiful candy. The golden candy while twinkling is truly beautiful to look at and Boss Sho opened his mouth and started to savor the taste.

Sho widens his eyes and a hint of shock and intoxication could be seen in his eyes while still tasting the candy. It was only after a moment that Sho woke up from his intoxication.

"Kid, tell me how much is this?! Where do you get this? Tell me, I'll give you money!" Boss Sho said excitedly while looking at John.

John smiled inside with happiness but gave Boss Sho with a mysterious smile and replied, "I got this from my uncle and this is their new product but it will not be launch yet. But because I lack money, I decided to sell this to you. You can sell this golden candy php5 per piece."

Boss Sho thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll buy yours at php3 per piece. How many do you have?"

John shook his head and gave him a dissatisfied look and said, "4 per piece and lets deal or else I will offer it to the other canteen."

When Boss Sho heard it, he stared at John's immature baby face and wanted to give him a slap while thinking how come such an innocent-looking kid is too greedy.

"Fine fine, but promise me that you will never sell it outside only the canteen here in our school." Boss Sho said because he knew that once this will appear outside the school, it will no longer be that rare.

When John heard it, happiness surge in his heart because that's what he truly wants. His candy didn't even have a certificate that it is safe, and although he believes that the system wouldn't harm unfortunately he cannot say it.

"Sure, I'll give you ten candies first since I've already eaten fifteen candies I brought today," John said without blushing spouting his lies and gave the ten candies.

Boss Sho twitch face twitch when he heard it and then gave John PHP40. John knew that he already stayed outside for more than twenty minutes and he is absolutely sure that his teacher is already angry.

"Boss Sho, remember do not disclose that we made a deal or they might no longer come to your canteen and instead will come to me," John said to Boss Sho and bid goodbye before going back to his classroom.

Boss Sho shook his head and grab the golden candy in his hand while staring at it intently. The cover was different, so does the candy. 

'Did that kid really bought candies from me which means trying to make a subtle hint? After all, how could he have bought candies from me if he has already candies?' Boss Sho thought to himself and while looking at the candies on his canteen,  he felt seeing a pile of shit.

But what he didn't know was that John didn't give him any subtle hint. He just wanted to use his candies and convert it into Golden Candy!

John Lauren is a failure in life, not only did he stop in school for three years, he had never done anything to do aside from always sleeping in his bed. 

In 2020, he is already 19 years old and still useless as usual until he got infected by a virus called coronavirus.

John Lauren died in the hospital with regrets and hatred in the hospital. 

But who would have thought that an unexplainable mystery happened and found himself back when he was still in high school. 

Join me and watch how John Lauren will do everything to become successful with his System.

Note: The MC is not a good person, but a bit of calculating.

After hearing the payback from the castle cooks to Roland by giving him spit in his wine, make me feel goosebump. Lucky I have a good relationship with them, otherwise who knows what they put in our food or drink as their revenge.
"That's really surprising, Mrs. Martina"
"Haha…that scum deserve that, young master Henry. He hurts our feeling since he eats our food for the first time here. He's always comparing our food with the food in his Easton castle. For God sake, can't he see his father is an Earl and this castle only a Baron residence? That's why when young master Henry challenges him in a duel, most of us go to the training ground to see he got beaten by young master. Well, although he shamelessly uses his guard to fight young master, when young master throw that big guard to him and make him scared and fainted, that's really refreshing views"
"Haha…it's just a coincidence that he's in the direction where I want to throw that big guard to"
"Still, hearing him screaming so terrified sound good in our ears, young master"
"Okay, let's leave what already happens in the past. We still have guests to deal with, and we will busy for that. Mrs. Martina, for tonight's dinner please prepare ingredients for the following menu"
"Sure, young master. What should we prepare for dinner?"
"First, for soup, let's make birds nest soup. I've told the cook how to process the ingredients, right? For the appetizer, make some croquettes with tomato and mayonnaise sauce. The main dish will be fish tortilla and meats curry rice and close with vegetable salads as dessert. Make it for people around today's lunch number"
For today, the guards from Stamfort castle will be treated as guests but tomorrow at the banquet, they will be additional security members. So, I'll prepare another place for them to have a feast after the banquet is over, together with our soldier in an open field near soldier barrack.
"Understand, young master. Is there anything else?"
"Yes, make some potato chips and meat buns for afternoon snacks please"
"Sure, we will make it right away"
"Thanks, Mrs. Martina"
Mrs. Martina works efficiently, she orders the cooks to prepare ingredients that would be needed for tonight's dinner. Since the potato slices already prepared before, it only needs to be fried before can be consumed as a snack. Meats bun also only need to steam so it doesn't need a long time before potato chips and meats bun ready to serve as a snack.
I also don't want to see idle by the cooks while they working hard. I should teach them another simple recipe that not requires many ingredients, easy to make but also delicious for breakfast tomorrow.
"Alright! Those who make bread, come here. I'll show a new recipe for tomorrow breakfast, it called 'Pancake'. And someone please prepare these ingredients"
The cooks who make bread immediately gather near me in a fast manner. They look cheerful after hearing the word 'new recipe'. Sarah also can be seen among those who gather around me. She's a breadmaker as well.
"These are the ingredients. Please prepare it, I'm not making much, only for samples"
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
2 tablespoon vegetable oils
I don't want to make a large amount of this dish, just make some for the example to the cooks. Soon after the ingredients already prepared, I show them how to make 'Pancake' for the first time.
1. Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a big bowl. Stir using a whisk to incorporate everything.
2. Start adding the wet ingredients.
3. Stir everything until there are no small lumps.
4. Heat up the pan. Grease it using a small amount of oil.
5. Spoon the batter into the pan using the ladle.
6. Cook the pancake at least two minutes per side or until bubbles start to come out.
If only I had chocolate or something sweet else, that would be a perfect topping for this pancake. Wait, something sweet…..I almost forget maple syrup from the salt camp. Maybe this can be used for the topping. So, I go to the storage room to take a jar of maple syrup that stored there and returns to the kitchen.
I re-heating the maple syrup for a couple of minutes to make it thicker before it served as a snack for those girls. I'm finished making the syrup when the potato chips and meat buns also ready to serve.
"Alright, all dishes ready…Carina, please deliver this to my fiancé, okay, and this new pancake dish, tell them to pour some syrup here on the pancake before eating. I'll make some again for us too"
"Yes!"
Since there're too many things to carry, Mrs. Martina adds another maid to help Carina bring the snack to my fiancé's room.
After they left to deliver the snack, the cooks that still gather around me start asking me a question about the new recipe.
"Young master, that syrup before….how we can get it?"
Ah, right…this maple syrup is something new that I brought from salt camp. It's not something that you can easily obtain in the market.
"Ugh, that's something I made when I was in salt camp, and there's only a little of it. But after the next shipment from salt camp, I believe it would be available in sufficient quantity here. You can exchange the syrup with something else like honey or caramel. You still can eat it without topping thou"
"Can we try to make it, too?"
"Sure, why not? You can make it for yourself now. I also want to know how the taste"
"Alright!! Let's make it guys"
Oh my, they look excited and eager to make the new recipe right away. Well, this is not taking much time to make and while waiting Carina returns to the kitchen at least I can do some supervising here.
"Hey, it'll be going to burnt if you do not flip it now"
I shout at a cook who takes too much time to fry his pancake. He hurriedly flips the pancake in his pan and as I told, that side already turns into dark brown. Any minutes late, it would turn to black color because burnt.
"Young master….forgive me, but how do you know?"
"Use your nose. Can't you smell that pancake start makes burnt smell?"
"Ugh! That's my mistake. Thank you for your direction, young master"
There's no other mistake again which need me to correct and after they have done with their pancake try out, I took some with me and return to my room with Carina who already back to the kitchen after delivering the snack for my fiancé.

Ikki Isaku, a 17 years old boy, a student in a vocational school majoring in culinary, return to his hometown for summer vacation. 
When collecting cooking ingredient is a mountain near his town, accidentally he found a cave and interested in exploring that cave. An unfortunate event happens when he exploring the cave, he falls into an abyss inside the cave. His consciousness faded as his body falls into darkness in that dark abyss.
When he wakes up, he already in another person body. The body he currently lives in is the body of sole heirs of Baron Harvard, young master Henry Harvard, that due to an incident in his trip, fallen from his horse and lost his consciousness and even his life.
What will Ikki do in his new life as a young master in Harvard castle? Can he adapt to the new life?

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It was a bright sunny morning.  Bella was very bored and started thinking about what she can do. 

Suddenly, Truffle knocked on her door.  "Hey, Bella. Wanna come with me? I am going to the newly opened Art Club today." 

"Art Club? I don't even know how to draw." Bella answered.  "Come on Bella.  It's gonna be fun!

Sugar and Sprinkle are going to be there too!"
Truffle said with an encouraging tone.
"Okay..." Bella replied.


Later on, they arrived at the Art Club.  Bella was very happy to see all her friends there.  "Hey, Bella and Truffle! Come sit beside us." Sugar said gleefully.


Then, the art teacher entered the room.  "Good morning! I am Ms. Caramel.  Today, I want you to draw your favorite thing."

All of them started to draw on their paper except for Bella.  "Cool. Their paper smells like cotton candy... Hmmm, What should I draw?..." She murmured.

A few minutes later,  "Bella, what's your favorite thing?"  Sprinkle asked.   "I not sure... Oh, I know! Candy Land." Bella answered.

Bella started to draw gleefully.  Later on, she crumpled the paper. "Ugh, I can't draw... I give up." She said.

"You can do it.  Just believe in yourself."  Sprinkle said.  Bella took a deep breath and started to draw on another paper.

Then, their art teacher asked each of them to present their drawings in front. 

It was Bella's turn.  "Hello... My name is Yssabella Swift.  You can call me Bella.  I drew Candy Land because I met a lot of new friends and learned a lot of new things here." She said.

Everyone clapped their hands.  "Great job, Bella!" Ms. Caramel said. 

"See... I told you you can do it." Sprinkle said.  "You really did a great job, Bella!" Truffle and Sugar said.

"Thanks, guys.  I really thought I can't do it.  All I know is how to play computer games..." Bella answered.

Suddenly, a student approached her.  "I like your drawing.  Have you heard that there's going to be a drawing contest next week?"  

"I am not sure if I am going to join...  I'll think about it." Bella replied.

"Okay then,  I'll just give you this letter about the contest in case you change your mind."

"Thanks," Bella answered.

"Will I join the contest or not?" Bella mumbled.

There was once a girl who likes eating sweets than eating healthy food.  What would happen to her if she keeps on choosing candies over vegetables and fruits?

*Xin Lei*

"It's a cipher." Bai Li said.

I typed. "Yes. Brother Zhen and I used to play a lot using secret messages during childhood. He always loved to give me puzzles."

"Right. Since he knows that, he would relatively give a simpler message for you to decode since he has already disappeared, and he has yet to warn you about the danger. There is no time. At the same time, it should also be difficult to crack the code if the letter falls in another's hands, or it should at least look useless at a glance, which is exactly what Xin Zhen has done."

I nodded.

"There are three sentences. Ciphers are a play with the letters. If you take the first letters out, we get I, L, C, N, O, P, O, T, L, I, C, A, E, T, G, Y, R. In the second sentence, Candy sounds more like a nickname to me. Is it yours?"

I smiled and typed. "Yes. He always teases me with the name Candy because I have a sweet tooth."

"I could also guess because when you crashed into me, I smelled something sweet like caramel from your mouth. It was probably a caramel flavored candy. So, when I heard Candy in the message, it clicked to me."

Gosh, it was so embarrassing! Damn my mouth!

"I tend to eat candies when I am stressed." I awkwardly typed.

Bai Li nodded.

"Right. Coming back to the code. Since it's a name, we take Candy as the full word, not just it's letter C. Now, we club the letters together according to where the full stops are placed. So, it becomes - IL. Candy NO. POTLICAETGYR. The message starts with Candy because from there, he addresses you. So, IL is of no use. It's just window dressing. In POTLICAETGYR, remove both T's and A because 'the' is an article and 'to' and 'at' is a preposition. They are only for grammar not to make it look abrupt. So, we are left with Candy. NO POLICEGYR. With 'police' as the first six letters, the message is clear. 'GYR' as 'Get your reward' is just to mask it in a proper sentence, same as 'I lose' - just a window dressing."

I looked at him, dumbfounded. Even I had to take five minutes to decode it, but he did it just by listening to it once.

Brother Zhen would have mocked me for being so slow.

He asked, "Is it handwritten?"

"No. It's typed."

"What else is there apart from the message?"

I once again took a good look, turning the paper back and forth, but found it empty.

"There is nothing."

I saw him slightly squinting his brows together. He seemed to be in deep thought.

I typed. "Is there something on your mind?"

"I thought that perhaps Xin Zhen would give a hint about his location."

I nervously worded my message. "What if he is kidnapped?"

Bai Li put the coffee cup down on the table and said, "Possibly. Or he might be in hiding. What about your father?"

"No, he didn't leave me any message."

Bai Li said after a pause. "Alright, we have a note given by your brother, and your father was working on a case. We have to know the details of that case to get a direction here."

I typed a long message. "The goons have smashed our house in Chaoyang where we all three lived together. I don't know about his office at the Central business district because I never got the chance to go there. I was in hiding."

Bai Li said, "So, let's go there. And before that, do you have any clothes or personal items of Xin Nianzu? Cocoa will register his smell. The note has already given him Xin Zhen's."

I gave one of the shirts to Cocoa, and he smelled it just like the note.

"Let's go."

As Bai Li said that, I felt a strange nervousness but also excitement surge in me. I felt the fear of the unknown, but when I looked at his tall, muscular figure and his broad back, it gave me a sense of security.

Cocoa barked and looked at me.

I giggled. I bent down and kissed his head.

And of course, Cocoa too.

---

The third minion who ran tail in between his legs from Bai Li was kneeling in front of a fat man with a chubby belly. Everybody called the fat man as Gen Gen.

Gen Gen punched the minion in his face.

"Useless bunch of craps! You three men can't even handle a woman? Just how difficult it is! She is just a woman, and you are still cannot drag her out her fucking hiding!"

"B-boss…" the minion stuttered. "The woman wasn't alone this time."

"What?"

"A man was with her. He was the one who beat them up."

Gen Gen gnashed his teeth. "Now who is this man? There was never a man before! When did he pop out?"

"I don't know…"

"And you still lost even when you were three against him!? You are fucking three men, and he is just one!" He roared and kicked him. "Useless!"

"Fan! Fa!"

The two men came forward. "Yes!"

"Go get the job done. I want that man and woman dead!"

Fan sneered. "Yes, boss."

*Bai Li*, ---

Central business district.

I stood in front of Xin Nianzu's office and from the message that Xin Lei just said, it didn't seem to be how an office should look like.

Naturally, I had expected that. Whoever they are, are really thorough.

I heard a faint pitter-patter of Xin Lei, knocking her fingers on the phone and then a robotic voice.

"The office is completely messed up. All files and papers are thrown here and there. Even the computer is broken. Now what?"

It's a race against time.

But the challenge gets even harder as there is a certain difficulty that they both have to overcome.

With Bai Li facing his own inner demons, will their quest for truth spiral out of control? Will he get his honour back?

Who is the enemy hiding in the shadows that Xin Lei and Bai Lei would have to fight?

Along this journey to find their answers, will it also spark the flames of love between them?

***

Amidst the booming crack of ear-piercing gunshots, Xin Lei bumped into the ex-army officer, Major Bai Li, who recently got a dishonorable discharge. He was the only hope for her who could help her in digging the truth behind not only that syndicate chasing after her life but also to find about her father and brother who have mysteriously disappeared.

Together, they set out to search for the truth, but it shapes into something much darker and sinister as they learn about the case Xin Lei's father was working on - to prove a father innocent of his little daughter's disappearance, plunging them into one of the dangerous worlds, hidden from everybody.

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My foot was stuck in the pit and I pushed Bai Li away from me who was trying to get me out. There was no time. The sounds of sirens were growing closer and closer. How can I let the police catch him?

But my strength wasn't enough. I tugged his shirt. I begged him. 'Please go.'

Bai Li grabbed my arms. "Don't push me away, Xin Lei. Soldiers never leave anyone behind. It's either we are caught together or we escape together."

Before I knew it, his lips were on mine.

"Whatever it is, sticking together is the only option I give you."

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as i walked toward the exit, i began to arrange my bag. I've learnt hunter's skill book such as rapid shot, dual shot ,and haste. 2 damage skill and 1 movement skill.the skill was categorized to be quite common but it's just oerfect for my current level. skill could also be learned  by paying a specific NPC according to your class.I also got some bronze grade hunter's equipment :gloves, boots, leather armour.

suddenly,I felt the compass move and a notification popped out

~Tring~
'there are treasure chest around. quickly find it'
then, i took out the compass and follow the lead. finally, she found a treasure chest covered by trees. 'it's a bronze chest.i wonder what is inside.' then, she aligned the necklace to the chest lock. after a second, it opened. she reached out her hand and took out everything. there are 2 thing inside and some gold and silver. a bracelet and a skill book, gathering.the skill book allow me to harvest herbs and crops.after i've learned it , i'll start gathering plants along the road to town.i've also worn the bracelet, it's stats was quite good.
 i started practice my gathering skill with nearby herbs. what's amazing is my maps function is improved because of the skill. i can now locate plants nearby me in a certain range.i pick them up and put them into my inventory. sometimes i failed, but my success rate was improving.

after picking the 'n' plants..
~Tring~
'congrats... you're gathering skill has level up to basic level. you could harvest any plant preserving it in 'good quality'. the more you harvest, the quicker you level up this skill to fill your skill exp bar so you could harvest higher quality plants in better condition.'

'hmm..,I can't always find treasure all the time as the system said i need luck to find it as treasure are treasure after all,finding a side activities was good too.well, let's continue to collect variety of plants. But what should i do with them later? should i learn alchemy or maybe cooking?oh well, i will learn it if i'm lucky to pass by an opportunity.'
while she walk past a lake, she heard an old man voice,
'sigh.. my darling why do you not want me to catch you. i've waited for years for you. '
'gosh... is he a pervert?! i should get out here fast.but wait.. from what he said, there's another person there. is the girl being force?! she got a bad luck. should i save her? but i'm still weak,what if the pervert is very strong?sigh... i should see the situation first .'then, she slowly tip toed there.she hide behind a tree near the old man. When she peek, her mouth twitch. who would have it was an old man fishing for fish.
'sigh.. what a misleading word.everyone would have though he was a pervert it's not me who was overthinking.'
suddenly the old man's fishing rod got pulled. ' oh.. finally my darling came. my darling don't push me again. this old bone can't afford it.'
'sigh... old man could you use more appropriate word? it really could  cause people imagination to run wild.'
'ah..  please don't try to run a way. sigh.. I hope a have 6 arms to pull this rod.it's just to heavy.'
after hearing the old man words, I felt a little pity. should I help him? well, at least his not a pervert. so I guess nothing will go wrong.'
then, she went forward.
'mister, I just heard that you need help. how can I help you?'
'Ah.. thank goodness. my plea must have been heard by the moon goddess and she had sent you hear for me. quick! help me pull this rod with all your strength. then I grab it and pulled together. 
after a while, the fish was finally pulled. 'my darling, finally you've come to my arm.do you know how long I've wanted for this?' as the fisherman continue whispering sweet word to the fish. ,I could feel my mouth twitch fiercely.'sigh.. this old man taste is really something.'
after who knows how long, the fisherman finally realized there was somebody else around .' cough.. thank yoj young lad. you've help me achieve what I wish for years. now I could leave this world in peace. for your help ,I'll teach you how to fish.'
~Tring~
'Fisherman Nicoz wanted to teach you fishing skill to repay your kindness for helping him catch his lifelong goal.' 
'Fishing? that's unexpected.with this skill, I could it eat fish in game from now on.' then I chose 'yes'.
'good lad, here is my gift for you. I hope you could put it to good use.' then, he continue fishing.
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Nikoz's Fishing rod(Bronze)/grow type
Nikoz is a grandmaster fisherman who had passion for fishing more than his life. To upgrade the fishing rod, you must catch certain fishes. this fishing rod also increases your chances on catching fish and fished out precious item.'
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after saying goodbye, i checked the time. 'Gosh
... i've already been in the forest for almost two hours and i have just gone halfway from the exit. i mustn't waste my time anymore.' then, i hurriedly run.
30 minutes later later...
'Finally, i have arrive. Sigh.. my experience in the forest really isn't counted to be pleasant. next time, i'll go with some people. talk about people,my brother should have arrived. let's try giving him a  call. the pod is connected to our phone after all.
~Tring~
"Hello, Jun. where are you now?"
"Hi, Bai. why do you call me? do you need any help?"
"Nah, i'm fine.i have just come out of the elven forest as i've stuck there for 3 hours."
"it's good that you're fine. but you need to level up quickly as you're left behind for a week from the game started.Do you want me to help you? you didn't really have much experience with this game afterall."
"Nope, i'm fine on my own. oh!,what city are you staying right now ?"
"well,after leaving the beginner town, me and my friends had been staying on Sodram city for a while now. why? do you want to stay here too? it's a quite a nice place."
"Sodram city huh... i'll think about. Bye"
"Bye"
'I'll add him as friend first'
~Tring~
'Black Hell have accepted your friend request'
'Good!now let's buy some supplies first. if something like the incident in the forest happen again, i'll surely die.'
Then , she went to the nearest shop.it's called Fatimah's shop.
upon entering, a middle aged woman greet me.
"Hello young lady.feel free to walk around and see if there is anything you're interested in. you could call me if you need my help. if you're done, just go to the cashier.please take your time. "
while she was walking around, here eyes darted everywhere.
Beside selling consumable ,it also sold weapon, accessory, table ware,night goggle, and even vending machine.in short, there are many things modeled from actual things for convenient in game.

after paying for the things I thought would be useful, I went around the town. maybe there were something interesting.
getting out of the store, she checked the map.
'Let's see. the nearest shop was a cake shop. I really want to try how cake is like in this game.' 
Zelie's dessert cafe was a 2 story building. its decoration was very cute and majority of girls also like to eat sweet which made lots of female players interested to come. But reality is cruel, it's too expensive for poor people to afford the cake while the wealthy players didn't care about some sweets.poor players could only stand outside of the shop.so until now  nobody had ever buy the cake.
while Bai Tian in her encounter with the monster horde had miraculously acquired lots of money,so she didn't have the same fate as them. 
When she get inside, many girls shocked while others began to mock her as if they will see another person made fun of themselves. girls tend to group with men and act coquettish just to level up together with them or completing quest so they don't really have much money.
Bai Tian don't care about them and casually walked into the shop.
'Hi miss, i'm Zelie. welcome to my shop. What cake would you like to buy?'
"Hi Zelie. could recommend me some of your shop's speciality?"
'sure. if you want something sweet and sour , you can try this caramel lime cake.while if you want something chocolaty, you  can try this triple layer chocolate cake . take your pick?'
"then I'll take one each. how much is it?"
'here's the cake . it's all 10 silver.'
I went to a random table and seat. both of the cake really look appetizing. when I take a bite at the caramel lime cake, a refreshing sweet and sour flavor washed pass my mouth. a pure bliss expression was shown on my face.then I also took a bite at the triple layers chocolate cake. the bitter sweet filling was just very stimulating.
'so delicious. I should buy some for Jun. I'll give it to him after i left the beginner town'
"excuse me . could you wrap 2 more of this for me?"
Zelie revealed a shock expression ,'really?! do you like cake that much? I've never encounter anybody who spent  a lot of money in dessert like you. look at other people outside. countless people had come and go but nobody buy any.you're the first.'
"well. I'm actually quite interested in dessert and I like to try different sweets."
Zelie's eyes shone she grabbed  my hand and said,' that's great! I've finally found my sweet lover buddy. hey! are you interested in making sweets?'
~Tring~
'Zelie had asked you if you wanted to learned  dessert making'
'Wow... you can learn this
too?! it seems like to trigger this, you need to spent some money on buying sweets.nobody will waste money like me.
I select 'yes'.
'Great! follow me to the back. let me teach you some basic recipe. 
3 recipe was taught to me: red velvet cake , apple pie, peanut butter macaroons.
the baking session is quite simple. you only need concentration and artistic mind. the harder the recipe, the more you need to work hard. practice make perfect after all.
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red velvet cake 
rating :☆☆
Effect :Max HP +200,
              Max MP +50
apple pie
rating :☆☆
Effect : stamina +20,
              intelligence + 20
peanut butter macaroon
rating :☆☆☆
Effect :Strength +30,
              Speed +30
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after finish baking, I've found that every cake gave different temporary bonus stats. like red velvet gave you  max HP +200 max MP+50, while apple pie gave you strength +30 and speed+30 , etc. the higher the material quality , the higher the stats and quality.
'it seems like I also need to learn how to farm and have my own house where i can raise my plants and animals, I also need to learn how to cook too.it would be fun.'
~Tring~ 
'you're dessert making skill have level up to basic level. continue making dessert to level up your skill'.

' hmm.. I should try collecting more recipes.'

after saying goodbye to Zelie,
I went to a nearby restaurant. to trigger the learning quest, all you need to do was talk to the restaurant manager who seem to be very busy.after I talk to him, he said that the kitchen is lack of man power.then, I'll offer my help. that's where the  quest start.he gave me the cooking skill and  a spicy pork ribs recipe . then , I started to cook according to the instructions written. the food gives bonus stats just like dessert. after finished,I went back to meet the manager.
'thank you, young elf.you've just save me and this restaurant from chaos.  you're very talented.'
then, he gave me some exp and money.
~Tring~ 
'you're cooking skill have level up to basic level. continue cooking to level up your skill'.

after learning, I went out of the restaurant and go to the gardening shop to buy common seeds,like rice,vegetables,etc.
' I think it's enough for now. let's go leveling up and try our new skills as well as earn some money to buy my future house.' then, i went back to the forest. but only in the rear this time.

ning bai tian:

An 18 years old girl from a wealthy family that supported their descendants to be independant.
She always topped her class and receive countless admiration.
One day, her twin older brother bought her something she always thought as unnecessary, a gaming pod. From then on, her life felt as if she found something meaningful to pursue.

In the game, life skill players were looked down because majority of player thought they were weak.
"life skill player are weak? Then don't bother to come to us to buy 'trash' from the one you disdained."
she gather all talented life skill player all over the game and built the very first life skill empire. 
They became stronger that nobody dare to look down on them.
Some player even said, "you will feel your life is very fulfilling if you could just take one item from the life skill empire's storage room that was more precious than any guild' possesion."

Let's Begin Our Journey!!!

Top Warlord players did not hesitate to do whatever it took to bring out at least a little more of their potential. Their methods of doing so were called Doping Recipes.
Doping Recipes of Rankers even sold for money, and in-game doping potion recipes and materials sold for a rather high price. This was one reason why raids took an enormous sum of money.
An Jaehyun, of course, had his own Doping Recipe. However, he could never sell it for money.
Cling… Cling…
In front of An Jaehyun was a large cup the size of a glass of beer than a coffee mug. 2/3 of the glass was filled with coffee, while An Jaehyun dropped several mysterious white objects into it. These white objects weren't sugar cubes, but the glucose candy he often ate.
He continued to pour in glucose candy, so much so that he wasn't putting candy in his coffee, but his coffee soaked in candy. An Jaehyun did not stop until the coffee was on the brink of overflowing. Then, he lightly sipped his coffee. Tasting the mixture of cheap sweetness and cheap bitterness, An Jaehyun frowned.
The reason others didn't try An Jaehyun's Doping Recipe was obvious. Although caffeine and sugar were both great for energizing the brain, it was too barbaric.
'Ugh, too bitter.'
An Jaehyun himself knew how barbaric his method was. But as he had no money to work with, this was the best method, and its effect was clear. With just a sip, he woke up from his previously sleepy state and his mind became clear.
'Alright, let's see what new things happened while I was asleep.'
Now completely awake, An Jaehyun turned on his tablet PC and began to look through Warlord-related news.
[Hydra Guild, First to Discover Level 100 Monster. Preparing their Hunt.]
The first news to catch his attention was news about the Hydra Guild.
With the help of coffee and glucose candy, An Jaehyun quickly worked his brain.
'The first level 100 monster… Black Metal Warrior was it? Didn't they fail five or six times before they succeeded?'
An Jaehyun knew the future, but he didn't know everything. He only knew the general flow of it. The details, he would have to fill in by reading various news articles.
'I wish they'd fail more while they're at it.'
To Hyrkan, the entire Top 30 Guilds was his enemy. Getting revenge aside, to become the best in Warlord, he had to go beyond the Top 30 Guilds.
'The Black Metal Warrior is related to the Corrupt Count main scenario quest, so the Corrupt Count quest line should begin after this. Tsk. I need to get on this quest line to obtain the titles I need, but with my level… ugh, not a chance. If only I came back just 10 months earlier… I'd be the one killing that Black Metal Warrior. What a shame. Then I'd be getting the title for myself too…'
"Tsk."
In any case, An Jaehyun enjoyed reading these news articles and reaffirming the details of the future he knew.
"Well, no choice I guess. Looks like I'll have to make it up in The Immoral Prince, the next main scenario."
An Jaehyun felt as if he had become almighty being.
'The Immoral Prince… back then, I could only stay in the side lines and suck on my fingers. But now is different. Come to think of it, the Ares Guild that led The Immoral Prince main quest earned quite the money from it.'
An Jaehyun let out a light grin.
'Yep. Be it the Hydra Guild or the Ares Guild, doesn't matter! I'll be the last one to laugh, hahaha!'
But this light grin…
[Stormhunter Queen defeats Head Hunter!]
Became twisted as he read the next article.
"Fuck this."
Stormhunter Queen Choi Sulyeon.
An Jaehyun got a headache just reading her name on the paper. With her, he had an irreconcilable relationship.
"Tsk!"
He even clicked his tongue.
Of course, An Jaehyun didn't want to continue seeing this name, but he couldn't just avoid the name altogether.
'If anything, I'll do it for you, Choi Sulyeon.'
Turning off his tablet PC, An Jaehyun drank his coffee bottoms up as if it was a glass of beer. He threw the remaining candy in the cup in his mouth.
Then,
Crunch!
He bit down with all the anger he could muster.
★★★
Standing in front of a cave, Hyrkan turned on the flashlight app on his watch.
Pat!
A fist-sized sphere of light appeared from his watch. He grabbed a hold of the light sphere, and equipped it to the skull of the Skeleton Warrior next to him, making it look like he was wearing a miner's hat. Then, he smacked the Skeleton Warrior's head and yelled.
"Go forth!"
The Skeleton Warrior lightly touched the place he was hit, then walked into the cave.
As he watched the Skeleton Warrior go in, Hyrkan had a solemn expression.
'I'll finish this in one go.'
The Rising Star title wasn't something that could be so easily obtained. Most players would fail even if they were given the chance.
The reason?
One had to clear what would normally be at least a level 20 quest at level 15. The quest difficulty was just too high. But that's why it was called the Rising Star title. It was for someone who could do at level 15 what others could at level 20. Only someone of such caliber would be worthy of being called a Rising Star.
Plus, a 3-man party was the standard in Warlord. Quest difficulties were set with 3-man party being the standard. In other words, Hyrkan had to do alone what a 3-man party would find hard to do.
It was in no way easy.
'If I can't do this at level 15, it just means it's too difficult for me to do.'
That's why he got to level 15. Though everything would come to waste if he leveled up during the quest, it was a risk he had to take. As he didn't have the capital to plaster himself with unique-rank items, this was the best he could do.
Hyrkan pulled his sword out in advance, and lowered his stance. Concentrating on everything around himself and his Skeleton Warrior, he followed behind it. His concentration was now sharper than ever.
'Throw whatever you want at me.'
The smile beneath his hahoe mask was as frightening as a serial killer's. It demonstrated his confidence to catch whatever that's thrown at him.
But after just 10 minutes, his smile shattered.
With a snap of his finger, he yelled.
"End Camera!"
Then, irritated, he scratched his head.
"Garrggh!"
'Why isn't there a single monster?'
For 10 minutes, Hyrkan remained tense, as if he was walking on a mine field. But nothing came out to greet Hyrkan. There wasn't even a single split path, which was common in a cave like this. He had been walking through the same, long path continuously.
'My whole body's itching.'
These 10 minutes have been mentally taxing. Hyrkan wasn't just walking; he was walking while maintaining peak concentration and tension. Furthermore, the limited vision from the darkness, the one way path, the unchanging scenery, and the enclosed space all caused more stress. It was like staring at a clock on the wall in a white room.
Hyrkan hopped in spot and slashed in sword in thin air. It wasn't to warm-up his body, but rather his mind. Only after did the knot in his mind unravel. Hyrkan then reassessed his situation.
'Looks like there's something huge ahead.'
Hunting grounds had their own styles as well.
Even at the same difficulty, some were difficult because of the sheer amount of monsters, while some were difficult because there monsters were more-powerful in place of being fewer in number.
Anyone could tell that it was currently the latter.
'It's not so bad…'
Hyrkan thought it was better to fight against a few than multiple. This also lowered the chance of leveling up.
'But it's not necessarily good either…'
Even so, it was hard to find comfort in this situation. In the end, he would have to face a strong monster.
After organizing his thoughts, Hyrkan held his watch to his mouth.
"Start Camera."
He began walking.
★★★
The Skeleton Warrior suddenly stopped on his feet.
"Hm? Walk! Go forward! Why'd you stop?"
Even with Hyrkan's yelling, the Skeleton Warrior remained still in the darkness, turning around and staring at Hyrkan blankly.
What's this, a protest? The thought only glanced by before it quickly disappeared.
Hyrkan rejoiced.
'Could it be?'
He walked past the Skeleton Warrior, then stared at the empty space. He couldn't see a thing. Complete darkness blocked his sight, and not even the light on the Skeleton Warrior's head could shine light through it. Rather than darkness, it was as if there was a barrier made of darkness blocking their path.
Hyrkan reached his hands out into this darkness.
[Would you like to enter the stage?]
Immediately, he heard an alert.
'As I thought, an instance dungeon.'
The darkness came from an instance dungeon.
In Warlord, instance dungeons weren't too important. In fact, instance dungeons were often tied to quest. Once the quest was cleared, the instance dungeon would often disappear. This was why instance dungeons weren't too important. They couldn't be recycled.
"Hm."
Instance dungeons had their pros and cons.
The pro was that they were isolated from the outside. This prevented others from interfering and messing with whoever was inside. This was why guilds welcomed instance dungeons. They could do everything according to their plan. Furthermore, as instance dungeons required success on the first try, it served as a good symbol of achievement.
But it was not without flaws.
'I can't run…'
Though players were free to enter, they weren't free to leave.
If it was a field, Hyrkan could simply run if he went up against something he could not handle. It wouldn't be wrong to say that an all-strength necromancer like him was built to escape. If it came down to it, he could use his Skeleton Warrior as bait and run. But this didn't work in instance dungeons. He couldn't leave before killing the monsters inside. He couldn't expect any outside help either.
It was a true deathmatch.
Because of this, Hyrkan let out a short groan.
He didn't know what was inside. He couldn't escape either. He had no reinforcements. It was kill or be killed. With this in mind, the darkness in front of him was truly full of unfavorable conditions.
Danger.
Most players would choose to back out here. It was the logical thing to do.
'It's indeed dangerous.'
Hyrkan didn't deny this fact either. The risk was greater than he had expected.
'But there's more to obtain as well.'
The merit was bigger as well. Hyrkan organized the things he could obtain in his head.
'Kill the monsters inside the instance dungeon alone, then acquire the Rising Star title… now, quest-related instance dungeons have a high chance to giving a related title. Since there won't be any outside interference, I just have to deal with whatever's inside. I don't need to worry about other monsters either. It's not like I lost any strength on my way here, and I'm still in my top condition.'
He had a lot to lose.
However, more so than ever before, he was sure of his current intuition.
'If I can film this well, it'll pull in a good amount of views.'
His intuition told him that this battle video would turn out great. It wouldn't be wrong to say he had full assurance.
'The baits are in place. I'll at least get ten thousand within two weeks.'
The Rising Star title and solo-clearing an instance dungeon had great synergy as bait. Furthermore, anyone could tell it was something not everyone could do.
'I mean, what crazy bastard would do something like this?'
Something not everyone could do. To earn money in Warlord, this was what one had to do.
Far more people watched Warlord-related videos than did people play the game. What the viewers wanted to see was someone accomplishing something that was seemingly impossible. No one wanted to watch something that anyone could do.
To earn money, one had to capture these viewers. The money one could earn in-game through hunting and item crafting was incomparable to the money one could earn from pay-to-watch videos. It was why guilds and Rankers challenged unfathomably strong monsters.
Danger represented a chance to earn viewers!
'Once Skeleton Fragment cooldown ends, I'll go in.'
Hyrkan made his decision.

Year 2035. The Virtual reality game, Warlord, changed the world. An Jaehyun was one of the many who wished to change his life through the game. After dedicating his life to the game, he was met with a betrayal. A betrayal by his comrades. As a result, he lost everything. But a chance was given to him. A chance to redo everything again! "I won't play with others again. Whatever the outcome, I'll show that I can do it alone." Others rolled a dice to split the spoils of victory. An Jaehyun ate it all by himself. It was the start of An Jaehyun's solo game life.

Why did he say she was cute? Because the one who entered the room was the little sister of the main character of this story. 

Kurome.

Even though some people had said the main character of the story was Tatsumi, the name of the story was Akame Ga Kill. 

Of course, the main character of this story is Akame. 

Haru looked at Kurome who was expressionless and sat down on the side of Bols while taking out a sack of candy. He frowned and knew that it was a drug to enhance her physical ability. 

If this drug was harmless then it was alright, but that drug would decrease her age and it would also make her into an addiction.

Haru didn't intend to say anything at this moment and kept maintaining his cold image since he wanted to hide his nervous feeling at this moment. 

Wave seemed quite interested in Kurome and said, "Hello, my name is Wave!" He introduced himself since they would be in the same squad. 

Kurome looked at Wave for a while before hugging her candy. "I won't give you anything!" 

"Who wants that?!" Wave said unconsciously and thought that this girl was quite weird. He scratched his head and decided to sit back next to Haru since he felt that Haru was the only normal person in this room.

Haru looked at Kurome and thought that this scene was quite funny. 

Kurome noticed Haru's gaze and hugged her candy tighter showing that she wouldn't share her candy with anyone. 

"..."

Haru was speechless and thought for a while. He took out the bread that he had baked in his original world. He had kept this bread inside his dimensional storage that was opened by his zipper power. 

The bread which had just come out from the dimensional storage was quite warm and it released a very delicious aroma. 

Bols, Wave, Kurome, Coro, and even Seryu who had been sleeping seemed to wake up from the aroma of the bread.

"Chief, where did you get that bread?" Seryu asked. 

"I have baked it before," Haru said. He tore part of the bread and started to eat it. 

Gulp!

They gulped at the same time when they saw him eating. 

"I want one too," Seryu said while holding Haru's uniform. 

"You have eaten one before, right?" Haru asked. 

"Well, I want one again," Seryu said. 

Kurome who heard Seryu couldn't help but feel jealous at this moment. She had been staring at the bread at Haru's hand and couldn't look away at this moment. 

Bols and Wave also wanted to try, but it was quite hard to ask when the person who had brought it was someone that they had only met for the first time.

Haru took out five pieces of bread out of nowhere and threw it at the five of them. 

They caught it unconsciously while looking at him. 

"Eat," Haru said. 

They nodded without hesitation. The warm bread on their hands made their mouths salivated and decided to eat the bread right away. They took a bite at the bread and felt like they had eaten a cloud. They started to have an imagination and they had become an angel laying lazily on the cloud. 

Kurome ate the bread very fast and kept looking at Haru with a hopeful expression. 

"I don't have anymore," Haru said while shaking his head. 

Kurome became disappointed at this moment. 

"That bread might be the most delicious thing that I have ever eaten," Wave said with a sigh and felt quite regretful to eat the bread as soon as possible. 

"Yeah...." Bols nodded and asked, "Can I ask for the recipe?" 

Then the door suddenly opened once again. This time the one who entered was a middle-aged man with a very feminine gesture while wearing a lab coat looking at them around. "Stylish!" His gaze became very excited when he saw Haru who was sitting there. 

Haru shuddered and became disgusted when he saw this man. 

It was lucky that Seryu didn't meet this guy and didn't have a modification on her body. 

"Hello, my name is Dr. Stylish. Nice to meet you, Chief Haru," Stylish said with a smile. 

Haru only nodded and didn't say anything. 

"Hmm... very shy aren't you? But I like it," Stylish said with a smile before sitting down between Bols and Kurome. 

If there was a chance Haru had thought to assassinate this person since this person was cancer to the Empire and had done a lot of cruel things to everyone in the Empire. 

"Wan! Wan!" Coro stood up in front of Haru tried while looking at Stylish with a hostile expression.

"What a bad dog," Stylish said with a frown.

Seryu didn't say anything, but she looked at Stylish with a wary expression. She didn't like it when Haru was being gazed at as if delicious meat by someone. 

The atmosphere became strange once again when Stylish entered this room.

Then another person also entered the room and looked at everyone. 

"Hello," this man greeted all of them while smiling. 

Wave who saw this person felt that this person was good since this person gave a normal aura. 

"My name is Wave!" Wave said excitedly. 

"My name is Run. I'm looking forward to working with all of you," Run said then looked at the people who were staying in this room. He could feel the strange atmosphere in this room. 

Bols stood up and tried to ease the atmosphere inside the room, but suddenly there was another person who entered the room. 

This person had a mask on their face and made them quite wary. 

"Who are you?" Wave frowned. 

The person with a mask walked toward them and shouted, "I don't recognize you seven! What are you doing here!" 

"Whoa, whoa, we're here because...." Wave wanted to say, but he was suddenly being attacked by the masked person. 

The masked person thought that his attack could attack Wave, but Wave had been pulled by someone who escaped from his attack. He put his attention toward this person and became interested. "Hooo?"

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He has been reincarnated, he thought that he didn't have a cheat until suddenly he noticed someone invite him on a group chat.

[Do you wish to join Dimensional Chat Group?]

MC: "Accept!"

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The bell had rung and I was struggling through the crowd of students exiting the school. Once I reached outside, I took a deep breath and let it out before I walked straight home, which I didn't have time to do because I was buying some groceries that my mother asked of me through the phone.

My last grocery list was to get ten cups of shrimp ramen and twenty choco bars for me. Of course, that wasn't in my mom's grocery list but it was in mine forever. 

After getting the ramen cups I head to the candy aisle where I could get my favorite choco bars...the milk and caramel chocolate. I had gotten the milk chocolate but not the caramel but God was always good to lend an extra because I found the last of the caramel kind sitting on the chips area. 

I walked to get my hands on it as I reached for it when a hand had already snatched it. I gasped looking at the person who took it and just my luck it was "him", Lin-Hua. 

My teeth grind as I glare at him who didn't even notice my presence until now.

"..." he stares at me. "didn't think I'd see you here chocolate boy". He smirks making my face hot.

I grabbed his collar and pulled him up close, " you took something that was mine and I need it now" I said, furiously. 

Lin-Hua simply smirked, grabbing my hand that was clutching on his collar and removing it with great force. I gasped silently, stunned at the firm grip he just presented.

He was ten inches shorter than me. His body weighed up to one twenty pounds at most which mean his thinner than me. And his hands weren't even that big yet, he could still manage to disengage a strong grip. 

My heart felt like it could pop out at any moment. What the fuck happened to you during summer break...no during all two years of junior high you were gone. I had no idea where he was.

Why the fuck am I thinking about this shit now, get your head out of the gutter Sang-Jul. I looked straight at the male who was dusting off his uniform acting as if I'm some sort of dust bunny that crawled up to him. Seriously, he pisses me off. I have no idea what Lin-Lin sees in a guy like him. My guess was that she had a crush on Lin-Hua but that didn't make sense, cause Lin-Lin's type of guys is plumpy guys.

"You really should work on your anger, chocolate boy". He looks up with a smirk. "you could get someone hurt".

"I'd prefer if you stop calling me that, it gets on my nerves". I said, with a glare.

" I wonder how you don't get fat overeating twenty chocolates every day".

I smirk "I work out a lot so every food I eat gets burned down that's why I eat a lot".

He stares at me, displeased and walks away with my chocolate? "Oi"! I called out to him but he was already in line for the cashier to handle his payment. I walked quickly to him but someone had cut me so he left before I could catch him.

When I was done paying I ran outside the door to see it was dark and the street lights had already begun to shine. I huffed for needed air as traces of my breath was seen. I looked up to the dark sky, it was a cold night for a summer day.

Sang-jul and Lin-hua are rivals to the core. Both have hated eachother since elementary. You can always see them arguing when they meet and if that isn’t enough for them then their only opinion is to fight to know whose right. Although, Sang-Jul hates Lin-hua he still feels as if Lin-Hua is dealing with some pretty nasty stuff but Sang-jul didn’t give a damn because both of them are “rivals”  and rivals are meant to hate eachother not the other way around...so why is Sang-jul getting involved in Lin-hua’s business?




* pls note that I do not own this lovely picture ~

And author Chan is a turtle because she still has school,but don’t worry i’ll definitely complete this story for your enjoyment~

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