What would it be like to live as a plant?

"She's a guy! " she pointed towards the guy who's sitting on the couch with his shirt ripped off exposing his upper body lightly as he clutched onto his shirt ripped shirt with his hand by bringing the both ripped pieces together. 

"What do you think? Do you want to see his ding dong to make sure that he's a guy" the blonde guy said while wiggling his eyebrows and got smacked by the other guy who's right next to him. Her mouth was wide open as if she saw All the avengers right infront of her. 

"I waxed a guy's legs, I helped a guy buy a push-up bra? Wait! You even saw me half naked!! You pervert!! That explains why you always stare my chest I thought you were depressed coz you're flat chested. But you turned out to be a fucking pervert. I can't believe this." she said as she closed her mouth with her palm. "you didn't tell me about that half naked stuff! " the blonde haired guy nudged the guy sitting on the couch looking extremely guilty but still trying not to get too exposed due to his already ripped shirt. 

"Just quit that look, as if you got raped by me. I'm the victim here! " she launched at him started beating the hell of him with cushion on the couch. 

How the things turned this way? She didn't even expect it to happen in her life. Her roommate, the girl with whom she shared her worries and sweet moments turned out to be a guy!!!!!

Taking inspiration from the SCP foundation series, the Investigations for Anomalous Events focuses on the Investigation, and not the containment. Which in turn. Also sometimes mentions the SCP foundation. It also focuses on the Foundation's enemy, the Chaos Insurgency with a new group named the Black Soldiers, in which the Agents and the Foundation has to fight to prevent the release of the SCPs. It has parts of Investigation with action and a bit of Horror.


It focuses on Agents Herbert Johnson, a person with Leader-like quality and is an expert in the field. And his partner, Walter Roberts, completely opposite of Herbert, we also see the View of an MTF Soldier, Firth Johnson same traits as his older brother, Herbert Johnson, and Security Forces, Private Mark Henderson and NTF Member William Hill. They are mentioned in Facility-Wide Breach chapters.

The tall bloated captive saw Kieran's electrified punch and took two steps back, his face filled with fear.
He was grunting, making sounds similar to the dungeon's language, but not entirely the same.
"Is it some kind of dialect?" Kieran guessed while he tried to communicate with the big guy. 
"Can you understand me?"
The big guy nodded at first, but then shook his head. 
The ambiguous answer made Kieran frown.
Suddenly, Herbert stepped in and said, "If you don't mind, may I?"
"Absolutely!" Kieran nodded in agreement and made way for the scholar to interpret the big guy's words.
Kieran kept his eyes on the captive and stayed within range. If the man made any sudden movements, he could counter first.
However, when Herbert walked over with a friendly smile, the big guy calmed down and stopped struggling.
"What the…?" Kieran looked at Herbert in awe.
Herbert was communicating with the man in an extremely slow manner.
"Calm down. Don't worry, no one is going to harm you. Alright?"
"Alright."
"Tell me your name!"
"No… no name…"
"I see. Where are you from?"
"No… nowhere."
After Herbert tried communicating with the big guy, Kieran was finally able to understand him.
He was not speaking in a dialect or using slang. The man's tongue just seemed to have some kind of problem that prevented him from speaking properly, hence the grunting.
Kieran also noticed that the guy was of low intelligence.
"Is it an act, or is it real?" Kieran was suspicious.
However, when Herbert released him from his chain bindings, the big guy turned tame and stayed behind Herbert quietly. Kieran gave up on his theory, but his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He recalled that the trap had been set up beforehand the previous day at the house.
"The trap had been set up perfectly and specifically for the black figure! The big guy here was the lure!"
Kieran could guess the mastermind's plan. 
Faced with a big tough guy who was not afraid of blades, but whose intellect could not allow him to communicate properly, the black figure would definitely draw his blade.
Once the weapon was drawn, the green flame trap would be triggered automatically. As the big guy fought with the black figure, none of them would have been able to escape the explosion.
The outcome was obvious.
The only thing that the mastermind had not anticipated was how easily agitated and reckless the big guy was.
"What a pity!"
Kieran saw the big guy follow Herbert harmlessly to the breakfast area and have a serving of breakfast. He let out a breath of relief.
Honestly, Kieran could get nothing out of a low-intelligence person, but with his size and physique, he would attract attention wherever he went.
Some further inquiries would give Kieran the information he wanted.
It was possible to locate the mastermind behind the incident by following the vines to the melon.
The only thing Kieran was still worried about were the mercenaries and bounty hunters applying for the job.
Kieran could not leave Herbert's side before the selecting process was over or he located the person with ill intentions.
He knew where his priorities lay. It was a lead that might provide him with a potential Sub Mission versus a native that was related to the Main Mission.
Herbert walked up to Kieran after taking care of the big guy and told him in a friendly tone, "If it's just about gathering information, Cohen could do it. He drops by every day to deliver the newspaper!" 
Ten minutes later, Cohen arrived with that day's newspaper.
After Kieran agreed to teach him some basic combat moves, the young lad immediately tapped his chest in agreement.
Cohen went back to the city before finishing his breakfast.
"You better keep your promise though! Cohen admires you quite a bit!" Joanna told Kieran after seeing her fellow mate off.
"Why did you thank me before?" the young girl asked after a pause.
"Because I was lost in thoughts I wasn't supposed to be thinking right now. Your cry woke me up!" Kieran explained briefly. He could not elaborate on everything that he had been through.
His answer was honest though, even though the young girl did not believe it.
"Easy for you to say!"
The young girl turned away with a grumpy grimace. After a few steps though, she paused.
"Thank you!" she said, her face still turned away, and then headed towards the cooking maid without any more stops.
Kieran was left behind, looking astonished.
"This is too hard for me to grasp!" he commented before turning his eyes to Herbert, who was also watching the scene.
Kieran had a lot of questions he wanted to ask the scholar, such as the cause of Calkin and the wagoner's sudden mutation.
He was also concerned about the reason Herbert was sure the big guy would not harm him.
"The Night Race! Calkin and his wagoner's sudden change fit the description of the monsters originating from the Neegor Dynasty. They possessed a certain level of intelligence and were good at disguising themselves. After they died, they turned into a pile of green goo! They were also impenetrable by sword or blade, which also fits your description!"
"They were eliminated by the Neegor Dynasty armies during ancient times while they roamed the coast of the Neegor Lands though. There's two things I'm concerned about. One, the Night Race could not have maintained their normal form while suffering from pain, and two, they shared the same reproduction method as humans, so there is no explanation for the mutations!" Herbert answered Kieran's questions as they looked at each other.
"Maybe the Night Race wanted to make a comeback? If that's the case though, was Calkin a suitable target?" Kieran said as he started to come up with speculations.
"Who knows? Thankfully, I can easily tell one's true heart. This does not include scum like Calkin or monsters like the Night Race though." Herbert shrugged.
"You've given me enough help already! This is the first time I've heard of the Night Race!" Kieran smiled in reply.
"It was just a coincidence! You should be thankful they originated from the Neegor Dynasty. If it was some other monster, I could only have done so much!" the elderly scholar said before he walked over to the big guy, who was staring at him with an empty bowl, grunting for more food. 
Kieran headed back outside, where the bodyguards were waiting.
He realized that he could sift through the candidates with an easier method by adding another step to the selecting process.
As he walked closer to the group, he noticed there was a commotion going on between the candidates.
The marked down candidates were exchanging looks again, their hands reaching for their weapons.


Welcome to a virtual underground game with no protection, full of lurking players who seek survival, power, and fortune. Kieran chose to enter this VRMMORPG game without hesitation, because he knew this was the only way for him to escape death’s grasp. Can he escape death in real life though, or will he end up dying inside the game? 

"Ah...hahahaha...Nothing, right bro?"Sheen said.
"Yes...Don't bother."Lance said.
"Lately you two is like hiding something from us."Rein said.
"Yes...Did you two made something bad recently?"Zeya said
"Ha...ha...ha...No way..."Lance and Sheen said.
"Really huh?"Carl said.
"Carl?"Sophie and other said.
"Why are you here I thought your busy."Sophie said.
"No, I'm done."He said and he seat to his chair behind Lance and Sheen and they ignored him.
"What did you do?"Rein said.
"Nothing important"
"Back to your seats the teacher is here."Dei said.
"Good afternoon class."Sir Vince said teacher in History.
They all rise and said "Good afternoon Sir."
"Have a sit class were having a short quiz after our lesson so listened carefully."Teacher said.
"Bro, I don't have my textbook can you share to me yours."Sheen said in low pitch.
"Okay..."Lance said after 30mins.they take a short quiz.
"Your time is up class pass your papers in front."Teacher said.
"How's your quiz Carl?"Rein said.
"I think I answer the entire questions correct I supposed."He said.
"Class goodbye...see you tomorrow take care on your way.
"Goodbye sir."Class said their teacher left.
"Okay let's go home guys...."Rein said.
"Lance, can I talk to you?"Rein said.
"Okay..."He said.
"Guys, you go ahead first."Carl said.
"No, we want to listen."Rein said but Sheen and Mica drags him to outside.
"We go ahead first okay girls let's go..."For said.
"But..."Sophie said.
"Sis, don't you worry they know what they're doing."Dei said and they left them.
"Speak..."Lance said.
"I know you don't want to help me but if you really like Sophie help me to cancel my banned in every airline so that we don't need to pretend a gay role in front of Sophie's parent.
"Mmmm..."
"It's a win, win situation for us you help me and I help you."
"Help me for what?"
"Look I know you think of me as your rival but all I want now is to be with my mom so if you help me to pass thru It would be a help for you if I left you don't have any rival."
"I don't really hate you and I don't think you as my rival but how will you explain to Sophie's parent and to our friends."
"Ford and Dei may help me and I think they understand me."
"What if you can go but I heard your dad cut your bank account."
"Yes...but Ford and Dei willing to lend me some money I can handle myself if I pass thru."
"I see...how about your dad what will you do to him?"
"I don't know either he never cares for me I don't mind if he get mad at me like what I said all I want is to be with my mom."
"Okay...I will help you but please take care of yourself there and your mom I will tell my grandpa about this so he can help you and your mom to expand your mom business in Germany."
"Your too kind bro I wish I will know you more but I'm grateful that your become my rival. Thank you bro...boohoo...."
"What are you crying?"
"Sniff...sniff...Real men cry. Boo...hoo..."He hugs Lance.
Sophie gets inside "Huh?"She said.
"What did you see sis why are you stunned?"Ford said they all go inside and they're shocked of what they saw.
"Sorry for bothering you two go ahead..."Sophie said.
"Huh? Wait...let me explain..."Lance and Carl said.
"Are you two in relationship?"Rein said.
"Bro, you and Carl is..."Sheen said.
"NO..."The two said.
"Okay you must explain yourselves you two or else...."Ford said.
"Fine you guys listen to us."Lance said.
"Okay...speak..."Sophie said and they all be sited and the two explains their side.
	A moment later,
"Sigh..."They said.
"Thank goodness you both are straight man."Ford said.
"Actually, we're still accepting you two if you're not straight man every human have the freedom to choose what they want.."Rein said.
"Wow...clap...clap...I know your always making nonsense but after you said that you making a sense now. Good job."
"Blush...you think so?"He said.
"Tsss...Don't tell me you're getting emotional that I praised you."
"Of course this is the firstime that you flattering me cause your always teasing me."
"Humph..."
"But Lance how can you cut the banned of Carl?"Sheen said.
"Remember we owned a travel agency?"He said.
"Oh...yes...you're really a genius Lance."Sophie said.
"Thank you...blushes..."Lance said.
"So when did you plan to book a ticket for him?"Dei said.
"Uhm...It depends to him."He said.
"I want to explain first to Sophie's parent and please do help me Ford and Dei to explain."Carl said.
"Don't worry we can help you."Ford and Dei said.
"Yes I will help you too to explain to my mom and dad."Sophie said.
"How about us how can we help you guys?"Rein said.
"Yes I want to help."Sheen, Mica and Zeya said.
"I have an idea."Lance said.
"What would it be?"They said.
"I told you guys on Saturday."
"Sure...but I'm hungry I want to eat."Rein said.
"Okay, because you guys are willing to help me my treat."Carl said.
"No way...We will treat you as advance farewell party right guys?"Twins said.
"Yeah..."They said.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go to the karaoke bar and let sing till we our voice turn to husky. Hehehehe..."Rein said.
"Rock n' Roll..."They said and they went to the karaoke bar.
"Okay were here."Rein said.
"Where is this? I haven't seen this karaoke bar before."Sheen said.
"We allowed going inside were in uniform."Lance said.
"Yes...Lance is correct."Ford and Carl said.
"Chill men, everything is under calm down were just singing here and my uncle Herbert owned this place."Rein said.
"Really? How come the family of yours owned this kind of business??"Mica said.
"Why not? Is there any problem with that?"He said.
Uncle Herbert the younger sibling of his father and 10 years older to Rein is approaching "Nephew, you're here..."He hugged Rein.
"Nephew?"They said and stunned.
Rein pushed him away "Come on uncle I'm not a kid and I'm with my friends."He said Lance and other bowed their heads.
"Pfft....hahaha...Oh...you're shy? Okay you may raise guys less formal I'm about on your age."He said and they all stunned.
"Cut it out uncle don't be silly your 10years older than us jerk."Rein said.
"What 10 years?"They said and shocked.
"Yes...Guys, meet my Uncle Herbert the youngest brother of my dad unfortunately he is 10years older from us and everyone thought were siblings. Sigh...."Rein said.
Uncle Herbert put his arm in Rein shoulder "What's up guys, call me brother herby..."He said.
Rein annoyed "Heh! And leave me alone okay were here to have some fun."Rein said.
Mica approach Uncle Herbert and she said "Don't be too harsh Rein, pleasure to meet you brother herby." 
Herby take her hands and kissed and Mica's face is turning red and he said "It's my honour to meet a girl that so pretty like you."But Rein slaps his uncle hands and he dragged Mica to his side.
"Uncle watched your move."Rein said.
"Oh, I think my favourite nephew is grown up now...Okay...okay...let's head in."Herby said and he head in first.
"Sigh...okay guys let's go sorry for his capriciousness he always like that."
"Hahaha...like you okay let's have fun."Sheen said and they go inside but Rein and Mica left outside.
"Blushed...Sorry for what happened earlier."Rein said 
"Ah...oh...okay? But your holding my hands so tight is you trying to break my finger?"Mica said
Rein let go her hand he said "So...sorry...blush...okay let's go inside?"
"Okay leads the way. Smile..."She said and she followed him.
"Guys, these are your room and have fun singing here call the usherettes if you want something to eat."Herby said.
"Okay brother herby."They said.
Rein and Mica approaching he said "Okay thanks you may go UNCLE..."
"Fine, I'm leaving your so rude to your uncle. Boohoo...."Herby said
"Annoyed...UNCLE..."Rein said.
"Okay...bye guys have fun..."Herby said and he runaway.
"Hahaha...now we know whom you inherit your naughty side."Dei said and they laugh at him.
"Sigh..."Rein's reaction.
"Okay guys...let's start singing."Sophie said.
"Yeah..."They said.
	A moment later,
"Girls, who wants to go with me in wash room?"Mica said.
"No, I'm fine..."Dei said.
"Me either...Zeya said.
"Sophie?"Mica said.
"Huh? Later my song is coming..."She said.
Rein heard what they talking about "Me, I want to come..."He said.
"Heh...pervert."Mica said.
"But I'm not I just want to accompany you outside."He said.
"Humph...no need I can do it..."She said.
"Bro, let's sing..."Sheen said and Mica left.
"Mica...wait..."Rein said and he sneaks follow her.
"Geez...where the heck is the wash room here? This karaoke bar is so big...I really need to pee."Mica said.
"Pfft...Silly girl...hahaha.."Rein whisper while hiding.
Mica heard something behind her but when she turns around no one is there she said "Who's that?"

"Sa pag ibig walang tama o mali, walang kasariang pinipili kapag mahal mo ipaglaban mo. LOVE IS LOVE!"



Mia 

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I had no idea how long it had been since Herbert had left me tied to the bed in this dark, dingy room, dehydrated, hungry, and tired. As I stayed there in that uncomfortable position, my mind drifted here and there, thinking about anything and everything, but most especially about James. When I got too tired, I’d accidentally fall asleep, only to snap myself awake again a few moments later. To be sure, I didn’t want to be in such a vulnerable position when Herbert returned. 

The light from outside scattering in through the thin curtain was getting lighter now, which told me dawn was approaching. That meant I had been held captive for one full night already, and it sickened me to think I would be in such a dire situation. Even more so that Uncle Herbert was the culprit behind this farce and not James’ enemies, like the Mexican mafia. 

I licked my dry lips and then gave a quick glance at the door, my chest tight with dread as I considered Herbert’s return. 

As if on cue, I heard heavy footsteps from the other side, followed by the rattling of the doorknob. I gasped and silently swore. Because I was so weary and my mind and body weren’t functioning properly, my reaction was slow. My plan of action had been to once again play unconscious if Uncle Herbert were to return, but of course, he caught me off guard. 

I stared wide-eyed in defense as he burst in through the door. 

The moment he laid his eyes on me and noticed me wide awake, he grinned, which sent a shiver of dread down my spine and my stomach churning in sickness. 

Shit! 

He eagerly came toward me after shutting the door behind him, which only made me groan in despair deep down. 

He was rubbing his thick, fatty hands together in glee as he came to kneel on the concrete floor beside the bed. The moment he was next to me, I turned my face away from his. God, I felt like crying but knew I was a grown woman and must overcome the fear I had for this man. 

My whole body was shivering as I commanded myself to face the music, to stand up to the man who had molested me since I had been a child. 

“Mia,” Herbert called out my name. “Sweeting.” 

I felt his sweaty fingers stroking my cheek, and I recoiled in disgust. 

God, no. Please don’t touch me. You make me sick. 

He moved his hands now to stroke my hair, and I felt his face close to mine. “I’ve been looking for you for so long,” he said. “Finally, I’ve found you, and now I’ve got you.” 

He grabbed my small chin in his large hand and forced me to turn my eyes to him. I resisted at first, but he was persistent, and I found myself staring at him, at the face that sometimes haunted me during my sleep. 

Greasy brown hair, deep-set eyes, large crooked nose, and thin lips—Hebert Weston was an ugly man. He was the type that’d appear in any child’s nightmare, just like the boogeyman. 

I glared at him to show him how much I hated him and how much he disgusted me. 

“Why have you kidnapped me, Herbert?” I asked, my voice stern. I wanted to show him I wasn’t afraid of him as I used to be. This time, I wasn’t going to let him hurt me. This time, I wasn’t going to let him touch me if I could help it. 

“Why?” I asked again. “You must know by now that Andy and I want nothing to do with you. You do know what you’ve done to us is wrong, right? That if anyone were to find out, you’d be in deep shit, right?” 

He chuckled at my queries, as if he found it rather funny. “Oh, my little Mia has grown up all right. So you do know what I’ve done to you and your brother is wrong, eh?” He leaned closer to me, and God, the stench of his body odor was overwhelming. 

“But then…” He continued with an amused smile playing about his face. “That’s what makes it thrilling, isn’t it? That’s what makes it fun. And let me tell you something, love.” 

Suddenly, he kissed me on the cheek, and I immediately recoiled in disgust. My stomach churned in sickness, and I wanted to cry. God, I knew this was only the beginning, this kissing. I knew more disturbing things—things I had dreaded every time I’d ever thought of him, things that would stay with me and haunt me—would be done to me very soon. 

“Once you’ve tried it—because you can’t help yourself, because you’re curious—after that one time, you’re hooked. And, my sweet Mia, it’s the best thing ever. It’s like a drug.” 

My whole body was shaking now, and I knew I had to somehow distract Herbert from proceeding further, from touching me and molesting me again. Oh, I knew it wasn’t possible, considering my precarious situation, but I had to do what I could. If I could somehow delay the inevitable, that was better than me doing nothing to protect myself. If I could stall him until James and his team found me, all the better. 

I took a deep breath, telling myself to calm down and think clearly. Think, Mia, the little voice in my head said demandingly. Just think. You’re a smart girl. 

Herbert was stroking my cheek and marveling at my face, as if he were in a trance or something. He seemed lost in his own little weird, disturbing world. Perhaps he was thinking about me, imagining the many things he would do to me. 

I felt a shiver of fear rushing down my spine again. Shit! No! Don’t think about that, Mia. Think of a way to stall him, to distract him. 

I took another deep breath and shut my eyes for a moment as I thought deeply. Then I got it. 

I opened my eyes once again and licked my dry lips with nervousness. 

“Uncle Herbert?” I asked, my voice soft. I wanted to convey to him with my docile tone that I wasn’t going to fight him, that I wasn’t going to try and run away. I wanted him to trust me. 

He smiled at me, his gaze on me. “What is it, love?” 

He didn’t seem suspicious, which was a relief to me. 

I wiggled my body and groaned in pain. “I’m sore,” I said. “Can you please untie my arms?” 

He raised a brow at me. “Is it that uncomfortable, love?” 

I licked my lips again. “Yes, it’s very uncomfortable. And I think my wrists are bruised.” 

He raised his heavy body and leaned forward to look at my tightly bound wrists. “Shit!” he swore as he quickly untied the rope. “Uncle is sorry, love. I didn’t mean to bruise your beautiful white skin like that.” 

Once I was untied, I gladly moved my arms to my sides, sighing a breath of relief. God, I felt numb all over. 

I sat up and rested my back against the head of the bed while I rubbed my wrists. 

“Are you all right, love?” Herbert asked. 

I avoided looking directly into his eyes. God, how I wanted to laugh. “Are you all right, love?” Truly, this man genuinely sounded worried about my well-being, but of course, I knew better than to trust him or his concerned words. This guy was fucking twisted, after all. 

I said, “I’m dehydrated.” 

Herbert sprang onto his feet immediately. “I’ll get you some water,” he said and rushed out the door. 

I noted he left the door wide open, and I knew I still wouldn’t be able to escape if I wanted to. First, I knew he was in that front room, ready for any retaliation. He is always ready for any retaliation from me. And second, even though he was heavy, his movement was quite quick when it came to hurting those weaker than him, such as me and Andy when we had been young. He’d pounce on me the moment I made a move, the moment he knew I was trying to escape his clutches. 

It was only a few seconds later that he returned with a bottle of water in his hand. Of course he wouldn’t leave for too long since I was fully awake. 

Sitting back down on the side of the bed, he handed me the bottle. 

I took it, thoroughly noting that the seal was not broken and the bottle hadn’t been tampered with. 

I twisted the lid open and then drank to my heart’s content. Once I was satisfied, I put the lid back on and returned my eyes to Herbert, who was obviously watching me with something akin to adoration. 

I began. “Do you do this sort of thing you’ve done to me with other—” 

I wanted to say children but felt rather sick thinking about that word in relation to Herbert. In the end, I decided to use the word people instead. 

“People? I mean do you do this sort of thing to other people, too?” I asked. 

Herbert furiously shook his head in the negative as he moved closer to me. 

“Oh, no, sweeting. Not other people. Just you and your brother. Uncle could never imagine doing that sort of thing to other people, not even your aunt.” He laughed as if he found that funny. “That old hag is the last person I’d ever want to make love to.” 

Make love? That was what he called what he had done to me and Andy? Lovemaking? When we had barely reached our teens. When we hadn’t even reached the age of consent yet? When it had been forced? When it had been molestation and ****? 

I felt sick to my stomach once again and wanted to throw up all that water I’d just drunk. 

I closed my eyes, commanding my stomach to stay calm. Once I managed that, I turned my attention to Herbert once again. 

“Why?” I couldn’t help asking. “Why does it have to be me and Andy?” 

Herbert looked at me for a long while, as if he couldn’t understand why I was asking him such an odd question. He was giving me the type of look that told me bluntly, Isn’t it obvious? 

Of course, I certainly couldn’t understand why it was supposed to be obvious, and I asked again, to reinforce my question. “Why me and Andy? We’re kind of related. It’s wrong.” 

Herbert shook his head. “Not by blood, love. Not by blood, so it’s not wrong.” 

Not by blood, so it’s not wrong? Seriously? 

Yes, of course we weren’t related by blood since he was married to our mother’s sister, but it was still fucking wrong because he was still part of the family. 

“But Andy and I were children,” I snapped. “You took our childhood away from us.” I was seething now. God, how I wanted to stay calm, but I couldn’t help myself, especially on this topic and thinking back on what had happened. 

“Yes, you both were children, but you both had been so adorable and beautiful,” he said. “So much like your mother, my Rose.” 

What? Mom? His Rose? 

Had he been in love with Mom? 

The moment that very thought hit me, realization settled in. Shit! 

“You were in love with Mom, weren’t you?” I asked, my eyes wide in surprise. 

He smiled sheepishly as he nodded. “Yes, sweeting, I loved Rose. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever known. But when I met her, it was too late. She was already married to that bastard, and I was engaged to the old hag.” 

The new information made my head spin. Once the details were absorbed into my mind, I asked, “Why did you even bother to marry Aunt when you obviously have never liked her?” 

He chuckled in amusement, giving me that look again, telling me it was obvious. 

“So that I can see Rose whenever possible. At every family event, Thanksgiving, Christmas…” 

Obviously, this was Herbert’s logic, and it didn’t surprise me after all. Come to think of it, he must have been obsessed with Mom as he had been with me and Andy. 

Suddenly, he grabbed my hand and kissed it with his wet lips, which made me want to recoil with disgust. But I held myself in check and stayed as still as I could. I knew if I were to withdraw my hand, he’d get angry and hit me like he did when I had been a child. After all, this was one of the rare occasions that Herbert was behaving pleasantly, and I had to keep on his good side lest he change to his other side, the nasty tyrant that hit women and children simply to ease his irritation. 

I knew he was in a good mood—his pleasant, happy disposition—simply because things had gone his way and he’d gotten what he wanted, which was me. 

“You are so much like your mother, your looks and behavior,” he said. “And that’s why I adore you. Then Andy came along, and he was the apple of Rose’s eye. I used to love both you and Andy like my own children, you know. I used to imagine us four together: Rose, you, Andy, and me. I used to imagine what it would be like to make that bastard disappear. And then he did.” He chuckled brokenly. “The only problem is Rose disappeared along with him. Rose died in that car accident, and I blamed that bastard for it.” 

I listened carefully as I slowly slipped my hand from his grasp. It now occurred to me that Herbert had always referred to Dad as that bastard. He would never mention Dad’s name. And of course, his wife was the old hag. 

“When I found out she died…” He continued. “I lost a part of me. I became depressed and saw no way out. But then…” He raised his eyes to me. 

I gasped the instant we made eye contact. God, this man was truly ugly, especially when he was smiling at me like that, like a demon who’d found his prey, his food, even though his eyes were teary. 

“Then you and Andy came to me like little angels, and I couldn’t help myself. Day in and day out, I held myself back, telling myself it wasn’t time yet, but then…then I couldn’t help myself and took a sample of the forbidden fruit. I got hooked, just like a drug.” 

I swallowed hard as I listened to this man, my body tense as the memories of that night, of that first time, came to me once again.

Dark. Powerful. Dangerous.
James Maxwell is one of the billionaire elites who rule Las Vegas City with an iron fist.

You’re definitely worth two million, Mia. Think about it. Two million. Five years. Your brother will go free. It’s a contract.

Those are the words of the gorgeous billionaire James Maxwell, the man who makes my heart race and my body tremble with longing. I want to refuse his proposal, but how can I? My brother owes him two million, and as dirt poor as we are, there’s no way we can find that much money to repay him. What’s worse, I think I’m falling in love with the man who thinks I’m just his mistress.

My name is Mia Donovan, a twenty-two-year-old, small-town girl working as a kitchen hand to make ends meet. My world is changing—both for the better and worse. James Maxwell, a gorgeous billionaire with beautiful Prussian-blue eyes, is the man behind this. He makes my heart flutter and my knees shake. When he kisses me, my world melts into a pool of exotic sensations. But his world is dark and dangerous, and being with him is a risk both to my life and my sanity.

This is our story.

Herbert Howard gave his son a slap in the face furiously!
The pain on his face made Kevin's brain sober for a moment. He shook his head and looked at his father angrily: "Dad! Why did you hit me? Am I not your son ??!"
"You bad guy !" Herbert Howard raised his hand angrily while talking. Before he fell down, he was hugged by Kandasi who ran over.
"Oh, Kevin, he is drunk. Why do you have the same knowledge with him? Liu! Come and help him back to his room !" Kandasi hugged Herbert Howard and asked the housekeeper to drag his son back to his room as soon as possible.
Uncle Liu, the housekeeper, came with another servant immediately and helped Kevin back to his room.
Lucia looked at the scene in front of her, and she was a little at a loss. Seeing that Kevin was held back to the room, Herbert Howard was also dragged back to the bedroom by Kandasi, she turned around decadently and wanted to leave.
"Lucia ..." The shouting of old Howard came from behind. Looking back, She saw that he had walked slowly in front of her.
"Grandpa ..."
"Lucia, you and Kevin have been in love for nine years. Even if he didn't really take you in his heart in these nine years, he also regarded you as a relative. He was worried about your unhappiness, he is drunk today. Don't take what he said to heart, you know?" Howard sighed and patted Lucia on the shoulder.
"Grandpa, I know ..." Lucia lowered her eyelids.
"Good! Then go back to rest, take good care of William ..."
"Well ... Grandpa, you also go to rest, good night !"
"Ok ..." Howard waved his hand to her with a smile. Lucia nodded slightly and turned back to his room with William.
When pushing the door open, Lucia saw William sitting in the wheelchair, motionlessly looking at the night sky outside the window in front of the French window. His back was a little lonely, Lucia covered the door lightly and walked over.
"Did anything happen just now ?" Father's roar was very high, and he heard more or less.
Lucia pushed him to the bedside, watching him shaking his head with a faint smile: "Nothing ..."
William looked at her silently for a few seconds, "Really ?"
"It's getting late, let's have a rest ..." Lucia nodded and stretched out her hand to hold his arm, trying to hold him to the bed.
"I want to go to the bathroom ..."
Lucia looked at him in a daze. After a while, she turned to blush and looked at him: "Oh ... Then ... Then ..."
What should she do? At the thought of this problem, Lucia's first reaction was to find Paine, but it was not a solution to let him come here every night.
"Paine can't make it tonight, you go and call Uncle Liu, the housekeeper !" William looked at her little red face, hedidn't want to embarrass her, after all, their life had just begun.
Hearing his words, Lucia looked at him with a little embarrassment: "Uncle Liu has gone upstairs ..."
"Then I will wait for a while ..."
Lucia bit her lips and thought it was not easy to handle. She wanted to help him but couldn't get through the heart, so she had to look at him with a red face ...
"You go to see Uncle Liu first ..."
"Good ..." Lucia nodded and turned out of the room.
Uncle Liu went downstairs soon. Lucia called him into the room and finally helped William solve the problem. Lucia sent Uncle Liu out of the room. Then she closed the door and walked back to the bedside. She saw that William was lying on the bed and closed his eyes slightly. She also got on the bed quickly. She lay down with her back to William.
Lucia still slept uneasily this night. What Kevin did to herself in the study made her feel scared. Thinking that William was going back to the Army the day after tomorrow, she couldn't imagine whether Kevin would come to harass herself if she lived alone in this room in the future. If something happened to her with Kevin, how could she face William? How to face the Howard family?
She really dared not think about it!
At breakfast the next day, William told his family the news that he would leave tomorrow at the table. Hearing that his son was going back to the army on the third day after his wedding, Herbert Howard was somewhat worried.
"William, don't you have a leg injury now? Didn't you say you could take a vacation some time ago ?"
Others also looked at William!
William put down the tableware and looked at his father and answered in a slow voice, "I received a call from the army headquarters before the wedding. Before that, there was a combat plan that I focused on from the head to the end. Three days later, the exercise officially began, I made a request to join the war with the army headquarters, which has been approved."
"But now you are newly married! You are gone, what about Lucia ?" Herbert Howard looked at his daughter-in-law anxiously.
Kandasi always didn't like to see William's poker face. Hearing that he was going to leave, he immediately smiled and said, "William has gone, aren't we still there? Can it make Lucia feel wronged? William, you go! Don't worry about family affairs, Lucia, we will take good care of her !"
Kevin listened to his eldest brother and his sight fell on Lucia. He was a little excited.
"Then when will you come back ?" Herbert Howard listened to his wife and continued to ask his eldest son.
"It depends! Maybe after three months ..."
Lucia looked at him immediately, three months later?
Isn't it their appointed time?
"Have you discussed it with Lucia ?" Herbert Howard worried that his daughter-in-law would be wronged. He looked at his son and then at Lucia beside him.
"Um ..."
"ok, since you have decided, then do it !" Herbert Howard knew his son's temper, and he was always a man who was unspeakable, so he let him go.
After breakfast, Lucia pushed William back to his room to clean up. Because he was leaving tomorrow, she prepared some changing clothes for him to take. When entering the room, Lucia pushed him to the bedside and sat down to see him.
"Do you really want to go for three months ?" She was a little surprised to hear him say that she had been away for such a long time at breakfast.
"Um ..."
"Then before you ... Why didn't you tell me ?"
"There is no need to say it !"
"There is no need to say? William, even if you and I are not real couples, I am still your wife in others' eyes !" Lucia looked at him speechlessly.
"Then follow me to the army! Before we get divorced, I think you can't calm down. If you stay here alone, do you think you can escape with Kevin's physique ?"
Lucia bit her lower lip slightly and looked at him. Thinking of what happened last night, she was really a little shaken ...
But if she really went to the army with him, she would certainly get along with him day and night in these three months. But even so, compared with Kevin, he still makes people feel much safer.
"You don't have to give me the answer now, just tell me when I leave tomorrow morning !" Seeing her hesitating all the time, William didn't insist on asking any more.
"Good ..." Lucia listened to his words and nodded slightly. She walked to the wardrobe and wanted to help him clean up, then she heard her cellphone ringing. She walked over and picked it up and found that it was Kevin's number, she glanced at William with a little guilty, then reached out her hand and refused directly.
Fearing that he would call back, Lucia put the phone in her pocket directly. If William saw her, she certainly didn't know how to think about her. She took several pieces of his clothes out of the closet and heard a burst of information from the cell phone in his pocket. She looked up and saw William's wheelchair went to the study. She took it out immediately and had a look.
I am waiting for you in the old place. I want to have a good talk with you. If you don't come, you will be responsible for the consequences!
Lucia looked at the text message on her phone and hesitated. At this time, she didn't know what on earth Kevin wanted to talk to herself? Is it warning her not to leave with his eldest brother? Or did he apologize to her for what happened last night?
Now she really doesn't want to see him! At the thought of what happened last night, she was completely disappointed with him. But he didn't go. With Kevin's character, he would definitely do something extreme.
Maybe there are some things that should be made clear to him!
Lucia tidied up William's clothes and decided to meet him. She went out of the bedroom door, glanced at the door of the study and finally didn't disturb William in the study. There was just no one in the living room. Lucia exhorted the servant, she left Howard's house with her bag.
The so-called old place is actually a reef by the sea. When Lucia came to Howard's house to play in the past, because the Villa was not far away from the seaside, she accidentally found such a funny place. When Kevin was in a good mood, Lucia pestered him to come here to watch the scenery with him. Lucia walked along a path for about ten minutes and then arrived at the seaside. From a distance, she saw Kevin sitting on the reef, looking at the sea in the distance blankly.
Lucia walked over slowly, sat down two or three meters away from him, looked at the place where the sky and the sea were connected in front and said, "Go ahead! What do you want to talk to me ?"
Seeing that she was sitting so far away from himself, Kevin smiled and said, "you used to like pestering me, just like my little tail. I didn't expect that a few days had passed, and now you have disdained to sit beside me ." Then he smiled and shook his head.
Lucia thought this was really not so ridiculous: "Kevin, why don't you ask yourself what you have done first? It's not that I disdain to sit with you. I have been sitting with you for nine years. It's that you disdain to look at me. Now I am your sister-in-law, sitting with you as your brother-in-law, don't you think it's funny?"
"So what? Can you sit with my eldest brother? Lucia, don't be stubborn, you can't sit with him like we are now all your life! Gina had already told me that when my eldest brother was injured half a year ago, the doctor told him that he was no longer a real man. He can't even give you the minimum couple life, why do you marry him ?" Kevin starts to get excited .
"Kevin, it is my life? Is it related to you? Why do you care about me ?" Lucia looked at the man who betrayed herself speechlessly.
"With what? What do you think? It doesn't matter if you marry someone else, but you just marry my eldest brother, and you let me see that you are unhappy, Lucia, you just want to torture me for a lifetime in this way, right ?"

She loved Kevin for nine years until she saw him cuddling in the office with another woman who was pregnant with his child. In the midst of her breakdown and confusion, she accepted Kevin’s  elder brother's proposal and began a three-month, consensual marriage to the wheelchair-bound army officer. In the face of her boyfriend who once loved for nine years, her bad-tempered husband and her childhood neighbor who always loved her, her life was thrown into chaos, how she should choose, whether god can let her have happiness, all from the day she thought she would receive the proposal from Kevin...

Betty's parents saw the facade of kindness Herbert put up and decided he was a good husband to arrange for Betty, who was on board with the idea because she was desperate for a husband.
The problem was that Herbert at first was very rude to Betty because he never REALLY wanted to marry her, he resented her.
Herbert only put the facade up to avoid being insulted.
Betty suffered emotional abuse and adultery from her husband.
Herbert was with Tonya, whom he never really loved nor told Tonya of his wedding, later on, he was committing polygamy with Tonya.
Tonya wasn't married to him when he got married to his wife, in fact, he already had the girls by the time he was married, Herbert and Tonya were dating.
He married Tonya on the sly without her knowing he was married to Betty, when Betty told Tonya they were married in a casual conversation because God lead Betty to talk to Tonya, whom at the time, she didn't even know at a bar.
Tonya told Betty this :I have a husband, HERBERT, he's trash with his rude behavior, his ugly black hair, his blue eyes, his nasty bad teeth and his man boobs." Betty told her "Herbert is my husband. That sounds like MY HERBERT!"
Tonya yelled out "I KNEW HE WAS CHEATING!" Betty told Tonya "It-"
Tonya shouted "An arraigned marriage, the one he told me he 'stuck it to his parents!" In a mocking tone of voice, "Oh, Tonya, you are the only one for me, I love you!' I hate that jerk, he's never done anything but sleep and dirty up my house!" Tonya said in a mocking tone while swaying her hips.
Betty was flabbergasted, Tonya continued saying "All he does it watch porn, sleep around, I found the porn tapes but my daughter who loves him to bits, to the point of deleting the tape photos off of my phone, told me she deleted the pictures I took to take to therapy." Tonya was livid.
This resulted in Tonya getting a divorce from Herbert, he wasn't even that good to her. He lied all the time, messed up her things and slept around and watched Rated XXX movies all the time.
Tonya didn't stop, she yells "He loves the kids, but I'm not the only parent, I'm no single mommy, He cheats on me and is married to someone else? I should have known, these marriages don't last!"
Tonya repeatedly banged her fists on the stable table, shocking Betty with each forceful bang into silence.
Tonya yelled "HE LIES ON ME TO MY GIRLS, TELLING THEM I stole his CASH, I have separate bank accounts, this is why I tell my girls to keep separate bank accounts from their father and their husbands!"
 
Betty really did make the quickest dash out of there she could, because it was getting angering and AWKWARD to hear a woman talk like this, and Mimi and Ashley were sitting at the table behind the Betty and Tonya's table.
Years later...
Rocky's mom was an philanthropist who loved humans, that's what an philanthropist is, someone who loves humans and helps them out.
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They try to help people and that's what his mom did. A misanthropist is someone who hates humans, since his father was one, he taught this son to be one.
A misanthropist can either: Hate all humanity or hate just the behavior of Humanity but not humanity themselves.
What does it feel like to be a misanthrope?
Constant disappointment in people.
Misanthropes aren't necessarily jerks, some are actually extraordinarily kind and considerate people that have been worn out or used up.
Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, distrust or contempt of the human species, human behavior and/or human nature.
A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings.
The condition is often confused with asociality.
Asociality refers to the lack of motivation to engage in social interaction, or a preference for solitary activities. Asociality may be associated with avolition, but it can, moreover, be a manifestation of limited opportunities for social relations.
Developmental psychologists use the synonyms nonsocial, unsocial, and social uninterest.
Asociality is distinct from but not mutually exclusive to anti-social behaviour, in which the latter implies an active misanthropy or antagonism toward other people or the general social order. A degree of asociality is routinely observed in introverts, while extreme asociality is observed in people with a variety of clinical conditions.
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Rocky remembers his mom taking him out to meet a poor family who needed food, his mom was known as "The Humanitarian Blessed."
The family was a family of 11, one mom, one dad, all down on their luck, all the children are Flesh'Bots. All adopted and needed care.
His mom got a phone call stating the dad had lost his job, So, his mom, Betty Coopmen, decided to try to help the father find a job because if you feed man a fish once, he eats for a day, if you teach him to fish, he eats for life.

Betty drove into their garage, "They hadn't lost the house, yet, luckily." Betty creaked from her mouth as she opened the door of her American Toyota.
Rocky sat next to his dad in the back seat.
Rocky's mom yelled "Rocky, lets go inside!" Rocky scorned humanity and did as his mom told.
Rocky went inside the house as the family's mom opened the door to let them in.
Betty sat down with both the parents and talked to them about Job offers and such.
Rocky got to play with the children, at this time, Rocky was 7-years-old.
Rocky looked at the Flesh'Bots playing happily, his dad came in, stared at them, then gulped saying "Hey, Rocky, are they Flesh'Bots?"
Rocky says "I don't know. I just tolerate them."
The Flesh'Bot were merely humans who were mistaken to be dead with chips in them.
They all looked at him, all 9, 6 boys and three girls.
Rocky acted as if he was racist against humans, spitting out slurs with his toys and bashing the other human looking dolls.
Rocky was in a pool of self-hatred because he knew that he wasn't perfect and he knew that he was human.
Rocky's grandpa was a misanthropist as well, but his dad taught his son to do the right thing but that most humans were evil and selfish and to not trust humans.His grandpa was a great human being but didn't hate humans, he hated the behavior.
His grandmother taught his father that humanity is not to be trusted, however, she wanted him to grasp his own view on humanity.Betty seemed content with the jobs she had the parents apply for, then she went to hear for the first time -- Rocky's evilness, to be honest.
Betty couldn't hear him due to being focused on getting the parents a job, she didn't even notice the glances to Rocky Being in worry and deep confusion.
Betty yells at Rocky "You're a human yourself!" Rocky was shocked as his dad looked at Rocky in hatred. Real Hatred. He only tolerated Rocky at this point in Rocky's Rocky childhood.
Betty scolded rocky saying "Not all humans are evil, I know you shouldn't trust them at first glance but still."
Rocky's mother was a loving mother, she never raised her hand to hit him, ironically, abusing your child isn't the norm.
That's a GREAT THING! It's not NORMAL!
Rocky's grandfather thought it was normal. His grandmother did, too, and didn't want to fall into that Stereotype.
When you've been raised from babyhood into abuse, it makes you think that it's normal, sometimes.
It's not normal.
Betty sat her son down and had a long talk saying "Rocky, you are human, you can't live on hating yourself, for what?
It's life, life deserves to be held to the fullest.
While you have people preferring to off humans, sometimes, why should you?"
Rocky says "Sometimes when you raise kids, they turn evil."
His mom said "Often, they have bad points and good points, you have to forgive their bad points. everyone has sinned in their life, it's a choice to stop."
Fixing misanthropy:
Consider getting therapy if you need it.
Minimize contact with negative and toxic people, and seek out more positive and uplifting people instead.
Practice empathy and compassion for others more.
Practice gratitude more, which has been proven to have health benefits.
Betty tells Rocky after having a long talk that "Not all humans have to be treated horribly, it turns them away from you and makes them mad at you."
Betty hugs Rocky saying "I love you so much, you love me, too?" Rocky yells "OF COURSE!" Then she kissed him on the forehead.
Rocky's dad was named Herbert.
Herbert looked at him with jealousy saying "Okay, whatever."
Rocky has two older sisters, Herbert had two girls before Herbert's misanthropy blossomed, although to be fair to him, the second born one named Ashley was an accident.
Betty isn't the girls' mother, it's another woman named Tonya.
They are the only humans Herbert cares about and Herbert does love them, but Herbert sees himself as a horrible father because Herbert does not see them much.
Their mother is a good mother, though, so Herbert thinks they are fine.
Herbert IS deeply, deeply concerned about their future though as he believes like most misanthropists, that humanity is in serious trouble.
Betty asks Herbert "How is your oldest daughter, Mimi?"
Herbert loved Mimi and thought "She's beautiful, unlike my son, Rocky."
Herbert saw Rocky as a mass of tissue, nothing more than brains and guts.
Rocky had issues because of Herbert, mostly, Betty had no idea how Herbert was treating her son because he did it when she away.
Not at home...
Betty had an unconditional love for Rocky, no matter what he did, she'd be there for him.
Herbert's love for Rocky was the most conditional love you could find and scrounge the dirt for.
Herbert didn't even love his girls unconditionally.
Herbert's dad?
He didn't love Herbert unconditionally but his mom loved Herbert unconditionally.
When Betty drove her husband and beloved son home, she went to the store after bring them into the house.
Herbert lost it with Rocky because of his behavior, Rocky didn't even insult the other children directly most of the time.
Herbert called Rocky "You piece of garbage, you have no goodness in you!"
Herbert saw him burst out crying so Herbert yelled "SUCK IT UP, SUCK. IT. UP!!"
When Rocky was in his room, Rocky thought of life itself and cried.
Rocky said "This is life? CRAP!"
Rocky cried then saw his sisters and their mom walk through his bedroom door, he asked "What?" His sister Ashley says "Hi, Rocky!"
Rocky liked his sisters and knew that insulting them gave his dad huge props in ideas on how to abuse Rocky.
His sisters were nice to him.
Mimi hugged Rocky, Mimi was 9-years-old while Ashley was 11-years-old.
Mimi taught Rocky "Did you know that black people's palms are lighter than the rest of their body?"
Rocky says "I didn't know that!"
Herbert walked in on them, told his ex-wife to "Go away!" So, she left Herbert.
Herbert looked at his beloved daughter saying "Lets go away from Rocky, he's a waste of air."
Herbert picked up Mimi and pulled the hand of Ashley out of the room.
Herbert gave his daughters candies and sweetz. Rocky stayed in his room as Mimi's mom, came into his room, she asked "Are you a virgin?"
Rocky was 7-years-old.
She locked the room door, She forced away Rocky's virginity.
Mimi heard the screaming, she ran to rocky's room to save him because she knew her mom hated Rocky in a way, but Mimi had no idea why.
Mimi tried to open the door, but she couldn't "Ashley, mommy is hurting Rocky!"
Ashley ran to the door and kicked it in, she has a muscle disorder that mad her very strong, Ashley saw her mom in the act, Ashley pulled her mom off of Rocky yelling "You whore!"
Mimi hugged Rocky asking "WHAT'S GOING ON?!" Herbert ran in, saw his ex naked and Rocky naked and yells "WHAT THE HECK??!"
Tonya ran out of the house naked, leaving her clothes behind.
By the time Betty got home, the police was already there.
Betty asked Herbert "What the heck happened?!" Herbert yells "My ex-wife screwed your son!" Betty was caught in deep distress and ran to her son who was being cradled by kind human police officers.
Betty cradled her son close to her chest and hugged him tightly sobbing.
4 months later...
Rocky took a lot of human things for granted but not the kindness he was shown after the ****.
NEVER THE KINDNESS.
Rocky used to take kind things Humans did for him for granted.
Rocky likes to play with Mimi and Ashley since they're living with Rocky's mom.
Herbert left.
What do I mean?
He left. He couldn't take it when Betty found out abut the verbal abuse and physical abuse Herbert used to give Rocky and she broke up with Herbert, Herbert moved out and left the whole group.
Rocky wanted to show his dad he could be more than a futile creature, but there was one thing:
If he became a pastor, it wasn't just "I don't believe in God" From his father, Rocky thought the only thing that made life worth while was giving people a chance to go to heaven, his dad hated God.
Rocky knew his dad had disdain for the popular, rich and famous, viewing them as selfish.
Rocky liked the idea of being one of these people but he knew he couldn't do anything to please his dad but God sent a thought "Why try to please the unpleasant? Why try so hard to please those you cannot get to like you or be pleased with you?"
Rocky pondered this thought: "Why? Why try and please my no good father who acts like he's the most important man in the world that never gave a crap about me or mom? he didn't even act nice."
His father never showed any love for his mother, the marriage was a failed arraigned marriage that ended in Tragedy.
To be continued...

RedBeeSAndAmber2's Real Name is Treasure Marie Denise Jackson and I am her, I collaborated with GOD A.K.A. Jesus Christ To help me write this book.

This good book contains true events but to whom the events happened to are not revealed.

We wondered when we wondered how we were able to live without our chips.

In the year 2034, children were born with chips who were thought to be dead flesh robots. 

These chips were supposed to kill the embryo and create a human organism that was a robot, but it failed and nobody knew, the embryos weren't dead, they were alive.

TRIGGER WARNING: CONTAINS SEXUAL ASSAULT, CHILD MOLESTATION, and graphic child physical abuse in some of the latest chapters.
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『Chronicles of the Blood Tower』

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Franz Wilmer (B-Rank Regular/ Formal Ranker) POV

"What? The fanatics?", Franz asked once more to the guard who was stationed in the burning city of Eden.
He could not possibly fathom why 'they' of all groups would resurface after they had been purged 300 years ago by the 9 Great Sovereigns.
More commonly referred to as 'fanatics', they were a group within the Tower that surfaced around 300 years ago called 'Retribution'. They were a group that had manifested through the several years of oppression the independents and non-filial regulars faced from the 9 Great Families and the several high-ranking and mid-ranking families under their rule.  
At first they gained traction fast and attention because they were led by a person who abandoned the Evergreen Family, one of the 9 Great families who dealt with the powers of fate. However, the woman who left the family, was someone that had a power relative to fate, but contradictory to it's very existence at the same time. 
It was the power to see the faint outcomes of Destiny. 
Destiny was different from fate as it was a concept that would allow people to follow a path of life that was not predetermined by any outside forces and was something the individual could pave for themselves. Fate was a predetermined course of events and time and was the main specialty of the Evergreen Family and naturally outcast her.
Over time the woman spent her time hiding and exploring the Tower realizing just how terrible the Tower was to those who were not born under the protection of a family. She grew disgusted with this and was perplexed about if she could even change the hatred that was so deep-rooted between the independent regulars and filial regulars. 
She eventually mastered her art of reading into destiny as much as she could, which was still not a lot as destiny was something that should not even be perceived by mortals in the first place. But, nonetheless she had a vision that showed the imminent destruction of the Tower circling around a small group of individuals that pursued their own destinies, fighting against the very ebb and flow of fate that had locked the families in place and brought change and hope to all.
However, she thought she was the one to lead this group of individuals and tried to manipulate the strings of destiny beyond her limits and went mad. In the end she created a group but it turned into something like a terrorist organization within the Tower as she could not accept that she would not be the person who brought the very change to the Tower she wanted. 
The organization called 'Retribution', that she created was eventually hunted down by the 9 Great families and their subordinates but they fought back tooth and nail only, to move the 9 Great Sovereigns themselves to create a massacre of innocents that was left as an open reminder of what would happen to those opposed them.
Since the time they had been purged from the Tower, more and more people tried to join them as the views of both sides became more and more skewed and resorted to extremely violent measures like suicide bombing, or members of their organization carving their eyes out claiming "those who refuse to see the flow of fate will not be entrapped by it's delusion".
Back to the present, as Franz was a ranker employed by the Wilmer Family, a small sized family under one of the 9 Great Families, he had a terrible opinion of this organization. 
Nonetheless, nobody would ever be crazy enough to bomb one of the biggest cities in all of the Trial Floor, which was the most largely populated floor due to the aspiring newbloods eager to become regulars.
What was even more surprising when he had gotten called by the Floor Master, was the nonchalance shown by the Guardian who employed the Floor Master. It was if he did not care in the slightest about the slaughter going on in his own floor that ruled over. 
'This doesn't make any sense, not only that, but how can I even move if they're all just suicide bombing left and right?', Franz thought.
"Where was the first explosion?", Franz questioned the Guard firmly as he started to circulate his mana in his lower body.
"It… It was- It was in the commercial district sir…" The guard panickedly spoke once more, stumbling on his own speech.
Fwo-oosh
Franz accelerated with one of his skills, "Burst Step" which was a pivotal and necessary skill for any class under the warrior branch to have. 
Franz arrived in no time at all atop one of the still standing rooftops overlooking the commercial district and looked down to see if he could spot any robed individuals with an insignia of a red bird across the back. That was the mark of "Retribution" and typically although they hid most of the time, when they committed acts of terrorism or massive events within the Tower, they revealed this insignia on their robes to signify their influence and claim over the acts.
However, the crouched Franz frowned at what he saw below. 
There was a young adolescent teen, barely old enough to look like a young adult, emanating a massive and destructive mana current throughout the district. But what was even worse, was that the boy was obviously clouded with rage and was looking at a fat oily man who seemed to be a part of the commercial district's businessmen.
The fat oily man was none other than Hubert. The man whom Rasmus accidentally gave his last name to when he first arrived in Eden.
Franz decided to wait and observe the situation before making any moves.
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"Why… Why did you bring them here?", Rasmus muttered with a cold voice glaring daggers at the collapsed and frightened man known as Herbert.
"I- I didn't do any of this! This was those bastards work I'm telling you, All I did was contact your family!", Herbert pleaded as he repeated the same answers he was trying to give Rasmus earlier.
"I don't have any fucking family." Rasmus glowered and started to bring his mana to extreme levels around his hands and activated the Draconic Hellfire skill.
Sissssss-
Rasmus' hands started to glow green as a fire of mana enveloped them and ominously flickered around his hands as he approached Herbert who was crawling away from him.

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About 10 minutes earlier…
Rasmus had just finished mourning Melody and had risen himself up from his kneeling position. He decided to quickly get to the bottom of this and find out what these "fanatics" were. 
What he did was continue to listen on to several people's conversations, whether it was just a fit of screams or yells, to someone giving their last breaths he didn't care. All he needed to know was who these dirty fanatics were and where he could find them.
He continued to listen for several minutes but to no avail, didn't find much to work off of. That is however, until he heard a familiar voice in one of the several conversations going around the ruined city of Eden.
"Huff.. Huff… We should have never contacted the Trostas family Theo, we need to get out of this mess immediately. Those bastards probably found out the information and are behind the attacks here." Herbert panted and moved his thick, jelly-like body as fast as he could muster, while a freckled child that Rasmus would have recognized as well as the boy who led him to Herbert followed behind.
Rasmus narrowed his perception down to the most minute detail while another sharp ringing pain came to his head from forcibly overexerting his mana capabilities over the limit.
At last he had found a lead and shook his head. Rasmus quickly left his spot and chased down Herbert till he arrived at the situation at hand.
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Essentially Rasmus had nothing to even hear from this man any further. 
Herbert, whether he knew it or not was indirectly the cause of this mess. However, Rasmus too was at fault, but his mind was too clouded with painful emotions to process that.
He walked slowly over to the trembling herbert

"No - No NOOOO PLEASE!!!��� Herbert gave up on trying to get away and pleaded with snot and tears pouring down his greasy face.
"You should have known better.", Rasmus dismissed his last words and quickly grabbed Herbert's head.
No- he thought he did.
Sheee-iiiing!
Rasmus didn't even recognize the attack or see it coming, but his blood core did and activated the dormant power within him to form a barrier that always had protected Rasmus in the past, and was now doing the same here.
Rasmus felt a cold sweat trickle down the back of his neck as he swallowed his saliva nervously.
He looked at the dagger that should have pierced his wrist laying in the ground with a look of complete shock, but also one of wariness.
It was clear, no matter who was behind the attack, they were able to move faster than Rasmus' eyes could follow, and only his blood core, the trump card he wanted to hide, saved him.
Soon, a man with a silver cloak that went just below his thighs, and had slim brown trousers came into view.
Rasmus could tell with a glance this man could very easily kill him if he so wanted. He could tell just by the sheer amount of mana being emanated from this man. Not only that, he could tell there was another… foreign sense of power coming from this man, on top of the aura that was manifested in the dagger earlier.
"Well aren't you quite impressive?", the man chuckled and met Rasmus wary eyes with an attitude of indifference and sarcasm.
'What do I do? Do I run? No- I'm not even confident I can run from this man even if I tried to activate the blood core and reverse mana circuit at the same time', Rasmus' mind raced a million miles a minute here contemplating in a panicked state what his options were.
The man saw Rasmus' wary eyes and knew he wouldn't drop his guard no matter what but, in the end still decided to speak up,
"I don't know what you are trying to do here nor do I care… except for one thing. I'm going to need that man behind you. Alive." he spoke ending in his sentence with a grave tone.
The man who was speaking, the man in the silver cloak was none other than Franz. The ranker assigned to dissolve the situation and investigate the cause.
Rasmus' eyes narrowed at what the man said, but he knew no matter how much he wanted to vent his anger out here right now. No matter how unstable his emotions were. He could not do anything but accept this man's demands right now.
"Look, I don't know what kind of monster hole you crawled out of, but get some rest before your test tomorrow kid. No matter how much mana you have, you'd best not underestimate the Tower. Especially if you want to get where I am.", Franz spoke up trying to lighten the mood and get this pain in the ass brat known as Rasmus out of here so he could wrap things up and report back.
Rasmus reluctantly nodded his head. 
Although he nodded on the surface Rasmus didn't know where to go or what to do regarding sleep. However, nothing was more important than saving his life and getting out of here first.
Rasmus slowly backed away his eyes on Franz the entire time, and then sharply turned and sprinted out into the distance.
Herbert, the oily businessman who had none of his so-called 'dignified appearance' left in him, started to bow repeatedly to Franz and started to thank him dearly for saving him from that monster kid.
"Shutup greaseball. You're coming with me, and if you think where you're going is any better than this place… you're dead wrong." Franz spoke curtly, and narrowed his eyes clearly with a disgusted look at Herbert, while Herbert was about to faint inside from the stress.
Franz looked up at the smoke and ash covering the city's night sky and frowned. 
'This is a whole lot fucking worse than I thought.' 
Franz sighed and left with Herbert in tow back to the port gate where the guardian and Floor Master were.
Chapter 15 - Fin

Rasmus is a boy who grew up hearing stories from his mother about adventures in a place called “The Tower” and always wanted to be able to experience such an adventure. Suddenly, his life takes a turn for the worse as his mother passes away when he turns 10, he gets bullied in school, his father starts to drink heavily and he gets diagnosed with a disease the WHO has never heard or seen of. 

He passes away only, to find himself awake in a barren wasteland filled with monsters and bloodthirsty creatures with fragmented memories. He has to fight for his own survival and trust only himself. Eventually, Rasmus comes across a large black Tower, the only building in the entire wasteland after several years of fighting and killing. 

Join Rasmus as he climbs the Tower to re-discover his past, find out who he really is, and find meaning to his very existence.

Hearing Gregory's indirect acknowledgment, the group of recruits were in an uproar. However, they weren't sure how robust the S-rank evaluation was, judging from the fact that the five strongest people in their current year only possessed an A-rank evaluation. Those three from the previous year were worthy of being called monsters.
And they're not weak this session. It's even pretty dazzling.
Because, according to those instructors, most of the first ten training camps were B-grade capped, and even the A-grade evaluation was at most one or two like they had five straight out of this session was already quite shocking.
Unfortunately, their last session was arguably the strongest since the first, so much, so the shine of these five was utterly overshadowed.
You know, in these ten years, the boot camp had only produced a total of seven S evaluations. Three in the first session, one in the third session, and three in the tenth session, and this instructor was rated by Admiral Zephyr as an existence beyond the upper limit.
Do you have to be so dramatic?
The newcomer who was supposed to think that Longinus was somewhat underqualified or even outright autistic was a rookie to such a bigot as a student, no matter how you look at it?
Herbert took a deep breath and looked at Longinus with eyes that grew heated, "If I can't even take the blow of defeat, that means I'm nothing more than a loser, so, Instructor, you'll accept my challenge, right?"
"Hey! Is it bad to be alive? Had to find the abuse himself." Gregory sighed, "This guy should find out after the fight that calling himself a loser is an insult to the word loser."
"Brother Gregory, it's better not to jump to conclusions so quickly!" Kakashi looked severe, but with those small, narrowed eyes, he could only give the impression of being creepy and funny anyway.
"You don't think that newcomer will be a match for the boss, do you?" Gregory looked oddly pale.
"Of course not. I'm just saying, how do you know that guy, not a masochist?"
Looking at the solemn expression on Kakashi's face, Gregory was tempted to ask, "Are you serious, man?"
"If you say so, naturally, I won't refuse. Go outside and don't break anything here." Longinus said, heading outside. While he was perfectly capable of killing his opponent in seconds without destroying the cafeteria, at least give him some chance to show off.
The crowd around them followed suit, half in surprise, half in regret.
Of course, the surprise is to see how strong Longinus, who was "blown" to be the strongest among the young generation of marine, is. However, the regret is that Herbert will not last too long.
Unfortunately, the remaining four don't have Herbert's penchant for masochism at all.
Outside, Herbert stood with his sword in both hands, "Instructor, I guess I'm nowhere near as strong as you, so don't blame me ..."
Before the words could be heard, Herbert shot out like a speeding arrow, his perimeter sword fierce and fierce, the unfinished words this just drifted through the air, "... out to sneak attack!"
"Fuck! This newcomer is despicable!" Gregory was indignant.
"This kind of swordplay is indeed too shady!" Bone nodded in agreement.
"Don't say that he hasn't reached the level of a swordsman. Even if a real swordsman launched a sneak attack, it wouldn't do any good, and Longinus' Kenbunshoku is something that not many in this headquarters can match." Gion wasn't impressed with Herbert's actions.
As expected, Onigumo's double sword stream attack was fierce as a storm. Still, Longinus didn't even move his feet much, dodging it entirely by merely shifting his body, and even had the leisure to explain the flaws in Onigumo's attack.
"Nitoryu is not as good as Ittoryu in terms of strength and speed, but it is better in that the two swords work together more treacherously, making it impossible to defend against them. While your swordsmanship overly pursues berserk power and instead falls short in terms of technique, if you can't realize this truth, I suggest you give up Nitoryu before it's too late."
Although Longinus was not seen as having practiced swordsmanship, it wasn't so strange to be more open-minded than Herbert in terms of vision as it was to have a sense of ambiguity.
"Is the instructor trying to mess with my mind? I'm not the kind of man who easily shakes his beliefs!" That said, the sword in Herbert's hands was becoming more and more violent and disorganized, with a haphazard feel to it.
"Yes, and no, you can experience it for yourself. Although I have not practiced swordsmanship, quite a few swordsmen have crossed paths, and I still know a thing or two about the most basic swordsmanship. Next, I'll show you the use of Seimei Kikan you've been waiting for." Longinus' long hair flew and twisted and intertwined, and eight black "sharp blades" suddenly appeared behind him.
"The most basic of sword skills?" The veins on Herbert's head rose, and the air of shade in his narrowed eyes grew more assertive, "There's a limit to how much you can despise someone, Instructor!"
"It's over. It's over. The most dreadful scene is about to happen!" Gregory sad(Xing) heavens(Zai) mercy(Le) man(Huo) said, "The most brutal way for a boss to strike is to defeat you in what you do best!"
On the other hand, the surrounding recruits stared at the unbelievable scene with wide eyes... wasn't it said that Seimei Kikan was the skill of digesting food? This cool attack is all about as good as the Devil Fruit!
Without waiting for Longinus' reply, Herbert cracked the ground with one foot and crossed his swords in an "X" at Longinus.
The powerful attack was blocked, and a long black sword rushed out from behind Longinus, stabbing impartially at the intersection of the two blades.
"How is that possible?" Herbert couldn't help but make a sound.
"Rage requires a strong belief in the power of the universe, feel it? The power of my sword out is not stronger than yours, but it is more solid, which is why I was able to crack your attack with a single sword." With Longinus's sword skills, it wasn't challenging to disguise just enough to suppress the opponent.
"That's impossible. I chase justice with more conviction than anyone!" Herbert shouted, his eyes red as he wielded his two swords, the fury of his sword being used to its fullest extent, surprisingly striking dozens of times at Longinus in a single instant.
"Three of the mind and body techniques of swordsmanship, you barely pass on the body one at most, the mind and techniques are too far behind." The eight swords standing behind Longinus cut out at the same time, not very fast. Still, the coordination between the eight was a splash of water, blocking Herbert's attack in all directions while the eight swords converged on one point and knocked Herbert straight away.
Longinus retracted his hand, and the injury was not serious, but Herbert was kneeling on the ground and doubting the appearance of life. He was not afraid of failure but was defeated with a sword by a man who never had "practice" swordplay. It was undoubtedly a devastating blow for him.
"It's impossible. I'm not wrong. The higher and better the speed and strength, the better swordsmanship is. What's the use of controlling in the hands of a person without the slightest power?"
"This idea is indeed true, but unfortunately, your talent is so poor that it limits the advantages that your physical qualities bring to the table."
"Too bad about the talent ...?" Once again, Herbert doubted life. He used to be praised as a genius. How did he suddenly become too talented here?
But when he thought that his sword skills were no match for a "beginner" like Longinus, he couldn't help but feel sad from the bottom of his heart, "That's right, I really can't even compete with trash!"
Seeing Herbert's defeated puppy breath, Longinus rubbed his smooth jaw and wondered if the blow had been a little too much.
What he wants is to leave an indelible impression in the other person's mind, but in case someone else blows a scrap, subduing a useless spider won't be of much use!

Original Title : 海贼之黑暗大将 (Navy's Dark Admiral)
Author : 高燒三十六度 (High Fever 36 Degrees)
He is the Admiral, praised by the world as the light that cuts through the darkness, the Holy Lance Longinus.
He is the Dark Lord, feared by the world as the darkness that ends the era, the Demon Sword Apophis.
He wandered in the light and darkness and wove the battle song of blood and fire.
When he looked back, he found that he had crushed the world beneath his feet.
PS1: This story did not feature any fruit or system, the title of the book has nothing to do with Yami Yami no Mi!
PS2: The timeline is quite long, starting when Roger began the great age of sea pirates!
PS3: Non-scrappy article, highly fantastic and biased slightly off, but the characters should be intellectually ruthless basically in the line!

Original Site: https://book.qidian.com/info/1014128504

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