This is only a japanese emoticon collection book so don't bother to read as there's no story at all

The Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book entering this world? A tribulation?
Ling Yun was a little stunned. He pulled back his arm for a moment and stopped absorbing Chen Haizhen's cultivation.
Chen Haizhen had completely returned to his original self. His meridians and energy center were completely empty. He wasn't even at Houtian Realm Level Three.
Ling Yun released his strong divine sense and affirmed that nobody else could hear his voice before he plainly said, "The Emperor Brush and Earth Emperor's Book entering this world? How did you find out about that? What do you mean by a terrifying tribulation?"
In fact, Ling Yun was impossibly shocked. The Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book had indeed entered this world. In fact, they were hidden within his body. The Emperor Brush was within Ling Yun's sea of consciousness, whereas the Earth Emperor's Book was sitting securely in Ling Yun's energy center.
However, the problem was how the worldly sects and ancient sects knew that the Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book had entered this world.
Not only did they know about this, but they were informed beforehand. For instance, Dugu Mo, the Sun Family, as well as Dong Fangting and the others knew all about this. How did they know that the Earth Emperor's Book was about to enter the world, and how did they know its exact location?
This was far too mysterious. It definitely had to do with the latest technology!
As for the tribulation, Ling Yun had heard this from Master Xingchi as well. He had mentioned that he was the Fated One. All of this stemmed from Master Xingchi's Bodhi Bead!
After losing all the power in his body, the already heavily injured Chen Haizhen couldn't hold on any longer. He spat out a large mouthful of blood and collapsed feebly onto the ground. His body continued to spasm as he glared viciously at Ling Yun. "The Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book entering this world is something every family with power knows about. However, no matter their whereabouts, there's no way they will land in your hands. You'd better give up!"
"You're nothing more than an illegitimate child that shouldn't have been born. Your mother is a devil woman, and you're nothing more than a devil's spawn. The Devil's Blade, haha… the Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book, how could they ever acknowledge a person who wields the Devil's Blade as their master?"
Ling Yun laughed coldly. The Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book were currently stationed within his body. When he wielded the Devil's Blade, it was as if it were custom-made for him. He had yet to meet any trouble using it.
He didn't do anything to Chen Haizhen. That was because he could tell that Chen Haizhen couldn't hold out for longer. He was about to die.
"What was the tribulation you were talking about again?" Ling Yun asked plainly, maintaining a calm tone.
Since Chen Haizhen was still alive, he had to extract a few more secrets from him.
"It's an old folktale in China…" Chen Haizhen's eyes were already beginning to lose focus, his vision blurring.
Ling Yun furrowed his brow as he asked darkly, "If my father isn't being held captive by your Chen Family, where is he?"
Chen Haizhen's voice got more muffled as he spoke in spurts. "It might be the Long Family or the Ye Family. Maybe it's the Sun Family. But it's most likely that the people from the Devil's Sect were the ones who captured him. Anyway, our Chen Family has nothing to do with it. He's nothing more than a useless chip to us. Why would we capture him?"
As the saying goes, the moment before a man passes is the moment where he reveals his kindness. At this moment, Chen Haizhen began to lose consciousness. Everything he said was definitely the truth. Ling Yun didn't think too deeply into it as he asked quickly, "Then, where's Cao Shanshan?"
"I don't know… I'm not sure. My second son has always been more ruthless than his father. Other than Chen Jianwei, nobody in the Chen Family knows where Cao Shanshan is…
"Ling Yun, let me tell you. Don't think that you're undefeatable. Not to mention the Long Family or the Ye Family, my Chen Family has at least three people who are capable of killing you instantly. They'll definitely take revenge for me. They will definitely…"
Chen Haizhen's voice got weaker and softer. Halfway through his words, his eyes suddenly rolled back as his fingers spread out desperately. Then, he died.
Ling Yun stared at the dead Chen Haizhen. For a moment, he didn't move at all. He was lost in his thoughts for a time. Then, he pulled out two Fire Talismans and slapped them onto Chen Haizhen's body. He shouted, "activate", turning his body into ashes.
Ling Xiao wasn't captured by the Chen Family, Cao Shanshan's whereabouts were something only Chen Jianwei knew, and the Chen Family had at least three experts who could defeat him…
These were the three pieces of information Ling Yun obtained from Chen Haizhen. It was all the information that Ling Yun believed. He had at least 90% confidence in that news.
That was because if Ling Xiao was also captured by the Chen Family, Ling Xiao and Ling Yue wouldn't have been held in different locations. Otherwise, it would be difficult to monitor them, and there would be no way for them to hold any negotiations with the Chen Family.
With a simple deduction, one would understand that the Chen Family only wanted the Ling Family's support. If they captured the two of them, they would have locked the two key figures in one location until their negotiation was successful. Then, the two parties would go through a series of negotiations. That would be the normal course of action.
Furthermore, the current Ling Xiao was nothing more than a cripple in the Chen Family's eyes. He wasn't any more important than the Ling Family's brain, Ling Yue. Capturing him would be meaningless to them.
Considering Chen Jianwei's character, Ling Yun felt that Chen Haizhen's information about Cao Shanshan was reliable. Currently, Chen Jianwei had captured Cao Shanshan as a treasure. As long as he sucked her blood, Chen Jianwei would be able to soar through the realms. Perhaps he would be able to reach the level of Grand Duke at once. Since Cao Shanshan was so important, Chen Jianwei would have hidden her in an extremely obscure location, a place that even his biological father wouldn't know.
"In the end, I still have to rely on my thousand-mile soul chasing powder…" Ling Yun muttered this as he stood up. His lips curled into a mysterious smile as he flew out of the room.
According to Chen Haizhen, at least three people were capable of defeating him. Hearing this, Ling Yun scoffed. The reason Chen Haizhen said this was because he knew that Ling Yun could kill ninjas at the early stages of Xiantian Realm Level Seven. That was based on the abilities that Ling Yun displayed.
However, Chen Haizhen didn't know that Ling Yun wasn't using his full power!
Furthermore, even if it was Ling Yun's full power, he still had his terrifying secret ability, the Dragon Elephant Divine Force. When push came to shove, he could use his Dragon Elephant Divine Force to raise his fighting ability by ten times. Under this state, there was nearly no one who could defeat him!
Currently, Ling Yun's strongest attack was obviously the Divine Yang cultivation technique. If it was multiplied by ten…
So, as for the Chen Family's real power, whether Ling Yun knew or not wasn't too important.
What gave Ling Yun a real headache was the problem of the Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book. This was one of his biggest secrets. However, this secret seemed to be something the entire Chinese martial arts world knew about. This left Ling Yun feeling uneasy.
Currently, nobody knew that the Emperor Brush and the Earth Emperor's Book were in Ling Yun's body. If anyone ever found out, Ling Yun would have no other choice but to run. He didn't think that he alone could match up to the entire Chinese martial arts world!
Without question, the most important matter at hand was to save Cao Shanshan. This couldn't wait any longer!
"Oh, power! It looks like I need to reach Qi Cultivation as soon as possible!" Ling Yun muttered quietly to himself as he flew into the room that held Yamada.
Yamada was in the exact same state as Mitsui. Both of them had their legs chopped off by Ling Yun, and only half of their bodies were on the ground as they lay in a puddle of their own blood.
Ling Yun released a few gusts of wind as he unsealed the acupuncture points on Yamada's body. Then, he stared at him coldly and said, "I have spared your life because I have a few things I want to ask you."
"No matter whether you respond or not, you have only one end waiting for you, death. However, I can tell you right now that the way you die will be very different!"
"Shameless Chinese! Do you not know the spirit of a warrior…" Yamada struggled with all his might.
"You've lost, and I've won. It's that simple. All of you Japanese have come to China to stir up trouble, on my land. And you even planned to exterminate my Ling Family. Is this the warrior spirit you speak of?" Ling Yun responded coldly.
After, he asked what he had to. "I want to know everything about the Tokugawa Clan and the Japanese ninjas. Tell me as much as you know. Any problems?"
Unexpectedly, Yamada agreed readily. Then, he began to explain everything carefully to Ling Yun.
Ling Yun could tell that Yamada carried an indescribable pride and confidence as he explained the Japanese ninjas to Ling Yun. He could even tell that Yamada's eyes held a level of sacred worship.
This was where the Japanese and the Chinese differed. The Chinese were far too humble. They tended to put themselves down and keep their true abilities hidden. On the other hand, the Japanese were very different. They felt that they were very strong, so they carried a strong sense of pride. They didn't hide their strength or power at all.
With Yamada's explanation, Ling Yun understood that the strongest Japanese ninjas were known as Kage. The Tokugawa Clan had many Kages. In fact, the strongest and most secretive one was known as Divine Kage. Ninjas that were acknowledged as such were existences that were equivalent to gods. As for the extent of a Divine Kage's strength, even Yamada couldn't describe it.
Ninjas had two types — First and Second Stream.
The ninja arts included three secret arts. They were Body Arts, Curses, and Illusions. Ninjas could be split into five vocations as well, including gold, wood, water, fire, and earth…
Yamada and Mitsui were nothing more than Chuunin. Ninjas that didn't reach the late stages of the Xiantian Realm, no matter how strong their ninja arts were, could only be considered Genin!
Strong ninjas were known as Jonin. Above that, there was also Special Jonin. After that, there was the Kage, and the strongest one was known as the Divine Kage…
"For Chinese martial arts experts, as an outstanding ninja, I have to say one thing. Our ninja world has four basic restrictions. We aren't allowed to squander our ninja arts, we have to give up all pride, we must keep our mouths shut, and we definitely cannot disclose our identities!
"However, you're not an ancient martial arts expert from China, you're an ancient cultivator, the most secretive and unknown in China. I know that even if I don't say anything, you will definitely find a way to make me talk. So, I can only tell the truth!
"The reason I'm doing this isn't that I'm afraid of death or torture, it's to protect the prestige of the Japanese ninjas!
"Ancient cultivator, I acknowledge that you are very strong. However, you haven't met our Japanese Jonin yet, and our Kage. If you ever come to meet them, you will understand true ninja arts!"
With that, Yamada hunched his shoulders and clenched his jaw tightly. With his teeth, he broke a certain sac in his mouth. Within three seconds, Yamada's half-body fell to the ground, dead!
Ling Yun could see clearly with his Yin-Yang Eye that the poison in Yamada's mouth was something embedded within his neck. Its toxins were very strong. 
"Damn, you really dropped dead just like that. You haven't told me anything about the Tokugawa Clan's power distribution!" Ling Yun exclaimed in disappointment.


Lingyun's tribulation has failed and he has descended onto Earth in the degenerate age. Step by step, he will rise up against the natural order!

The next day, Mr. Sakata Ikuzo didn't do any work.
"We will resume the work after two days. I will have to get inspired first."
After that day, Mr. Sakata Ikuzo just sat in his chair and read a book; the way he sat quietly reminded Jong-Suk of a Buddha. Jong-Suk was wondering what kind of book Mr. Sakata Ikuzo was so into, but he couldn't figure it out since it was all written in Japanese and Chinese characters.
 
The plant manager called for Jong-Suk.
"Hey, why aren't you testing the product?"
"Mr. Sakata Ikuzo is just reading a book for hours now."
"What book?"
"I don't know. He said he needs to be inspired or something before he could continue the work."
"Inspiration?"
"Yes, he said he needs inspiration."
"Ha. He is something!"
"Right. Japanese people are weird."
"Hmm, let me go and check what kind of book he is reading."
 
The plant manager went to Mr. Sakata Ikuzo's desk.
"What are you reading, Mr. Sakata Ikuzo? Is it fun?"
"Oh, no… I just have to figure out something."
The plant manager seemed to know how to read some Chinese characters. He looked at the cover of the book to see the book title.
"The Book of Five Rings."
"That's right. It's the book of five rings."
"I think I heard of it from somewhere."
The plant manager tilted his head while thinking of the book. He then went to the chief officer of the research center.
"Do you know of a book called The Book of Five Rings?"
"Oh, umm… I think I've heard of it somewhere. Isn't it a martial arts novel?"
"He is reading a martial arts novel to figure out something at work."
 
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo kept reading the book, and sometimes he stopped reading the book and seemingly thought about something with his eyes closed. And he resumed his reading after he was done thinking.
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo's reading and thinking process looked so weird to Jong-Suk.
"Is he reading Buddhist texts?"
Jong-Suk thought the reading might be part of his meditation, or it was some sort of religious practice.
 
The next day, Mr. Sakata Ikuzo continued reading the book without work until late at night.
"Fu*k! I want to go home. Should I wait until he finishes his reading for the day? I have to take him to his hotel. Sh*t."
"Me too."
The interpreter complained as well while standing next to Jong-Suk.
"At least your OneRoom is close to the factory. I have to drive all the way to my house. Fu*k."
 
Jae-Sik who was working night shift saw Jong-Suk grumbling.
"What's wrong?"
"That bossy Japanese guy doesn't want to go home yet. He is just reading a book, and I have to wait until he finishes his reading."
"Really?"
Jae-Sik started patrolling the factory. He checked every office with his flashlight. He was checking if an office's light was still on even though no one was working in that office. Jae-Sik stopped by the area where Mr. Sakata Ikuzo was reading his book. The interpreter was sitting a bit distant from Mr. Sakata Ikuzo, and he was playing a game with his smartphone."
"You are reading a book, sir. Oh, it's The Book of Five Rings."
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo looked at Jae-Sik who was wearing a security guard uniform.
"It's The Book of Five Rings written by Miyamoto Musashi."
The interpreter suddenly hit his forehead.
"That's right! The Book of Five Rings is a book written by Miyamoto Musashi! I remember it now!"
 
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo lifted his head and looked at Jae-Sik again.
"Do you know of Miyamoto Musashi?"
"Of course. He was the best swordsman in Japan. He was a legendary samurai who had never lost in his 60 fights."
"Hmmm. You do know of him."
"The Book of Five Rings was written in his final years. It has been the best-selling book for the longest period in online bookstores and amazon.com in the U.S. as a book for management. He was the master of Niten Ichi-ryu. I like him a lot."
"Oh, I see."
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo scanned Jae-Sik from head to toe.
"It's a shame that he works as a security guard of a factory."
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo murmured to himself.
 
Gun-Ho went to the construction field in Jiksan Town. When he entered the factory yard, Director Yoon ran to him.
"Wow. The building is almost complete."
"That's right. It's really quick to complete the building. It takes time to finish the interior though."
"Really?"
"This is the area where the production field will be; it will be divided into section A and section B. This area is the management office area. And, this is for a conference room, and that will be a company cafeteria and resting area. Please come with me. We haven't installed the guardrail for the stairs yet. You have to be careful when you use the stairs to walk upstairs."
Gun-Ho walked up to the second floor; he was wearing a suit and a safety helmet that Director Yoon gave to him.
"This is the management office area. That one will be your office, President Goo. There will be small and large meeting rooms. That will be the restroom."
Gun-Ho closely looked around the building. A pine tree was once planted in the front yard as part of the landscaping. The factory would look really nice once the construction was completed.
"Once we successfully develop our new product, one by one, we can take 1,000 employees in this factory, right?"
"Of course, sir. We would have enough space in this factory to take 1,000 workers. Moreover, we have a vacant lot over there, so we can always add more buildings at any time."
"What about the power and water supply? Are we getting enough of them?"
"Yes. The previous factory had high electric power capacity anyway, so we can continuously use it. As to the water, we are getting the water supply service, but we are planning to use underground water as well."
"Underground water?"
"Yes. There are tons of underground water in this area. So, we are thinking of utilizing underground water for our cooling facilities."
"Hmmm."
Gun-Ho nodded his head.
"Are we going to use cement for the floor?"
"The entrance area and the factory yard will be paved with asphalt."
 
When Gun-Ho came back to his office in Asan City, he called for his secretary.
"Please ask Mr. Sakata Ikuzo to come to my office."
"Yes, sir."
 
Mr. Sakata Ikuzo entered Gun-Ho's office.
"How's work? I just wanted to have a cup of tea with you."
"Thank you."
"I've heard that you are reading a book these days."
"Oh, yes, I've been reading the Book of Five Rings, which is written by an old Japanese swordsman. The book is very popular as a book for management nowadays."
"Really?"
"The Book of Five Rings is translated into English and is being sold on amazon.com. I recommend you read the book. I'd like to give my book to you, but it is written in Japanese, so it won't be very useful to you."
"I will read the book when I have the chance. Thank you."
"I get inspired by reading that book. The swordsman had 60 fights, and he had never lost in even a single fight. I also wanted to develop 60 new products, but it's not easy to achieve it."
"How many new products have you developed so far?"
"I've developed 20 products. It's not even close to 60."
"Haha. It must be very challenging."
"I've done reading the book, and I got the inspiration I need. I will start again developing the product tomorrow. I will succeed this time and will make you happy, President Goo."
"Thank you."
 
"By the way, you are a very lucky man, President Goo."
"Why do you say so?"
"You have two very good workers close to you."
"Are you talking about the plant manager and the chief officer of the research center? Or are you referring to the sales director?"
"No, I meant the production manager—Jong-Suk Park—and the security guard—Jae-Sik Moon."
"Huh? Those people?"
"I am not sure about their mindset on management, but I know that they are very good workers and professionals. They will assist you and will be a big help to you in the future, President Goo."
"Really?"
Gun-Ho thought about it while rubbing his nose.

This is the story of a poor young man whose poverty even shreds apart their family willing to climb his way through society and into the top. A very realistic novel that moves away from fantasy and sci-fi and focuses solely on the issues of society and life.

"Alright Goodnight everyone" Natural said as he shuts his door. 
Natural Lays Down On his Bed, trying to get some sleep. An Hour Later Natural had Opened his eyes and he sees a Light, it was a world that was realistic....a realm with a feature of a different graphic than his own that was created by someone else, he walks through a parking lot and looks around. There was a house that seem to be an apartment complex, something hit him through his brain and he began trying to remember what this place was and why it looked so familar, cars in the parking lot. An Apartment next to the parking lot, Natural remembers and he runs further up the side walk and makes his way up to the last apartment. "212, that's were i live...in the Real World. Did i somehow cross through this realm by mistake" Natural walks, about to go up the steps but sees a book and picks it up, he takes a good look at the book and it had a Black Color with a Scrotris symbol on it and a Title called StaticVoidInsticWalker in a Japanese Version written on it, he walks up stairs and opens the door and closes it...he turns on the light, puts the book on the table...sits down and opens the book, his eyes widened "Its Letters that i said in my journal, what the heck is it doing in this book" Natural said fascinated as he flips the page "Shadows Of Evil, Silents Wake....This Is All Of The Chapters" Natural Began To Be Aware Of The Fact That This Was Not A Dream, It Was A Real Realm. 
As Natural Flipped the page, a Face symbol Of with Stiched Up eyes that made an x and a stiched Up mouth
With a japanese title Hakai Suru, Natural couldn't see as static began to blur his vision and everything began to be Color Edged, He Woke Up and it was already morning. He pulls himself up Stretching as he began to feel something plastic "what is that" Natural waits for his eyes to focus and He Freaked and he fell off the bed, The Book Was On His Bed, "WHAT THE HELL" Natural Yelled with his eyes widened. "Wait so a dream gave you a book from the real world" static said as he looks at the book fascinated, "yeah, It Was Weird. This Dream, showed me the real world....a third Realm of reality with it being a real universe" Natural Stated as Static spoke his point of view "But thats Impossible, you can't cross through another Dimension and be able to cross back, that breaks laws of physics. And Your Only A Creator Of The Universe Not the Centre Of it all, So How could it possibly Be" Static Started to think as Natural Opened The Book "Its What im trying figure out, remember what Parallel Dragon said when we were learning about realms And Parallel Physics" Natural said as Static Shook his head "He said that a realm is not a dimension and dimension is not a universe and a universe is not a multiverse and a multimension is not parallel and are different from each other not until they collade and form up Amazing work. A Third Dimension Universe is a 3D Realm and some say it is a work of reality, 3D Stands For Third Dimension and if we were living in a 4 Dimension Doging a bullet Like the Matrix would be a reality" Natural said as Static Blinding the fact that Natural had new the answer and was hiding something "so what realm is this one" static asked as Natural thought for a second and snaped his fingers And thought of the answer "I could be wrong, but This realm could actually be a fantasy realm. Where dreams from creators like myself..exist, most creators Won't bother trying to make a story like this one, they could...but they won't...because it will mess up the plot of being a story or something like that. but me, i know what i'm doing. I am very aware." Natural said as he flips the page and sees numbers written on it, Natural Quickly Examines the numbers with his hand as Static looks at Natural "Were these numbers here before" Static said as Netro Walks pass them then turns Back to see what Natural and Static are Up to. "I don't remember seeing these numbers, perhaps Memory loss....Not remembering a dream is part of what a dream is. Some people don't recall see the things they saw, which is normal...i guess." Natural said as he turns to Netro "Hey! Netro since your here, You Don't Mind The Craziest thing I'm about to tell you...right" Natural said cautiously as he clucked his left eye brow up, smiling as netro gave a weird look with no interest. He thought for a moment, then spoke "alright, fine....what is the most craziest you could possibly show...other than having the skill to narrate such logics" Netro said Jokingly, Natural pulled out a the black book as Netro gave a irritated expression "A Black Binder, Are You Serious" Netro said as he looked closely and it had, a Scrotris symbol on front and back...the back one had a symbol that was from his chest and the front was a drawing from Natural, Netro Then Looked At Natual suspiciously "Do you have an afair with Scrotris or something" Netro said as Natural freaks Out And Throws the Binder "Oh, GOD NO! To My Own Demon Friend As Well As My Own Character, No Thankyou." Natural Yelled as Static covered his mouth trying not to laugh as Netro spoke "I'm kidding, Im Kidding, You Shouldve Seen The Look On Your Face" Netro Laughed as Natural picked the binder back up and slammed it on the table "This is seriously the most weird Book or Binder that I've ever seen" Netro said facinated "It Tells us Where We've Been, And Drawings Of Us Too. Where did you guys get this from" Netro said trying to figure it out, "We didn't, Or At Least Natural Didn't. This Book came From Naturals dream, which if preferably came from a 3D Realm, then its safe to say that it came from the real world" Static said as Netro got the answer "Natural i remember you telling me something about that when we were trapped in that mansion, maybe your real self gave you the book." Netro said as he flips the page and sees a drawing and a name that says Hakai Suru "Hakai Suru, What Does That Mean" Netro Asked, "it means Destory In Japanese....What a distinctive name to use for a character" Static said in an evil voice.

After The Death of Scrotris, The Debts of Evil Don't End As Natural Gets A Book
From His Dream From The Real World That led No where, As Static And Natural tried to figure it out as fast as possible When Whispers inside Unknowns Mind Began to Attack him Making Natural Break the invisible wall bringing an Evil Girl; Angelina into there Dimension, she almost Corrupts Naturals World with Evil, Blue Light The Dragon Finally got Convinced by Unknown to come out of hiding. Secrets Of one
Story comes out as to what Happened to Unknown 
and Neely's Mother that involved Statics Evil Doings In the Past, Making Static recreate Zeros fictional Character. Natural Had Seen What Hakai Suru can do,
And he won't let it become a reality, he'll have to scarifice himself to save his world and his story.

We were all walking towards the house of Mr. Yamashita. It was obvious in his name that he's Japanese. 

How did he see this book before? What was his role in this world? Was he a protagonist or an antagonist? What did he do for this world? Did he succeed? What more does he know about this world?

I have a lot of questions about his life in this world. I know that he is the only one who can answer all of the questions I have in my mind. I know that I will be satisfied once he starts answering all of my questions.

The three of us aren't talking while we were following Mr. Yamashita. We also knew that he had powers when he explained a while ago that he made illusions so that knights could see other kinds of creatures to scare them away so they couldn't find his location. He said that he did it because he wanted people out of his business. 

But what makes us special that he allowed us to meet him?

He told us that only the three of us passed through his magic because Dionne had greater magic skills than he does. Even the weird machine we just fought a while ago was far more superior than the common machine that we encountered earlier in the morning. Mr. Yamashita also explained that those machines came in the forest once in a while to come look for the songstress if ever she changed her mind to go back to the tower.

Which is happening right now and maybe the machines are alerting its master. 

"Mr. Yamashita," I called out to him because I couldn't help but speak. I grew a little impatient in talking with him.

"Nani," he asked in his own language and I knew what he meant because I also learned Nihongo during my free time when I was in high school.

"How did you learn the English language?" 

Japanese people find the English language difficult. Those people who can speak the language commonly have high occupational jobs, or maybe they learned ESL or IELTS, or may have immigrated to other parts of the world that speak the language.

"I was an English teacher before in Japan and I also taught in universities in other countries so I had an edge compared to other Japanese teachers," he said and I nodded as acknowledgement. 

We reached his house and he got a key from his pocket and unlocked the door before we all went inside. Despite being alone in a forest, his home had a welcoming vibe to it. 

The moment we went inside, he lit up the lantern to brighten up the living room and motioned for us to sit on his couch near the fire place. We looked at his place and noticed that it was a very simple, yet a homey kind of house. In front of us, there was already hot chocolate and we thanked him before we started drinking it. He really knew that we'd come here.

He was really expecting us. 

Mr. Yamashita grabbed a chair from his dining room and sat in front of us. "So you were chosen by the book; chosen by the goddess," he started then sipped from his hot drink. Now he got my full attention.

"Sir, how did you—" he did not let me finish because he suddenly spoke.

"How I saw the book? The book can teleport anywhere. It can travel around the world on its own. I came from Japan, and you came from the USA, maybe," he started off then continued. "And I also know that you want to learn more about this book and how I spent my life here," he finally said and Dionne, Klein and I looked at each other before we returned our look to Mr. Yamashita.

I now know that he is the person that we needed in answering the questions we've been meaning to ask. 

"I know all of you and what is happening in this world. You're the warrior, Klein, you're the songstress, Dionne, and you're the synergist, Cevin." He told each of our names and roles as he pointed us with his finger one by one. 

How did he ever know who we were? What does he mean?

And I'm called a "synergist"?

“Only those with great intentions can see this book and those chosen by the book will make its desired story… 
but you will never return.”

It's been a few days since I came into this world. Ben, Aria's husband told me that the wound I got look same as the no-ears bear's claw wound so he said that I probably was attacked by that bear and I hit something on my head when I'm losing consciousness resulting me losing my memory. All of that just a speculation but it's very reasonable. I'm going to cast aside this thing right now because right now, I was chased by the very same creature that Ben-san mention, yes, the no-ears bears.
 These bears resemble the bears in the zoo that I visited back in the earth, but it's ten times bigger. As the name says, it has no ears. Their claws have a purple tint onto it and they have fangs that look like the sabre-tooth tiger fangs. Really, it's a miracle how I survived. "Now, what should I do?" Thinking for a while, I remembered what Ben-san told me about this creature. 
' The no-ears bears have a very thick and the fur are kinda hard too but it will be very soft if you wet it. At that time, their defence is zero so it's the best chance to strike. Be careful of it claws though. It has poison.'
"Raawwrr!!" It's coming closer. I should find a river first-ah, there it is. My luck never disappoints me. I cast a magic wall around me and jump into the river. This magic wall prevents me from getting wet and I don't have to hold my breath in the water. Then, I heard a big splash. Looking back, I saw the bear get into the water too. 'I want to use my magic to make some wave in the river and splash onto the bear fur but I never thought it will jump into too...The no-ear bears are dumb too, I will tell Ben-san later.' 
I leap out from the water and the bear leap out too. I look into the bear eyes and the bear look into my eyes. Not wasting any time, I quickly use magic. "Ice needles." A piece of sharp and long ice created in the air then it pierced through the bear's body.  "Huuu..." I sighed." Let drink some water then continue practice magic."
 
<A few days ago; Ben's house; morning>
 
"Again, thank you for letting me stay here, Ben-san," I said,
"How many time you want to say that? Don't mind it. Besides, it's our family motto to help people in need." Motto, huh... My parent is the same.Will they notice my disappearance? I miss them...Well, I just have to try my best to live in this world so that their tears will not go to waste.
"Ben-san, where can I find the library?" 
"The library? This district's library didn't have a lot of books so it's better if you go to the first district. Their library is big and has a lot of books."
"I see... Can you please show me the way?"
"I have to go to work but Lily can show you the way since it's the same way to Lily's school."
"Then, I will have to trouble you later, Lily." Lily looked at me with a smile. Her cheeks are full of foods. She's really cute. 
"Oh, I will get lunch outside today." Since I plan to read until lunch in the library.
"I see...Olivia, did you have any money?"
Nope...Aria let out a chuckle seeing me being silent. "Here. Use this to buy lunch."
"But..."
"Just take it. It's okay."
"Thank you...I will repay it later."
"Haha... Well, if you want to repay it then I'll gladly take it. Now, let's eat. The foods are getting cold."
"It's here, Onee-san." The library looks very beautiful. The library was surrounded by flowers of all kinds and the building is not too big. There's a big carved wooden sign. Since I magically can talk in a foreign language, now, it looks like I can understand these foreign words too. The sign says, 'Lizzy Library'. Hmm...maybe it's the owner name.
"Thank you, Lily. Do you want to enter the library too?"
"No, it's okay. I have to go to school right now. Then, see you later Olivia nee-san!" Lilly's voice faded away as she started to run. Turning my head toward the library, I stared at it for a second before taking my step toward it. As I enter the building, I could see a numerous book that was neatly arranged and it was divided into its own section. 
'The inside look bigger than the outside.' There are no people in the library so it making this library look kinda serene. I walk around and found the kingdom history and economy book section. I pick the first book I reached and start to read.
"Huuu..." I heaved a sigh. Based on what I've read, the first king of this kingdom, he's a Japanese. The king is the third prince so he shouldn't be the king. But at that time, Ferdinand Kingdom current king was very horrible and selfish. He used his own people as a slave to sell to the other kingdom and he never reigns the kingdom properly. The nobles weren't good either. You could say the Ferdinand Kingdom has no hope as even the royal family were corrupted. Then, a new hope emerged. It is, of course, the third prince. So, the story follows as the third prince planned to retaliate against the kingdom with his faithful subordinates and succeed. 
The reason why he was called the first king is that he is the first true king who reigns the kingdom fairly. As to why I said he's a Japanese, the creation of ammunition and cannon that were stated in the book were the first king idea and the use of a Japanese word in addressing people were discovered by the people as they heard the first king used it thus becoming one part of their language. Apparently, the Galieloth Kingdom, the neighbouring kingdom, used Japanese in addressing people too. Aside from these two kingdoms, they used a normal kind of language. 
As for this kingdom currency, they used coins. Starting from the most valuable; platinum coin, gold coin, silver coin and bronze coin. The shape and size of the coin are different but all of it has the Ferdinand Kingdom logo on it. "I have to learn about magic next.." This is tiring but having no knowledge about this foreign world is dangerous. Carrying my tired body to the magic knowledge book section, again, I start to

Who knows, as soon as I step into the school gate, I would see something different than the one I normally saw. The structure of the building, the style of clothing and the language they speak.
It makes no sense, but I have to survive.

Screams followed the gunshot from both upstairs and downstairs. The newbies downstairs immediately ran out to the streets screaming. The six newbies upstairs froze in place. Then Xuan stood up.

“I’ve seen the movie. The number of people doesn’t help the probability of surviving. Even if you escape to another country, even if there are dozens of people guarding you, you will still get killed… I will leave this team, if we can live to see each other… Jie, Nana’s cooking looked delicious.”

Xuan and Arnold took their backpacks then went downstairs.

Zheng watched as he left in silence. “You can ask us if you have any questions. Lan, have you gotten the 100 points bonus?”

Lan nodded, she suddenly remembered when she first saw Zheng. This man changed so much in two movies, he had gotten the characteristics of a leader.

“Then we will leave this place.” Zheng smiled bitterly. “This place is… not safe.”

Everyone agreed to the suggestion. The three young men rushed downstairs in panic. That woman followed them. Though the boy and the other man took the stairs calmly.

Jie and Zero followed after. They could see that these two probably had some talent, or at least potential. After Xuan left, they desperately needed someone with the wisdom. Even though Lan could fill the position, she was incomparable to Xuan.

Zheng checked the surroundings while holding the gun. Then he noticed Lan staring at him. “What are you waiting for? Hurry, I’ll cover the retreat.”

Lan blushed a little. “You don’t have to be so nervous. There’s usually a pattern in this type of movie. We should be safe within one or two days. Those things usually attack us when we are not paying attention… Did you find out anything?”

“If I tell you I can see… no, I can sense those things, would you believe? I sense an air of darkness stuck to our bodies, including me. This is probably the mark of Ju-On… It will find us using this mark!”

Lan immediately started patting herself while screaming, “Is it clean?! Is it clean?!” Which led Jie to run back.

When she saw Jie, she stopped, pushed Jie away and went downstair.

“Women are scary huh?”

“Yea, really.”

All of them left the house as soon as possible. Zheng let out a sigh of relief once outside. That house stressed him so much he almost couldn’t breathe. This sense of danger was way beyond anything he experienced in Alien. The worst part was he didn’t even see the ghost.

Zheng found the six newbies outside, the red faced man and those who followed him were gone. Even Xuan was gone.

“It is 10am, so we will first find a place to discuss how to survive these seven days. If there aren’t any problems then…”

As Zheng put the gun back in the ring, he suddenly noticed everyone staring at the house behind him in shock. He could see the fear in their eyes.

Zheng turned around unconsciously and he saw a woman in white leaning on the window on the second floor staring at him with a pair of black eyes. Zheng couldn’t fathom how he felt as if coldness, death, horror, and grudge were hidden behind those eyes.

When he recovered from the shock, he took out the gun once again and sprayed at the window. Yet, the bullets only shattered the glass, the woman was nowhere to be seen.

Jie and Zero grabbed ahold of him and shouted, “Zheng! Calm down, we are safe now! Hurry, otherwise the Japanese police will come!”

They dragged Zheng away. He felt feeble and couldn’t even stand by himself. As the house was going out of sight, Zheng took one last look at it and that woman was there again…

“You calmed down yet?”

Zero handed him a can of coke and Zheng forced a smile. “Thanks for that… It seems like I have become deadweight.”

They were sitting in a small park. Zero went away after he dragged Zheng here and brought back soda and packaged food. Even though the rations they exchanged didn’t cost much, they wanted to save the rations until necessary.

Zheng took a cold drink and felt much better. Lan said, “Are you alright? I’ve told them that you can sense the curse. You’re the only one among us that can sense it, so we will have to depend on you.”

“This feeling is too sensitive. If it continues, I will probably go crazy from the fright before the ghosts get me.”

The boy suddenly said in a cold voice, “You are not calm enough. When you encounter unexplainable things, the first thing is not to panic but try to understand them… Even though you have such power, you’re just a weakling.”

He said it without raising his head. His voice sounded like a girl, and his skin was even fairer than Lan’s. But he had been reading the book this whole time so no one got a clear look of his face.

Zheng was surprised. “Yeah, I am not calm enough… then let’s get to know each other. You have seen that thing back there, so you will believe us now, right? Even though it sounds unbelievable, we are in another world… I’ll go first. My name is Zheng Zha, the temporary leader of this team.”

This was the conclusion the four of them came up with. They couldn’t agree with Xuan during those nine days, so even Zero joined their team. Though Zheng only thought of himself as a temporary leader since no one knew if they were going to die.

Jie took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Zheng and Zero. “My name is Zhang Jie, I can count as a gunner.”

Lan laughed. “I am Zhan Lan, support, not good in combat but I can bandage and help analyze some situations.”

“Zero, sniper.”

The three young men looked at each other. “Lu Renjia, I’m still a college student.”

“Xiao Binyi, unemployed.”

“Qun Zhongding (Ding), senior college student.”

The woman yawned. “Ming Yanwei, HR manager, but Japan huh, I’ve always wanted to travel around Japan. Didn’t expect to fulfill this wish before I die.”

Of the two people left, the man that checked the house said, “Qi Tengyi, I’m an otaku… just kidding, I’m an appraiser… for grave robbers. I wish to join your team.”

Zheng smiled, an appraiser would be someone they’d need. He could be useful in many movies.

The boy put down his book and when they took a look at his face, they realized she was a girl! She was about fifteen, and had a pair of eyes similar to Xuan’s.

“Zhao Yinkong, assassin…” Her voice was cold. She went back to her book. Zheng, Jie, and Lan turned to Zero.

“Zheng, you’re the leader so we’ll have you explain our plans. Assassins are good, this team needs all kinds of talent.”

Zheng nodded, he was worried if there were any conflicts between Zero and Yinkong, but it seemed like they didn’t know each other. Even assassins wouldn’t necessarily know each other.

“I think we need Japanese Yen the most. We have to live here for seven days after all, unless you all want to stay in the streets.”

Zheng laughed then took out two gold bars from the ring. He handed them to Zero and said, “Luckily I exchanged these gold bars from God. Zero, you’re probably more familiar with the underworld than us. Exchange these gold bars for Japanese Yen, it should be enough for us. And buy a few copies of the local map. Including hotel locations and any temples which are here… Oh and can any of you speak Japanese?”

Yanwei and Tengyi both said, “I know a little.”

As Zheng was going to continue, Yinkong also said, “I know Japanese… why do you want the location of temples?”

Zheng smiled at her. “Since there are curses in this world, why can’t there be temples that can remove the curse? If logic from the real world doesn’t apply here, then we will think using the logic of this world.”

She put down her book. “You’re quite interesting, even though you’re a weakling with power, but you seem like a leader… Okay, I will join the team.”

As Zheng smiled at her, Lan suddenly said in a low voice, “There’s still a minor at home…”

Zheng coughed. “Then this is decided. Zero, try to get some guns also, we have a lot of magical bullets. Try to arm everyone with a gun.”

Zero put the gold bars in his pocket and walked away. The weather was sunny, kids were playing, and old people rested in the park. It all looked so peaceful.

But who could say with certainty? This was the world of a horror movie, especially one that couldn’t be explained with science, a world with ghosts and curses!

Zheng looked up to the sky, sunlight felt cold to him, then he remembered that woman in white… Who knew how many of them could go back this time.




“Want to know the meaning of life? Want to live… a real life?” The world changes when you click YES. In God’s dimension, you have to keep getting stronger, keep evolving to survive one horror movie after another. Do you kill everyone in your way to reach the end as a lone king? Or fight along with your comrades and survive through the support of friends? Everything was just for staying alive. Until you find the secret of God’s dimension. Who is the real enemy? 

CALLEA'S eyebrows were drawn together as she walked down the living room. She had been trying to recover from the days she had to entertain Deive's grandfather and her own family and she wanted to catch up with work. Surprisingly, she got along just fine with Don Jorje. He liked old jazz and her piano pieces. He was also into history so they had a lot to discuss. He asked her to visit him in Manila.

She thought she could have a peaceful time for herself since Deive went to the field to help out Torque with harvesting vegetables. He needed to impress her cousin. And since Lee is a financial analyst, he would ask for his help on business as well.

She didn't expect any visitors coming for her. Then she saw who was sitting on the sofa. It was her publisher, Mattheu Segundo. She noticed a black box on the middle of the mahogany center table. She had a bad feeling about this.

He came towards her as she reached the landing. "Finally! I thought you have no plans to see me. How's my most bankable graphic novelist?" he asked and kissed the back of her hand.

Her boss was a handsome and dashing man. A dreamboat for most women. He was a member of Stallion Island Riding and Leisure Club like her cousins where only the rich and young men in the country could join as members like her Torque and Lee. That was why they entrusted her works to him. She knew that she would be taken care of and her identity would be a secret.

"I am good. Thanks for the visit. So what brought you here, boss?"

Callea never visited the office. They just send the check to her bank account and her accountant handle all her accounts. Contacts were sent to her through a courier. She had just submitted her latest book last month. She beat her deadline. Her next deadline was still months away. The renewal of her contract was still a couple of years away. If her publisher would grace her with his presence himself, it must be freakin' important. She was wishing that he was there to increase her talent fee.

"I just visited you. I brought cake and some books on Japanese horror. Vintage ones." There was the sparkle in her boss' eyes as he opened the box. Her heart leaped when I saw the yellowish cover with Japanese ink and an illustrator of a Japanese girl in kimono with blazings eyes, standing in the middle of a bamboo forest. It was something she had never seen before that made her salivate.  It was a forbidden book, according to some. And her boss acquired it for her. "This is for me? This is too much, boss. You know that I am happy that you publish my stories and people appreciate it."

It was too precious as a gift. There was no malice between her and the boss. After all, he only sees her as a cash cow. She was scared of what he would ask in return. It was always business with her boss. There was no such thing as free lunch.

Then came Marina with a green tea crepe cake. She wet her lips. Darn! Her boss knew her weakness and how to put her guard down. They ate while they discussed the comic conference in Tokyo that he attended and how spring came earlier than expected and they nearly missed the sakura blossom.

It was a dream of Callea to visit Japan. She was planning to go there with her friend until her demise.

"I have a favor to ask, Callea." Mattheu's voice sent her back to the present.

"What is it, boss?"

He greased her with a vintage Japanese horror book and a matcha crepe cake. She was ready to listen. Her boss was a wolf. Pretending to be grandma until he shows his fangs. And she knew that she couldn't say no.

"I want you to attend our book signing."

An arranged marriage to a perfect bride.

To keep him in line, playboy Deive Hontiveros needs to marry Callea Lopez so he could start his own business. He thought he got lucky when he sees how beautiful and caring Callea is.

She lives in a haunted mansion though and he got plagued by a mysterious ghost of a woman and her cat from hell.

He must protect his bride at all cost. 

But what if Callea is one with the darkness?

I walk out of the bathroom with a cleaned mask and place it onto my face. I begin to make my way toward the living room and open the shadow magic book. What's revealed are beige and blank pages. 

I stop for a moment in confusion, and from the corner of my eye, something catches my attention. I look away from the book and notice the hall's shadows have begun to sway unnaturally. The shadows stretch as if reaching toward the open book. The shadows crawl up my legs and make their way toward the book before ultimately making contact. Upon contact with the book, black print appears against the pages and begins to burn with a black flame. Finally, the words turn into smoke and hurriedly makes its way into my mouth and nose. 

Concepts and imagery begin to fill my brain. I lean against the wall as images of a world of shadowy figures flow into my mind. Suddenly I feel as if I'm standing in the center of a large circle of darkness with what feels like countless eyes staring at me. Eventually, the darkness parts as a short shadowy figure approaches me and stops just out of reach. 

The shadow that looks to be wearing a dress does a spin and performs a curtsy before giving a little wave and melting into the ground. The puddle of black rushes toward me and engulfs me. For a moment, I feel as if I'm staring into an abyss before the blackness finally flows downward and settles at my feet.

[Ding]

[Acquired Skill: Novice Shadow Magic]

'Wow. I wasn't expecting it to be so intense.'

I start searching through the knowledge implanted in my mind, 'Ah, so that was the process of my own shadow being given form. Callista didn't really concern herself that much with other kinds of magic, but I vaguely recall Night Demons went through a process similar to this when they reached the novice skill level. If I recall correctly, all shadow magic requires the use of your own shadow in some way.'

I stare at my shadow for a moment, and as if sensing me, it fluctuates slightly. I take a deep breath and continue walking toward my objective.

'I'll test things with a live subject this time. Status.'

Name: Eira Callista
Gender: Female
Race: Vampire {Pseudo True God}
Level: 3 (0/50)
Health: 308/330 
Mana: 36/150
Strength: 18
Endurance: 18
Agility: 19
Intellect: 15
Constitution: 33 
Talents: Paranormal
Skills: Intermediate Blood Magic; Novice Scythe; Novice Shadow Magic
Titles: Heir of Blood

Essence: -90

'Well, I have mixed feelings about some of the things on my status, but at least I have shadow magic now.'

Reaching the living room, I peek around the corner to see everyone sitting around watching the television. They are all still bound by their chains, but the chains are long enough to leave them plenty of room to wander about the living room. 

Suddenly a news anchor begins to speak, "...Things in Anchorage are worsening as the military has now formally been authorized to use explosives and other highly destructive means within the city of Anchorage."

"Scary stuff, Jessie. While things continue getting worse, some are pointing to the girl that was originally filmed on the 'Moonlight' as a beacon of heroics and hope. However, some conspiracy theorists are questioning who this girl is."

I tilt my head, '...Wait, they aren't talking about me, are they?'

"That's right, James. There have been some people saying there is a connection between this girl and the brutal killing of Japanese police officers in Japan. Japanese government officials claim the suspect was a Japanese Nationalist who managed to smuggle weapons into Japan illegally; however, rumors are going around on the internet that claims all of this is completely fabricated, and despite the rumors, the Japanese government has maintained its stance and has refused to release any footage of the incident. In fact, government officials have moved to seize any footage of the incident."

"Continuing from where Jessie left off, some who had managed to find witness videos online before the footage was removed claimed the two people seem to share a few similarities. There are all kinds of wild theories going around the web, but most continue to maintain the girl is a hero and are wanting to know her identity."

A small smirk creeps upon my face, 'Interesting, very interesting.'

"Yes, we're all interested in learning more about this girl during these uncertain times. When we come back, we'll take a very brief break from our Anchorage coverage to have a chat with a biologist who is claiming that some animal species appear to be showing inclinations toward more violent behavior. Some are wondering if perhaps this is due to the Crawler virus..."

"Dammit!" Bryon reaches for the remote and turns off the television.

The Staff Captain looks at Bryan and blinks a few times, "What's wrong?" 

"What's wrong?! They're calling that girl a hero meanwhile they're calling us cowards. That girl is a vile monster!"

I frown, 'Well, as interesting as that was, I've had enough of this extra noise already. Let's begin.'

I concentrate and move a bit of mana into the shadow on the ground. In my head, I say the spells name, 'Baleful Whispers.'

The shadow trembles and quickly begins to move through the dark corners of the room.

Bryan continues to rant and rave, "It's bullshit! If that girl hadn't kicked me when she did." Bryan makes a fist, and everyone looks away awkwardly.

Behind Bryan, a small shadow rises along his back and moves close to his ear, "It's not your fault," it says.

"It's not my fault!" Bryan yells.

The shadow continues, "It's your teammate's fault."

Bryan stops speaking abruptly and tilts his head.

"They're all against you. It's only a matter of time before they betray you. You shouldn't trust them." the shadow says.

"...I-I."

"They're liers. Deceivers. Manipulators. They've been plotting against you this whole time. They're why you're in this mess."

"..." Bryan opens and closes his mouth like a fish.

Finally, one of the soldiers walks up to Bryan, "You alright, Lieutenant?"

Bryan shivers when the soldier touches his shoulder and quickly jumps up. The chains rattle loudly as he begins to scream, "You! Don't touch me!"

Bryan pushes the soldier to the ground causing his head to slam into a coffee table. 

"Goddamn! What the hell, Lieutenant!" The soldier yells while checking the back of his head for blood.

The second soldier calls out, "What are you doing, Lieutenant!? Are you alright?"

Bryan looks over to the other soldier hurrying toward him, "What am I doing? I'm...what am I doing?"

A shadowy voice again speaks into Bryan's ear, "You're just protecting yourself. No, you're protecting your country. No one can be trusted." 

"You...I can't trust you either! Get the hell away from me!" Bryan yells.

The soldier looks shocked and confused, "I...Listen, just calm down, Lieutenant."

With urgency, the shadow speaks once again, "Hurry before they try to attack! You need to defend yourself!" 

Bryan's expression suddenly turns to one of fear. He looks around the room desperately before spotting a heavy-looking antique book stopper, "You're all in on it! You're all just trying to destroy this country along with that little girl!"

Bryan grabs and swings the book stopper at the soldier's face slamming into it and sending him flying backward with an obviously broken nose. Seeing this, the other soldier quickly stands and rushes Bryan. The soldier tries to hook Bryan's arms behind him, but instead, they both end up tumbling to the ground. Bryan frees his arms easily and raises the book stopper bringing it down onto the soldier's face. 

Bryan raises and brings down the stopper a second time and then a third onto the soldier's face, "You're all with her! With her! With her! With...her?"

Seeing Bryan wavering, I pull back the shadow and step into a nearby room. Sounds of footsteps come pounding down the hall before a loud voice rings out. 

"What are you doing! Have you gone completely mad!" Terry yells.

"...She...her?" Bryan mumbles.
 
I sneak back out and stare back into the room to find everyone standing around Bryan and the bloodied soldier. Terry runs forward and throws Bryan against the wall. He shows a look of surprise for a moment, seemingly underestimating some of his new strength, but he quickly recovers his composure.

"Her?! Are you talking about Audrey, because all I see is everyone in here staring at you while you beat your own squadmates to near death!" Terry bellows. 

Bryan stares at Terry and Sam, "Sam? You...are you bleeding? Why is your hand bandaged? More importantly, your eyes?"

Taking that as my queue, I step from around the corner, "Oh my! What happened here?"

Bryan looks at me with bloodshot eyes, "You! What did you do to them! What did you do!" 

Bryan stands and begins to charge only for a large arm to reach out and grab him. Bryan looks up to find Sam locking him in place, "Lieutenant...Bryan, I don't know what happened while I was well about to die, but you need to calm down. Please leave...Eira alone."

"You don't know what you're saying! She obviously has done something to you! This is all her fault!"

I tilt my head cutely, "My fault? Well, I admit I may have done quite a few things, but I don't remember making you beat one of your own soldiers to death. Did anyone here see me do anything?"

Everyone looks at one another but doesn't say anything.

I shrug, "See. I think you should be looking at yourself. You're obviously cracking under stress."

Bryan points at me, "I'm...I'm fine. It's you!"

"I wasn't even in the room. I just heard everyone running in this direction, so I came to check it out."

I look at Terry and Sam, "Hello, Brothers. What happened to your hands?"

"...Punishment." They both mumble quietly.

"Oh my! That's unfortunate. I wonder whos fault it was that you two had to be punished?" I look toward Bryan.

"Punished? What are you talking about?" Bryan asks.

"Oh. I think it's pretty obvious. Why don't you ask these two yourself? They might have a thing or two to say." I point to Sam and Terry, but they're staring at the bloodied soldier.

"...Eira, can the Goddess save him?" Sam looks at me with an awkward expression.

"Of course she can, but if she will is up to the Goddess!"

Terry and Sam look at one another, "Can you ask her for us?" 

I sigh, "I suppose I can. Although bothering her so soon makes me a bit nervous, I'll do it for my new Brothers."

"Thanks." Terry and Sam both say.

"No problem!" I grab the soldier and begin to drag him down that hall.

'One more for the blood race.' I giggle.

In the distant past, mana flowed freely across all the Earth. There were numerous races, ferocious beasts, monsters, and even gods. These forces put considerable pressure upon humanity, pushing their population to the lowest point in history. In an effort to save his worshippers, the God of Heaven initiated his so-called "War of Righteousness". 

Many races were devastated, however none more so than the blood race. With her people facing extinction, the Goddess of Blood created the spitefully named Evil Goddess System to preserve her legacy in the worst-case scenario. Eventually, the Goddess fell, and the blood race went extinct.

Not long after the Earth was cut off from the cosmic mana stream and the numerous magical creatures inexplicably and suddenly vanished.

Tens of thousands of years passed, and humanity spread across the Earth. Finally, having sensed the slow return of the Earth's mana, the Evil Goddess System began to search for the inheritor of the Goddess's legacy.

~~The cover was commissioned for use with this novel only.~~

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Wu Ji and his team went to Japan for an Asian MMA training camp. In addition to the training, there's a few friendship games and regular competitions, too.
The fighting conditions in Japan were considered very good in Asia, featuring both an excellent social foundation and atmosphere, as well as plenty of competition experience. Kyoto, especially, is the best site for large fight competitions in Asia outside of Macau.
When Wu Tong realized Wu Ji was going to Japan — and after finding out about events at the Singapore airport — she instantly called Meng Fan. It sounded like Meng Fan was staying a few days in Japan, so she instantly thought of having Meng Fan find Wu Ji.
She was still worried for Meng Fan!
While she was proud of Meng Fan, she was still concerned. She was afraid there was an organization behind the hijacking; if they found out Meng Fan's identity, they'd do him harm. Yet Meng Fan was so relaxed he still wanted to be out in Japan, which wouldn't be as safe as China. 
She heard previously that Meng Fan was going to Japan after Singapore — something to do with manga — now that Meng Fan told her the same thing, she didn't want to force him to come back to China. However, she still ordered Meng Fan to stay at the hotel and not go anywhere before Wu Ji's arrival.
After some more conversation, Wu Tong could hear Meng Fan was checking into the hotel, so she hung up.
The lobby for the Aman Kyoto Hotel was on the 33rd floor. The tallest part of the lobby was almost 30 meters high, crossing six levels, and proved to be a stunning sight when you looked up.
The interior of the hotel lobby featured a distinctive style similar to Japanese lanterns, presenting a different effect with the light and shadows, depending on the time of day. It was very unique.
The huge lobby offered check-in services as well as meals and drinks. One could enjoy an afternoon tea, all meals, plus drinks and coffee and more. In the afternoons and evenings, female artists in kimonos would play piano and provide art performances.
To Meng Fan, the most striking thing about the lobby, other than the grandiose size, was its symmetry.
When he was checking in, the employee offered him a welcome drink and hot towel. Then, he was led upstairs.
His second eldest sister, Meng Cailian, reserved a luxury suite of almost 80 sqm for him. Divided into a bedroom, lounge, office, and bathroom, the room was large and comfortable.
Since Meng Fan was Chinese, the employee taking him upstairs was bilingual in Chinese and Japanese. After she explained the facilities of the room and other services, she left after delivering a welcome letter, snacks, and a room entry card.
The entry card was built into a belt buckle and could be worn on his waist when he went out to prevent losses and make it easy to carry. Of course, this belt buckle was a custom design and made an ordinary belt look quite upscale.
What if you didn't have a belt?
Then you could put the entry card wherever you liked.
After Meng Fan closed the door, the first thing he did was take a shower. It had been more than 24 hours since he last bathed, not to mention the six-hour-plus flight he just had.
"Ahh, this is nice."
Meng Fan walked into the bathroom and turned to the right, which had a toilet next to the double counter. There's plenty of room in the bathroom; other than a shower and a jacuzzi, there's also a sauna.
All of the toiletry products in the bathroom were the Aman Kyoto Hotel brand, with great quality and a full selection.
After a shower, Meng Fan started soaking in the jacuzzi.
Then, he sweated for ten minutes in the sauna. So relaxing!
If Meng Fan wanted, a phone call would bring a massage therapist, male or female. Female therapists would undoubtedly be pretty; however, they were medical therapists, and there's nothing funny with their services.
After a relaxing time in the bathroom, Meng Fan ordered a meal and went toward the TV console in front of the bed.
The TV was hidden inside the console and could be moved up or down.
Behind the TV console was a minibar. After he opened it, he saw all kinds of beverage containers for tea, wine, coffee, and others. There was a fridge full of soft drinks, water, milk, and juice, all of which were free and were refilled daily. If one drank them all and wanted more, it could be refilled for free as well. In fact, if you didn't want the drinks in the minibar, handmade coffee could be delivered to you.
The environment was amazing; the service was comprehensive. After all, this hotel charged more than 100,000 Japanese Yen per day.
This time of year wasn't the peak tourism season, so the hotel charged 120,000 to 130,000 Yen for this kind of room. If it was the peak season, a smaller room would run to more than 10,000 Chinese yuan.
When it came to peak and off-peak tourism seasons in Japan, there was an interesting theory. For all southeast Asian countries including Japan, the peak and off-peak seasons depended largely on whether the Chinese people had holidays.
In a little while, Meng Fan's meal was delivered. It was a two-people dinner as requested. The food looked beautiful, the kind some girls would take photos of before reluctantly eating. The taste wasn't bad.
Meng Fan wasn't in the habit of checking food for poison. He inhaled the food quickly, then he started pacing in the hotel suite.
Even if Wu Tong didn't give the order, Meng Fan didn't plan to go out. He didn't even want to go to a CV meet and greet in the afternoon.
Why?
He was staying in to draw manga!
By now, he had +12 points in comic book Settings and Scriptwriting attributes. The story in his mind had been plotted over and over. He also had an outline and many sources of pictures, so he wanted to focus and draw today. He planned to have an opening chapter before visiting Shueisha Comics and Kodansha Comics — he wanted to submit his manuscript! 
There were also 10 points in attributes he didn't assign yet.
Meng Fan started thinking of how to assign them.
The 10 points weren't too many, but they weren't too few either.
Wait!
Meng Fan remembered something else. He hadn't completed [100 Champion Honor Points] yet. If he got this title, he'd receive +3 points in Drawing skill, Settings, and Scriptwriting as rewards in attributes.
Currently, in his bank card, in addition to the 500,000 yuan from Bai Zhi, he also got paid for the royalties from 8th Station streaming platform last month. In addition, there were the 100,000 dollars in reward from the airport and Japanese airline, which was given to Meng Fan after a conversion to Chinese yuan, so he definitely had more than a million yuan now.
He made money so he could spend it.
Meng Fan was perfectly happy using the one million yuan to get nine properties. Strictly speaking, it was 500,000 yuan; after all, half of what he rewarded him belonged to himself.
He logged onto his account on Penguin Animation and Comics Online, and in a flash, he added 100 million Penguin Bucks into his account!
He was going to use them all on "There's a Spirit Underground" but thought it was too selfish.
He clicked on "Create New Work" in the publishing platform. After careful consideration, he entered the name of his original comic, "Legend of the Mountains and Seas," and uploaded a book cover he drew earlier. Now the book was ready for review.
Meng Fan called his editor, Yixin, asking him to help review and approve the book.


To reward Meng Fan for his bravery before his heroic death, the cosmos rewarded him with a 'system', sending him back in time to three months ago, alive.

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