Binnie’s training was beyond anything Jim had expected.She literally began to beat everyone again and again and waited until they healed, and then she fought them and beat them again and again.For two days, this continued to happen.Jim practiced on refining his technique during these seemingly peaceful days.Meanwhile, Rena was discharged from the hospital.She came home straight, and she was not in a good mood because her sister and dad didn’t come to the hospital even though it had been two days since she woke up. It was one thing that her boss didn’t come, but her own sister and father also didn’t come. Why? Just what made them stay at home? What were they so busy with?Rena searched for them, but she couldn’t find them in the house.“Where are they?” she asked her mother.“I think they went outside, knowing that you’d come,” Lola chortled.“Mom, this isn’t funny. It feels like they’re avoiding me,” Rena blurted. “What exactly are you not telling me?”“Don’t worry, Rena. Your da
Marc and Shiney came home almost an hour after Rena had come home. They came straight to Rena’s room, but she was sleeping.They didn’t disturb her and went to Lola’s room to talk with her.Shiney didn’t speak for long. After she left, Marc spoke with her, “Did you know that Jim had a lawyer?”“No, he didn’t have any lawyer,” Lola said, “not that I know of.”Marc then gave her a visiting card.“Bernard Williams….” Lola was startled. “This guy is… my brother’s lawyer back in the day. Is he still around?”“He’s a lawyer in the supreme court now,” Marc said.“What?” Lola was pleasantly surprised. “How did you meet him now? How did you get his visiting card?’“He came to us himself,” Marc explained. “He was fucking fat, so I thought he was some excessive food-addict from a shitty neighborhood with a shittier past, but it turned out that he’s the freaking lawyer. He was too fat to fit inside your typical car. He came in a custom-made Benz car. I checked about him online. He’s clearly very
Some time later.Shiney came to Rena’s room. Rena was working on her art designs.“Already started working, have you?” Shiney sat down on her bed. “Why do you care about work so much when your boss didn’t even come to the hospital these past two days?”“I work because he pays me, not because I want him to shower positivity on me,” Rena replied.“How cold of a reply,” Shiney snorted. “Befitting of you.”“You didn’t come to the hospital these past two days, either,” Rena retorted. “Did I complain?”“U-Uh, no…” Shiney said in a soft, weak voice.“You are my little sister. Even if you didn’t come to see me, I can’t erase from my heart the love I have for you,” Rena said.“I-I’m sorry. I don’t like hospitals, sis,” Shiney tried to give an explanation. “You know that as well, don’t you?”“If something happens to our dad, and he ends up in prison, will you visit him?” Rena asked. “Or will you say that prisons are too rowdy for you to visit?”“T-That’s…”“There are times when we should put o
At the stairs that led to the fourth floor of the Beast Dungeon, there were giant statues of warriors of the Beast Clan.An old man was taking the body measurements from everyone so that he could carve their statues for the future generations to see.When he was taking Jim’s measurements, Jim said, “This is pointless.”“Why do you say so?” the old man curiously asked.“This place will not last long,” Jim said, surprising the old man as well as Binnie who heard his words.“What makes you say that?” the old man asked again so he could get more information straight from the mouth of the horse.“You are old enough to understand my words, so I won’t repeat myself,” Jim said.“Is that so?” the old man stopped taking Jim’s measurements. “I’ll take your word for it then.”“If you have friends or family here, tell them to leave,” Jim said as he walked away.The old man looked at Binnie and smiled, “Freedom seems near.”Binnie gave him some money and then caught up to Jim and told him about Dou
Stanley drove to a private tower and reached the penthouse, where Tenzin was living.When he entered the hall, Tenzin was looking at the image of the man whose picture frame was fixed to the wall. This man was well dressed in a gray suit and was stylishly walking. “Look at his swag and grace, and his face… everything is perfect about him. He is the only one that has reached my standards. No, he even surpassed them. I don’t mind lowering myself if it’s for him. But the real question is… how do I get him to give up his wife and kids and then follow my tail?“Should I try killing his wife and kids? Should I kidnap them and then force him to submit himself to me? No, there’s no fun in living with a stressed man. I want him to freely be with me. But I just don’t know how to make him mine. Do you have any good ideas, Stanley?”Stanley looked at the man in the frame and shook his head. “I don’t get it, ma’am. That man is someone our entire brotherhood fears. How can you recklessly think of m
Bernard Williams reached the central police station to talk with the chief of police, but only the deputy chief was present there.Because Bernard was a supreme court lawyer, the deputy chief personally received him into his office.But there were no sofas in the office, so Bernard sat on the couch in the hall.“If you called me, I would have come to your house, no, sir?” the deputy chief said. “But anyway, what brought you here? It must be something very important.”“Oh, since it’s your dismissal letter,” Bernard handed him an envelope. “You are permanent relieved from your services.”The deputy chief forced out a smile thinking that the lawyer was joking, but after he enveloped and checked the document, it was personally signed by the governor. He was shocked and utterly confused. Why did the governor sign for his removal? He completely didn’t get it.“I can understand your situation,” Bernard said. “You were just doing what the governor said, weren’t you? But…that’s not why you are
This was probably one of the crappiest days Rena had experienced in a while, not counting the day when she and Jim were attacked by Stanley.Of course, the bout she had with the deputy chief had something to do with it, but more than that, when she went to her office, her boss Austin had already hired a new art designer to work in her place. And this woman just happened to be the same person that always criticized her works out of jealousy.Rena felt so stupid for working all night to bring something to the table today.Austin tried to explain to her, but she thanked him for opening her eyes and making it easier for her to quit the job as he removed her from the project because she was in a coma.She wasn’t hurt just because he appointed someone else as the head, but because he didn’t tell her about this when she called him the previous day. He might have thought that Rena wouldn’t come to the office for at least a few more days, but that excuse just wasn’t justifiable enough for Rena
Seemingly, the last floor of the Beast Dungeon was like an underground city, not in terms of the size but the sheer number of facilities that were available.There were hotels, inns, bars, restaurants, and so on.However, what shocked Jim and everyone was that most of the people living on the fourth floor were not humans. They were all reptilians who looked very scary, as if they can’t wait to mess with new humans.Then again, there were those that were smiling pleasantly.The humans they initially found on the fourth floor weren’t alone. They all had these reptilians latch onto their backs like how an adult would sit on another adult’s back. And these humans did not look healthy at all. They didn’t even seem to be in their right mind. They appeared weaker and worse than drug addicts because the reptilians sitting on their backs were leeching their energies continually.It seemed like every man was for themselves on this floor. After all, there were no human groups. In fact, Jim and o