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THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM Barely Breathe
Somewhere deep beneath Blostom’s rotting heart, far below the streetlights and laughter, Joey Douglas sat chained to a chair that groaned with every shallow breath he took.The room around him was a tomb — low, damp, stinking of mildew and old rust. A single bulb swung from the ceiling, its weak light carving sharp shadows across cracked concrete walls.Joey’s face was barely recognizable anymore.One eye swollen shut. Blood dried in a crust along his temple. His lower lip split open so deep he tasted iron every time he moved.He slumped forward, wrists cuffed so tightly his hands had turned a sickly color beneath the shackles. Every small movement sent jolts of pain up his arms, but worse was the steady, gnawing ache in his ribs — cracked, maybe broken — from the last time one of the men had decided to remind him of his place.And they were still here.Three of them, standing just beyond the thin halo of light, their faces blurred by shadow and menace.Watching him. Waiting.Like gri
THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM Do We Failed?
The hospital corridor smelled of bleach and something far less clean — desperation.It clung to the cracked linoleum floors, the scuffed walls, the faded plastic chairs bolted to the floor.Thenma sat hunched forward on one of those chairs, his elbows on his knees, staring at the floor as if the answers he needed might somehow crawl out of the tile grout. His jacket was still damp from the rain outside, the cold seeping through the thin fabric, but he barely noticed.Across from him, Laura Finch lay motionless on the hospital bed behind the glass partition.IV lines tethered her to machines that beeped in slow, measured rhythm, like a clock counting down seconds she couldn’t afford to lose.She was awake now — but barely.Her eyes flickered open and closed in exhausted intervals. She hadn’t spoken since he arrived; just the occasional faint movement of her brow, a silent acknowledgment that she recognized him.Thenma scrubbed his hands through his hair, tension knotting every muscle i
THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM Don't Trust The Clock
Rain hammered the streets of Blostom as if trying to wash the city clean — but nothing could cleanse what lurked in the alleys and shadows.Thenma stood at the edge of the hospital’s deserted parking structure, staring out into the wet night.His jacket clung damply to his frame, the bloodstains blending with rainwater until they were indistinguishable.[Reve: Optimal Route to Central Terminal Calculated. Risk Assessment: 81% Hostile Encounter Probability.]Thenma ignored the warning.He already knew it wasn’t going to be easy.Nothing worth surviving ever was.A faint buzz rattled in his ear — the commlink connecting him to Collin."You sure about this, boss?" Collin’s voice crackled over the line."You're walking into a setup. You know that, right?""I don’t have a choice," Thenma muttered, sliding a fresh magazine into his sidearm and checking the safety. "Joey's alive. Or someone wants us to think he is."Silence.Then, quieter:"Katarina wants to come."Thenma’s hand froze mid-ch
THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM The Loser and His Protective Sister
Thenma rushed to the other room in his small, dilapidated apartment. His hurried steps caught his sister, Adeline's attention, making her glance up suspiciously from the sofa. "Thenma, what are you doing?" Adeline asked, noticing Thenma with her makeup kit. "Are you covering up bruises with my cushion again?" Adeline anxiously forced Thenma to face her, inspecting the bruises on his face. "I only used a little, Adeline. I'll buy you a new one when I get my paycheck," Thenma said. Adeline gently touched the bruises and outs on his brother's face, saddened by the sight. It wasn't the first time "I don't care about the cushion. Were you beaten at work again?" Adeline's voice was direct, and Thenma's silence gave her away. "What else did those pigs do to you? The bruises from that bastard, Evan, and his friends haven't even healed yet." "I was just slacking off a bit, so they only gave me a warning." Thenma replied. "You call this violence a 'warning?" "That's just how the th
THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM No One Come To Help The Weakest Loser
Thenma's head throbbed with pain as the wine glass shattered against the skin. His vision blurred, and blood trickled down his face, but anger—fueled by betrayal—burned hotter than any pain. "How could you do this to me, Pene?" Thenma's voice cracked, filled with rage and disbelief. He tried to move toward Penelope, his trembling hands tried to reaching out. Penelope, her face suddenly pale, took a small step back. For the first time, she looked afraid of the loser she used to look down at. "What the...? Stay away from me!" she said, her voice a little tremble. Her voice wavered as she saw the fury in Thenma's eyes. It wasn't the weak Thenma she had always known. It was as if she had woken something dark inside him, a sleeping monster that had now surfaced. Before Thenma could get any closer, Evan shoved him hard, sending him stumbling backward. "Where do you think you're going, loser?" Evan smirked as Thenma crumpled to the floor. "You really think you can have her? She's mine
THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM Guilty And Grudge
Thenma blinked slowly as his eyes fluttered open. The sterile smell of antiseptic filled his senses, and the ceiling above him was blindingly white. Pain radiated from his ribs and thigh, forcing him to stay still. He realized he was in the hospital, his body aching with every breath. A soft rustle beside him caught his attention. Thenma turned his head slightly and saw Adeline sitting in the chair next to his bed. Her face looked gaunt, her once lively eyes now dull and lifeless. The cuts on her face from Evan’s abuse were faint but still visible, casting a shadow over her usually glowing appearance. Her shoulders were hunched, and her clothes were wrinkled, as though she hadn’t left his side for days. Adeline noticed Thenma was awake and stood up, her movements slow and heavy. She looked at him for a long moment before speaking, her voice barely above a whisper. "How… how are you feeling?"Thenma’s throat tightened as guilt washed over him. He tried to answer, but the words stuck
THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM The Great Revenger System
Thenma stood in the doorway of Adeline’s new apartment, watching as she sat on the couch, staring blankly at the TV.After earned his first fantastic amount from registration reward, the first thing Thenma wanted to do with the money was to provide his sister a better life. He paid Adeline's top medical service to her physically and mentally's health, and bought a luxury apartment for their new living. Normally, Adeline would asked hundred times to make sure where did Thenma got such a money, but she kept her mouth shut like she didn't care, or she just didn't concerned about that because her head was full of something else.The apartment was modern and clean, with large windows letting in natural light, but the brightness didn’t reach her. Her once vibrant energy was gone, and she seemed like a shadow of the girl she used to be."Adeline," Thenma said softly, trying to put on a smile. "Look at this place. It’s beautiful, right? You don’t have to worry about anything anymore. We’ve go
THE GREATEST REVENGER SYSTEM Something To Bring The Devils Down
Penelope was sprawled across the mattress like she owned the place, dressed in one of Evan’s shirts, her hair cascading over her shoulders. Her eyes flicked to Thenma as he entered, her expression momentarily startled before it shifted into her usual look of disdain. "Oh, I didn't see ya there," she drawled, a mocking smile playing on her lips. "What are you doing here, Thenma? Did you finally grow a spine, or are you here to get humiliated again?" Thenma stepped further into the room, his jaw tight. "I’m here for Evan. Where is he?" Penelope scoffed, sitting up slightly. "He’s not here, obviously. He’s out at some fancy party with his dad, like you know, he's not an ordinary person with ordinary daily things to do; wake up, survive, then sleep." Penelope still bragging about Evan, forgetting about the evil side of him. No wonder, since they were shared the same devil so they were a perfect match. "What’s the matter, Thenma? Did you really think you could come here and challenge
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Don't Trust The Clock
Rain hammered the streets of Blostom as if trying to wash the city clean — but nothing could cleanse what lurked in the alleys and shadows.Thenma stood at the edge of the hospital’s deserted parking structure, staring out into the wet night.His jacket clung damply to his frame, the bloodstains blending with rainwater until they were indistinguishable.[Reve: Optimal Route to Central Terminal Calculated. Risk Assessment: 81% Hostile Encounter Probability.]Thenma ignored the warning.He already knew it wasn’t going to be easy.Nothing worth surviving ever was.A faint buzz rattled in his ear — the commlink connecting him to Collin."You sure about this, boss?" Collin’s voice crackled over the line."You're walking into a setup. You know that, right?""I don’t have a choice," Thenma muttered, sliding a fresh magazine into his sidearm and checking the safety. "Joey's alive. Or someone wants us to think he is."Silence.Then, quieter:"Katarina wants to come."Thenma’s hand froze mid-ch
Do We Failed?
The hospital corridor smelled of bleach and something far less clean — desperation.It clung to the cracked linoleum floors, the scuffed walls, the faded plastic chairs bolted to the floor.Thenma sat hunched forward on one of those chairs, his elbows on his knees, staring at the floor as if the answers he needed might somehow crawl out of the tile grout. His jacket was still damp from the rain outside, the cold seeping through the thin fabric, but he barely noticed.Across from him, Laura Finch lay motionless on the hospital bed behind the glass partition.IV lines tethered her to machines that beeped in slow, measured rhythm, like a clock counting down seconds she couldn’t afford to lose.She was awake now — but barely.Her eyes flickered open and closed in exhausted intervals. She hadn’t spoken since he arrived; just the occasional faint movement of her brow, a silent acknowledgment that she recognized him.Thenma scrubbed his hands through his hair, tension knotting every muscle i
Barely Breathe
Somewhere deep beneath Blostom’s rotting heart, far below the streetlights and laughter, Joey Douglas sat chained to a chair that groaned with every shallow breath he took.The room around him was a tomb — low, damp, stinking of mildew and old rust. A single bulb swung from the ceiling, its weak light carving sharp shadows across cracked concrete walls.Joey’s face was barely recognizable anymore.One eye swollen shut. Blood dried in a crust along his temple. His lower lip split open so deep he tasted iron every time he moved.He slumped forward, wrists cuffed so tightly his hands had turned a sickly color beneath the shackles. Every small movement sent jolts of pain up his arms, but worse was the steady, gnawing ache in his ribs — cracked, maybe broken — from the last time one of the men had decided to remind him of his place.And they were still here.Three of them, standing just beyond the thin halo of light, their faces blurred by shadow and menace.Watching him. Waiting.Like gri
Ripe Enough
The rest of the drive unfolded in heavy silence, though not the brittle, wounded quiet from before. This was different—charged with thought, reflection, a thousand unspoken decisions forming behind Katarina’s downcast eyes.When Collin finally steered the car into the narrow private driveway of their safehouse, the night had deepened into a heavy, oppressive calm. The house itself was an unremarkable structure tucked behind a thicket of ironbark trees—ordinary enough to be invisible to the casual passerby, fortified enough to hold its own against anything less casual.Collin parked neatly beside the porch, cutting the engine with a smooth flick of his wrist. The moment the keys clicked out of the ignition, Katarina unbuckled her seatbelt, but didn’t immediately move to open the door. She sat there instead, the interior lights soft against her pale face, her fingers threading nervously together.He waited, patient.After a long moment, she finally spoke, her voice steadier now, though
I Smell Something's Off
Katarina turned around, it was Collin who came straight to Katarina quickly and snatched the drugs out of Katarina's hands. "What are you doing?" the man asked, just enough to make Katarina sigh tiredly.Though there was only a little more .... to go"You're trying to cause trouble with Silas again?" asked Collin, he looked furious but still tried to contain it. "What exactly are you thinking, Katarina? Please leave Silas alone, let him calm down!""Can you feel at ease if the real villain is still roaming around Thenma?" Katarina asked back, leaving Collin with a look of astonishment. Katarina returned Collin's gaze boldly, then she took the drugs back from Collin's hand. "I'm trying to find the real culprit, Doctor, I don't suspect Silas alone and I've searched every room in this house. And do you see what I'm holding? These are the drugs you checked when Adie bought them from outside, the ones that replaced the fake ones you used!"Collin gave Katarina a sharp look, seemingly unabl
Keep The Distance Far
Katarina was stunned. No matter how many times she listened, she still wondered why Joey was trying to stay away from The Elites, even to the point of indoctrinating her family like this and making it seem like The Elites was a bad ex-employer who let her out while causing trouble.The more she thought about it, the more suspicious Katarina became. If she had experienced it firsthand like this, she could no longer think badly of Collin and his prejudice against others. What Collin suspected was real, and Katarina felt it."If Lady is really someone from The Elites, please don't follow me anymore. I will pay for her hospital fees, but please don't see me or my family again." While Katarina was busy pondering, Lily suddenly said something like that. Katarina wanted to quickly evade but she restrained herself when she saw the girl's face which was really pleading, as if she did not want to be bothered by anything related to The Elites anymore.Katarina sighed. It almost occurred to he
Chase Me
Katarina felt like her world was turning upside down. Or was it? After trying to protect the girl who was almost hit by a city transit car, Katarina couldn't help but let herself take the place of the child as she tasted the tip of the speeding metal.Katarina was only grazed, but the factors following her managed to make her fall more dramatic than that of the child she was helping. Katarina toppled over so many times, she couldn't count them to even realize whether her head hit the road or not. She was reckless.But when her head felt like it was spinning violently, the girl came to her with a look of deathly anxiety. Her expression was much different from the cold look she had shown earlier. "Lady... Lady okay?" she asked, then hit herself on the head for asking such an obvious question. Katarina was not okay!People who had seen what had happened earlier and those who hadn't, flocked to where Katarina lay limply now. Even the driver was responsible enough to come down and ask h
To Find The Girl
As Katarina had previously guessed, apparently Collin's fever was not a fever that healed overnight. It had been three days, and Collin still didn't have enough stamina to return to his normal activities. So Katarina insisted on telling him to stay in the room, and let Katarina take care of the things she usually took care of.One of them is like what Katarina is doing right now; negotiate with one of the people Collin suspects—Joey, the former head mechanic of The Elites family.This afternoon Katarina decided to come directly to meet Joey and talk to him, perhaps the middle-aged man would talk to her because he and Collin certainly had a lot of pressure. Collin had said himself that maybe Joey was afraid to talk to him because Collin had a strong intimidating aura, so Katarina would try to speak softly at this opportunity.Katarina steeled herself and stepped into the house Collin had told her about earlier. One of the houses that was neither luxurious nor small, a simple house that
Shocking Missing
The emergency lights flickered once more before stabilizing, casting a pale, sterile glow over the hospital corridor. Thenma leaned back against the wall, folding his arms tightly across his chest, forcing his breathing into slow, controlled rhythms. Across from him, Alex shifted his weight, grimacing as the movement tugged at his injuries. "You asked what happened," Alex rasped, his voice low and rough. "I'll tell you." Thenma gave a short nod, bracing himself. "Laura was working late," Alex began, his gaze distant, as if seeing the events unfold again in front of him. "Digging through her files. Cross-referencing a string of data leaks we’d picked up from the Montgomery case—Edward Montgomery’s money laundering through Highlife Apartments. She’d found something... something serious." "Serious how?" Thenma asked quietly. Alex gave a small, bitter laugh. "Enough to put half his empire in front of a judge. Enough to finally crack the ones shielding him." Thenma’s jaw tightened. L
