Chapter 69: After Work
But first of all, ’Operation avoid the incarnation’.
"Officer!" The gentle voice sounded clearly in the horde of people waiting for the lights to turn green.
Ravi looked ahead as he stood behind an elderly man who was carrying a tote bag filled with vegetables.
"Officer!" This time, the voice was lower with a little confusion. Ravi looked away with practiced ease. The pedestrian light flashes green and he steps on the crosswalk with the amalgamation of different people and varying scents. He reached the other side in good time and walked forward before he paused and looked back.
The wait line was now empty except for a single person, the hat that he was wearing in the morning was missing but the blue silk was still around his eyes with that carved wooden walking stick.
He did not cross. It was none of his business, Ravi said to himself but his feet were as if rooted to the ground. Something about that sole person standing on the crosswalk, as if abandoned by the world made his heart ache.
Why? Why did he feel a hint of guilt? It was a very odd feeling, and Ravi struggled to rationalize and find the reason for it.
The man was just blind, there was no reason to warrant this aching emotion and guilt in his chest.
He blinked, could it be that he was just afraid? Thinking about it, if this person was really the First of the Ten Kings and the First Judge of the Netherworld, he could spoil Ravi’s plans for a peaceful death if he decided to be petty. The memories of an incarnation return to the original immortal after his mission is complete.
He had no intention to be subversive but ignoring him and loving him on the road did not look like it had any benefit for him. He squatted down, Alright, he would wait five minutes.
After five minutes, Malik still did not cross. He would reach out as if to touch the person next to him but he would put his hand back down.