Chapter 1: The Scam Package
"The power from the Void is borrowed, so expect the Void to collect."
— Grand Marshal Rhys, Death Order.
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"Damn it!" Cail cursed. He almost got tripped by his cat. If he hadn't immediately steadied himself, he would've probably been eating a mouthful of mud right now.
"God, this stinks." Cail couldn't help but scrunch up his nose as he held the package. It smelled like sulfur and rotten egg. "It better not be something illegal."
This package had been late for three weeks now. That was almost an entire month! Then boom! One night, it just randomly appeared at 7:00 PM outside his front gate.
It was raining like crazy. His mom was still at the mahjong house, and he was now drenched like a wet rat. He felt irritated beyond belief. With such irresponsible mother, he might as well be an orphan.
With a lot piled up responsibilities in this house, this package just added to his numerous list of irritations.
He had only found the package because he went outside to search for his cat. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known it was delivered. By tomorrow or maybe even just an hour later, this box would have probably been stolen by those package thieves.
CRASH! BOOM!
His cat, Blackie, was spooked. It quickly bolted inside the house, leaving behind muddy plum footprints.