This novel has slow releases. Because of the difficulty, we plan to release when we can. Like once every two or three months.
Everyone will still have to die someday, but the weight of it can be as heavy as a mountain or as light as a feather. If death was due to mistakenly being killed by an immortal, then the weight would be much greater than a mountain, and I am categorized as one of those type of people who think the same way.
The man’s face was red and his two drunken eyes were unfocused. The smell of alcohol lingering on his body a.s.sailed the nostrils of those nearby. His words were unclear but he called himself Thunder G.o.d. With an arm around my shoulder and his mouth near my ear, every breath he released carried along the smell of alcohol. He shouted with a rough voice, “Pū~~~~~~Hate uncle, this case hate your uncle, áo! This case, hate your uncle, you heard me? áo! It’s like this gé… this case, the top wants me to release a heavenly thunder in Taipei to frighten one of Hong Kong’s banks. Uncle had drunk too much, can you see that? Uncle is not going to drink anymore, hēihēihēihēi, I saw Northern Taiwan’s Gang Xiang Ren Bank as Taipei’s Hong Kong bank, and caused TM to be hit crookedly and directly hit your head. This case, blame this uncle, áo! This case, blame your this uncle!!!”
Here is the entrance to the netherworld. From a distance, under the organization of the ghost officer, those many ghosts were lined up to enter into that huge and magnificent door. I was sitting on a short stone pillar and was uncomfortably embraced by the Thunder G.o.d. Feeling the uneasiness, both of my hands rubbed on my legs, like a male prost.i.tute receiving his customer for his first time. It was reckoned that today’s job wasn’t something easy to deal with, but no matter how difficult it would be, I still could not eat this unspoken grievance. As I looked at the Thunder G.o.d, though he looked fiendish, I was still quite good at talking. Hence I braced myself and asked, “That… Uncle, this time I was struck by you, shouldn’t there be compensation? While riding his bicycle, my village chief hit a widow, and as compensation, he gifted her 10 jin of chicken eggs.”
“Not exactly, áo! Not counted you know?” Thunder G.o.d used his forehead to hit my temple and cried out, “What on ‘earth’ is this uncle? Uncle is immortal! What do immortals do? Hēihēihēihēi, Whatever they want to do, they do! Understand!”
My heart panicked. Did I meet a rogue? I was afraid of rogues as it could be very difficult to communicate with them.
Thunder G.o.d continued, “Uncle will arrange for you, arrange for your reincarnation! Uncle will help you reincarnate into a good and wealthy family. Just you wait, uncle will help you calculate……”
After saying that, the Thunder G.o.d close his eyes and started to calculate with his fingers. He kept muttering, sometimes he would whisper and sometimes he would laugh. It looked like he was in a drunken fit.
èn! This is fine!” Thunder G.o.d’s forehead once again hit my temple and it was like my head had hit a mallet, very painful, “Pū ~~~~ Uncle had just calculated, your this life will be awesome! There’s this fatty with a surname Jin and uncle had arranged for you to be reincarnated as his son. As his son, won’t you be awesome?”
Thunder G.o.d staggeringly grab my hand and was about to go when I quickly returned to my seat, “Āi āi āi, Uncle, I’m not in a hurry. Aren’t you going to reconsider having me reincarnate as that fatty’s son? Wa, my throat cannot make it ah.”
Thunder G.o.d was in a happy mood, he shakily pointed at me, “Are you joking? Are you joking with this uncle? I’m not asking you to run a business, but to be his son! Be his son, you understand?”
I apologetically smiled, “Uncle thunder had mistaken me, I did not mean it like that. What I’m hinting at is… are there other options? As you can see, at death’s door, I’m still someone else’s child and I had enough of it already……”
“Ok!” The Thunder G.o.d understood, “You got a point, áo! Since you said that you don’t want to be his son then I will arrange for you…arrange for you to be this surname Jin’s daughter. This should be fine!”
“Please don"t ah, being his daughter doesn’t mean it would be any easier than becoming a show anchor!” I quickly disapproved, “Uncle Thunder, for your compensation, shouldn’t you listen to my opinion? Your haphazard decision makes me feel as if you are trying to quickly settle this matter.”
The Thunder G.o.d stared at me and blinked for a long time before realizing, “Ó~~~so it is like this, you got a request, isn’t it? You got conditions, don"t you? If uncle doesn’t agree, you will sue heaven to fire me? You are thinking that since you’re already dead, there’s nothing for you to be afraid of and I wouldn’t dare to offend you because my future is in your hands? You want to extort something from me right?”
It took me a moment to understand what was going on. Thunder G.o.d hand drunk too much and had truthfully said out all these thoughts. Thus I slowly nodded my head, “Yes……”
Thunder G.o.d slapped his thigh and was somewhat sober up, “Ok! Let’s go, we will find a place to discuss this.”
“Go where? isn’t here fine?” I was a bit nervous as my long years of experience in the dark side of the world told me so. For the same topic which required the need to change location, there will be a change in rhythm.
Thunder G.o.d let out a laugh and explained, “Ah, Just now…that, didn’t you want us to discuss your conditions? But if you want to properly discuss this, we will need to go to the reincarnation station. If we are not there, there’s no point in the discussion, understand? So are we going?”
I quickly agreed, “Go, why wouldn"t I go?! I will listen to you.”
Although I was doubtful, he was an immortal and no ghost would know what tricks an immortal has. Let’s not be too anxious. When you run into trouble, don’t play smart. This was from my own experience.
Thunder G.o.d led me to the huge door. He took the initiative to act as my tour guide, “Through this door is the yellow spring, the path of no return. Once you take this path, you will never be able to return.”
On hearing his words, I busily felt around my pockets. Thunder G.o.d stared blankly at me, “What are you doing?”
I muttered, “I’m making sure that nothing dropped since I’m not coming back."
Thunder G.o.d, “……”
On the path of no return, I noticed that those ghost on the road also maintained their original form. Not only that, they were are all radiating with health and vigor. They looked like they were all in a good mood and there had smiles on their faces.
I curiously asked, “What are they doing? Did they drunk Granny’s Meng Soup and became high?”
Thunder G.o.d gave me a glare, “Don’t talk nonsense. You are curious why they are so happy? Then Uncle will explain. Whatever sickness or disability they have when they were alive, upon death, the spirit of the deceased will appear in a complete and healthy form. For them to restore back their health and body, why wouldn"t they be happy? Those whose life was a failure, to be able once again reincarnate, won’t it be good? For some, they were concerned and anxious about mortal wealth, but upon death, in a short time, they would understand and get sick of it.”
I nodded my head, “It’s reasonable, or else those that had been bedridden, after coming here had to find someone to carry them. Not to say those whose legs were blown to smithereens.”
While chatting with the Thunder G.o.d, a ghost walked pa.s.sed me. His voice was bright and clear as he spoke a tongue twister.
I spoke with admiration, “Till death, he still put in all his effort when speaking.”
Thunder G.o.d calculate with his fingers for a moment before shaking his head and said, “When he was alive, he used to stutter with his words.”
I joked, “The happiness can only be fleeting. Anyway, when one dies, will every illness disappear?”
Thunder G.o.d shook his head, “Not absolutely”
I asked, “Is there those that are unrecoverable from?”
Thunder G.o.d looked around before pointing at the young man not far away. That young man was squatting down. His front bangs were covering his eyes. At such young age and his face was already this gloomy, like he was weighted down by his worries. The two of us followed the group and walked to the front. I heard the boy talking to himself, “Today, I went to get a chinese fortune stick, only to know whether I would be able to be the leader of my school. In this lifetime I could not gift you a peaceful environment, in the afterlife, I will still want to fight for a beauty……”
From his words, I got gooseb.u.mps; and asked, “Boy, how long have you been dead? Don’t you understand human words?”
This gloomy youngster replied me, “Boorish people, how would you understand the love buried in my heart.”
I ridiculed, “What buried love? At your age you have this kind of love!”
Thunder G.o.d advised me, “Don’t follow him, even the King of the Netherworld isn’t about to treat this illness.”
Right at the moment when we were tired, a ghost banged into me from behind. Looking behind, I saw a big sized ghost and when he opened his mouth, he scolded, “You blind?! Don’t you have eyes? Are you blind?”
I was immediately enraged. I was nearly unable to restrain myself as the first thing that ghost said when he opened his mouth was to scold others. Thunder G.o.d held me back. He gently shook his head and his face was filled with mercy. That ghost quickly walked away. I was slightly sad, “That person, when he was alive, was he blind or mute?”
“None of them.” Thunder G.o.d shook his head, “When he was born, he was small in size so could only endure being bullied. This time, just let him vent himself.”
“Being small is also counted as an illness?”
“Not an illness.” Thunder G.o.d corrected, “Count as disability”
Looking at those numerous ghosts, I was deeply moved, “So they originally were pitiful people, ah.”
Immersed in the feeling of being moved, suddenly within the crowd, a ghost rushed out and ran to the side of the road. That ghost pulled down his pants. I could only hear that ghost whistle. That ghost soon came out with a face radiant and full of happiness.
Thunder G.o.d laughed and asked me, “Are you used to seeing those having constipation?”
Before the feeling of nausea came over me, came the sound of hurried footsteps from behind. A ghost dashed past me and behind was followed by two ghosts. That ghost turned his head and laughed shrewdly, “Yí hēihēihēihēi, come and catch me!”
I looked at the Thunder G.o.d with a questioning look and he just looked at me. Within both of our lines of sight, another bunch of ghost ran pa.s.sed carrying along the sound of laughter, "Yí hēihēihēi". G.o.d of Thunder helplessly said, “Crippled is the most difficult to deal with, thieving can let them be happy to the point of running and jumping….”