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Tuesday, 17 January.
Jebi is sitting on a chair in the FBI office.
Emu is doing some work on her laptop. Suddenly, Jace enters the room and says to them, "On the TV now!"
Emu: "What happened?"
Jace: "You would know if you were on the damn TV. Where the hell is the remote?"
Jebi: "It's on the table."
Jace: "Thanks, man."
Jace is on the TV!
A reporter explains about a video clip.
Reporter: "With this, we are finished with this topic!"
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Jace: "Shit. I didn’t make it in time."
Emu: "Can you explain what is going on?"
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(Jebi): "Yes. Don't give us more suspense; just tell us already!"
(Jace): "Well. On channel 'Country News', they showed a video tape of an unknown person. That person puts a mask on his face - a mask in the shape of a demon. He calls himself 'Demon'. In the video tape, he said he is from another world and he has the ability to open the second seal halfway. He has a master key. He also mentioned that there are some people in this world who have a 'Card', and with that card, he can successfully open the seal. He said if those who have the ability want to meet him, they should meet at 'Suppress Temple' today at 5 pm."
(Emu): "First, what the hell is the card and seal? Second thing, I didn’t expect it from 'Country News'."
(Jace): "Expect what?"
(Emu): "I mean, just look at what you're saying. A guy wearing a demon mask calls himself a demon and says something which doesn’t even make any sense."
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(Jebi): "I mean, you are stupid, but why would I believe something ridiculous like that?"
(Jace): "Oh! I forgot to mention the most important thing. The guy who called himself 'Demon' gave 'Country News' a video tape about this, and he also gave them 2 million dollars."
(Emu): "That's a lot of money. So we can assume it's not a joke or something."
(Jebi): "Hey Jace, find the video clip from the internet."
(Jace): "Wait a bit."
Jace finds the video just by searching a bit.
(Emu): "Looks like it's going viral on the internet now."
Jebi notices a weird thing in the video. Behind the guy, there is a white wall. On that wall, someone wrote 'Mirror' in red paint.
Emu notices Jebi looks a bit tense.
Emu asks, "Is everything okay, Jebi?"
Jebi replies, "Yeah, everything is fine."
Suddenly, Emu's phone rings. Emu receives the call.
Jebi is looking at her. Judging by her expression, it's clear that something bad happened!
Jebi asks Emu, "What happened?!"
(Emu): "That son of a bitch has murdered someone again!"
(Jace): "Oh no!"
(Jebi): "Who are you talking about?"
(Emu): "A serial killer. We call him the Grim Reaper. Our friend, the Grim Reaper, is on his 12th murder streak today, and we have no clue who he is!"
(Jebi): "Don't worry. No matter how smart someone is, they can't win against me!"
(Emu): "Seriously now! Your behavior is called overconfidence."
(Jebi): "This is called experience."
(Jace): "That's smooth, man. But I gotta admit, the whole FBI is searching for leads to find out who the killer is! None of us can even see any clues to find out who he is!"
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(Emu): "Exactly."
(Jebi): "Wait, wait, wait. Are you guys telling me I can't catch your so-called Grim Reaper?"
Emu and Jace both said at the same time, "Yes."
(Jebi): "Um... Okay, fine. Wanna bet?"
(Emu): "Yeah, no problem."
(Jace): "It's fine for me too."
(Jebi): "Okay, so bet 100 bucks that I can't catch the killer."
(Emu): "Nah, 100 bucks is too high!"
(Jebi): "Oh yeah? Are you afraid of the price? Or are you afraid that you can't win?"
(Emu): "Who said I am afraid?"
(Jebi): "Then bet 100 bucks!"
(Emu): "Ugggh, fine!"
(Jace): "There's no problem from my side."
(Jebi): "Okay, now give me the file of this case!"
(Emu): "Not now. We have to go, and you can't concentrate in the car."
(Jebi): "Just give me a few seconds. I just need a glance at the pages."
Jace gives him the file of the case.
The file contains 45,000+ words.
Jebi memorized the information in less than 10 seconds.
It just shows how powerful his memory is!
Emu and Jace didn’t believe him and stare at him with doubtful eyes.
Jebi said, "What! You don't believe me? I memorized this? I was asked long ago by a friend of mine named Jack. He also didn’t believe me!"
(Jace): "Okay then, tell me the most important information about the killer!"
(Jebi): "He has medical knowledge. He cuts his victims like a professional, so he might be a doctor. It was on page number 12."
(Emu): "Are you really this sharp since your childhood?"
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(Jebi): "As I said, a friend named Jack didn’t believe me long ago. I am at least 100 times smarter than my old self. By 'old self,' I mean when Jack didn’t believe me. You see, I am not like you guys. I grow every day!"
(Emu): "Okay, enough chitchat, we have to go now!"
On the crime scene:
Jebi looks at the body carefully. The victim is a 25-year-old man.
Jebi is a little amazed! This is what we can call the closest to a perfect murder. It is closest because nothing is perfect.
They say the killer always leaves some clues behind. But this killer called the Grim Reaper literally didn’t leave a single clue.
It's not like there isn’t any information which he didn’t leave. There is some information which he left, but the problem is those can't be considered as clues because they can't help to catch the killer. But that doesn't really mean that these little pieces of information are useless.
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Jebi looks at all the information that the killer left.
(Jebi): "Okay, the work is done! Emu?"
(Emu): "Yes. What is it?"
(Jebi): "There is nothing important here. I am gonna leave now, okay?"
(Emu): "Okay, that's fine. I will handle the official work!"
Jebi is now sitting on a bus.
He's looking at two children and their family. They all look happy. They are most probably going somewhere for a picnic. Somehow, looking at them makes Jebi sad.
Jebi thinks to himself, "Why does this view make me sad? Is it because I've never experienced something like that? Or is it because of their future? They are traveling by bus, so most likely, they are a middle-class family. People usually think that middle-class families are living a better life than low-class families, but that's not true at all. Middle-class families are living a better life than low-class families on the surface level, but that's just superficial. In reality, they are suffering more. They are the ones who can't even beg for food because of something called respect. They would choose to die rather than beg. Humans are really foolish. They will die for something like respect, which doesn't even exist. Respect itself is an interesting thing. It is something that can easily be manipulated. This world is really similar to my world. A corrupted world. The only difference is this world doesn’t have magic. But no matter which world it is, if there is a human society, then there would be evil because humans themselves are evil. In this world, humans don't look at each other with kindness but with hatred. In a world like that, a middle-class family can't be successful because rich families will stop you from being successful. You can't be successful unless you are really talented or a hard worker."
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Jebi looks at them again. They look happy.
Jebi looks out the window. He has already left the town.
A thought crosses Jebi's mind: "Should I kill them? It would be easy to kill them. But I don't have time for that! Also, why should I kill them in the first place? Let's just forget it."
After a little while:
Jebi is in front of the Suppress Temple. Originally, there are many temples in this area.
Jebi doesn’t enter the Suppress Temple. Instead, he is going into the temple which is exactly in front of that temple.
Jebi thinks to himself, "In that video, someone wrote 'mirror' in red paint. The paint is still new because it is dripping on the wall. This suggests it was written recently, not just written in red paint. And red is the color which grabs attention very easily. This suggests that the person 'Demon' wanted me to see this, and now let's get why he wrote 'mirror'. It's because he wanted to tell me to come to the temple which is in front of me. Because the temple in front of Suppress Temple is almost the reflection of it."
Jebi enters that temple. There are 2 people standing in front of Jebi.
One of them says, "If you mistakenly entered this temple, go away. This temple is closed today."
Jebi notices that they are well-built. Also, they have scars on their faces and many other signs, all of which suggest that they are fighters.
(Jebi): "I don't think you guys figured out the mystery. So that was Vincenzo who figured it out, isn't that right?"
One of them says, "Are you the one named Demon?"
(Jebi): "You idiots. I am not Demon. I am the holder of the key!"
One of them again says, "My name is Hirosawa. And beside me, he is my brother, named Toshi. And in the underground arena, we are called 'Chain Killers'. You are not going anywhere."
Toshi calls someone.
Jebi notices that more than 50 people with weapons like baseball bats, etc., enter the temple. Most of them are Japanese.
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(Jebi)- Toshi. Looks like your call is finished. Did you report to Vincenzo?
(Toshi)- Yes. How did you know him?
(Jebi)- Well. This means 'Demon' is neither of us. Not me nor Vincenzo.
(Hirosawa)- What do you mean?
(Jebi)- Idiots. Didn't you notice there is a camera in that temple.
Both of them said " Where?"
(Jebi)- Look at the statue of Buddha eyes.
There is really a camera.
(Jebi)- If Vincenzo is Demon, then what's the point of you guys to report Vincenzo! This means that person called Demon is watching us.
Toshi again called someone.
Jebi pointed at Toshi and said, "Aw look at that loyal dog reporting everything to his owner."
(Hirosawa)- Do you know what Vincenzo told us when he sent us here!
(Jebi)- How would I know!
(Hirosawa)- He said we can't kill you because of something called god protection.
Jebi thought to himself " So Vincenzo has realized. Actually the monsters who are imprisoned in the second seal are somehow a threat to gods. That's why when Roberto and his wife are fighting each other and Roberto loses control. Gods have to enter the battlefield. Since I have 50% control of opening the second seal, gods will protect me. Because if I die, 50% control will be lost and 50% of the second seal army will be released."
(Jebi)- So what did Vincenzo say?
(Hirosawa)- He said 'If we can't kill him then knock him out. Beat him unconscious. '
(Jebi)- Hey. Then why did you guys come here with more than 50 people. Are you looking down on me!?
Jebi takes off his overcoat.
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