The voice echoed all around Xiang.

“Who are you?!” Xiang said, instinctively bracing himself in case he was attacked.

“No need to brace yourself! I’m just a humble old… being,” the voice said while an old man in raggedy clothes walked into the hall. “My name is… Lewis. I live here.”

“In here?” Xiang asked.

“Yes, in here. You question me?” Lewis said.

Xiang backed away. “Anyway, you're here because you're dead.”

“Wait, what?!” Xiang exclaims. “That little dog killed me?!”

“Yep, the dog did,” Lewis says smugly.

Lewis walks over to Xiang and smirks.

“Hey hey hey, what are you doing?” Xiang questions.

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Lewis flicks Xiang in the chest, which makes him go unconscious.

Xiang awakens to the sound of water rushing underneath him. He jolts up to see where he is. It looked like he was at a beach in the middle of the night. Xiang, looking for help, starts pacing around the beach. Xiang walks past a woman lying on a towel near the shore.

“H- hello?” Xiang asks. The woman immediately wakes up and screams. Xiang continues, “I was wondering where this i-”

Xiang is interrupted by a man, which the woman is clinging to for dear life.

“The weak should quiver in my presence, when the nice guy gets angry, you should bow beneath me”

Xiang, confused, proceeded to go closer to the man.

The man mumbles to himself mentioning Xiang’s name, before pulling out a large sword from his pocket.

Xiang, seeing the sword, jolts up straight, and tries to do the same. When Xiang does, he sees a toothpick in his hand.

Xiang notices the difference in strength and attempts to run. The man, chasing after Xiang, slashes Xiang’s back over and over. Xiang suddenly stops in his tracks, falls to his hands and knees, and looks back. The man is right behind him, ready to skewer his sword through Xiang. Before he could be skewered, his back becomes a fountain of blood. It starts to spray everywhere, and Xiang screams. The man is unphased. Waiting for the blood to stop spraying, the man puts away his sword and closes his eyes.

Xiang finally stops gushing out blood and looks at the man in pure fear.