A line of balls made of a mist-like substance moved slowly towards a man who was sitting on a chair with an expressionless face. There was a plain white table in front of him, and once every ball stopped in front of him, he would talk to them. A few seconds or minutes later, the balls would disappear from where they were.

A few hundred meters away from the man was one such ball that was smaller than the other balls in front of it and behind it. It mindlessly moved along with the line while waiting for its turn.

No one knew how long it took, as the concept of time in this place was different to the point of it being weird. The small ball floated in the air like the others, and when the guy sitting on the chair was done with the one in front of him, he looked at the small ball, and the look of boredom on his face vanished.

"It's you again..." he said as he snapped his fingers, creating a barrier like he had done with every single ball he had talked to.

The ball in front of him was smaller than the others, but it was also denser.

It shook for a few seconds before taking on the shape of a human. It was featureless, but there was a head with a mouth, torso, and limbs.

"Hehe, hello again. We meet for the eighth time!" the smoky mist man said as he turned around to see the line behind him. He knew for a fact that he would look like a regular ball of mist to everyone else.

The guy in front of him nodded. "So... what would you like this time? Like always, I have to follow the rules and can only let you take things based on the karma you obtained in your previous life."

"I know, I know," the mist man said before sighing. "Haaah, I'll miss you, man. This will be the last time I'll be able to keep my memories intact, so the next time I come here... you'll probably see me floating around like everyone else here."

The guy sitting on the chair looked a little sad when he heard the mist man, but in the end, he shrugged. "That's got nothing to do with me. So, tell me what you want, and we can get things done with."

"So harsh!" the mist man said, pouting as he looked at the table in front of him that worked similarly to a monitor. It had a list of things that he could buy, but he simply went through the list once and nodded to himself before looking up at the guy in front of him.

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"I'll wait here at the corner of this room of yours like always. You can continue doing your thing," he said and walked over to the corner of the illusion room created by the other guy and stood silently.

Used to his actions, the guy sitting on the chair shook his head slightly and snapped his fingers once again, making the mist man blend in with the illusion room.

One by one, the mist balls floated into the room and picked one of the items on the list based on the amount of karma they had. Once that was done, the guy sitting on the chair would spray some liquid on them before sending them through the hole in the floor behind him.

The mist man at the corner stared at the line for a long time. Time quickly passed, and after who knew how long, he grinned. Extremely far away from his location, there stood another mist man.

This one was thinner and shorter, but that did not change the fact that it was humanoid like himself.

'You're finally here, human emperor. Looks like my poison worked pretty well on you, heheh,' he thought as he looked at the thin and short mist man. He silently waited until the human emperor's soul's turn, and when he saw him enter the illusion room, he couldn't help but grin.

The guy sitting on the chair looked up at the human emperor with surprise before going back to his expressionless face.

"Pick the stuff you want from this list. You can buy stuff using karma, and you have..." he said and pointed at the table. "Place your hand on the table."

Nodding, the human emperor did as he was asked, and once he did, at the right side corner of the table, there was a change. A four-digit number showed up, and it was golden in color, which meant good karma.

"2832 Golden Karma," the guy said as he looked up at the human emperor after he glanced at the number. "Looks like you were a great person in your past life. Please pick whatever you wish to have in your next life."

The human emperor nodded and scoured through the list before looking up at the guy in front of him. He then pointed at the thing that he wanted.

"You wish to retain the memories of your past life?" the guy asked, and the human emperor nodded silently.

"Okay, that will be 2500 karma. You have 332 left, and you can buy more if you want to. Just so you know, if there is karma left at the end, it will be consumed to determine your background."

Nodding, the human emperor pointed at another thing on the table.

"Grade three spirit bone... three hundred." the guy said and nodded before looking up at the human emperor. "Anything else?"

Seeing him shake his head, the guy on the chair placed his hand on the table, and the very next second, there was a golden glow on the human emperor. He wasn't sprayed with the mysterious liquid like the others were.

'Of course, that liquid was used to erase the memories of the souls. I guessed it before, but now I can tell for sure,' the mist man at the corner thought to himself as he saw the human emperor walk towards the hole behind the chair.

With a smirk, he dashed towards him, and just as the human emperor was about to jump into the hole, he kicked him as hard as he possibly could and then pushed him into the hole.

"Phase one of the plan was a success. I'll buy my stuff now, sir angel," he said, his mouth curved up into a wide smile as he looked down at the red-faced angel in front of him.