Five seconds before Destiny

casting long shadows that stretched and flickered with the soft hum of the refrige

hand, untouched. His eyes were distant, dark with the weight of

int, almost

like a whisper echoing from a grave, "let's go to the funeral. My

lightly, confused. "W

the future I remember. I only live in a past I've already experienced. The past repeats itse

Boss... have you been

swering, walking toward his

, I've broken... and still, I fear what's to come. It's like kn

room, leaving the air

. He tugged at his collar and muttered under his breath, "He's cracking... los

k suit he had worn before. His hair still damp from the morning, his expres

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each turn echoing a route Huyan

e the re

halt. Silence stre

leaned slightly forward,

ll be

in the mir

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lue-haired girl stepp

oved like she had all the time in the

breath

Mr. Yan. Do you see her?

eah, I see her

ind out everything. Name. Address. Where

small nod.

een. The girl vanis

jaw tight. His throat was dry. The pressure i

the man who made him a monster. The man who taught him how to kill

al home. Grey stone, shar

justing his suit collar. His fingers tremb

ink someone like my father can truly die? A

Time eats everything. If you spent your days enjoying life, ma

e entrance. "Then the

at at the center of the room, draped in black and gold. Pale ca

ached th

im in blood-his face pale, sti

fin and clasped the dead h

nd you told me to make it mine. You watched as I stained

d, lips

ands are my own now. And I

l into the coffin-the same one

ed withou

pulling out a cigarette with unsteady hands. He tried to ligh

lit be

lighter clicked shu

a

ace, dressed in an expensive black suit that looked more l

said smoothly, sliding the lighter back

idn't r

lowering his v

choked him... he w

didn't

ened, whisper t

eautiful, really. Watching the great king drown in his own b

d. Controlled. But beneath the su

f the cigarette,

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ked. "Lik