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nAfter Zhao Luo went inside the building there was a little girl outside who lightly tucked her mothers’ skirt and said

nOka~~a San that Uncle went in the haunted building. Can we go in there too?

nThe girl was pointing at the building that Zhao Luo had just entered.

nHer mother trembled after looking at the haunted building. She had heard weird stories about this haunted building and some extreme stories even included people getting heart attacks inside there.

nSo she said to her daughter

nMaybe we will go there when your daddy is with us okay boo. But not now.

nAfter making this excuse she held her daughter’s hand and walked away from that place as fast as she could.

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nHaunted Building Central ward of Tokyo.

nZhao Luo went inside and his breathing hastened as his excitement increased.

nHe controlled his feeling.

nAs he moved ahead he could see some posters around him which had a spooky house printed on them. So he generally had an idea of what he ignored on the banner which was outside the building.

n‘Keh. As if I will be scared.’

nHe thought. After which he said in a loud voice.

nCome at me ghosts. I will face you all ALONE.

nZhao Luo suddenly declared war on the ghosts in the building.

nThese ghosts were obviously people who would only be pretending to be ghosts or other evil beings but Zhao Luo felt quite satisfied after his declaration and started moving.

nWhen Zhao Luo reached the stairs which moved to the first floor he stopped there for a moment thinking about turning back and leaving the building.

nEven after his earlier bold announcement Zhao Luo in reality was a very ‘Cowardly’ man.

nHe could even win in a competition if the competition was based on ‘who can be the biggest coward’.

nRight when he was still deciding whether to move towards the first floor of the haunted building or leave the building

n‘Tap Tap’

nA drop fell on his right shoulder then the next instant another drop fell on his left shoulder right away.

nZhao Luo looked towards his left and saw a mummified ghost trying to grab him.

nThe sudden appearance of this ghastly mummy shocked Zhao Luo and he screamed

nAhhhhhhhh.

nZhao Luo had fear clouding his mind and in confusion decided to go up towards the first floor.

nWalking on all fours like a gorilla he jumped on the stairs while making his way to the first floor.

nAfter reaching the first floor the stairs ended even though the building had five floors. The stairs to the second floor were at a different point on the first floor unlike the usual way where all the floors had their stairs connected.

nZhao Luo looked down towards the descending stairs to see if the ghost was still following him but he couldn’t see the ghost. Even though he knew that it was a fake one but he couldn’t control himself.

n‘Huff Huff Finally. I can’t see that ** of a ghost’

nHe thought while breathing heavily.

nZhao Luo walked around the first floor. Just when he heard a grumble.

n‘Grrrrrrr’

nIt was his stomach. Zhao Luo who was already scared out of his wits before started to look around anxiously.

nRight then he heard the same grumble sound again.

n‘Grrrrr’

nThis time it wasn’t my stomach

nZhao Luo said.

nJust then he felt a hand on his shoulder.

nAhhhhhhhh

nThe hand touched him so suddenly that Zhao Luo didn’t even look back. He just ran.

nHe reached the end of the floor and right there he saw stairs.

nReaching the stairs which were going up he decided to go up like before. So he started to climb the stairs but this time the stairs never ended. He climbed the stairs. while climbing his breathing was getting heavier and heavier. Each step became a burden.

nJust when he was ready to fall on the stairs giving up going up anymore he saw the last of the stairs.

nHuff Huff Finally. Fucking hell. Is this a haunted house or a stair climbing marathon? Huff Huff.

n‘Tap Tap’

nHe reached the last step.

nZhao Luo saw a small board on the wall in front of him with a digit on it. He freaked out after seeing it. The board had a five on it.

n‘5. I thought I was supposed to be on the second floor or maybe third but fifth. What a weird building’

nHe thought.

nWhile Zhao Luo was lost in his thoughts he heard someone addressing him.

nMr. Luo Zhao

nA Japanese man wearing sunglasses and a golden long coat over his clothes said.

nZhao Luo laughed after hearing his name backward which meant something else.

nHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…cough cough

nZhao Luo looked at the man and said

nIt’s Zhao Luo not Luo Zhao.

nAnger could be seen in the eyes of Zhao Luo even though he laughed but this was the only thing he hated the most.

nSomeone calling his name backward in front of him was a no-no. As his name backward meant ‘Nude Photo’.

nZhao Luo closed his hands tightly and moved towards the Japanese man.

nClouded with anger Zhao Luo wanted nothing more than to punch that man.

nThe only thing Zhao Luo forgot was his condition.

nThe moment he reached the guy he fainted.

nRunning up on stairs for four floors and then getting extremely angry caused his respiration to increase to the point that his lungs couldn’t handle it anymore.

nThus his lungs stopped working. This caused his breathing to stop.

nZhao Luo started falling like a log as he had fainted but just then like a shining knight the Japanese guy grabbed the falling Zhao Luo and carried him in his arms like a princess.

nI can’t let you get hurt.

nHe said while tightly keeping Zhao Luo in his arms.

nMany people would have fainted if they saw this.

nThe guy walked towards a door. After the door opened a big hall was seen. This hall was really enormous as if the whole fifth floor of this building only had this hall.

nInside the hall many people were present who were wearing the same clothes as the guy holding Zhao Luo.

nThis hall was a laboratory.

nRight when the guy entered through the door all the others looked at him and said in unison

nWelcome Project leader Takuma.

nThis guy was Takuma.

nThe man with the most brilliant mind in Japan who was working on human longevity.

nHe was respected for his researches by many superior researchers.

nThe project he was leading was supposed to increase the life span of a human and make their bodies way stronger than they could ever be.

nTakuma walked towards a bed in the hall with Zhao Luo being carried by him.

nThe bed Takuma was walking towards had a big capsule next to it.

nIt was big enough to easily fit a person in there.

nTakuma placed the unconscious Zhao Luo on the bed and stared at his sleeping face.

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