“Apologies for the late visit, sir.” the man with a smiley mask said in a slimy voice, being unnaturally polite. “I heard that you’ve been looking into us. Pray tell, is that true?”1

“I don’t know what you’re talking about…” Dick vomited another mouthful of black blood clots, feeling an overwhelming pain throughout his body and a quiet burn in his internal organs.0

“Why don’t we both be a little more honest to the other, Mr. Dick?”0

The man took the handkerchief back. “You’re an awakener, a member of the intelligence department of the Hundred Rivers Union in Li City, and you’re looking into the Godbearer Cult’s work in the West Nation. I, on the other hand, am the sales manager of the Godbearer Cult in this country.”0

Dick blanched and stopped...0