Afterlife Department

Chapter 328 - Rainbow Tower

Gu Xingfeng just rolled his eyes at Hao Baiyun. "As if you could." He muttered. "You could try." He told Hao Baiyun and provocatively glared at him.

"I will try!" Hao Baiyun said as he raised his fists and swung them at Gu Xingfeng. Gu Xingfeng easily dodged. "Gu Xingfeng! Don\'t dodge!" he yelled and then raised his foot to kick Gu Xingfeng. But, Gu Xingfeng jumped back. "Don\'t move! Let me beat you!" he told him.

"As if!" Gu Xingfeng said.

"Ge…" Huo Ling called.. "Is he… that policeman you mentioned to me earlier?" he asked.

Hao Baiyun stopped and turned to Huo Ling. "Yes." He answered and patted off the dust that clung to his pants. "This is…?" he asked and looked at Yi Bing who was coldly standing behind Huo Ling.

Huo Ling\'s expression turned better when Yi Bing was mentioned. "Yi Bing. He is an agent sent to me by Lu Si." He answered. "My bodyguard." He smiled and looked at Yi Bing.

The coldness in Yi Bing\'s face was lessened.

"MI6?" Hao Baiyun\'s eyes widened. He knows Lu Si, since his cousin is working in the MI6.

Huo Ling nodded.

"MI6?" Gu Xingfeng spoke and looked at Yi Bing. His eyes slightly narrowed when he felt that dangerous aura surrounding Yi Bing. MI6? More like an agent from hell! He thought, which is not far from the truth.

Hao Baiyun sighed in relief. Then, he apologetically smiled at Yi Bing. "I\'m sorry to misunderstand you earlier." He said. "How about a meal? Let me treat you to a meal. I also want to talk with xiao Ling." He said and looked at Huo Ling. There was a smile on his face, but his eyes looked pleading.

Huo Ling bit his lip. He really doesn\'t want to meet with Hao Baiyun. He will just put the other in danger.

"A meal? Let me be the one to treat you all, then." Gu Xingfeng spoke and took out a wallet from his back pocket. Then, he threw it to Yi Bing, in which the other easily caught. "I\'m the one who misunderstood he situation, and caused everyone to misunderstood." He said. "You won\'t mind, will you?" he asked and looked at Yi Bing and Huo Ling.

"I mind." Yi Bing bluntly answered, which surprised Hao Baiyun.

Meanwhile, Gu Xingfeng\'s expression didn\'t change. He actually doesn\'t want to interact with Yi Bing. He was about to say perfunctory words of regret, when he suddenly felt a pain on his side. Hao Baiyun elbowed him. He gritted his teeth and endured the pain as he forced a smile towards Huo Ling. He knows Huo Ling is the key here. "Teacher Huo. Forgive my frankness, but we\'ve already been dragged in this mess. So, you will be seeing us more later." He said. "And so, everyone should be familiarized with each other this early, to avoid problems that will ensue in the future." He explained.

As expected, Huo Ling\'s expression changed. Meanwhile, Yi Bing\'s gaze became colder. Hao Baiyun and Gu Xingfeng felt their neck became cold. But, they endured. Hao Baiyun wants to talk to Huo Ling, while Gu Xingfeng is being forced by Hao Baiyun. If he knew this would happen, he would have never called Hao Baiyun earlier, nor went out of his office to avoid that wallet that is bringer of bad luck.

As if fate is playing on him, someone called his phone. "Yes?" he answered.

"Chief!" the police officer in the front desk called. "The taxi driver returned. He is asking if the young man was saved from his kidnapper. Did you succeed?" he asked.

"… yes." Gu Xingfeng answered through his gritted teeth. Then, without waiting for the other side to speak, he ended the call.

Huo Ling heard the phone call and he felt touched, and guilty. Meanwhile, Yi Bing\'s face looked like the bottom of a pot. If he knew this would happen, he would have never called that taxi, nor have given his wallet to the taxi driver to avoid this bad luck.

"Okay. Let\'s go have a meal." Huo Ling said.

Yi Bing almost snapped on the spot. This will be a stifling meal, I assure you!

Stable World, Afterlife Department.

Yi Bing wasn\'t having a good time, and neither Gu Shi nor Di San. Gu Shi\'s face is dark while Di San\'s smile is stiff as they followed behind Yang Jie, the second grim reaper after Yi Bing. Shen Sheng has relieved Yang Jie from his duty as a spy and appointed him to manage the City of the Dead while Yi Bing was away.

Now, Yang Jie is leading Gu Shi and Di San to the Rainbow Tower – the tallest tower in the City of the Dead. It is called the Rainbow Tower because of the glass of the tower turning to the colors of the rainbow after being struck by the sunlight during the day, while the lights illuminating it making it look like a rainbow during the night.

The name \'Rainbow Tower\' should be a happy place to visit. But, not in the City of the Dead. The Rainbow Tower in the City of the Dead isn\'t a hotel, or a business building. The Rainbow Tower is a prison. That\'s why Di San dreads to go there, much less approach it. Everyone has a negative impression of prison. And, not only are the grim reapers are imprisoned inside, but also angels, who doesn\'t like to do service in exchange for their sentence.

As for the archangels, they won\'t be imprisoned, but just be demoted to an angel. Or, like in Yi Bing\'s case, be turned to a grim reaper. Angels, and archangels, loathes grim reapers. Thus, an archangel turning to a grim reaper is the biggest disgrace they\'ll receive. They\'d rather kill themselves than to turn to a grim reaper. But, of course, killing themselves isn\'t easy. Since, once an archangel dies, they will die for good. No reincarnation cycle for them, likewise with the grim reapers. That\'s why, the grim reapers and angels that were prisoned didn\'t kill themselves. They wanted to ask for one more chance to redeem themselves after they sinned. Since they don\'t want to do service, then they suit themselves inside the prison.

But, this isn\'t the only reason why the Rainbow Tower is feared. It is because that there is inside the Rainbow Tower that is very horrifying. Some rumors say it is a beast locked inside the Rainbow Tower. Some say that it is void. That anyone that would approach the Rainbow Tower will be sucked in by the void. And, those grim reapers and angels that were imprisoned actually have all died after eaten by the void.

That\'s why after Di San was told by Yi Bing to go to the Rainbow Tower, Di San was very unwilling. But, it\'s not that he could ask for Shen Sheng to go and take the Soul Fragment, right? In the first place, why would Yi Bing place the Soul Fragment in the Rainbow Tower – a place where no one would want to go to?!

"It is because the most dangerous place is the safest place." Yang Jie spoke, as if reading Di San\'s mind.

Di San immediately shut up.

"We\'ve arrived." Yang Jie announced.

Everyone immediately looked up. Their breath instantly hitched as they looked at the towering building before them. The more they look, the more they feel that the building would suddenly collapse on them and crush them flat like pancakes.

Di San immediately covered his mouth when he felt nauseous. He won\'t eat pancake tomorrow.

Gu Shi took a deep breath. "Where is the Chrysanthemum Room located?" he asked.

Hearing the question, Di San raised his head and looked at Gu Shi. Then, he turned to Yang Jie. "You won\'t go with us?" he asked.

Yang Jie shook his head. "I have something to do." He spoke and pointed the towering building illuminated by many colors. "The Chrysanthemum Room at the top floor." He told them.

Gu Shi and Di San looked at the top of the tower, which is actually hidden by the darkness since the lights can\'t reach it. It\'s as if there are dark clouds surrounding it, and they thought they have seen some lightnings for a moment.

They gulped. "Why Rainbow Tower…?" Di San muttered.

Yang Jie looked at him. "You mean the name? It was Shen Taizi who named it." He told him. "He says that the tower looked gloomy, and even its purpose is also gloomy. So, he told Yi Bing to illuminate the outside of the tower with colorful lights. And, he proposed the name \'Rainbow Tower\'. He said that it would cheer up the prisoners and might inspire them." He explained.

Di San shut up. Shen Taizi\'s sense of humor is always so weird… "Shall we go?" he asked as he looked at Gu Shi.

Gu Shi nodded. "Go." He said. He nodded at Yang Jie before he and Di San walked inside. It was only then that they realized why Shen Sheng wanted for the outside of the building to look colorful.

The inside of the Rainbow Tower is pitch-black darkness.