Chapter 1: Suicide

Chapter One: Suicide

The moonlight was like water and the night was as cold as ice. The hazy moonlight shone upon this incomparably magnificent manor; the lake water gurgled, wandering like a graceful, slender stream, rolling silver ripples that shimmered under the moonlight.

By the lakeside, a small figure stood with her back to the moonlight, her cast shadow immediately vanishing into the threads of chill.

That small shadow faced the silver-waved surface of the water, staring blankly for a long while, before finally lifting her skirt and walking, step by step, straight into the churning waves.

Step by step, step by step, she submerged. That straight body was full of despair and devoid of life, until that small figure completely merged into the bone-chillingly cold lake water. A piece of green gauze was lifted by the night wind, slowly drifting away from the lakeshore toward the sky, obscuring the indifferent moonlight. Everything fell silent, as if nothing had ever happened.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning tore through the tranquil night sky. A gust of violent wind stirred up surging undercurrents, and heavy darkness eclipsed the moonlight. A blood-like red slowly bled across the sky, eerie and bewitching, like a massive bloody hole swirling with gale-force winds, or as if the sky had been forcibly ripped open. In a sudden flash of lightning, a golden dragon burst forth from the bloody hole, spiraling and dancing like bolts of lightning as it split through the ink-colored abyss. Its golden scales flared as it spiraled downward with its bloody maw agape in pain, burying itself into the lake water.

Suddenly, the lake water rose. The violent winds and surging waves rolled uncontrollably, like a painful struggle, churning even the bottom of the lake. A massive roar, as if piercing through time and space, burst through one's internal organs.

"Ah!………………"

The woman's scream was no less than the low growl of a monster. "Damn it! Where is this? Are there monsters?!" She!……………… She was in the middle of a mission, capturing the dangerous criminal codenamed Satan, and now she was! Someone set her up! Definitely!

Her waist was gripped tightly by something unknown, and a massive force was pulling her. Her skirt was instantly and slowly lifted, her body forced to lean forward as she gazed up at the fractured firmament. Before she could say anything, her body was instantly torn apart.

"Ying……………… Who are you, daring to set me up……………… Do you even know who I am…………"

Suddenly, the churning lake water surged upward, choking her mouth and nose. She stared fixedly at the sky; where the moon had once been, there was now a hole.

Two figures drifted in the water, crossing each other frantically, heavy gasps intermingled with the woman's occasional, hurried curses.

"You bastard! You dare cut me knowing who I am?! Try touching me one more time! Ah………………." She couldn't see his face; she was simply being held from behind, left to be taken by him. If she let him know who she was, she guaranteed she would scare him to death. How dare he mess with her?!

She bit her lip hard, bean-sized tears falling one by one into the freezing lake water. Amidst the boundless cold of her surroundings, there was only the indescribable heat behind her, surging continuously like a raging flame.

A long, lingering sensation of numbness filled her entire body. Within the swelling ache, there was also an indescribable sense of pleasure, but she did not know where this pleasure came from. A wave of terror struck her—could it be... the monster that just roared? It was only then she remembered that, besides herself, there seemed to be another unknown creature in this lake. She suddenly felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

"Oh my God?" Had she just arrived here? Had she transmigrated?! If she transmigrated, fine, but she had been... by what thing...

Suddenly, hearing a monster-like roar in her ear, her eyes rolled back, and she was scared to death instantly.