Host, Please Be Honest! What Exactly Are You?

Who am I? What am I? Where am I?

Payne and the others finally slumped to the ground, looking at the new sickly and weak Botan, who needed a walking cane.

"Boss... I feel things are going to change from now on."

"Hmmmm..." Payne reached for his cigarette, not bothering to fix his messy hair to comb off the dust from his hair.

They all looked like they were the ones who fought the battle. Blame it on that strange hurricane wind at the start.

Everyone felt their experience surreal... Especially the matter with Botan.

To recap, after Botan stepped into the mysteriously light from above, they watched this plump body slowly turn thinner and thinner, looking like a sickly person.

He wanted strength, well then... The heavens would punish him with weakness.

Surprisingly enough, his original death year was 86. But now, because of his past with the underworld being they slew, his soul was unclean.

With his gloves, he could either live till 47 or borrow more years from his next reincarnated life.

Nothing goes for nothing.

This was the first time they heard such bathing was possible.

Of course, borrowing life from one's next reincarnation was only allowed if one were to die before their appointed death time.

In Translation, only if someone touched something unclean or some evil cultivator robbed them of their lives.

Things of this nature would allow heaven to let such a transaction occur.

Of course, there was also another exception... Which was if they had done a lot of good, truly buying more good karma for themselves.

The heavens sometimes made exceptions for such people... But only once.

As they say, good shall always be rewarded, even if you can't see it now.

Again, Borrowing time from one's next life didn't mean one could borrow it all.

No... The maximum they could take was 15 years for those who would survive longer than 20 years in their next lives. So even if they were to live till 90 years in their next lives, all they could borrow was 15 years at most.

In a nutshell, those scheduled to live to 20, 30, 50, and so on in their next lives could only take 15!

So if one were born and had to die at 20, by the age of 5, they would die instead. There would be no way they could prolong their lives in their subsequent reincarnations. No medicine... No exorcists... Nothing.

The transaction was done.

Likewise, if one were to live for anything less than 20 in their next lives, then all they could borrow from that life would be 3 years.

Unless they become exorcists, break off from their mortal shells, loosen the law's confining their existences, and extend their lives, they can't live past the death date.

All humans had but one death date.

Before that, they could have car accidents, get bitten by sharks and survive crippled, get thrown off a cliff, and stay in a coma, but they wouldn't die till the appointed time.

Sure.

They might live in suffering due to the many choices they made along the way. But the death date was signed and sealed, considering the many karmas they accumulated in their precious lives, their innate souls, whether stronger or weaker at birth, and many other factors.

Bottom line, you will die when the fat lady sings! So says the heavens!!!

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The concepts they heard made everyone dumbfounded, not knowing there was such a thing.

Now, they had another outtake to life.

Hey… Maybe knowing that people would get reincarnated in other lives did answer many of their questions about what truly happens when a person dies.

Maybe if a loved one died after this, they might not be too sad, knowing they might just be going ahead of them to start a brand new life.

They would miss the person. But when you think of it like that, it isn't so sad after all.

Alas...

Many shook their heads bitterly.

It looks like there was still so much about this world that they didn't know.

But back to the matters concerning Botan, since he was touched by something unclean, he did have the right to extend his life, borrowing years from his next life.

However, because he was now under divine punishment, Bewoh didn't extend his life, watching the beam of light do its thing after placing several punishment talismans on him.

The Grandmaster drew these talismans to evoke the heavens to decide.

Bewoh wasn't too versed on what sort of punishment Botan deserved, so he didn't dare to dish out any fair and just punishments... Lest he made a mistake. And to his surprise, the heaven's extended Botan's life from 47 (his current death date) to 60.

On his 60th birthday to be exact, he would fall and die of a mysterious heart attack.

That was his current fate.

As for his appearance, he now still looked the same, only his body was frail and sickly.

It looks like he would need walking canes and helping aids when walking.

His immune system was weakened, and most of his strength had deflated away like a popped balloon.

But that wasn't all.

Opening their 3rd eyes, they could see invisible heavy cuffs around his ankles, hands, and neck.

Though underworld beings won't be able to see these cuffs, they would still be able to sense the auras of anyone punished by the heavens. So do you think they would dare come close to him or make any deals with him again?

They dared not for fear of having the heavens take notice of them.

His fate had been decided for him.

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Payne sighed, stepping closer to Bewoh.

It's finally over.

"Elder Bewoh. Even though we know he is the culprit, we still have no physical evidence. And with his attitude, he would never accept or give a statement saying his crimes... So I'm relieved to see he was still getting the punishment he deserved."