"FUCK!!!" Dong screamed in anger. He tried to catch up with his group, but instead of helping him, they started attacking him, even hitting him with a shovel and a sledgehammer.
"Wait..." He suddenly realized something.
"How am I alive? I remember being hit by a sledgehammer multiple time. There's no way I can still be alive," Dong was really confused.
As he tried to make sense of his surroundings. He found himself back in his apartment, the room was silent.
"Did I dream everything?" he talked aloud. It seemed like the only explanation he could come up with.
Then, he noticed a syringe of drugs and a red powder on his desk. It was the popular drug now, Dragon Crystal.
'I've heard my uncle tell me that overdosing on this drug would put you in a dreamlike state. Maybe I got overdosed and dreamed everything?' he pondered while slowly getting up. He went to get a glass of water to calm his racing heart.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
He was jolted by a sudden knock on the door. A feeling of unease washed over him, but he still cautiously walked to the door.
He peered through the peephole and saw a young girl. She had long black hair, her striking red eyes gleaming with intensity. She was dressed in a black kimono adorned with intricate flower patterns.
He had a bad feeling about it, but he still opened the door.
"What do you want?" he asked, his mood still affected by the vivid dream he had just experienced.
"Hello, I'm here to give you this," she spoke in a soft voice, handing him a flyer.
Dong read the contents of the flyer, which read, "Fitness for PIG."
"What the hell is this thing? Do you think I'm fat?" Dong screamed in anger.
"You will need it," the girl replied with a nonchalant voice as she turned and walked away.
"Crazy bitch," he sneered in contempt .
BAM!
"Zyden!" Dong exclaimed in shock as he recognized the person before him.
It was the same fat boy he had relentlessly bullied back in middle school, a figure who seemed to have remained unchanged.
In his hands, he was clutching what appeared to be a voodoo doll.
"What... did... you... do?" Dong struggled to speak with a muffled voice, his excess weight making it difficult for him to talk.
"I sold my soul to the devil," the chubby boy replied with a sinister smile on his face, seemingly enjoying the sight of his bully ballooning in size.
"I'm sorry... Please,..... Don't... do... this,... buddy!" Dong pleaded for mercy, his cries and snorts mixing as his face contorted in pain. The agony was overwhelming, and the thought of him dying was enough to shatter his pride.
"Oh, poor shadow trapped in darkness," a girl's voice filled the room. Suddenly, the girl in the black kimono appeared from behind the overweight boy.
"You!!!," Dong recognized her, but at this point, he couldn't even speak. The fat on his face had already covered his mouth.
"Looking down on people and causing them pain," the girl continued to speak, her words ignoring his condition.
As she talked, the walls of the entire apartment began to bleed, creating a chilling atmosphere.
"A soul drowned in Karma." She continued.
At this point, Dong was on the verge of exploding, both physically and emotionally, as the surreal and horrifying events unfolded around him.
"Want to try dying once?" the girl asked.
BOOOOOOM!
A devastating explosion erupted from within him, violently tearing apart his muscles, shattering his bones, and sending his blood splattering in a horrifying display of carnage.
——-
Author's Note
You probably already guessed it, but I deliberately made this Arc darker and somewhat horrifying to get into the Halloween spirit with all of you.