The good news: Chen Mo was reborn.
The bad news: His whole family were spies for the Weird.
The worse news: The Weird provided no operating funds.
The family of three lived cramped together in a slum, facing the final choice of their lives.
“Xiao Mo, we’re overdue on more than a dozen loans and can’t pay them back. So, are you going to school or getting a job? Make up your mind!”
[Option One: Have your parents sell their blood to raise money for the university entrance assessment in three days. If you pass, you’ll receive a huge cash prize. There’s a 99.99% chance you’ll be exposed during the assessment and killed on the spot.]
[Option Two: Drop out and get a job. The loan sharks will send you to a black-market industrial park to work on an assembly line to pay off your debt. You’ll work overtime day and night until you drop dead sooner or later.]
Chen Mo: “...Isn’t there a third option?”
“There is. Our whole family can turn ourselves in to the Weird Management Bureau and confess that we’re spies for the Weird.”
“Being a corporate drone is out of the question. Mom, Dad, let’s turn ourselves in!”
“The Weird Management Bureau has zero tolerance for the Weird. If they find you, they execute you immediately.”
“...”
After thinking it over for a long while, Chen Mo stared earnestly at his ‘parents.’ “I choose option D.”
“What?”
Chen Mo reached out, lightning glimmering in his palm. “I just awakened an ability: killing my own family for the greater good.”
