death hourglass

Chapter 1

?Death's Hourglass (Grunt)
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In this information age, everything has to be divided into categories, and the widespread formation of logistics makes everything more efficient and profitable, even the Nether World is no exception, so the backbone of the Death Task Force will be hurt by this. Brainstorming.It was only here that I heard those guys clasping their heads and yelling again.

“什么！你要找死神8998去B区？你忘记了他屯压下来的投诉个案已经连新建成的R5694资料库都放不下了吗？找死神98262去吧！她最会处理死神8998的麻烦了！“不行，死神98262不能到B区，她现在正在F区和K区跟进任务，另外还在D区弥补上次死神8998的那五宗投诉个案！把死神659243调到W区去吧！”

"Wait a minute, who asked you to transfer Reaper 659245 to Area W? Reaper 659245 is currently in charge of important tasks in Areas A, B, C, and D. No, you'd better use your computer to find out if there are any in Area P." Who is more free!"

"No, the gods of death in P area are all busy with N jobs, and I'm afraid it will be thankless to reassign tasks! Last time, who, who, who of you randomly decided to let D area take over the work of C area, and the result was not to divide the two Has the work of the district been messed up? Master ST lost his temper because of this last time at the seminar, so I said, should we think about countermeasures!"

The backbones were spitting and discussing, and they didn't stop typing on the keyboard. They had to devote themselves to stamping the work report, while the little devils were moving the heavy documents in the meeting hall quickly, colliding with each other. The things that caused the document pages to be scattered all over the place happened endlessly, so the red-haired backbone sitting in the first place over there immediately shouted loudly: "Little devils, pay attention, the documents that were knocked over last time were not classified properly, and it almost hurt us." The god of death caught the wrong soul! If the same incident happens again this time, don’t blame me for throwing you to the fat man of the king of Hades and cooking them in a frying pan!”

As soon as the words fell, the little ghosts were even more frightened, and documents flew up all over the sky, and the other backbones simply pretended to be dead without seeing it.

After the embarrassing silence, someone suddenly suggested in a low voice: "I said, if we don't do anything else, let's just sneak some souls from the soul storage room and use them! It's a time of death! The growth rate of human beings is too fast. People want to vomit, and there are so many damn things, you can't work us to death!"

"By the way...it would be incredible if we were discovered doing this!"

"Isn't it too late to say this now? One smuggled is smuggled, and ten smuggled is also smuggled. One less smuggled doesn't mean the crime will be lighter, right? Anyway, the soul storage room is full of dying souls, no Officially becoming a Necromancer is just a matter of time, and the higher-ups will not pursue it, at least it seems that no one will pursue it for the 952 times so far..."

In other words, so far, 952 souls have been smuggled.

"What are you waiting for!"

The red-haired backbone yelled, and he pressed the red button on the keyboard, and then he heard the sound of "boom" several times of mechanical operation, and after a while, he saw thick walls falling from the ceiling one after another, while the busy little ghost Because they couldn't dodge in time, they screamed and ran around with their heads in their arms, causing the documents to be scattered all over the ground. Seeing this kind of flickering scene, the other backbones didn't even pretend to be dead, so they just rolled their eyes and turned around.There is no need to ask about the process. In a word, the meeting area and the meeting hall have been separated by a wall that fell from the ceiling, and a soul with a faint halo appeared in front of these backbones—this is from the soul reserve. The soul of the room, only the soul that still has the breath of life will be covered by the halo.But the notoriously impatient red-haired backbone broke up the thin layer of halo with a wave of his hand, revealing the soul's body, a young girl with a graceful figure and slender legs.

"Do you know your name?"

Soul looked around, showing a dazed expression, then shook his head again.

Very good, this soul is not only usable, but also forgets all the worldly things, which saves them a lot of trouble, and also saves the trouble of cleaning her memory and then lobbying and coaxing her to join the trainee Death God. The cumbersome steps of a soul-wearing work queue.

"Remember, you are apprentice Reaper 953."

The red-haired backbone announced with satisfaction, while the other backbones nodded desperately.For the convenience of management, the gods of death have no names but numbers, and the souls they smuggled from the soul storage room, in order to distinguish them, they made up the name of "apprentice death god" in advance to distinguish them.According to the flattery of these backbones to their superiors, since the angels can despicably use "apprentice angels" to cover up the incompetence of angels, then of course they, as "despicable" spokespersons, can also use "apprentice death" to cover up the incompetence of the angels. of defective products.Therefore, the superiors allowed their evil deeds without asking anything.

"Tell me, what's your name?"

"Apprentice Reaper 953."

Soul's eyes suddenly swept away the confusion, revealing a piece of clarity.

In this way, the 953rd soul smuggled successfully.

1
That lake is hidden in the vivid willows.The slight spring breeze blows, and the lake surface is full of spring colors, which is very beautiful.The girl, stepping on a pulley, slid towards the big boy who was sitting by the lake and meditating, and looked down at him with a researching look.

And he was unmoved.

"I heard that the bruise on his face was caused by you?"

He didn't answer, just absorbed in his own meditation.

"Why did you fight with him?"

Still no answer.

"I heard that you are from the Department of Architecture and Engineering?"

Still no response.

"Hey, why are you so dumb? I'm talking to you!"

She got angry, and forgot to step on the pulley under her feet, and lost her balance as soon as she squatted down, but she still didn't forget to pull the unlucky guy next to her into the water, and she did it, with a few "plops", and the water splashed.But in a blink of an eye, she and he were already in the water, and they were in a panic.

Finally, he reacted and stared at her angrily.

But instead of feeling guilty at all, she laughed out loud.

GZ City is located at 23.8 degrees north latitude. It is a port city. The trade fair held three times a year attracts countless business opportunities. Well-known domestic and foreign companies gather together. Of course, there are countless small businesses eyeing this stage where anyone can show their ambitions. , and where there is business, there is no lack of entertainment.In this era of combining entertainment and business, the commercialization of entertainment is an irreversible development.

Therefore, Yin Zihao, a big-name star who has been busy with filming work abroad, suddenly put aside everything and appeared at the newly completed BY Airport in GZ City, and his fans who had been waiting at the airport for three days and three nights crazily shouted and shouted. Crying seems to be a very common thing.

"Everyone, don't worry, Rain will attend the Mosu Group's new product launch conference in the right wing of the airport in half an hour. After the press conference, Mosu Group will arrange a meeting with Rain for everyone. Please drive well." ?"

Mosu Group, a well-known domestic environmental protection enterprise, has monopolized the sales and development of battery vehicles. It is currently investing heavily in the new field of battery concept tankers, and Yin Zihao is the spokesperson for this enterprise's product promotion.But in fact, his work schedule has already been densely scheduled to 2010, and he does not need to take on more jobs to increase his work pressure under the generous income. However, Mosu Group has factors that he cannot refuse...

Just thinking about it, a low laugh came into his ears, so he turned his head and looked at the people around him.He is Ying Kui, the next helm of Mo Su Group, and also the "factor" that makes him unable to refuse this job.

"why are you laughing?"

"No, I'm just curious why the more you look bad, the more people like you."

"You know I've always only had this wooden expression."

As he spoke, Yin Zihao casually plucked out the hair hanging on his forehead that had been making his forehead itchy. Immediately, there was an overwhelming scream.

"God, do these people really like you that much?"

Ying Kui had no choice but to rub his temples that were aching from the shock of the crowd's voice.

Yin Zihao gave a rare smile, and jokingly said: "Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of money for you to spend so much money to invite me to be the spokesperson?"

"That's because of the enthusiastic recommendation of my secretary."

"is it?"

"Come less, of course because I want to see you, you know? We haven't seen each other for two years. Do you want to invite other guys out to meet tonight and let you have a fart of the achievements of the past few years?"

Yin Zihao didn't agree or refuse, but just tugged his thin lips lightly.

In fact, he and Ying Kui are friends who did not know each other in college.He is taciturn and restrained, while Ying Kui is noisy, affectionate and versatile.Someone once said that they are all talented guys, but one is full-length inside and the other is full-length outside.As a result, what that person said was completely overturned five years later.First, he put his self-entertaining songs in his personal space on the Internet for a moment of fun, so he became famous overnight on the Internet, and then he was signed to become a singer-songwriter who was unique for a while, and announced in just one year He stopped singing, moved to the film and television industry, and was very lucky to make a few blockbuster movies, making a good name for himself.As for Ying Kui, after graduating, she suddenly put away her edge and obediently walked into the white-collar family's path of no return. She was a hard-working ant employee living a [-]-to-[-] life, and then she broke everyone's glasses half a year ago and was announced. Become the acting president of Mosu Group and the future helm of Mosu Group.Think about it, this sinful friendship has lasted for five years without knowing it.As for the person who said that...

On the other side of the airport, a young woman in a sexy black miniskirt stepped on brightly colored roller skates and was playing games in the crowd on the left wing of the airport. Jumping lightly like an elf dance, the skull earrings reflecting the silver-white metallic luster on the round earlobes are swinging happily at the moment, but the strange thing is that she is always holding a handle in her hand that is shining coldly. Qing Guang's skull sickle, but the people around her were indifferent.

"Pre... Senior!"

Suddenly, another bespectacled man with four roller skates and a ridiculous black watermelon head stumbled out. He seemed very uncomfortable with the wheels under his feet, and the only lucky thing was that the same bleak ice cream in his hand The sickle didn't accidentally hurt the people next to him when he stumbled - you must know that once touched by the scythe of the god of death, it is certain death, even if God shows signs, it cannot be saved - after all, they are hostile organizations .

And the reason other people can't see them is because they don't belong to this world, they are messengers from the nether world.

"Don't call me senior, call me trainee Reaper 953! You are no longer trainee Reaper 1066, but a higher-ranking Reaper than me, number 9856234, isn't it embarrassing for you to call me senior here?"

The girl with the devil's figure and the face of an angel, Apprentice Reaper 953 gently smoothed the trickling hair on her shoulders, the silver hair dazzled and shone under the light, it was a very dreamy color.Because, according to unwritten conventions, hair color represents the spiritual power of the god of death, and the brighter the color, the more it represents the accumulation of power, that is, it is divided into five types: black, brown, blue, yellow, and red. Generally, the god of death is black And brown, the number of Reapers who reach blue, yellow, and red is very small, either they hold important positions or are key figures in the Netherworld, and among the millions of Reapers, only Apprentice Reaper 953 has silver hair.Therefore, the man with glasses and the ridiculous black watermelon hair, the Grim Reaper 9856234, couldn't help but look at her hair with an expression of nostalgia.

"Senior, I actually don't understand why I can suddenly be promoted to God of Death..."

"There is not much we can understand, why do you bother to get to the bottom of it?"

A voice as hot as the sun suddenly joined the topic. Before the camera could react, a big red-haired boy dressed in holy white rushed into the pitifully small space between the two people on four wheels, and he couldn't control it at all. The God of Reaper 9856234 on the wheels under his feet inevitably lost his balance due to fright, and fell on all fours with a "bang".

"It's you, Reaper 8998."

The big boy's fiery red hair stood up immediately after hearing the words of the god of death 9856234. This is his usual expression of anger. Normally, he is a big boy with a strong sense of sunshine and loves to joke!
"As I said, no one is allowed to call me Death God 8998 again. Remember, I am called Yidao!"

After all, he flexibly waved the scythe in his hand and pointed it straight at the nose of Death 9856234. The harmless face of a big boy had long been transformed into a vicious and ferocious face.

Speaking of this "not allowed" incident is quite shocking. It is said that half a year ago, Reaper 8998 suddenly ran in front of the backbones, emphasizing that no one should call him Reaper 8998 in the future, and even had a big fight with the red-haired backbone , and the result... I heard that the red-haired backbone is still in the hospital.In fact, this is also the expected result, because the hair color of Reaper 8998 has always been the brightest color in the Reaper Task Force.That's why, although Reaper 8998 is just one knife, the complaints about him have already crowded three reference rooms, but no punishment is given to him by the higher-ups, and it is for this reason.

"Yes... Senior Yi Dao, Yi Dao."

Reaper 9856234 replied submissively, and was slightly relieved when he saw Yidao's face showing a sunny smile again.

"Yidao, why did you come here? I heard that you are doing missions in Area C."

"Little San, let me tell you, the superiors have decided to assign me to cooperate with you two in all future tasks."

"Really? Great!"

Apprentice Shinigami 953 smiled happily, because Yidao was the senior who first guided her to do the work of Shinigami, and the greatest joy of working with Yidao is that it is also fun to work.

Just thinking about it, Yidao took out a few CDs from his exaggeratedly large LV backpack, and said like offering treasures: "Let me tell you, Xiaosan, this is a limited edition CD I bought through a secret channel. There is also the symphony of fate that the great musician Xiaobei re-composed for me, and I guarantee that those who hear it will feel at home like never before in our service before they die!"

“Home away from home!”

Reaper 9856234, who didn't know when he got up from the ground, cried out in surprise.

"What's the matter, little four?"

"Little Four?"

The Grim Reaper 9856234 blinked ignorantly.

"Yidao is calling you, I'm mistress, of course you are mistress."

It's a habit to call only the last number out of context!

Although it is a bit difficult to accept, but the God of Death 9856234, Xiaosi, still used his specialty as a curious baby and asked: "I said... Senior Yidao, if you serve those dying people in such a sunny way like you, would you be a little bit like that?" ..."

"that?"

Facing Yi Dao's obvious incomprehensible reaction, Xiao Si had no choice but to look at the trainee Shinigami 953, who was Xiao San, for help, "I said senior...you should understand what I mean? That's the one...he's about to die, You're still smiling, so will people feel that death is not reconciled..."

Xiao San didn't even think about it, and threw the question back directly: "Will it be?"

"yeah?!"

Xiaosan found that Xiaosi still had a shocked expression, so he exchanged glances with Yidao, then turned around and asked, "Xiaosi, do you know what a god of death should do?"

Xiao Si shook his head, wanting to cover his ears a little ostrich.

Almost in unison, Xiaosan and Yidao said together tacitly: "Of course it is warm service and sunny smiles!"

Woo, he always thought that his senior trainee Reaper 953 was the most intelligent and understanding Reaper he had ever seen!But looking at her expression that is exactly the same as that of Senior Yidao, he suddenly felt that his future was unprecedentedly gloomy!
"Okay, let's not waste time here, our guests are waiting for our warm smiles!"

Yi Dao suddenly pulled Xiao Si up, turned him around and pushed him vigorously, and after pushing him to the crowded lobby, he also started to slide the four wheels under his feet, and Xiao San followed closely at high speed.

"Wow! Help, I can't control it!"

Xiao Si lost his balance, twisted dangerously between people, and rushed straight into the crowd.

At this moment, Yin Zihao frowned suddenly and looked around in the center of the turbulent crowd.

"what's wrong?"

"Ying Kui, didn't you hear anything?"

"No, why, did you have auditory hallucinations at a young age?"

"Screw you."

Yin Zihao and Ying Kui exchanged a few words, then continued to move to the right wing.At this moment, a strangely dressed man with glasses and a very earthy watermelon head suddenly rushed into the crowd, holding a strange thing that looked like a sickle in his hand.Yin Zihao was startled and took off his sunglasses. He wanted to remind the people in front of him to be careful of that strange man with glasses, but he didn't expect that it made all the fans fall into the ups and downs of madness, and the scene became chaotic for a while.

"What are you doing, take off your sunglasses!"

Ying Kui's eyes were almost out of the window, but just taking off his sunglasses can actually drive those fans crazy. It seems that his secretary's vision is not too bad. "No, you didn't see..."

"What did you see..."

"It's the one with the scythe..."

Yin Zihao swallowed his words abruptly, because a striking black suddenly appeared in the crowd, it was a beautiful woman!Although she was dressed in black, the woman's fair complexion stood out even more!And that woman's face...

"Stupid little four, you've been a god of death for half a year and you're still like this, let's go!"

Xiao San picked up Xiao Si, the streamlined figure interspersed among the people as if entering a no-man's land, and was submerged in the turbulent crowd after a while.

Yin Zihao rubbed his eyes unconsciously, and looked again, and there were no figures of Xiaosan and Xiaosi.

"What's the matter with you?"

"No……"

"No? Would it be this expression without you?"

"I don't have any expression."

As Yin Zihao said, he put his sunglasses back on. Immediately, there was another burst of screams from the fans, as if begging him to take off his sunglasses again.

"What are you talking about? Could it be that you treat me as an outsider after not seeing each other for two years?"

"It's not a big deal, but..."

It was just so unbelievable that he didn't know how to explain it.

"Okay, if you don't say it, don't say it. By the way, there have been a lot of pornographic news about you in the past few years. Is there anything you need to explain to me, or maybe let me explain to someone?"

As Ying Kui said, he took out a thin note paper from his suit as if by magic.

"Now, she lives in this hospital."

"Do you take this with you?"

"Yeah, I plan to sell this address to those interested media at any time. You know, the scandals between her and you are still being hyped by the media to this day. So I think, if life is poor, probably this It’s my only bargaining chip to stand up.”

"You can also make fun of this kind of thing." While speaking, Yin Zihao stared at the thin note paper.

"If you don't, I'll tear it up."

"give me."

Like a child who was afraid that his beloved toy would be taken away, Yin Zihao snatched the note from Ying Kui with frightening speed, and carefully put it into the pocket of his coat close to his heart.

Hell, a new hotel resort located on the mid-mountain in the southern suburbs of GZ City, the main building uses a tough design combining steel structure and glass to give people a powerful and avant-garde fashion taste. The best night view in town.The apartment-style business suite area provides the most stringent security facilities. Each household has its own courtyard and air castles, and not far away is an artificial beach transformed from a freshwater lake—and this is exactly where Yin Zihao chooses to live. Here's why.

He loves sandy beaches, whether man-made or natural.

Maybe it was influenced by others, but no matter what, after the busy work, he just wanted to be here alone.

Listen to the sound of the waves, the sound of the wind...

"I said Xiaosi, why are you still unable to control the wheels under your feet? If you continue like this, you will definitely receive complaints."

"Vote, vote... sue?"

On the other side of the man-made beach, the sound of conversation came softly.

Xiao Si was a little surprised to see that Yi Dao who turned upside down and stepped on the pulley, that Yi Dao who was rumored to have filled three archives with complaints!Did he hear correctly?Such a guy who has been complained to be quite professional is preaching to him?
"Yeah, Xiao Si, don't you think that the guy who is about to die will be happy to see your reckless and useless appearance?"

"Would it be nice to see you smiling so happily?"

Xiaosi muttered, her eyes drifted enviously to Xiaosan who was also walking upside down on the pulley, and saw that she was twisting left and right leisurely, the rhythm was so good that she seemed to be dancing with her feet.

"What are you talking about, Xiao Si? I mean, I have a problem with my ears recently, so I can't hear clearly."

The sudden knife in front of him, together with the scythe that was so cold and frightening, approached the tip of Xiao Si's nose, and Xiao Si, who knew how to protect himself wisely, immediately stood up: "Senior Yi Dao, are you willing to tell me this newcomer? I am so grateful that it is like a torrent of rivers, stretching endlessly, and my admiration for you is like..."

"I said Xiaosan, where are you going?"

The doggy talk was quickly interrupted by Yi Dao's loud voice, and Xiao Si came back angrily, and found that Xiao San was sliding towards the artificial beach not far away (because the wheels under their feet were actually suspended on the It is on the ground, so it does not directly touch the matter of this world, and it can be smooth even on sand).

Hearing Yidao's call, Xiaosan turned around at an extremely fast speed, and shouted to them: "You guys go first, I promised to bring some shells back to trainee Shinigami 666!"

After all, he turned his head away again.

Xiaosi stared blankly at the direction Xiaosan left, at this moment he suddenly felt his collar being lifted, came back to his senses, and saw a bright and dazzling smile.

"Let's go."

"But it's obviously a man-made beach, how could there be such things as shells..."

Yidao frowned, as if he was thinking about what Xiaosi said, but he soon smiled broadly, "Whatever, since it's all sandy beaches, there must be shells."

"But it's man-made..."

"Since there are man-made beaches, there should be shells too!"

Yidao smiled irresponsibly and said, suddenly exerted force from his lower body, pulling Xiao Si and bounced away at high speed, "I'm going to speed up!"

"Ah... Senior San, help me..."

The miserable screams came continuously, and Xiao San, who was struggling to find shells on the beach, suddenly trembled, but looking back, where did Yidao and Xiao Si still appear?
"It doesn't matter, anyway, if there is a knife, Xiao Si will be fine."

After that, she simply knelt on the sand and started groping.In the dark, it's not easy to find thin shells, and Apprentice Reaper 666 designated shells with dreamy colors. These days, the number of shells she brought back for Apprentice Reaper 666 is beyond count , but still couldn't find the "shell with a dreamy color" specified by trainee Shinigami 666.

At this time, a melodious melody suddenly rose not far away. When I first heard it, I felt that the sound was a bit jerky, but gradually, it became softer, melodious and profound...

Xiao San stood up, looked around, and found that the song came from the direction of eight o'clock behind her, so she slowly slid the wheels under her feet, and slowly, a tall and lonely figure came into her eyes.The man turned his back to her, looked up at the night sky, and held a shiny silver object to his lips.She stopped behind him unconsciously. This unknown song has a kind of magic that relaxes the nerves, making people unconsciously want to open their hands to embrace the night sky, and even want to give themselves a solid hug.

So Xiaosan gently let go of the hand holding the sickle, the shape of the sickle gradually blurred and finally disappeared into the air, while she gently hugged herself, closed her eyes, and let herself be immersed in this unknown melody.

The wind came gently along with the melody, vaguely, she smelled a faint scent of mint in the air, and couldn't help opening her eyes, but at this moment, the melody stopped abruptly, and a shallow sigh came .

"Unfortunately there are no stars tonight."

Xiao San looked up at the night sky, but she did not see any stars.However, even without the stars, the melody is beautiful.So the voice of admiration naturally poured out: "What kind of song is this? I really want to know!"

The man turned around suddenly, but she ignored it, because humans cannot see death.

Taking a deep breath, she turned around slowly and continued to search for traces of shells on the beach.

In the dark night sky, the group of thick cumulus clouds finally slowly dispersed to both sides, revealing a cool white silver moon, and wisps of silver light poured down on the beach.

"Can you feel the love tonight..."

Yin Zihao stared blankly at the receding figure, whispered, and put the harmonica in his hand to his lips again, letting the beautiful melody bloom in the air again.

Exciting...

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