Pain ..excruciating pain surged through Kei's bones and blood ,tearing and gnawing at his whole body. Kei lay amidst a puddle of blood ,contrasting the coldness of the floor with a warm hue. He tried to stand up, but the pain surged so intensely that it felt like a palpable force holding him back on the floor .
The pain flowed wantonly inside Kei's body gradually targeting his cranial region, Kei felt as if the inside muscles of his brain were being electrocuted. Blood came out from his eyes and nose as Kei passed out unable to bear any longer.
An hour or two later, Kei slowly gained consciousness .
Raw stench of blood mixed with a foul musty odor pervaded his nose and stirred his senses jolting his eyes open . The room was pitch dark but somehow Kei was able to see in the darkness clearly . It was a medium sized room with stone walls on which moss has grown abundantly at the corners making the room environment moisty and damp. He saw metal chains lying in front of him , torn in pieces, as if a wild creature has ripped these thick heavy chains to free itself from bondage .
A large jade flagon of about 5 feet height was placed in one corner of the room, but it had cracks all over its outer surface as if it was hit several times with a hard object. Still, due to the superior quality of the jade the flagon was still unbroken . A medium sized metal door was on one end of the room. Rest of the room was empty.
Kei felt intense weakness due to muscle fatigue as he twisted and turned while lying on the floor. Eventually, his innate body strength returned, and he stood up ."Where am I ? Am I being kept captive ? " " Did I pass out ?" all sorts of questions encircled in his mind. Kei noticed the blood pool on the floor ,attracted by the staunch nauseating smell , and dark thoughts came to his mind .
"Shit, Was I kidnapped by other Yakuza syndicates , this does seem like a old torture chamber . Fuck...bastards..I need to get out and find …find. Miriam. " Kei thought aloud .
"Miriam" , as soon as this name popped in his mind,it triggered a neural spark in his brain . The spark intensified until it hit Kei's psyche with full force and memories flooded in as if water, gushing out from a spillway, when a dam gate opens.
"Ahhh…Kei held his throbbing head as all his past memories resurfaced in frames of holographic images … his orphan life…beating Ganzuo… joining the Yakuza …abhor from violence…moving to Texas ranch..solidarity…meeting Miriam…falling in love…wedding …Sakura being Miriam …poison in her lipstick…shock…betrayal…anger..rage…death.
"…that abazure (crazy bitch)…that conniving yariman…I will kill her…I will kill her…" Kei shouted out loud in his mother tongue as the memories stopped pouring in eventually. Unable to control his angered and wrathful emotions Kei started hitting the jade flagon with full force with his fists as Miriam's face floated in his mind and her last words ringed in his ears.
Craaaack…craaack…the flagon started growing more wider cracks on its surface under the onslaught of Kei's punches, Kei felt no pain in his hands as he continued to punch the flagon venting his immediate anger on it . Boom….the flagon burst into pieces as Kei dealt a heavy blow shouting out " I will kill you Miriam. Don't you dare die before ..I will kill you with my own hands… I will avenge my death ..I promise . "
Pieces of jade scattered on the floor , the flagon was empty, so no liquid was spilt . Kei breathed heavily as he looked around the room and suddenly , as if lightning had strike him, he shouted " Damn the gods, how am I alive ? "
The realization of him ,being alive even though he was poisoned to death , made Kei think. " Did I really not die? But that's not possible , that bitch used a strong poison ,it must have been the Beijing cocktail that's why I felt as if my chest was on fire . There's no antidote to it but then how did I survive or am I in hell ? "
"Hell" the very word triggered another spark in his neurons and as if a chain reaction had started ,several sparks of varying magnitude manifested in his neural cells as they all hit Kei's cerebral cortex one by one, and a plethora of information , compendium of forbidden knowledge and strings of memories all downloaded in his brain in several arrays .
Kei had transmigrated in the body of another being . All the memories and knowledge of this being were now inherited by Kei. These information's ,when fully processed by his brain, made Kei's senses grow numb as his rationality took a massive hit at its core . " Shit! Hell would have been better than this ." Kei remarked .
Kei had transmigrated to an outer plane ,a plane abandoned by the Gods ,profoundly known as The Abyss.