As knowledge descended upon me, I once again felt a pulling force. This time the force decreased considerably, almost as if asking if I wanted to come out. Of course, I wanted to, so I began to ascend.
I was walking on a street this time, It seemed that the police let me go. Most likely due to me being a kid. But how did I end up appearing again? There's no danger or pressure, maybe he just got scared.
I started walking down the dark grey road, needles in the corners, and trash all over. I stepped around all of the trash and needles and began to wonder where I should go. I started digging through the body's pockets looking for whatever was inside.
I found a wallet inside, I opened it and looked at the ID. It seems this body's name is Ethan Li. As I looked over the card I found my house. It seemed to be in District 9, in this city there were 9 districts. The 1st was for the wealthiest people, trillionaires, and the second was for officials such as the mayor, vice mayor, and all those with titles.
The third were billionaires, the fourth were millionaires, the fifth were those with connections, and the 6th were the public servants. The seventh was for the seniors with savings, the 8th for average joes, and finally, the 9th was for the poorest of the poor.
I lived on the outer edge of the 9th district, this body's father lost all his money gambling. So he had to move to the poorest district. As I arrived at this body's house, I began to enter. Inside there was a tarp over the carpet. A red border marked where the body fell, and everything else was covered In a tarp.
I walked into the house removing the tarp, then I sat down. I wanted to be her more but I needed more information. I could do nothing since I still didn't have enough knowledge about the city.
The most I knew was the districts and the way to find and get to this body's house. Everything else was just basic educational knowledge that every person knew. Of course, I probably knew how to do stuff better than the average person.
Since I could remember everything I had learned up to this point. But I still had no idea what to do. As I sat on the couch behind me I started feeling myself descend…
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Ethan li's [past] pov:
I don't know what's happening anymore! I suddenly felt myself sinking, being trapped by a black space. Before it, my father was taking his anger out on me again, about to stomp on me. It felt like I was drowning, I didn't know how long had passed since my father raised his foot but my breathing was out of control.
Then all of a sudden my mind felt hazy then u got sucked into a pitch-black place, it felt like an eternity but it was the most peaceful I felt in a while. After a while I felt myself being lifted, and as if did I saw my father on the ground.
Blood spurting out of his head, lying on the floor. I immediately picked up the phone on the desk, which was actually just a box. I called the police immediately, I started hyperventilating all of a sudden.
Then I felt it again I started descending once again, I was in the black expanse. I felt calm in this place, but also like I was losing my mind. I started thinking of all the possible situations, and all I could think about was that it was the right choice to report his death to the police.
If I didn't I would be suspected. Again I felt the pull happening and I was out of the black area. The phone was back on its block, which confused me a bit I thought I had already called the cops. However, I put it to the back of my mind. I once again, but with more resolve this time called the cops. I told them that my father was lying on the floor and to come quickly. Of course, the cops received many calls in the area, so they just laughed. As I knew they would do that I shouted my dad's name. The cops stopped laughing and said they would be on the way. 4 cop cars arrived and an ambulance appeared as well. The whole neighborhood looked toward the house that had cops pulling up, thinking they must be big-time criminals in hiding. To their surprise, the cops brought out a dead body, and a boy was brought into the back of the cop car. Everyone knew him, he was the former treasurer of the city. The man was a known gambler since that was how he lost his position. He bet his position and life savings to stay in a game. But he lost and became a poor drunk. Back to the story, they saw the boy getting into the cop car and slowly going out of sight. Ethan was sitting in the back of the police car, feeling somewhat confident about his choice. He had nothing to do with his dad dying after all. As he entered the police station he started thinking more. Well what happens if they ask me what happened, I don't know what happened. Do I tell them that I blacked out? But then wouldn't that be suspicious? He wasn't good under pressure, his heart rate went up. However, this time he controlled his breathing so as to not seem suspicious. As soon as he sat down he felt his mind going faint once again…
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Mc's pov:
I was in Ethan's mind palace, reading everything I could. I had tried to take the books out directly, but I was met with an invisible wall that stopped me from taking them out.
I began to flip through all the books that were necessary. I found that there were sections in this palace, some were memories, others were information, and each had its own section. The book containing memories glowed a gold color, while the books containing facts/info glowed blue. Each was In a section pertaining to what the memories or facts focused on. Some were about the family of the body, and some were about school. After he got most of the information he needed, he started heading toward his own mind palace. The steps acted like an escalator, leading him above towards the door of the palace. As he arrived in front of the door, the double doors opened…