Goodness Home.
Outer City.
Dawn had barely broken.
Hanks pushed open the lid of the golden coffin, carved with an exquisite woman's face.
Scorching heat washed over him as he carefully sat up.
Beside him, Widow Wang slept soundly, breathing evenly with a satisfied expression.
Perhaps Hanks's movements had disturbed her slightly.
She instinctively pouted, apparently unhappy at losing her "body pillow."
Today, Hanks had been jolted awake by a violently pounding heart.
Somehow, he sensed something terrifying was coming...
And terrifying it certainly was.
Yesterday, after the Mage Association President learned from the Immortality Organization that "Hanks-Kai" was an Immortal,
he immediately ordered the arrest of everyone named "Hanks."
He intended to uncover "Hanks-Kai's" origins!
First in the firing line was "Hanks," who held a high position in Goodness Home...
The Mage Association paid him particular attention, using every means available to find and capture him.
"That's strange. Why is my heart suddenly pounding so hard?"
"Did I work out too vigorously last night?"
Hanks frowned, unable to figure out why his heart had suddenly started racing.
Going back to sleep was out of the question.
Hanks prepared to get up...
The moment he moved, Widow Wang woke beside him...
Opening her bleary eyes, she looked at Hanks. "You bastard, what are you getting up so early for?!"
"Are you planning to sneak off to meet that bitch, the [Astrologer]? I knew it. With a disciple like Chris, how could her teacher possibly..."
Hanks listened to Widow Wang's baseless nagging.
Already irritated, he simply lay back down in the "golden coffin"...
"Shut up!"
He reached out a hand and closed the golden coffin lid carved with an exquisite woman's face...
Day broke.
An Kai rose from his hundred-square-meter bed.
The bed was made from lower-grade magic stones mixed