...but with a face identical to the faded photo I had kept in my wallet for years; the man was an exact copy of my father, except his eyes were now glowing red like burning coals. He stood tall in front of the gate of the Department of Soul Confiscation, holding a black metal clipboard that seemed to absorb the surrounding light."Dad? Is it really you?" my voice trembled, nearly swallowed by the thunderous roar of giant chains in the hellish sky.The figure did not smile. He just stared at me blankly, as if I were just another row of numbers in his audit report. "Freza, my son. You have come here without an official travel permit. That is a level-one procedural violation.""Holy crap, Mas Freza! Is that really your old man?! Why is his style stiffer than a dry chamois cloth?!" Qoriski whispered while hiding behind Citra's back. "And what's up with those red eyes? Lack of sleep, or did he just finish crying after seeing his bank balance?""Shut up, Qorisk

"...yellowed subpoena papers smelling of intergalactic incense."The old man coughed slightly, dust flying from his long, thinning beard. He placed his old suitcase on the cracked concrete roof of Wisma Nusantara, right in front of the polished shoes of the woman in the black suit."Holy crap, Gramps! Who are you now? Don't tell me you're selling old newspapers in the middle of a carrier strike group siege like this!" shouted Qoriski while brandishing his gavel, which was now smeared with robot oil. "This is urgent, Old Man! Master Freza is about to press the button for Doomsday Volume Two!""Qor, shut up for a second. Look at the logo on that suitcase," Freza interrupted with narrowed eyes. "That's the symbol of the Universal Supreme Court, which has been out of circulation since the Great Inflation era three thousand years ago. Sir, are you really a Bailiff from the center?"The old man nodded slowly, his trembling fingers unlocking the suitcase with a

...the staff sparked a golden light that should have erased Freza’s existence in a millisecond, but a loud, sharp system chime suddenly deafened the ears, halting the entire flow of destructive energy exactly one millimeter in front of the auditor’s forehead."ERROR: CONFLICT OF INTEREST DETECTED!" the system’s voice echoed flatly throughout the now deathly silent Bundaran HI."You... You want to erase me? In front of a key witness and an official Bailiff?" Freza smirked, even though cold sweat the size of corn kernels poured from his temples. "Did you forget to read Article 99, sub-section 'Auditor Independence'? While a forensic audit is in progress, the party being audited is strictly forbidden from taking physical elimination actions against the audit team. That’s called an attempt to destroy evidence, idiot!"The Executive Liquidator furrowed his brow, his hollow eyes flashing with rage. "Your existence is a hindrance to corporate ef

...the city's entire electrical system was suddenly sucked into a single focal point at the tip of his index finger, leaving behind a gripping, total darkness amidst a swarm of thousands of debt-collection drones. The red lights from the drones' sensors blinked frantically, losing their orientation because the electrical frequencies they used for navigation had just been corrupted by Freza."CRAZY! Freza, did you seriously just kill the lights for all of Jakarta?!" Qoriski shouted into the darkness. His voice echoed across the silent rooftop. "I can't see a damn thing, man! If I slip and fall from the fortieth floor, is my insurance active yet?!""Shut up, Qor! Keep it down!" Freza hissed. "I just activated the 'Force Majeure: National Blackout' protocol. Under the Universal Public Service T&Cs, asset repossession is strictly prohibited in areas that lack OHS-standard lighting. If they try to collect now, it counts as occupational safety malpractice!""But Freza, they have thermal sen

"...A Class-Action Lawsuit that will bankrupt them for seven generations!" Freza, Qoriski, Citra, and Aki Juru Sita had just caught their breath, standing on the now-silent roof of the BI Building. However, that peace didn't last long. A giant dimensional screen suddenly appeared before Qoriski, shattering the silent tension with a deafening purple light. On the screen, the Game Administrator's face was clearly displayed, looking as red as hellfire, her eyes radiating a rage that could melt steel."QO-R15-KI! YOU HAVE COMMITTED A SEVERE VIOLATION OF THE EMPLOYEE CODE OF CONDUCT! YOU ARE CATEGORIZED AS A SYSTEM TRAITOR!" the Administrator's voice thundered, vibrating like glass about to shatter. "BASED ON ARTICLE 404 CLAUSE Z REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY BREACHES AND EMPLOYEE INCITEMENT, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY... FIRED!"The Administrator ended her sentence with a triumphant tone, as if the word "fired" was the ultimate destructive spell. She was certain that the punishment wo