GULP.
Alphonse swallowed hard. He didn't want to see anyone; he just wanted to live...
"Can I not die?"
Alphonse knelt on the ground, weeping. "I'm actually a good person! They forced me to come here, I really, I..."
"Oh." Xu Lai feigned a sudden realization. "So that's how it is."
"Yes, yes, that's exactly right." Overcome with terror, Alphonse scrambled for words. "I, Alphonse Brody, swear on my name to God that I am absolutely a good person! Please let me go. I promise to keep my mouth shut about what happened today, I..."
PFFT.
Before he could finish, a peculiar sound was heard. Alphonse's pants were soaked through, and a strange-smelling yellow liquid pooled on the floor.
Watching the elevator descend from the tenth floor, Xu Lai, not wanting to get his hands dirty, said with disgust, "Fine. But you should remember that Heaven is always watching."
"What... does that mean?" Alphonse asked, his face a mess of snot and tears, looking utterly bewildered and pathetic.
