How could a damned notification cause such a tragedy...? How ? Just how ?

My mother , my comrades, and my love....

Everything.

"Clyde Eves, you failed to exceed my expectations once again. Watching your loved ones die before your eyes, is quite traumatizing and depressing isn't it ? *chuckles* But that's the fun, dearie. " said the figure mockingly.

"YOU GODDAMN MONSTER, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU DO THAT ?!?!" screamed Clyde while sobbing.

"Because, Eves, life is boring ~" said the figure jokingly. "Doing this kind of stuff is exciting!!!!"

"YOU F***ING PSYCHOPATH" screamed Clyde. "JUST BECAUSE I COULDN'T EXCEED YOUR RIDICULOUS EXPECTATIONS, YOU GO AROUND KILLING MY LOVED ONES ?!"

"Why, of course ! *smiles* Eves, this is your 24th time failing, where you and your comrades could remember everything. Yet... y'all couldn't fulfill my expectations. You are very disappointing..... " said the figure.

"SHUT UP. Me disappointing you is just your other excuse to kill innocent people " scoffed Clyde.

"Aggressive. I like it. As always Eves, I shall give you and your comrades another chance. "

"Can I say something ?" asked Clyde

"Why, of course" said the figure as he creates a portal.

"F*CK YOU" said the grinning Eves. "I wish you a slow and painful death."

"What the-"

"Bye." said Clyde with a glare full of hostility.

"HAHAHA. See you soon, Clyde Eves."

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" *GASP* I'm in my room again, dang, I really did go back in time."said Clyde as soon as he woke up.

06.37 AM / 06 September 30XX

*It's that "day", that psychopath really did it again didn't he ? Looks like I have to prepare myself again. *

"Clyde ~! Breakfast is ready!!! " said Mrs. Eves happily.

"M-mom...." stuttered Clyde as he recovers the painful memories of his mother's death.

"What is it, sweetheart ?" said Mrs. Eves concerned.

"Nothing, it's nothing mom, I just had nightmares about losing you. " said Clyde with a hurt smile.

"Oh, honey, you will never lose me, I'm always here, alright ?" said Mrs. Eves while bringing him a plate of a french toast and eggs. "Help yourself some food, by the way, Clyde, I'm going to work so, have a nice day !"

"Mom, can you just stay home today ?"said Clyde, knowing that his mother would just be killed.

"I'm sorry honey, but I have an important meeting today, and I can't miss it. " said Mrs. Eves as she hugs her son.

"But-"

"Clyde. I need to work. If you are lonely, you could call your friends, Gedeon and the others would probably come to hang out with you. " said Mrs. Clyde as she opens the door.

"B-But mom-"

"No 'but's young man. Bye, kiddo, have a nice day ! " said Mrs. Clyde as she waves her hand.

*Goddamn it, I couldn't stop her AGAIN, please be safe Mom. * thought Clyde trying to give himself a hope that his mother wouldn't be murdered.

*I should call them, they probably realised that they are in the past again-*

'Ding dong!'

It was the doorbell.

"Who is it now ?"said Clyde with a frown.

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"Wassup, man !" greeted Gedeon.

"G-gedeon ?" said Clyde.

"Not just Gedeon, how are you doing ? What did that lunatic said to you again ?" said Rhydian as she hugged Clyde.

"Rhydian !" said Clyde with a very visible blush on his cheeks.

" Get a room, the two of you. Looks like your overly protective brother is very pissed off. " chuckled Mallory.

" M-mallory.. !" said the embarrassed Clyde and Rhydian in unison.

"Hey now, Mr. Steal Your Sister, will you let us in or what ?" said Gedeon with an annoyed expression.

"Pfft, 'Mr. Steal Your Sister, that's an amazing name." giggled Mallory as she wiped her tear away.

"You guys.. . Alright, come on in. Let's discuss, shall we, comrades ?" said Clyde.

"So, Clyde, what did that lunatic tell you when he teleported you back in time ?" said Mallory as she sipped the coffee Clyde has served her.

"The same thing again, but he looked really disappointed. " said Clyde. " His facial expression is really weird, it's like a hunter waiting for their prey to fall onto their trap. "

"Goddamn, what should we do know ? We can't die like this again. We need to somehow outsmart him. " said Gedeon as he took a bite of a cookie.

"I've been thinking about this..." said Rhydian with a doubtful expression.

"What is it ? Tell us, it might be a lead. We have to collect every lead we found to stop that lunatic. " said Clyde as he adjusted his shirt.

"What if we just avoid our causes of death ? Maybe that's what he wanted. But, that's a low chance....." said Rhydian.

The silence has never been so loud. The quartet didn't even think of this other than Rhydian. Theories slipping into their minds as they breath.

"Why are you guys so tense ? Its just a possibility, judging the fact that he kills people for fun, my theory is lowkey ridiculous..." said Rhydian as she flipped her hair.

"You're right... By the way, It's 4 hours until that lunatic send us the notification, what should we do ?" said Mallory as she checked the time on her phone.

"Should we convince our parents to go home ? But judging our parents' reaction after we tried to convince them to stay home.... " said the Myst siblings in unison.

"The two of you are really in sync, regarding our parents, let's just hope that they would be safe.. Right ??" said Clyde with a gloomy expression.

"Eves, you're too optimistic." said Gedeon. "We all know our parents' fate, we couldn't stop them, because that goddamn lunatic interfered with our destiny, he's like the system. "

"Hey now, Gedeon ! Don't be that insensitive, not all people have a strong depression resistance to a loved one's death like you.... " said Rhydian as she smacked her brother's head.

"Hey, that hurts !" said Gedeon .

"The two of you, oh my god, you guys are the oldest, yet you act like a bratty kid. " sighed Mallory.

"Alright now.... Should we prepare ourselves again for the 25th time, dear comrades ?" said Clyde as he straightened his shirt.

"That was so corny ! But fine, let's go, folks " said Rhydian as she gets up from her seat.

The quartet then go to a nearby shop for weapons and self-defense kit. The walk was peaceful, but deep down, they know they could never have a walk so peaceful like this again.

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As they walked in on the shop, the owner greets them with a huge smile.

"Hello, our treasured customers ! How could this humble shop help you with your needs ?" said the owner as he wipes his crooked glasses.

"Do you have weapons and some self defense kit, Mister ? said Mallory politely.

"Of course, but may I ask why do you need them ?" said the shop owner as he checked the shop for the quartet's needs.

" Oh, we're going hunting ! Since there's nothing exciting that occurred these days... Hahaha, might as well collect some hunting experience. " said Clyde.

The quartet knew that Clyde's ability to make up an excuse on the spot is amazing, but they would never have expected that he could make up an excuse this fast.

"How good is it to be young. The total is $70" said the store owner as he handed the quartet their needs.

"Thank you, Sir ! Here you go !" said Rhydian as she paid for their needs.

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As they walked out of the shop. Their cellphone rang. As they checked their phone. A familiar notification was seen.

"Greetings, for the next 24 hours, every single thing in the world shall be free of charge, Enjoy. "

Before they knew, it started earlier.The notification that haunts them.

"Oh my god. " said Rhydian as she clenched her fist.

"Dang it. That bastard started this earlier, a change, huh ?" said Clyde as he shoved his phone to his backpack.

"Alright, let's go. Should we go to our lair ?" said Mallory as she tied her blonde hair.

"No. Let's just wait, maybe we can save our parents. " said Gedeon.

After Gedeon said that, the others thought that he was a emotionless sadist , maybe he was just trying to keep his chin up as he is the oldest of the quartet. They thought he didn't care about his parents anymore, making Rhydian furious. They were wrong, of course.

"Alright, by the way..... Should we buy supplies and food while looking for them ?" asked Clyde as he adjusted his cloak.

"Sure, we shouldn't made that mistake when we regressed for the 20th time, right, Clyde ?*giggles*" said Rhydian giggling.

"Yo, love birds ! Get a room alright ? No need to make us singles feel more single " said Mallory as she smacked Clyde's head.

"Bruh, what was that for ?!"said Clyde as he rubbed his head.

"LMAO, no reason. "said Mallory as she flipped her middle finger towards Clyde.

"I hate you. " said Clyde as he flipped his middle finger back.

"The two of you. " said Gedeon with quite a fierce glare. "We have to hurry up, we can't miss the chance to save our parents. "

"You.... never mind..*sigh*." said Rhydian as she let out a heavy sigh.

"What's wrong ????" asked Clyde passionately.

"Oi, you speak to both me and Gedeon like we were menaces, but you speak to Rhydian like she was a queen. " said Mallory with a mischievous grin on her face.

"Because Rhydian is indeed a beautiful queen. " said Clyde as he did finger guns on his fingers.

"You better treat her like she's a queen, everyday, OR ELSE-" said Gedeon before being cutted off by Rhydian.

"All of you. Stop, we need to go, oh my God. " said Rhydian with a very obvious blush on her cheeks, but at the same time, with a menacing glare.

"Alright" said by the other three in unison.

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After a long walk, the quartet finally get to the main city.

They saw people fighting over things, also a hologram of "The Lunatic".

"The hologram..... " said Mallory with a pale face.

"That f*cking psychopath, he really enjoyed this chaos. " said Clyde as he grinded his teeth.

After a few minutes, the hologram finally started to talk.

"Hello everyone!! I am "The Lunatic", or at least that is what my beloved foe called me. *giggles*" said The Lunatic.

'What the hell'

'Who is he'

'Who are you'

Thousands of murmurs were heard very clearly by the quartet, because they were hiding behind a building .

"HAHAHAHA ! How are you feeling, people that took quite a lot of things, are you feeling alright ?" said The Lunatic with a soft giggle.

Suddenly, there was people dropping dead. Screams of fear and confusion was loud enough to be heard from 5 kilometers away.

"*smiles* You people are so greedy, aren't you ? For every single thing you took without paying will paid by using a year of your lifespan. " said The Lunatic. "For everyone who took things that the quantity is far larger that their lifespan will die. "

'What?!'

'Oh no !'

'My parents'

"But don't worry, you won't die if you took other people's lifespan." said The Lunatic with an evil smirk on his face. " You kill people and take their remaining lifespan. "

Without hesitation, people started to kill each other. This was planned by The Lunatic. He truly is a very troublesome foe.

"Oh! By the way, there are currently 8 people that had infinity lifespan. Everyone's remaining lifespan will be seen on their foreheads." said The Lunatic with a very satisfied expression.

"Oh there is now 4 real infinities, and 4 earned infinities. " said The Lunatic as he showed the murders.

The quartet's faces were pale, very pale. As they have witnessed their parents death again. For the 25th time.