Being swallowed between its neck inside the surface, he floated down in the water. On any side of the neck, tons of skeletons tried to reach him. Slowly turning his body, he floated down facing the surface. Gravity pushed him strangely. His empty eyes almost closed. Feeling dug into a grave, he thought…
"... Am I dead?…"
He pushed his hand through the earth, trying to exit.
His hand broke through a grave, tearing open a vast terrain in the underground waters. The grave stood on a sidewall of a ceiling filled with tombs.
On the gravestone was written "Suiydu Inezeya, 1990–1997."
Falling through the grave, he drifted together with parts of earth down in the water.
The curved ceiling of the enormous terrain was a graveyard, continuing downward as huge pillars. Its surface was covered with beautiful corals, sea flowers, and plants clinging to the rocks. Wide paths of sand stretched through the valley. On both sides of the paths, thick strands of kelp rose, forming arched gates along the way. Beautiful and colorful fish swam around, like angelfish, butterflyfish and moon jellyfish.
At the center of the huge terrain stood a huge pearl castle. All its long towers twisted upward thinly. Some of its towers surged from the ceiling. The center stood high.
From his mouth streamed bubbles. His hair waved in the water. Blood of his chin mixed in the water. His body twisted with the water's flow. Landing on the sand on his back, he watched the landscape.
"How can I breathe underwater?..."
His breath grew heavier. The water flowed toward him. Inezeya tried to stand up. Fish swam away far from the castle. As he rose, some of them surged toward him. His light blue and white furry scarf floated in the water. His empty eyes gazed at the castle.
At the outside of the higher floors of the castle, lay a black-blue haired young man. While his left leg hung down, he rested his right arm on his bent right knee. Three fingers of his left hand pressed resting on the left side of his head. A skull, clasped from above and below between two hands, marked the center of his forehead. His voice surged randomly from any direction around Inezeya.
"Welcome, kid…"
With confusion, Inezeya stared at the man. He took the finger from his mouth and held it between the fingers of his left hand. Bubbles slightly drifted from his lips as he spoke.
"And… You're?"
The man gazed back at him with a small smile. His voice surged from everywhere around him.
"I'm a Surreror, King of the Deathrow. I am Elezia."
Seriousness began to harden Inezeya's face.
"What's with all those graves in the sky?"
He lay calmly with a small smile.
"My prey."
Closing his ears, Inezeya put his hands on the sides of his head. His eyes widened. Red veins emerged from the edges of his eyes. He trembled in pain.
"W-what's those screams coming from their souls?"
Elezia sat up, his fingers of his right hand rested on the right side of his head. His wide smile revealed his teeth.
"Torture."
"Well lucky for them, it's until Armageddon."
Rotten heads surged from between the corals. Violently biting his arms and legs, they pin him. Decayed hands wrapped his torso. Fingers held his eyes open. He slightly leaned into the hands in agony. Bubbles streamed from his mouth. The finger pinned between his fingers.
"Lay back and watch the show."
From the ceilings covered with graves, three columns of bone violently slammed into the surface. A figure began to emerge from the central pillar. Its arms and legs were nailed to the side columns. Corals and sea plants covered its upper and lower body, transforming it into the silhouette of a small girl. She was fair-skinned with beautiful, brown hair. The iris of her emotionless, vacant eyes was a color between blue and purple.
Struggling in pain, Inezeya was astonished.
"S-Se-... But it can't be her…"
Screams of torment coming from every gravesite continued. Elezia laughed in amusement.
"Then let's begin... First, all the nails shall be removed."
All the fingernails and toenails on the girl's hands and feet slowly and excruciatingly fell out. Blood seeped from her fingertips. The girl struggled violently in immense pain.
"The second step... is to pluck all the hair from the corpse."
The hair roots on the girl's head, eyes, and all over her body were forcibly and slowly torn from the corpse. Blood flowed from the hair follicles. The girl screamed in agony.
Because of the gripping fingers, closing his eyes was impossible. It forced Inezeya to watch the pain.
"Next, the skin shall be sliced gently…"
Cuts appeared on the girl's face, arms, hands, feet, and her entire body. Blood poured from the cuts. The flowers and corals wrapped around her body were drenched in blood.
"...and removed…"
The severed skin was torn from the body…
Her head, arms, and feet were left skinless, revealing the muscles, nerves, and veins. She was completely covered in blood. The girl shrieked and cried in pain.
"..and the nerves and veins severed…"
His mouth locked in shock, finally unlocked in pain.
"ENOUGH! STOP IT! STOP NOW!!!"
Elezia sighed in boredom and disappointment.
"Huhh… I just had started."
The heads biting Inezeya's arms and legs, and the hands gripping her tightly, retreated back into the ground.
"Well anyway… My fun is already spoiled…"
Inezeya clenched his fists. His heart seethed with rage as he stared into Elezia's dark blue eyes.
"WHY?! WHY THE HELL ARE YOU KILLING, TORTURING?!!"
He began to laugh gently.
"Because I want."
Full of hatred, Inezeya grabbed his scarf and tore it from his neck. Clenching it in his fist, he thrust it toward Elezia. Blood streamed from his chin, bruised knuckles and elbows, and bitten arms and legs. It dissolved into the water. Rage and seriousness hardened his face.
"I SWEAR!!... When I grow strong enough, I WILL CHOP YOUR SHIT-HEAD, AND BURN IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR FRICKING VERMIN!! YOU HEAR ME?!"
Pain froze Inezeya…
From the ceiling… Five gigantic, decayed and bony hands loomed and swallowed him…
Elezia smiled and lay down.
"Well… First become a butcher, Inezeya…"
Crushed in their grip, blood from his body and all the oxygen in his lungs fled out. Together with his own red saliva, he drowned in the water, trembling in pain. His memory faded.