The New life of A Gangster.

The Process (2)

Everyone forwarded their steps as the voice called. Kevin was walking while observing the place. Kevin saw many luxurious and holy items were filled in the hall and the purest jewels were hanged all around the hall as a product of decoration. 

While Kevin's concentration was all over the hall, he didn't notice others halted their steps and he bumped into one of the souls. He notices everyone was raising their head, looking at the front. Kevin also raises his head to look at the man who was leading the way with a voice. Kevin saw a tiny figure sitting on a golden throne, who was looking like a child around ten years old. 

"What the…?" Kevin ponder. 

The child was glancing at everyone while smiling sweetly and chuckling softly. The child was wearing a light blue color big-size robe printed with a white lotus pattern and golden leaves. He had silver long hair which was braided stylishly and also the pairs of matching golden hairpins were in his hair. The child was looking more stunning and charming than any top celebrity of earth.

Everyone was stunned by the beauty of the child as well as they were confused about the child and everyone had the same question in their mind, "who is this child?"

The child smiled looking at everyone.

"Who is this child? What's going on? Where I am? Everyone must be thinking the same question right now, am I true?. Well, this is not the first time." The child laughed as he lays on the golden throne comfortably. 

Everyone nods their head silently and was waiting for an answer to their various questions.

"I am the God of Reborn," the child smiled and he places the tiny fingers on his cheek while tapping softly and slowly. He continues with his gentle voice, "God of Reborn, Rika"

"God of Reborn?"

"Rika?"

"I never heard about this God name"

Everyone speaks in one voice and they started to whisper themselves with confusion all over their mind.

"Yes," the child smiled as he climbs down from the Golden Throne.

"I will guide you from here. So, feel free to ask anything you want before the process of being reborn" the child raised his hand spreading the petals of flowers, "At first let me do a short introduction about me to you nicely and in a fun way"

With his last line, out of nowhere, a group of musicians appeared and started to play the musical instrument with the best rhythm and melody. The tone they were releasing was making everyone feeling excited and wanting to dance. 

Along with the music, the God of Reborn, Rika with his melody voice sings a song about birth and death in an ancient language.

Well, nobody understood what he sang but everyone was shaking their body with the tune automatically. Kevin was feeling horrible after seeing his body being out of his control. Somehow he manages to stop his body from moving and not letting the music take control over his body. 

With the end of the music the God of Reborn, Rika seems to enjoy the crazy dance and showing off to every arriving group of souls. 

Kevin sighed heavily.

Finally, everything ended, and the musicians vanished. The God of Reborn, Rika also lay back to his throne for rest and glanced over the souls. 

"I hope everyone liked my welcome present" Rika jumped over the throne with the enthusiasm and acting all up like a cute child. 

"Yes, we did" everyone speak in a single voice feeling fascinated. 

"I am very happy to hear it. Now shall we go back to business?" the throne of Rika suddenly changed into an office desk and his clothes turned into a shiny black suit.

"This is crazy…." Kevin thought. 

"As I told you I am the god of Reborn. I was born from the love between God of Life and Death. And I have been working here more than decades" he smiled. 

"When did you born?" A child soul asked. 

"Hmm, a thousand years ago." 

"What.???," everyone's eyes widened. 

"Hahaha," Rika found the expression of everyone funny, he laughed hard while rolling down on the ground. 

An innocent old lady asked, "how a child can be born thousand years ago?" 

Rika smiles, "it's simple. The ways of counting the age of gods are different than the living beings. I was born thousand years ago but still, I am a child for seniors gods who are aged more than millions. However, I am a child for them not for living beings. Also, Gods are immortals."

"Now now, Does anyone have other interesting questions" Rika grinned as he looks over the souls. 

"Why are you called God of Reborn?" A female soul asked. 

"Child, Before answering that let me explain few things" Rika climb down from the throne and walked slowly towards the souls. "There are different souls in this place. Some died full of regrets. Some didn't want to die but anyhow they end up dying due to some circumstances. And also, some want to have a chance and live as humans. So, those kinds of souls are sent to live as a human even though if they are animals, birds, insects, and so on." Rika continues his explanation with a soft and low tone. "However, everyone doesn't get this chance. Every soul for reincarnation is chosen due to some reason and did you get it why I am called God of Reborn" Rika smiled sweetly. 

The female soul nodded her head blushing lightly. 

"So, you mean we are chosen due to something," the souls asked with full of interest. Kevin also wanted to get an answer, for what reason he was chosen. All he can remember of doing the sinister job only. 

"Good question. The souls are chosen according to their reasonable task or because of their miserable fate. For example, a newborn baby died without seeing the world or fully enjoying the moment of life. Some had a cruel fate from birth and ended up dying with a lot of regrets." Rika stopped as he looks over the souls of different species and added, " especially those who had done positive actions get chosen for reincarnation even though they are animals, trees, birds or other living beings"

"But, I don't remember doing any positive action" Kevin ponders for a while. 

"Now, does anyone had any more questions?"

"I do" Kevin raised his hand with an expressionless face.

"What's your question child" Rika starts to play with his long silver hair. 

"I encounter many souls before entering to the crystal place. Why they aren't able to enter the white door"

Rika got surprised after hearing the question. It was the first time someone frankly asked about the wandering souls. Rika glace at Kevin's forehead, reading Kevin's fate. "Hmm child, I am happy that you asked about the wandering souls." Rika smiled as he floats in the air toward Kevin, "wandering souls are prohibited to enter the white door. They don't belong to heaven or earth or hell." 

"Why?" The desire of knowing everything grew more inside Kevin. 

"Hmm, how should I explain. Well, they are kind of similar to ghosts. Those souls keep on being stuck in the medium of three realms, heaven, earth, and hell without any chances of being accepted by three realms. They are forever wandering souls."

"Hmm, I have the last question. What they did to be wandering souls?" 

Rika smiled and fly around Kevin," because they refuse to follow when the grim ripper went to take them" Rika laughed.

Everyone looked at each other and asked Rika while making everything sure

"So, are we surely going to be reborn?" 

"Yes, my child's you all are chosen to be born again as a human", Rika smile.

"Are we going to be born on earth?" Many souls asked.

"Hmm, no. You will be born in a different world than earth" there was excitement filled in the Rika voice, "but which world I can't be guaranteed"

After the end of the explanation, Rika clapped his hand two times, and a purple color portal formed. Besides the portal, two young beautiful ladies were standing with a clear chest. Inside the clear chest, there were lots of different colors small balls were kept. 

"Everyone line up," the young ladies said together with the sweet voice while smiling elegantly. Rika went to his throne and lay on comfortably like a child, putting his hands on cheeks and watching souls lining up. After a while, Rika slowly changed his left-hand gesture in the air and every soul turned into a human shape. Every one of them, the birds, the animals, the insects, and so on everyone changed their shape into a human. 

Kevin was standing there watching such magnificent magic, he absolutely couldn't believe what he was seeing. Besides the other living beings, humans who were children and olds turned into young boys and girls in a single changed movement of Rika's hand. 

"Everyone should be young" Rika smiled showing his white teeth. 

Kevin was touching every part of his body and sensing his old hard rock body, he was filled with overjoyed happiness but that didn't long last. 

The two ladies, pour the small balls into a wooden chest and walked forward toward souls, "before entering the portal, everyone please pick up a ball from this chest, and before picking up the ball, everyone should look the other side or close their eyes or should be blindfolded".

Everyone did as beautiful ladies told. Everyone picked up different colors and most of them picked yellow, blue, and green balls. 

It was Kevin's turn. He looked at the chest and somehow his guts were saying, the balls might play a vital role for their next life. Kevin covered his eyes with the piece of cloth and put his hand inside the chest feeling nervous. Kevin was taking more time than others. Kevin's fingers were playing around all the balls and his hand was deep in the chest, having a hard time choosing the right ball. Everyone was watching Kevin with the full of interest and curiously, which ball he going to pick.  

Kevin felt something smaller and filled with cold and warmth, he quickly grabbed it and take out his hand from the chest. The things he picked up was smaller than other size and it was in red.