SEVEN: Cursed Souls

CHAPTER 22: ERROR

"James, tell me, what actually happened that time with...Jamila? Assassin also do not want to tell me what happened with the last mission. What's up with me?" Ryder asked James.

"Ryder, I already told you what happened that time. But I do not know what happened yesterday. All I know is that something within you is awakened."

Ryder is careful not to tell James everything that is happening to him, still keeping the dream about the person that looks like him a secret. "But I still don't understand, how did I summon the dead?"

"I don't know. Only you can figure that out."

The next day, Anonymous came to Ryder and asked him to cover his face because Techno and his group is going inside.

"Today, you will help Techno with a mission, the group that will help you both would be Error."

"I hope that we could accomplish this mission smoothly. I've been looking forward to working with you, Seer!" Techno said.

"It's also nice to be finally working with the intellect of the Reaper, Techno." Ryder offered his hand.

"I commend you, Techno, for finally deciding to harvest. Seer will be of great help," Anonymous said.

Ryder is still confused to why he is important but this mission would help him better know Techno. He was taken to the room of Techno instead of going outside. Ryder is welcomed by the different inventions of Techno.

There is a watch that when pushed would make nearby cameras glitch. A ring that could easily get data from a devices just by tapping it close, and more inventions. Ryder looked around with amazement.

"Take a seat!" Techno said which confused Ryder because there was no chair nearby. "Just try to sit down and you'll see," Techno added. Ryder followed Techno's command and immediately sat down, a part of the floor behind him rose up and became a chair.

Techno clapped and another piece of the floor lifted to become a screen and a keyboard, while the wall in front of them opened up to show a bigger screen. Techno held the keyboard and looked at the screen in front.

"Ryder, I present to you, the Seven Crimes of Men," Techno waved his hand at the screen in front of them. Seven silhouettes of different people are shown in the screen. "First is Theft," he pushed a button then a hand holding cash is seen below the first picture; "Rebellion," he pushed the button again, a decapitated head; "Sex," a man's private part; "Murder," the whole arms with a knife in its hand; "Fraud," a face that is skinned from the flesh; "Violence," a human heart; and lastly, "Vices" a tongue.

Ryder was confused. "Shouldn't you use the Seven Deadly Sins? Sins aren't necessarily crimes," Ryder said.

"But they surely are! Theft can be caused by greed, Rebellion by pride, Sex crimes by lust, Violence by wrath, and Vices by gluttony," Techno answered.

"But where is envy and sloth?" Ryder asked again.

"As long as you complete the Seven, they are already enough. And Theft is not always greed, it may be due to indolence--sloth--while murder may be caused by greed," Techno answered, "Because you are still right, crimes are not necessarily Sins," he added then pushed a button.

Two of the Seven pictures now reveals two people, the pictures above Murder and Sex. 

"Murder! He is your first mission, a man who almost killed his fellow out of envy!" Techno said. "This is what your point was, there still would be 7 sinners based from the 7 deadly sins," he added then pointed at the other picture, "while that man, your second mission which is Sex Crime, it's caused by lust."