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꧁༺A fellow madman༻꧂

⫷ OPHELIA VIEWPOINT ⫸

Habang nakahalumbaba ako at nags-scroll ay napabisita ako sa pamilyar na username, @greenhouse.

"...." 

I tapped my fingers against my cheeks. 

"Isn't he that famous herbalist, that hard to meet guy..." I pondered as I remember, he's also the guy who introduced a plant that can help in many ways without any side effects. In short, a genius. 

Binigay ko ang buong atensyon ko sa profile nito na may mga post na seeds, plants and flowers that, in the future will become so priceless and astronomical.

@𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒: 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑥𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑦, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛....

"Pfft. Would you look at this guy?" I giggled while reading his 'marketing' 

Nakita kong may 1 likes ito at binasa ko ang 10 comments. 

Bonjilyn: This guy is starting again.

╰┈➤ IamRfan: @Bonjilyn, yeah right. He's at it again. I don't know why he's still not giving up on his scams. 

SheWillRise: Who will boiled and make drinks with that ominous leaves? Look at the black spots of the leaves. Err. 

╰┈➤ TheDoomIsHere: @SheWillRise: yeah right! Why will we buy? There are much better supplements out there. If there's really a report button here. I will report this account. 

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...

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"These brainless folks, kung alam niyo lang ang sinasabi niyo." Iling ko at tiningnan ang iba pang mga post na pare-parehas na puro negative comments ang lumalabas. At first, the guy was responding to their comments with reasoning, then to arguments hanggang sa hindi na niya nirereplayan ang mga ito. 

"Hm." tiningnan ko ng matagal ang profile picture nitong vase na may tanim na white flowers. 

The truth is, kahit na marami akong kilalang important figures now and the following future. This guy is one of those that I have a little information or knowledge. 

All I know is, he called himself 'greenhouse', which gained him a title as Mr. Green. 

He don't have a family background. No wife, no children. It's like someone was hiding him from everyone's knowledge. He don't like showing his disfigured face. Ang pagkaka-alam ko, nadukot ito ng middle class clan. The Donovan Clan, that's the clan who abducted him, the clan who first discovered his geniuses as a Herbalist. They want to exploit his ability, but he was mysteriously save. And two months later, the clan who abducted him was reduced to a sorry state. It was attacked left and right by the other clans. 

Years later, he became a sought-after Herbalist. Being successful as he was, there's still like a Donovan Clans out there, who like to have him on their side. But. 

"He was protected by the Scorpion. That organization who have a deep-rooted hatred against the clans, who treat themselves like nobles and who's always looking down on the commoners." I muttered languidly. 

Hatred and Greed. The never-ending cycle of these two, was the caused of destruction. Why monsters are made and born. 

And I can say, I'm the final boss villainess who didn't fulfilled any of those. I'm not greedy. I don't need anything. I just want truth and revenge. To do that, I planned everything. I used everything. I moved everyone like a chess piece. And in the end, I end them in one swoop, well and at the expense of my life, of course. 

Marahan kong ipinikit ang mga mata ko. 

"..."

Unti unti kong minulat ang mga mata ko. 

"Maybe it's fate, Mr. Green." I whispered to who knows, as I began to buy seeds that I found familiar and will become very useful now for me and in the future. 

I will grow these seeds once I'm back at the Lamarca's Grand Mansion. 

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⫷ THIRD PERSON VIEWPOINT ⫸

In a shabby old house. Lives a middle-aged man along with his big shepherd dog, his only companion in life. 

//beep//

//beep//

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Naaalimpungatang bumangon si Miguel Ester dahil sa sunod ingay na naririnig niya sa kanyang cellphone. Maging ang katabi niyang alagang aso ay naglilikot, nagising din ito dahil sa ingay.

"Aarf! Aarf!" 

"Okay, behave, Milo. Arrgh, who's disturbing our sleep?" mabigat ang loob na bumangon ito at kinuha ang cellphone niya na nasa tabi lang ng ulo niya. 

"Oh man, naka-off na ang ring tone sa comments, na-on ko ba kanina?" buntong hiningang sambit nito sa sarili. 

"Aarf! Aarf!"

"Yeah, yeah. Sleep now." nang makitang tahimik na ang alagang aso ay nakita niyang alas-dos pa lang ng madaling araw. 

"These damn brats really---huh?!" nagising ang buong diwa niya nang makita ang ilang sold out seeds sa shop niya! 

"W--what happened?" nakita niya rin ang notifications galing sa bank account niya. Ang kaninang 14,764.50 ay naging 57,324,90.

"Am I dreaming?"

Kinurot niya ang sarili at natanto na hindi siya nananaginip. This is the first time na naka-sold out siya. 

Ang karaniwang bumibili sa bine-benta niya ay ang ilang curious buyers lang na paisa-isa lang ng kuha. 

Mas lalo siyang nagulat nang makita kung sino ang bumili sa shop niya. 

"M--Master R!?" hindi makapaniwalang singhap nito. Bilang seller ay siya lamang ang makakakita ng mga username ng kung sino ang mga bumibili ng products niya. 

Ikin-lik niya ang profile at bumungad sakanya ang 20 millions followers na profile. 

".... It's really him."

Hindi pa man nakakabawi sa pagkagulat ay nakatanggap siya ng mensahe mula dito. 

@𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑅𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙: 𝑁𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑀𝑟. 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑚. 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛, 𝑚𝑦, 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔, ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛. 𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑤. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑅, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑛.

He read his message, repeatedly. A lot of times, hanggang sa magsink-in sa isip niya ang mga letra. 

"..."

His dog whined when it saw his owner crying silently. 

"I'm okay, Milo. I'm okay." he patted his dog and wiped his tears. He became emotional because this is the first time someone acknowledge him. Not just anyone, but him. A famous and respected figure.

How can he not know him? 

Matunog ang pangalan nito sa kahit saan. Some are worshipping him and some are scared of being targeted by him. He is a fearsome figure, na para bang nakikita nito ang lahat like a God 

He's not on anyone's side. Like what he said on his post. He's like an apostle of justice. He's treating anyone the same. 

The very first time he show his presence was when he posted many evidences and recordings regarding some high-profile politicians, that has garnered a lot of attention and controversy, like a wildfire that will never die.

Everytime those in high positions wants to used their influenced to protect those who was exposed on their crimes. A mysterious hacker will exposed what they are doing or planning behind the scenes. In the end, those who wanted to help was scared witless and stay silently, afraid that they will become the next target. 

Hindi lang doon natapos ang pag-iingay ng pangalang Master R. 

Not only the politicians. Some clans was also exposed, like how someone was keeping a mistress, who was the one who planned the assassination of who, bribes and etcetera. 

He also exposed some common people or commoners. It's like he was telling everyone, it's not just those in the upper-class can do horrible things, some commoners are also not saint. 

But. Even though he posted the crimes of some 'wanted' simple commoners. He shared their background stories, like he was telling a story of the person who do that and why they commit those bad deeds. 

Everyone who reads his post can feel his sadnes, of how they become and ended up. And at the very end of his long post. He will tell them to atone, forgive and live. 

There was someone who was arrested for murdering a person from a middle-class clan. He murdered the person who raped his wife and daughter. He became a wanted person. His face are posted on the streets. He didn't care what will be his ending. He only wants the life of the man who wronged his family, but he don't have a choice when he wants to escaped. He killed anyone on his way, be it the maids, guards or the wife of the asshole.

He was arrested. He was interviewed. Many has watched as the man answered the reporter. 

"What is your message towards, Master R, who exposed you?"

"Should I be thankful?" masama ang tingin na pinukol nito sa reporter na namutla ngunit nagpatuloy pa rin na interbyuhin ito ng kalmado. 

"Have you read his post about you? Anong masasabi at nararamdaman mo ngayon?"

Nakita nilang natulala ito at maya-maya ay mangiyak-ngiyak na natawa ng malakas. Napaatras ang reporter. 

"Hah. Oh, d@mn, fxck, sh*t. Pwede na ba 'yon, huh?"

"... Ah, i--it's alright now, it's the end of th----" Hindi na natuloy ng kinakabahang reporter sasabihin nang biglang mag salita ng seryoso ang lalakeng nakaposas sa harap ng camera. 

"He's a scary fellow. That dude who called himself Master fxcking R. He is a madman." diretsong tinitigan nito ang camera. The eyes in the camera is filled with madness and scars, and he said ...

"Because only a madman can understand someone like me."

Matapos ang interview na iyon mas lalo pang naging matunog ang pangalan nito. 

"And you're telling me, he'll visit me?!"