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“What? Hey listen, where is the lion’s den?”
She was all alone in this place even when she was surrounded by people from every
direction. However, she somehow managed to find the building she was looking for. It was a
usual building, just like the others, dimly lit with walls being black from the regular
deposition of the soot. The place was full of drunkards and scoundrel lying on the floor,
under the effect of drugs and alcohol, and certainly not the place where one can imagine a
beauty like her to be present.

“Where is the lion?” She asked the boy serving the drinks upon which he replied nothing but
pointed a finger to an old man sitting in the corner.
She went to the old man and asked what he knows about the rebels and their leader. He
started as soon as she finished as if he had been waiting for her to come and listen about the
rebels.
“So, the rebels are a group of people who want liberation from the current system and from
the rule of THE PANEL. They think that the system of person being served well when he gets
enough credit is vicious and should be stopped”

“But I don’t see a problem with this. We are after all we removing the discrimination and
other prejudices that used to be there when society was divided on the basis of race, religion,
and class.”
“Neither do I, but they say that their leader “Kaanu” has got the powers to convince anyone,
literally anyone. I wonder if……” and there was a gunshot and the old man rolled down like
a sack of potatoes and the floor was full of fresh blood dripping from his head.

There was a stampede at that place. People were running here and there, when suddenly she
felt that she was hit and everything went blank around her eyes. Next moment, she found out
that she was standing in front of a man with a well-built body and long white beard on his
face.

“So, now you have come here to decide the fate of your people. They really change a person
once he goes there, isn’t it Jhanvi”
“How…. how do you know my name?”
“Remember your father’s old friend, your most loved uncle, Aditya?”
“OH!!! But I thought that you…”
“that you died, or that you went missing”
“So, you wanted to hear why we want to destroy THE PANEL. Listen, young lady, and then
decide who is wrong and who is right? You just select those people that fulfil the credit to
live a beautiful life, but what of those who don’t fulfil that requirement. What about those
widows, those orphans, or those teenagers who just fell in traps of drugs at a young age?”
“But there is always someone who suffers, also we are taking those people that through their
research, can make the earth habitable for life again.”
“What research, this is where the scam begins. The research is just meant to make west great
and superior”
“No, they care about you, that’s why they called for me to inspect the situation and take
actions accordingly”
“I don’t know why the crown waited for your response? The only thing that I know is you
have got both sides of the story and you are capable of making an informed decision.” And
he shot himself dead.

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