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EXTRA GRETEL Chapter 327: The Card

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“Now that the warning about your behaviour is out of the way, we can proceed further on the front of the administrative side of things, then we'll all get to the fun and exciting parts, alright."

Gretel did not say a word, hating the man in front of her and his overly cheerfully sadistic demeanour. Everyone here knew that this was all a ploy and a mockery of the lives that they once lived, the once grudging and boring familiarity of the sequence he had rattled off was now a terrifying and demeaning display of loss and pain.

The guard knew that they had all witnessed an execution before this and knew exactly damn well what he was doing as well, putting on this flamboyant hate show.

"If you may all recall that when you were originally provided with this new employment opportunity, you were provided with your new identification cards. Well, to comply with the laws of this land, they are a necessary requirement, on the

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