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5 Kills

Submitted to Contest #296

I am old enough to remember the days before the 5 Kills Protocol was implemented. Life was hard and food was scarce, but we had no idea the stress that was to come. Seven years ago, as the human population expanded far past the Earth’s ability to support us, the governments of the world held a month-long summit to determine what to do. One idea after another was rejected until they finally settled on out-and-out murder. The 5 Kills Protocol was implemented by the brainiacs at this summit. It allows for every human to kill a minimum 5 people ...

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