A frantic struggle was taking place on the doctor's fingers as he clicked so quickly on the panel that several distortions appeared without any valid information.
"I think I'm starting to understand where he's going with this." Speaking internally, I approached the doctor with a determined look.
"I mean, in another century, it would be at the most advanced level you've never experienced... a soul like yours shouldn't wander eternally without a second chance."
While he explained and tapped his fingers on that panel, I remained silent, absorbing everything he had to say about... now everything is making sense, on the one hand I wanted to live in peace, but the other side of me now reflects on this opportunity he is offering me.
"As much as you caused almost a genocide of the Uchiha clan, I believe that given the circumstances of your past... there was no other way but to take the dark path you yourself chose."
His hands stop moving, and he hands me a shiny light blue ticket.
During this explanation, past memories flashed through my mind, which shouldn't have happened since I'm technically dead... or I should be at this moment, but something is keeping me alive.
What is keeping me alive now is this other side of me that is screaming louder than my peaceful side... it wants to live more.
"So, I want to know about you... Itachi Uchiha, do you want to start over?"
"Hmm..." I thought constantly as my eyes turned to that ticket, wondering if it was worth being revived again without using a forbidden Jutsu like before.
As much as I wanted peace, I needed to pay for everything I had done to my brother and the entire clan. Could this second chance forgive all my sins?
"You don't need anyone to forgive you, Itachi."
My eyes widened in surprise. I forgot for a moment that he could read my thoughts.
"But... I need to pay dearly for what I—"
"No, you don't have to pay anything else... If I'm giving you this new chance, it's because I know that deep down, you want to protect something greater and, above all, you want to learn from your mistakes."
The doctor approaches me and touches my head in the same way I used to touch my brother's forehead when I was younger.
After his touch, everything shines beneath me, and I can see my body again after his divine touch.
"I've always had my eye on you. Your intentions, however contradictory to many, I know there was no other side, and without this side... there was only one left."
"Learn again, don't look for repeats of your past life... just live like never before, how about it?"
My mind had no more answers to give. If he is really giving me a second chance without creating future worries... my decision will be made here.
"Yes, I accept your proposal, Doctor." I say with my eyes focused on his with a determined expression.
The shiny ticket enters my body and after my final decision, the doctor clicks on his panel again and everything around me shakes beneath my feet.
"I hope you have a good life in this world I created for you. As for what was inserted into your body... it will be your divine gift. Use it as you see fit."
When everything shook even harder, a ray of light hit me in that infinite darkness, and the last image I could see... was the doctor's last smile for my final choice.
- Beep beep beep...
"Hm..."
The sounds that dominated my body were so calm that it was very difficult to wake up... in my past life, I had always lived in constant war, and here it would be no different, knowing that I would remember everything that had happened and live new moments now in this world.
I felt like a reborn adult, without heavy thoughts or excessive worries... the sound of birds singing gracefully in my ears, everything was dark in the room, and all I had to do was wake up and see the new sun rise.
My body feels a cozy bed with a pillow that is filled with bird feathers.
Opening my eyes slowly, I realize that I am in a simple room, noticing that there are only two dark wooden cabinets, an oak bench next to my bed with a ticket with no description on it.
Looking at the ticket, it was like a mirror that reflected my appearance... I looked the same as when I was born in Konoha, only with a much more athletic body, I would say.
"How can I use this?" I ask myself as I pick up the ticket from the counter and look at it closely.
Without much of an idea in mind, I put it back on the bench and a hologram appears on top of the paper, showing an important message for me to read.
[Congratulations, you have acquired "Uchiya Power," a method for possessing items and abilities related to your former world and your current one]
"Uchiya Power? Is the system messing with my own last name? How immature..."
The message on the panel creates another layer below, where there is a small dark hole.
[Insert your ticket into the empty layer]
When I see the message, I pick up the ticket that was on the counter where the panel was projected, and the panel itself continues to float above the wood.
Looking at the paper in my hands, he begins to scan a number in the center of the special ticket.
"Round of 10?"
Noticing the empty layer where he asked me to insert the ticket, I bring the ticket closer to the hole and it quickly sucks it off my fingers and loads.
"It's funny how everything seems so easy to me. I had no idea how to use this thing... it's like I've been reborn with more knowledge of current technology, and with the way that doctor handled this panel."
My mind felt happy and I laughed a little at what I was doing, my soul felt good about it all... well, feeling good until I found out what answer that ticket would give me.
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