Inside a spacious academic courtyard, surrounded by many students and teachers whispering among themselves, a young man closed his eyes tightly and placed both hands on his head
" Aaaah, it hurts ! "
Suddenly ! Many memories began to flood the young man's mind rapidly, then rearranged themselves with many other memories
" Hmm ... ?! "
After a few minutes, the young man's pain subsided significantly
After he was able to process his thoughts, he looked around curiously, then stared at his own body, which seemed different to him yet identical to the one he remembered in the same time
" Hell ! I've been reincarnated into another world, and only now have my memories of my previous life fully recovered !!! "
The young man immediately thought about what he knew about his current world, his family, and his surroundings, and a shocked, dead expression appeared on his face
" Damn it ! What is happening in this world ? "
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18 years ago
Inside a spacious, slightly dim room in a stylish apartment building
A young man in his early twenties with an amazingly muscular and fit body finished masturbating after watching one of the popular hentai videos that had been released a few hours earlier
" Ugh, shit ! "
" Although the graphics, animation, and sound were excellent, the story and how it ended still left a slightly bitter aftertaste "
" It seems that happy endings have disappeared even in this type of stories "
The young man sighed quietly and then slowly got up from his seat
He moved with a grace and precision that made him look like a professional at this type of work, he quickly cleaned his room and took a good shower
Then, the young man put on some simple clothes and went to the store to buy some groceries and essentials for his apartment
On his way to the store, the young man stood and waited on the curb at the red light, relaxed
After the light turned green, and as he was about to cross, he noticed that a young girl on the sidewalk in front of him was crossing the road while a truck coming in that direction at high speed and would surely collide with her
The young man's eyes immediately opened, his muscles contracted violently, and he ran quickly toward the girl
When the distance between them was less than five meters, the young man lowered his upper body and leaned forward, then he gathered all his energy and momentum in his lower muscles and leapt spectacularly onto the sidewalk
At the same time, the young man immediately opened his arms and pulled the little girl into his lap as he passed her
He then shrank back to protect her and to cushion the impact of the fall
It all happened in a matter of seconds, and many people didn't realize what was happening around them until they suddenly saw a young man recklessly jump onto the sidewalk, carrying a little girl in his arms and managed to avoid a collision with a speeding truck by a few seconds
After all that effort and pushing his body to this point, the young man breathed heavily, feeling his muscles burning and his heart about to explode
" Hah hah hah ! Hell ! That was the most exciting thing I've ever done in my life ! "
The young man thought about what would have happened to him or the girl if he had waited a little longer, then smiled inwardly and praised himself excessively
" Hehehe ! The Truck_kun and Reincarnation nonsense won't work with this father "
After a few moments, the young man was able to process his thoughts and calm his racing heart
He then tried to raise himself and sit up
He examined the girl in his arms and found that she had lost consciousness
' Isn't this little girl so cute and beautiful ? '
As the young man contemplated the girl's cute appearance, he suddenly heard a strange metallic creaking sound, and by looking around him, he saw several people raising their heads, covering their mouths with their hands, or pointing upwards
The young man instinctively copied what they were doing and quickly raised his head
He saw a giant metal billboard falling from the top of the building next to him
The young man watched in astonishment, immediately realizing that he couldn't escape this time, so he grabbed the girl's clothes tightly and threw her forcefully toward a decorative bush ten meters away
" Shit ! "
Everything happened very quickly, and as the metal billboard, weighing hundreds of kilograms, fell on him, the young man lost consciousness, sustained several serious injuries, and died after bleeding out for a few minutes
" Oh, my god ! "
" Hurry up and lift the billboard ! "
" Is the girl okay ? "
A few moments later, as onlookers and paramedics were trying to lift the billboard, an ethereal dazzling white mass with two meters long and no more than half a meter in diameter suddenly emerged from the young man's body
' Oh, what's happening to me ? '
' It looks like I'm dead ! '
The young man immediately realized what had happened, and his expression hardened
After examining his surroundings, he noticed a nurse caring for the little girl, who seemed to be doing well
He smiled slightly, and the feelings of depression and sadness that had settled over his heart eased
' Well, I guess I did what I had to do '
No one was able to see the white mass, and after a few moments, it began to float and rise toward the sky, then suddenly accelerated and flew to the east
' Damn it ! I can't control where I'm going ! '
For some strange reason, the young man could still perceive what was happening around him and could see even in his strange state, but he couldn't control his new body or its movements
A few minutes later, a gigantic golden palace appeared before the young man, its area exceeding the size of the largest city he knew, and its towers exceeding thousands of meters in height
This palace looked like a towering mountain, and with its position in the sky above a mass of dense, multicolored clouds, it created an extremely awe-inspiring scene
As time passed, the young man approached the palace and saw many strange entities and colorful, ethereal masses wich he could not comprehend their shapes, surrounding the palace or moving throughout it
At the front of the palace, the young man noticed a giant silver sign with numerous awe-inspiring gold and red symbols engraved on it
The young man was certain that he had never seen this type of symbols before, but for some strange reason, he was able to understand its meaning
«Palace of the Spirits»
The white mass moved around the palace slowly, in a perfect circular path, as if it were a sacred ritual
For his side, the young man ignored this matter and focused on observing the palace's surroundings, which made his eyes sparkle
Well, not his real eyes, but he was quite amazed by what he saw
After this cycle was over, the young man returned to the palace's majestic entrance, and after a few seconds, the white mass advanced again and walked down the palace's main corridor for a few minutes until it reached a spacious hall
The young man noticed from a distance, a row of ethereal white masses similar to his own appeared, and he continued advancing until he reached the end of this row
The young man immediately guessed that these masses were the spirits of people who had died moments before him and his expression was more surprised and excited than frightened
' This is truly mind-expanding '
' I never would have imagined that such things could happen after death '
' Mmm ! I don't think these spirits still think normally like me '
The young man reached this conclusion because he noticed that the spirits before him, and even the new spirit that arrived after him, were in a semi-static state, unlike him, who seemed to be constantly moving
After reading a vast amount of novels and being exposed to intense fictional content, this young man had developed an exaggerated capacity for perception and deduction, which could even be described as bizarre
By making some guesses about his current state, the young man immediately decided to act more cautiously, fearing attracting unwanted attention, especially since he didn't understand what was happening around him
A few hours passed quickly for the young man, who continued reviewing his life and his final moments before the line finally reached the spirit preceding the young man
The young man focused more on what was happening around him and was able to hear the conversation taking place between the white mass in front of him and the two gian golden masses on either side of the colorful gate in front of this line
" Given the karma you've accumulated in your life, you only have two options "
" The first option is to reincarnate in your previous world under worse situation than you experienced before, for example, in a poorer family, with an ailing body, or other negative circumstances that will impact your life in the worst possible way and cause you a fair amount of trauma and psychological complexes "
" The second option is to go to hell ! "
" You will spend a thousand years of compulsory service there until your soul is purified of all the sins that have stuck to it, and after that, you will reincarnate in your world under better situation than you experienced in this life, and you will face some happy opportunities "
The sound of the two golden masses was extremely strange to the young man and it sounded like someone scratching the glass with a sharp metal dagger
After a few seconds of hearing the two offers, the white mass unexpectedly chose the first option, which caused the two golden masses to comment sarcastically
" Ah ! Another stupid soul ! "
" Damn it ! We're just wasting our time ! I don't even know why we're letting them choose when they're all choosing the same thing ? "
The young man heard the two masses' words and immediately realized that his previous guess was correct and that his ability to think up until this point was strange, so he quickly focused on acting less conspicuously to avoid attracting their attention
He also confirmed that the white masses were the souls of other people who had died during this period, but he wasn't sure if the golden masses were souls as well
After making its choice, the soul in front of the young man entered the portal and immediately disappeared, and finally, it was his turn
" Oh ! Looks like we finally have something interesting ! "
After the young man stood in front of the two golden masses, one of them spoke excitedly, then immediately became more serious after his colleague began speaking
" Due to the karma you've accumulated in your life, you're given an opportunity that only one person on this planet gets every hundred years, therefore, you have three choices "
" The first choice is to join the Spirit Palace and become like us "
" We don't have much time to tell you all the benefits that come with this choice, but what I can tell you is that you won't regret it "
" The second choice is to be reincarnated into your previous world in one of the best possible situations within it, as a handsome second generation child of a wealthy and harmonious family or as the heir to a royal family "
" The third and final choice is to be reincarnated into another world that is significantly different from yours "
" In this new world, you might live a life far better than you did in this one, or it might be worse than you can imagine "
The young man listened with extreme attention and concentration to the words of the two golden nuggets and didn't respond immediately
' working in the Spirit Palace ... ? Will I be like them ...? '
' returning to my old world ... '
' moving into a new world ... '
After the young man took a long time to make his choice, the two golden nuggets were slightly stunned
" What's up with this soul ? "
" Isn't it supposed to choose the first option directly like the other souls ? "
" I have no idea, I've never encountered a soul with such good karma before "
" I think this karma is influencing its decisions ! "
" Shall we inform the official ? "
Hearing the two golden nuggets' discussion, the young man immediately realized that his time was running out
' I don't think I want to stay in one place, even if it's great and incomprehensible to me right now. I don't think I want to return to my old world ... '
The young man recalled a strange incident he had experienced in his first combat tournament in his world
His hesitant expression immediately became more stern, and he pointed to the third option
" Huh ? "
" Hell ! Did he choose the third option ? "
" From the records I've read, no soul has chosen that option in 8000955 years "
" Yes, and I heard that it caused massive chaos in the world it moved to "
" We won't suffer because of that, will we ? "
" Of course not "
" It's too late to inform the official "
" Let's finish the procedures quickly and get rid of this strange soul before others notice "
The two golden blocks moved quickly, leading the young man's soul to a huge room to the left of the previous hallway
then, they fiddled with one of its massive walls, and a wide metal disc appeared with eight options, at the center of which was a silver pointer with a gold head
All the options seemed strangely clear to the young man, as they included the Science Fiction World, the Apocalypse World, the Martial Arts World, and several other fantasy worlds
All these images and the worlds they displayed seemed familiar to him, but what he couldn't explain was a world whose image had been distorted by numerous blurred mosaic fragments, and this world appeared cracked, as if it were being destroyed
" Come forward and pull the metal lever "
The young man heard the golden nugget's command, so he stepped forward toward the wall and immediately pulled the metal lever without hesitation
The young man realized that what was happening to him was unique to these golden nuggets compared to other spirits, so he wanted to end it and leave this place immediately
After the young man's spirit pulled the metal lever, a deafening sound emanated from the wall, and the room gradually darkened as the eight options on the dial brightened and the pointer began to spin at an incredible speed
The pointer continued to spin for a full 30 seconds before slowing down and then stopping smoothly at the shattered world
" I don't know why I expected this outcome ? "
" Me too, this seems to be the day of strange events ! "
" But I can't believe he's going to move to this world out of all the eight worlds on the dial "
" It's over, This young man certainly dead ! "
" This world has always been strange and incomprehensible, and what has happened in recent centuries has made it's situation much worse "
" Yes ! In this period, even the planet's will has lost its ability to resistw and this world only has 25 years left before its defenses collapse and its final downfall begins "
" It seems this young man's luck ran out before the pointer stopped spinning "
" It doesn't matter "
" Let's get rid of him quickly "
The two golden nuggets quickly lost interest in the young man's spirit and strange state after anticipating his inevitable fate
They didn't give him a chance to fully comprehend what was happening around him before throwing him into the cracked portal that had appeared before them