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“Yup, I officially hate this place.”
Oh New York, why can’t you just work? Why can’t anything here work for me? All I am asking is to get to college on time, and you can’t even fulfill that.
The bus is late by…how much? Probably doesn’t matter, I’m still going to be late if I wait. I wish I bought a car but noooooooo, even that is too expensive! God I hate this place.
I wish I stayed in Alaska, at least stupid shit doesn't happen on such a scale on a daily basis.
As I was walking, I saw the usual homeless guy, men in business suits, the occasional robbery in plain daylight, the guy creating a pipe bo-oh, that ain’t normal. Eh, only in New York.
At this point, I took a minute to sit down on the ground to take a small rest before the traffic light turned green. Walking without rest for this long physically hurts, maybe it’s because I don’t exercise that often, or perhaps it’s because I am so skinny I look like a damn skeleton.
I should probably eat more, it’s definitely not healthy eating bread with nutella every morning.
I took a moment to reflect on my on myself, I was probably going to die in five years with how well I am treating my body, I look paler than a sheet of paper from the lack of vitamin D I am receiving, That’s most likely the reason why my bones feel so weak, and also why merely stretching my left hand feels so painful.
But hey, at least I am tall! By American standards at least, there of course is that one dutch guy that makes me look short and my friends midgets.
And-oh shit! It's already green!
I got up quickly and ran for the stop, but something told me not to walk further…as if-
A truck went speeding past the road, definitely going past the speed limit, probably going a forty above the speed limit.
Hu-god damn! Who the hell gave that man a driving license! Dear lord! I was that close to becoming an isekai protagonist…
Well, that was a close call, I nearly got run over by a truck, what are the chances of that happening? Pretty high actually…
I look both ways before continuing onwards on the way to my destination.
I took out my phone to check for the time, and of course I was late. Eh, since I was now late, I suppose I could just slow down the pace, being late is still being late, no need to rush.
I clicked on one of the random mobile games I installed out of pure boredom, the game was nothing special really, just another soulless cashgrab I decided to play because I was bored.
‘Heh, not today god, not toda-
“WATCH OUT!”
The fu-
-ck
What? What just…
You are probably wondering what just happened.
I immediately snapped my head to the voice of the sound to see…the hell is that!?!
To explain what happened to you, well, uhh, you died, quite simple really.
“From what?”
A falling fridge. Yeah, don’t ask me how, I got no clue why that dumbass thought it would be a good idea to put their refrigerator on their balcony. Human stupidity is beyond me.
“I uh-wha-why?”
Ironic is it not? To avoid a speeding truck yet done in by a fridge.
“Wha-are you god? The devil? ROB?”
Uhh, not really, I am just the guy who reincarnates people, nothing special honestly.
“So, do I get, you know? Special powers?”
Hmm, give me a sec.
I heard the sounds of a person filliping what I presume to be a notebook.
Not bad…not a saint, but good enough.
“What does that mean?”
You don’t get massively overpowered skills or anything like that, so no debug menu or gamer system, but enough to make you a proficient combatant and a formidable threat depending on the world you chose.
“So basically good but nothing broken, right?”
You got it. Now, I am kinda running short of time so can you please hurry up in choosing what blessing you want and what world you want to be reincarnated in.
“I dunno, you chose.”
Well, in that case…
I then heard a faint click and then a wheel spinning.
Interesting…
“So you gonna tell me what I got?”
Well, you did leave it up to chance so…no.
“Fair.”
Now for your power…
I heard another click and a wheel spinning.
Hmm…interesting, very interesting…
“I don’t like the sound of that.”
Well, it seems like our time together has ended. Before you go, I have added some extra benefits for you, use them wisely.
Extra benefits? Nice.
I wish you the best of luck, because you would most likely need it. For now, goodbye.
Huh, I shouldn't feel like I am fal-
-ling right now?
I blinked. Then I blinked once more.
“What? Wah?”
I looked around my surroundings to find myself somewhere definitely not my living room and a hundred percent not my apartment.
“Okay…I most likely possessed someone or I got plopped down in a random house.”
All I had to do now was find out which universe I was in, worst case scenario I was in a universe I did not not have knowledge of.
I wandered around the room a bit until I found the door to the bathroom and turned on the lights.
“Well, I wonder what I wil-HOLY SHIT ARE THOSE ANTLERS!”
I jolted back at my reflection and took a moment just to see myself in the mirror.
“That answers my question on where I am. I got put in the damn Inpherno! I suppose it’s still better than being placed in a grimmdark world.”
I walked closer to the mirror to examine the finer details of my face.
Hmm…I look quite generic to say the least. Not too fascinating, I just look like another demon in the background.
I then analyzed my antlers for closer inspection.
Quite thin compared to Medkit’s, but a lot longer. I am probably taller than Banhammer if you included my antlers with my height.
My antlers were not really that noteworthy, they were quite tall, but nothing special. It wasn’t rainbow or any special color, it was just gray.
Well, since I’m in Phighting now…I suppose I should check on the news to see if a phight was ongoing.
I walked towards the couch and picked up a remote and turned on the TV.
So a phight is currently ongoing right now. Wait, when was I sent here?
I opened the internet to be greeted with a retro equivalent of google in this world, it was quite endearing actually, it reminds me of the betters days of Roblox.
Let’s see…Pighters wiki…ah there.
What do we have here? Sword, Rocket….
I scrolled down the list a bit, stopping now and then to take a look at their page. I kept going down until I saw someone missing from the list.
Scythe is currently missing? That’s strange, perhaps this was before Dove vs Crow…that is a good explanation.
I then searched for around a few hours and noted down some key events and person of interests on a document.
Alright, this should be done.
I looked at the massive document I typed out nearing almost two hundred pages full of words and pictures.
The goal now is pretty simple-just don’t interfere too much with the phighters. I suppose limited contact is fine, just don’t become too involved with them or any of the major factions unless I have a death wish.
Avoid The Church at all cost, limit contact with Blackrock and both the Thieves Den and Playground are fine.
And lastly, find a job.
The probably hardest of the three as most locations are most likely affiliated with Phighters.
Where to find a job? One that pays well that aligns with my interests to…
Eh, I’ll think about that after I get some coffee.
I put back my phone in my pocket and changed into something more my style.
Hmmmm. This might do.
It was quite plain, simply a white button up shirt and a black trousers and a belt.
I am missing something here…ah yes! A tie!
Say what you want about ties, they are still fashionable in my opinion.
After putting on a red tie ( The entity that sent me at least gave me a good tie collection. ) I looked like the average office worker, which I do have to agree with.
Perhaps this could land me a job somewhere by looking professional.
I put on my shoes and went ou-is that a note?
“What does that say? Open the drawer?”
I opened the drawer to find… oh, OH! Damn! That’s pretty good gear!
I picked up the launcher to examine it.
A very good gear in my opinion. An underrated one I was to say.
I aimed the launcher at the door to test the sights.
Not bad…okay who am I fooling-the damn sights are non-existent. If I fire this thing I just have to pray that the projectile is large enough that it would hit them.
I was going to test it out later, as coffee comes first. I then found a case in the drawer below (Oddly convenient) that fits the launcher and placed it in there.
I then picked up the case and headed out the door.
Well, what can go wrong today? Hopefully I did not just tempt fate.