Where do you guys expect to go after death? A beautiful place covered by clouds and snow with majestic castles? A place filled with lava and rocks where the screams of a thousand tortured souls could be heard? Or is it the prison of eternal darkness called the Void?
For me, it was none of those.
What was in front of me was a game interface with the words, 'You are dead. Press 'Y' to restart and 'N' to remain dead.'
Now, the first half of the message made sense. Although I could feel my body, I knew I 'had' died. I remember an entire building falling on top of me, so I was one hundred percent sure that I died.
As for the second part, there was only one question in my mind.
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"What the fuck?!?"
Now, this is definitely not a prank... How can I know that?
That's because no human can play such an advanced prank. So there were only two types of people... or beings left, who would be capable of pulling such a prank.
The first one would be a god. I can name a few prankster gods who would love pulling such a prank on humans. And knowing my luck… I won't be surprised even if they picked me randomly from the 7.8 billion humans on earth.
And my second guess is a 'demon.' Throughout mythologies, demons were known to kidnap humans for the sake of fun.
But I cannot worry about that now. I am not sure if there is a time limit to make my choice. So without any delay, I pressed the 'Y' option.
The interface didn't react for a while. But soon the entire screen started glitching.
[Hoo~ So you finally decided to answer.]
Hearing that aged voice, I knew that I was fucked.
[Depends on how you look into the situation.]
Great, so he can listen to my thoughts.
[Of course. You are my 'successor' after all.]
Wait what?
"Successor?" I finally decided to speak out loud.
[Pretty much. I won't be explaining much, but you were chosen to be my successor.]
"That explains absolutely nothing."
[Exactly, you are not supposed to know much. I will only tell you the basics. All you need to know is that I have chosen you as my successor or successor candidate to be precise, because if you die, I will find a new person to take your place.]
"..."
[Well, I will give you the most simplified version. I want to choose a worthy successor to take my place in the future. So I selected you as the successor candidate. You are the first one so congratulations. As for your tasks… Look to your left.]
As I followed his command, a spinning wheel appeared out of thin air with the word 'world' written at the center of it.
[Now, I want you to stand in front of the roulette.]
I nodded and went towards it.
[Let's see where you reincarnate.]
Huh?
But before I could ask anything, the wheel started spinning with multiple words which were not previously there appearing on the list.
The words spooked me, as the names that were on the list were very scary. Especially the first name on the roulette.
Boku no Pico.
The others were far less scary compared to that one.
Pet Sematary, Naruto, One Piece, Game of Thrones, Saw, Mirror, Wrong Turn, Final Fantasy, Marvel, DC, Final Destination…
The options were endless.
It took a solid minute for the wheel to slow down and another minute for it to finally stop. The needle landed on 'Marvel' which made me both happy and scared.
Happy because it wasn't Boku no Pico but scared because of all the crazy overpowered beings that live there.
[Ho Ho Ho! Marvel it is then. I just hope that you don't die. Now, next is your race and then powers. But remember, all races will be from the Marvel world. As for the powers, they will be restricted to an extreme level. So, let's say you get the power of Magneto. At first, you will only be able to use some basic magnetic attacks but as you grow stronger… the rest of the abilities will start unlocking. Even if you get the human race with the intelligence of Anthony Edward Stark, your intelligence won't start off as high as his. It will increase slowly.]
That sounds fair.
[So if you get someone like Litterbug, you will start with peak-human strength, speed, endurance, and the ability to use claws. But you won't be able to talk properly and will have all his weaknesses. So if you get someone like him, you are pretty much done for.]
Now it doesn't sound that fair.
[Now onto the next one.]
The middle word changed to races, with the appearance of countless race names on the wheel.
And just like earlier, the wheel started to spin.
It passed many races like Inhumans, Deviants, Celestials, and many more and finally stopped at mutants.
[Not bad, not bad. Let's see which mutant you get.]
Similar to the previous turns, the middle word changed to Mutants with the appearance of different names of mutants on the wheel.
As I started spinning, I got pissed as the needle passed Franklin Richards, Jim Jaspers, and Owen Reece.
Other than the extremely weak ones, I will take almost anyone.
But I didn't have to worry about that as the name it landed on made me grow a massive smile.
[You truly are a lucky guy. If not for me making that building fall on top of you, you might have become quite a successful person in life.]
Hold up!
[Oops! I wasn't supposed to say that. Anyways, as I said before, your powers will be restricted. As you continue using them, you will be able to unlock the rest. Now the one you chose has a lot of powers, so you can choose only one to be at Omega level. The rest will reach the same level later. And only Telepathy and Telekinesis are the ones I am giving you for now. You will be able to unlock the rest of the abilities in the future. But for now, only telepathy and telekinesis will be available. You can choose one to be at omega level, while the other will be at beta.]
"Are we really going to ignore the fact that you 'casually' killed me?"
[Yes.]
"…"
[It's not like you can do anything against me. So choose your power.]
"…" I felt myself shaking my head figuratively. "I choose telepathy." It was a no brainer. Although telekinesis is cool, I would rather prefer keeping those overpowered beings out of my head.
[Smart choice. I also adjusted your body so that no one can clone you or steal your powers. Now go! But as compensation for killing you, I adjusted a few things for you. I think you will like it… or maybe not. Heh.]
"Wai-" but even before I could say anything else, the ground below me vanished and I fell down.
[A/N: Thank You, Lasagna.
This fic will have betrayals (Not love betrayals, I hate NTR just as much as everyone else.) Gore, and many more disturbing things in this fic (later on). So if you don't like those things... This is not for you.
I will rewrite chapter 1 and 2 when I get time.
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