He doesn't know how long he was in this state with a total darkness. He can't remember, but he figured it must be a long long time. From the perpetual darkness and then finally a faint sound.
Thump thump... Thump thump..
He could hear a heartbeat getting louder and louder.
Then was some movements in his surroundings. He feels like he was moving in a wet surface and the walls are squeezing him out. He could feel that he was going somewhere. He was moving towards this opening that he don't know about. He feels a liberating feeling when his head came out, followed by his shoulders and then the rest was easier.
He tried to opened his eyes slightly and finally saw some light. He was still adjusting due to sudden brightness but he could only see vague details since it's all blurry. It seems that he was lying down and he could see some faces looking down at him and they are somewhat bigger or he became much smaller.
Then it occurred to him that the experience earlier was being given birth to. He was reborn as a baby unlike those transmigrations he read where the MC took over some teenage body.
'What the heck, this isn't transmigrationtransmigration. This is reincarnation, and it is fucking real!!?'
Although hazy, his thoughts was quite clear but it was interrupted when he started to feel that the people around him are getting restless. He could hear them speaking in a hushed voice like someone is chasing them.
"Put lights off quick!"
He swore he heard gunshots. Some are far and some are near.
It lasted for a while, then there was a pin drop silence. Not even a breathing sound could be heard.
After a while, he heard the sound of half running footsteps coming towards their location.
"I already took the tails out. We should leave quickly and quietly. More will be coming any moment from now. "
Then he heard a woman's whisper when she noticed the baby isn't crying.
"Is the child dead?"
Someone put a finger under his nose and said.
"No he's breathing, we're lucky he isn't crying or they will hear us and all of us are dead."
"It's a pitty his mother died just now. She's a strong woman, although she was shot critically, she manage to give the last of her strength to give birth." He continued.
"What are we gonna do now? We cannot bring him with us. We can't afford another burden."
"I guess we could only bring him to the nearest orphanage. It's enroute towards our destination anyway."
They sighed then turn their heads towards the baby.
"I'm sorry child, this the least we can do for you. I hope you'll be able to live a peaceful life."
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At first he was thankful that he understood the language they speak since it was in English. He probably won't be having trouble with communication. Before being a chef in his past life, he was an office worker first, he was often sent to some business trip for negotiations with foreigners so he was somewhat adept in this language.
But when he heard they are in a dangerous situation. He couldn't help but cuss in his mind.
'Fucking shit! Peaceful my ass!!! I've become an orphan the day I was reborn. Great! Just Great!! To make the matter worst, I think this people are being pursued by some dangerous people. It maybe a syndicate or this group might be from mafia. I still want to grow!! I can't even do anything because of this little body and I don't even have a name yet. ' He complained.
Then one of them lifted him up and washed him with water before placing him into some kind of a leather bag full of clothes.
After that, he felt like he's being carried away. He wasn't able to know what happened next because he feels and overwhelming tiredness so he couldn't help but fall asleep.
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When he woke up, all he could see in his hazy eyes was dark clouds and it seems that rainfall's gonna fall down any time soon.
Fortunately, he heard an opening of a door and then a voice of an old lady reached his ears.
"It's the 6th time for goodness sake. What a poor child." She sighed.
She picked him up from the bag, carried him in one arm and went inside with the bag. Inside, he could hear voices of kids.
She went through the corridor and came inside in one of the empty rooms. Then she put him in a bed while checking what was inside the bag.
She found some clothes with a lot of blood stains on it, and five bundles of cash.
"No wonder, you were left here. Your parents might be in a lot of trouble. "
'No shit Sherlock, Hello? Who could figure it out? Blood, money and an abandoned baby. Congratulations captain obvious!' He almost rolled his eyes about what she said.
'Also, I'm getting hungry but I don't wanna freak her out when suddenly a newborn baby speaks. But I don't have any choice lady. This might spook you out but I need to tell you I'm hungry. '
Then he faced the old lady while bracing himself expecting the look of shocked on her face.
'This will be funny,'. He thought mischievously.
'This is it.... 1, 2, 3'
What he didn't expect next was the turn of events. When he tried to speak to her, what came out of his lips was..
"Ouh gahh guhh wao!"
Then the old lady look at him bewildered and amused.
There was an awkward silence in the air.
'Did.. did that just came out of my mouth??'
He can't accept it. His face hurt by the invisible slap of truth right in his face. Then he tried again but still has the same result. What was in shocked was not the old lady but him.
A/N: Serves you right harhar.
'Listen lady! Don't look at me with that kind of look! If you don't bring food now, I will..."
'Hmmm I remember I can't do anything right now' he murmured in his thoughts.
"Oh yeah, will pee on you!! You got that? Feed me nooooooooow peasant"
But what came out was...
"Gaaahhh da da tatatat uwaaahwo.. "
"Ahhh ha wooahwu"
The old lady couldn't help but chuckle and thought he is cute in contrast to what he was truly saying in his mind.
"Oh you must be hungry?? Right, let me get a bottle of milk for you, ok? Hang on a second, I'll be right back little guy. "
'Phew! Thank God she finally understood. ' He thought in relief.
It was around ten minutes when the old lady comes back holding a bottle of milk. Then she went to his side and have me feed.
After he finished the milk. He was able to return to his thoughts and think the situation he was in.
He finally resigned to his fate and bid his time planning what he's going to do from now on.
In his past life, he had a lot of regrets not doing the things he always yearned of. Now that he was given a second chance. He decided not to waste it.
He made simple planning mentally.
-Make his body Hunk like.
-Get rich
-Get a girl or girls.
-Go on in some adventures.
-Have his own Mancave
After spending so much energy planning, he couldn't resist and fell asleep again.