While I was getting eaten by wolves in the mountains, I was thinking..."
"Nine times is right. This is my ninth reincarnation."
"I don't know how old I am anymore. Maybe a thousand years."
"I've had nine chances at life, but I've lost in every one."
"I don't even know if there's a tenth chance."
The wolves left the body and the pack went away.
In that same second, he closed his eyes.
100 seconds later, he opened his eyes again.
So, I was reincarnated again.
There was a mirror in front of him. He looked at himself.
"I look pretty good," he thought.
He clenched his fists and muttered under his breath,
"I'm not going to lose this chance again."
At that moment, the nurse said,
"Congratulations, ma'am. Your baby was born successfully."
The baby's mother smiled
and picked up the baby
and touched its cheeks.
"Your cheeks feel so soft," she said.
"I'll name you Tengoka."