I will tell this for the last time - this won't be a harem fic, or a system fic. The appearance of the 'glitched thing' is just for the start (Plot convenience), since I wanted to cook up something unique.
Let's start then....
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(???'s POV)
Every day feels long when I work, short when I don't....sigh, I wonder if there would be anything unique in my life....
"Thank you for your patronage!"
I say this to the 57th customer of this week. It was a necessity in this line of work after all. Working in a supermarket at 19 years old, just to get enough money to pay off some of the rent, wasn't something I had planned, but you have to do what you to, after all.....
It wasn't like I needed to do this, since I could just ask my parents to give me more money by telling them about how the landlord increased the rent of my house, but I rightfully chose to not do that and instead work for it myself.
It was not because I was suddenly trying to be a good son or something like that, since I did give them a lot of pain in the back due to my outrageous behavior in the past. But I just couldn't ask them for more money, when I know they both were barely scraping by themselves....
If it wasn't for this shitty university, I'd probably be getting proper job experience in being a web designer....but I just had to agree with my parents on becoming a damned engineer....sigh....
"Stop sighing bro, you'll get wrinkles on your already ugly face at this rate" A feminine voice pierces my ears with it's high and annoying pitch.
"If I don't, my heart will give out, even before your dumb ass gets a job." I say randomly. I didn't know if either of our statements were true or not, but I didn't care, no one's gonna fact check these random things after all. She was just an old classmate of mine, with the typical backstory of being an orphan and working hard to get into a good university and all that.
Honestly, what she achieved till now was pretty neat. I probably feel disappointed in myself since I achieved what she did, at the same age, with more resources than what she had. I feel like I should've done more....but thinking about it does nothing, all I can do is push forward....at least before something random kills me. But the chances of dying randomly due to an accident are pretty low, but oh well, never ignore the possibility as they say....
I turn towards my coworker, who was the usual pretty lady cashier that the supermarket hires to take care of the checkout.
"By the way, what happened to Mike, Sarah? He finally quit or something?" I ask her....
But before she could answer, I notice something extremely weird. Her face was getting pixelated? What the hell?
"Oi, what is-" Before I could speak further, the upper half of Sarah's body simply disappears in the next moment. No blood, no gore, literally just vanished.
*Bzzzz*
I didn't know where that noise came from or what just happened, but I felt very weak in my knees, my hands were pretty much shaking as well. I wanted to scream out, but no words escaped my throat.
I somehow stood up, shaking, not even daring to look at the leftover part of her body, which was now starting to bleed and release the guts and whatever existed inside there, I try stumbling towards the exit.
I didn't know why I was even trying to do that, I mean, this thing was obviously not something humane. magical? maybe. Or maybe it was a glitch in this reality? I don't know, cuz the glitches in reality social media talks about these days were mostly about birds freezing midair or something.....obviously those are fake, or have a simple scientific explanation.....but this shit happening in front of me right now doesn't seem to have that.....at least none that I can think of.
How was I thinking all this so calmly, when I was most likely about to die and when I literally just witnessed my classmate die in front of me? Most likely adrenaline, and a perk of my own.....I was always more logical and calmer during intense and life threatening situations.....I wonder who I got this from?.....Probably my mom.
Coming back to me trying to walk, or basically limp away from Sarah's dead body, I see something else disappear from my vision. A piece of paper? I can't tell....
Slowly, I limp towards the exit. There were a few more people in the store right now, but I didn't care....I NEED to get out of here. Perhaps this shit's only happening in the store and not outside, who knows? But it was my best chance, at least for now....
Suddenly, my foot feels extra space beneath it. It was like missing a step when getting down from the stairs. I fall down, my heart beating even harder, definitely scared for it's life.
Thankfully I put my arms below me to cushion the impact, otherwise I might've broken my nose, or worse, banged my head on the floor.
I didn't really have much time to adjust as suddenly, the white light from the bulbs vanish, replaced by the sunlight...The whole store had vanished, or glitched apart, for the better term...
The fear I was feeling right now was indescribable. Honestly, I had made quite a few statements about how death was a joke, but when I was so close to it myself, I felt the unending desire to live. Even if my life was shitty, even if my life was hard, even if my parents nagged at me day and night, even if I was a lonely ass guy who'd probably struggle through life, I wanted to live.....
But alas, I couldn't feel my heart beat anymore. I guess it gave out under that much pressure....my vision was growing hazy, the surrounding spinning in front of me, but there was that glitchy thing as well, it was as if it was consuming the world itself....
The last thought that entered my mind at that was-
'beautiful...'
And then there was nothing. I couldn't see anything, I couldn't feel anything. No fear, no anxiety, nothing. I was simply....being.
Time....I didn't know if it even flowed here. I was most likely dead. Perhaps this is what happens when you die. Your existence becomes trapped inside your brain or something. Meh, I was just trying to sound smart, even without knowing what the hell was even going on....
I just started remembering various memories from the past. The day when my parents changed and suddenly became strict, the day I gave up on becoming the best in studying even if I had potential, the day I started diving inside the world of manga, anime, and various games. The day I started learning about various legal, as well as illegal sites and websites.
I even remembered the day when I embarrassed myself in the class when I took the whole day asking silly doubts and not understanding shit...Everyone laughed at me on that day....sigh...
I even remembered the various mangas I read, which was the main reason I became a sort of a failure in this life....Slime, Iruma kun, Shield Hero, half piece, chainsaw man, naruto, MHA, dragon ball....and that blood boiling one, Jujutsu Kaisen.....I hadn't read that manga completely, but I basically knew the whole plot and most of the powers due to the various memes, shorts and fanfics.
Jujutsu kaisen would be my favorite, simply because of the sheer amount of different abilities and how Gege loved sukuna so much that he took half of the plot armor and gave it to him. The main ability I loved in this was Limitless, and it's concept of 'infinity'. I loved that technique to the end of my bones, It wasn't because of Gojo being cool or some shit like that, it was simply because the technique itself was Overpowered.
And it wasn't just Limitless, no. Straw Doll, Boogie Woogie, Idle Transfiguration, they were so fucking OP that the author made the characters using them, killed or nerfed midway. At least that's what happened to most of the potentially overpowered techniques...meh....
Ah, did I rant too much?....meh, it doesn't matter, cuz I am already dead, who the hell cares about me thinking too much hm?
Just as I was about to rant about One punch man and My hero academia next, I felt a chill at the first symbol of light in front of me....
There was a blue rectangular screen materializing in front of me....it held the words that made me stop my thought process all together....yet it still made me feel traumatized by how it was coming into being, as if it was glitching to existence....fucking hell....
{Do you want to live?
>Yes
>No}
Well, things just got even more confusing...I just hope my parents are fine....hopefully my brother takes care of them....sigh.
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There you go for the first chapter. I know it's not the best, but I'm hoping I'll improve from here on out.
As I said, this system like thing won't continue. It'll just transport him and poof.
If you have any idea about how to write in a better writing style, like for when people talk or thing, comment it if you can.
Word count: Around 1.6k words. (Normally it'll be around 1k from now on.)
Bye~