In one room, where there were various devices and test tubes, a young-looking man was standing in front of a table, conducting some kind of experiment.
His green hair was tied in a ponytail, his emerald eyes radiated concentration, and his thoughts were focused on two test tubes in his hand. He also wore round glasses, a medical gown and gloves. On his gown was a badge with the inscription "Adam Blake".
"So, if I calculated everything correctly, then this should work..." - he said in a quiet voice, combining the liquids in the test tubes.
After waiting a little more, he realized that nothing had happened and sighed in disappointment.
"Damn, it didn't work again!" - he chuckled tiredly and, putting the test tubes back in place, walked away from the table and massaged his temples.
Looking at the time, he realized that it was already late and that it was time to go home.
With a sad sigh, Adam cleaned up his lab and, closing the door, went home.
Walking down the night street, Adam felt himself relax a little, although he knew that his recent experiment had failed. But he wasn't discouraged, and walked around the city with a slight smile on his face.
"Hmm~♪ It's a pity, of course, that my theory wasn't confirmed, but nothing can be done! - he said with a smile on his face and shrugged his shoulders.
"I should probably check tomorrow where I made a mistake in the calculations and double-check everything again!" - while he was saying this, Adam suddenly felt a vibration in his pocket.
Taking his phone out of his pocket, Adam saw a couple of messages from his friend.
"So how did it go?" - asked his subscriber, whom Adam saved as "Andrew".
"Basically, as expected, my idea turned out to be crazy. So forget it! " - Adam answered him lazily.
While the green-haired guy was walking home, he was talking to his friend about all sorts of things. Suddenly, their conversation took a different topic.
"Listen bro... What would you do if you ended up in another world? Well, like in those anime we recently watched!"
This question made Adam fall silent and start thinking about the answer. They had discussed this topic many times and often joked about it, but lately this question had been increasingly creeping into his thoughts.
"I don't even know... I would probably continue my experiments!" - he answered lazily and yawned - "And you?"
"Well, I would probably start my own religion! Just imagine, a bunch of people would believe in a god that doesn't exist, and I could "guide" them as a true follower! And because of my condition, to believe that "I was chosen to carry out the will of my God!"
Even though Adam couldn't see Andrew's face, he knew for sure that his best friend was dreaming right now about how he would make all of this come true.
"Knowing you, I have no doubt about it!" said the guy with green hair and continued walking home.
"Okay, I'm hanging up! I need to go see my sister for an appointment..." - Andrew said and hung up.
Adam, who was now alone, continued walking home. On the way, he began to think about Andrew's question.
"What would I do if I ended up in another world? I don't even know..." - the guy asked himself and thought about the answer.
Usually, either complete losers or slightly successful losers end up in another world.
Adam thought about his life.
As far back as he could remember, he had always been very curious. Since childhood, he was very interested in books about biology and chemistry.
When Adam watched various cartoons about different superheroes, he already knew that they were not real, but it did not upset him. On the contrary, he wanted to create a serum that would give you various superpowers like in old comics about superheroes.
But he was not so much interested in the possibility of becoming a superhero like in cartoons and comics, but in the question "Will he be able to at all?"
This question became his life goal and every time he was interested in something, he set himself an experiment, where the main role was played by ordinary interest, and not the process itself.
"As far as I remember, in various anime where there is a genre isekai, there is mainly "magic" and if I ended up in another world, then most likely I would first try to study this very "magic" ... And then I would go with the flow!" - the guy reasoned to himself and did not notice how he crossed the red light.
Adam came to his senses only when he realized that a truck was driving towards him at high speed and the last thing he saw before the truck hit him was an unknown figure.
Time slowed down. Just one moment before he would say goodbye to life. But all he was interested in was the mysterious girl in front of him.
She was standing just a few centimeters away from him. Her snow-white hair shone brightly like in some movie. Her empty white eyes, where there were no pupils, were fixed on his eyes. The shining and pale skin of the unknown left the impression that there was a ghost in front of him like in old movies.
The unknown girl said something, but Adam could not hear her words. However, during his school years, Adam decided to study different languages for fun, among them sign language and the ability to read lips.
But even so, the only thing Adam could make out was "Your time has not come yet...".
After that, there was silence and pitch darkness. And so the scientist, who had dedicated his whole life to satisfying his curiosity, left this world.
***
It would seem that everything was already over, but Adam did not think so.
"So? Why is nothing happening?" he asked himself, standing in a completely dark place with his eyes closed.
Having decided that there was nothing to lose anyway, the guy opened his eyes and what he saw amazed him...
To be continued...