Chapter 2 - Why!

2035 December 5th

In the middle of West Virginia, of the United States, one could see a completely white 18-wheeler. It was heading down a dirt path off the side of the highway. This dirt path wich has no official name was 15 kilometers long; And while it connected to a small horse paster towards the end, unsurprisingly that's not where the truck stopped. Smoothly coming to a stop 5 kilometers in near a hill, the truck rolled into said hill! There seemed to be a holographic wall there. After some yelling and complaining, this truck would eventually make it into the hill entering a peaceful work environment.

Half a kilometer bellow the truck.

Inside a 5x5 room with all white walls. This room was being closely monitored. Watching these walls, a 3 years old child could be seen playing with a toy that acted like liquid fire! The child seemed to be having immense fun at the expense of some scientists who where idling in the corner trying, and failing, to draw his blood.

They almost, seemed used to this treatment.

2038 May 9th.

The same happy child was now six. Old enough to now his own name, and how to do some basic things like listen to directions, do addition, and refuse to follow directions!

At the age of five, he had learned his name from the white robed people, his name was Arius. The scientists had voted on said name. The only bad thing about that name was almost all spelling checks, would mark it as the improper spelling of Darius.

In an attempt to keep the child healthy but still they gave the child books, not the smartest move as Arius couldn't read too well. Immediately swearing at there stupidity they worked together to make a learning environment for the child… there was some minor success, until the child started showing the ability to not only learn fast, but also put his new knowledge to use, pranking many by scaring them with the fake fire, and by other means like playing dead! This was a new form of happiness still at the expense of the scientists.

2040 May 1st

Arius, now eight years old was extremely bored the only actions he does all day are learn, read textbooks, and learn, the scientists now even had a tube hooked up to his hip area to pump blood out. This tube could be turned off though a hard process that took 5 minutes. Those five minutes always felt like eternity no matter how many times he went threw it.

Riots around the world where quietly going down, in some places such as the east and west coast of America, but there where more organized riots or political attacks from Texas, which had become a independent state 3 years prior, almost killing themselves off before slowly getting better. Smart Country's such as Britain, China, and Japan had signed a deal where daily they will get 10-20 vials. While these country's where going to stockpile vials they failed to notice until days later, that after 48 hours the blood disappeared not even gas remaining.

This fact caused Britain to be outraged even trying to to get it aquatinted to the unfair tax laws they set on the colony's in 1700s. But Japan and China only wanted to renegotiate the terms and instead of a gain in vials they wanted to help with the scientist team that was working with the anonymous blood donor. Eventually they got a team of 2 each and so West Virginia,

now had 4 new semi-permanent visitors. Britain eventually calming down, had just wanted some more vials! Eventually getting 50 a day.

2045 May 1st

It was another boring day for Arius ever sense he turned 13 he hadn't gotten any fun except for a small comic that he could read in under 30 minutes. His new best past time would have been sleep but with the tubes he had to stick with staring… *The wall is looking exorbitantly luscious today, sadly I'm to far to have a chat.*

(I can't italicize for thoughts and copy pasting doesn't work somehow so *text here* means it's Arius's thoughts )

Shwee. A door could be heard opening, and through it walked in a old yet stylish Japanese man. In hand a stack of comics! Arius eyes turned from there dull grey, to midnight blue in seconds, an odd body reaction to excitement!

The Japanese man laughed like a wise old man after seeing the face he was being given. "So, you seem excited."

"Of course I am, I get more comics!" Arius practically shouted, wanting to do nothing more then to jump of the table rip and tear his tubes out and take the comics. Sadly that would kill him.

The old man sat next to Arius not handing the comics to him yet. "Little one these are not comics, they are much more, their and old series of manga I have kept sense my grandson moved out, luckily for you there in English." These words came out with a smile and and spacey expression due to reminiscing.

"What's a manga sir? How are they different from comics?" Arius quizzed while inspecting the sheets of paper "And why are the covers on the back?"

Giving a light chuckle the old man continued "Their different from comics in that you read them backwards and the art style is unique. These particular ones are from a series from 2018 area of time called Danmachi… I think." The old man then got up from the plain bed with the final statement of "hope you like them, I need to get going now, bye."

Arius to engrossed in the manga to notice, read all day and the scientists even found him having increased levels of excitement kept his blood higher in quality, and took less to draw out its affects! Him reading manga was a win-win!

After reading just the first few Arius was drawn in bye the story's characters and even found characters like Eina to be cool, while Bell seemed like a total dun-… airhead to Arius, he wasent that unbearable. Sweeping through not just this one manga series but many more a year passed.

2046 May 1st

The old man hadn't come in in the past week, and no new manga where available to free Arius's mind from the torture of bordum.

There had been a Erie silence today tho no doors opening no faint talking. Not even footsteps. Arius while not a top class detective found it odd. After some time dismissing it was impossible and when he requested help, there was no response.

Another day, more silence, well almost now the silence was periodically interrupted by his stomach growling. Bang. *what was that?* Arius could hear another loud boom -Bang- then in the last half a second of his life, it was a truck. The front half of your average UHual moving truck.

Then just as fast as he registered the truck… he was dead, like super dead. The kind of dead you get when your meat paste, on the floor, under a truck.

Arius couldn't believe it. It was a truck, the thing that he's only seen in manga! And it has just killed him! *what in Evil tubes name was that about? Even better question why am I talking to myself!? And how am I able to think right now? aren't I dead?*

Arius noticed he was in a blank space, then smoothly fading in like a kaleidoscope, all his life played before him like a movie that has been compressed into a infinitely small time-frame.

Arius couldn't control it, his eyes, they turned open like flood gates. he was so in distress and pain that even after death with no body he was crying.

His pain radiating out words

"Want a hug" a sad, soft voice came, just from its tone you could tell it could only have come from a small person.

Arius wiping his eyes, trying to stop his tears asked "Wh-, Who's there. What do you want?"

"Don't worry I'm not here to hurt you pipsqueak. Only to guide you to your next life. Also you may call me Hestia, godess of family and hearth." Hestia stated proudly adding some more under her breath "stuck here on reincarnation~ duty."

Arius not bother to think how he's hearing with no ears giggled at the last part, adding his own bit "so the goddes of family is to reincarnate me? Like in the manga?! Tell me what special things do I get!"

"Slow down while I might be able to grant you something let's check your karma first!" Saying so Hestia manifested a small small body that seemed to just be begging to be cuddled and chanted in some odd language, before long a exspanice string of numbers and calculations appeared.

"It would seem that from birth you have head a very bad life in the constraints of borderline slavery minus the forced work part - And have saved millions with your blood - the amount of karma this amounts to could be summed to be 42 Trillion karma." Hestia finished all in one breath

"Is that a lot" Arius couldn't tell with no benchmarks to compare to!

"Kid that's a new record for your universe! The last one being 40 trillion Karma for saving half his mother planet!" Hestia continued " and the only reason he didn't have more was it wasn't a solo act. Yet yours was sorta"

"Is it truly good to have saved a couple whatever amount of people?"

"Hells yes it is! Also say the actual amount it's not nice or respectful to not say it! RESPECT LIVING BEINGS!"

"But didn't say the full number either?" Arius was puzzled at this point. Still recovering from his emotional trauma and joy shock, he was now being ridiculed about something the goddess also messed up on!

" oh sorry I'm a ditz sometimes," Hestia shyly stated with a chuckle."anyway the number of people have you saved is 210,000,000,000 or 2.1x10^11 or 2.1e11; I think it's a significant achievement!"

"So how have I saved such a perfect number of people?" Arius thought it was a sham!

"Stop or you will ruin the perfect numbers of the universe! If speed of light can't be perfect at least leave this number to me!"

"Fine, fine, but what do I get?"

"So focused on the reward are we? Well fine I'm only saying this once so don't forget it!"

"Understood" Arius said with a gaze of determination!

"The gift you will get for having such a high karma, will not be from me, but Chaos herself as she seems to like you… like the big goddess who is even more ancient then gods like Nyx. Whatever, point is instead of being reincarnated like usual you will instead be given a chaos Destiny or untold path many just like to call it 'The Path' some religious cults even warship it and stuff! But in short, you will be able to have no limits to your growth or skill set, as long as you try hard enough and truly want it!"

Arius found this perfect "where will I be reincarnated too?"

"Let me finish, jeez, you will also have the ability to travel from world to world like the marvel universe, or something you have never seen before! But once you leave you cant go back until you reach greater heights… at least that's what it says here, um… oh ya just to dump you bucket before it's full even if you go into a universe there's thousands of the same one and they all might vary completely and might even be nothing alike!" Hestia let out " now any questions?"

Arius only had one question "what's the marvel universe?"

"Oh, shit. Um… it's like another story place that where you live is considered complete fiction!" Hestia quickly explained.

"Now I gotta let you go before your soul is crushed from the pressure of this place, bye, hope to meet again"

And with that the world around Arius warped into a Plain devils with purple grass and a green sky lit by a perpetual eclipse. in Arius's immediate vicinity there was s throne made of black shiny stone facing a black-stone Tori gate covered in moss and vines.

<Path configured>

<Detecting soul of host to be teir 1>

<Reconfiguring to not evaporate hosts soul>

<12.698%>

<45.624%>

<89.947%>

< reboot complete>

<hello host how may I help >

"Can you be more human pls and and I call you brother of sis please. I always wanted one?" Arius practically begged.

< hello there Arius just call me brother or bro, we have no need for begging as I'm here to help you on your journey >

"Thanks bro" Arius smiled "now where can I reincarnate too?"

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AN: I just started writing and before I could even finish this chapter I already have 83 views thanks you so much my daily goal will be 2500 words or 1 chapter. I'm sorry if this seems small but I have school and it's really hard to write while also keeping it interesting within reason! On e shins pls comment any suggestions

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