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I was in the middle of the class when I couldn't help but stare at the ceiling. People talking around me, I heard the teacher's lecture about something I already knew long before, well, approximately, but my mind was completely unfocused. Even as everyone slowly left the classroom, I was left despondent and unresponding.

I still couldn't believe it, in fact, there were many things I didn't believe in but truly, this situation was most peculiar. From a man to a man, from a world to a world. I certainly didn't expect reincarnation to be a thing. And to add to that reincarnation through a car crash.

What am I? A character in a manga? Or a light novel perhaps? Hard to tell really, I wouldn't be surprised if that were to be the case. But I digress, I already accepted the fact that I went through rebirth years ago, and it certainly wasn't easy.

Having to realize that I left all my family behind, father, mother, brother, cousin, and even my friends. It left me completely unwilling to live again at first... but as I always say, one who runs from difficulty has no right to call himself a man.

My brother as always wouldn't agree with that statement... speaking of him, I bet he would certainly have loved to be in my place. This would be his dream as someone who adores this sort of premise in a manga or novel.

Hmm? Or would that really be the case? After all, Thinking and dreaming about it is one thing, but experiencing and living it is another.

Dear God, do I miss my precious family... I sighed as I threw those through again for the umpteenth time.

Family... Sister, where could you be? What happened to you? I wondered, sadness permeating my whole being.

In this world, one, I only have one person I could perceive as family. My older sister. No father nor mother to speak of, I don't even know what happened to them, but truth be told It didn't really matter to me thus I never asked.

My sister, however, was much older than I was, she was my legal guardian and was the one to take care of me through my darkest times.

For once having the role of the younger one, I could... take some liberty, I no longer had to be perfect nor did I need to be careful so my little brother took after my bad manners.

Well, that being said, I had to pretend for too long, and eventually, I became what I pretended to be so even though I desired to let myself go, I realized that there was nothing to let go of anymore. It was just me being me.

That was the reason why she called me the perfect child, as I threw no tantrums to speak of, was patient and understanding, and she needn't say anything to me for me to understand what I could and should not do.

Although hard to accept at first, I am still human, eventually, I adapted and came to love that woman as much as I loved my little brother from my previous life.

Everything was fine, everything was sunshine and rainbow. Life was great... until she mysteriously disappeared a year ago or so. No to be specific 1 year, 2 months, 7 days, and 4 hours.

It was supposed to be a business trip that would last three days but she never came back. The company she worked for also had no idea of where she went.

Police, private detectives, all of that, and nothing was found about how she disappeared as if it was a feat of magic.

And do believe that I contemplated that possibility, if reincarnation was possible why wouldn't magic also be? But even if it did, I found no tangible way to ascertain its existence and get into contact with it.

Even if he did, so what? There still would be too few clues to find her, it could also be possible that she is already... Once again I found myself shaking my head to reject that thought.

"Nanami-san."

I was brought back to reality as I heard a familiar voice call my name. Slowly looking toward the rather petite girl. My face couldn't help but turn indifferent due to some inexplicable reasons.

"Shitori-san"

Living within this country for so long, I already got accustomed to their cultures even if some of them remained hard for me to accept to this day.

"Although I can understand your predicament, I would like to suggest you return to the safety of your house. It's already closing time." She spoke with a small undertone of pity in her voice. And I couldn't blame her for that.

"Pray forgive me, I admit I am not in the best state of mind right now. I will be on my way." It seems like I was being inconsiderate unconsciously, it would be best for me to do as she suggested.

Thus I packed my stuff before leaving the classroom with slow but steady steps and as I did, I felt someone staring at my back, which I assumed to be the president of the student council, the one I was talking to earlier, thus I didn't bother to look back. Eventually, that feeling disappeared as I left the school.

"Now what? I suppose I should buy my dinner on the way." It's not that I couldn't cook. Even in my previous life, I lived alone so I was quite good at it, but still, I was not in the mood to do so. Now if I didn't want to die from hunger, the only solution was to eat out or get a takeaway.

"Takeaway it's then." Money was not a problem for him, he got quite the inheritance from his unmet parent.

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I was done, I bought myself something nice to eat, and when I arrived home it was almost completely dark outside. I closed the door behind me, removed my shoes, posed the food, and skipped into my room to change my clothes. It was only then that it hit me... I forgot to buy a drink.

Neating my clothes and putting back on my shoes, I once again walked out of my house. and took off toward the nearest konbini which was not too far nor too close to my house.

It didn't take long for me to reach it, and then buy what I needed just as quickly as I came, I was on my way back.

"Hm? This is strange." I was sure that this area was fairly populated. On my way here I encountered a rather noticeable amount of people but right now, I couldn't see a single soul.

Even stranger, I couldn't hear any sound, no insect or animal... This definitely wasn't normal.

I walked way slower than I usually did as that atmosphere was rather unsettling. it was only then I started hearing some strange sounds not far from where I was. At first, I was going to ignore it and act as nothing but then a thought came to me.

This situation was not normal, just like the disappearance of my sister, Perhaps, there could be a liaison between the two? Was there really something supernatural involved? If so this was my chance to discover it.

But I was not stupid if my conjecture turned out to be true, then what? What would happen? I may know how to fight but I doubt that would be enough to protect myself in such a situation.

So what should I do? Call the copse? Yeah, not a good idea for obvious reasons.

If not what? what could I do in my current situation to guarantee my survival?

It seemed that I thought for so long, I didn't even notice that the strange noises had stopped.

"Whoa! Would you look at this? Who could have thought a normie would trespass my barrier Hahaha?"

My eyes widened for a moment as I heard the voice of a man at my side, looking at my face with a deranged smile. I didn't even feel him approaching. I made a terrible mistake. I shouldn't have lost myself in my thoughts like that.

"Now I am gonna have to deal with- hm?" He abruptly stopped talking and he started sniffing me as if he was a dog. I could see the white-haired seemingly foreigner's face contort into disgust and then joy.

"That scent! A devil! Ah I see, You being able to cross my barrier was no coincidence this is the work of God! He wanted me to deliver your punishment!" He started rambling like a crazed priest, he seemed fanatical.

I unconsciously backed off a bit to put some distance between us as I my mind ran to find the solution to my current predicament.

"Yes, yes, indeed. For you scum of scums who deal with devil scums, punishment should be delivered! To forsake your humanity! You will be punished! Hahaha!" He started laughing like crazy. It was then that I noticed that the man was armed, he had a gun in one hand and another device I couldn't recognize in the other.

There also was blood on his clothes.

Wait... blood? Did he..? My brain froze, I stopped backing away, and all my previous thoughts of doing whatever else than fighting flew away.

"May the-"

In a decisive moment of hyper-focus and genius decision-making, I decided to move first, and tried to reach for his hand that had a gun in it. If I could get it I would have some chance of winning. Otherwise even running away wouldn't be a possibility.

I became a bit joyful as I was able to successfully reach his hand with the gun, and as I was going to steal it away, I suddenly felt a warm feeling from my chest.

"Ah?" The white-haired man stopped laughing as if his fun was stripped away from him.

Gradually I started losing strength and let go of his hand, I took a step back and looked down, just to see what seemed like a sword made of light transpiercing my chest.

I couldn't feel any pain though merely some warm liking flowing down my mouth.

My eyes started closing, as I no longer even had the strength to keep them open.

"At... least... I... tried." I manage to let out as I feel on my back. My body glided along the sword till it was out of my chest.

Then I faintly heard the white-haired man shouting about something, but I couldn't see it. I felt something hitting my body numerous times but I couldn't feel much of it, no pain to speak of, and even that feeling slowly disappeared.

'Would I reincarnate again? Or would this be the very end?' my thoughts drifted as my very body betrayed him.

'It could be either way... but honestly, I don't want to die.' I still don't know if my sister is alive... what if she is? Would that count as me abandoning her?

I did promise her to myself to always be here for her...

No, I can' die. Something, think of something, find a solution.

I died once already, I refuse to die again with regret.

I reject it!

I refuse!

Whatever God trying to take my soul, [BEGONE!]

[Ding!]

[Your willpower briefly transcended the realm of mortals. You have forcefully activated the system before due time.]

[The Template system is now active.]

[You are in no condition to manually operate the system. It will be automatized.]

[A Template will be randomly drawn.]

[Confirmed. You have drawn Minato Namikaze.]

[Ding. You have lived through similar death experiences, the synchronization rate is rapidly increasing.]

[Minato Namikaze: 0%- 2%- 5%- 10%- 25%- 32%- 49%- 53%]

[Ding. Your body is being conceptually and Physically reformed to adapt to the change.]

...

"How?"

Within a seemingly out-of-place house surrounded by all kinds of grotesque monsters, zombies, souls, and darkness.

A woman with hair as dark as the night and black eyes as cold as eyes couldn't help but have her beautiful face contort into a half frown, half surprise rendering a quite comical scene.

But it was understandable, what just happened shouldn't be possible in this era. No human should be able to do such a thing nowadays!

"To refuse my call with sheer willpower? To reject death through self-actualization? Ridiculous!" She herself couldn't believe it.

But slowly that disbelief left and at its place appeared an interested smile, one of amusement.

"It's been so long since an interesting human appeared... Even more, one born under my daughter's sun. The last one was truly a work of art, then what about this one?"

...

This is the true first chapter.