The Fall Of The Inventor Otaku

[Start Of Prologue]

It was a very pristine night. The leaves on the trees rustle in the winds as they are illuminated by the bright full moon. The lights in the apartments within the neighborhood are all turned off as the tenants have all long drifted to sleep, immersing themselves in their dreamland as they await the light of dawn. During these peaceful late hours within the residential area of the city, a soft yet loud sound could be heard. It was the sound of the air being ripped as an object moved at an extremely fast speed in the midair paired with the sound of fast-shifting gears from time to time in different locations within the neighborhood but all are moving in one direction.

*Whooosh*

Suddenly, the silhouette of a human could be seen as it was similarly illuminated by the moonshine while it moved above the roofs of the apartments, it was a person.

That person wore a peculiar outfit with strange trinkets attached to his hips. Had a person who watched Attack On Titan witnessed this scene, they would definitely recognize his outfit as the one members of the scout regiment wore and the trinkets on his body resemble the Omni-directional Mobility Gear or ODM gear every soldier within the walls are equipped with. Well... except he wore something akin to Starlord's helmet on his head.

As soon as his acceleration ended, gravity took over and he began to fall. Halfway through, he exerted force on his hand grips and grapple-hooks shot out from the gear and latched themselves upon the walls of the apartments by his sides as gas was rapidly released from the mechanism and he managed to lift himself back up higher into the air before he could collide with the solid hard asphalt road. The process repeated itself several times and all throughout, muffled sounds could be heard being blocked off by the headgear that fully covered his face.

It went on and on as the person moved from one place to another heading for an apartment at the end of the road.

[1st Person MC POV]

My name is Tsukuru Jiyu, 21 years old, Male. I'm an inventor and as you can see I am currently performing a field test for my working real-life version of an ODM gear. What am I doing? I'm destroying private property that's what, while also practicing my monologue-making skills for my recordings. Well, that should do it, time to head back.

As I move through the air like dancing ballet or ice-skating in the wind, I couldn't help but be thankful for my quick thinking for without the headgear I currently wore, I would not even be able to open my eyes at the speed I'm going right now while my shrill voice would be heard from miles away.

Don't get me wrong, everybody loves a thrill and I'm no exception but man, I feel like my balls would fall off anytime. This happens every time my body is suspended in midair and leaves my seat like when I ride vehicles at a very fast speed on inclined slopes or when I ride those swinging ships they got in carnivals and amusement parks. I'm sure you've also felt that chill down there when that happens and that has happened to you too right? Swings, cars on hills, carnival rides, it always feel like the hinges would break anytime while your soul leaves your body as you descend. When that happens, who doesn't scream? You don't? Well good for you cause I do, and still do no matter how many times I try to get used to it

Anyways, it was good that I did cause waking up my neighbors in the middle of the night is the last thing anyone would ever even think of doing, those people are really cranky madmen and women when their peaceful slumber is disrupted, way more so than anyone else in anywhere else in this world.

As I arrive on the balcony of my personal apartment, A furry hug awaited me as my partner and best friend Gurisumonki leaped and gave me a relaxing embrace to soothe my nerves, it does the trick every time before climbing up and sitting on my left shoulder.

"Thanks, Guri. Now let's go prepare the snacks, it's anime time!"

Guri has been with me since I was 9. I and my family went on a vacation on a forested snowy mountain resort where I decided to roam around and got lost, that was when I met that baby Japanese Macaque. We quickly became friends and by the time the search party found me, I wouldn't leave unless I could bring him with me. This couldn't normally be done but when your family has quite the background, it's a piece of cake.

I took off the ODM gear and the outfit and switched to my comfy house attire, t-shirt, and jogging pants. I then went to quickly fry a big bowl of French fries with cheese powder and another one for squid balls.

"Alright Guri, it's time. We've finished reading all 30 volumes of the current released in the manga and now for Episode 22, the final episode of season 3, and after this will be the long un-awaited wait for the actual last chapters and episodes...ALL RIGHT! LET'S DO THIS!"

And so we watched while eating snacks and doing some adjustments to my armor. Wondering what armor I mean? I didn't even mention it before right? Well, what kind of inventor would I be If I didn't make armor for myself? Tony Stark would be dismayed If I don't do so right? I'd be the shame of all inventors!

Anyways as we watched and eat, I was also doing some adjustments to the power source of my armor suit, don't even ask, the scientific knowledge needed to explain just the power source could cause the average person to feel dizzy so let's not bother, shall we?

And so we finished the episode without much surprise. The only surprise really was that truck falling from the sky heading towards us, yeah, just that.

"....Wait, FALLING TRUCK HEADING TOWARDS US?!"

[End of MC POV]

*A few minutes before in the sky, inside a cargo plane*

"Let's go! let's go! Hurry! The barricade won't last long! Activate the cargo ramp and get in your car, let's get out of here!" Yelled a brawny bald man with short facial hair and tanned skin as he got on and started his modified Hummer before leading his team to drive out of the cargo plane and with them followed a truck with 5% tinted glass making it very hard for the people outside to see the person inside.

As they stirred their cars to the widest spacious place they could find to land in, the truck just went free fall but halfway changed course as if led by a mysterious power.

Jiyu was frightened by what was coming for him and together with Guri, they both closed their eyes, awaiting their demise when they heard the impact of the truck colliding with the building.

*Crash!* Booom!*

Jiyu was confused but glad, 'So dying doesn't actually hurt, I thought it would be very painful. Was the impact so strong I was killed in a second?' 'Hmmm? Hold on... I still have my 5 senses? I can still feel Guri's furry figure' 'Wait a minute...'

He opened his eyes and confirmed that they were indeed safe and sound while the house of his neighbor Kurieji, who went on a vacation, had collapsed and on fire with smokes billowing out of it and covering the sky making the bright moonlit nigh dark.

"Oh, lucky I didn't die of a heart attack back there, it was a falling truck but it missed.... well that would still be better than having a heart attack due to a slow tractor. Hey Guri, Let's go call the emergency hotline" As they started walking to the kitchen to grab the telephone, The truck they thought was destroyed beyond recognition from the fall zoomed out of the smoking burning debris of what remained of poor Kurieji's house.

The truck was perfectly fine without even a scratch as it drove at a very high speed crashing into the human-monkey duo who thought they escaped the tragedy before smashing into a wall in their apartment and landing on the streets and driving off into the night without a scratch, blood or even dust. And so Truck-kun had struck once more, 'You thought I'd miss? You thought wrong.'

[End Of Prologue]