The beginning of an epic story (…or something like that)

'Alright, flashback!' Emcy thought.

'For the last ten years, more and more young adults have disappeared. Since most of them were men, the dating scene changed drastically, but that was not the only thing.

Small wars broke out, and international relations got worse. Conspiracy theories sprouted everywhere, and weird cults preached the end of the world. Even most churches jumped on the bandwagon.

Soon even the big countries will go to war... they are already preparing for it.

That was when I started researching the matter. First, I looked through every scientific document I could find, but nothing could convince me.

Only after I stumbled upon some Japanese entertainment series called anime could I finally unravel the mystery.

All of those young males... were reincarnated into other worlds.

The concept of reincarnation is rooted in eastern religion, but it usually only happens after death. So this theory couldn't explain the sudden disappearance of young males.

Only works like anime, manhwa and manga could explain this phenomenon. They became my research material.

After realising this simple truth, I had to make a game plan based on what I had learned. I had to get out of this world immediately before it went to sh*t. And for that reason, I had to be like the main character of such a story.

First, I dropped out of school to fly to Japan since most reincarnations seemed to happen there (Something supported by both the research material and the real world numbers). That was only possible because my parents died before I turned one (something that most reincarnators have in common and therefore something that could hopefully be advantageous for me in the future) and left me a pretty big heritage. They both died in an accident with a truck, but sadly they were a few years too early. Otherwise, they would now live in a fantasy world.

I bought a small apartment and changed my name from Jorden to Emcy, but that is where the hard part started. I had to become an otaku. That meant never going out, becoming fat and going out of my way to do things society wouldn't approve of.

Even though I had to stay inside from now on, I wouldn't get bored; I had to research as much as possible.

Most of the time, the language spoken in those new worlds is either Japanese, Korean, Chinese or a new language that the main character can understand. It took me about three months to learn those languages.

But as an otaku, I wasn't allowed to wash myself during that time, so I had to demolish the bathroom. Otherwise, I would have failed.

I wore fake glasses the entire day and gained about 20kg in total by only eating fast food.

But the worst thing was m*sturbating over so much weird sh*t! Do you know how hard it is to get a boner while watching stuff like that?

That was about a year ago. Since then, I went to conventions full of sweaty people, collected anime figures and watched female idols. Once a week, I went to a shady alley to get beat up... but nothing worked. Even when I did everything according to the source material, I never met a goddess, and I also never suddenly woke up in a new world.

And now, there is not much time left. Japan started establishing compulsory military service, and I will be 20 in a month.

If I am not reincarnated within the next month, a revenge story is the best (and only) thing I could get. Being shot in the back in Africa, and then I have to find the culprit... I would rather not—those types of reincarnations only lead to a dark and bloody story.

That's why I have to start looking for more drastic solutions.'

Emcy's fingers started flying over the keyboard for about half a minute. When he pressed enter, the screen started filling with numbers until a website popped up.

'Good that I practised writing this program. My life is on the line here, so everything must go according to plan.

Thankfully the security of LimeTransport isn't that great.'

Emcy scrolled down until he found what he had searched for.

Mike Miller

Job: truck driver

Age: 48

Salary: 103,800 JPY/ Month

Note:

-Lowered salary due to drug abuse

-Has already caused three lawsuits (involuntary manslaughter), but the victims were never found

Route: ...

'Alright, nothing changed. He will be here in about one hour. I have to get ready. Everything else is already prepared.'

Emcy looked at the photo of Mike one last time before closing the site. He then put on a huge amount of cologne, hoping that it could hide his smell at least a bit, before getting in his best clothes.

In jeans and hoody, he left his flat while looking at his smartphone.

One of the stopping points for Mike's truck was a petrol station not too far from Emcy's home.

But still, walking this distance was hard for Emcy since he had almost never left the house for over a year. So when he arrived at the petrol station, his clothes were already full of sweat.

He entered the small store and bought two six-packs of beer.

'The low alcohol percentage will make it easier for him to start drinking,' he thought while sitting down at a bench and opening the first can.

Emcy could see Mike's location on his smartphone, so when a big green truck stopped at the petrol station, Emcy knew who it was.

He stood up and started tumbling towards the truck.

Emcy reached the vehicle just as Mike opened the door.

"Eyyyyyy you..." Emcy pointed at the driver, "drink with meeeee... nooow!"

First, the man called Mike looked at him a little weird, but then he smiled. "Hey buddy, what happened?" he asked.

' 'I can't say no to alcohol' must be what he is thinking,' Emcy thought while handing him a beer.

"Ahhh, sorry man, I can't take this. If I get into a police control, I will lose my job," Mike said while shaking his head.

'Oh, so that is how you want to play? After today your job will be the least of your problems.'

"Nah maaan, come one... you haaave to. Just ooooone," Emcy said while pushing the can of beer into Mike's hand. "You know... there is this girl, she is sooooooo beauuuuutiful, and her b00bs are huuuuuuge, but her man..."

...

After half an hour, Emcy walked out of the gas station.

'Man, to think that I could get out of this with only drinking four beers myself... He really doesn't have himself under control.'