Chapter 2 Higher-Being Perks

As Isaac heard Man's words, his mind suddenly hurt up his mind as in that few seconds he felt his mind surge with pain that the pain can't even compare to when he died from that bullet before he died as he thought his brain-melting as he saw, felt, committed all of his life's memories experiences, from when he first walked until the day he died, in just a few seconds.

As Isaac felt this Immense pain from all his memories suddenly surging into his mind just as he got back his consciousness in this white room.

He then heard a Man's words as he suddenly felt a mysterious feeling happening on his body. It relieved the pain from the return of his memories lost when he entered this room and leaving him with only his death memories when he awoke here.

???"Oh, my apologies Mr.Isaac for that sudden surge of pain that you had just experienced, as it's a common phenomenon for every person who was specially chosen to come to this room."

As the man said this, he handed Isaac a cup filled with a mysterious liquid that seemed to give Isaac a calming feeling just from smelling its aroma. But despite this, Isaac was still quite wary about what was happening right now, so he wasn't sure if he should drink what the man gave him just now.

But, just by looking at the man, Isaac felt an innate suppression seemingly affecting his soul as he felt like being watched by a higher being that he couldn't look straight in the eye. As Isaac took the cup from the man's hand, he then saw the man seemingly creating a chair out of nowhere as he said to Isaac.

???" Please take a seat, Mr.Isaac, as I'm sure you are quite surprised and probably curious about where you are right now and why you are here. Still, this talk may take a while, so I suggest you relax as we talk, as I'm sure you would be interested in what I will be talking about with you in a short while."

As Isaac sat on his chair, he now took a look at the cup he was given, and seemingly sensing his hesitance, the man said.

???" Oh, and I suggest you drink the cup I just gave to you; I assure you it would help your mind to relax, and don't worry I mean no harm."

As the man said, this Isaac suddenly felt an intimidating aura coming from the man targeted at him, which made his body shiver and heart beat faster as he sensed the scariness of the seemingly ordinary-looking man in front of him.

???"Afterall you wouldn't be here if we had any bad intentions for you Mr.Isaac."

As Isaac heard this, he just nodded, which seemed to make the man satisfied as his intimidating aura immediately disappeared as his previous aura of a dandy kind man returned, as he then started to introduce himself to me after I started to drink the drink, which really did calm my mind significantly compared to when I regained my memories earlier a few seconds just after entering this mysterious white room.

??? "Well first of all, Mr Isaac I welcome you to the White Room a special room in the afterworld where special chosen souls, chosen by the higher beings to commit a special mission or entertainment center for bored beings that has enough power to influence this pace."

Isaac "White Room? really isn't that a bit lame, don't you think, though can't really say that my sense of naming is that good"

???"Hmm, you seem to be exceptionally calm for someone who had just died recently and quite gruesome as that, dying from ruptured organs and a bullet to the brain, A joker too, although between you and me it is quite a bland name...'Quite a rare sight indeed'."

Isaac " It's not that I'm that call it's just that I thought to act rationally as it seems that from your words I really did die, and this isn't any dream isn't it although I already thought of it when all of my memories returned earlier forcing me to experience them all again..."

???"Hmm quite smart, you seem quite different from all the other souls sent here by those beings, I guess you would be after all it is that guy who sent you here."

Isaac "Who? And what do you mean by other souls?"

??? "Oh, it's nothing just forget it's nothing anything important for you anyways and you can't even if you want, to souls like you don't have the permission to even learn about the higher beings let alone find out their names."

???" And about your second question, as I said before, this white room is a place where chosen souls are sent to, to receive their special perks from their beneficiary higher being, and either tasked with a mission or to enjoy a second life, due to either immensely high karma, luck or special circumstances leading them to be chosen to be sent here, In short, it's quite similar to Isekai or reincarnation stories present in your world.

As Isaac heard these words, he was both surprised and accepting as he slightly expected this when he heard the man's initial words in front of him. Although it wasn't that big, Isaac was a bit of a weeb when he had free time, as it was one of the few hobbies he enjoyed aside from his work, which left his free time to be so little due to his countless scientific, technological, medical projects he leads simultaneously. And due to his slight weeb nature, he wasn't as shocked as he would have been, being a man of science. And as he thought of this in his mind despite his empathetic nature that was resulted from past trauma, his inner child imagined what type of power he thought he would get, if he would even get one.

???" Anyways as we sidetracked a little, I'll introduce myself as Victor a Mid-Tier Angel as your people call it, and I am your assistant for the short time of your stay here in the White Box as I will explain the task your Higher Being had tasked you as well as your perks if you indeed choose to accept his proposition or just return to the circle of reincarnation after either your punishment in hell or paradise in heaven depending on your Karma in your life as Isaac Pendragon."

And so since I really was interested in the concept of reincarnation in general, I, of course, accepted the offer of reincarnation from my mysterious Higher-being contractor, instead of either going to hell or heaven and then to reincarnate without any perks or my memories intact, which seemed to give Victor an expecting look as he then started to talk about specifics of reincarnation and the white room.

And so as Isaac then talked with Victor the Angel about the agreements and information about the White Box, which reminded Isaac of a completely business-like agreement that he didn't think would be handled for the reincarnation that he would eventually go through after finishing discussing all of the terms and contract permissions that seemed to be placed upon every person who gets chosen to be sent to the White Room which according to the Victor the main three rules that can't be broken or else the reincarnation would receive punishment from the White Box Committee.

1st the Ban of not telling other people that you are reincarnated, unless for specific circumstances and had been found out without the reincarnation's permission.

2nd, If the Higher Being contractor gave a task, the reincarnation is obligated to complete the mission no matter what or suffer soul destruction.

3rdly leaking of all information about the afterlife, White Box, and existence to absolutely anyone

And according to Victor, it seemed that except for these rules, most of the time, the other rules, which was a crazy amount since I saw a book almost as thick as an encyclopedia that I felt my brain hurting just from all those rules that 90% of it couldn't even apply to me.

And while we conducted this talk, I also asked midway about the mysterious event that baffled me when I died of the shadowy figure that seemed to possessed Mark back then. Still, when I said it to Victor, he said he didn't know anything about it. It seemed that I, like all souls, seemed to have something of a book of life where all my actions were recorded until death; the mysterious figure that I thought possessed Mark seemed to have not been recorded, so he Victor shrugged it off, saying.

Victor" Hmmm just forget about it Isaac it's probably just a hallucination or something after all I heard mortals often experience something similar when close to death, or dying, so it may just be your eyes back then hallucinating."

And even though Victor's words seemed to be the rational and most likely answer, I still felt that something wasn't right at that time, and that event wasn't just an illusion but, despite my bad feelings about it, I ignored it for the time being as I thought it wasn't important for now since I'm not even alive anymore and will eventually be reincarnated back, so I at least think that that shadowy figure who appeared at my finals moments, wouldn't appear at least for a long time.

So, after all the business stuff and explanation about my duties as a higher being's contractor, which lasted about 5 hours, at least for my perspective since I can't tell if time even passes in the white box, Victor led me to a golden coated room with a pedestal in the centre of the room with a rectangle-shaped hole in the middle.

Victor "Isaac here is the Higher-Beings configuration room where the higher-beings who sent souls to the White Room receive their perks for their next life, and if they do also assign your main task in your next life, so be prepared and be respectful as not to anger them, or your chances of reincarnation might disappear as although it will be a short time, you will talk to your Higher Being Contractor - using this jade tablet with your name on it and placing it in the pedestal would get you in contact with your contractor and get your perks."

"And after you receive your perks, you will immediately get reincarnated into the world your contractor tasks you on, so this is goodbye, Isaac. Although you were pretty silent, it was a pleasure to meet you; I hope to see you in your next life; who knows, maybe you'll be promoted into a higher being in the future if your contractor finds your work very satisfactory—so farewell Isaac.

After saying those words, Victor then bowed, which suited very well with his dandy looks. And seemingly teleported away from the golden room, along with the door, that we used to get here from the white box, So knowing I can't do anything else, I place the jade tablet I was holding to the pedestal. Once I put the plate on the pedestal, a shining golden light that surpassed even the gold in the room looked like copper in comparison.

And as the Golden Light covered the Entire room, I then heard a robotic mechanic's voice as I then suddenly saw a floating game-like window appear in my eyes as it said.

[Congratulations for The User in Accepting the God of ??? and ???'s Perks]

The Perks are as follows.....