The Grim Reaper Is Coming

　　In Ryota's inherited memories, his true body was that of a man with a somewhat complicated personality.

　　Because his mother died early, he was deprived of motherly love since he was young, and his father always upheld a strict upbringing, which led him to develop a very weak character and low self-esteem without any firmness.

　　After his father passed away, because he lost his only spiritual support, he became autistic.

　　So at school, he behaved submissively towards everyone no matter what, and his body was extremely thin and weak. He looked easily intimidated, but he couldn't fight back. Gradually, he became the target of several evil seniors. In the end, a "bullying atmosphere" gradually formed, and it became uncontrollable.

　　The people in class would take advantage of the trend and "entrust" him with all the troublesome things like cleaning. Some of the seniors in the senior class would let him buy lunch for them with his pocket money, which made him often hungry during the day and even worse. Some even asked him to have dinner with him after school, sing karaoke, and pay for everyone's entertainment.

　　The Shirogane family's financial situation was not good, even though they didn't have to pay rent, their life was still relatively tight.

　　So he is often taught lessons by some seniors for not being able to pay the bills, and his life is quite miserable.

　　Gradually, school violence distorted the kindness in his heart, and hatred continued to devour him.

　　This kind of distortion was destructive, and made him fall into deep negative emotions. While hating those who bullied him, he gradually targets everything around him, and even develops a desire to seek revenge on society.

　　Hatred, anger, jealousy... The kindness and compassion he once had for the Shirogane brothers and sisters gradually disappeared and were replaced by negative emotions.

　　He slowly begins to envy Miyuki's academic excellence, and is accepted into Shuchi'in Academy, and elected as student council president.

　　At first, Ryota is unfamiliar with Kei, who is beautiful and kind, popular like a little angel at school, and admired by all the stars.

　　Why did the people living in his house live so well, but only he lived in hell?

　　Under the heavy blows of reality, his psychology grew darker and darker.

　　It's just that in order to maintain his bad self-esteem, he disguised himself very well at home, so that the Shirogane brothers and sisters didn't see that he was being bullied.

　　And when the accumulation of negative emotions deepens, he begins to have ideas to destroy the Shirogane brothers and sisters.

　　He wanted to drag them down to the same hell as him.

　　It so happened that the seniors who often bullied him gave him a chance.

　　After they discovered Kei's whereabouts, they threatened him to call Kei out to play together.

　　The original body naturally knew that these people had no good intentions, but under the pain caused by the distortion, his heartbeat was momentary, so he called this afternoon.

　　Even though he soon died, the beating heart of that moment had become an indelible fact of depravity – he had probably gone mad.

　　(As expected of Japan, where school violence is common, I've never had an incident of bullying since I was a child, but I encountered it after transmigrating.)

　　Ryota felt very unhappy.

　　Because after inheriting his original body's memories, he always felt that he was the one being bullied.

　　There's something I can't explain... a feeling of sadness.

　　On the other hand, he was also angry at the original body's confusing behavior.

　　The weakness is secondary, however, it is related to experiences from childhood to adulthood, which is understandable.

　　But... Isn't it enough that negative emotions are directed only at those who bully him? Why did he drag the innocent Shirogane brothers and sisters into the water?

　　When the Shirogane brothers and sisters first came to this house, the relationship between the three of them was actually quite good, and they got along very friendly. In gratitude, the Shirogane brothers and sisters really cared about him as an "big brother", and he also treated each other as a younger brother and sister... It's just that he didn't expect that school bullying would push the originally kind-hearted person in such a way.

　　"Nii-san?"

　　Seeing Ryota's delay in responding, Kei called out to him.

　　Ryota came to his senses, subconsciously stretched out his hand, pressed it against Kei's head, and gently stroked the girl's soft hair.

　　"What are you doing?"

　　Kei jumped back like a scared rabbit, eyes unfriendly.

　　Currently, the girl was full of aggression.

　　"Sorry, Kei."

　　"What...?"

　　"It's nothing, I just wanted to say that suddenly."

　　Ryota looked at the girl and answered her question earlier:

　　"I found a great dessert shop this afternoon, and I wanted you to come and try the taste, so I called you."

　　"Nii-san, our family doesn't have that much spare money."

　　Hearing this, Kei was not only unhappy, but also criticized:

　　"You should also pay attention to saving. In the future, you won't be going to after-school parties. If something like last time happens again, I won't send you any more money!"

　　"Don't worry, that kind of thing is the last time, and it will never happen again, I promise."

　　In Ryota's mind, a memory of a "treat" appears.

　　His "friends" all leave early, and finally Kei rushes to him aid, and sadly takes out the pocket money she's been saving for a long time to pay the bills.

　　How beautiful...

　　Ryota looked at Kei with a faint smile on his lips.

　　That gentle smile made Kei feel uncomfortable, showing his aggressiveness again:

　　"Disgusting!"

　　Ryouta: "..."

　　...

　　"School bullying is truly appalling. It not only drives people to hell, but also makes people live in hell in their hearts…"

　　After his little sister left, Ryota sighed softly to himself:

　　"Think of it as compensation. I will find time to help you return to where you were before, if I can endure it smoothly."

　　The night gradually deepened.

　　Perhaps due to a psychological effect, Ryota felt that the moonlight coming in from the window was a bit dim.

　　The bedroom had been inspected several times by him, and there was no danger to be seen.

　　If the Grim Reaper wanted to attack him now, it might just cause an earthquake.

　　(But that's my own judgement, better not be overconfident as a human being, I have to be sure.)

　　Ryota didn't relax his vigilance, he took off his pajamas and changed into personal clothes, and secretly took a pair of shoes from the entrance to put them on, he made complete preparations.

　　(From now on, until I join the adventure, I won't sleep. I can take the time to look at the guild forum module. Perhaps some of the seniors who have participated in the adventure have left some experience posts or other.)

　　He almost did when he thought about it, and immediately summoned the system light screen and opened the forum module.

　　A forum interface similar to the post bar mode appeared before his eyes.

　　Ryota searches with the keyword "adventure", and suddenly a lot of posts appear.

　　He clicked on the first one, and the person who posted it was [Goblin Slayer].

　　"Attention! Attention! Attention! Members who intend to participate in the adventure, please remember! Before officially accepting the adventure, do not bring any weapons or props that exceed your own power rating. Otherwise, the guild will take your weapon power as standard, designing the difficulty of your adventure, and your chance of survival will become extremely low."

　　"When you officially accept the adventure, you will be sent to a safe house with 10 minutes of preparation time. During this period, the mall's functions can still be used normally, as the adventure difficulty is currently locked. So even if you buy an item at the mall, the props with its own power rating are used to help with the adventure, and the system will not increase the difficulty of the adventure. This is the only loophole that can be exploited, provided you have enough points."

　　"After 10 minutes, all system functions will be shut down, and the adventure will officially begin. Only mission-related information will be displayed on the system light screen."

　　"Any injuries suffered during the adventure, the system will help you recover after the adventure is over, so don't be afraid, please do your best!"

"After the adventure is over, you will be teleported back to the safe house again. When you complete the reward, you will have 10 minutes to relax. After 10 minutes, you will be teleported back to the original world. It will be random in 0~1 hour after leaving, so before participating in the adventure, you'd better find a quiet place by yourself."

　　"Finally—adventures are very dangerous, please make sure to be fully alert."

　　Ryota finished reading at once.

　　He became more and more careful about the adventurous function in his heart.

　　Just as he was about to click on the second post...

　　Suddenly!

　　A fluttering feeling surged like doom was imminent!