Immortal of Reincarnation : Zentros

For those who read the story just for the academy, you can take your leave now. Just like I've said in a previous chap, the mc will travel OC worlds occasionally.

Just wanted to remind you guys~

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Opening my eyes, I find myself in a familiar place.

Darkness all around, stars abundant. Below is a massive landmass of green and blue, shrouded in a slightly rotating mist. To the right, two large planets can be seen, followed by a star so bright it hurts just looking at it. Meanwhile to the left, five large planets, with two noticeably larger than the rest were laying in its place peacefully.

Fuck.

What the hell happened?

"Ohohoho~! You sir, just died."

Hearing a familiar voice, I turn around to see—

"Santa Claus?"

Wearing a red robe that reaches to the knees, a red cone hat with a white ball on top, and a scruffy white beard that contradicts the person's straight and long white hair; Zentros, an old acquaintance of mine held his/her chin thoughtfully.

"Hm? So you know of me~?" Zentros said as he/she read my mind.

"It's me, Zach. And why are you wearing a Santa costume? Isn't Christmas five months away?"

"Zach? Now where have I heard that... Oh! The Raffle winner, right~?" Zentros questioned with a smile on his/her face before raising his/her eyebrows thoughtfully.

"Hmmm? Wait... now that I check, it seems that you didn't die..." Zentros said as he/she closed his/her eyes. "A transfer, huh?"

"A transfer?"

Nodding his/her head, Zentros replied,

"Isekai, transmigration, being reborn, reincarnation, or whatever you wanna call it." Zentros said while looking at me with stars in his/her eyes. "So? What system did you get~?!"

Before I could answer or even form a taught, I heard a bell sound resounding in my head.

*ding*

[Auto-Defense Mechanism activated. | Time remaining 5 seconds.]

[User, please say aloud: 'I request for thee presence, I|I Before The Beginning, After The End I|I ']

Shocked and confused at the system's sudden intrusion, I absentmindedly let seconds past as the system—

[WARNING! WARNING! | 3 seconds left until Obliteration!]

Say that first!

"I request for thee presence, Before The Beginning, After The End!!!" I shouted while looking at Zentros who tilted his/her head to the side.

"Oh? You must have a fairly famous system if it knows about that." Zentros replied, his/her eyes sparkling even more.

You know what, I'm just gonna call him a he.

"..."

No reaction?

"Ah, were you waiting for me to read your mind perhaps?" Zentros said. "Haha, you can't use powers in the @&($^# you know? It's purely for discussion."

"The what now?" I questioned.

"The !%#$%@*%." He answered.

"..."

"Is it because my level's too low or something?"

"Something like that."

Nodding my head, I ask,

"What happened anyway?" I said while looking around. "Nothing's changed. Or is it because of my level again?"

"Nah, I also didn't sense it." He said as he floated around. "In fact, nobody can. Because you can't sense something that's been omnipresent even before time itself."

"...Okay, cool I guess." I replied as I also try to float around. "So what benefits does this unseen thing do anyway?"

Zentros 'sat' while crossing his legs as he put his hand on his chin and answered,

"I'm just kidding, I can actually read your mind and use my powers."

'Lies.' Came a thought from somewhere.

"You noticed, right?" Zentros smiled and explained further. "When in #!#$$%@, no one can tell a lie."

Nodding, I put my hands behind my head and said,

"With that out of the way, how about we introduce ourselves first? We didn't really do it the last time."

Nodding his head and clearing his throat, the white-haired and now white-robed person put his hands on his hips as he said,

"The name's Zentros. First child of Death and Life, and The Immortal of Reincarnation!"

"Oooohhh." I said while clapping my hands.

"...Can't you at least pretend?" He said as he lied down.

"What can I do? I can't be impressed with something beyond my understanding." I said, shrugging my shoulders.

Which is true, considering I'm just a mere mortal at the moment.

"Good point." Zentros smiled as he urged, "Your turn."

"Do I have to? It's not like you don't know anyway." I said as I try to spin around.

"That's only the case if you die." He said as he started kicking the air, or in this case, space.

"Fine then." Clearing my throat, I said, "My name is Zach. Just Zach. Son of Erika."

"That's it?" He asked doubtfully. "What about all your wishes last time?"

Indeed, for the first few days after I was born, I often wondered why I wasn't in some rich house or somewhere luxurious. But then I thought that I didn't really consider my family circumstances when I wrote my wishes back then.

Was it because of my previous life's circumstances that I unconsciously avoided anything related to family?

Now that I think about it, that was probably the case.

Luckily, I was fortunate enough to be raised in the orphanage with Head Priest Juan and the others.

"Helloo~? You still with me? And why are you smiling?" He asked as he was upside down.

"Just thinking about some stuff." I said as I wiggled my arms around, trying to be upside down as well. "Anyways, what were we talking about in the first place again?"

"Oh right! What system did you get~?" Zentros curiously asked, his face getting closer to mine.

"Why should I tell you?" I said, backing away.

"Booo~ It's not like I can say it to anyone anyways~" He playfully said.

"..."

"See? I'm not lying you know?"

"Why do you want to know anyway?"

"Just curious."

Hmm.... he's not lying... and it's not like I can keep it forever considering I'll probably be travelling to other worlds... then the only reason why I can't tell him is,

'System, why did you stop me from telling him earlier?'

[Other Immortals may be listening.]

Makes sense. Probably.

'So what you mean is that others can't hear us talking right now?'

[Affirmative.]

Then I have no other reason not to tell him do I? It's not like I can hide something from someone that can read minds anyways. Without this... whatever this is, he would have probably found out already.

Nodding to myself, I say,

"My CEO Incubus Harem System."

"..."

"Just kidding. It's called Card Master System."

As Zentros heard what I said, his face turned completely white, he started to shiver as a wide ear-to-ear smile can be seen on his now pale face.

"FINALLY!" He said as he gazed at me with bloodshot eyes, his hands choking his own neck.

In those eyes, I 'felt' all kinds of emotions tingle throughout my entire body.

Joy, despair, amusement, disgust, regret, melancholy, hope, interest, anger, gratitude, trepidation—

The list goes on as I clutch my head with both hands, not from the pain, but from the overflowing amount of emotions that I am currently 'feeling'.

It was a very weird feeling.

What the hell?! I thought you said you can't use your powers dammit!

"FINALLY! FINALLY! FIIIINNAAALLLYY!!" Zentros continued on as he raised both hands up and stared longingly, cravingly above. "AHAHAHAHAHA! I CAN BE WITH YOU GUYS AGAIN!!! FINALLY! AHAHAHA... AHa..."

"WILL YOU FUCKING SHUT UP FOR A MINUTE!" I manage to voice out to the crazed-looking Zentros.

As my voice echoed throughout the place, Zentros finally stopped, and with an embarrassed expression on his face, scratched the back of his head.

"Sorry about that..."

"And what were those emotions that I felt? I thought you said that you weren't allowed to use your powers." I said while narrowing my eyes at him.

"Ah... about that, I actually didn't use my powers." Zentros said as he returned to his usual self. "It's an immortal thing, so you probably won't get it~ Don't worry, it's a one time thing, it won't happen again."

Releasing a long sigh, I go back to practicing how to spin around as I ask him,

"So? Why did you react like that anyway?"

"Because I finally found the one I've been looking for after all~" Zentros said as his smile started to resurface.

"Okay, calm down for a second. What did you mean that I'm the one you've been looking for?" I cautiously asked.

"Well, not you exactly, but someone with a personality like yours and a powerful system to back it up." Zentros closed his eyes. "Someone like me from the past."

"Me and the past you were the same?"

I cannot help but shudder at the thought.

"Yep~" Zentros opened his eyes. "Someone who's lost but not at the same time. Someone who's always in the middle, and thus can see and understand both sides."

"What do you mean?" I asked, curious about what he's talking about.

"Hmm..." Zentros put his index finger on his chin as he said, "You're not an extrovert, but you're not exactly an introvert as well, meaning you're an ambivert. You're not Heroically good, but you're not Diabolically evil as well, you're just someone who lives in the moment. Am I right?"

"Well you are, but it's not as if I'm the only one like that in the world, right?" I retorted.

"That's right." Zendros paused. "But you're special."

?

"Why is that?"

"Have you seen your soul?" Zendros asked.

"..."

"So you have." He paused before continuing. "You see, an empty soul usually implies three things: a non-sentient life form, a thoroughly broken and unsalvageable person, or a newly created soul. But you're neither of the three."

"What am I supposed to be then...?"

"Zach, my boy, have you ever experienced desire in your previous life?" Zentros questioned. "Not those shallow ones like what you want to eat for breakfast, which pair of shoes you want to wear for the day, and all those stuff."

"What do you mean?"

"Passion. Ambition. Hope." Zentros looked at me directly in the eyes. "Have you ever felt those? Even if just for a moment?"

Hearing Zentros' words' I thought back to the times of my previous life.

The times when I hung out with my friends, held hands with my girlfriend, played games on my pc...

"It didn't really matter that much for you right?" Zentros suddenly said.

Releasing a sigh, I look up at the starry space and asked,

"What's your point?"

"Now, now, I'm not done just yet." He said as he stretched out his legs. "Without desire, you can't be called alive, you're just living."

"Luckily, you had a wake up call. By dying, that is." He continued. "By dying, you felt regret for your parents, right?"

"Yes."

"And because of that regret, you showed more appreciation to your surroundings and birthed your own, unique desire."

"The desire to find out what exactly I desire." I said.

"Bingo~"

After finishing our conversation, I went silent for about an hour, sorting my thoughts out.

"Zentros, although your goal is none of my concern, I have to ask, will it bring harm to me or to the people I'm close to?" I looked directly into his eyes.

"Nope~" He curtly answered.

"Then I'll be happy to help, in exchange for something, that is."

"Oh? And what is that?" Zentros leaned closer.

"If I die in my main body, make sure to distribute my RPs to those I consider my family." I smiled as I explained further. "I realized that the RPs would only make me complacent."

As for what I meant by 'dying in my main body', it means when I die in the MHA world. After asking about it from the system, it seems that when I die while possessing someone's body from another world, I won't truly die, I would just get sent back to my main body.

"Sure, sure~" Zentros said. "Ah, right. Speaking of RPs, would you like to use yours now?"

"Hm? I can use it?" I asked, remembering that he said that I can only use my RPs when reincarnating.

"Well since you're technically reincarnating, it's considered okay. Though you can't change much"

Thinking about it for a while, I eventually replied,

"Nah, I'm good. I want to properly experience it this time."

"Suit yourself then." He said as he shrugged his shoulders.

"You know what, I take back what I all said earlier." I suddenly said.

"..."

"...Why did you suddenly lie?" Zentros asked.

"Just wanted to check if it still worked. And it looks like it still does." I said before asking a question that's been on my mind since earlier. "By the way, is Jesus real?"

I figured that it was the best chance to find out.

Hearing my question, Zentros smiled as he answered,

"Well, the truth is—"