Chapter 3 - Reincarnation Part 1

However, because it is a qualifying tournament that sets the time of midnight to reduce the burden on the internet network, the time to return is of course midnight.

I came home on the sidewalk lit by a street lamp, holding my laptop alone. Of course, internet cafes have computers too, but the ones you know are fine.

An old woman with a hunchback crossed the pedestrian crossing right in front ... I thought it was walking down the street in a residential area at midnight with almost no traffic, remembering the time, why ... I stared.

Pedestrian signals at the pedestrian crossing started flashing… When there were no traffic lights… If I thought it would be alright… Suddenly, a light lit up the old woman like a flash of light.

What's that? Does a car running without lights recognize the appearance of an old woman and pass by? At that time, I ran without thinking about anything… I was desperate to throw away my laptop and throw it away, not to be outdone by the car that was running at incredible speed from behind me.

I haven't been out in years, but recently I walked in every day to shop at the convenience store.

I made it to the intersection earlier than the car and stood in front of the old woman crossing the pedestrian crossing, and as I slapped my shoulders with both hands, "Pwer..." The old woman clung to the pedestrian crossing a few meters away.

On the other hand, I... Illuminated by the flashing lights, I collided with a moving car in shock.

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"Hey... what are you doing... God scolded him..."

"Don't say... It must be an easy job to restore the soul of a grandmother who died of senility. Why is that..."

Someone was arguing my head... I thought I had an accident... Ambulance member? Or was it the driver of the runaway car that hit me? Was it because the flashing light appeared and disappeared?

Mysteriously, there was no pain in my body… I wondered if I had just got bruising or scratches.

"Ah... he died instantly... he was out of luck... he couldn't help but collide with that spirit car."

Instant death...? What the hell is that? I realized... no, maybe they weren't talking about me... I was taken to the emergency hospital and they were talking about another patient.

Immediately I got up and tried to check the surroundings, but I didn't move… I didn't feel it.

What do I do now? Do you sleep on your back? Therefore, there was no feeling of pressure on my back… However, there was no feeling of pressure on the front or sides of my body, and did I open my eyes first? I try to open my eyes, but I can't see anything... Umm... Am I dead?

So where does it hurt when I lose my mind?

"First off, the ghost car we're in shouldn't look like an earthly creature, right? Humans can't see them unless they're dead, and you can't touch or feel them."

"That's right… That spirit car only appears for a thousandth of a second when someone blinks… It only appears for a shorter time than when you close your eyes, and it's always moving. Therefore, it should be impossible for an ordinary person to see that figure. ... On rare occasions, a person with keen intuition may sense the presence of a ghost car, but never see its substance ... You should have learned in school that by releasing the shutter at the best time, you can only catch the soul to be transferred, illuminated by The ghost car's headlight, in the movie... However, why did he pay attention to the old woman's soul who should have picked it up, and then headed for the ghost car... It seems that he is aware of the ghost car's existence."

"That's right... I guess we misunderstood that the old woman's soul that was supposed to be restored was run over by a ghost car... Even if it becomes a soul, when it is illuminated by the headlights of the ghost car, the appearance of life is projected. She is not happy today. ..He suddenly killed himself even though he had enough life, and I couldn't completely separate myself from his body, so apart from the soul I once recovered, he jumped in front of the ghost car. Even the people who came appeared. But it didn't matter ... If you give his soul the ability to repair and reincarnate only once, he will return to his body and regenerate in this world. Come on ... the soul is attracted to the body. There is no problem because all memories of being a soul, including the time of an accident, must be lost during reproduction."

"That's right... I was able to recover that granny's soul, and I'm heading to the next gathering location."

"Hurry up… He was supposed to be a recoverable soul while running, but he stopped suddenly and took an extra body once, which was way behind schedule… If I didn't hurry, it wouldn't end in time. scheduled. I'll be working overtime."

"Overtime? No... I mean my salary won't go up when I leave work... I have to finish it by the appointed time... I'll miss it!"

"Oo!"

As soon as the noisy conversation above my head finished, my eyes brightened. At the same time, I can see two grown men lying on their backs in front of me or under my eyes.

One of them is a fat man with sloppy and sloppy flesh, and the phrase pig is more appropriate than fat ... I haven't looked in the mirror in the room recently, but maybe this is me now.

Coarse hair extends to the shoulders, and a beard that can be stretched, instead of being stubborn, covers the mouth and chin with a scrubbing brush.

It was probably unavoidable that it was torn in several places due to the impact of the collision with the ghost car, but there were stains here and there on the undamaged parts, and it certainly wasn't the effect of an accident a wash. Stains on clothes were visible, and the appearance of wearing a shirt with a loose collar and hem felt like it gave off an unpleasant odor.

I wondered if it would come again because the clerk's eyes at the internet cafe I entered the first time were displeasing, but when I remembered, even the clerk at the convenience store who was supposed to be friendly, frowned, becoming a cold city for newcomers. I was just thinking.

Maybe they just exposed me to a world like this… I feel like I understand why my family used to kick me out of the house.

It's a shame for my family to be exposed to the public like this… On the other hand, I didn't expect that if I was forced out to eat and exposed to the public, I would dress a little better.

I don't know about that, and I'm dressed as I was when I first pulled out, and I've spent the last few months in this city.

It would be better if the police were not notified as suspicious. I am dead and soul, and now I am looking at my corpse...