Questionable Sanity of What Remnants I have

An Old man in his 60s walks inside his spacious room as he looks towards his nerve gear.

The Old man walks towards it as he put the futuristic helmet inside his head.

"Link. Start." His Raspy voice commands the game system as the nanobots inside him were rushing along his vessels as his mind went black.

after a few seconds.

A myriad of colours slammed in his dark vision.

for several minutes.

his surroundings changed into a desolate wasteland of a city.

The game itself is realistic.

means no HP or MP bar.

nor Strength stats Etcetera.

Instead it's measured by you own.

meaning you can die instantly if your head or heart explodes.

there is no such thing as Stun skill or Curse.

if you wanted to stun your enemies.

you'll need to hit a specific nerve or bash your opponent's head enough to give him concussion.

And Skills and Abilities are measured by your Real life Fighting experience.

That's why he choose a behemoth body instead of Lean or Semi-Muscular. ( Speed or balance.)

nodding in satisfaction. he glances at the broken mirror beside him as he got the full view of his avatar.

He has a body that packs a huge amount of muscles that would make muscle builders cry in envy. Strained by his chocolate brown skin as his brown eyes shone underneath his blue cloak as his barely hidden visage has a wistful look as he reminiscent from his past memories.

He Stands over 8 foot 11 inches and weighs over 329 lbs with an opened cloak ( Or is it a jacket or some sort? it's in the cover. ) revealing his muscular body.

He has Red gloves that have has a name etched Crazy Buffalo. and white a boxing short with Brown combat boots.

This man is named Balrog in honour of the original design.

The old man has a lot of secrets.

but most importantly.

he is a reincarnated boy from another world.

While his 2nd life is more or less similar to his original world. it has a different history and year.

the current year is 2138. while his original is the year 2020.

The man has a lot of regret in both 1st and 2nd.

Namely.

- Not appreciating what you have.

- Not starting a business.

- Not having a healthy body.

- Not saving for retirement.

- Not investing in stocks / Real estate.

- Not spending time on yourself and your family.

- Not expressing yourself.

Yet he failed to get the last two.

In his first life.

He was raised with a silver spoon and laze around with Anime, Gambling and Women.

He didn't learn how to manage businesses nor practical skills.

And soon became his downfall, as his friends betrayed him for his money and bankrupt his family businesses.

He died alone full of regret and resentment.

he promised that if he got a second chance.

He will become Smarter than the smartest, Tougher than the toughest and Sly as a devil.

And he got what he wishes.

he was was reborn in a far more cruel world.

Advance technologies and society. full of malicious people that dwarf the people in his 1st life in terms of cruelty and ambition.

He was born as an Orphan, he may not the wealth, The title nor privilege he once has.

but he has what others don't.

Experience and knowledge.

So he did what he long should've done.

He Attacc.

He protecc.

But most importantly.

He adapts to do the trick.

He capitalised what should be his and his alone, crushing nearby competitors as he laughed at their demise.

he opened a chain effect that benefits only him and betrayed his business partners first and crush them before they crush him.

this is a Dog eats dog world.

people with high moral is nothing but a lamb waiting to be a prey for the capitalists voracity is unsatible.

Where Money and power run the world.

Where the Dumb dies and the smart lives.

And people know that.

they'll use you.

take you for granted and change their face in their needs.

That's why didn't trust anyone as he manipulates them on his whims.

He's good at finding people's intentions.

Call him evil or Inhumane.

It won't change and never will in his views towards the Animals called humans as they all cut each other's throat.

then again... aren't others like him too and much worse?

Then again.

those who protest because they're poor are nothing but Narcissistic, Narrow-Minded, Lazy who lust for other people to take care of them.

He didn't trust anyone but himself because the moment he does...

He can't blame anyone but Himself as he'll regret it until the End.

And learn from that mistake to improve oneself.

And i quote.

Mastering others may be strength.

But Mastering yourself is true power.

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Snapping out of his Flashbacks.

He averted his gaze towards the clock.

11: 58: 39 PM

He sighs heavily as he knows that the game will end when the clock hits 12 AM.

...He didn't even have enough time to enjoy his last moments.

The old man has a lot of regrets especially since he was diagnosed that has a stage 4 Cancer.

And he'll be damn if he didn't enjoy his last moments towards his favourite game with his favourite Game Character.

Walking around the desolate city.

He Opened his Shop system and bought what he longed for.

A golden chain that look like a necklace.

Hell Chain.

A necklace made from the demon essence and crafted by Hephaestus Itself.

- Grants Tenacity By 200%

He nod in satisfaction as the countdown began.

3...

This time if he died for real. he'll get the rest he'd deserve.

2...

But that doesn't means he doesn't want to live, He just preferred a pacifist world where he can settle his TRUE retirement and have a happy family with Legal Loli wife.

1...

Not that he cared if they're younger.

even if he married them in their 20 or 30.

it is still considered a pedophilia considering he is like... 98 years old. so yeah. he preferred loli instead of old ladies with wrinkles.

He cut his musings as he prepared himself.

Once rhe zero hits, his consciousness will return in the real world.

waiting on the inevitable death because of his cancer.

0...

He blinked.

He close his eyes and opened them, revealing the rich vegetation of forest.

" ...What?"