Chapter 1

Chapter 1

2018 October,

In a brightly lit hospital room, an old man who is lying on the hospital bed is gazing at the moon outside with sadness. Granted his sightly is failing him as he cannot make out the detail of the moon without his glasses but, at least, he still knows that he is looking at the full moon and that he is going to miss this scene.

'... I am going to miss a lot. *sigh* Pity. If possible, I want to stay longer. Maybe a bout a year or two... Alas, my heart is weakening. It seems it is almost time for me to go.' (Old man's thought)

There are countless things he still wants to do before his death but, his body is not up for it anymore. He who is born with a weak heart had lived nearly sixty and that is already a blessing for him.

The old man reminded himself of that fact and prepare himself to embrace the death. He slowly close his eyes and calm his mind so that he do not think of useless things at his death.

Not longer after, the old man no longer breaths. The heart rate monitor issue a loud sound that alarm the doctors at the corridor but, they were not in time. The old man is no longer in his bed and his soul is already ascended to the heaven without being seen by anyone.

After a certain amount of time,

The old man opens his eyes to see everything in white. Surprisingly, there is no backlash when met with sudden brightness, which makes the old man looks around at his surrounding. White, everything is in white color that the old man is not sure whether he is in a room or a hall because he cannot make out the walls, ceilings or floor. Seeing nothing in the surrounding, the old man looks at himself to found out that he is wearing simple white clothing.

'Hm... Is this the so called the white room after death? This room is too white to properly assume that I am in heaven. Is this judgment room or something like that? I wonder... how will I be judged? It is not one and two people that I killed in my lifetime. It may even amounted to three-digits. *Sigh* If I were to be judged and sent to hell, I hope a beautiful goddess judge me.' (Old man's thought)

Now that the old man has collected himself, he calms down and think this and that to occupy his mind after death. Because he himself knew that, if he do not occupy his mind like that, his regret before his death may resurfaced. So, the old man continue to think thoughts that are not important or meaningless.

*Step*

While the old man is thinking that, a sound of a footstep can be heard. it sounds like something produced when a heel and a marble floor meet. The old man's attention is captured by the sound and soon, a beautiful goddess appear. She is breathtakingly beautiful and combined with a elegant air around her, she looks like a goddess of beauty in myths.

The old man foolishly stare at the goddess, forgetting to breath. He is admiring at the various jeweleries and accessories across her purple dress that covered till her heels. Looking up, the old man is met with a clear purple eyes looking back at him a calm smile. The old man snapped out of it after seeing the smile which looks like a motherly smile.

"Oh. Hello there. Sorry for staring at you earlier young lady. Your beauty numbed this old man for a short while." (The old man)

The goddess smiles at the honest words of old man and creates a table with two chairs while greeting the old man back.

"Hello there, Tadashi Embra. I am Gaia. It is nice meeting you. Now. Before we continue, please have some tea. It will ease your mind." (Gaia)

The old man raise an eyebrow at the mention of the name but, he stops himself from asking question. He sits opposite of Gaia and smiles looking at a cup of green tea. Goddess Gaia talks.

"Now. Let me introduce again. I am Goddess Gaia. I govern the reincarnation cycle, the Samsara cycle of this world. And, as a goddess who governs over reincarnation, I want to give you a chance to reincarnate in a world of your choice." (Gaia)

"Me? Reincarnate?" (Embra)

"Yes. Before you ask, I would like to tell you that you will only be able to reincarnate in one world which is created based on imagination like novels, mangas and animes. That kind of stuff." (Gaia)

"Oohh..." (Embra)

Embra's eyes shined at the word of 'Reincarnation' but, as a man who has lived for more than five decades, he knows better that it is not free. Of course, he is in favor of being reincarnated again but, he do not eagerly agree on the spot and wait for the Goddess Gaia to continue her words, for the reason she gives him the chance.

"*chuckle* I see, you are a little doubtful huh? Even though you yourself has written many novels regarding this topic. Isn't this what you wished for your whole life, Mr. Embra, the man who lead the manga and anime industry of Japan for more nearly thirty years?" (Gaia)

Embra smiles while looking down at the cup which is filled with green tea. Taking a sip, he reminisce about the past, his teenage years. Embra Tadashi is a son of a rich man in Japan. Since young, he is called a genius by everyone around him because of his calculation power that is almost inhuman. Some called it a gift from gods and some called it a mutation in the brain.

Nonetheless, Embra fully used his intelligence to gain more wealth, both to himself and his family. Due to his superiority intelligence and calculation power, he himself was labeled as a rich man before he reached 18 years old. His wealth become to rival his own father and his family. And, that is when he become to see the ugly side of human nature.

His wealth is demanded, no, stolen by his own family. But, he do not minded because the teen Embra found a new goal beside becoming rich using business and economic. he become to take interest in IT. So, left with a mere thousand Yen, Embra started to learn IT, Computer, Programming and networking. It took him three years of struggling to call himself a hacker. By then, he has already abandoned his family. So, using his new hacking skills, Embra aims for the enormous wealth again. The wealth he abandoned year ago, came back to him when he reached 25 year in age.

Of course, to gain his wealth again, Embra employed ways and tactics that cannot be called 'ethical' by society. Because of that, Embra feel empty after gaining his wealth again. The wealth he now owned is blood-stained and he feels disgusted by it. So, instead of using the blood-stained money for his own, Embra invested nearly half of it in the rising entertainment industry of japan where mangas and animes are published.

At first, the industry was a convenient place for him to dump the money he don't want but, slowly and slowly, he genuinely became to interested in it. He first sponsored the anime series, 'Saint Sai**'. Then, 'Dra*on B*ll', 'One P*ece' and 'Na*uto'. Of course, there are also many other works that he sponsored and he actively promote or more like advertise about the anime and manga of Japan throughout the world.

As a once successful businessman, it did not take him that long to expand the industry to the world. Seeing the success, Embra decided to become an investor in Japan and mainly invest in the entertainment industry of japan. There were also novels and light novels that sponsored. There are also works he himself created, that became famous.

In an another view, he is one of the people who made the world known of the entertainment industry of Japan and made the 'anime' and 'manga' known worldwide.

Embra smiles after thinking back to his past and there is a hint of regret and sorrow in his eyes. Goddess Gaia continue to talk in clam manner while looking at Embra like how a mother would look at her son.

"There were many things you did throughout your long life. As you gained negative karma for doing bad things, you also gained enormous positive karma. Normally, you would go to either heaven or hell but, I decided to gives you a chance, after all I am a fan of those works you sponsored." (Gaia)

"... Ah Ahahaa. Is that so? Well now. It seems my doubts are misplaced. I would like to apologize." (Embra)

"*laugh sweetly* No need, Embra Tadashi. *cough* So, let's get to the main topic. You will get a chance to reincarnate in a world of your choice that are from imagination.So, which world would you like to go?" (Gaia)

"Ahm. Excuse me if I was rude but, that world will be real right? The world I will be reincarnated into?" (Embra)

"Of course. Don't worry. It will not be a dream or an illusion. You will physically reincarnated into that world after all those world exist somewhere out there. You just need to tell me which world you want to go and I will send you with five gifts." (Gaia)

"I see... Well now. This is a difficult choice. I am not sure which world should I choose." (Embra)