章 1: Reincarnation

My life was simple yet difficult to explain. I'm the most notorious thief and hacker this world has ever seen. I joined the military in my teen years as there was nothing I wanted to strive for, then after many things occurred I abandoned the military and became a hacker. As a hacker I stole and ran away from wealthy people, so in order to not get caught I took training in various martial arts like Krav Maga, Ninjutsu, and Muay Thai. One night while I was escaping from my pursuers through the rooftops I saw my escape route in the distance. Increasing my speed I rushed towards the location getting ready to dodge the incoming fire of my pursuers.

"Just shoot him!! The boss said if we couldn't catch him just kill him!" the man said as he readied his gun.

'Ah shit', I said to myself as I readied myself to dodge incoming fire. Taking a deep breath I started to expand my senses. Continuing my dash I started avoiding the bullets left and right as they sailed past me. As I was getting close to my escape, I left my pursuers in the dust, and started to relax a bit. I REGRET IT. Since I was too focused on my pursuers I didn't realize there was someone taking aim in the distance. They had a mark on their face, spirals around each of their eyes with a grimace smile.

As I was about to make my move he shot. Knowing that I couldn't dodge it anymore I moved my body just enough for it to avoid my vital organs and pass through my body.

'Gah! Damn it that hurts', I thought to myself as I started to pick up the pace. Making it to my escape I started to climb down the building in a hurry. Why am I in a hurry you ask? Well there's going to be an explosion obviously. Getting down from the building I made my way towards my vehicle. (Picture)

Driving away, I looked at the time and there were 4.64.03 minutes left before the explosion. Decreasing the speed I stopped at a fairly tall building. Grabbing a couple of bandages and alcohol from my trunk I put it in my bag and I started climbing my way up the building.

I checked the timer and there was 1.30.00 minutes left. Once I got to the roof I waited there while patching up my injuries.

'5', as I started, my grin widened when I saw the clock.

'4'

'3'

'2'

'1'

BOOOOOM!!!

"Hahahaha, Art is an Explosion" I yelled in excitement.

Staying up there for a few moments I decided it was time to start making my way back home. After an hour or so I finally arrived at one of the houses I owned. Making my way in the house I recapped what happened tonight. 'Let's see, I stole a rare ass pokemon card that would probably sell for 5-7 mil if I sell it. I escaped my pursuers fairly easily this time, though that figure with the mask is someone I should worry about as he got past my senses and managed to shoot me…. Eh I'll deal with it tomorrow,' I thought to myself as I headed to the bathroom.

Taking a quick shower I got dressed and started getting ready to sleep. As I was about to sleep I heard something in the house, considering what I just went through tonight I was vigilant. 'Did someone possibly track me down? And if they did then how?' I thought to myself as I waited only to hear nothing else.

Chalking it up to be house noise I tried to get some sleep when suddenly my body started screaming at me to move.. But it was too late as I saw Truck-kun flying through my window collapsing on top of me.

Scene Change

A glowing ball of light floated in a place full of darkness stretching as far as the eye can see. Standing in front of the ball of light was something that he has never seen before. It could only be called infinite darkness with only a kaleidoscope swirling with black and white with a mirror embedded in its dead center. The mirror wasn't static, what played on it were my past memories.

I was surprised, confused, and intrigued. Surprised because this 'mirror' was showing me my past like it was a movie. Confused because I was suddenly killed by a truck that somehow came crashing through the window killing me when I was upstairs. Intrigued because this isn't normal no matter how you look at it.

My world was pretty boring as there was nothing special about it except my thieving career. I wasn't seeing anyone special as my enemies would use them as leverage against me.

"Well that fucking sucks", I complained as it finally hit me. I got killed by Truck-kun, so where the hell is ROB.

"Sorry about that", a voice sighed. "It took a while to find you as your soul strayed away farther than I thought."

Turning around, an old man stood there looking at me with disappointment. "You weren't supposed to be killed by Truck-kun, but it looks like my assistants missed that part…" he groaned, "This is why I tell my wife I can't take trainees."

"Trainees?", I asked.

"Well… it's more like lesser gods in training.", he admitted, "You see gods only reign for a few thousand years then retire. We are in the transition period, and… well stuff happens during those times."

"So it was just my bad luck.. great," I sighed, "So now what happens, do I go to heaven or hell?"

"You are in luck, young men. As you have had this misfortune you get to reincarnate in a random world with 4 requests of your choosing." he told me with a smile, "So what are your requests."

"Huh…?", I said with confusion, "You aren't going to tell me the world I am going to?"

"Don't worry about that, I will make sure it's a good world." he chuckled.

The expression he had didn't give me much hope that I would end up in a good place, but he seemed like a decent enough old man. But I'm still wary.

"..okay…". I stated unconvinced of his honesty, "Well since I don't know where I am going, I want to go with the safest option. I want a custom system as it is the best option for my survival.

"That's a good choice, very versatile and easy to use indeed!" he agreed, "Next?"

"I want to be a High Human, if I have a system I want to be able to handle the extremes the system has," I told him.

"Again, a great idea… wouldn't want you killing yourself doing something a human body couldn't handle," he laughed.

"I want to have a system AI guide, since I have no clue where I am going having a guide in the HUD would be amazing.", I said

"Okay, last request.", he stated.

"As I'm planning to add a shop using karma as currency I want to add the function to traverse worlds.", I told him.

"Perfect, I can organize all those for you.", he informed me.

"Thank you.", I chuckled, 'Didn't think I would get that lucky. Having the inventory, status board, and race is already good enough.'

"Alright then, off you go!, he chuckled, "Enjoy your new life."

Before I could ask where he was sending me everything went black, and I was transported to another room. Finding a rather young guy sitting behind a desk, I sat in the chair placed in front of him. Seeing my paperwork in the tray, I waited for him to grab my papers. When he picked them up,he quickly sifted through the papers nodding his head as he went.

"Your karma is so-so as you were a small philanthropist in your life despite being a thief and a hacker.", he stated matter of factly, "I have your requests here, let me fuse them to your soul."

A few minutes later a HID populated with a map, time, and date, inventory, partners, shops, and world travel functions I asked. Viewing my base stats I was impressed where I was starting out at.

'Open System'

[List of functions accessible in Yagami Kira's System]

–Status: Quantify the current attributes and skills of the Host.

–Partners: Lists all the current partners of the Host.

–Shop: Grants access to the Archive of all Creations in existence.

–Worlds: Shows the lists of Fictional and Non-fictional Worlds accessible to the Host.

'Status'

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Name: Yagami Kira

Race: High Human

Level: 1

Occupation: Reincarnated Person

Strength: 20

Dexterity: 20

Constitution: 30

Defense: 20

Charm: 140

Karma:

Skills:

World Travel (Insufficient Karma)

Guide

System

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Noticing that I was missing a magic stat, I immediately knew I wasn't going to a world with magic. Taking a deep breath, I was excited to see exactly where I would be going. Maybe I would go to One Piece, and get to be a pirate captain. Being a soul reaper wouldn't be bad either, as would being a Shinobi.

'Yeah!! I could travel around the world taking down scumbags, and meeting all sorts of beauties!!', I thought with a grin on my face.

"Alright sir, I have finished your paperwork. You will be going to the HighSchool of the Dead world, you have requested increased difficulty of this world and-" he started to tell me as I listened quietly.

"I expected something like this to happen", I sighed, "Since the world is getting more difficult, let me designate the childhood I want. I may have been trained in combat and more but I don't know the timeline in the world so better safe than sorry."

"I already accounted for that, and have you set up accordingly," he stated, "You will be the son of a former Delta Force soldier who died. All of your childhood has been coordinated up to your graduation from military school. After that it is on you to make allies, learn skills and prepare for the events of the world to unfold."

"Welp.. it is what it is, at least I won't be completely screwed. I appreciate the assistance.", I said.

"No problem from one help desk to another.. I wish you the best of luck.", he told me.

"Thanks, I am going to need it.", I sighed with a smile.

A few moments later I faded into nothing, and the next thing I knew I was born into the HOTD world.