New York, 2025
'Finally, I finished work today. If I had worked longer, I would have died from exhaustion, like those isekai protags who die after working for black companies, heh.' A slight smirk made its way onto his face. Now, he walked through the overcrowded walkways of New York, like a zombie from The Walking Dead, bumping into people walking toward him. He not only walked like one, he even looked like one:dark bags under his eyes and pale skin, as if he had moisturized his body with a whole 220-pound (100kg) sunscreen package. At least he wore fine clothing: a black suit with a white shirt and a black tie.
'I think I'll order from McDonald's today. I'm lazy ,' he thought, looking up at the sky like he had given up on life. 'Then, when I arrive home, I'll read that "new" Ultimate Spider-Man comic. I've only read good reviews online. Hope they don't massacre my boy Peter in that one—he deserves better.'
As he made his way through the city that never sleeps (it lived up to its name), car horns blared because someone had been too slow to react to a traffic light turning green. The smell of gasoline hung in the air. Sirens wailed in the distance—police or fire trucks racing to an emergency. In dark alleys,homeless people sat on the gray, wet ground, drinking, sleeping, or begging for spare change. In others, people were getting mugged for a few 1-dollar bills.
'I love this city,' he thought sarcastically. 'Maybe I should go to the countryside, buy a farm, raise some animals, and tend to fields. Anything's better than this stinking shithole of a city.'
As he zoned out, fantasizing about his future farm, he didn't notice someone digging through his pockets and stealing his wallet. Kinda old-school for 2025, when you could store everything like IDs, driver's licenses, and bank cards on your phone.
After a moment, he realized something was missing. He patted his pockets. His wallet was gone. A face flashed in his mind: blue eyes, an uncapped black full beard, a black Nike baseball cap, and a black flight jacket. The thief looked Middle Eastern or North African, in his twenties.
'"Oh, fuck me raw,"' he muttered, shocked, turning around to scan the crowd frantically. He spotted the thief quickly—the idiot was the only one wearing a baseball cap and running like a rabbit evading an eagle.
He shoved people aside, sprinting after the thief.
'"Hey!! Look where you're running, fucking idiot!"'
'"Hey! Idiot, do you have eyes?!"'
'"Motherfucker!"'
'"Look where you're going, shithead!"'
Bystanders yelled after him, enraged. They'd been minding their own business, thinking about post-shift plans, their wives, or their kids. Now they sat on the dirty pavement, shoved aside by a lunatic.
He chased the thief until he stood wheezing in the middle of an intersection, panting like an asthmatic bulldog. Lucky for the thief, his victim wasn't in peak shape—so he got away.
'"I… should've… hhhh… trained… hehhh… more… haaahhh… cardio… wheeez,"' he gasped,hunched over, hands on his knees.
'"Hhhhhh-heeehh-haaaahh…"'
'"Hhhhhh-heeehh-haaaahh…"'
He didn't notice the truck speeding toward him, ignoring the speed limit. The driver hadn't beenwatching the road—he'd been searching for his dropped phone. By the time he grabbed it, it was too late.
The man saw the truck too, blurry but undeniable. 'I've got no strength left in my legs,' he thought,accepting his fate. He stood upright, arms spread wide, as if waiting for Leonardo DiCaprio to embrace him as if he were the most beautiful woman in New York.
'I hope I'll be reincarnated into Marvel, like in those isekai mangas and fanfics.'
SKREEEEEEEEEECH
THWAAACK-CRUNCH
He died.
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Author here: I hope you guys liked it and I hope it doesn't sound too much like AI. I wrote everything but used it to point out all my mistakes. English isn't my first English language so please be merciful . I hope you don't find any mistakes but please if you find some, point them out. This is just the prologue, so that you guys can know about my writing style.
MC will be reincarnated into a universe of my own creation and I will call something like Earth: 6161650. It will have some elements of Universe 616 or the MCU. But I will try my best so that it doesn't follow it 1:1. So that MC doesn't try to follow the plot, because it would be boring.