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Chapter 1: Reboot
(Though no one knows why it's called a "Reboot.")
I was an ordinary person.
Living in an era of peace, free of wars, disasters, or anything too exciting.
Life was repetitive, predictable... maybe even a bit boring.
Until that day.
The sun was shining.
The wind was calm.
I was in a good mood.
And then, I stepped out with my left foot...
CRACK!
A flowerpot fell from the thirteenth floor and landed squarely on my head.
Not a car crash.
Not an assassin.
Just a flowerpot.
My vision blurred.
Blood seeped into my eyes.
My head throbbed with unbearable pain.
> "Haha… This is the first time I've seen someone die from a flowerpot."
A voice mocked me from above.
I forced my eyes open.
A man stood over me, red-haired, holding a scythe, grinning like he was watching a comedy show.
"W–Who are you…?"
The pain. The blood. The dizziness.
> "I'm Death," he said, still smiling.
"But you… You might be the first person I grant a new life to."
"Why… me…?"
> "Because I'm in the mood, haha."
He wasn't joking.
Or maybe he was—
Maybe the entire universe was.
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