"You died."
"..."
"You will be reincarnated in the new world."
"....."
"Don't worry, you will get an ability."
The man stared at the light in a daze as he couldn't comprehend what was happening. One time, he was at his office, staring at the computer screen like a zombie, as he hadn't gone home for so many days. Work, work, and work. He wondered when the last time he even took a rest was, yet, this was how it was when he became an adult, especially when the economic situation was at its worst, the living expenses also became higher, and the government was only interested in increasing tax without trying to make the situation better.
This also made him think that dying was far better since living was so hard, yet dying was scary, and committing suicide was simply a big "no-no," as he didn't like to run away, so he continued to work despite how hard it was.
Still, sometimes, when he was commuting from home to work or work to home, which would take him at least two hours of travel, he would wish that a meteor would fall or the world would end so that way, he wouldn't have to be in pain anymore.
It was said that a human was sent to live on the earth as a punishment.
When he was a child, he didn't understand that message, but when he became an adult, he could somehow understand that message well.
Unexpectedly, he fell asleep in his office despite drinking his energy drink.
Still, how could he expect to sleep forever?
"....."
"This... am I still dreaming?"
"No, you are not dreaming. You are in the afterlife, and you have died from a heart attack."
"...then, can you let me die in peace? I am tired of living."
He felt that he had enjoyed his life well, especially when he had his share of fun during his youth, and he felt that was enough. He didn't want to live again and started to work hard again.
If he made a comparison, it was like how he had spent a long time on the game, grinding, raising a level and equipment to a quite high level before being told to restart from level one once again.
In the stories of novels, many protagonists were pictured as those who could do well and gained their success due to the memory of their previous lives or unique ability, but he knew well that those successes still needed hard work and a human relationship was too troublesome.
Yet—
"You can't refuse me. I am a god."
"..."
Sighing, he felt helpless, yet as he couldn't even refuse his boss, how could he even think to refuse the god?
"So... Will I be reincarnated again? I will have a second life?"
"Yes. You will, but you will be living in a new identity and won't be living in your previous world."
"So, where will I live?"
"In the world of fantasy."
"Fantasy? ...a heaven?"
"No, you will be reincarnated in the world of those stories that you are familiar with."
"...you mean like those anime, manga, or novels?"
"Yes."
"..."
Taking a deep breath, he asked, "What kind of an ability did I get?"
While he wasn't sure, he felt like the god smiled when he asked this question.
"You will receive a gacha ability?"
"Gacha? You mean that gacha that I know?"
"Yes, it is that gacha."
"So, what will I get from this gacha?"
"You will see it for yourselves later, and as it is your first time, I will give you three turns."
"Three turns?"
"Yes, after that, if you want to get more turns, you will need to fill the gauge before you can open the gacha again."
"How can I fill the gauge?"
"That's something that you need to learn by yourself."
"..."
"Now, try to open all of them since the place you will be reincarnated in is fairly dangerous."
"Ah, dangerous? What kind of a world will I be reincarnated to?!"
Yet, he could no longer receive an answer, and his question was just answered by silence.
As his lips twitched, he knew that he had to open his gacha as soon as possible, so at least, he wouldn't be powerless, and he also needed to prepare quickly in the case that the god sent him to the new world if he wasted the time.
After all, if the boss in the real world could be unreasonable, wouldn't god, who could determine the death and the life of people while also giving them a miracle, be even more unreasonable?
Yes, he wanted to get angry, but he was a powerless human. What could he do?
Instead of being moved by his emotions, being angry at the being that could toy with his life with ease, he knew that he had to understand his power better, especially when he thought about how he would be reincarnated to a dangerous world.
Yet, when he saw the ability that he could get from the gacha—
"Fate Series?"
Naturally, he was familiar with the Fate Series, which was a famous franchise media work that had created billions in his previous world. While he wasn't a maniac, he knew many of his acquaintances who played the games and spent so much of their money playing the gacha so they could get a good servant.
"This... isn't this ability so good?"
His ability might be a gacha, but as he gained the servant, instead of gaining a follower, he would gain the abilities of those servants, and as he got three free turns, he would gain abilities and everything of three servants!
"Hmm..."
Yet, somehow, he couldn't be enthusiastic, especially with how calm the god was despite it having given him such a powerful ability.
Yes, this ability was powerful since among all of the servants on the Fate Series, some of them had an ability to destroy a planet or even an entire universe.
If he could get such an ability, then wouldn't the god be wary of him since he might revolt and kill it?
Yet, why was it so calm?
Wasn't it afraid that he might seek revenge when he gained power?
Still, more importantly, how dangerous was the world that he was born into that he could get this type of ability?
"..."
"No, no. This is not the time for this."
What was important was to gain the ability of the servants, so he wouldn't be powerless in the new world. With that thought, he quickly pressed the turn button on the gacha, and it started to shine brightly before it showed the form of the servant that he gained.
"...Mata Hari?"
His expression became weird since he got a female servant; then, wouldn't he become a female?
Fortunately, it seemed, except for gaining Mata Hari's abilities and skills, he didn't have to become a woman.
"But... this is a weak servant."
Mata Hari, he knew this servant well as she was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I before she was executed by firing squad in France.
While the French might claim that this woman was the source of every failure of the missions during World War I, some sources suggest that she was merely a scapegoat for the government's blunders.
So, what kind of abilities could he gain from such a character?
As he thought so, a voice urged him.
"You will be reincarnated soon."
"Eh?"
He wanted to learn more about his new ability that he got from this servant, but unexpectedly, the god told him that he would be reincarnated soon, so he hurriedly opened his next gacha, and he received—
"Henry Jekyll and Hyde?"
His expression turned weird, but when subconsciously he wanted to learn the new servant, it was too late!
"You will be reincarnated."
"Wait!"
Yet, he couldn't stop, and all of a sudden, he was reincarnated into a new world, but why did he appear in midair?
"W-Wait! I-I am going to die!"
As he fell from a high altitude, it was impossible for him to stay calm, especially when he was just a normal man in the past, but as he screamed, his body met something and destroyed a wooden-like object before falling with a baam into a hard surface, but—
"It's not hurt...?"
Was his physical ability also enhanced due to the physical level of the servant?
After all, no matter how weak the servant was, it was still far stronger than a normal human. Only, as he thought so, he realized that he wasn't alone. In his surroundings, he could see many men, from thin to muscular, from short to tall, yet one thing he could tell was that all of them weren't good people.
Why did he think so?
It was because he saw one young woman being grasped, caught, and one man was about to press a hot metal stamp on the curvaceous body of the young woman as if she was a slave.
"It's dangerous here! Let's go and run!"
Still, at the time he fell, a beautiful young woman was somehow able to escape the grasp of the men around her, but while she was able to escape, she didn't forget about him and quickly pulled him up as they ran away.
"Chase after them!"
However, the group of men quickly woke up and chased after the two of them.
Yet, while his head was filled with confusion, fear, and panic, he quickly remembered to open his last gacha as he got his last servant.
"I won't let you go!"
One man, who appeared to be the leader, somehow created something similar to a magic circle as he shouted, "Prominence Whip!"
As his voice fell, the purple magic circle shone brightly before a number of fiery, curved purple beams were fired towards him and the young woman, tracking them down, which made them impossible to escape!
"No!"
When the purple beams were about to hit them, the young woman wanted to take something from her pocket, but she realized that her item had been thrown, so she could do nothing, yet as she thought so, the attack of the man had arrived and it was too late to dodge!
Yet, when she thought a pain was about to hit her and the one who had saved her, she felt a strong embrace on her body before—
BOOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOOOM!
The purple beams destroyed the area that was hit, but the young woman was unscathed on the arm of the young man.
"Are you okay?"
"Ah, um."
He didn't have the time to see the young woman's reaction, but he was glad that he opened his last gacha.
Yet, before he sighed in relief, he knew that he had to think of a way to escape from this place.