My sister calls me every once in a while but even then, she's not the most thoughtful person.
Crossing the street about a block away from my house I continue thinking about my life.
The only times I ever have fun is when reading manga and watching anime which makes me sound even more like a loser. What a boring life.
My mood brightens a little.
At least all that hard work will finally pay off next week. As one of the people responsible for sending people to the first exploration to Mars I'll finally do something in my life.
A frown creeps across my face.
Then what? That had been my dream ever since I was a kid, to be one of the names in the list for the creators of the rocket to send the first people to Mars, but now what am I going to do. Short sighted as it may be that was my only goal when joining NASA. With that goal completed am I just going to sit back and go into autopilot for the rest of my life?
I can't get that thought out of my head.
8 years ago when I first got recruited onto the team I could not have been happier but now that I'm thinking about it, that rocket is the only proof I've existed for the past 8 years. Having that much of myself attached to a single machine is strange. While I'm proud of myself for doing it, then again, 8 years for that? I doubt many people will even care about the creators of the rocket. It's all about them, the people who go into space. I'll just stay in their shadows for the rest of my life.
Looking at it that way, I'm really not sure if it was worth it or not.
Deciding to take a little shortcut through an old alleyway I cross the street and walk in.
"This place is creepy," I say looking around at the dark, garbage covered, insect infested walls. A rat jumps out of a garbage can causing me to jump.
"Augh, what the fuck!"
I speed up hoping to get out of the alley as fast as possible. The thought of a roach or rat crawling up my leg by accident runs through my mind.
"Fucking, disgusting. Thanks a lot brain for that wonderful visual."
Speeding up even more until I finally reach the other side. Quickly looking both ways I begin to cross the street.
Halfway across I hear a beep. I huge white semi truck with a sign on top saying pest control flies down the street. Through the windshield I see an old, wrinkly, old man with what appears to be a hoe next to him, buckled up and everything.
"What the fuck!"
I jump out the way last second as it barely grazes my shoe. Part of the heel flies off as my legs are pushed into each other at high speeds. A sharp pain is immediately felt.
"Aaaugh! My heel."
Lifting myself up I look at the truck as it flies by, the old man is giving my the middle finger as he drives away. Right before he gets too far for me to see him he gives me a fist, like he's gesturing me to fight him.
What was that all about. A chill runs down my spine as I realize something. The arm that gave me the middle finger was coming out the right side of the car but in America people drive on the left side. How did his arm reach so far right. His entire arm was sticking out!
This is no time to think about that, I look down at my injured heel. There's a lot of blood coming out of it. My heel's bone is exposed with a huge gash from where the bone likely ripped open my skin.
"How the hell did that car hitting me cause all this?" I think while wrapping it with a piece of my shirt I rip off.
My phones dead unfortunately so I'll need to get back home before I can call the hospital. I get up causing pain to start shooting through me. Tears start to well up.
"Dammit, not again."
Ever since I was little pain caused me to cry, even the smallest amount could cause it.
"I hate pain, there's so much blood! I hate this. Ha, I sound like Satoru."
A bright flash of light appears in my vision.
"What the hell was that?"
I forcefully start limping back home which at this point is only about half a block away, I should be able to make it. Limping back I start to lose my senses. It must be from the blood loss.
By the time I reach my door I feel like I'm operating in a fog. It's a little unreal, it's a strange feeling. I feel like I'm walking through water.
It takes three attempts to open my door but I eventually get it to open. A truck flies by behind me and I feel two piercing red eyes look at me as it passes by. Why did I feel red eyes look at me?
Walking in I pull out my phone and walk to get my charger when suddenly I slip on a water bottle I had forgotten to clean up that morning. In the current state I'm in I can't put my arms in front of myself to catch myself. I hit the floor head first as I start feeling a liquid pour from my head.
Opening my eyes becomes harder and harder as I look up at my house's ceiling. Fuck, am I dying? Of all the ways I could have died I die like this? As my final thought passes through my head a bright flash passes through my thought process again.
I somehow wake up to look at a massive figure looming above me. It's probably like 50 meters tall. Next to it floats a book twice the size of my house and a pencil long enough to pierce through a building.
He's glowing white with a hint of blue. He's not wearing anything as far as I can tell and his eyes look like an anime character's.
"What the hell is going on?"
The massive pencil begins to move as it writes stuff down. The figure says in a robotic voice, "Designing subjects next life for the entertainment of The Sapient."
The Sapient? Who the hell is that!? I yell out, "Hey, hey! What's going on!?"
I immediately regret saying that as it turns its head down to stare right at me. It bends down to get even closer. "You have been chosen to entertain The Sapient. Congratulations, you are now going to become a main character." It lifts its body back up while maintaining eye contact. It then turns its head to look at the book and continues writing.
Main character? What does that mean? "Hey, what does that mean!?" No response. What have I been dragged into?
I take one more look at it. It looks almost angelic in a way. It's arms are crossed over it chest and it's legs hang down limp not even touching the ground below it.
Looking around there are strange clouds floating everywhere, across a large grassy environment, the sun pleasantly hangs above. Am I in heaven? No time to think about that because I suddenly feel myself being pulled back, like god himself grabbed me and pulled me back into reality, except this reality ends up being nothing like mine.
Regaining consciousness I immediately realize, I can't see. On top of that I can't hear either.
What the hell? I try to move my body but I can't. At least not how I used to.
I can pull my body around and as I do I feel rocks under me. I'm definitely not in a hospital.
My body feels weird, I can't feel any bones, muscle, not even a head. I roll around like a water balloon on the ground and I can stretch out the outsides of my body.
I continue moving in the same direction I chose before. I suddenly run into a strange blob. Weirder than that, my body moves and manipulates itself when running into it trying to push over it.
My body really is like a blob.
What the hell is going on, I think before suddenly hearing a voice in my head.
{Notice- You have been reincarnated as a slime.}
What? Who the hell, who are you?
{Answer- I am the Unique Skill [Great Sage], your personal helper.}
[Great Sage]!? The realization hits me like a truck. Holy shit, I know where I am! I'm in a Tensura! What the fuck!? Then that blobby substance I ran into, is that another slime.
{Yes.}
Could that be Rimuru!? If that is then this just got way more exciting! Wait, do I have any skills?
{Yes.}
As excited as a little kid on Christmas Day I ask [Great Sage], let me hear em!
{Notice- Explanation would take too long, would user like to use Unique Skill [Genius] to instantly learn what skills have been obtained through reincarnation?}
[Genius]? Yes!
Instantly a surge of information runs through my head as all knowledge involving my skills is transferred into my head and holy shit I'm broken.
I have [Genius] which enhances my intelligence in a multitude of ways, [Great Sage] which does the same thing it did to Rimuru, [Predator] which again does the same thing, and [Sage's Link] a really useful ability that allows me to communicate with Rimuru and even take his skills for my own while also allowing me to give him my own.
What a crazy skill! It then hits me, I can use [Sage's Link] to talk to Rimuru!
{Would you like to open communications with the slime next to you?}
No, not yet, I gotta prepare myself first.
Wait, why am I connected to him? It's not like I could use [Sage's Link] to talk to anyone, it's only him. What does that mean?
{Notice- You have been reborn from the same cloud of magicules the other slime was made of, due to that you two have somehow become linked.}
Does that make us technically brothers?
{Yes.}
Who's older?
{Answer- The other slime was formed approximately 2 minutes and 43 seconds before you.}
Damn, so I'm the younger brother. I mentally prepare myself for my first talk with Rimuru. I can't believe I'm actually about to talk to an anime character, this is insane!
Alright, I think I'm ready. Go ahead and open up communications.
Status
Name: None
Race: Slime
Title: None
Magic: None
Abilities: Unique Skills [Great Sage, Predator, Genius, Sage's Link]
Slime Natural Skills [Dissolve, Absorption, Self Regeneration]
Resistances: Thermal Fluctuation Resistance EX
Physical Attack Resistance
Pain Nullification
Electricity Resistance
Paralysis Resistance