Chapter 1

I was doubtful. At least, it was one of the biggest doubts I had in my life.

Why did I think it would be okay to jump from the 30th floor of a building?

"No, wait, that's what I really want to know. Seriously, why? Why?"

Currently, I, Reikaido Zero, was being lectured by God.

Looking around, there was nothing but a white, template-like space. It was so desolate, it could use a bit more flair.

"There are some people who die in such incomprehensible ways."

"Ha ha ha, really?"

"Don't laugh, there are people who can't live even if they want to."

That's true. But I didn't want to die. Yet this fake God has been lecturing me since the beginning.

By the way, this God, who I've always been curious about, has black hair and a black beard.

To be honest, he looks like a dirty old man.

When you think of God, you imagine someone with white hair and a white beard, a sacred figure. It's a bit disappointing that none of that applies here.

"Hey, I can hear your thoughts, you know? And why did you jump from the building if you didn't want to die?"

"Probably thought it would be fine."

"What were you thinking!?"

But this is the truth. I jumped from the building because I really thought it would be okay.

I guess I was expecting some kind of event to save me.

Hehe, why did I think that?

"What are you grinning about?"

"No, just a nostalgic laugh."

"Do you want to see the video of your death? It's not funny, though."

As God said this, a screen-like object materialized in front of me, showing a familiar scene.

"Alright, let's go."

I appeared on the screen, standing on the rooftop of a building with a blue sky behind me, looking genuinely cool with a joyful expression.

"Jumping normally wouldn't be interesting."

The me on the screen muttered this while backing up to the edge of the fence.

I remember I took a running start before jumping.

The me on the screen took a serious running start and then jumped.

"Yahooooo!! Wind pressure, wind pressure!!"

I shouted something incomprehensible as I fell.

Then my face was shown in close-up. Despite the wind pressure distorting it, it looked incredibly happy, or rather, full of confidence. But as the ground got closer, my expression turned serious.

"Huh!? Wait, huh!?"

After leaving those words, the screen went black.

"...That's terrible."

"It's your head."

"Normally, something would happen at that point, right?"

Anyway, let's get to the point. Why am I here? Do you do this every time someone dies?

"Speak up!"

But you can read my mind, right? Then it would be faster that way. You're just making me talk.

"Hey, where did the polite speech go?"

"Anyway, there's more to why I was called here, right? Reincarnation? Transmigration to another world? Should I go for it?"

To be honest, I was quite excited. The fact that there is a God and that such an event is happening has me in an endorphin rush. Ah, it's good to be alive.

"You're already dead... But as you predicted, it's a transmigration to another world. There's a rule that if a person under 17 years old, who hasn't reached a certain death value, and meets other specific conditions, they can be reincarnated. For some reason, you meet those conditions, so I can reincarnate you."

"...I'm happy."

"Then I'll do it. It's been about 1200 years since a human was reincarnated, as suitable candidates rarely appear."

Before I knew it, the surroundings had changed. There were various glowing spheres everywhere, and angels with wings on their backs were flying around. I followed the God, who started walking.

"Hey, God, good morning!" "Good morning!" "Morning!"

The angels greeted God like this. Is this guy really God?

As I observed the surroundings with interest, I made eye contact with some of the angels. None of them were to my liking.

"We've arrived, this is it."

God stopped in front of a sphere and turned to me.

"These spheres are worlds. You will be reincarnated in this one."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Then, go."

Huh? Isn't this guy forgetting something? That's a bit too much, even for a senile old man.

"Um, about abilities or something like that...?"

"Don't be a baby."

"Huh? You're joking, right?"

"Sure, you'd probably die without anything. How about money?"

"Wrong, you don't understand anything, man."

What I want is something that lets me dominate in that world. Don't you get it?

"Creation?"

"Ah, you get it! You're the best, God."

"However, it's quite difficult to handle and extremely challenging. I don't think you can handle it."

"No, no, give me a chance."

"Fine, I'll give you creation and enhanced physical abilities. I was planning to give them to you from the start, though."

Then why didn't you give them to me from the start, old man?

"Your words are too harsh! But whatever, here you go."

As God placed his hand on my head, I was enveloped in a mysterious light, which was eventually absorbed into me.

"Thank you, thank you."

"I made your body tough enough to survive a 30-story fall."

"Thanks, God."

I thanked God from the bottom of my heart and threw myself into the sphere.

"Have a good life."

I thought I heard that voice from behind.

---

The sky was so beautiful that it made everything else seem trivial. I saw such a beautiful blue sky when I jumped from the 30-story building.

Now, as I fall, I think about how to break this situation.

Well, I mostly expected this, and it's one of the scenarios I hoped for. But to start from high up in the sky after transmigration is a bit cliché. I wanted a more unique accident, but this was probably set up by God.

But with the creation ability I was given, this is nothing.

With that confidence, I created wings on my back.

"Cold!?"

Huh? What's happening?

The moment I created them, I felt something cold on my back. I thought it was the effect of creation, but it wasn't. Because there were no wings on my back.

Confused, I put my hand into my clothes and felt around. What I pulled out was a piece of konjac.

"What the heck?"

I wanted to throw the konjac at the ground, but unfortunately, I was in the air. I just squeezed it as hard as I could.

Even though I've experienced a 30-story fall, this height is incomparably higher.

I'm strangely calm, but this is probably quite dangerous.

The ground is getting closer as I think about it.

Feeling anxious, I started creating all sorts of things.

Parachutes, helicopters, even Kinto Clouds. But all my efforts were in vain, as everything turned into konjac.

"Why!?"

Isn't creation supposed to be a cheat ability that lets you create whatever you imagine?

This is more like a konjac-only creation ability.

I thought hard. How can I get out of this situation? I thought and thought and thought.

Then I came up with a brilliant idea.

It was so good that I even clapped my hands.

Is there a better idea in this situation? No, there isn't.

It's such a great idea that I want to give myself a standing ovation.

My creation ability is useless, but konjac isn't bad. It's not right to blame konjac.

That's where the brilliant idea came from.

A smart person would think of it.

Why not use konjac as a cushion?

I was already taking action. I kept creating konjac, but just creating it wasn't enough. The konjac falls slower than I do, so I would hit the ground first.

To speed up the konjac's fall, I created it in my hands and threw it at the ground. I called it the Konjac Cushion Plan.

Strangely, I could create konjac normally just by thinking about it. When the ground became more visible, I realized I could create directly on the ground. It seems my vision has improved.

Then I had another brilliant idea. Why not create a huge piece of konjac?

But it didn't work. No matter how big I imagined it, it only came out as a regular piece of konjac.

But there was already a lot of konjac on the ground. This should be enough.

---

"Huh? You had the will to do it?"

God's voice echoed in the space.

I was standing in front of God again.

I fell to the ground and died. The Konjac Cushion Plan was a failure.

"Guess it didn't work out..."

Of course, it wouldn't. If I thought about it calmly, there was no way I could survive that.

"Do you want to see where your body landed? It's covered in konjac. Seriously, what happened? You didn't even last 10 minutes."

"Wait, let me complain. What's with this lousy ability?"

"I can guess, but let me see what happened."

Saying this, God materialized another screen. It would show what happened earlier.

"Ah, starting in the air. Bad luck, the appearance point is random."

So that's how it works. I thought God set it up.

The video showed me throwing konjac.

God laughed.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!! Man, you, this!"

Seeing it from a different perspective, I looked like a fool, throwing konjac frantically.

To be honest, it's just embarrassing.

"There's a reason for this."

"Ha, ha, you couldn't create properly, right?"

"That's right, why?"

"Because it's difficult to handle."

So, is this ability so off the mark?

"Fine, I'll give you a special chance to try again. You made me laugh for the first time in a long time."

"Alright, thanks."

"The creation ability I gave you has various restrictions. If you could create anything freely, you might destroy the world. Even with those restrictions, it's still a very powerful ability, so use it wisely."

You're not going to tell me, are you? But I can't complain since you're giving me another chance.

Death isn't as easy as you think, and you don't get many chances to reincarnate.

"You're right."

After that, I was led back to the sphere and reincarnated into another world again.