Death comes suddenly.
　It comes from an unexpected place and at an unexpected time.

　In front of me is a large truck.

　Time moves slowly. Unfinished business pops up in my mind one after another, and then disappears.
　My friends, my boss at my part-time job, my university professor. Come to think of it, I haven't submitted a report...
　Finally, everyone at the orphanage.
　I didn't think I'd have to pay back with life insurance.


　I wish I'd had a more thrilling life if I could.
　Just as I thought that, I heard a child laughing and the sound of bones cracking all over me.

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　I found myself in the woods...

　I look around and look up at the sky.
　The moon is shining in the sky, pleasantly larger than the one I know.

　The trees are very large in the moonlight. How many times taller than I am?　There are only huge trees growing there.

　Is it the afterlife?
　The stories say there's the Sanzu River and fields of flowers as far as the eye can see, but I don't see a bit of that view.
　It's poor for the afterlife.

　What the hell........


　I suddenly felt something bitter in my mouth.
　When I spit it out, it was grass.

　Why am I eating grass?
　Then I realize I'm intensely hungry.

　Dizziness, fatigue, and malaise assault my entire body.

　I have to eat something or I'll die....

　I'm going to have to find something edible.
　Acorns, mushrooms, anything.
　Something edible.

　Suddenly a large centipede enters my field of vision.
　Normally I would scream and run away, but for some reason I stare at it.
　Upon closer inspection, it seems to have quite a bit of muscle.
　As I recall, it's its mouth that's poisonous, and if you can manage its mouth, you can eat it....
　.........
　.........

　Let's eat.

　The first time I ate a centipede, it was disgusting.

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　Speaking of which, are you okay with the parasites and stuff?
　I started to worry after I got the centipede in my stomach.

　I wasn't exactly cool with that...
　I don't know if I'd be this stupid if I didn't have enough nutrition.
　But, well, I don't know how to start a fire, and either way, I needed to eat it raw.
　I chewed it well, I'm fine, I'm fine. Probably.

　If my brain had worked halfway through and I had hesitated, I might have starved to death.
　As for the parasites, we'll just have to pray for them.

　'I'm thirsty...'
　I start walking for water.
　I can't wait to get rid of the taste of the centipede that lingers in my mouth.

　After walking for about ten minutes of body time, I find a stream.
　The words "don't drink the raw water" come to my mind, but I don't know how to start a fire, so I don't have a choice.

　'Don't come back to life...'
　Water is still important.
　The water looks clear, so the parasites will be fine. Maybe.

　I look into the water of the creek.
　It's my face in the moonlight.
　.........
　.........
　.........

　Who is this guy?

　On the surface of the water was the reflection of a skinny kid with gray hair color.

　????

　Wait, wait, wait, it must be the surface of the water that's wrong. Even the reflection of light can be wrong sometimes.
　I escape from the reality in front of me with a logic that makes no sense in my head.

　I touch my cheek fearfully.
　I can feel my bones sticking out.
　I wasn't fat, but I wasn't skinny enough to make my bones stick out.

　Next, I pull at my hair. My hair is gray.
　I'm a typical Japanese, I would have had black hair...

　It's still real.
　I mean. You know, this is it. You know, the famous one.

　"Reincarnation...

　I look up at the night sky.
　A moon more than twice the size of the Earth's moon was shining in the night sky.