Chapter 1 - The Afterlife

"What happens when someone dies?", something simple that doesn't have an answer. I was one of those who would never believe that there was something after death, I've always been a person who needs proof to accept something, however, something changed after that shot.

I opened my eyes and woke up in a kind of ship, it wasn't something that would exist in the moment I lived, I thought I was in a dream after death. In front of me there was a mirror and...

“Who is this hottie over here?”

Apparently, I was younger, my old "I" from +/- 25 years ago.

I was impressed and thought I was in an area that was going to send me to heaven, even though I thought I deserved to go to hell.

-Where is the harem I always dreamed of?

Behind me I heard footsteps and a deep voice came out of the mouth of the person who was walking towards me…

-Name: ***.

-Nickname: Coma.

-Age: 42 years old.

-Profession: Hitman for Hire.

-Professional Activities: Psychology, Medical Surgery.

-Hobbies: Chess, Casinos, Bars.

-A person with an unknown past.

-But unknown only to the public. A war strategist with infallible assassination tactics, an unusual agility and an otherworldly stealth, despite the strength not being so much, you have been named one of the highest risk people of your old world. Impressive for a lesser being. From the moment you were chosen by ***** to be his apprentice we had the pleasure of following and spying on you throughout your life, I heard that you performed several miracles, such as saving Winston or...

I got chills hearing that name and for a moment I stopped listening to what I was being told, the person referred to wasn’t someone I looked up to, nobody knew my connection to him, so...

-W-Who are you?..

-We? AHAHAHA! We are the owners of this country, powerful people, much stronger than the owners of your old world.

I was trembling, but I needed to intervene, he wasn't exposed like that by any person.

-Ahahaha, is this some kind of joke? How do you know *****? I asked you... HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW HIM?

-Hey, lower your voice insect.

For a moment I thought my head was going to explode, the sound of concentrated energy took over the place, the weapons were being charged towards my head, the technology was very different from what I knew.

-Bang.

With a simple word bombs fell from the sky and the view I had from the outside was completely devastated and transformed into a huge cloud due to the explosions.

-We called you into this world to give us victory, but we can always discard you and go look for someone who wants to take over.

I calmed down a bit and questioned them.

-Ehhh, first you spy on my life and then you pull me a "we can always discard you"?

-HMMM… INTERESTING AHAHA!

A strong wind was felt on my arms and legs, leaving them immobilized, and a small dagger went towards my leg. It was such a high speed that my eyes couldn't keep up.

The moment the wind stopped, the scythe dug into my leg.

Grrrr.

I was able to contain the pain a little, but I never expected such a friendly welcome.

-Hey Althea! Don’t kill our salvation yet.

-Ohhh… this is our guest of honour. Nice to meet you Coma.

It seems that there is no one who doesn’t know me.

She reached her hands close to my leg and yanked the dagger off, saying only one thing.

-Heal.

Green particles sparkled around me and I was surprised by an enchanting sight, in a few seconds my leg was normal, without any cut marks.

The deep-voiced man headed for a door, while Althea followed.

-Let’s go Coma!

"Hmmm, I have a bad feeling about this."

-I'm going to show you something you'll like, don't get tense.

-Understood Captain.

-Call me Sprinkler.

"What? Was he serious? Sprinkler... He..."

Althea burst out laughing at the name. It was normal. Who in their right mind would call themselves a Sprinkler, especially someone serious like him.

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After walking a while and listening to Althea making jokes with his name, we arrive at a room full of screens around it.

The screens turned on one by one and what was projected amazed me.

"They really know everything."

Several photos of individuals appeared and there was one thing they all had in common. They were killed by me in my previous life. Of course, I couldn't remember all the faces I killed, but most of them I recognized, and they were victims of high-risk missions. In short, they were important people.

Sprinkler turned to me.

-Do you know anyone from here?

-Impressive, people I killed in my life, but… why are you showing me this?

Althea looked troubled by all of this and I couldn't say why.

-Most people here were reborn into this world with only one purpose…

-Kill you Coma. That man knew he would see you again in another world, we don't know how he deduced that, since he had already prepared everything before he died.

I'm sure "that man" was referring to my teacher, he was known as Aamon[1] and I only discovered his real name in his last words, expected of the person who caused the destruction of a continent.

-Well, I think it's time to be useful Coma, I hope you enjoyed your days of freedom well, because they are over, we have nothing personal against you but we are in a war against a neighboring nation, luckily the leader is one of the people who is looking for you, if we don't hurry our country will be destroyed.

Althea winked at me and walked towards the exit of the room, the doors closed and the interior was covered by curtains that appeared to be steel.

So this is what they meant by “you are our salvation”.

Sprinkler pulled out an energy weapon and hit me in the chest.

A background explosion was heard and I passed out.

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I opened my eyes and I was on the ground being carried by someone.

-Awake Coma?

-Wh-where are we?

-Can you walk?

-Wh-what happened?

My head was confused and I couldn't figure out what was happening. Where is Sprinkler? How long was I unconscious? Why am I being carried by Althea? And why are we on land? There were questions that flooded my head.

-We’re going to run away, I came to save you Coma.

-'Don't worry, I'll save you *****'

“Sophie...”

For brief moments Sophie’s image came to my mind.

-We are almost there.

-For there? Where? What happened?

-Do not let your guard down, we are still in enemy territory.

It looks like she doesn't want to answer me.

-Hey?!

-Shhhh, we'll talk when we get out of here... take it.

Huh? It was a small metal bar.

I looked at Althea and made a weird face as if I was questioning her actions.

-Throw it in the air let's go... But watch out for the fall.

What do you mean in the air, what's the point of this?

-Hurry up!

-And what about no?

-WE HAVE ENEMIES NEAR US! IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT IT, IT'S OKAY.

She took the metal bar from my hand and threw it in the air.

-CATCH THIS!

-Incredible...

The small bar increased its size to +/- 2 meters height and a black curve blade with red strokes came out from the side.

Holy Shit...

I tried to pick up the scythe it had turned into, but the moment I tried to grab it my hands burned.

-It seems that she doesn't like you, try to dominate her, she has a certain will of her own.

-Huh? An object with a will of its own?

-Do as I tell you, but hurry up.

I grabbed her again but this time with all my strength. A figure of something big and frightening passed in front of me and soon disappeared, despite the time having been almost zero my guard increased to an extreme level.

-You don't know anything about this world, but you're really amazing Coma.

Althea told me with a smile.

When I found myself the burns disappeared and I was able to pick up the scythe normally.

-Well, it's time to fight.

I looked at her and a big smile filled my face.

One, two, three, it feels like I'm really in the prime of my life. Because I "got" younger my agility improved compared to when I did my last missions, age costs lol.

As we advanced more people were decapitated by my weapon and as for the bullets fired at us, the scythe absorbed them whenever they came close.

Althea was formidable too, she wielded daggers and dodged bullets like it was nothing.

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Enemies appeared less frequently until reaching a point where they no longer appeared.

-Hey!?

-Something wrong?

-Who are you? Why did you save me?

-Oh... Yeah... Hmmm... I think there's time to explain everything to you until we get home.

-Home?

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(Althea's vision)

16 hours ago

-Hey, he's about to reincarnate, don't you forget what we agreed to, did you hear?

-Of courseeeee!

Looks like I have to hurry with the preparations.

I went towards the ship's main engine and there I began my work.

Install the micro-bomb, check!

How will he be? I heard they call him "Coma". He looked a little old in his pictures, but also elegant... hmmmm... I think I'm going to have a good time partnering with him so when the time comes we'll see.

*phone rings*

"Huh? There is a few minutes left before he arrives. What do they want?"

-I came to take a look at the storage, I'm on my way there.

-Okay, but hur-

*end call*

"Okay, that's all I need. I think they were going to discard it as being of no use, stupid."

"I found it! The Hell Bar, I'm sure he can use it."

"Time to see him eheh."

I went towards the ship’s main room.

"Uhhhh guards at the door, he's really special."

-Lady Althea, our salvation has arrived, Sprinkler told us to stay at the door because they had to talk about something confidential, but as front line you must join them.

-Understood.

"Will I give him a friendly welcome?"

As soon as they opened the door I saw someone sitting in the middle of the room. I used wind to immobilize his limbs. He will be important to me, that’s why I have to welcome him. I threw a small dagger at his left leg, at least I avoided hitting him in some ligament, well, he should thank me.

Time passed and what Boss told me started to make more and more sense, he really was taken to an isolated place with Sprinkler. I winked at Coma and left the isolated room before the curtains closed.

"I've waited so long for this day. It's time for my moment."

*BOOM!*

The bomb exploded the main engine and soon Sprinkler went to see what happened, the cameras were also deactivated and it’s impossible to have any suspicions since at almost all times I was in the blind spots of the base.

Almost 2 minutes passed, and he finally appeared.

-Hey, Sprinkler!

He looked at me and I shot a bullet towards him, it wasn't just bullet, but one imbued with magic to make him immobile.

-Well, time to talk.

-Wh-what do you think you're d-doing?

-After these 3 years I worked with you, I saw the kind of person you really are. At first I didn't know very well why we were at war with our neighboring country but now I understand... what Boss told me was true.

-Boss? Neighboring country?

-You're smart for some things but not for others. Remember when you found me for the first time and called me a prodigy? I was "wounded" and "lost" in the middle of the border. You barely thought that I was a spy from Encers. Our nation’s Boss, the one you said that if Coma was handed over the war would end, you were right, the war will end, and just as he predicted, from the moment I set foot in here and gained your trust, it was a matter of time before you fell into ruins. I assume you stunned him and left him in that room, I'm going to run away with him and that way we don't need to fight. You don't know anything, you don't know how important Coma was in Boss’s life, you thought he was just one of the victims but no, it wasn’t like that, you think the 'Life System[2]' is perfect, but, nothing is perfect, that thing is full of errors and half of the things you supposedly know about Coma's life are not how you think.

-You are truly a prodigy...

*gunshot*

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-After that I went to get you in that room and ran away with you while you were unconscious, they were all naive so I don't know if anyone there survived.

-And... those were his last words?

-Yes. Well, now it's time to see your friend, we've arrived ‘home’.

-Friend?

-Angel Reaper.

Coma looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes and I smiled at him.

Let's see if he can handle living in that place.

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Aamon[1] - (Also known as Amon and Nahum), in demonology, is a Grand Marquis of Hell who governs 40 infernal legions, and the 7th spirit of the Goetia. He is the demon of life and reproduction.

Life System[2] – The so called “Perfect System” where new world’s people use to watch previous lifes.