Chapter 2 - Akin to a God

(MC Pov)

In an endless void with no concept of anything even the concept of nothingness itself not existing something happens and that something is everything, therefore, nothing comes about.

"HuuuuuuuuuuuuuH"

"HoooooooooooooH"

After I took in a deep breath the mad beat of my heart still wouldn't slow down, instead, it only grew more violent. "Wait I have a heartbeat"

The sound of my voice entered my ears causing my eyes to shoot open as I sat up in a hurry. In all directions around me, I found an endless white void with the sole exception being a person who sat to my left. The person being the definition of androgynous as my mind wouldn't allow me to make a distinction of their gender one way or another.

"Is your first thought about me actually what my gender is?"

'I guess this thing can read my mind, no point in lying.'

"Yes, it was."

"Hah, an honest one aren't you?"

"I don't think it's possible, to be honest, or dishonest to something that can read minds, it would just be stupid to lie, but you should already know what I think."

"JAJAJAJA you're interesting I take it you read a lot of isekai, reincarnation, transmigration, etc type novels, not all the time but more commonly people like you take better to this situation. I'll have to thank all those authors even if most of their stories are 80% the same."

"Is it that funny? Also, I'm only taking it so well because this is all so sudden, once I get done with whatever happens to me here I'll most definitely cry enough to cause a flash flood warning. If I can still remember my past that is." Realization of my current situation was starting to hit me as I could feel my eyes start to water.

"Oh we can't have that happening here, can we? No, we can't, I don't like watching people cry."

"It takes too much time."

Although their last words were mumbled I was still able to hear them but they just made me smile. 'Looks like this thing is also honest.'

A similar smile to mine formed on the lips of the person as they looked at me. "Let me answer your next few questions, it'll give you a lot to digest. Ok? Ok!."

Before I could say anything the person continued. "Uno, You are indeed dead, it's because Truck-Kun killed you, yes that very same cliche Truck-Kun from the stories you read. Dos, No you cannot contact anyone from when you were alive that world works strictly on the fundamental laws of reality and cannot be tampered with to such an extent. It can be thought of as the base reality or anchor point for all branching realities and if I were to mess with it like that then it would have major effects on all the others, from only a gust of wind changing course for some to the fundamental building blocks of reality collapsing for others."

I wanted to cut in here and say something but it was as if the person in front of me had an endless oxygen supply as they continued without a hint of slowing down.

"Back to the earlier topic before I forget, I have no idea how a magical truck can send people to other worlds from the one place it shouldn't be possible it is the one mystery I have yet to solve but I have learned that it wasn't always a truck in the past it was also a chariot, wagon, carriage and it had what I want to call its rebellious phase when it was a train for a few decades."

'Good to know I was kinda curious, I would never have imagined Truck-Kun would cosplay as Thomas the tank engine though.'

"Tres, I normally choose the world to send someone to based on the most prevalent one on their mind, in your case, it would be the world of Overlord where I would start you off in the game version of Yggdrasil at its launch so that you could be ready for the transition to the new world. And yes, you don't have to choose this option, you can choose pretty much anything you want, it's just sending your consciousness to experience something after all, for me that's like breathing."

"You're probably about to think about why I send people to different realities. To answer your unthought question it's because... well, why not? The only answer that matters is 42, and since that doesn't help in what to do with existence I just do what I want and that happens to be this."

Their words made me chuckle slightly as I kept listening.

"Cuatro, I'm pretty much the closest thing to a god in existence, at least to my knowledge, and with the case of Truck-kun, I don't know exactly how vast that would be. The reason I say the closest thing to a god is that I'm not what you would normally think of when you imagine God. It's just the role I've given myself in reality, it makes me something akin to a god I guess. What I mean by that in terms you can understand is, I'm like the collective consciousness of the universe; everything that can think about anything is me. I'm like Plato's theory of forms but instead of being an object existing in a perfect state, I'm consciousness itself in that state."

The revelation of their identity shocked me and I wanted to ask them something but they were faster.

"Yes, that pretty much means I am you and you are just an incomplete version of me."

Getting my answer I smiled bitterly imagining what the existence of such an entity could imply for my future.

"Cinco, That feeling before you came to be in this place if you can call it a feeling at all as it is nothing, not nothing and neither all existing and not existing at the same time. That is what you can choose to experience for well... yeah you can choose that if you don't want to live anymore basically or you could wipe your memory and be effectively reborn, but I mean if you wipe your memories are you even you any more or me if u want to see it that way. JAJA, sorry just a little joke to further confuse you, anyway what do you want to do?"

Hearing their question I fell into thought trying to process all of the information I just received.

"Don't think too long right now just process it all later and just tell me where and with what you want to be sent to if not the Overlord universe."

In an attempt to sort my thoughts out I started to speak out loud "Although I would like to be sent to the universe of Overlord I don't think it would be that fun to live in. My universe or at least my last life was too peaceful for me to suddenly be thrust into such a dangerous place especially because of all the rape that happens there. I mean it's like a request to be a noble or wealthy merchant in that universe. If I were to see that I might just go and commit a few genocides and call upon something more surprising than the Spanish inquisition to purge that world of many, many beings. Not to mention the elf kingdom, If I were to meet the Elf king I would turn into the sin on wrath.''

"Stuff like that happened in your world, you know? It will also happen in pretty much any other reality you go to unless that universe itself does not allow such acts like the No Game No Life universe." After mentioning that reality they went on to praise the "God" of that reality for the way they altered it.

Already knowing how dark my old world could be I shook my head as I remembered my past. "Yeah I know I was Molested when I was 4 by a friend of the family or an ex-friend of the family I should say, she was a monster. Imagine one of your earliest memories being one of getting touched by someone your parent's age. Enough of that though, dwelling on it never helps."

"I can remove that memory if you want."

As soon as I heard their words my head shot up as I looked at them. "Wait, you can do that?"

"Yes I can, Would you like me to remove it?"

Not breaking eye contact I stared at them for a minute before I eventually sighed and shook my head. "Honestly I'm not sure. I mean is it a horrible memory that I wish didn't happen? Yes 100 percent, but I don't know if I want to get rid of it. It's like a way for me to truly understand how horrible the act is, and I mean I already know it's a horrible act is but and even if it's a shitty comparison for me to make compared to other cases mine wasn't that bad, the worst that happened was being inappropriately touched, and if I can feel so passionate about something even if that emotion stems from the hatred for something else then I don't think I should remove the cause of those feelings. It may change how I feel and I don't want that to happen."

God didn't say anything to me after that but just smiled, seeing that I continued.

"Well dark topics aside, I would like to reincarnate into the world of One Piece. It was my favorite manga and I binged the anime for like 3 weeks straight, nothing but the show itself, I ate, drank, and slept One Piece for a while there. Though the world nobles are much like the nobles from the Overlord universe, just not on such a grand scale. That doesn't mean I won't be taking them down and restructuring the world government. The world nobles definitely commit those vile acts just like how they still keep slaves and I can't allow any of that to continue in good conscience, but those are long-term goals and I have a Dragon to help me with them hopefully." After I got to this point I had to take a second to catch my breath before going on as I had a normal lung capacity.

"Goals aside I don't want to dictate too much about my life's starting point or give myself too many op abilities because I feel it wouldn't be fun if I did, so just send me there with the Zushi Zushi no Mi without the side effects of me being unable to swim and my ability being taken away by sea prism stone, those downsides are to major and dangerous for me to freely enjoy life in a world covered by water. Also, place me in an environment where I can learn skills like Rokushiki and Haki from a young age, I think it's important to be a D as well and I obviously need Conquerors Haki."

"Anything else?"

Wracking my brain in an attempt to make sure I said everything I wanted I realized I did forget something important. "Also, keep me Female and I want to keep my name in my next life please."

"JAJA, you said you don't want to dictate too much but you're making a lot of demands"

"This isn't a lot, it's just requirements to have an easier life. I want to struggle but I don't want to be beaten nearly to death every fight I have like a certain rubber mc I'll be eventually meeting."

'That is a dangerous world, If I don't ensure I'm set on course to become strong enough to achieve my goals and to protect anyone I may care about in the future then what's the point of requesting anything? I'm not that masochistic.'

"Huh, I guess you've thought it out haven't you? Probably from all the time you spend reading stories with this premise. Not surprising, you've probably fantasized about this."

Feeling as If I was just attacked I coughed into my hand as I turned to look into the void. "Well, honestly it's hard to choose what Devil fruit I want because I would also like a logia type ability but controlling gravity is too cool an option to pass up."

"Why not just choose two devil fruit powers then?"

"I don't want just everything to be given to me, that would kill too much of the adventure also I don't want to be too overpowered… well on second thought that might not be too bad. How about this, make it to where my body can handle two devil fruits and make sure the 2nd also doesn't give me their negative effects. I'll find the 2nd devil fruit on my own. It's not like someone in that world can't use two devil fruits anyway, well if he's able to with me in that there that is." As I thought about a certain teeth missing pirate I became lost in thought.

'If I'm going to go to another world I might as well be op compared to an average citizen and strong when compared to people like Kaido. I don't like to struggle too hard, call me lazy but I just want to enjoy my life in another world to its fullest besides my requirements for my childhood ensure that the first 18 years of my life are going to be a living hell for someone like me.' Thinking about the training I'll most likely be subjected to I started to shiver before quickly putting it out of my mind.

'Even though I could just wish for my end goal powers or to be Saitama level op if I don't go through actual training to get it by spending the time to earn it then the world just won't feel real to me, it'd be like making a dagger in Skyrim deal 2000000000dmg than one-shotting everything, it would all seem pointless.'

"Ok, that is everything right? No last questions or changes before I send you into the One-Pieceverse?"

Not expecting to get a positive answer I asked. "Can I mention this place to others?"

"JAJAJA, sure why not it's your world, after all, I don't mind what you tell the people there."

Although the answer I got surprised me I didn't think about it for too long as I remembered something. "Also theres one more thing…"