Cycle

Somewhere outside the earth, two young adults are talking to each other.

"I already delivered your message, and also, help [him]."

The blonde man said:

"As always, thank you for the help, my friend. I hope that [he] will treasure them this time."

The black-haired man said it with a solemn look.

"So do you want to see them before your avatar disappears?" "

After the blonde man said that, he suddenly showed some bubbles with different women inside.

The bubbles are projecting the present actions of his women.

The black-haired man looked at them with a sigh.

"I want to, but later they will learn that my real body is sealed somewhere in the other universe. I don't want to see them crying."

"Quite selfish, huh? "

The blonde man said it with a helpless tone, while the black-haired man didn't reply and just smiled wrily.

A minute later, the black-haired man continued.

"I think it's time."

"The cup of reincarnation, right? "

"Yeah, after activating it, this avatar will immediately disappear. We might not see each other in the next cycle, so this is a goodbye.

"Not just'might', we will never see each other in the next cycle for the sake of your family and friends, right? "

"Yeah."

The blonde man feels sad, but he knows that it might be better to have an ending like this.

The black-haired man's body is slowly turning into dust as he says, "Goodbye, Destiny. My only true friend in this life"

The blonde man watched him disappear as he said with a solemn tone, "Me too. Goodbye, Ishigami Yu. Goodbye, my first friend."

…

The smell of the blood permeates the surrounding area.

The whip of the wind and the clanking of the steel have been clashing in this cave-like dimension.

All of the human-sized ants attacked the man who wanted to exterminate their race.

Ishigami's body is on the flow, brimming with energy while holding his blood-covered broadsword, swinging on his enemies.

Clank, clank, the sound of their exchange between his broadsword and their sharp hands.

Hanging on to his will, he died and was reborn for the sake of his selfishness.

A man cannot rely on others when he is the only one standing in a sea of blood.

Unfortunately, this blood is not all from his enemies; most of it came from his body.

Despite showering his own blood, he continues to slay some ants.

His first death of the day was when he injured an ant.

The second death of the day was when he killed the same ant, who he got injured.

Third death of the day, he was able to kill another ant.

As the time passed, he was able to kill at least three ants before his death.

…

His training ends today, so he exits the lost island.

When he woke up, Alice was hugging his body.

She cuddles like an animal who only uses her instincts.

Her sleeping posture is very dangerous for Ishigami since something is rising, and he knows that it isn't the shield hero.

He tries to calm himself down by doing some work out and then going to sleep.

His workouts work!

(A/N: If you know [him] then you know him.)