Dazaies are not born, they are made.

A week later

After knowing that it was difficult for me to escape from the god's clutches, I could only resign my fate to him. So, here I am exercising. Yeah, you heard that right, folks.

I am exercising because you know how crappie is my physique. And yeah, I know what you are thinking of my actions?

Why bother gaining weight if you just have to play. uh-huh, but here is the catch.

Amaris said that the duration of 1000 years will stop if I stop playing basket.

No, It will not reset but it won't be counted, so if I do anything else other than playing then it will only prolong my punishment.

To put it simply, I have to anyhow spend 1000 years only by playing basketball. Any other actions will be voided in the eyes of time.

And seeing how long it took me to rest after getting tired, I thought it was a must to maintain my body. Otherwise, it will drag my freedom in dismal.

For preference, If you tell me to share my experience, I would say nothing but fuck you.

What did you think? I have no person to talk to except myself. surely, it will be boring af.

What happened to Amaris, you ask?

Well, for some reason, he left on the first day even if he said that we are fated for 1000 years blah...blah and only comes once a day and tells me daily facts which unquestionably sounds more like annoying insects to my ears.

Tap—! Tap—!

Speak of the devil.

[Today's daily fact: Your beloved readers still hate and curse you whenever someone mentions your name. It is also recorded by GWR that you are the most hateful person in this era.]

Poof—!

I rolled my eyes seeing how quickly he left as soon as he arrived.

Who does he think he is, for him to come and go like he owns this plac--hmmmm. Oh yeah, it's his place.

"Ah, shit. Why am I so weak?"

It has just been a week but I think my sanity is already about to get lost.

"Let's go play basket."

***

And just like that 100 days went by.

[Daily fact of 100th day: You have no talent in basketball. If you were to go against the 8-year-old son of an NBA player, you will lose… miserably.]

Even if it opened up my dark past and hit my confidence, I just ignored what felt like a bug for me as I played and I played.

I did not like playing basketball because you know, I have no talent and how others treated me because of that. So, I didn't consider putting much effort into it.

Since giving effort to something, that is bound to be absurd in others' eyes, is the last thing I ever do.

I thought that I am good at being an author so, I invested my whole life into it because it just requires you to move your fingers, right?

It was an easy profession. Of course, I didn't decide to become a writer just because of that. In fact, I am very creative and am talented in making excus- I mean stories.

'Anyway, that doesn't matter now, does it?' I chuckled to myself.

"Let's play basketball and get out of this dipshit."

Let's just play…

Let's just…

Let's…

And a year passed away.

***

[Daily facts of 365th day: You are so pathetic that the god, who is watching you, gives you the basic and advanced book of basketball. Hope you learned it well and will not waste your time as you did for this whole year. Lol.]

This Mfs!!!

I snatched the book away from him and flipped the pages. There were every rule and move or skill a basketball player would ever learn.

You want a crossover dribble, you got one.

Now, you want fadeaway, here it is, enjoy.

Want Legendary pump fake, sure.

You get some Euro steps, pick and roll, hook shot, jab step, you get everything.

"Just you wait, I will show you what I am made of."

With that promise, time passed as the wind blew.

After 20 years, I finally managed to master all the basics of basketball. Yeah, I know it's pretty long even if I have no talent and how people in my world can do the same things in some years.

However, I didn't feel demotivated.

Because our circumstances are completely different. They played with their friends while I played in solitary. They have their rivals for them to grow and I have no team to play with.

Do you know how lonely I felt over these years? How difficult it was for me to not give up and keep pushing myself forward.

Every time, I hit my limit, I ponder about my family's faces and think about how they are living their lives without me only to realise that I didn't have family in the first place.

Have I finally gone insane?

I don't know, man. Life is like a blur.

"Woah, that was such a good slogan,' Life is like a blur.' Write it down, write it now."

Only.

"Aww, I don't have a pen."

Also, the rate I keep talking to myself has escalated by a huge margin. Perhaps, because of my loneliness but at least it kept me away from my suicidal obsession.

Yeah, for once, I have this idea that death would be a lot better than this.

So, I tried to kill myself but how exactly do I do that.

Bit my tongue.

Oh, come on. It's not fiction.

Choke myself to death but… Oh, yeah, I am already dead.

But trying it won't hurt, right?

And surprisingly, I dared to do such a feat as it was a success but unfortunately, I got revived again somehow.

I did something like this for a while before I eventually began to grow bored.

"Let's just play."

Don't blame me. It has become a habit.

Just like this, time passed again and if it was not for Amaris's daily report, I would have lost track of time.

And 500 years have passed.

One day, I casually thought that, this 500 years, was the time I spent playing basketball. Then how many years have I actually spent in this cursed place?

"Argh! It hurts my head. Let's not think about it."

"Let's play"

Another hundred years later

[Daily fact of 219000th day: Congratulations 🎆🎉 You have learned all the advanced skills and moves ever invented in basketball. The god that is watching over you exclaimed if it is the same arrogant and worthless person he took back then but still laughs at how it took you 600 years to accomplish such a feat. How are you feeling knowing that it took you 600 years while an NBA player on earth can do it in 30 years?]

Obviously, I didn't say a word this time.

Not because I got used to his blabbering but because I think I have… attained enlightenment.

You don't believe it?

Oh, come on. It has been 20 years since I last used a single vulgar word.

How do you attain enlightenment, you ask?

It's nothing difficult, you just have to contemplate very hard on your life and question every choice you make like why were you born?

What's the purpose of your existence?

Why don't you just die?

Does the afterlife really exist and if it does then what it is?

And you will be just like me. Very easy, right?

Yup, I am talking nonsense again but hey, that's what crazy people do. Even though, it's true that my thinking has become very vast compared to any ordinary people and using vulgar words makes me feel as if I'm just a child, so, better not use them.

"Let's continue to play."

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...…

...

…

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And finally, the last day of this anguish showed its face to me. It wasn't there in person but if it was I would have probably fucked him/her out of happiness.

[Daily fact of 365000th day: This is the last day of your punishment. I know that you hate me for not looking after you but let me say that seeing you today, I feel like a father whose son is getting graduation from a prestigious university and I have to pay fees for all that. By the way, you have done well on your punishment, and admitting your persistence, God has chosen to give you another chance and let you be born into the new world. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that you will have an auspicious future in that world.]

Finally!!!

"The day has come." I couldn't help but shed a drop of tears thinking that this is the lucky day I am getting out of this nightmarish hell.

[You will be reincarnating on the countdown of 10 seconds.]

[10…

…9…]

Yeah, let me have a good life in my next turn. I deserve it.

[…6…

…5…]

I was happy when a word rang in my ear.

'Reincarnation?'

"Wait, wipe out my memories. I don't wan--"

[1… I hope you have fun in this world and…]

Amaris stopped speaking as a sophisticated silence descended.

Seeing the portal from where the boy went, he put his arms behind his back and changed his face to that of God from the beginning before continuing.

[…Make sure I also get to have my great entertainment looking over you. Kekeke!!]

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