Reincarnated into Abyss (The Second Chapter)

' John…. John….'

'Wake up John…'

Bzzzzzttt Bzzzzzttt

The sound of my phone alarm waking me from my slumber, I feel like strangely familiar person waking me up from the sleep

'What a strange dream' I mumbled

I then woke up to my fridge to and grab a bottle of cold water to drink

Looking back it's been a week since I visited akemi house, and now I prepare to enter the next step of my vengeance

Getting back to my old school 'Nagoya-Minami High'

To make that come true I need few things to take care of, the first one is simple but the most hard, it is to improve myself

When I inevitably went back to my school, Kiichiro wont be stay silent, he will try to mess with me and I have to be ready to defend myself, so the first thing I do is to build my strength and stamina, for since that fateful day in akemi's house, I have been training my body nonstop

'6 AM in the morning, time for my running routine' I prepared myself

I put on my running jacket and pants, then I put on my socks and running shoes, after that I go out from my apartment to do 10 KM run, it was really exhausting especially in scrawny body like this, but it has to be done everyday nonstop

On the positive side the fresh morning air and beautiful scenery really makes my mood great

Finally after I'm done with my running routine,I arrived at a park near my house, it is a very large park with many residents near the park doing exercises or jogging

'Good morning Mrs.Ueno' I said to an old lady that sat on the bench in front of me

'Oooh Katsuo , good morning to you too, do you have a good sleep last night?' she asked

'Yeah, pretty much maam, anyway I want to do my daily training, have a nice day maam' I tell her

'You too katsuo, don't push yourself too hard' she replied

Mrs.Ueno is the only person who talked to me in this neighborhood, probably because the rumor of my banishment already heard by them

But I don't care, if at least one person like Mrs.Ueno can talk to me without any prejudice, I still have hope for the future

At the corner of the park where there's less people I began to do some stretching and light exercises, I also do some basic yoga poses for some flexibility, then here comes the hard part

100 Push-up

100 Sit-ups

100 Scotch- jump

The first time I done this it took me a lot of pauses and break to get it done, but a little by little my body adjusted to the pain and cramp I feel, prove that I have progress

Everytime I felt like I want to give up, I imagine a certain bald-headed masculine man screaming to my ears 'THEY DON'T KNOW ME SON' 'WHOSE GONNA CARRY THE BOATS?!' and it gives me motivation

'What color is your Bugatti?' NONONO John not THAT bald headed man

After I'm done with my training I say my goodbye to Mrs.Ueno and go back to my dingy apartment, but first I stop at a convenience store to buy some food

'Chicken… Eggs… Meat… what do I miss?' I said to myself

After I'm done I paid the price at the cashier and went home, I opened my apartment, it's still the same apartment but I have bought a few essential things for myself

My apartment now has a nice single bed after I throw away the worn old futon, and I also bought a high spec laptop for business and playing games, kitchen utensils and a single burner stove that I use for cooking my meal, a single door refrigerator for my foods, and the last thing I bought is an acoustic guitar because playing guitar is one of my hobbies in my past life

'Alright, time to cook'

I then opened my grocery bag and started to cook

I make a big breakfast meal with pan seared steak, fried sunny side eggs, seared chicken breast, and top of it I add some steamed red beans and braised broccoli, don't forget the mashed potatoes too

I know this seems overkill, but it's necessary to build my weight, after all I need some muscles and it's pointless to make a cup if you don't have a lump of clay to mold

~Everyday I wake up then I start to break up~

~Lonely is a man without love~

I hummed to myself while cooking

I really like singing and humming since I'm in katsuo body, he got a really nice voice, my voice in my past life is the equivalent of a croaking frog, so I really enjoyed the change of pace

I finished cooking my meal and put it on the table, then I open my laptop and turn it on to check my email and news

'There's nothing interesting happened in the news and social media' I said while gulping down my meal

Then I checked my email, suddenly a notification popped up

A reply from Kurogane Publishing co.

'Jackpot!' I said while smiling

Few days ago I send an email to a lot of manga publishers and mangaka, since I figured my funds from Lady Yumie won't last forever I have to find a long term plan to support my finances

Long story short since I figured this world basically have different pop culture, I can use it for my advantage so I wrote an email

(Dear Publisher/Mangaka

My name is Takashima katsuo, I wanted to propose a storyboard idea about a shonen manga, and I want you to decide whether to give me a chance since I found this idea is really interesting , without further ado I want to propose a story about

A boy who dreamed to be a pirate king and this boy have a power to make his body become like gum

The premise of this story is.....)

I finished writing basically the plot summary of one piece, writing the detailed of the characters and the potential of story will become, after I'm done I send it to them

Finally after few days one of them taken the bait

I opened the email and read it

(Dear Mr Takashima katsuo

My name is Takeshi shingo representing the kurogane publishing company, and we really interested of your proposal, we wanted to hear more from you, and if you don't mind we want to do a meeting with you, online or offline depends on your schedule

Once again thanks and we'll expect to hear from you

-Takeshi shingo)

'Let's gooooo' I shout while pumping my fist to the air

Then I replied his message telling that I'm interested to becoming business partner, and I basically send a long email explaining one piece plot from romance dawn till alabasta arc

'Well I hope he likes it' then I hit send

I want to play a game when suddenly I see a message on my phone, it's from unknown number

(My boy, how are you doing? Have you been well? Seems like you're enjoying you life too much you forgot about me)

Holy shit, is it who I think it is? But how? I never gave her my number, then I quickly replied

(I'm sorry but, is this Lady Yumie? How did you know my number?)

(Of course boy, you dare to ask me such trivial matter, what's next? You gonna ask how fish can swim?, and please call me Lady Hebiyama, I'm not your wife)

Uwaah what a cold response, and how could I forgot that in Japan using first name are reserved to people with close relationships

(I'm sorry my Lady, I didn't mean to offend you, it's just I have some matters that I need to take care of, so my mind is not focused right now, how are you my lady? And how is your daughter doing?)

(I'm doing good my boy, and my daughter is well, although I assigned her a personal psychiatrist just in case, even though you're busy I hope you're taking care of yourself, eat some vegetables and do some exercise, also don't forget to get enough sleep, by the way, what kind of problem do you have now boy, I want to help and I insist)

'Wow she's really a doting mother' I mumbled

And I'm really surprised that she offered help, I really don't want to drag her into this but what can I do? Refuse offer from her? Yeah right

( Well I have been taking care of my body well my lady, if you insist then alright, mr lalo wants me to investigate 2 people, the chairman and the headmaster of Nagoya-minami high he wants their dirty laundry, it seems he have personal problem with them)

What a lucky break, the next step of my return to my school couldn't be much easier

The chairman Gondo Abe and headmaster Suzuki Izo, they're bad people, the chairman is a corrupt person, he accepts a lot of funds and donations from student parents or politicians, also he take a lot of school funds to further boost his carrer and earnings

Meanwhile the headmaster is a creep who likes compensated dating with high school students and blackmailing female students with bad grade or expulsion to satisfy his needs, also he likes to inappropriately touch his own students, a typical ugly bastard in NTR mangas

In the manga later they both become Kiichiro benefactors because Kiichiro offers them money and women, Kiichiro even give Rei to be used by the headmaster, what a sick bastard

'Flies attracted to same rotten meat' I grumbled

I intend to use any dirty info to blackmail them so they can reinstated me into school, while also isolating them from Kiichiro so they didn't be allies, so two birds with one stone

(I see, I will send the info to you next week after my men finished investigating them, and with this we are at impasse right?, anyway last thing I wanted to ask, why did you stay at the broken down apartment my boy? Don't your handler give you money? If he ever mistreated you I swear I will make him pay)

'What the hell, she knows where I live?' I whispered

I panicked and looked around to see of there's any hidden cameras, how powerful is lady yumie really? Goddamn she's like the yakuza version of tony stark, and why does she care that much about me?

(No my lady not at all, this apartment is only my temporary base because the day after tommorow I'm going to move to nagoya, also if I rent an apartment that's too good, I'm afraid I can make the government suspicious with the money I have)

This is true, the only reason I'm not in a penthouse right now because I'm Afraid of Japanese IRS breathing down on my neck, no one can outrun the IRS even in isekai, you can ask al capone

(So that's the problem, you know that everything that you buy with that black card is listed under my company right?, No matter, once again I will help you, so this time you owe me one my boy, I will lend you one of my apartment in Nagoya it's fully furnished, so next time I when I tell you to meet me, be ready, I don't want no excuses, take care and goodluck my boy)

I can only sigh after I read the last message from her

'Well I guess everything is sorted, time to play some games' I said while putting down my phone

-TWO DAYS LATER-

I packed my bags, my clothes, laptop,my groceries, and my guitar, I decide not to bring my bed and fridge because it's going to be a waste

Then I charted a pickup truck to transport my things to my new apartment

'Well then my friend I guess this is goodbye' I said while I touch the apartment floor

Even it's dingy and dirty but I have grow fond of it

So I go out and went to Mrs.Ueno place, I left a thank you note with some money, even though our interactions are little, I really treasure them, I hope Mrs.Ueno health and happiness

I hopped on the back of the pick-up truck and enjoyed the scenery, the journey was uneventful

Bored, I then opened the case of my acoustic guitar and sing while playing it

~Almost heaven, west virginia, blue ridge mountain shenandoah river~

~County roads, take me home, to the place, I beloooong~

I sing while I see lots of suburban houses and kids playing at their yards

Finally I arrived at the place Lady yumie lent me

'You've got to be kidding me' I said while I see a looming high end tall apartment in front of me

I entered the apartment and talked to the receptionist

'Excuse me, my name is Takashima Katsuo, I believe an arrangement has been done for me by Lady Hebiyama' I said to her

'Ah Mr.Takashima Katsuo,we've been expecting you, may I see some identification on you' she replied

'here' I hand her my student id card and the black card lady yumie gave me

'It's confirmed, here's your apartment keycard, your room is on the rooftoop floor, room 619, there are only two rooms there, enjoy and have a nice day sir' she happily told me

I went to the elevator and goes up to the designated floor, I found the room and opened it using my card apartment keycard

'Holy fucking shit' I gasped to see the condition of my apartment

It was the best apartment I've ever seen in my life

I pinch myself to see if it's not a dream

A big living room, large TV with double speaker, a large sofa, bedroom area with closet and queen size bed, a very modern kitchen with cutting-edge kitchen appliances, the bathroom is super clean with modern bathtub, and toilet that can spray hot water, there's a bar, and a personal gym, I went outside to see what's there

'My god' I see a garden patio with a nice with a pool beside it and A fucking jacuzzi, on the opposite side there's even a basketball court

I sat in the patio garden to clear my head and I smoke my cigarettes, it's too much to handle for a country boy like me

'Well I'm gonna have a blast living here' I smiled

I went inside turned on the tv then played loud music

'The party is getting crazy, let's rock' I shout

And with that I bask in my new apartment

Next day began and it's time to take care of business

Lady yumie has send me 70 of incriminating photos combined of the chairman and the headmaster, the picture of the chairman meetings with students parents, his history of bank account transfers, there's even a photo of him taking a big brown envelope from corrupt politicians, this guy literally a cartoon villain what a joke

As for the headmaster photos of him with high school female students entering love hotels is rampant, there are also photos of him entering Snake den's karaoke place with students from my school

On top of that Lady yumie even send me their personal contact info

'Well then you bastards, karma's coming, and it's just right around the corner' I snicker

I send them all the incriminating photos and requested to have a meeting with them

Upon seeing what I have they replied my message with polite tone and accepted meeting with me

-AT THE CAFÉ-

'I'm sorry katsuo it seems your expulsion is just misunderstanding with my part, we will be delighted to reinstate you to our school' said the chairman to me

'True katsuo, we promise that you will have the good experience at school' plead the headmaster

I sneered at them while sipping my coffe

'Shut the fuck up, I don't want any sweet talk from you tweedle dee and tweedle dumb, from now on you dickheads work for me, I don't care if I hated, but in school whatever I said goes, you have to protect me no matter what the parents, the students, or the teacher protest, and if you betrayed me, your carrer, your reputation goes Boom' I said to them while making kafka's boom gesture

'Yes, we… we…. Understand, we will do as you say' the headmaster said to me

'But, one thing, when you come back please do a sort of formal apology at the school assembly, we don't want to imply anything, it's just for PR purposes' Plead the chairman

'Hmmm, okay, that's all? Just a fake PR apology? I can do that' I said to them

And I can see relief on their faces when I agreed to their condition

'Well then, nice doing business with you, run along now' I make a shoo gesture at them

They both stand up quickly hurried to left the café, but the chairman stumbled and fall to the floor

'Hey! Be careful to not hit the door on your way out, dumbasses Hahahaha' I shout to them

And with this all of the preparations have been completed it's time for my long awaited comeback to school

The day has finally come, I looked at myself in the mirror while donning my school uniform, it was a little tight, that means my body is getting into my ideal shape because all of the training and my diet

'Finally, it's time' I readied myself

I took my bag, then I take a bus to my school

I went to the school very early because the headmaster instructed me to wait at the room behind auditorium to meet him,

I passed the school gate to see a very familiar scene, I instantly remember all the good times I was experiencing here, when me, kiichiro, rei, and akemi still four inseparable close friends

'Osmanthus wine taste the same as I remembered, but where are those who share the memory?' I whispered

Ah fuck this is not the time to reminisce, it's business time now, so I walked to the school auditorium, it took quite a while, this is a prestigious school commonly attended by middle to upper class student so it's kinda big

I arrived at the back of auditorium and meet the headmaster then he immediately noticed me and give out his right hand to shook me

'Ahh katsuo, good morning boy' He said

I look at that hand and said 'I would but I know where those hands been, so nah'

Then I went straight to the chair and sit there

The headmaster looked pissed, but he tried to play it cool, he seems never experienced being disrespected by one of his students like this

'Katsuo, at the end of school assembly I'm going to have a closing speech, and I announced your reinstatement there, I know that there will be people who didn't like it, so I just want you to be calm and composed no need to be angry, okay?' He said to me

'Yeah, yeah old fart, I know, this isn't my first rodeo' I said to him

'Glad we can meet to an understanding' he replied

Then the bell started to rang, I can hear the chatter of the students entering the auditorium, the assembly has begun, it was pretty boring to wait for my turn, I almost fell asleep, I heard a loud voice of clapping

'I think he's done' I stand up and prepared myself

'My students, today I want to inform you, that the school have make a grave mistake, regarding the expulsion of class 2-B Takashima Katsuo, the school hereby reinstated him to be an active student in this school, we believe mr katsuo has deeply regretted his mistakes and tried to be a better person, as an educator I was moved by the sincerity, as he is still young, sometimes we make mistakes when we are young, and he is here right now to make a formal apology to all of us, so please I invite mr katsuo to this podium' He finished his announcement

Fucking old fart, at times like this he still try to make himself as a good guy

I take my steps slowly from the back of the stage to the podium, as expected I was greeted loudly by jeers and boos, I saw Kiichiro , akemi, rei and harumi at the right side of the podium sitting nearby each other ,the headmaster then hands me the microphone

I waited the students to finish booing me and then I start my apology

'Hi everyone, I just wanted to tell you, that I made a severe and continuous lapse of judgement, I wasn't expect to be forgiven' then I bowed my head

'I just wanted to apologize..... '

'TO ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NO ONE' I shouted

Then I am greeted by loud gasps and silence from the students, they can't believe what I just said

' Whaat? You actually expect me to apologize? You want me to pull out my ukulele and start to sing apology song? Or do you want me to do an interpretive apology dance like this…'

Then I did it, I bust out a 'Mickey mouse clubhouse dance' in front of hundreds of angry students , i dont care anymore

(Authors note = live example of katsuo dance here : [https://youtu.be/R5lO9eXDFac](https://youtu.be/R5lO9eXDFac) )

The headmaster looked at me with pale face, but I glared back at him and he's bowing down

'Like that huh? NAH NAH, no way jose, I ain't doing that, I have done nothing wrong, I was framed by that guy' I point to Kiichiro direction

'Yeah that guy, Snow white and his seven little bitches, I know what you did Kiichiro, so don't play dumb, if you motherfuckers who bullied me, insult me, without even a single proof of my accusations even think that, I the one who's actually a victim in all of this situation is wrong, then you're fucking mistaken' I tell them

Then I hear loud boos and jeers again

'SHUT UP YOU RAPIST' said one of them

'NO ONE BELIEVES YOU CREEP' said the other

'Oh Boo freaking hoooo, the person you hated just make a great point, woe is me' I make a crying gesture to them

I see the situation is getting uncontrollable, I knew I had to end it

'Anyway I just wanna say, to the people here that personally bullied me, and spreading rumors about me in the past, justice coming for you and it's not from above' I said to them

'I say what I mean and I mean what I say, and if you're not down with that, then I've got two words for you'

'SUCK IT' while I do the signature crotch chop

I end my speech there, the jeers, the boos are getting loud, there are also students who wanted to punch me but the school security protected me and escorted me to the back room

There I was greeted by the chairman and the headmaster with their pale faces

'Katsuo I told you to not..'

'Which part of 'whatever I say goes' that you didn't understand? ' I tell them

'I… We…. Okay we understand….' They both looking down

'Well now excuse me because I have to make my class debut and oh… Get ready because worse things will come hehehe, goodbye' I tell them

With that I picked up my schoolbag and entered the building where my old class located

Second floor the second room from the stairs

-CLASS 2B-

I then sneaked up to the window of 2B room and pound it hard

'SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKERS, MISSED ME?' I yelled

The students are shocked to see me,even some of the female students are running away they looked really scared

'Hahahaha gotcha' I laughed at them, i feels very satisfying to see them like that

'Well then it's showtime' I smiled filled with sinister thoughts

I make the scariest expression that I can muster on my face then I pressed my face against the window, I looked at their scared faces and said

~LET ME IN~