Isekai truck.
If you think it’s cliché, try getting hit by one yourself. Ah, so this isn’t cliché after all. You’ll realize it all at once.
It was a series of misfortunes.
For example, the sequel to a giant mecha genre game—one that seemed to have gone extinct by now—was released not on the Play Box or X Station I owned, but on the Ninshipdo.
I scraped through every last lowest-price listing to buy a Ninshipdo, only to find I didn’t even have enough money for that.
By the time everyone else had already enjoyed the game and the chipset was starting to hit the secondhand market, the cheapest used chipset was far too far from home.
I bought the chipset secondhand, crossed the street on a green light, and got hit by a truck just like that.
No, to be honest, I didn’t die right there. I got hit by a truck and survived, received money for the hospital bills, and ran all the way back home.
After that, I had just finished creating my character, perfectly completing the karma allocation as well.
You know, that kind of system. You put in negative traits, and in exchange, you put in positive ones.
▶ Restriction (I): Otaku
— You become inept at everything outside your field of expertise. Your thinking turns negative, your personality becomes gloomy, and you become unable to socialize with others.
A damn otaku.
▶ Restriction (II): Low Self-Esteem
— You become passive in all choices and are unable to view yourself positively.
With low self-esteem.
▶ Restriction (III): Lowborn
— Except for some NPCs, you become disadvantaged in all initial interactions with NPCs.
Poor, and baseborn from the start.
As long as I could see an ending, even a bad ending would do, so I slapped restrictions on everything related to interaction.
▶ Specialty (I): Spatial Perception
— You gain exceptional talent in grasping the surrounding space.
Eyes in the back of my head.
▶ Specialty (II): Speed Reading
— The time required to acquire skills is greatly reduced.
Securing the high ceiling.
▶ Specialty (III): Natural-Born Pilot
— Your initial pilot stats greatly increase. This does not affect physical abilities.
And completely compensating for the floor.
After finishing the karma adjustments, I realized it just before pressing the start button. My hands were trembling. It was clearly the aftereffects of the traffic accident. Belatedly, pain began to spread through my body, and cold sweat broke out.
In the end, the moment I pressed the start button, my eyes closed.
And the instant I opened them again, I knew.
I was fucked.