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Chapter 1: The Greed Of Man Know No Bound

Okinaga Satsuki had died once.

He vividly remembered his own death. 

The bus he was on had been hijacked, and when the perpetrator was about to be caught, they had gone berserk and started shooting. 

When the gun was aimed at a small child, Okinaga had instinctively moved to shield the child, resulting in a bullet hitting his chest.

He felt the excruciating pain and the strength draining from his body. 

He understood at that moment that it was over for him. 

As he felt his life slipping away, his consciousness faded.

When he next woke up, he was face-to-face with a being that claimed to be a god. 

To his surprise, several other passengers from the bus were also there with him.

According to the god, there had been a mistake on their part, and Okinaga and the others had been casualties of it. 

This news prompted various reactions—some people cursed, others wept uncontrollably, while others were overwhelmed with despair.

Okinaga, on the other hand, took it all in stride, thinking, "Well, these things happen," with a detached sense of acceptance.

Having already died, there was no point in harboring anger or resentment. It would only cause unnecessary suffering. 

He thought it would be nice if he could go to heaven instead. 

Fortunately, his parents, who had raised him, were already deceased, and he didn’t have a family of his own, so he had no lingering attachments.

If he had any regrets, it was that he was still in his mid-thirties and loved food, wishing he could have enjoyed more culinary delights. 

But his life had been ordinary and unremarkable, so he felt a tiny bit of satisfaction in having an extraordinary end, as if he were a character in a story.

As he was pondering these thoughts, the god offered to reincarnate them into another world as an apology. 

Some of the others reacted with glee:

"Yes! I get to be an Isekai protagonist!"

"Really!? Then I can build my own harem!" 

"Heh, my time has finally come. I’m looking forward to this."

They turned cheerful and enthusiastic at the prospect, swarming the god with their desires as they eagerly clamored for powerful abilities. 

They asked for immense magical and physical power, mind control, invisibility, vast riches, absolute luck, immortality, omniscient knowledge, and more. 

Their greed knew no bounds.

Watching the god struggle to deal with these demands, Okinaga couldn’t help but think, "Even gods have it tough." 

Meanwhile, he was also contemplating his own perks.

Eventually, the god, frustrated by their outrageous demands, granted them random abilities and promptly sent them off to their reincarnated lives. 

When it was finally Okinaga’s turn, he braced himself for the same treatment. 

However, to his surprise, the god asked him what perks he wanted.

Apparently, despite the mistake, simply granting them perks and reincarnating them was already more than enough compensation. 

The god grumbled about how the others had exposed their greed.

Okinaga suggested that the god could handle him the same way, but the god decided to make an exception for him, offering two perks. 

This special treatment was because Okinaga had earned virtue by protecting the child at the cost of his own life. 

It seemed doing good deeds while alive had its benefits.

With that, Okinaga voiced his requests for his perks.

"A sturdy body that can live out its full lifespan."

This was his first wish. 

In his previous life, he had been somewhat frail and envied those who excelled in sports. 

He also wanted to live healthily without the fear of sickness.

For his second wish...

The god granted his requests, and the time for reincarnation approached.

As the moment arrived, he heard the god’s final words.

"The world you’re going to is tough, but I’ve done my best to support you. I hope you enjoy it."

With those words, his vision went black, and he found himself in the body of a six-year-old.