[Updating software…]
[Supreme Skill obtained…]
[Emergency shutdown lifted in 3…2…1…]
Michael regained his senses, and the first thing he noticed was the crushing weight on his chest. It felt like his ribcage was about to cave in.
Am I dying again?
"Oh, Michael! What happened to you?!"
For a moment, Michael thought he was going to meet God again—just five years after his reincarnation. But the sobbing voice of his mother brought him back to reality.
Slowly, he opened his eyes, the sensation eerily similar to the first time he was born into this world five years ago.
"Mom?"
Lylia clung to him, her head resting on his chest, her arms wrapped around him in such a tight embrace that even death itself wouldn't be able to pry her little boy away from her arms. She was the reason why his heart felt so heavy.