The man woke up in a white void, not a single structure or person of miles. He can remember his life clearly, it wasn't too remarkable. He died bedridden and in his sleep, peacefully but still with a lingering feeling that he could've done more with his life.
It was at this point, a figure suddenly manifested in front of him. A figure who looked as if they were made of the infinite cosmos, countless galaxies and nebulas along their body like freckles. The figure grinned, pointing two finger guns at the clueless man.
"Yo!" They shouted. "My name is Infinity, the god of all possibilities!"
"Hi? Where exactly am I?" The man responded, still confused.
"Why that's simple, brochacho. You're in purgatory, the waiting room for all of the dead souls. You just happen to be the first one for today." The figure answered, cheerful as ever with his legs crossed over each other.
"Purgatory? Am I in line for getting my soul judged? Did I not do enough good deeds to make it to Heaven?! Am I going to Hell?!" The man asked, his questions becoming more and more frantic as he asked.
"Woah woah woah slow your roll, boss man." Infinity held up his hands, motioning for the man to calm down. "You aren't going to Heaven, but you aren't going to Hell either. Instead you get to be reincarnated into a brand new world!"
The man was stunned for a second. Reincarnated? He's going to be alive again? But what's this about a "brand new world" as Infinity so stated.
"A new world?" The man asked, about to continue before Infinity quickly interrupted him.
"That's right, champ! A new world! A fresh start!" Infinity swiped his hand to the right, showing a projection of the man in his hospital bed. In the old world, it hadn't even been 5 minutes since he passed away. On the man's chest rested a manga, held securely by his right arm.
That particular manga was Vol. 74 of Bleach by Tite Kubo.
"I'm more of a Toriyama guy myself but I'll grant you your wish!"
"Hey I didn't wish for-" The man spoke before being encased in a golden light, his body slowly being raised into the air.
"Your old name, whatever bonds you had… Forget 'em. Not much they can do to serve you in the next world." Infinity callously spoke as the man began to cross over.
"Wait, you can't just do this to me! What is this even for?! Am I supposed to learn a valuable lesson about friendship or something? Reflect on my past sins and become a better person?!" The man asked as he continued to flail about helplessly.
". . .I 'unno." Infinity shrugged. "And uh, I kinda made a few tweaks to this world so I don't think whatever knowledge you have is gonna have too much of an effect. Also don't expect to get something crazy when you spawn."
"TWEAKS?!" The man shouted in anger, the last thing he did before being blinded by light.
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April 1st, 2001
"Ryu… Ryuuto…" A soft voice called out as the man slowly opened his eyes, a girl with black hair tied in a ponytail and brown eyes stood over, smiling at him.
"Yeah yeah wake up, princess." Another figure came into his view, a man with spiky brown who wasted no time dumping water on the man's voice.
The man gagged and coughed, suddenly sitting up as he tried to expel any water that got into his nose and/or mouth.
Fortunately enough, the man didn't need to start life all over from square one. Infinity had been kind enough to let him start as a young adult, 18 as of two months ago. On top of that, every single memory was imprinted on this body as if it was his own. Every bite of food, every fractured bone skating, every pop quiz: Those experiences were as if they were his from the very start.
The two in front of him were his best friends, ever since elementary school: Momoe Nishitani and Kazuki Okabe.
Momoe tried her best to hold back her laughter at Kazuki's antics, however ended up failing miserably and loudly snorted before breaking out into a full blown cackle.
The man, now under the identity of Ryuuto Adachi, tried his best to rationalize everything as best as he could.
He wasn't a Soul Reaper/Shinigami nor was he a Quincy. Maybe he's a Fullbringer? As of now he doesn't need to worry about stuff like that. But what Infinity said before sending him here, what did he mean by "tweaks"? Momoe and Kazuki never existed in Bleach before so that's definitely a tweak, but there was something more sinister behind that.
"We gotta hurry. The old man's about to close up shop, it's already 4:15!" Kazuki shouted before sprinting ahead.
Ah right, Old Man Yu doesn't keep the cafe open too late anymore.
"Come on, Ryuuto!" Momoe called out to him as she chased after Kazuki.
"Wh- Coming!" Ryuuto responded as he quickly began to run after the two. The unease didn't end with the looming threat of something being tweaked.
…Ryuuto felt as if something was watching him.