In his final moments of life, Ebon remembered the last conversation he had with his mother, he asked her if someday he could become a surgeon like her and, laughing, she replied.
"Don't even try it, you're so stupid you'd end up killing someone, just like your useless father" those words tortured him his entire life, even on that final day.
One hour earlier he had been in the middle of an important tournament of a famous MOBA called "Towers and Legends".
Along with his team, they had gone neck-deep into debt just to pay for the trip and the entry to that tournament.
Thanks to their intense training, his team was just one game away from reaching the semifinals, if they managed to get at least third place in the tournament they could earn some money.
"Okay guys, we're up against the girls' team, they're basically handing us this round" Ebon said, confident in his victory thanks to his skills as the Carry.
"Hey asshole, don't you think you're getting ahead of yourself? If they made it this far it's because they're good" mentioned Karl, the Support of his team.
"Nonsense, they're just girls, what's more, if we lose against a girls' team, may lightning strike me!" Ebon replied while adjusting his glasses with a confident smile that didn't last long.
Because after an hour of gameplay, Ebon's mouth was left completely open when he saw the "Defeat" notice on the monitor in front of him.
Throughout the entire match, the girls focused on protecting their support at all times, who never stopped helping with her heals, unlike Ebon, who left Karl to his fate whenever he could just to secure a kill.
The crowd cheered for the girls while shouting the score over and over again "50-20!" a beating hard to forget.
Ebon didn't want to get up from his seat, but his friends forced him to stand and shake hands with the girls as a sign of respect.
All of them accepted the gesture, except one, the support, a blonde girl with sky-blue eyes who rejected Ebon's hand when she saw him disheveled and with the frame of his glasses repaired with copper wire he had found in the trash.
Ebon had been rejected before, it wasn't new, but being rejected over a simple greeting was horrible, his stomach churned and he felt a knot in his throat.
After that, the young man in his early twenties ended up distancing himself from his teammates to calm down, wandering aimlessly until he climbed up to the rooftop of the place.
"(How dare she… That damn… She's just a useless support, if my teammates weren't so useless surely that…)" Ebon thought while watching the snowflakes fall from the sky.
"(…It's really cold… The broken apartment window will have to wait until I get a job…)" Ebon shed a tear, feeling the weight of his empty wallet and his lost chance to fulfill his dream of being recognized and making a living as a pro player.
At that moment he couldn't hold back his anger anymore and with all his strength he tried to punch the wall behind him, but the snow on the ground made him slip, causing him to hit his head against a nearby fuse box.
The impact was so strong that he ended up electrocuted and sprawled on the floor, his breathing began to fail and his heart stopped beating.
Darkness silenced his memories and he could no longer feel any pain, but there was no relief in the void, only regret and bitterness.
Until suddenly two voices spoke at the same time with an ominous tone, interrupting his misery.
"Ebon Young, unfortunately you have lost your life, but don't worry, you are in good hands…"
At that moment Ebon jolted awake in fear as if he had been sleeping, looking in shock as he found himself in the middle of a dark space with the ground completely covered in water.
"(God… This… This is amazing! I'm in a dream world just like in the novels, I knew the good religion wasn't reincarnation webnovels)" Ebon thought while admiring the sky and realizing he couldn't tell where the land began.
"Or should I say… Paws" said a small fox, owner of that dual voice, calmly walking alongside Ebon as if stalking him, its fur was blue and its eyes shone with an intense red color.
"What the hell? Are you god? A fucking fox is god?..." Ebon said while looking at the fox circling him slowly with disappointment "At least you could turn into a cute girl to ease the trauma of my death?"
"Ha ha ha, you're very funny, I was right to bring you here before sending you to the other place" mentioned the fox as it positioned itself in front of Ebon, calmly sitting down on the wet ground.
"Well, well, whatever, give me something good to take to my second life, a magic sword or something like that would be fine" Ebon asked with a proud voice while crossing his arms.
"Life? Nah nah nah nah" said the fox before smiling and showing its white fangs as if it were facing its prey "You're going to hell… Hahaha".