“There should be a safe in the backroom as well. Bring that too.”
But only the manager knew the number for that safe.
“Th-the…manager, alo..ne…knows….”
“Tsk…out of my way.”
The robber pushed me away. The force of the push made me crash into the cigarette shelf. The brand new boxes scattered all over the floor.
The robber entered the storage room and immediately began to violently rummage through shelves and files around the safe, scattering papers all over the ground as he looked. He was probably trying to find documents with the number. I watched from the cashier among the mess of cigarettes.
I doubted he had much time. There was a murderous look in his eyes as he turned around and then started to walk towards me. No, no, no!
“You little shit…I’ve had enough. You are no use to me now. Die.”
At that moment, I had no idea what was happening. The first thing I noticed was heat. My stomach was hot as if it were burning. My vision showed a world of colors that was neither black nor white, before turning into the face of the robber, who stood in front of me. There was an intense rage in his eyes as he let out a vulgar laugh. I shook, and slowly lowered my gaze.
The source of the heat I had felt was a knife sticking out of me.
“Ah…ggg-a….no…this can’t…”
“It is. You’ll die for seeing my face.”
My uniform turned red with blood. I looked up again. The smile disappeared from the man’s face as he raised his foot and began to kick me.
“Gaah!!”
I reflexively cried out. This bastard…he was kicking the handgrip of the knife…
There was nothing I could do but crumple on the floor. My arm had caught onto the shelf, scattering even more cigarettes.
“Tsk… You’re in the way.”
The man stepped on me as if I was part of the floor and fled to the front of the counter. I had no strength to go after him. I lay, covered in cigarettes as I slowly moved my arm and touched the handle of the knife. Slowly, my hand lowered to my stomach, but I could not feel the hilt. Apparently, it had entered my stomach along with the blade.
Well then…there was no hope for me…
A feeling much like resignation took over my body. There was no going back from this state. I could not feel like doing anything anymore.
My eyelids slowly closed as I surrendered. My vision turned black.
Ahh…so, so this would be my end… I had paid good money to attend a professional school, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not get hired. And I had to work this part-time job to survive. I would sleep in the afternoon and live out these days trying to pay for my scholarship. It was pathetic… I had thought, I had thought that I would do so many other things… So many things, the list was endless.
I thought, my life would be so much better…
My consciousness slowly grew hazier. The sensations in my limbs, the heat that had burned so much was now gone.
And at that moment before death, I heard one final voice.
“Confirmation of a subject who wishes to be summoned. Unique Skill ‘Jack of all Trades and Master of None’ granted.”
What was that…? Did someone just say something incredibly rude to me…?
Ahh…no, I was done…my consciousness…
Someone…
Translator’s note:
Decided to pick this up because it looked interesting. Feel free to leave feedback and let me know if there are any mistakes. Thank you.