Chapter 2: Not Your Heart that I Desire(*)
The last time he died, he ended up in the Goddess' presence. Who's to say it won't happen again?
"And even if I do end up really dying, it's not too big of a deal." This line of thought stemmed from one of Hiro's core philosophies.
He was a man who did not take himself very seriously because of how insignificant and small he felt compared to the sheer scale of the universe.
'The universe is billions of years old. Whether I die a few decades early or late is inconsequential. A few decades are nothing compared to a billion,' he would often tell himself.
It's not that he did not care for his life AT ALL, but he certainly valued it a lot less than the average person.
Given all of this, and the fact that he was ignorant of Truck-kun's legends, killing himself in hopes of meeting the Goddess seemed like a very reasonable thing to do.
'I'm quite curious about the results of this experiment...'
Once he thought of this, Hiro wasted no time.
He retrieved the shortsword from his Chest of Holding. Gripping its hilt with both hands, he stretched his arms and pointed the blade at himself. He was genuinely going through with it!
"For SCIENCE!"
Stab!