Too Bad! My Adventure Ends Here! Episode 2: Living Is Hard
“Um, I kinda just died out of nowhere?”
Only seconds had passed since I’d set out on my adventure.
After dying the instant I got teleported, I found myself once again back in the original space.
By the way, I skipped explaining this space last time, but that’s just because there’s really nothing to explain.
A pitch-black void. The only ones here are me and the goddess. It's dark, but somehow you can still see everything just fine.
Okay, explanation over.
More importantly, I’ve got a serious complaint to file about this god-awful system.
But the goddess just shrugged it off without the slightest hint of guilt.
“I did tell you you'd be starting in the weakest possible state, didn’t I?”
She did. I remember that.
But everything has its limits.
More than that, this woman clearly doesn’t understand what "weakest" means in the context of light novels.
“In light novels, the so-called 'weakest' actually means 'stronger than the strongest,' or straight-up 'cheat power,’ doesn’t it!?”
“Oh, yeah, I’ve seen that. Like, they start off weak, but then their stats skyrocket at light speed.”
“Right! Unlike those other loser heroes, they get no power at first, so the king and everyone looks down on them, but then boom—some cheat skill pops up out of nowhere and suddenly they’re stronger than all the other heroes combined!”
“Yeah, I always wonder what part of that is actually 'weakest.' Maybe in isekai, ‘weakest’ is actually read as ‘invincible.’”
“Exactly! If you’re gonna call yourself the weakest, then start with zero in everything, no skills, and weak enough to die from a tap on the shoulder!”
“Right. Which is why... that's exactly what you are.”
“YOU’VE GOTTA BE KIDDING MEEEEEEE!”
Apparently, she does know her light novel clichés after all.
She knew exactly what she was doing—and intentionally made me weak in the actual sense of the word. Unbelievable.
“But don’t worry. You may start out at rock bottom, but you won’t be weak forever. You can’t exactly do test runs if you’re stuck dying right at the beginning, after all.”
“So... I can get stronger?”
“Yes. First, take a look at this.”
【Shinin Kuchinashi】
Class: None
Level: 0
HP: 1
MP: 0
—Stats—
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Vitality: 0
Agility: 0
Intelligence: 0
Spirit: 0
Luck: 0
Karma: 9774
—Skills—
None
—Magic—
None
—Items—
None
—Equipment—
Head: None
Face: None
Right Hand: None
Left Hand: None
Body: None
Lower Body: None
Underwear: None
Feet: None
Other: None
—Money—
0
“This is... terrible.”
No, seriously. It’s terrible.
I accidentally blurted out what I was thinking when I saw the floating screen in front of me.
The title of “weakest” wasn’t just for show—every single stat was a beautiful, clean zero.
Only HP wasn’t zero, but at 1, I might as well just drop dead if someone breathes on me.
“Next, let’s look at your resistances.”
The goddess brought up another display: a list of resistances.
There was “Fire Resistance,” “Ice Resistance,” and so on—all of them marked 0.
But seriously—sound resistance 0? What does that even mean? Do I die just from hearing things?
Also, “Dust Resistance” 0? So what, I inhale a dust mote and die?
“Yes. You do.”
“Haha… classic.”
At this point, all I could do was laugh.
I’d been expecting that classic fake-weak-but-actually-overpowered light novel protagonist... and instead I got legitimately the weakest being in existence.
I honestly couldn't think of anything alive that’s weaker than I am.
I want to go meet something weaker than me. Just to feel better.
“Now, of course, these resistances won’t stay at zero forever. Look here.”
“Hmm?”
The goddess pointed to one entry.
It read: Gravity Resistance – 10
A whole 10?! That’s a huge improvement from zero!
“After how you died last time, I figured I'd bump that one up a bit. Now you won’t die instantly from gravity anymore.”
“I see! So the more I die, the more resistance I build up... and eventually, nothing can kill me!”
If that’s how this works, then I could actually become the strongest one day!
Suddenly, I was filled with motivation.
I wasn’t afraid of dying anymore. I’d already died twice, after all.
Besides, dying hadn’t actually hurt that much—probably the goddess's doing, so I wouldn’t give up entirely.
If that’s the case, then I can do this. I will reach it…
That sweet, glorious pinnacle of isekai overpoweredness!
“Alright, I’m off! Wait for me, cheat life in another world!”
“Yes, off you go. To your death.”
And so, I headed off on my second adventure.
The first thing to greet me in the other world again was the cruel mistress known as gravity.
But this time, with my Gravity Resistance at 10, it wasn’t enough to kill me.
I couldn’t really move at all, but at least I didn’t feel like I was dying.
I did it—I beat gravity!
However…
It was hot. Like, really hot.
No, not just hot—burning! My body was literally on fire.
The sun… the glorious mother of all life… was now trying to cook me alive.
And with that, I burned to death.
—Cause of Death #2: Incinerated by sunlight.
The next time I arrived, my body felt a little lighter.
Gravity resistance had increased again—this time I could crawl.
The sun wasn’t hot enough to roast me anymore either.
I looked to my side and saw two of my corpses: one crushed by gravity, the other charred black.
…Wait, my past bodies stay where they fall!?
The shock was too much.
My heart literally stopped from sheer surprise.
Apparently, even being surprised is enough to kill me.
As my consciousness faded, I felt bad for leaving a third corpse just lying in the middle of town.
—Cause of Death #3: Died from shock.
Once again, I returned—crawling over my own corpses, reborn into this world.
I could now crawl like a baby thanks to higher gravity resistance.
The sun wouldn’t kill me instantly anymore, though I still didn’t have enough resistance to survive for long.
But it didn’t matter—I wouldn’t last even that long.
Because the moment I took a breath, I coughed up blood.
Turns out, I didn’t have oxygen resistance either.
I died, suffocating on fresh air.
—Cause of Death #4: Lungs ruptured from breathing.
“I’m a reincarnator! Shinin Kuchinashi! This much isn’t gonna stop me! As long as I don’t stop—my journey continues!”
Muttering some encouraging line I’d heard in an anime once, I was reborn yet again.
Now with boosted resistance, I could stand! Like a shaky newborn deer, but still!
I couldn’t really walk yet, but that was a major improvement.
The sun was still blazing, my heart felt like it might explode, and even breathing was hard…
But I was progressing!
One step… one glorious step forward!
Then my leg promptly snapped in half, and I crashed headfirst into the ground.
With 1 HP, that was all it took.
—Cause of Death #5: Tripping and falling.
“I don’t mind… if I end up killing the final boss of this world.”
Quoting some badass game line, I dropped into the isekai once again.
Still hot. Still suffocating.
But—I could walk. I could walk!
I took my very first steps in this world.
One… two… three…
I knew I’d die soon, but I didn’t care.
Taking those first few steps gave me courage.
After five steps, my legs gave out, I collapsed, and my body started burning and bleeding again.
But there was no fear—only a sense of accomplishment.
—Cause of Death #6: Fall + Gravity + Sunlight + Lung Rupture + Cardiac Arrest
“I’m not afraid of anything anymore!”
I was no longer the weakest.
I could walk. I could survive the sun.
Sure, I still walked like a zombie, and my legs cracked with every step, and I was coughing blood…
But look at me now, all of my fallen selves! All six corpses I left behind!
I’ve come farther than ever before.
And then I died because the wind blew on me.
—Cause of Death #???: A gentle breeze.
“Too bad! My adventure ends here!”
“Too bad! My adventure ends here!”
“Too bad! My adventure ends here!”
“Too bad! My adventure ends he—(ry”
“Too bad! My adventure en—(ry”
“Too bad! My advent—(ry”
How many times have I died since then?
I died from breathing, from sunlight, from wind, from bacteria native to this world, from hearing a loud sound, from exhaling…
But it’s all over now.
I’ve survived all the passive deaths that happen just from existing in this world.
I no longer die just from doing nothing.
I can walk. I can inhale. I can exhale.
Just being alive… is amazing!
Being alive is the greatest thing in the world!
So I danced out of pure joy—and that was a mistake.
My leg snapped under the strain, I fell, hit my head, and died.
—Cause of Death #255: Hit head and died.
“Oh? Back again, are we?”
“Goddess-sama… being alive is... incredible.”
After going back and forth between life and death—literally building a mountain of my own corpses—I finally understood the true greatness of just being alive.
Breathing, walking, surviving—it takes so much power just to do the simplest things.
Only now, through countless deaths, did I come to appreciate the miracle of life itself.
“…Also, could I please have some clothes? Dying while completely naked is kinda embarrassing…”
And so, I decided to beg the goddess for mercy, and ask her for clothes.