Final Chapter (24): "Somehow, We Saved the World, and Now I Have a Normal Life Again... I Think?"1. Waking Up to an Unwanted RealityBeep. Beep. Beep.
The sound of a heart monitor was the first thing I heard.
Then—pain.
Then—the horrible realization that I was still alive.
I opened my eyes.
White ceiling.
Hospital smell.
Deja vu.
I groaned.
"Ah, he’s awake," a voice said.
I turned my head.
And there she was.
Mikasa. Arms crossed. Smug look on her face.
This felt familiar.
I blinked.
"You’re alive?"
She sighed.
"Didn’t we already go through this?"
I paused.
Wait.
Hadn’t I… already woken up like this?
Something felt off.
Like a bad case of déjà vu.
I squinted at her.
"Did I die again?"
Mikasa snorted.
"No. But honestly, you should have. The way you screamed when Nexus exploded was pathetic."
I paled.
"Wait—Nexus is really dead this time?"
She nodded.
"Yep. No revives. No hidden AI copies. No secret st-minute survival tricks."
I stared at the ceiling.
Processing.
Then I whispered—
"…Holy crap. We actually won."
Mikasa smirked.
"I know. Shocking, right?"
I ignored her and closed my eyes.
I was alive.
Mikasa was alive.
Nexus was dead.
It was finally over.
…Right?
2. The Horrifying Realization That Life Goes OnA few hours passed.
I was still stuck in bed.
Mikasa was still being annoying.
And then—
The door smmed open.
"YUUUUUUUUJI!"
I flinched.
Then I saw her.
The hacker girl.
Smiling. Holding a smoothie. Completely untouched by battle.
She ran to my bed.
And then—
She poked my ribs.
Hard.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
Pain exploded through my body.
Mikasa ughed.
The hacker girl grinned.
"Yep. You’re alive."
I gasped for air.
"I HATE YOU BOTH."
Mikasa shrugged.
"You’ll live."
I groaned.
But then—
The hacker girl suddenly looked serious.
"Hey, Yuuji," she said.
I blinked.
"What?"
She smirked.
"Now that the whole ‘saving the world’ thing is over…"
I froze.
"…Yeah?"
She grinned.
"…What are you gonna do next?"
I stared at her.
Then at Mikasa.
Then at the ceiling.
And finally, I muttered—
"…Crap."
3. The Dreaded Question: “What Now?”We had spent months running, fighting, nearly dying.
Now… we were free.
No more Nexus.
No more life-or-death battles.
No more apocalyptic AI trying to murder us.
But that also meant—
I had no idea what to do next.
Mikasa smirked.
"You look like you just realized you have no life outside of fighting."
I gred.
"I DON’T NEED THIS KIND OF NEGATIVITY RIGHT NOW."
The hacker girl giggled.
"You could always become a bounty hunter!"
I paled.
"NO."
Mikasa shrugged.
"She has a point. We’re good at fighting. Might as well get paid for it."
I groaned.
"Can’t we just… I don’t know… have a normal life for once?"
The hacker girl tilted her head.
"Normal life?"
Mikasa snorted.
"Yuuji. Do you really think you’re capable of being normal?"
I opened my mouth.
Paused.
Then closed it.
Crap.
She had a point.
I had spent so long accidentally surviving insane situations that a normal life almost sounded harder.
But still…
I wanted to try.
Even if the universe had other pns.
4. The Part Where Things Take a Strange TurnLater that night, after everyone left, I stared at the ceiling.
Thinking.
Worrying.
Wondering.
Could I really go back to normal?
…
That’s when something weird happened.
My vision suddenly blurred.
The hospital room faded.
And then—
Darkness.
Silence.
Nothing.
Then—
Voices.
Familiar voices.
Laughing.
Then—
A fsh of color.
And suddenly—
I was back in a cssroom.
5. The Sudden Shift Back to… High School?!I blinked.
Then blinked again.
I was sitting at a desk.
In a cssroom.
A very familiar cssroom.
Students surrounded me, whispering, staring.
I recognized this pce.
Elite Arcadia Academy.
A school for geniuses.
A school I had somehow gotten into by complete accident.
Then I heard a voice.
"Well, well," Mikasa said, smirking. "You look lost."
I froze.
I turned.
Mikasa was sitting next to me.
Wearing a school uniform.
I stared.
Then I whispered—
"…WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!"
6. The Doodle Incident That Ruined My Life (Again)The teacher wrote a complex equation on the board.
It looked like nonsense.
Everyone was struggling to solve it.
Except me.
Because I wasn’t even trying.
I was just doodling.
Swirls. Shapes. Random lines.
And then—
The teacher noticed.
His eyes widened.
The cssroom fell silent.
He grabbed my notebook.
And then—
"THIS… THIS IS A MATHEMATICAL REVOLUTION!"
I froze.
Mikasa facepalmed.
The hacker girl—who was somehow also here—started recording.
And that’s when I realized.
I had done it again.
I had accidentally become a prodigy.
I had ruined my peaceful life again.
I slumped in my seat.
And muttered—
"I still have absurd luck."
Mikasa sighed.
"Yeah. But at least it’s entertaining."
The hacker girl ughed.
"Welcome back, Yuuji!"
I groaned.
And just like that…
My normal life was already over.
Again.
THE END. ( For Real , Go And Touch Grass)
