NOVEL NEXT chapter 2
2
2. The man named Akechi Hidetoyo
I felt joy in the power of the gift that had manifested.
With this, I could finally take revenge on my uncle who had been violently abusing me.
Yes, I possess both the power and the right to do so.
I thought to myself, why not make full use of the gift bestowed upon me by God, and I stood up.
“Hey, Hidetoyo! Are you alright?”
That’s when my aunt came over to me.
She always comes to check on me after my uncle’s violent outbursts end for the day.
But she too is intimidated by my uncle, so she can’t openly take my side.
“I’m fine, aunt. 【More importantly, I’d like a hamburger for dinner tonight.】”
“Is that so? Then I’ll start making hamburgers now.”
I neither like nor dislike my aunt.
I had grown to hate humans since being taken in by this couple.
But thanks to this gift, I felt like I could come to love people.
“Uncle, 【from now on, change your heart and devote your life to me. Work seriously for my sake. I forbid you to spend any money on your entertainment. Of course, violence is also forbidden. No defiance either. Continue to live conveniently for me.】”
That’s how I utilized the coercive power of the gift.
My aunt was surprised by the sudden change in my uncle, but I decided not to tell her why this happened.
― It’s just like the scumbag Akechi Hidetoyo…
“Huh?”
Just now, something incomprehensible popped into my mind.
Like Akechi Hidetoyo?
As I pondered this, various memories began to resurface in my mind.
―――――
“Breaking the Chains of Sorrow.”
That was the dating sim game I was most addicted to in my previous life.
The protagonist of this gal game set in a school is a man named Takeru Juumonji.
As you would expect from the protagonist of a gal game, he is incredibly popular.
And then there’s Hidetada Akechi, the man who appears as the playboy protagonist’s best friend in the game.
However, if he were just the best friend in a gal game, there would be no problem.
In fact, “Breaking the Chain of Sorrow” certainly has romantic elements and a strong flirty atmosphere, but it also has a significantly higher element of depression.
The cause that accelerates this depressive element is none other than Hidetada Akechi.
His mere existence raises the target age dramatically.
On the surface, he is Takeru Juumonji’s childhood friend and best friend, but behind the scenes, he is revealed to be a character who dislikes him and works in the shadows.
In the “Most Disliked Best Friend Character Ranking” for all gal games, he’s a scumbag and a sleazebag of hall-of-fame level.
He abuses the “Gift” of “giving orders,” commonly known as “Command Domination,” to make the heroines miserable.
He has a background of being exposed to violence at a young age and having his values twisted, but he is criticized to the point of ridicule for “using that as an excuse, which is annoying. The company tries to garner sympathy from the users, but honestly, it’s cringeworthy.”
The heroines are cute, and the art is of high quality.
The scenario is also elaborate.
However, the mere existence of Hidetada Akechi makes some call it a low-rated crappy game.
Such scumbag and sleazy characters are sometimes treated as joke characters, but this guy is not classified as a joke character and is famous for being just plain unpleasant.
You may not know the game, but Hidetada Akechi is well-known.
The voice actor’s performance is also a wonderful bass voice, but as soon as he played Hidetada, he stopped getting other voice acting jobs and became exclusively known for Hidetada, causing trouble even for the person behind the character.
And he usually loses his life between the ages of 16 and 18.
The reason for the discrepancy in the age of death is that “Breaking the Chain of Sorrow” is a grand game trilogy.
Each series depicts a year of high school life.
Takeru Juumonji’s high school entrance to graduation is depicted.
In the original, Hidetada meets his demise in the individual routes of the heroines.
However, if the ending is reached without the protagonist getting together with any of the heroines, Hidetada’s life is extended.
In the second, he dies in the individual routes of the heroines, but again, if the protagonist doesn’t get together with any of the heroines, Hidetada’s life is extended.
In the final season, he is destined to die.
There are bad endings where Hidetada survives, and the heroine or protagonist dies, but there is no demand for them.
Anyway, memories of such a game came flooding back…
—
“No way… Did I reincarnate as Hidetada…?”
He has a past of being assaulted by his uncle and is talked about in the original for inciting suicide with “Command Domination” and causing death.
No matter how I think about it, this has to be about me…
“Uwaaah, wh-what should I do…”
Memories of a past life and the game resurfaced after being assaulted by my uncle.
Of course, I hate characters like Hideyoshi too…
“What a dangerously powerful Gift…”
The Gift bestowed upon me was not a power given by God, but one synonymous with that given by a demon…