Larry's Adventure: Reborn as a Charming Fox

1. An Untimely Death

Translator: Ann Yi

“Whitey, why isn’t he awake yet?”

“I don’t know. He should’ve woken up by now”

In a daze, Larry heard people chatting. The two men’s voices were high and low respectively, and sometimes they sounded like they were in front of him and at other times it was like they were behind him.

Larry’s eyelids were as heavy as lead, and his voice was indistinct. It seemed like he was dreaming, but it didn’t feel like so. Before he could remember what had happened, the high-pitched sissy spoke again, “Crap, those in the underworld can’t wait any longer. Do what you have to do, Blacky.”

“Hey! Larry, wake up.”

Larry felt something cold entering his body and it seemed that it had clutched his heart and was trying to pull his heart out. The moment that thread was broken, he immediately opened his eyes in the chaos.

What came into his view was a dark space. Was this… the world after death?

“Ho, you’re finally awake.”

The one with a sissy voice was floating in the air. He was tall and pale-faced. He wore a white robe and a white hat. On the hat wrote a saying with big letters: The Sight of Me Brings You Fortune. On the other side was a sturdy man. His face was black and he wore a black robe and a black hat, on which wrote another saying: Peace Reigns over the Land.

Larry shook his head. “You are… the Black Guard and the White Guard? Am I dead? ”

The two of them bowed. “Exactly. Larry, you are going through the hell at the moment. Do you remember how you died?”

Larry narrowed his eyes. He remembered what happened before he died. A week ago, his car lost control on the road when he was filming the view. Three days ago, the gas in his neighbor’s house leaked. A day ago, the billboard on the roof fell. And at the last second, he closed his eyes on the operating table.

Now he finally realized that he didn’t die by accident.

Larry lifted his eyes, “I was murdered.”

The Black Guard smiled faintly and said in a low voice, “You were murdered but you were not quite dead.”

The White Guard explained, “Technically speaking, you still have many years to live, but you died untimely. You should’ve ended up a wandering ghost in the world, and when your time comes, you’ll be reincarnated.”

Larry nodded. “But things have changed?”

‘So I didn’t waste time reading all those fictions where the protagonists traveled in time! I, Larry, also had a chance to be a male queen in a parallel world? !’

The White Guard smiled sinisterly. “Yes. The underworld has issued a new regulation that people, who died because of the fluctuations among the six classes of beings, can borrow a body and come back to life again. They can be reincarnated after finding the real culprit in their world. And I am the one in charge of your reincarnation.”

‘It turned out that I would still be reborn back where I had been! So, was it possible for me to use the new body and continue to have ambiguous relationships with those young ladies?’ Larry thought inwardly.

“Wait, what if I was reborn as an ugly guy?!”

“Reborn as a guy?” The Black Guard frowned, “When we talk about the dead body used for reincarnation, we mean a dead body that belonged to an animal. If you are happy with the idea of being reborn as an animal, it is okay for us to think of it as your rebirth. ”

‘An animal? !’

The White Guard saw that Larry was shocked and said, “Come on, Larry, just look at the bigger picture. As long as you find the real culprit, you can be reincarnated as a human being again.”

“What if I can’t find the culprit?!” Larry grabbed the White Guard’s robe, “If I can’t find the murderer, does it mean I’m gonna be an animal for the rest of my life?!”

“Don’t get so worked up.” The Black Guard patted on Larry’s shoulder, “The two of us will secretly help you. We believe that you will find the person who killed you soon.”

Larry said angrily, “You don’t even tell me which idiot killed me! You’re just asking me to find him or her on my own!”

“Sorry, that is all we can tell you. Larry, it’s time for you to set out.” The White Guard smiled sinisterly. “People from the underworld will pay you a return visit regularly. It’s a new policy in the underworld, and we need to get accurate feedback. So, Larry, remember to fill out the monthly questionnaires carefully…”

“I have to fill out questionnaires?!!!”

Disbelief was written all over Larry’s face. The Black Guard waved the chain in his hands and it landed around Larry’s neck. Then he swung the chain slightly forward and Larry vanished into the dark space.

“Blacky, you are leaving so fast. I’m not finished yet.” The White Guard rolled his eyes.

“Come on, they are not interested in knowing the underworld’s slogans. Why don’t you go back and recite it to Oxy and Horsey? Those two guys never remember the slogan and they will get a low grade in the coming assessment.”

“We’re building a modern underworld. We cannot be defeated by small problems like that…”

While the White Guard was reciting the slogan, the two figures also disappeared into the darkness.