Steps in Pain

“Ugh... Hnnngh...”

The knife Gonzalez plunged into my abdomen was excruciatingly painful.

More than anything, a knife half the size of my forearm was stuck in me, making movement incredibly cumbersome.

But if I pulled out the embedded knife, I'd collapse from blood loss.

Snap.

So, I left the blade in my stomach, snapped off the handle, and slowly began to walk.

“...Hoo.”

*In the distance, I could see the cash transport train.*

If I could just get there and grab the money, I could go home.

Home... to the Original World I'd yearned for for eighteen years...