Re:Zero - Starting from Zero (Natsuki Subaru)

"If only I could have been by your side sooner...!"

Seeing his general killed by a mere thug, Garfield gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger.

Even Otto, who was usually calm, had a very gloomy expression.

Otto first gently patted Garfield on the back as a way of comforting him.

"Lord Subaru, how much have you been hiding from us? How much have you been bearing all by yourself?"

"If the light screen hadn't proactively revealed all of this, were you never planning to be honest with us?"

"We're friends, right...?"

……

Felix stood beside Crusch.

Felix spoke softly, "Meow, now I think I understand why Natsuki Subaru is so ridiculously strong."

"I knew it! How could anyone possibly have the ability to foresee the future and predict everything in advance?"

Crusch nodded slightly, her expression becoming somewhat serious:

"Felix, are you saying... that Natsuki Subaru achieved his seemingly effortless success by repeatedly dying and gathering all the information?"

Felix sighed softly, "I'm afraid that's how it is, meow."

……

The screen remained black for a few minutes.

Then the image reappeared on the screen.

Sure enough, it was the same apple stand.

The apple stall owner, with a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, held up an apple and asked Subaru Natsuki if he wanted to buy one.

"Hey sir, wanna buy an apple?"

Natsuki Subaru was unusually calm this time, because he seemed to have realized something.

"Uncle, how many times have you seen me before?"

The apple stand owner raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean, 'how many times'? This is the first time I've seen you."

"Hey buddy, do you want an apple?"

Natsuki Subaru's mood suddenly improved considerably, and he laughed loudly, saying, "Sorry, I'm a total broke guy!"

"Then get out of here right now!!!"

The apple stand owner was furious.

Natsuki Subaru sat by the roadside and checked his belongings.

Potato chips, instant noodles, cell phone, wallet.

Yes, these are all the things I brought with me before I came into this world.

"And there was no dust on him... and then..."

Natsuki Subaru lifted his clothes and looked at the locations of the wounds from his previous deaths. Sure enough, there were no wounds or even any traces.

It was only at this moment that Natsuki Subaru finally affirmed and confirmed his abilities.

"Return to Death"

Natsuki Subaru was speechless for a moment about his ability, since it wasn't weak, but triggering it was just too painful.

Subaru Natsuki realized that this was the fourth time the world had been restarted.

In this world, I wasn't surrounded, extorted, or beaten by three thugs.

He also did not encounter a "Satella" who could help him.

Does this mean that the favor owed to her is no longer valid?

Natsuki Subaru thought to himself that he should stop worrying about those unnecessary things and just sell the phone as soon as possible.

Acquire some of the world's wealth, and then, with initial capital and modern knowledge, become the happiest person in the world.

A happy Natsuki Subaru struck up a conversation with the stall owner next to him, but the owner said he didn't want to get involved in other people's troubles.

Natsuki Subaru walked down the street, pondering this sentence.

"Yes, people from any world would agree that it's better to avoid trouble."

"But even in this situation, when you yourself are in a very urgent situation, there is still a kind-hearted person who will lend a helping hand."

As Natsuki Subaru walked down the street, his mind uncontrollably kept replaying the silver-haired girl who had saved him from dire straits.

"Even though her own things were stolen and time was of the essence, she still chose to save a good-for-nothing who had nothing to do with her."

"She even treated his wounds."

"In the end, they still upheld this worthless act of self-satisfaction."

A family of three, all smiles, walked by on the street.

Natsuki Subaru recalled the scene where he and the silver-haired girl were holding hands with that girl.

The tomatoes that the father in the family of three was holding accidentally fell to the ground and were quickly run over by the wheels of a passing torrent truck.

Red juice splattered all over the ground.

Natsuki Subaru uncontrollably recalled that late night and the silver-haired girl who collapsed beside him.

Natsuki Subaru suddenly realized that he could not choose to give up on that silver-haired girl and live the so-called incredibly happy life he described.

Even if Satella doesn't know me.

"Even if Ferut does, she'll still steal the badge."

Even Elsa would still…

"These things will never change no matter how many times they happen..."

Natsuki Subaru subconsciously touched his abdomen.

Natsuki Subaru no longer hesitated and made up his mind to run wildly in one direction.

The smiling face of the silver-haired girl kept flashing through Natsuki Subaru's mind.

There was even Ferut, and even Rom.

"Even if it was just a brief encounter... I simply can't just stand by and watch them walk towards their deaths!!"

"I can't stand idly by!!!"

Natsuki Subaru ran to the apple stand vendor as fast as he could.

Natsuki Subaru tried to find out if any thefts had occurred in the vicinity.

Natsuki Subaru didn't have high hopes that the apple stand owner would tell him anything.

But the apple stand vendor told him about the strange thing that had just happened.

"Sorry, sir, I didn't buy anything, why were you asking me questions?"

To everyone's surprise, the apple stand vendor just smiled calmly.

"It's nothing. Just now, a penniless guy like you found my lost daughter. I'm in a good mood now."

Natsuki Subaru was taken aback: "So, everything was predetermined after all?"

After saying goodbye to the apple stand vendor, Natsuki Subaru ran quickly toward the slums.

Subaru Natsuki already had a plan in mind.

"Since the situation ahead cannot be changed, the only option is to complete the transaction in the slums before Elsa arrives!"

"And we found Satella!"

Natsuki Subaru recalled the silver-haired girl's gaze from the last time.

"No, that name must be a pseudonym, so the goal is to find out her real name!!!"

In the alley ahead, three incredibly familiar figures reappeared.

The same old lines, the same old plan to extort money.

Natsuki Subaru didn't waste any more time with them this time, after all, his four encounters had given him some experience.

Natsuki Subaru unleashed his full power: "Guards!!!!!!!!!"

Sure enough, the thugs panicked instantly.

There are people in this world similar to police officers.

……

A few minutes later, no one arrived.

The thugs were no longer flustered.

The leader of the punks pulled out the knife again.

A male voice came from behind Natsuki Subaru.

That's all.

It was a red-haired knight, carrying a knight's sword with dragon claw engravings.

The thug's voice trembled.

"This, this could be... the Sword Saint??"

"Could it be the Sword Saint, Reinhard????!"