"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS THIS?!"
Adam's brain slowly cracked open like an egg dropped from a balcony.
His soul whispered:
'We are NOT in Morocco anymore. This is definitely not normal Japan. Is this… the hidden Japanese Jinn realm? I've watched too much isekai anime. Did some jinn hear my wishes and drag me here as a joke? Are they going to eat me? My soul? My kidneys?'
His hands shook.
His blood ran cold.
"YA RABIIIIII…" (ohh my god!)
He tried to scream but only a squeak came out.
He forced himself to breathe.
Forced himself to smile.
Forced himself to act "normal"
Because he noticed the existence of normal looking people like him, although few, which mean they are coexisting.
'there is a hope for survival, i can't screw it, calm down Adam, don't act weird. gather intelligence.'
And the only way to gather intel…
was to ask someone.
He dare not ask these alien looking ones, so he searched for a safe target.
Adam spotted her like a starving man spotting a loaf of bread, she was the closest to him.
the only person in the entire alien hellscape who didn't look like she came out of a failed genetic experiment.
A petite girl, maybe junior high-school age.
Simple hoodie.
Soft expression.
Cat ears. A cat tail.
…Okay, maybe 20% alien. But still the most human so far.
moreover, she is a cat girl, that's one of his dream waifus!!!
Adam's survival instincts screamed: That one. That is the safest NPC. Approach the NPC. NPC gives tutorial. NPC explains the world. NPC gives quest. Go, Hantakour-Sama, go!
He wiped the sand off his arms (which only made it worse), straightened his tank top (still terrible), and forced his best friendly sunny smile.
Unfortunately, Adam's "best friendly smile" was not friendly at all.
Because childhood orthodontic neglect had cursed him with naturally sharp canines that curled forward like accidental vampire fangs.
Adam stepped closer.
The girl froze.
He bowed slightly, trying to be polite, and spoke in the only Japanese words he had ever used consistently in real life.
"Konnichiwa! Itadakimasu?"
(literal translation : Hello, I humbly Receive)
In his mind, he thought he was saying:
Hello! I humbly Need your Help?
What the cat girl understood was:
"Hello. I'm about to eat you."
The girl's soul left her body, she took a step back in fright.
From her perspective:
A 6-foot, sand-covered boy approaching her in slow motion…
Sunlight flashing off his vampire fangs…
Eyes weirdly wide because he was desperately trying to look friendly and show his pure eyes but it made him look like a wretched uncle…
And then he says "Itadakimasu."
A phrase universally known to mean I give thanks for the food I am about to eat.
Adam, noticing her panic, thought: 'Oh no, she didn't get it. Okay, think… think! What would Luffy or Naruto do? Be cute! Be hopeful! Be shonen protagonist friendly!'
He raised both hands slowly, palms open, trying to show he was harmless.
Adam continued, trying to sound cute and friendly, like luffy or naruto:
"Ore wa kaizoku ou ni naru! datibayooo"
(I am going to become the Pirate King!)
What Adam thought he said:
"I'm friendly! I'm hopeful! I'm a dreamer like Luffy! Please help me!"
What the cat girl interpreted:
"I'm going to become the Pirate King,
starting with Eating You!"
Her pupils shrank into dots.
"KYAAA!!!HE WANTS TO EAT MEEE!!!" She screamed, quickly jumped backward like a frightened cat, Her cat tail puffed up like a feather duster thrown in water.
She pointed at him with pure terror.
"This! This thing!!!"
"He's going to eat me!!!"
The passerby's erupted a symphony of chaotic panic, excitement, and fear.
"See!!! i told you he look like A crazy Villain!!!"
"He Gonna eat her!"
"Heroes, where are the heroes!"
People backed away.
Phones came out to record the crime scene.
Someone shouted for a hero.
and some were watching with anticipation what will happen next.
A guy, blue skin, four eyes, recorded him while eating chips.
"Yo yo yo! This is gonna go viral. 'Sand Covered Foreigner going crazy!' Let's gooo!"
seeing such a strong reaction Adam start waving his hands and desperately tried to explain.
"Help, Omae wa mou shindeiru—!!"
(you are already dead)
What Adam thought he said : Help, me I'm going to die.
The crowd: "NANI!?!?!?!"
Half the street ducked like he was about to explode or unleash a powerful move.
Adam's brain melted.
WHY ARE THEY MORE AFRAID NOW?!
WHY ARE THEY DUCKING?!
WHY ARE THEY RUNNING AWAY?!
I'M NOT A TERRORIST!
I just want to ask a fucking simple question! this is so racist!!!
He didn't give up.
One last attempt.
He raised both hands pleadingly and shouted, still keeping his 'sunny friendly smile':
"Matte! YAMATTE KUDASAI! Onegai!!"
What it sounded like, with his fanged smile and cracked voice:
"STOP RUNNING! PLEASEn LET ME EAT YOU PROPERLY!!"
The entire street detonated into more screams.
People scattered in every direction—
some climbing lampposts,
others rolling under cars,
And the cat girl, feeling targeted.
She sprinted so fast her tail created a sonic boom,
vanishing into the distance with a Doppler-shifted scream.
Adam stood there, hands still outstretched in a gesture of absolute, catastrophic failure.
He had done it.
He had accidentally committed verbal terrorism.
His survival instincts sharpened from growing in the Moroccan streets finally snapped.
He swears he could feel some kind of trouble is coming!
'NOPE! NOPE! NOPE! ABORT MISSION!! NPC IS BUGGED!! WORLD IS HOSTILE!! ALIEN COPS ARE COMMING!!!'
He turned around with the speed of a startled ostrich
—and SPRINTED FOR HIS LIFE.
"YAAAAAAAA RABIIIIIIIIII!!"
People screamed again as he rushed past.
"He's charging!!"
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!"
"I TOLD YOU HE WAS A VILLAIN!!!"
Someone threw a shoe at him for no reason.
Adam didn't look back.
He didn't dare.
He just ran, sand falling off him like a shedding monster.
Sakura petals flew around him in slow motion.
People in panic scattered behind him.
It looked like a dramatic anime chase sequence.
But in reality, it was just a terrified Moroccan teenager trying not to get arrested, killed, eaten, or sealed by Japanese jinn/aliens.
'I need to go back! Back to the beach! Back to where I spawned!! That was the safe zone! The respawn point! The tutorial area!!!'
His lungs burned. His legs wanted to file a complaint. But fear turned him into a track star.
He barreled down the clean white road, past confused civilians.
'Beach. Beach. Beach. SAFE ZONE'
His mind repeated it like a prayer.