21 Truck Fu (2/2)

Satou stomped his foot loudly. ”You don't get it! 3D does not equal to 2D! 2D is justice! There is a beauty to the 2D form that invokes a fire in me! Even if I try to have my girls act in such a way, it would only be a shallow imitation!”

Thinking about it before, Diesel recalled that Satou's 'collection' had been solely in the form of drawn material. Nowhere in the pile was a single photo of a real-life girl. In that case, Diesel had an idea.

”Hey Hero Satou, do you know why you ended up in this world in the first place?”

”Why, I recall a truck speeding towards me moments before waking up here. That is partially why I hold such animosity to your forms now.” Satou started to point his sword at them again.

”Ah…about that…what if I told you that a goose had isekai-ed you instead? Kami-sama, could you send him the memories from that time?”

After a few moments, Satou scoffed, thinking it was just a way to buy time. ”Seriously, you could've thought of a more convincing way to- urk!”

Suddenly, the scene of his service was placed in his head. Satou saw how a goose had dropped a brick on his head moments before the truck had swerved around him and skidded to a stop.

”Oh, so you were telling the truth. But why does that matter?”

”Well… what if we told you that we can send you to the right place this time?”

Satou hesitated. ”Truly? You can send me to a 2D world? How can you guarantee that?”

”I can.”

Kami-sama jumped down from a portal, backing up that claim. He calmly walked over to Satou and placed a hand on his head.

”I apologize for the mistake. It seems like you were sent to a world that was too 'normal' for your tastes. How about this world?”

Immediately, Satou saw glimpses of the anime world of his dreams, complete with everything that he had desired.

”Of course, you would have to give up all of your current abilities to go there. But it's not like you would need it in a trashy, R18 paradise anyways.” Kami-sama coughed as he mumbled the fine part of the contract.

”Who cares about that? It's everything that I ever wanted! I'll go!” Satou threw aside his sword and embraced that possibility.

Kami-sama made sure to yoink the smartphone in Satou's pocket before motioning for Diesel to go ahead. Similarly, Tanaka backed away. ”He's all yours. You managed to convince him.”

”Eh? Really? Don't mind if I do.” Revving his engine, Diesel did what he did best – a straight collusion with no schemes, no enhancements, and no special circumstances.

As the former hero flew through the air and crumpled into a heap, his spirit flew off, presumably into the world of his dreams.

”Ohoho, guess he'll find out that things aren't always as convenient as one wants.” Kami-sama chuckled.

”Eh? What do you mean by that? You didn't trick him, did you?” Diesel wondered.

”No. He got the world he wanted, but as a standard, plain old human. He'll soon find his limits when he realizes that he doesn't have the 'stats' to 'keep it up' compared to the MC.”

”Oof, the sad fate of a side character in a harem series. There's nothing more dreadful as having your waifus getting claimed by others,” sighed Tanaka.

”Since that is over with, there's just one more thing to talk about.” Kami-sama walked over to Diesel and put a hand on his hood. ”You've finally gained enough karma to return to being human again.”

”I, what!?” Diesel cried out. It had been much shorter than he had expected. Kami-sama told him that it would take years, but it had only been a few months so far.

Kami-sama scratched his chin. ”Well, a few of your last jobs resulted in quite the karma gain. Servicing those that are very powerful, most of the time, yields a high reward in karma.”

”Oh, that makes sense.” Diesel did send off a powerful wizard, and just now, an undefeated champion of the world. That seemed to amount to much more than he needed to fulfill his goal.

”Or you can stick around and cultivate into an amazing truck like me. I wouldn't mind training a disciple,” Tanaka said, in a joking tone. He knew of Diesel's desires of being human again, but at the same time, who could resist the possibility of learning Truck Fu?

”Now then, Diesel, which will you choose?” Kami-sama stared at him, waiting for a decision.

”I…I-”