Chapter 7 (1/2)

7、Fraud, a Bar, and the G.o.d of Pig Farmers (A-side)

”Sir, you've been had.”

Those benevolent words came from the so-called

G.o.d.

On my way back from the clothes shop, I got in line for some fried meat skewers (128 Karma) when a G.o.d had something to say me. He resembled Cho Hakkai, the pig demon from the Journey to the West picture books.

Despite it still being daytime, he randomly invited me to enter a bar and have the two of us drink.

”So I've been had?”

”That's right. 'Even though you’re an Evil G.o.d, you’ll need this extra 500,000 Karma' is what they probably said.”

”That's what the Old Lady in the Great Beyond told me....”

The

guy laughed like a brat. As I thought, he's like Cho Hakkai.

I don't care that much, but is it okay for a

G.o.d to eat a pork skewer?

”Now see here, Hirano Bonta-kun. That's just what they're required to say when someone becomes an Evil G.o.d. In truth, you don't really need that much Karma. A basic Evil G.o.d package, how do you say it, comes fully loaded with a bunch of powers you don't need, like bloatware. For instance, 'When I say something important, thunder will resound in the heavens' kind of power costs 500,000 Karma to use, see?”

Whaaaat, I had no idea.

If I was alive I never would have made that mistake, but I had no idea someone would try to swindle me like that in the afterlife.

From what I heard in the Great Beyond, I had thought this world would be free of such nonsense.

”Roughly, it's like this. The credit union that loaned Hirano Bonta-kun the Karma and the person you spoke to are connected behind the scenes.

”That's some shady business.”

”Yeah, greed is as greed does. Reincarnating as an Evil G.o.d...for a normal reincarnation you would only need about 100,000,000 Karma.”

”100,000,000 that's...only a fifth?!”

That's horrible. Charging that horrendous amount, it's not bad luck, it's just terrible.

Too horrible for words.

”Don't sulk just yet. A debt of 500,000,000 isn't easy to pay back by yourself as an Evil G.o.d...”

”...Eh?”

”What, you didn't know? As an Evil G.o.d, the dogma you collect on isn't Good Deeds (Karma), you know?”

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This is bad.

My retirement plan of a life of laziness and the World Domination plan with Drake...they’ve fallen apart almost immediately.

According to the

G.o.d, the dogma of an Evil G.o.d is gained through horrible acts, but you can't get any karma by doing that. It won't take away Karma at least. This sucks so bad.