'Why is it always like this?' Y/N thought, frustration tightening in his chest as he passed another group of busy scientists. They barely glanced at him—just as people had always looked past him in his old life. And yet, they were so absorbed in their tasks, so committed to their small piece of this greater machine. They didn't question their roles, or their limitations. They just accepted it.
But Y/N couldn't. He couldn't stand it. It went against everything he believed in. He was here, in a new world, a new body, a new opportunity—and yet, he felt the same crushing weight of a society that didn't care about the well-being of its people, only about productivity and progress.
'It doesn't have to be this way.' That thought haunted him. He had clung to it back in his previous life, and now, in this new one, it returned stronger than ever. Maruki had shown him that there was another way. Maruki had dared to imagine a world where people didn't have to suffer needlessly, where they didn't have to fight and struggle to survive.
And yet, here he was, trapped in another cycle of struggle. Reincarnated, but still bound by the same old rules.
Y/N felt an almost Maruki-esque urge to fix it, to correct it, to reshape it. But how could he? He was nothing here—a low-ranking scientist, a nameless cog in the grand machinery of this station. He had no power, no influence. And yet, that gnawing feeling persisted within him. The belief that things could be better, that they should be better.
The more Y/N explored the station, the more he saw the cracks in its pristine surface. It was a place of brilliant minds, yes, but it was also a place where people were driven by their obligations, their research, their status. There was no sense of collective peace or understanding, no one thinking about the bigger picture—the happiness of those around them.
As he navigated through the station, his encounters with other scientists left him more disillusioned. Conversations about ongoing projects, breakthroughs in Fragmentum research, new developments in quantum mechanics—they all seemed so disconnected from any real purpose. The station's obsession with scientific progress, with pushing the boundaries of knowledge, felt empty to him. It was all so... mechanical, devoid of any real compassion or concern for the human condition.
'Is this really all that matters?' Y/N wondered as he sat down at a terminal in his assigned lab, his hands hovering over the controls. He hadn't been able to shake the feeling of alienation since he arrived. He was a part of this world now, yet every interaction only reminded him that this was not a world that valued the things that truly mattered—peace, happiness, understanding.
His thoughts turned inward, reflecting on what Maruki might have thought of this place. The psychologist's dream of creating a perfect world, free from pain and loss, had resonated with Y/N on such a profound level that it shaped his every action, his every decision.
Maruki had seen the suffering of others, and instead of accepting it, he had sought to change it. He had given up his position, his reputation, everything, for the chance to offer people peace. He had envisioned a reality where their deepest desires could be realized—a world where people didn't have to live with regret, where they didn't have to be burdened by their pasts.
Y/N had always admired that about him—the selflessness, the willingness to fight against the world's cruelty, to push against the limitations imposed by society. That was what Y/N had wanted for himself, too. And now, in this strange, sterile place, he felt the same need to change things, to make them better.
But how?
I'm just a low-ranking scientist now, he thought, his eyes scanning the research logs on the terminal. His fingers idly flicked through the data, but his mind was elsewhere, drowning in the heavyweight of existential doubt. 'I don't have Maruki's power or his influence. I'm stuck here, following someone else's agenda.'
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A universe where no one suffers
FanfictionY/N was a thoughtful and compassionate person, often challenging societal norms and the concept of suffering. While playing a game, he resonated deeply with the character Maruki Takuto, a villain whose goal was to create a reality where no one would...