In a area in Tokyo Japan, a man named Shin was walking in the streets like a thug. His clothes were a mess and blood could be seen at the corner of his lips. One could easily tell that he have just been in a common street fight which thugs frequently get into.

Most of the people his age would be at school busy studying at a university. He was 19, yet, here he was in the streets walking, unsure where to go.

In his hands, he held a lottery ticket full of care while saying in a low tone. "This time I am totally broke, my mom would also probably not support me since I dropped out of college. I do not get why she can't understand that I can't get rich by going through a stupid school."

Suddenly, his tone raised with intensity as he said.

"Look at Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Steeve Jobs, they all dropped out yet they became like gods of modern times who could control the economy at a whim. It's all about luck! luck decides a persons future! I just need some money to start a business and all I'll need is luck for my success!"

Afterwards, his tone became filled with depression again while continuing.

"Sadly, I lost all of the money again in that gambling den. If I have won, I could have easily started my own business, and I could have striked it rich! It has been a year now since I started gambling, yet I have not won once, I have lost unimaginable amount of money for my age and even deep in debt. My only remaining hope is this lottery ticket which I bought with all my money.

"I still believe god will not abandon me! I can feel that I am somewhat different from others and an extremely important human being.

"Oh God, I know you can hear me, this is my last hope, If I don't win this, I will be chewed to death by those loan sharks. So do not abandon your extremely passionate child"

Sighing, he continued his steps towards his home. Currently, he lived in a small dilapidated apartment without even complete basic furniture. 

To describe it better, he was extremely poor, no work, no money, cheap apartment and no food. The only thing noteworthy about him was his appearance. He looked different compared to normal Japanese guys, since he is half American and half Japanese.

His mom got impregnated by an american at a young age and was left behind when Shin was only five years old due to reasons which he does not know. Although they were abandoned, his mom still took care of him, but at a young age, he got bullied for being different and got into fight frequently. Also, his ideals developed differently which made him view studies as a stupid task which delays individual progress.

Even with his current state, he still cling on in his ideals. However, to reach those ideals, he can only rely on gambling, which he found to be the easiest way to make money and push his luck to its limits to get the best out of it.

With only a lottery ticket on hand, he watched the TV whole day waiting for the announcement of the winners of the lottery.

The lottery was his only hope to escape the crisis in his life. Nothing was currently more important to him than the lottery ticket in his hand. It wasn't exaggerated to say that, for him, it was worth more than his life.

After several hours of watching and patiently waiting, the announcement for lottery started. In an instant, his mood changed from complete depression, to excitement and then to pure joy! 

"I won! I won!! Shit!! I actually won!! I'm now a fucking millionaire!! Bill Gates, today you'll meet your match! Hahaha!"

Dancing around, he joyfully shouted with indescribable happiness. It was the moment he have been waiting for all his life. The moment his life started to change for the better. The moment where he could achive success in life. 

However, suddenly, in the middle of his joyous moment, an earthquake occurred. All the channels were cut and changed to news, where it announced two planets coming close to earth and will collide in no time. Also, it showed videos of nuclear missiles being launched in a hope to change the trajectory of the planets.

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"Currently, all countries are cooperating in a hope to stop the two planets approaching earth at rapid speed. The planet unexplainably appeared on above India and the Pacific Ocean. If this two planets collides with earth, it would be the end of the world.

"Even NASA and other space agencies could not explain the current event. However, they all concluded that in only an hour, the two planets will collide with earth and it would spell the end of our world."

Shin's eyes went wide when he heard the news. He tried switching channel, but every channel says the same. Every entertainment show were cut and replaced by urgent news describing the efforts of the governments to evade the disaster.

He could not believe that in such a glorious event of his life, there would be something like this that would happen. He wasn't sure if the Gods were playing a prank on him or if he was just unlucky to begin with.

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After complete happiness, was despair. Without being able to do anything, he simply sat in front of his TV shocked of everything. There was nothing a normal 19 year old guy could do in such a global catastrophe.

Outside, he heard several screams of people; he even saw from afar that there were burning houses and some people were even knocking near his place.

He knew that disorder would also follow the announcement, so he decided to stay locked up in his place. His mom was far away from him so he quickly decided to call her.

"Mom, are you ok?"

"Yes son, did you hear the news?"

'Yes, please stay locked up in your place until the government finds a way."

"Alright son, you also take care there and never go out."

After their conversation, he felt a bit relieved hearing the voice of his mom. Quickly, the commotion outside obviously became worse as more screams could be heard and the earthquake started up again.

The news also announced that the continuous effort was being put into action to prevent annihilation of human race to ease the panic of mankind. But, it was useless, especially for the counties where the planet was completely visible in their skies.

After 45 minutes, the earth shook violently and all electricity in Shin's place got cut off. He quickly tried to call his mom, but the signal were already cut. This time, he felt really scared, he does not know what was happening or if the combined efforts of the countries succeeded.

With care, he hid his lottery ticket in his pocket. Currently it was his most prized possession, and two planets wasn't enough for him to accept that the world is ending, and that his winning lottery ticket worth millions would go down the drain.

Exactly after an hour, a violent earthquake shook his place which caused it to quickly collapse, Luckily, he was sitting beside a table which caught the collapsing ceiling. However, he was still hit in the head, and fell unconscious.

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An hour after the catastrophe happened, Shin woke up, and instantly remembered being hit by the collapsing ceiling. Luckily, his apartment was made of cheap light materials, that was why, only light wood hit him on the head which caused the concussion.

There wasn't even a wound on his head, and he doesn't feel anything wrong about himself. Quickly, he removed the debris over him and made his way out of his apartment.

Outside, he saw several corpse, collapsed structures, burning homes, and even tons of corpses around the streets. Blood stench was everywhere which made him feel like puking.

Breathing ruggedly, he tried to look around finding any survivors. He was not the type of person who couldn't live alone, but at the moment, he wanted to see someone alive to feel at ease.

After a few minutes of walking, he have seen tons of corpse which died in several different ways. Some were hit by cars, there were some who were hit by falling objects from collapsed structures, and others were obviously murdered.

When he saw the murdered corpses, he felt sick again. But, as a man who somehow ended up living a life of a thug, he tried to maintain his composure and walk away.

He wasn't sure what exactly happened since he was knocked unconscious, but with everything he witnessed, he was now sure that the two planets definitely caused the destruction.

But, he wasn't sure why the earth did not collapse. Based on his basic understanding, and the movies he watched, two planets hitting the earth would definitely cause it to explode.

So with a bit of hesitation, trying as much as possible not to look stupid, he pinched himself to make sure he wasn't dreaming, and also to make sure he wasn't in hell.

"So this is all real. I guess I'm lucky enough to survive."

Soon, he heard a screaming voice of a girl. Quickly, he glanced around to look for the origin of the voice.

With the absence of other sound, he quickly found out that the voice came from a small alley nearby.

He wasn't sure if it was because he was excited to see another live human, or that he was worried why the girl was screaming, his body moved on its own as he rushed to the alley without thinking.

With just a glance in the alley, his eyes went wide. His body trembled, a mix of fury, pity, and fear flashed in his eyes. What he saw was a scene of a middle aged man raping a girl around fourteen with a knife pointed at her throat.

The girl wasn't even completely naked, her upper clothes were just partially opened and a bit torn. Even her skirt was still there while the man was violating her.

When the man saw Shin, he simply laughed and continued with his business as he said. "You can do her when I'm done, so scram kid!"

It was his first time seeing such a scene, so Shin froze for a bit. But, being decisive was one of his best trait, so when he saw an opportunity, he rushed to the man attempting to tackle him.

The middle age man quickly noticed this as he laughed, then stabbed the girl without mercy. This startled Shin and made him stop for a moment, which the middle aged man expected and quickly pulled out the blade in the body of the girl attempting to stab Shin.

With his experience in street fights, he was able to barely dodge the knife. And with a punch, he sent the man tumbling away.

This did not completely knock out the man. He still quickly stood up and rushed in another attempt to stab Shin.

This time, Shin was able to grab the knife on the man's hand. He wasn't sure if the man was crazy or if he was really a criminal.

There was no hesitation on the way he was trying to kill Shin. They struggled back on forth fighting for the knife.

Soon, Shin quickly realized that there was no other way to stop the man other than to kill him. Using his whole body, Shin pushed the man forward attempting to use the knife on the man's hand to stab him.

The knife pierced the man's body swiftly straight though his hearth causing his hands to fell and his whole body to slump on the ground lifeless.

Shin trembled with blood all over his hands and some on his clothes.

He was used to fighting on the streets, but it was his first time actually killing someone!

His knees felt weak, and his breathing became heavy as he fell on his butt on the ground.

Staring at the body of the dead man, his mind became filled with thoughts. He wasn't sure if what he did was right or wrong.

He even thought that if he haven't interfered, the girl might still be alive. Also, the man would have not died, and it was also possible for him to stay out of trouble.

These thoughts came to him like a storm, disabling his ability to properly think.

However, after several minutes, he sighed, looked at his hands which was now covered in dried up blood while saying. "I guess the shit I watch on the movies are real."

He then stood up and looked at the the girl then said. "So she was really pretty, too bad she died horribly."

With a serious expression, he pulled out the knife in the man's body and walked away.

This time, he was sure that a new age for men just begun. And that, each of his decision could either make him live or die.