I had a strange dream.

  I was standing in the darkness with nothing but the emptiness around me.

  Suddenly, there was a voice that came out of everywhere. I couldn't locate its source.

  "There is a heavy burden waiting for you."

  "W-what? Who are you?"

  "It doesn't matter. You should care about other things."

  "W-which ones?"

  My voice seemed strange and unsteady to me.

  "You have to change the world."

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  "What world? Why?"

  "Figure it out by yourself."

  I tried to think rationally, but everything seemed just like a nonsense that so often comes up in dreams.

  "And for that I give you the power of ''Overcoming'' — the only thing that will never betray you in this world."

  I decided to do nothing and just stood there in expectation of what my next dream would be like.

  "Oh, I see. You're thinking that all of this is just a dream? Hahaha!"

  As if the emptiness itself was the laughter, with its growls giving me a headache.

  Pain? In a dream?

  "W-what?"

  It seemed to me that my eyes were wide open from the surpise.

  "Now you're getting it, aren't you? Haha! I can't hear any questions from you!"

  I kept silent, trying to realize what was going on.

  "I see you kept your equanimity, you deserve a little award! Haha! Or you'll be better off with a curse?"

  What the hell is he saying?

  "All in all, there's a mark of ''Godlike forwardness'' for you to bear in soul! Ha-ha! It will make a good use for you... probably."

  ...?

  "Don't forget! Change the world! You'd better do it on top!"

  At that moment a tiny ray of light dashed into the darkness, replacing all the emptiness.