Crossover Anime: Destroying Tokyo by One Person

Chapter 42 [Welcome!]

Has the world suddenly changed?

"What do you mean?" Xu Yuan asked, frowning. "What do you mean by 'the world has suddenly changed'?"

Enma Ai watched him silently.

Her gaze was deep and unwavering.

However, at this moment, Xu Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly had a gut feeling—she was going to disappear! This guy was a riddle man!

"Wait a moment!"

Xu Yuan instinctively reached out and grabbed her shoulder, leaning down to stare intently at her.

"Even if I don't know the current situation, you just said that I have a huge karmic burden on me!"

"Perhaps I am the key person, aren't I?"

"Now that you're leaving, what are you going to do next?"

"In this vast sea of ​​people, should I look for someone else?"

"If you don't say anything, when will we ever figure out what's going on?"

"Don't you agree with this logic?"

Enma Ai didn't react much as he grabbed her shoulders; she just looked at him calmly.

But Xu Yuan had a feeling.

She doesn't seem like she'll disappear any second now.

"Sorry, I got a little carried away." Xu Yuan released his hand.

Enma Ai spoke in a detached voice: "This world wasn't originally like this."

"Tell me more about it."

"The people who had died have reappeared, and all the records about where we came from have disappeared."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan was taken aback.

Let's leave the first sentence aside for now.

What does this second sentence mean?!

Records about where you came from...

"If I understand correctly, you know your... uh, source?"

Enma Ai didn't speak, she just looked at him.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Animation?"

The girl remained silent.

To be honest, this kind of person is really hard to deal with.

No matter what you say, she doesn't react.

"You know you're from an anime, right?"

Seeing that she remained expressionless and unresponsive, Xu Yuan nodded: "I'll take that as the case."

If it weren't, one should at least have some reaction if someone suddenly identifies it as an animated character.

After understanding this, Xu Yuan frowned.

According to Enma Ai, it seems that the anime "Hell Girl" originally existed in this world.

No, that's not all.

She used "we".

Perhaps the same applies to other anime.

But now, they've all disappeared.

It seems that only Enma Ai remembers this incident.

Other anime characters don't think so.

They all believe they live in this world.

Theresa, Kenshin Himura, Light Yagami, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Rin Okabe...

Xu Yuan's eyes widened involuntarily.

He lowered his head and rubbed his forehead with his hand.

World line shift?

Is it a change in the world line?

According to Enma Ai—

The people who had passed away have returned, and all the anime works about them have disappeared.

But the other anime characters all forgot about this.

If these situations are true, only time can have such a big impact on the world, right?

That doesn't make sense!

Rintaro Okabe and his friends are only high school students.

The Future Props Research Institute hasn't even been established yet.

Makise Kurisu had only just met them.

Where would a time machine come from at this point in time?

No, let's assume it exists first, let's assume it exists first...

Let's assume that someone started that thing.

Assuming the world line really did change, then... what about my memories?

My memories have changed too?!

Suddenly, Xu Yuan recalled the strange feeling he had been experiencing for the past two days!

In his memory, he had experienced many things with Nagiyuki Kamishiro.

Those experiences are enough to make a man and a woman fall deeply in love.

But he just felt that he didn't have any feelings for her.

Every time I'm with her, that strange feeling involuntarily surfaces in my heart.

However, she didn't seem to have that strange feeling.

She seemed to really like him, you could even say she loved him.

So, what's the difference between him and her?

Is he powerful?

Does he control the energy?

Is he a time traveler?

Does he have a system?

If the system were truly that powerful, his memories wouldn't have been altered.

Or is it... that his soul is at the second level?

Xu Yuan's heart pounded, but his brain was racing.

Perhaps a second-tier soul is not merely powerful.

Rather, their souls are fundamentally different from those of ordinary people!

The altered memories are unlikely to affect his feelings!

Perhaps not all feelings, but only the most important ones.

Family, love, friendship, and so on.

correct!

As if his memories had been pried open, or as if some kind of chain reaction had occurred, almost subconsciously, Xu Yuan opened the system, his gaze falling on the inventory—

[Gold Treasure Chest], [Silver Treasure Chest]

Why are there unopened treasure chests?

According to his memory, he should have obtained these treasure chests through system missions before he transmigrated to this world. After he transmigrated to this world, the system stopped issuing him missions.

Why didn't he open it immediately?

Why hasn't it opened yet?

According to his memory, he should have been in this world for some time now.

Why have they been left unopened?

Searching his memory, Xu Yuan found the explanation—

He wanted to find a lucky day to open them.

But is this explanation really reasonable?

After all this time, he still hasn't found a good life?

I clearly remember having quite a few lucky times.

Besides, he also has a "lucky coin".

and also--

An apple suddenly appeared in Xu Yuan's hand.

It was a bluish-black, thin, shriveled apple, like a green pepper.

If he remembers correctly, this is what the apple Ryuk brought from the Shinigami world in Death Note looks like.

In addition, there are his wings.

He looks like Yuhe from Tokyo Ghoul.

To be precise, it looks a lot like Touka Kirishima's yukata.

There are also skills.

Why can he use Sky Soaring Dragon Flash, Nine-Headed Dragon Flash, and Twin Dragon Flash?!

His memories told him that these were all rewards from system missions before he transmigrated.

Why would a task like helping an elderly woman cross the street reward something with such a strong specific purpose?

There are also titles!

[The Nightmare of the Undead].

The effect is to nullify the opponent's regeneration ability.

But what's the use of this title if the world before I traveled to didn't have any extraordinary powers?

Why is it rated S?

Before this, he had somehow ignored these anomalies, but now they were all popping up!

A feeling of disharmony instantly filled my heart!

Xu Yuan suddenly felt a severe headache, as if his head was about to explode!

It felt like there was a drill constantly churning inside his head.

Something wanted to burst forth, but it didn't have enough power.

Xu Yuan gritted his teeth and looked at the points.

Although the system has not assigned him any more tasks, the functions are still usable.

"Use all points to strengthen your soul!"

A familiar, gentle energy enveloped his soul.

However, this energy, which he remembered as something very comfortable, only slightly relieved his headache at this moment.

In fact, this feeling only lasted for ten seconds.

The splitting headache suddenly became even more intense!

It's as if that soul-strengthening energy is adding fuel to the fire, wildly intensifying the conflict!

This kind of pain is enough to make an ordinary person faint.

However, it is still far inferior to physical enhancement.

For Xu Yuan, who was already somewhat accustomed to physical enhancement, it was still bearable.

He frowned deeply and rubbed his temples lightly.

Large beads of sweat kept seeping from his forehead.

Enma Ai stood in front of him, looking at him with a slight hint of doubt on her usually calm face.

However, she did not disturb him.

Seeing that people around her were starting to look over, she gently raised her hand and used a simple illusion, then continued to silently watch Xu Yuan, who was in great pain.

Time passed slowly.

The enhancement ended after about half an hour.

Without the energy to strengthen his soul adding fuel to the fire, Xu Yuan felt his headache ease slightly.

At this point, his soul strength had reached the second tier (1730/1900).

However, it's not enough! It's still not enough!

He looked at his inventory and opened three silver treasure chests.

Two of them yielded points, totaling 190 points.

Xu Yuan did not use the [Lucky Coin].

Because points are a high-probability item in the prize pool, with a probability of about 50%.

Its value is also less than that of equipment and skills.

It's a rather poor reward.

He didn't know how many more points he needed.

At the same time, it's unclear whether if he throws out the "Goddess's Smile," luck will favor the points he needs now, or the reward of higher value.

"Strengthen soul by 170 points."

The splitting headache intensified again.

Xu Yuan rubbed his temples, silently enduring the pain.

About ten minutes later.

boom--!

He seemed to hear a silent, loud bang.

A powerful soul force broke through the shackles and surged out, spreading wildly in all directions from him as the center.

Soul Strength - Tier 3!

The soul power of a third-tier being can actually leave the body!

Xu Yuan discovered that he could "see" everything around him, and his vision was no longer blind.

He can even see things that are being obscured.

He could see the part of the soil in the flower bed that was blocked by the tree trunk, and he could see how many ants were crawling on it.

Everything around him was crystal clear to him.

Even with his eyes closed.

Because this wasn't something he saw, but rather something he perceived after projecting his soul power outwards.

It's similar to the "divine consciousness" described in cultivation novels.

Then, click...click...

It's as if some kind of constraint is being shattered.

About a second or two later.

Snapped--!

It sounded like a crisp breaking sound.

Memories flooded back like a tide.

Rainy night, rooftop, the corpse of the counterpart, system, Light Yagami, anomaly, Shin Kamiya, the missing laptop, the counterpart's diary...

At the same time, a system pop-up window suddenly appeared.

Welcome back

The headache is quickly subsiding.

Xu Yuan gently shook his head and exhaled.

At this moment, he had two sets of memories in his mind.

But he knew perfectly well which memories were real and which had been altered.

Looking at the system notification in front of him, Xu Yuan suddenly asked in his mind, "For you, preserving my memories shouldn't be difficult, right?"

He wasn't throwing a tantrum; he was just confused.

The system requires him to handle spatial nodes.

And this spatial node should be Steins;Gate.

Therefore, memory is undoubtedly the key.

He has amnesia, so how do we handle the spatial nodes?

From the system's perspective, preserving his memory is in its best interest, isn't it?

Surely it can't be impossible?

Even if it's impossible, judging from the current situation, the dog system has clearly always been there.

But it remained silent.

What happened?

The system made a deal with them.

"Them?"

[The world will of several fantasy worlds, primarily based on Steins;Gate.]

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan was slightly taken aback.

Therefore, the one who caused the change in the world line this time was not Okabe Rintaro and his group at all.

They weren't even human.

Rather, it's the world's will of Steins;Gate?!

"What would happen if I never regained my memories?"

If the situation is about to spiral out of control, the system will issue a bounty mission targeting Okabe Rintaro and his group.

[Once the host has expelled them, the system will close the spatial node of Steins;Gate.]

[The host will then return to their original timeline.]

In contrast, the system will make concessions to those fantasy worlds as needed in the future.

"And now?"

They are severely weakened and will be unable to infiltrate the real world for a long time.

To put it bluntly, the big shots made a bet on him.

Therefore, Enma Ai saw "a huge, all-encompassing cause and effect".

How could it not be enormous? How could it not blot out the sky?

The two sides in the bet are, on one side, the world will of several fantasy worlds, and on the other side, the system.

And he was at the center of it all.

Xu Yuan was somewhat displeased with this.

He doesn't care who wins if it's a contest.

But this time it involved things he considered very private, such as memories and emotions.

However, he also knew that he was now insignificant and had little influence.

[The host regained his memories in just over a day, exceeding the system's expectations.]

"Just lucky," Xu Yuan said.

If Enma Ai hadn't appeared this time, would he have been able to regain his memories?

Perhaps it still is possible.

The key is to notice those unusual things that are being interfered with by some kind of force and that he has subconsciously ignored, thereby triggering the loosening of memories.

It may take one or two weeks, or even one or two months.

As for one or two years, it won't be that long.

If it doesn't work in a year or two, then it's probably really not going to work.

In a year or two, the disharmony between memories and feelings will probably disappear, since feelings are built through interaction.

"I have a question: After returning to the original timeline, will 'I' still exist on that timeline?"

The real world is viewed as a parallel universe.

[The world line that was created this time was a brief temporal phenomenon that occurred when Steins;Gate invaded the real world, and its impact only covered this planet.]

[This temporal phenomenon will disappear after the spatial node in Steins;Gate is closed.]

"Understood."

Xu Yuan looked at Enma Ai: "Thank you this time."

Enma Ai: "?"

Seeing her expressionless face, Xu Yuan suddenly wanted to pat her head.

Unfortunately, when I reached out, I found nothing.

Enma Ai suddenly disappeared, then reappeared a meter away, escaping his clutches.

Xu Yuan said with some regret, "The matter is now clear; it was due to a change in the world line."

"World line?" Enma Ai wondered.

Despite her doubts, she remained expressionless, her voice calm and indifferent, carrying a sense of detachment.

"You can understand it as the multiple possibilities of the world."

Xu Yuan said, "The matter will be resolved soon."

"You can watch an anime called Steins;Gate after the world returns to normal."

"This incident was instigated by them."

Enma Ai didn't say anything, but after giving him a deep look, she turned into cherry blossoms and disappeared into the air.

Xu Yuan withdrew his gaze and asked the system, "Now that I've regained my memories, do I need to start a mission immediately?"

That's right.

"Can you buy me some time?"

On this timeline, the isotope's computer is in his hands!

The system paused briefly, then said: [Okay.]