"Hmph Hmph Yang Tao, you… Hmph~"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Si appeared in Zhang Chulan's dormitory eight minutes later, but he was panting so heavily that Yang Tao suspected he might have run all the way from home.
"Take a breath first, there's no need to be so anxious… Chulan, go help him up."
Zhang Chulan looked at Xu Si's disheveled appearance, a gloating smile on his face. Ever since he went to that Soul Calming Street with his big brother last time, Xu Si had practically carved envy and jealousy onto his face.
He kept asking him when Yang Tao would arrive.
This time, his big brother was here, so that guy definitely sprang out of bed, threw on his clothes, and rushed over.
"Brother Si, you're fast!"
Xu Si, still gasping for breath, gave Zhang Chulan a roll of his eyes.
Yang Tao smiled and extended his hand to open the summoned wooden door. Zhang Chulan and Xu Si immediately looked at the scene behind the door.
'Mermaid Cafe? No… there's no water here!'
The first thing that popped into Xu Si's mind was the Mermaid Cafe, after all, that place really made him feel like he wanted to linger and never leave.
"Let's go…"
Yang Tao led Zhang Chulan and Xu Si to this demi-human pub.
"Brother Yang, this is…"
Having recovered, Xu Si surveyed the retro environment around him, wanting to ask Yang Tao about the situation here, when suddenly a huge cat person head poked in from outside.
Xu Si: "= = (● ⁰ ꈊ ⁰ ● |||)!!"
What a big cat person head!!
Yang Tao, satisfied with Xu Si's expression, smiled and introduced, "Aisha, a cat person… Now, Xu Si, don't say I don't think of you."
"Let me tell you, besides cat people, there are also Dog people, Lizards…"
Xu Si and Zhang Chulan stared intently at the cat person's big eyes, nodding their heads.
"Good brother, from today on, you are my Xu Si's true brother from different fathers and mothers, the kind where you kill people and I dig holes!"
"Go, go, go… I'm a good person who treats others kindly, how could I kill anyone?"
At this moment, the cat person chuckled twice and said, "The two guests have such a good relationship, meow."
"The private room is ready. Please follow me, meow…"
The cat person's meow was very natural, without any pretense. Following the cat person, the three arrived at a place similar to a private room.
Yang Tao and Zhang Chulan chose cat people as companions, while Xu Si chose a Shiba Inu…
This is a warrior!
Even if you chose a fox, it would be fine.
However, after seeing the lizard, Yang Tao felt that Xu Si's aesthetic problem was not entirely unacceptable.
The three ate and drank from noon until evening.
Yang Tao threw the drunken Xu Si into the wooden door, then said to Zhang Chulan, "Watch him tonight. Don't let this guy sneak out in the middle of the night to find a Shiba Inu, or the reputation of your All Heavens Connect will be ruined."
Zhang Chulan said with a solemn and serious expression, "Don't worry, I'll tie him up when he gets back…"
At this moment, Xu Si, with blurry, drunken eyes, mumbled, "Girl, let big brother see what the difference is between your Dog people and ordinary people…"
Yang Tao: "..."
Zhang Chulan: "..."
"Alright, he's in your care. I'll go check things out over there first."
After separating, Yang Tao returned to the New World. He left the demi-human pub and walked down the street.
The sun had already set, and bright lights emanated from behind some shop doors, illuminating the otherwise dark street.
There weren't many pedestrians on the road.
'As expected of a Japanese anime world. Putting aside other things for now… the shops in this area are truly bustling.'
While the main road didn't have many, the small alleys were full of entertainment venues.
Just as Yang Tao was marveling, he suddenly stopped and frowned, looking around.
'Time has been frozen…'
The next moment, time began to flow backward. The setting sun reappeared, and closed shops reopened.
However, in a blink of an eye, time returned to morning.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Yang Tao's face, and he murmured in his heart, 'True time reversal… not a parallel world or some branch. It seems I really underestimated this world.'
Immediately, Yang Tao walked towards the place where he first met the protagonist.
But he hadn't walked two steps when he saw Subaru, dressed in sportswear, standing in front of a fruit stand, holding a plastic bag.
The fruit stand owner was holding an apple and handing it to Subaru, saying somewhat impatiently, "What's wrong, young man? You suddenly have a silly look on your face."
Subaru seemed to have just woken up, blinking and looking at the fruit stand owner in front of him. Then he put his hand to his ear, pretending he hadn't heard clearly, "Huh?"
"I said, buy an apple, an apple! Young man, do you have any money?"
"Huh?"
The fruit stand owner angrily said, "What 'huh'! I'm asking you if you're buying an apple or not!"
Subaru then said, "I already told you, I'm broke…"
"What the heck, if you're just looking, then hurry up and leave…"
Subaru didn't linger, leaving with a bewildered expression. Then he stood in the middle of the road, looking ahead and saying, "What's going on? It was night just now, wasn't it?"
He then lifted his shirt, revealing his smooth abdomen: "The wound is gone too…"
Suddenly, he showed an expression as if remembering something, and excitedly said, "That's right, Satella!"
"Puck entrusted Satella to me…"
"Anyway, I need to go back to the previous house first."
After a series of monologues, Subaru took off running, while Yang Tao looked at his departing back with a helpless expression.
'Seriously, I haven't even asked yet, and this kid has already spilled everything.'
'The wound on his abdomen, it seems he has the ability of Return by Death… What an incredible ability, I just don't know if there's a price.'
Yang Tao silently followed behind Subaru. He planned to see how this kid died and also get in touch with other plot characters.
For some unknown reason, Subaru rushed into the previous alley again. The three thugs in the alley immediately approached him when they saw him.
With a standard villainous smile on their faces, they said, "Hey, hey, you look like an idiot, what are you planning to do?"
"If you don't want to suffer, then hand over all your money obediently."
Yang Tao, who had followed, finally understood why the protagonist had been lying on the ground before.
Subaru looked at the three of them without any sign of fear, instead, he calmly asked, "Are you three trying to get revenge for earlier, seeing me alone?"
"What are you talking about, kid?"
"He must have a problem in his head."
Yang Tao narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at Subaru: 'It seems this kid isn't actively using the time reversal ability… and others' memories of the protagonist seem to have disappeared too.'
He glanced at the money bag in his backpack, then looked at the tall and strong Thug in the alley.
There was no money bag on his waist.
'I interfered with the protagonist's time reversal ability… What a pity, if the money bag reappeared, then I could infinitely farm items…'
Unfortunately, the protagonist's time power doesn't seem to be able to retrieve things from his backpack.
Otherwise, he could completely have the protagonist farm endless bricks or potted plants for him.