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Unfortunately, he made a typo when entering the code.
They were then transported to another, smaller world, also a remnant of the old timeline.
Now, Bald Qiang needs to find the shrunken flashlight with Xiong Da and Xiong Er in this shrunken world.
Only in this way can we complete the crucial event in this world and obtain a brand new portal.
[After receiving help from Julie and Xiao Zhang.]
Bald Qiang has successfully gained the trust of Xiong Da and Xiong Er in this world.
However, that powerful time-manipulation rule returned, and it devoured both Xiong Da and Xiong Er from this world.
At this critical moment, Xiao Zhang used his last bit of strength to disintegrate the two bears into countless smaller, doppelganger bears, helping them escape danger.
In the end, Bald Qiang, Julie, and Xiao Zhang joined forces.
[We arrived at various different timelines.]
[And successfully, they retrieved all the bears that had been broken down into countless smaller bears, including Big Bear and Little Bear.]
[And so, they were restored to their original state.]
The world of Academy City
"...Are you kidding me?"
"Traveling...through different timelines?"
"Just to find those two bears, those tiny bodies that have been broken into countless fragments?"
"This is too awesome!"
"This godlike ability to treat 'time' as if it were one's own backyard, freely entering and exiting at will..."
"All of this actually originated from the invention of that mysterious, eccentric old man who controlled everything from behind the scenes from beginning to end?"
Misaka Mikoto's face was filled with utter shock.
"……snort."
"Time?"
"It is indeed a very troublesome 'vector' that cannot be easily interfered with by my 'reflection'."
"And that seemingly crazy old man, could he really treat such supreme laws as toys and play with them at will?"
"That rascal……"
"Who is he?"
Accelerator's face also revealed an expression filled with deep apprehension towards that unknown, higher-dimensional existence.
...
The World of Five Spirits Piggy Hero
"Wow."
"That seemingly crazy old man is actually amazing!"
"He... he actually invented a godlike machine that allows Bald Qiang and his friends to travel back and forth between so many different timelines?"
"I feel……"
"He seems to be ten thousand times more powerful than that Bald Qiang who is also very strong!"
Piggy Hero revealed an expression filled with extreme admiration.
"……yes."
"That Bald Qiang, although he is also a once-in-a-millennium, true invention genius."
"But compared to this strange old man who can treat 'time,' the supreme law that we dare not even think about, as a toy and play with it at will."
"The difference between the two of them is like that between a firefly on the ground and the sun in the sky."
"They're not even in the same dimension."
The confused teacher's face was filled with a deep awe for a higher existence, a feeling that comes with being an inventor, and immense bewilderment at this contradictory plot.
"but……"
"That's weird."
"Since this strange old man possesses such a world-destroying, great power."
"Then why didn't he appear when that white giant bear named Tuanzi was about to completely destroy the entire world?"
"Could it be that... for him, the 'destruction of the world,' which seems like a huge deal to us, is just a trivial 'crisis'?"
"Or is there something hidden behind this, a bigger secret that we don't know about?"
Having recovered, Xiong Da and Xiong Er agreed to go with Bald Qiang to find the important flashlight.
[Subsequently, they successfully completed the final key event in this timeline.]
[As a result, Xiao Zhang also obtained a brand new portal.]
This time, they finally succeeded in arriving at the very place where they had chosen to begin.
[Then the bus horn announced: "Attention passengers, the bus bound for Shenzhen is about to depart. Passengers with tickets, please board the bus as soon as possible."]
[Xiao Zhang reminded him, "The timing is perfect, Bald Qiang. Do you see that car that's glowing? Once you go through that gate, we can go back."]
"Okay."
Bald Qiang strode forward and ran towards the bus.
But along the way, he noticed a similarly glowing job advertisement for lumberjacks on a nearby telephone pole.
He stopped and asked in confusion, "That's... Xiao Zhang, why is that form glowing too?"
Xiao Zhang quickly said, "You absolutely mustn't touch that. If you tear up that sheet, it will reset the old timeline, and then you'll have to go back to that forest to chop down trees again. All our previous efforts will have been wasted."
"Go back...to cut down trees?"
Bald Qiang's brows furrowed slightly.
"Hey. Are you coming or not? Stop dawdling."
The bus driver urged impatiently.
"Bald Qiang, get in the car quickly. I still need to go home and cook."
Xiao Zhang, also anxiously, urged them on.
Upon hearing this, Bald Qiang once again strode towards the bus.
"Bald Qiang, are you really sure? Are you sure you want to go back to that Shenzhen where you have no friends?"
Suddenly, Julie, who was standing nearby, called out to him.
After hearing her words, Bald Qiang was silent for a few seconds, then said, "I've made up my mind."
He simply walked onto the bus.
The world of My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As Expected
"Eh……"
"Why……"
Why did Mr. Baldy ultimately choose to board that cold-looking bus?
"Does he... does he really not want to stay with Xiong Da and Xiong Er, those friends who, after going through so much, finally became true friends?"
Yui Yuigahama wore an expression filled with confusion and utter disappointment.
"what……"
"What's so hard to understand?"
"'friend'?"
"'adventure'?"
"Can those things that sound exciting and wonderful put food on the table?"
"What about in that big city called Shenzhen?"
"He has a respectable, stable, and well-regarded job in a state-owned enterprise."
"There's also a beautiful female boss who looks fierce but actually cares about him a lot."
"And a bright, predictable, secure, and prosperous future."
"If you were him, what would you choose?"
Hachiman Hikigaya revealed an expression that was cold, extremely realistic, and cruel.
"...Hachiman is right."
"This is perhaps the saddest and most helpless 'correct answer' in our so-called adult world."
"It's not that he didn't want those friends who could live and die with him."
"He just... he just doesn't dare to go back to that dark past, filled with poverty and suffering."
"He must have some unspeakable, heavy secret about 'reality' that we don't know about."
Yukino Yukinoshita's face was also filled with endless emotion and a trace of sadness.
...
The World of Boonie Bears
"...Big Bear..."
"Bald Qiang...he's gone..."
"He still chose to leave us and go to that cold, impersonal big city..."
"It's all...it's all our fault..."
"It's all our fault for always bullying him, always going against him, and always ruining his plans..."
"That's why he never wants to go back to this place that always makes him sad and always makes him fail..."
Xiong Er revealed an expression filled with self-blame and endless sorrow; his honest, large eyes were completely filled with glistening tears.
[Bald Qiang after returning to that completely new timeline.]
No, he wasn't as happy as he imagined.
He could never forget Xiong Da and Xiong Er in his heart.
Not long after.
[Xiao Zhang found Bald Qiang again and told him an even more shocking truth.]
That eccentric old doctor has always relied on altering other people's timelines to uncover the rules of time, and from this, he obtains enormous energy to travel through time and space.
However, because Bald Qiang accidentally stumbled into that old timeline earlier.
This caused a shift in the entire timeline.
This leads to the introduction of an even more terrifying monster known as the "Time Eater."
Its appearance will devour everything in that old timeline.
[It could even trigger a larger-scale, irreversible time distortion.]
Chapter 136: The Time Devourer Who Consumes Everything Appears! A Shock Shakes the Entire Realm.
The world of Death Note
"...Time Devourer?"
"Able to use a complete 'timeline' itself as its food..."
"Could this purely conceptual existence, which only exists in the oldest myths and the wildest fantasies, actually have appeared in this world?"
"This thing sounds like it's not simple at all."
"It must be a very, very terrifying monster that we can't even imagine."