Chapter 1 Let’s set up a five-choice strategy at the beginning!

The airport is very busy all year round, and the lobby is bustling with people.

Jiang Lai was walking in the crowd, pulling his silver suitcase with one hand. He was wearing a black windbreaker for autumn and winter, with a versatile white shirt underneath. He was holding his cell phone and sending a message.

[#江萊#: I got off the plane and am ready to go out^v^]

[#松田陣平#: Okay, I'm here too, see you at the usual place. ]

Jiang Lai replied [OKK] and put away his phone.

There was no need to specify the location to know where to meet, because this was not the first time they had met at the airport in the scientific world - yes, Jiang Lai broke through the dimensional wall on a daily basis.

In fact, he has been to more than one scientific world.

He traveled to Japan after the college entrance examination and visited Japan for work after graduation. Both times he went to Japan, he accidentally traveled to the world of science, two different parallel scientific worlds.

Because they had overthrown the winery together and lived together, he had a very good relationship with his science friends. Today he came to play with his 2.0 science friends.

Jiang Lai walked towards the agreed place, with a smile in his eyes. He had already started thinking about what to say when they met, and many questions were in his mind.

How is Matsuda doing at work recently? And what about Hagiwara? Are Furuya and Keimitsu working together again? The research that Akira's lab was working on last time should have been completed by now, right?

I brought some special products with me this time, so I can go visit the Miyano sisters. And, by the way, gossip about Detective Kudo and Xiaolan...

Jiang Lai's thoughts flashed through his mind like a silhouette, and he took a step forward. However, the crowd in front of him was so crowded that he was forced to slow down.

There seemed to be a lot of people here today, so it would take some time to get out. Thinking of this, Jiang Lai took out his cell phone and called Matsuda Jinpei.

"Hmm? Jiang Lai?" The phone was quickly picked up, and a familiar voice came, "What's wrong?"

"Sorry, Matsuda, you may have to wait a little longer. There are a lot of people here..." Jiang Lai was talking on the phone with one hand and dragging a suitcase with the other, moving through the crowd.

"Oh, nothing, don't worry." Matsuda Jinpei said, "It just so happens that I found a comic book on the Internet."

"What comics?" Jiang Lai asked casually.

"It's the one that's been quite popular recently, the new series of Curse Return. Now there's a full-color manga promotion and a pilot booklet."

"Curse Return? I never thought there would be a new series," Jiang Lai recalled the plot of Curse Return and said jokingly, "The original work was too dark, so they decided to launch a new parallel series to create a harmonious and beautiful world of curse in the human world?"

"You guessed wrong, Jiang Lai." A slightly raised voice came from the phone, "Actually, this background doesn't look very harmonious and beautiful."

On the other end of the line, Matsuda Jinpei was wearing a wireless headset while flipping through the comics on his phone screen with his other hand. He scanned the text and pictures on it and explained to Jiang Lai on the other side of the phone:

"The setting of this new series is different from the original novel. The number and power of the cursed spirits in it are beyond the ordinary, and many of them are intelligent."

Jiang Lai thought for a moment and said, "I remember that the cursed spirits in the original novel also had some intelligence."

"Yes, but this is not such a simple elementary wisdom. Many cursed spirits - even if their strength is not special, they have the same intelligence as special. So it is more difficult to deal with." Matsuda Jinpei said leisurely, "The brain is a good thing, but it's a pity that the enemy has it now."

"In that case, the number of sorcerers should also increase for the sake of balance."

"No, it says that the scarcity of sorcerers has not changed."

"?" Jiang Lai was slightly stunned. "No way, the number of sorcerers has not changed, so could it be that the number of Mr. Gojo has been doubled? Double the number of five cats?" He said half-jokingly.

"No, that's the problem." Matsuda Jinpei turned the page again, his voice sounding more serious as he subconsciously analyzed his profession. "It seems that there is no balance in the new series - there is only amplification of cursed spirits, and the situation of the sorcerer is the same as in the original."

"Uh, same?"

"Oh wait, it's not quite the same as the original." Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes falling on the small words marked on the screen.

"There are people in the Yusan family who are suspected of being bribed by the cursed spirits, so the suspicion between them continues to spread. For safety reasons, most of them have implemented a strict self-censorship and closed-off system, and rarely unite with other sorcerers."

"..." Jiang Lai finished listening and murmured, "Isn't this background a bit too difficult for humans?"

"Who knows? I don't know how to arrange it later."

Jiang Lai thought for a few seconds, then imitated the tone of a famous detective and said firmly: "The case has been solved, so there is only one truth. The plot planner of this new series is an undercover agent sent by the Curse Spirit across the world!"

Matsuda Jinpei laughed loudly on the other end of the line, and then he said leisurely, "You must be hungry after sitting on the plane for so long. There are some strawberry puffs that Morofuku and Xiao Zhao asked me to bring on the plane. They taste very good."

"I'll eat even if I'm not hungry!" Jiang Lai replied with a smile. He followed the crowd and walked towards the agreed place.

With good eyesight, he looked far ahead.

Normally, he would see a police officer with black curly hair standing there, but this time, he did not see a familiar face.

"?" Jiang Lai paused, his eyes swept across the front and searched carefully again.

——People of all kinds hurried to and fro, faces that were calm, tired, or surprised flashed by. There were countless reunions around them, but not theirs.

A look of confusion appeared on Jiang Lai's face.

At this time, Matsuda Jinpei on the other end of the phone was still talking briskly: "I'm on vacation today and tomorrow. It's getting late today, how about we go home for dinner tonight and I'll take you to see Kudo-kun tomorrow?"

"Wait a minute, Matsuda," Jiang Lai asked, "where are you?"

"I'm still at the same place. Are you almost there?" said Jinpei Matsuda, turning the page of the comic in his hand.

"I'm here, but I don't see you." Jiang Lai looked around.

"I'm at the exit, next to the pillar on the left side of the gate. It's very conspicuous... Wait! I think I see you!!"

Jiang Lai was somewhat surprised by the sudden rise in Matsuda Jinpei's voice, but he continued as usual: "Then wave your hand and signal me."

There was silence for a few seconds before the person on the other end slowly replied, "...you are in this new series of comics I have."

Jiang Lai: “???!”

Matsuda Jinpei on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment before continuing, "I just turned to the last page of the new series's pilot manual. The storyboard at the end of the comic is inside the airport exit, and there's a picture of you on it."

"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? This is impossible." Jiang Lai was stunned for a few seconds, then showed a helpless expression, "Matsuda, you are not hiding to tease me on purpose, are you?"

"No, I'm not joking now." On the other end of the phone, Matsuda Jinpei's words really became serious, "Jiang Lai, let me describe your appearance in the picture, please listen."

Jiang Lai slowed down his pace while pulling his suitcase, and realized something was wrong. Although Jinpei Matsuda would joke with him from time to time, he would always stop when it was appropriate. This time, it didn't seem like a joke.

He lowered his eyes, his expression focused: "You talk, I'm listening."

"Black hair, brown eyes, white shirt."

"Wear a mid-length black stand-up collar trench coat for fall and winter."

"He was holding a silver square suitcase in his right hand and was making a phone call in his left hand—"

Completely matching features emerged, leaving Jiang Lai stunned for a moment!

...Yes, it is me from this description.

Jiang Lai, who had rich "time travel experience", froze in thought, and vaguely guessed something.

Did he travel through time again? This time he traveled through time to a new world and became a new character in a comic? What the hell!!

Jiang Lai twitched his lips, recalling that he had seen his own image in comics twice when he traveled through the world of science.

Only when the dust settles can he open the door to the dimensional wall to go home, so at that time he went from the little white rabbit Dihua to the big boss of the underworld, with sparks and lightning all the way, overthrowing the winery and completing the comics.

As the saying goes, the first time is new, the second time is familiar. Now Jiang Lai has mastered the guide to time travel and the secrets of Dihua, but...

Jiang Lai's thoughts sublimate: Compared to the scientific and law-abiding scientific world, this is a truly high-risk, unscientific and high-level martial arts world!

The difficulty has been increased by more than one level.

——And no matter whether you are the main character or a supporting character, everyone dies equally and freely.

It can be called a knife wholesaler and a lunch box delivery agency.

With a few hopes, Jiang Lai continued to try to connect with Matsuda Jinpei. After a series of emotional ups and downs that shocked the calm and a long search, the two finally became convinced that they were in different worlds.

...I just didn't expect that we could communicate smoothly over the phone.

Jiang Lai: Well, you are indeed the real protagonist, Mobile (?)

Matsuda Jinpei was surprised, but also mentally prepared, because he had heard Jiang Lai talk about his experiences in comics and forums.

He stared at the black-haired man on the last page of the book in his hand and thought, "The picture on the last frame doesn't have any information or name - does this mean it's waiting for the setting?"

Waiting for setup...

When Jiang Lai heard what Matsuda Jinpei said, many thoughts flashed through his mind in a flash, and finally settled on one point.

At this moment, he had already walked to the exit. People passing by him passed by, and all the words and laughter were left behind.

In the evening, the outdoor lights came on one after another, standing in the heavy cold air. The lights cast the silhouette of the swaying windbreaker, and the cold winter wind brushed the cheeks and lifted the black hair.

Jiang Lai looked forward.

His eyebrows raised slightly, the corners of his lips half-hidden by his high-collared windbreaker curled slightly, he exhaled a breath of white air, and said slowly in a low voice:

"…Welcome to Tokyo, Gojo Rai."

The meaning is unclear.

The clearly destructive scene in the distance was reflected in his eyes, and everything was condensed in this brown color.

Noise and silence are intertwined here.

A storm of wind and clouds lurked in the seemingly ordinary winter night.

…

The air is quiet for three seconds.

Jinpei Matsuda on the other end of the phone: “???”

Jiang Lai (cheerful): "How's it going, Matsuda, is the atmosphere right?"