I just hope to live a leisurely life in the world of anime.

An Shu was quite clever. Sensing the awkward atmosphere, he picked up the little girl and said, "Then we'll take our leave! See you tomorrow!" He then vanished in a flash.

"Huh??!" Tendo Kisara was stunned, looking at the two who had suddenly disappeared. He waved his hand where they had vanished, only to grab air. "Um... is Anshu-kun still there?"

This was the first time she had ever seen An Shu's abilities.

There was no reply for a long time. She spread her hands and looked at Rentaro.

…………

Sima's residence.

"Hey, go play with your sister Weizhi, I'm playing games." An Shu put the little girl down, gave her a piece of candy, turned on the TV, and picked up the game controller.

"Is Brother Anshu back?" Sima Weizhi rubbed her eyes as she came out of the bedroom.

"Brother Anshu, I just did the math. If the timing is as you say, our wedding probably won't be able to happen. I won't even be a birthday person by then..." She held the little girl and knelt down next to Anshu, looking somewhat disappointed.

"Huh?" Looking at the somewhat disappointed girl, An Shu patted her head. "We have to leave then. The timeline of this world will stop at that time. If we stay here, my existence may disappear due to the binding of the timeline." An Shu bit the candy in her mouth, feeling somewhat distressed and regretful.

"However... we can hold our wedding in the next world! If we have the chance to come back in the future, we can have it again!"

"Okay! But will we come back?" The little girl nodded.

"Yes! When some old thief loses all his money in the stock market..."

"Brother Anshu, what did you just say?" The voice was too soft to hear clearly, and the little girl was a little confused.

“When fate begins to turn again!” An Shu replied with a smile.

She seemed to understand, but didn't dwell on the question. Instead, she asked with some curiosity, "What was the world like where Brother Anshu originally lived?" The little girl in her arms also raised her head.

They had some doubts about An Shu's abilities at first, so An Shu told them her own story.

All they remembered was that day when both of their worldviews collapsed. There was more than one world? Wasn't this just a real-life version of "My Brother Comes from Another World" or "My Domineering Brother from Another World Falls in Love with Me"? If it weren't for An Shu's special abilities, they would have thought their brother had gone mad!

“Me…me?” An Shu fell into deep thought, recalling some unpleasant memories. “Strictly speaking, I don’t belong to any world! I might not even be considered a person anymore…” She shook her head, somewhat self-deprecatingly.

This was the first time Sima Weizhi had seen An Shu's face darken. She gestured to the little girl in her arms, and the two of them hugged him on either side, hanging on his shoulders. They didn't speak or ask any more questions, but simply offered silent comfort.

"I'm so glad to have you all!" An Shu was taken aback at first, then wrapped her arms around their necks, and the three of them pressed their foreheads together, their lips curving into smiles.

“However… Brother Anshu, you might get married twice in the next world!” Sima Weizhi smiled slyly at him.

"Huh?"

"Hitomi-chan has grown up by then! Someone actually managed to trick a child bride back then!"

"Eh?! I...I..." This time it was the little girl who spoke, her face so red she couldn't utter a word, "I don't want to grow up..."

"Why?" Sima Weizhi was taken aback.

"Because...because I've grown up, my brother can't carry me around anymore..." the little girl stammered, clutching the hem of her clothes, looking a bit embarrassed.

"Besides, it seems like Anshu prefers younger girls, or girls with baby faces like Weizhi..."

"I'm not a lolicon!" An Shu's face darkened, and she tugged at the little girl's cheek. This loli!

"Hahahaha..." Sima Weizhi burst into laughter, clutching her waist in a very unladylike manner.

Looking at Sima Weizhi, who was laughing so hard she could hardly breathe, An Shu sighed helplessly, rubbing her head. Maybe I'm really not suited to raising little girls. It seems like I've spoiled both of them!

###Chapter Seventeen: Ministry of Defense###

(The next day.)

"Why do Hitomi and I have to go too?"

An Shu sat in the back seat of the car, pinching the cheek of the little girl in her arms, and asked Tendo Kisara in the passenger seat.

"There's nothing I can do. Rima-kun and Enju have to go to school. Only you have time. And even if you don't go to school, why don't you take Hitomi to school? Enju does go."

"Eh? It's Hitomi-chan who doesn't want to go!"

An Shu took a bite of the candy. "Well, it's fine if I don't go anyway. My knowledge is enough to teach Tong-chan, and Sima Heavy Industry's wealth is enough to live on for several lifetimes."

After saying that, she paused, handed one to the little girl as well, and said, "Hitomi-chan doesn't seem to like interacting with strangers very much."

"Hehehe." The little girl giggled and rubbed against her brother.

"We've arrived—" The driver stepped on the brakes.

"So this is where it is..." An Shu pulled the little girl out of the car and looked at the gateposts in front of the gate with the Ministry of Defense engraved on them. She thought the plot was not right.

"Has Anshu-kun been here before?" Tendo Kisara, who got off the car on the other side, asked him when he saw him like this.

"We always come here to do business with the government..."

“Is that so…” Tendo Kisara seemed thoughtful.

"Are you from Tiantong Civil Security Company? This way please—" A staff member in a suit walked over.

……

"Is it because of what happened yesterday?" An Shu asked, pulling the little girl along behind Tendo Kisara, knowing the answer already.

"I don't know, they didn't say, they just told us to come over first," Tendo Kisara explained.

"This is it, please—" The staff member leading the way interrupted their conversation.

"Hmm." Tendo Kisara nodded to him, opened the door, and the scene inside startled the little girl in Anshu's arms, who then snuggled into her brother's arms.

"Tsk tsk tsk, a gathering of gangster bosses..." Someone muttered under their breath as they looked at the rows of colleagues sitting upright in suits.

Hearing his sigh from the front, Tendo Kisara's lips twitched, but he didn't stop walking and led Anshu to one of the empty seats.

At that moment, a muscular man wearing a black mask blocked her way.

"Ha, these days, even kids can become police officers?" The words were laced with undisguised mockery.

Tendo Kisara was taken aback, but didn't say anything, just stared straight at what was behind him.

And behind him...

"Senju Natsuyo? Do you want some?"

An Shu handed a candy to the emotionless little girl in front of him, then raised An Tong's little hand and waved it at her, making the silver-haired little girl act cute. The silver-haired little girl seemed a little shy and then snuggled into her brother's arms.

"Thank you..." Although somewhat puzzled, the emotionless loli who hadn't eaten breakfast didn't refuse and thanked her.

How did this lolicon end up? Tendo Kisara was taken aback.

When was it? The muscular man was also stunned, his pupils contracted sharply, and he couldn't even see his movements clearly, as if he had always been there.

Realizing what was happening, he shouted, sounding somewhat nervous: "Get away from Xia Shi!" His right hand was already gripping the hilt of the sword behind him.

"Judge, stop!" A man in a white suit sitting in a chair shouted at him. "He means no harm, can't you tell?"

“Mr. Mishima! He…”

"If you don't listen to me, leave right now!" The man in the white suit said calmly without turning around.

The muscular man, however, was still gripping the sword hilt, staring intently at An Shu, showing no intention of putting it down.

"Well..." An Shu shrugged, "I didn't mean any harm..." As she spoke, she pulled the silver-haired loli behind Tendo Kisara.

"Tch!" Watching An Shu leave, the muscular brute also lowered his hand and returned to the side of the emotionless loli.

Mishima, sitting on the chair, turned around and nodded to them as an apology, after all, they were police officers under his command.

The little incident has passed, and it's time for the main character to appear.

"Are we still missing one person?" A gray-haired, stern-faced man walked to the head seat of the conference table. The resolute aura emanating from him indicated that he was a battle-hardened general.

"It doesn't matter... Those who refuse this commission, please leave immediately. Once accepted, you cannot refuse."

He glanced around at everyone present, and seeing that none of them reacted, he was somewhat satisfied. He straightened his collar, paused, and turned to face the large screen. "Now, let's begin explaining the contents of the commission."

As the screen lit up, he bowed his head in greeting.

The figures inside appeared: a young girl and an old man. The people who were sitting in their seats hurriedly stood up. It turned out that the Holy Emperor and his assistants were explaining in person.

Most people present were taken aback, realizing the complexity and importance of this task.

"Hello everyone!" The girl looked at everyone through the screen, her red lips parted slightly, her voice melodious and pleasant. She paused for a moment, "There are two tasks. One is to find the source of infection and eliminate it, as an infected person appeared in the Tokyo area yesterday."

Another box was swallowed by that Gastrea. Please bring it back intact. That's all.

After that, a line of text appeared on the screen, showing the reward for success.

One billion yen!

The crowd erupted in an uproar, finding the task far too easy!

"May I ask what this box is?" Tendo Kisara asked, raising his hand.

"Who are you?" the Holy Emperor asked, looking at her.

"President of the Tiantong Civil Security Company, Tiantong Kisara."

"..." The Holy Emperor paused for a moment, glanced at his aide, and found that he had no expression. "I have heard of you, President Tiantong, but this involves confidential information, and I cannot answer you."

“But the source of infection is just…” Tendo Kisara was about to say something when he was interrupted.

"Looks like you guys don't know where that bug went either... I came here specifically to find out, and it seems it ran to the outer area?" Hiruko Kagetane sat in the absent seat of the president of Ose Seisen Corporation, propped his legs up on the table, and placed his fingers on his stomach, looking somewhat helpless.

"Who are you? How did you get in?" shouted one of the men next to Hiruko Kagetane, who hadn't even noticed when he'd arrived!

"Oh? Me?"

He didn't make a move to get up, but his whole body seemed to stand upright as if he had broken free from the constraints of gravity!

He removed his hat and bowed to the Holy Emperor. "I am Hiruko Kagetane, formerly of the Eastern Division of the Ground Self-Defense Force, 787th Mechanized Special Unit!"

This is the first time we've met, Your Excellency, the incompetent head of state!

As for how to get in... of course, you walk in through the main gate, but there are quite a few dead people outside..."

Ignoring the police officers who were pointing guns at him, he pulled his hat back over his head and said, "Please allow me to introduce my lovely daughter to you."

He snapped his fingers again. "Little Hina. Hmm?"

Not hearing a reply, he looked in the direction of his daughter, somewhat puzzled.

Hiruko Kagetane?! That wanted criminal whose original IP ranking was 134?

787? The rumored special department dedicated to dealing with Gastrea?