My daily life in various anime crossovers can't possibly be this sci-fi.

"That's enough." As soon as she finished speaking, Eriri buried her head back in her arms.

"Don't have any weird thoughts, okay?" Eriri whispered. "I just... I just felt an itch on my head, that's why I let you touch it. Yeah, that's all."

"Okay, I understand," Jiang Jinghua said with a smile.

This kid... couldn't he come up with a slightly more plausible excuse? What do you mean by an itchy head? He's clearly just being a spoiled brat.

Jiang Jinghua, with his wealth of life experience, is very familiar with the psychology of this textbook example of a tsundere character. His own persona is very similar to Aki Tomoya's—both are black-haired, bespectacled men. Sawamura Eriri, thoroughly angered by Aki Tomoya, desperately wants him to apologize, or at least offer some comfort. Therefore, she transfers her sympathy to Jiang Jinghua, which is why she asks him to pat her head. Then, because she absolutely refuses to admit she needs comfort, she makes up such a lame excuse.

However, I guess she still wants to be patted on the head by Lunye-kun the most... Jiang Jinghua thought.

Anyway, as long as Sawamura is happy, that's all that matters.

……

After resting for two days, Eriri Sawamura had basically recovered her energy. Therefore, once extracurricular activities officially began, Eriri called Megumi Kato and Jinghua Jiang to the audiovisual classroom to start drawing some CGs needed for the story.

When Jiang Jinghua opened the door, he found that Kasumigaoka Utaha was also there.

"Good afternoon, senior! You're here too?"

“Yes,” Kasumigaoka Utaha said, “Because in addition to drawing CG, there is another very important task: dubbing the lines. I have prepared the script, which is on the table. You can take it and familiarize yourselves with it first.”

Two large stacks of scripts were indeed placed on the table, tucked inside file folders.

"Oh, right, Jiang, first we need to test your reading ability," Kasumigaoka said first. "Please read a passage aloud with a full and expressive tone, without looking at the script. Any text is fine."

“Hmm…I see.” After thinking for a moment, Jiang Jinghua, with the spirit of a primary school student being asked to read aloud in a public lesson, began to read: “As soon as Kong Yiji entered the tavern, all the drinkers looked at him and laughed. Some shouted, ‘Kong Yiji, you have a new scar on your face!’ He didn’t answer, but said to the counter, ‘Warm two bowls of wine and a plate of fennel beans.’ Then he took out nine copper coins. They deliberately shouted loudly…”

The emotions conveyed were quite nuanced. Kasumigaoka Utaha drew her conclusion. The voices of the narrator, Kong Yiji, and the guests were very distinct, each with a strong personality; they were clearly the type of characters who were frequently called upon by their teachers to read texts aloud.

"Yes, Jiang, you've passed." Kasumigaoka nodded. "Next up is Kato."

“As soon as Kong Yiji entered the shop, all the drinkers looked at him and laughed. Some shouted, ‘Kong Yiji, you have a new scar on your face!’…” Kato Megumi read aloud.

The intense production work has finally gotten back on track.

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Chapter 35 Hey! You've Got the Wrong Fiber! (Part 1)

Time passed day by day, and before we knew it, it was Friday.

After leaving the academy, Jiang Jinghua felt that he should prepare some things to take with him when he went to another dimension.

According to Eriri Sawamura's words at the coffee shop a few days ago, the civilian industries in the ship girl-related alternate dimensions are generally underdeveloped, and various things are scarce, so daily necessities are a must. In addition to daily necessities, Jiang Jinghua also plans to bring some school supplies.

Jiang Jinghua rummaged through his not-so-spacious apartment and finally found two large enough suitcases and a hiking backpack. The backpack held books and electronic devices, one suitcase was filled with food and daily necessities, and the other contained miscellaneous magical items.

I've heard that if you're willing to spend enough money, you can use something called "hyperspace storage" to store these travel essentials. Not only does it take up almost no space, but it also has a convenient built-in function that allows it to accelerate in sync with the wearer by consuming magic, so you don't even need to exert any effort to carry your luggage.

Although Jiang Jinghua receives money from the foundation every month, he still lives a very frugal life. After all, it is money earned by his parents, whom he never met, who sacrificed their lives for the country, and he cannot squander it for either moral or practical reasons.

Jiang Jinghua placed the two large suitcases and backpacks she had packed in a corner of the room, ready to use on Sunday. After finishing these tasks, Jiang Jinghua sat down on the sofa, took out her phone, and planned to browse her social media feed.

He suddenly found himself receiving several new messages, all from the St. Christina Academy. The senders included his math teacher, biology teacher, geography teacher, and his teachers of enchanting, evocation, and banishment spells, among others…

This makes it obvious what the content is without even looking at it: it can't be anything other than homework.

Although none of these assignments are mandatory, students' performance in the alternate dimension will directly affect the weighting of future school-assigned field trip opportunities. Even disregarding the influence of μ's, Jiang Jinghua himself is quite interested in exploring alternate dimensions, so he must perform well in this precious first time with the nine of them.

But whatever, that's two days from now. I'll spend a little money to go out for a nice meal later, and then tonight... I'll just play games all night. Speaking of which, these past few days have been quite tiring.

One hour later.

So, pasta really does need a creamy sauce... tomato sauce is heresy! Black pepper sauce and seafood sauce are, however, somewhat acceptable...

Jiang Jinghua walked out of a Western restaurant after eating until he was about 80% full, with thoughts like these.

By a stroke of luck, the Western restaurant Jiang Jinghua just left after finishing his meal was located near Otonokizaka Academy. At that moment, Otonokizaka's tall, brownish-red teaching building stood to Jiang Jinghua's right, bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun.

Although it was so late, and extracurricular activities should have mostly ended, Jiang Jinghua noticed there were still two people at the school gate. A man was being stopped outside, seemingly trying to enter, while a woman was preventing him from going in. The two appeared to be having a heated argument.

"So!" the man shouted, "I left something inside, can't you let me in?"

The boy was wearing a dark blue school uniform, somewhat similar in style to Otonokizaka's, but unmistakably a boys' uniform. Otonokizaka is undoubtedly an all-girls school, so naturally they wouldn't make a male version of the uniform…

Uh, so who exactly is this guy?

"Are you kidding me!" the girl shouted, her voice no less powerful than a boy's. "Our school isn't a place where just any random person can get in!"

"What kind of random people are you? I'm a student too!" The man seemed a little angry. "I'm a second-year student who transferred here after Otonokizaka was reorganized into a co-educational school!"

"You...you forgot to take your medicine, didn't you?" The girl laughed angrily. "When did we ever say we wanted to reorganize into a co-educational school?"

Interesting. Jiang Jinghua, who had been listening quietly from the side, nodded.

The man claimed to be a student at Otonokizaka Academy, and even believed that Otonokizaka had been "reorganized into a co-educational school," and that he had "left something behind at school during the day." If this is simply a case of mental illness, then the man's symptoms are indeed quite severe.

However, the man's uniform, which was extremely similar in style to the uniform of Otonokizaka Academy, gave Jiang Jinghua a feeling that "this matter is not so simple."

"Damn it, you must be joking with me!" the man said. "Wait a minute, I'll have Honoka call you..."

Huh? Honoka? This guy seems to know all nine members of μ's?

Jiang Jinghua felt that he should get involved in this strange matter.

"Hey, hey, hey, young man, what's wrong?" Jiang Jinghua walked up to the two of them. "What happened?"

Jiang Jinghua got a clear look at the man's face. The man had a very handsome face, much more handsome than Jiang Jinghua himself. His short black hair was neatly combed, and overall he seemed like the kind of man who would be popular with women.

“It’s nothing.” The man walked towards Jiang Jinghua. “I’m a student at Otonokizaka. I forgot something, and the students guarding the gate wouldn’t let me in. They even joked with me, saying something like, ‘Otonokizaka hasn’t been converted into a co-educational school.’”

“However, as far as I know, this school has always been an all-girls school,” Jiang Jinghua said.

"Huh? That's impossible!" the man exclaimed in shock. "Wasn't this school on the verge of closing down because it had too few students, which is why the chairman decided to reorganize it into a co-educational school? Look, that idol group μ's, who said they were going to save the school, I went to their first performance, and the auditorium was practically empty..."

The man seemed to be provoked by Jiang Jinghua's answer and started talking about unrelated things.

However, the man's account clearly contradicts Honoka's own account.

Honoka herself said, "At the first concert, although not many people came, almost all the students who received invitations came. There were probably twenty or thirty people in the studio. And everyone thought we sang very well. Some people even recorded our video and posted it online, saying, 'It was so amazing that I hope more people can see it!'"

"So... wait? It's not a valid number?" The man stared at his phone screen and exclaimed in surprise.

Jiang Jinghua decided to ignore the man who seemed mentally unstable for the time being and instead asked the girl about the situation.

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Chapter 36 Hey! You've Got the Wrong Fiber! (Part 2)

Damn it... why did it turn out like this?

She transferred to Otonokizaka Academy... She worked so hard to promote the members of μ's... She became an important partner and all that...

Hearing the message "The number you dialed is not in service" coming from his phone, Ji Kong was so anxious that he almost burst into tears.

The male passerby and the female student guarding the gate seemed to be talking about something, then he turned around and walked towards Ji Kong.

"Um, sir," the passerby asked, "what's your name?"

"My name is Ji Kong," Ji Kong answered truthfully.

"...I seem to vaguely recognize that name...but I can't remember where the memory came from." The passerby frowned. "Well then, Mr. Ji Kong, I have a question I'd like to ask you..."

"what?"

"Excuse me, are you from another time?"

……

what?

Ji Kong stared at the passerby in front of him in terror, as if he were not a person, but a monster that would devour anyone who came to him.

"I'm asking you something." Jiang Jinghua took out his student ID from his pocket, pointing the side with the Foundation's shield logo towards Ji Kong. "I'm asking you, did you travel from another world? Did you suddenly arrive in this world from somewhere else?"

How could he possibly know!

"How could you possibly know!" Ji Kong shouted in horror.

The passerby turned around and said something to the female student guarding the gate, then turned back to Ji Kong and said, "It's okay, we won't hurt you, we just need to ask you some very important questions."

……

A moment later.

Jiang Jinghua had Ji Kong take him to Ji Kong's home (he used a simple energy-manipulating spell to make Ji Kong comply). Although he formally reported the matter to the school, the school's response was, "You are also a member of the system. Just try to solve it yourself first. Doing this kind of thing earns you a lot of credits, so please don't miss it."

In short, since even the school had pushed this matter onto him, Jiang Jinghua naturally had no reason to refuse.

"..." Jiang Jinghua frowned, looking around the not-so-spacious room. The room was densely covered with all kinds of anime posters, and all sorts of merchandise and plastic figurines were placed in drawers, on the table, and everywhere else... and there was even a life-size figurine on the bed that must have cost at least tens of thousands of RMB.

In short, this guy is probably a rich second-generation with a strong sense of otaku culture.

"Sit down, sit down." Jiang Jinghua pointed to Ji Kong's bed and told him to sit down, while he himself sat down next to Ji Kong.

"Um, Mr. Wizard..."

"I'm not called a magician, my name is Jiang Jinghua, as I mentioned before," Jiang Jinghua said. "Don't be nervous. I'm a student like you, except... well, I attend a rather unusual school, so I often encounter things like what you're going through. Don't be nervous. Can you tell me about your experiences so far?"

Ji Kong looked very nervous: "Well, when I woke up, I found that everything around me had changed, and I had a lot of strange memories in my head..."

"Yes, soul transfer." Jiang Jinghua noted the details on his phone. "Continue."

"Hmm...then I learned from my memories that I transferred to an all-girls school called 'Otonokizaka Academy,' which had just been reorganized into a co-educational school..." Ji Kong began to recount, "and then I met Honoka Kousaka, Umi Sonoda, and Kotori Minami at the school gate..."

“Speaking of which,” Jiang Jinghua said, taking out her phone, “I happen to know a few of them too…”

Jiang Jinghua connected to Honoka Kousaka's video call.

"Hi Jiang! Why are you suddenly contacting me... Whoa!" Honoka Kousaka was startled. "What's with those really lewd posters on the wall? And there are so many of them?"

“Uh, this isn’t my house, and my taste isn’t that bad,” Jiang Jinghua said. “Well, I’ve found someone who seems to be a time traveler, and we’re questioning him at his house right now. He claims to know the three of you…”

Jiang Jinghua turned the phone towards Ji Kong. Ji Kong could see from the video footage that the person was indeed Honoka Kousaka.

"Who is this person?" Honoka asked. "He looks pretty handsome, but I really don't recognize him."

Umi and Kotori joined in from both sides.