Anime Crossover: My Part-Time Job as a Giant of Light While Studying Abroad in Chiba

Despite her constant complaining, when Duanzi Lian thought of the dead comrades mentioned by the Metron aliens, the guys who harmed innocent lives, and Pigmon trembling in the corner, her hand holding the toothbrush tightened unconsciously.

Finally, Duan Zilian dried her face with a towel, and her eyes gradually became bright and resolute.

"Anyway, let's take care of these messes in Tokyo first before we go have some fun! After all, a part-time job is still a job, so we have to do it properly!!"

He slapped his cheeks hard in front of the mirror, making a crisp sound.

"We must never allow the tragedies that happened in Yokohama and Chiba to happen again in this city."

Chapter 113 Reunion like this requires a bit of a miracle.

"Huh? What? Why won't they let me go?!"

Half an hour later, at the entrance of the alleyway to the hidden tavern, Duan Zilian looked at Hong Kai and Wei Lai, who were fully prepared and ready to go, with disbelief on her face, and raised a protesting question.

"Hey kid, you need to know your place, you hear me?"

Hong Kai crossed his arms and looked down at him.

"A junior is a junior. I sent you to Tokyo to relax and wash away your bad luck, not to work overtime and fight monsters, understand?"

"But Kaisan, you've only just regained some of your power, and Future Kaisan can't even transform yet..."

Duan Zilian was getting anxious. How could he possibly go shopping in peace when he thought about those cold-blooded space hunters?

"I have far more experience than you in the future, and even though I've just regained my strength, I'm still much stronger than you, a half-baked amateur, you know?"

Hong Kai raised his chin with a smug look on his face, his tone stern.

“Duan Jun, Kai Sang is right.”

Hibino Mirai gently advised from the side, her eyes full of brotherly care.

"Just relax a bit. You've been too stressed these past two weeks. Leave the cleaning to us seniors."

"Mirai-san, how can even you... No way! I don't agree..."

Before Duan Zilian could finish speaking, Hong Kai suddenly pulled out a card from his pocket and shoved it directly in front of his face with a "smack".

Duan Zilian looked closely and saw that the card depicted a young warrior with two sharp spikes on his head and an arrogant look in his eyes, exuding a wild aura.

“This…this is…” Duan Zilian was stunned.

"Do you recognize who this is?" Hong Kai flicked the edge of the card triumphantly.

"The young master of the Land of Light, the founder of the Ultimate Space Garrison, the ruthless man who once sealed away Maga Pandon, and the one who was hidden inside Taiga Nozomi's body before."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Kai rubbed his fingers together, and like the God of Gamblers shuffling cards, four gleaming cards were instantly spread out in front of Duan Zilian.

"And these too: the veteran Ultra Brothers, the ancient Orion warrior, the elite instructors of the Land of Light... I am now a man who wields the power of four giants."

He recited the names of the dishes as if they were his own treasures, each name seemingly carrying an immense weight.

"Even if you've just recovered your strength, it's enough to crush those space hunters. You can relax."

After saying that, Hong Kai didn't give Duan Zilian a chance to refute. He took out a thick wad of banknotes from his pocket and slapped them into Duan Zilian's arms.

"Here you go! A full 100,000 yen! Go and have some fun!"

Hong Kai then pointed in a certain direction in Shinjuku and said casually:

"There's a place nearby called Suga Shrine. The scenery is quite nice. Go there to pray and draw a fortune stick to wash away the bad luck from that 'bad' fortune stick. Then go explore the surrounding area and have some good food."

"Leave this to us."

"One hundred thousand yen?!" Duan Zilian looked down at the huge sum of money in her hand, completely dumbfounded.

"You've given me everything, but what are you going to do with your expenses? Rob a bank?"

Are you still questioning a wanderer's ability to survive?

"But……"

"No buts! Enjoy your Tokyo life! Let's make it to the future!"

Pushed and shoved by Hong Kai and Wei Lai, Duan Zilian could only walk out of the dark alley, looking back every few steps, and merge into the bustling morning rush hour crowd in Shinjuku.

……

Watching the boy's figure disappear around the street corner, Hong Kai and Wei Lai turned around and walked into the deeper shadows of the city.

“Speaking of which… Kaisan,” Mirai suddenly spoke softly.

"Although you now have four cards, I remember... Mebius and Zero's powers can't be combined, right?"

"Shh—" Hong Kai made a shushing gesture and winked mischievously.

"That kind of thing isn't important. What's important is to put that kid at ease. He's been carrying too much on his shoulders these past few days. He should be able to act like a normal high school student sometimes, worrying about where to go for fun."

"Haha, Kaisan is really gentle," Mirai exclaimed with a smile.

"Stop laughing! Let's go!" Hong Kai blushed and quickened his pace.

"Odessa's intelligence points to an abandoned underground railway line in Shinjuku. We need to go check it out quickly; we absolutely cannot let them get away with this."

"After we clean up all this trash, we'll go show that kid Duan Zilian around Tokyo!"

The two nodded to each other, their eyes instantly turning piercing as they disappeared into the darkness.

……

In Shinjuku Ward, Duanzi Rei walked alone on her way to Suga Shrine, the surrounding scenery gradually shifting from the enchanting Kabukicho to the hustle and bustle of the big city.

Although he had the 100,000 yen in his hand, he was still somewhat depressed.

"Seriously...why won't you let me go..."

He muttered to himself and kicked a pebble off the roadside.

"Suga Shrine... What kind of place is this? At a time like this, they're indulging in all this feudal superstition. Can a shabby shrine really get rid of my bad luck?"

Gradually, he left the bustling commercial street and entered a quiet, old residential area.

All around were crisscrossing utility poles, their black wires drawing streaks of black against the azure sky.

The low bungalows and neat courtyard walls make the streets here seem a bit narrow, but they also convey a sense of the weight of life.

Duan Zilian followed the navigation and turned a street corner, where a stone staircase leading upwards appeared before him.

The stone staircase is also fitted with bright red iron handrails in the middle and on both sides, the red paint standing out conspicuously in the sunlight.

"Seriously, why are there so many of these ridiculously long staircases everywhere in Tokyo..."

Duan Zilian sighed helplessly, put her hands in her pockets, lowered her head, and counted the steps as she walked uphill.

Almost at the same moment, two girls were walking down the stairs side by side at the top.

The girl walking on the left had her long black hair tied back with a red silk ribbon, and her red eyes shone like jewels, but her delicate face was filled with irritation.

"Hayasaka, I really don't want to get involved in all that family drama! I don't want to stay in Tokyo anymore!"

The girl kicked the step in frustration as she walked down.

"I have to go to the Shinomiya main family in Kyoto for some kind of family meeting in a few days... I don't want to go at all, I want to go back to Chiba."

She missed the school that was often visited by monsters, the cramped coffee shop, the bitter aroma of coffee beans, and the noisy yet incredibly vibrant people there.

"Young lady, please bear with it," Hayasaka Aize, standing to the right, patiently advised.

"After all, these are extraordinary times. The family needs to consolidate resources to deal with the rise of TPC, and also needs to confirm the safety of the heirs. From now on... huh?"

"Besides! What does that kind of thing have to do with me anyway? I don't want that vague right of inheritance..."

Kaguya didn't notice Hayasaka's pause. She wasn't listening at all and became more and more aggrieved as she walked quickly downstairs.

"I have no desire to have anything to do with that group of cold-blooded animals in my family."

"Young Miss...you..."

Hayasaka Ai had already seen the figure walking towards her and panicked.

"So what if it's an inheritance? No matter how much money the Shinomiya family has, can they buy even an hour of genuine affection?"

Kaguya remained lost in her own emotions, a hint of sadness flashing in her eyes; no one knew what she was thinking.

Meanwhile, Duan Zilian, who was walking uphill with her head down, was also talking to herself.

"Kaisan and Future are really something. How could this not have anything to do with me? What if the other party is the kind of troublesome person that even Tiga can't handle?"

Duan Zilian was also immersed in her own emotions and couldn't stop complaining.

"They're just treating me like a hothouse kid. Protecting those innocent aliens is obviously more important than this lousy tourism!"

"That's infuriating! He even bragged that he was still better than me even after recovering, that overly self-important senior..."

"And of the 100,000 yen he gave me, there must still be 20,000 yen he owed me from before! He took my money to treat me to a trip, how shameless!"

And so, a young lady who longed to return to Chiba and a warrior of light full of resentment each lowered their heads and immersed themselves in their own complaints.

Midway up the long red staircase, the two of them perfectly missed each other, neither of them glancing at the other.

Hayasaka Ai is completely numb right now.

She kept gesturing with her eyes and making hand gestures at her sides, trying to get her young mistress to pay attention to what was behind her.

Unfortunately, the young lady in front of her was engrossed in her extreme disgust for the Shinomiya main family, ranting about all sorts of infighting within the family, completely oblivious to the maid's distress signal that she was about to have a seizure.

As the three of them distanced themselves, Hayasaka Ai let out a helpless sigh and withdrew her hand.

Forget it, in Tokyo with nearly 40 million people, stepping onto the same staircase at the same second... and still managing to perfectly miss each other.

"Let's just say we weren't meant to be. Reuniting like this probably requires a bit of a 'miracle'."

Hayasaka Ai decided not to do anything more.

"call--"

Just then, a cool early summer breeze suddenly swept up from below the steps, carrying a fresh scent of grass and trees that only exists in summer.

Duan Zilian wanted to continue criticizing Hong Kai, but when the wind blew past his nose, he suddenly smelled a very familiar, light fragrance.

That taste... it's so familiar.

Below the steps, Kaguya Shinomiya seemed to be suddenly pulled back by some invisible thread.

Her voice stopped abruptly, and the hair on her forehead was blown back by the breeze, as if reminding her of something.

She seemed to sense something too, and her heart skipped a beat in her chest.

next second.

Almost as if by some kind of fateful resonance, the two stopped at the same time on the steps several steps apart.

Almost at the same moment, the two of them suddenly turned around!

The morning sun slants down through the gaps in the clouds, perfectly slicing the steps in two with light and shadow.

The shadow in the corner of the wall perfectly covered the staircase where Duan Zilian was, making him appear somewhat profound.

Kaguya Shinomiya stood on the sunlit steps, her fair skin almost transparent in the golden light, like a goddess descended to earth.

The boy standing in the shadows and the young lady standing in the sunlight suddenly met each other's gazes in the air.

A red handrail stretched between the two, and time seemed to stand still at that moment.

"Shinomiya-kun?!"

"Duan Jun?!"

Chapter 114 Meiji Shrine

"Shinomiya-kun? What are you doing here?!"

On the red staircase, bisected by sunlight and shadow, Duan Zilian cried out first, breaking the tranquility of the old neighborhood.

"I should be the one asking that question!"

Kaguya Shinomiya looked at the shocked boy in front of her, and all her previous complaints about her family vanished instantly.

"My home is in Tokyo, is it strange that I'm here?"

"But what about you, Duan Jun? What are you doing here? Is your coffee shop closed down?"

"That's called a temporary closure. Kaisan and Mirai-san said they wanted to take me to Tokyo for a relaxing trip."