Tokyo Soft Rice King

"Please take good care of it. If you lose it, I won't give you another one."

"Yes, I will keep it as a valuable."

Asato Hitomi smiled and nodded, then deliberately bent down to take the coin and return it to her mouth. From Kuroba Akira's perspective, he was almost able to see the girl's secret garden... but in the end he didn't see it.

Damn it, she really did it on purpose! She had it all planned out!

"Well, Kuroba-kun, see you tomorrow. I'll show you my private clothes next time I get a chance."

"oh oh……"

"Finally, Kuroba-kun, although I like black as well, I still prefer white."

"Ok?"

The monitor put the change into the coin purse, put his hands behind his back and stuck out his tongue at Hei Yuming.

"So it's a shame... I only guessed the color, so I guessed wrong."

She waved and left, striding confidently and calmly, not looking like she was wearing anything at all.

After he could no longer see the class monitor's back, Hei Yuming took out the underwear that was still warm from his pocket. But it was not the temperature there, it should have been just the warmth that the girl had held in her hand. However, it was enough to make people imagine.

Because its styles are: hollow, translucent, lace pattern, and bow...

But, it is white.

"...Sure enough, class monitors are all reserved and reserved characters."

After this incident, Hei Yuming received a free lunch for four months, a bottle of hot milk, and a pair of warm JK underwear.

……

Looking at Hei Yuming's departing back, Anri Hitomi, who was hiding in the corner, took out the handkerchief she had just used to wipe his sweat from her pocket.

She looked around like a guilty thief, and after making sure that there was no one around, she picked up the handkerchief and placed it in front of her.

He sniffed it, then licked it with his tongue.

"As expected...my tears are lighter."

Chapter 10 Wandering in Tokyo

It was time for the sun to set. Without the direct sunlight, it didn't feel so hot outside, but the stuffiness remained.

Hei Yuming also sweated a lot today, and his whole body was sticky, which made him want to go home and take a shower as soon as possible.

However, the place where he was staying was far away from the school, and it took more than an hour to walk there. Hei Yuming had neither a bicycle nor money to take the tram, so he could only walk back.

Of course, Hei Yuming wanted to complain, but to be honest, he was very clear about his current situation. He was very lucky to have a place to live.

You have to know that when Hei Yuming first traveled through time, not only did he not speak the language, he didn't know his new name and identity, and he didn't even have a place to live.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a 'start from hell'.

Recalling the day when he first traveled to this world, Hei Yuming's heart was filled with emotion.

In his previous life, Kuroba Akira was a copywriter working for a large gaming company.

Late at night the day before the game was released, he was still working overtime in the company to finish the manuscript. His body was almost at its limit and his mind was in a trance, but his heart was full of anticipation for liberation.

Because he thought that as long as the game was launched, the hard days of working overtime until 10 o'clock every night would finally be over, and he should be able to come back on weekends.

The accumulated fatigue caused a strange throbbing pain in his head, as if his brain was trembling. Finally, he couldn't hold back his eyelids, so he decided to take a nap.

He never thought that closing his eyes would make him say goodbye to this world.

He never dreamed that the long-awaited relief would come in the form of falling asleep. This may be the tragic end of a corporate slave.

He had always heard of sudden death from working overtime, but he never felt it was real. He always felt that it was very far away from him until it happened to him.

Then the blessing came in an unexpected way. He always thought that traveling to another world was a plot that only happened in fictional works until it happened to him.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in the classroom, sitting in the second to last row by the window.

At first he thought he was dreaming and had returned to high school, but he soon discovered that the school uniform he was wearing was not the nostalgic blue and white sportswear, but a Western-style uniform.

I turned around and saw cherry blossom petals floating outside the window...Huh? Where is this?

After trying various stimulating methods to wake himself up from the dream, he finally confirmed that he had encountered the legendary time travel... or was it?

After going to the bathroom, washing his face and looking in the mirror, he was no longer so sure.

Because he discovered that, although he had traveled through time, he did not become 'someone else'.

To put it simply, it is a subtle state between body and soul, that is, the body is still one's own body, and there are no extra "memories that do not belong to oneself" in the head.

To be precise, there are still some changes in the body, that is, it becomes younger.

Although her appearance hadn't changed, the dark circles and acne scars from puberty were gone, and her body had become much thinner and lighter, as if she had unloaded dozens of pounds of weight.

Since he started working, long hours of sitting and the 996 work schedule have made him overworked and obese. His weight has only been increasing and he was almost getting a double chin, but now all the fat is gone.

What surprised him most was that the scar at the corner of his eye was still there.

He was scratched by broken glass when he was very young. Fortunately, his eyeball was not injured, but it left a scar. This scar grew bigger as he grew and became a symbol of him.

This non-natural scar is still there. Does it mean that similar things have happened in this world?

what is happening?

Time travel? Rebirth? Possession?

Only God knows.

He quickly gave up on worrying about this unanswered question and decided to make the best of it. Instead of dwelling on these useless things, it would be better to gather more information about his 'current self'.

In any case, since no bastard claiming to be a god showed up to explain what happened, and no system prompt box popped up, it meant that there was no way for him to escape his current situation for the time being.

On the bright side, at least we have been freed from that shady company, right?

And you don’t have to bear someone else’s face, you even look younger...

Come and enjoy your youth again!

Then came the desperate minute that ruined the first chance to debut in high school. The atmosphere dropped to below freezing point, and the self-introduction period was dead silent.

But he also learned his new name.

Black feather Ming.

This new name also made him feel both amused and helpless.

Because his surname in his previous life was Bai and his name was Yuming, which means "Bai Yuming".

After traveling through time, his surname became Heiyu and his given name was a single character Ming, that is, "Heiyu Ming".

Although there is only one letter difference, the pronunciation is completely different.

Because even the name didn't change much, Kuroba Ming always wrote black as white at the beginning, and even forgot the spacing between the names. It took him a long time to correct it.

After the first day of school, Bai...Hei Yuming realized a more serious problem.

That is, he doesn't know where his home is.

So Kuroba Akira had no choice but to bite the bullet and find his homeroom teacher. After finally expressing his predicament of not knowing where his home was in his broken Japanese and the universal hand gestures, Kobayakawa Motoko helped him look through the student directory, but could not find Kuroba Akira's home address and contact information.

Kobayakawa Motoko thought she had missed it, so she called the dean, but she got the following reply:

"As for Kuroba Ming, he came to Beijing from another city to attend high school. He's said to be still looking for an apartment. Once he finds one, I'll have him write down his address and phone number."

In other words, Hei Yuming is not homeless, but has not found a place to live yet.

Kuroba Akira didn't quite understand what Mr. Kobayakawa said at the time, but he still understood "Song Na (how could it be)" and saw the embarrassment on her face based on his rich experience in watching anime.

Afterwards, Hei Yuming searched his schoolbag and indeed found a bank card, which was most likely the rent money provided by his family.

but……

He doesn't know the password!

It's okay that the local dialect isn't loaded, but I've got this part of the memory! Baka! Baka!

Poor Hei Yuming, his local dialect was not yet good enough to be used for cursing, so he could only vent his anger by repeatedly shouting "Baga" in his mind like a 9.

On the other hand, Motoko Kobayakawa was a little hesitant. She really wanted to help the classmate in front of her who seemed to be suffering from "aphasia", but she didn't know how to help him.

It's impossible to take him home, right?

Bringing a high school boy home? Is this a teacher-student relationship?

Motoko Kobayakawa, who has never been in love, begins to fantasize about the forbidden development...

No, no, no, no matter what, it can't be done to this extent.

As a new teacher, if I were to be discovered doing something like this, I would definitely be fired.

In the end, Motoko Kobayakawa could only say that she could do nothing to help.

So, Kuroba Ming started wandering around Tokyo on the first day of his time travel.

Chapter 11: The Unexpected Road

I have a card but can’t withdraw money, I don’t know my family’s contact information, and I don’t even know where my hometown is.

I was in an unfamiliar place, didn't speak the language, and had no idea which bank this card belonged to. When I got to the bank, I had no idea how to explain that I had forgotten my password. I also had no way of proving I was myself, because the only information I knew was my new name and, oh, my age of fifteen...

Is this... a stuck level?

What should I do? Do I have to sleep in the park from now on? Then, what about food? What should I do about the food problem?

Hei Yuming walked aimlessly on the streets of a foreign world and country, and a feeling of being lost, as if he didn't belong here, came over him.

Just then, he saw a cat.

It was a cat that was all white, but only its tail was black.

The cat appeared in front of Hei Yuming as if it had a spirit. It looked back at him after walking a few steps, as if asking him to follow.

Since there was nowhere to go back to, Hei Yuming simply followed.

Maybe this cat will lead him to meet a rich woman who is willing to support him?

Finally, I encountered it.

A real rich woman...a rich old woman.

Mika Kobayashi, 74 years old, lives in a two-story single-family house with a small courtyard.

When Kobayashi Mika saw Kuroba Akira, she seemed to immediately understand his situation. She waved to him and said in his familiar native dialect, "Follow me."

At first, Hei Yuming thought he had misheard, but then he heard another sentence, "Why are you still standing there?"

hai leng zhe gan shen me？

She really can speak!

But how do you know you are not a local?

Who on earth is this old woman?

In short, Kuroba Akira was taken home by Grandma Kobayashi, had curry rice, and was given temporary accommodation... a room of about four tsubo, or about 12 square meters.

Later, Kuroba Ming learned that the reason why Granny Kobayashi helped him was because her deceased husband left a last message:

"If you encounter someone who can't speak clearly and was brought back by Kuroo, help them to the best of your ability."

It seems that Grandma Kobayashi's husband is also a time traveler, and he is most likely from the same hometown as Hei Yuming, so Grandma Kobayashi can speak fluent Chinese.

Judging from his accent, Mr. Kobayashi is most likely from Xiangli.

Hei Yuming was so moved that he shed tears. "Senior time traveler! Thank you so much for your kindness!"

However, Grandma Kobayashi also said that she was not helping Hei Yuming unconditionally. She was only providing him with food, shelter, and tuition until he could become independent. Later, when he could earn money, she would pay back the rent and food expenses.