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The little fox was silent for a moment after hearing Mu Tianyuan's words, then said, "Eri Kisaki? Ran Mouri? Who are they? Your relatives?"
"They are characters from the anime Detective Conan..." Mu Tianyuan briefly explained, then said with a complex expression, "But if you ask if they're relatives, it's not impossible, because she and her husband are my parents' good friends in this world..."
Just now, after recognizing the beautiful woman in front of him as Eri Kisaki, a large number of fragmented memories suddenly flooded into Mu Tianyuan's mind. Although many memories were fragmented, they allowed Mu Tianyuan to piece together some things. The first thing was that this whole situation wasn't as inexplicably transferring from his home to Japan as he first imagined; instead, he had directly transmigrated into the world of Conan!
Combining this with his memories, he understood that he had inexplicably transmigrated. Then, Mu Tianyuan also roughly knew his identity information in this world. His name hadn't changed; it was still his name. His parents hadn't changed; they were still his parents. The only difference was his parents' identities and the family environment he grew up in. In his original world, his father was just a small civil servant, but now his father had become a high-ranking executive of a Japanese-based Chinese enterprise. And he himself had grown up in Japan with his parents since childhood. The reason he inexplicably got off the train was because he was originally in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduation, according to his parents' arrangements, he came from Kanagawa to Tokyo to prepare for high school, and the high school he was going to attend was the famous Teitan High School!
As for Eri Kisaki and her husband Kogoro Mouri, who was probably squatting somewhere drinking beer and grilling skewers, judging from his memories, they seemed to be his parents' closest friends in this world! Isn't that right? His parents in this world, after arranging his school, just sent him to live with these two, didn't they?
And as for his parents, they were now on a world tour, and God knows where they were!
"Xiao Mu, are you alright?" Just as Mu Tianyuan was bewildered by this sudden situation, Eri Kisaki, who was supporting his arm, asked with concern. Mu Tianyuan forced out a smile that was neither crying nor laughing as he looked at the living Eri Kisaki and said, "Auntie Eri, I'm fine..."
"But your face looks terrible. Why don't we go to the hospital?" Although Mu Tianyuan said he was fine, Eri Kisaki, seeing Mu Tianyuan's somewhat pale face, still spoke, worried.
"No need, Auntie Eri, I'm fine, just a bit tired." Although Mu Tianyuan's face looked bad, he tried his best to force out an awkward smile and shook his head, replying. Mu Tianyuan wasn't lying; he truly had no physical problems right now. The problem was psychological! His problem was useless at a hospital, and even if he found a specialist psychiatrist, he wouldn't dare say anything. Even if he blurted it out, he'd probably be transferred to a psychiatric ward.
"Really? Xiao Mu, if anything happens, you must tell Auntie." What did Eri Kisaki do? She was a legal queen who had never lost a case in her many years of practice. What kind of people hadn't she seen in all these years? She naturally saw that Mu Tianyuan had a problem at a glance.
"Hehe, Auntie Eri, you're overthinking it. I'm really just tired," Mu Tianyuan replied to Eri Kisaki with a smile that was both laughing and crying. Although Mu Tianyuan knew Eri Kisaki was concerned about him, he really couldn't tell her about this. He didn't even know how to begin. Was he supposed to tell Eri Kisaki, "Actually, I'm not the Mu Tianyuan you know. I'm from another world, and you're just a supporting character in a comic from our world, at most the protagonist's mother-in-law?" If he said that, Eri Kisaki probably wouldn't be able to send him back, and instead, she would very likely send him to a mental hospital! If that's the case, why say anything?!
Seeing that Eri Kisaki was still going to dwell on this issue, Mu Tianyuan immediately looked at Eri Kisaki and said, "Auntie Eri, I'm really tired. I want to go back and rest first..."
Mu Tianyuan at this moment felt like his brain was boiling. His entire being was disoriented. At this moment, he was even more bewildered than when he woke up on the train. Even when he discovered that the little fox could talk, he wasn't this bewildered. Therefore, even if he didn't know where to go next, he genuinely wanted to find a place to calm down.
Fortunately, although Mu Tianyuan didn't know where he was going next, Eri Kisaki did. Eri Kisaki immediately led Mu Tianyuan to a nearby parking lot and then stopped in front of a car.
Mu Tianyuan mechanically put his luggage into the trunk, then sat in the car expressionlessly. Along the way, Mu Tianyuan didn't pay any attention to where Eri Kisaki intended to take him. He just stared blankly at the scenery outside the car window. Eri Kisaki tried to speak several times, but seeing Mu Tianyuan's appearance, she ultimately kept quiet.
After being in a daze for a while, Mu Tianyuan spoke frantically to the little fox through their exclusive link: "What the hell is going on?! I was perfectly fine at home, and in the blink of an eye, I'm in Japan. Fine, I'm here, I'll just go back to my country. But this is the world of Conan, so even if I wanted to go back, I couldn't!"
Then, without waiting for the little fox to say anything, Mu Tianyuan continued frantically, "And, tell me, am I still me? Although my name and even my parents are the same, none of this is mine! Where did all these strange memories come from?! I've never been to Japan! My dad was just a normal civil servant, and my mom was just a very normal middle school teacher! But now everything's different! Are these still my parents? Am I still me?! Especially this messed-up world! You know, Eri Kisaki is just a comic character in our world! But now she's real! What the hell is going on?!"
"...Calm down." The little fox was silent for a moment, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and soothed him. But Mu Tianyuan was still frantic. "Calm down?! How can I calm down? I inexplicably came to a comic world. How can I calm down? I'm just an ordinary person, as ordinary as can be. I can't be like those novel protagonists who can immediately become calm, wise, strong, and decisive after transmigrating, and then abandon their past and live on stubbornly! In my original world, there are many things I can't let go of. Work, savings, whatever, but at least my parents are there!"
Although in this world, his parents were still his parents, identical except for their jobs, in Mu Tianyuan's eyes, it was completely different.
"Perhaps you can try to interpret it using the parallel world theory? Will that make you feel better?" The little fox lay on Mu Tianyuan's shoulder, tilting its head and looking at the increasingly emotional Mu Tianyuan. Mu Tianyuan heard the little fox's words and asked, somewhat confused, "What do you mean?"
"Perhaps every parallel world has a 'you', and each 'you' has a different upbringing. You're just replacing another 'you' from another world, so stop being so dramatic!" The little fox wagged its tail, trying to use a theory it got from who knows where to comfort the frantic Mu Tianyuan. But Mu Tianyuan shook his head and muttered, a little dazed, "Even if that's the case, this isn't me. This world is fake; it's just a comic..."
"The world is fake? Then do you think I'm fake too?" The little fox suddenly glared at Mu Tianyuan, baring its teeth in anger. Then, still not appeased, the little fox slammed its tail hard on Mu Tianyuan's old face, then jumped onto Mu Tianyuan's leg and looked at him, "Do you think I'm fake now?"
Mu Tianyuan stared blankly at the little fox for a long time, then said, "You're not!"
"Since that's the case, why do you think the whole world is fake? Do you need the world to slap you with its tail for you to believe it?" The little fox looked at Mu Tianyuan unhappily. Mu Tianyuan stopped talking. After a long silence, Mu Tianyuan suddenly said to the little fox, "You know what? I want to go home. My real home. Do you think I can go back?"
Although he hadn't known the little fox for long, she was the only person in this strange world to whom he could confide.
"Yes!" Mu Tianyuan had only expressed his deepest desire, holding no hope at all. But to his surprise, the little fox answered with absolute certainty the first time.
"You're not messing with me, are you?!" Hearing the little fox's words, Mu Tianyuan directly shouted. He even forgot to use the exclusive link with the little fox and actually yelled it out. This almost scared Eri Kisaki, who was driving and worrying about him, into a fit. She slammed on the brakes, stopping the car, then looked at Mu Tianyuan and asked nervously, "Xiao Mu, what's wrong?"
"No, I'm fine, I'm very well." Mu Tianyuan couldn't care less about anything else at this moment. After giving a perfunctory reply, he stared at the little fox, asking nervously yet expectantly, "Is this true? You're not lying to me?"
"No, you really can go back!" Mu Tianyuan had forgotten the exclusive link, but the little fox hadn't. At this moment, she spoke to Mu Tianyuan through the telepathic link while nodding at him.
Mu Tianyuan immediately lifted the little fox to his face, excitedly saying, "Then why didn't you say so earlier?!"
Damn it! If he had known that transmigration wasn't a one-way trip, what was he even agonizing over?!