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Why are you looking at me like that?

"It's just that I won't get older in the next ten years, not younger. I'll go back to being 14 years old. What changes could there be? Will I get shorter?"

“That’s true.” Masamune couldn’t help but laugh.

Chapter 376 A life without regrets is meaningless

About an hour later, when the time on Masamune's phone jumped to 10:21, the Hayase Group's convoy sped over.

Inside the van at the head of the group, a middle-aged man got out, looked around, and immediately spotted Masamune in a suit standing in front of the store, along with three beautiful and well-proportioned young women beside him.

"Let me see the photo you mentioned."

"it is good."

Masamune opened his phone's photo album and then handed the phone over.

"The phone itself can actually prove that I come from ten years in the future."

"It really doesn't look like a phone from this era."

As I entered the photo album and flipped through the pictures one by one, my doubts gradually disappeared.

In the end, Hayase's father returned the phone.

"I believe you now. Let's go. I've chartered two planes. We should be able to get home in an hour and a half."

If all goes well, I should be able to have lunch in time.

"Thank you," Masamune said softly, then added, "More than three hundred people came this time, but only about a hundred are here. I can only confirm that the rest are all in Hikari-zaka Town."

"I'll arrange for someone to stay behind to find the person and see them off," Hayase's father nodded slightly.

"Thank you for your help. The people who came are all employees of Musashino. If you don't have time to send them home, just give them some money and let them wander around as they please. They can only stay here for 24 hours anyway, and they will leave automatically when the time is up."

"can."

After agreeing on the details, Masamune turned to the large group of Musashino employees who had gathered and said in a deep voice:

"Those who want to return to Tokyo, come with us now. Once we're back in Tokyo, our Hayase Group will arrange transportation to take you wherever you wish to go."

"Understood, thank you, President."

……

After boarding the vehicle, Masamune slowly began to recount his experiences and the origins of this time travel journey.

"...That's roughly it. We suddenly traveled back ten years."

While K-On!'s reward is to remain young for ten years, essentially extending lifespan and preserving youth, Clannad's reward transcends time and space.

"So the future is so exciting," Hayase's father said thoughtfully in a deep voice. "You did a great job. After you return to Tokyo, you should have 20 hours left. Whatever you want to do, I will fully support you."

"Hmm... to be honest, there's nothing I particularly want to do."

Masamune smiled unconsciously and shook his head slightly.

"I never thought I would travel through time one day. Thinking about it carefully, I have a happy and fulfilling family life, a balanced lifestyle, and very clear goals. I really have no regrets."

"What about your friends? Don't they have any regrets?" Hayase's father said as he thought. "In movies and TV shows, the protagonist travels back in time, and his main purpose is to save people."

"This should just be a parallel universe, not the real past. Whatever we do here won't affect the future. If we want to save people, we can only tie them to our bodies when we go back and see if we can take them with us."

Masamune pondered for a few seconds, then sighed again:

"Unfortunately, this trip is about traveling back in time to the past, not to the future."

"Otherwise, recording more usable information is crucial. Any piece of future information, if retrieved from ten years ago, can be of great use."

"On the contrary, going back to the past wouldn't really be of much use to our family."

"If Umaru or Nagi Sanzenin came to this time and space, they might want to visit their deceased family members."

“Sanzenin?” Hayase’s father pondered for a moment and said, “Sanzenin Murasaki is Emperor Sanzenin’s most beloved daughter. If you want to take her away, you can’t let anyone find out. Otherwise, it will be very troublesome later.”

"Hmm...? Why are we suddenly talking about Sanzenin Murasaki?"

“The Emperor Sanzenin only has one daughter, Sanzenin Shiko, who has always been in poor health. Sanzenin Nagi is her daughter, and since you just mentioned a deceased family member, it can only be Sanzenin Shiko.”

“Indeed, the situation of the Sanzenin family is the same as what Dad said. As far as I know, Sanzenin Shiko will die within the next six months to a year. However, I am not familiar with Sanzenin Nagi, and there is no need for me to help her save her. It would be troublesome, and it would be difficult for them to believe that it was really Sanzenin Shiko.”

To be honest, Masamune had considered bringing a few people back from the past.

However, the difficulty is too high and the subsequent impact is too great, so the advantages outweigh the disadvantages no matter how you look at it.

"That's it."

"By the way, am I at home right now in this timeline? I want to see him."

"I'm not in Tokyo, I'm training hard in Shinshu."

"what……?"

So, the Masamune of this world isn't himself, but Makabe.

"Dad, there might be some differences between me and the person I am in this world. So... let me briefly introduce my experiences from childhood to adulthood."

Masamune carefully considered his words before giving a detailed explanation.

"...After that, I created an anime based on myself, called Masamune-kun's Revenge."

"The me in the animation is different from the real me."

“After leaving the Adagaki family when I was a child, I went to my maternal grandfather’s house crying and changed my surname to Makabe.”

...

...

"The story ends with him being completely at peace and becoming lovers with Adagaki Aki."

“I see. The development of this world is exactly the same as the animation you made.” Hayase’s father fell into deep thought. After a long while, he said, “It seems that this must be a parallel world or a virtual illusion.”

"No wonder I didn't see Chika in the photos on your phone."

"Since you don't have a younger sister, you could get to know Qianxia when you go back."

"Ah."

Masamune responded, his expression a mixture of anticipation and seriousness.

"Ten years have passed like a dream. Was it a dream of returning to the past, or just a dream? Is there any way to determine whether this place is real or an illusion?"

"Is it important?"

"Isn't it important?"

"I don't think it matters."

Masamune thought about it carefully, then let out a soft sigh of relief:

"It's really not important."

People are real people; they can talk, laugh, and think.

The environment is real; the building layout is exactly the same as it was ten years ago.

Even if all of this is fake, what difference is there between it and the real thing?

"My mom said that she didn't have a second child when she was little because she wanted to take care of me. Otherwise, I would have a younger sister too."

"The biggest difference between me and the me in this world is that I don't have such a deep obsession with Adagaki Aki..."

……

Ten years later, in 2016, inside the Hayase family's living room.

At this moment, not only Adagaki Aki and her maid, but also Sanzenin Nagi and her maid Maria were sitting on the sofa.

Listening to the monologue coming from the screen, the group felt like they were watching television.

Sanzenin Nagi clasped her hands together and remained silent for a long time.

I took a trip away from home after a long time, wanting to visit the school, but unexpectedly, something big happened.

Then, I just came over to join in the fun, and I unexpectedly heard these words.

Ever since Masamune in the light screen mentioned the name Sanzenin Shiko, her heart rate has never dropped below 120.

Full of anticipation, yet worried that disappointment would be the only outcome.

"Maria, is there any way to contact people from ten years ago?"

"That's impossible, Nagi. All we can do is wait."

"But……"

It was clearly a rare, and perhaps only, opportunity.

"If Mom could really come back to life, he could have anything he wanted."

Adagaki Aki glanced at her small arms and legs and chuckled softly.

"Instead of waiting for that heartless guy to help, I'd rather work hard myself and create a 5-star animation."

Finding that the other party was completely ignoring her and was just staring at the light screen, Adagaki Aki curled her lip, thinking it was like talking to a brick wall.

Chapter 377 Hello, I am Hayase Masamune from ten years in the future.

"I am back!"

After school in the afternoon, second-grade elementary school student Chinatsu Hayase returned home with her schoolbag on her back.

Before entering, I waved goodbye to the two men in suits.

Upon entering the house, I saw my father in the living room after a long time and greeted him immediately.

“Dad, I don’t need someone to pick me up and drop me off every day. I’m all grown up now and I can go home by myself.”

"Besides, this is strange, since all the students go to and from school alone."

"Dad, who are these people...?"

“You’re only in second grade, let’s talk about it in a couple of years.” Hayase’s father hesitated for a moment before introducing, “This is your older brother, Hayase Masamune.”