A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

He didn't want to spend this rare holiday with Aki Tomoya. He had promised Eriri he would visit her home, and he was just stopping by to drop by.

Today is Friday, and he already has plans for the next two days. On Saturday, he will accompany Kasumigaoka Utaha to her class reunion, and on Sunday, he will take Kasumigaoka Utaha, Kato Megumi, and Machida Sonoko to the amusement park.

After leaving the hospital, Li Wei went to a fruit shop to prepare some gifts, and then took a car to Eriri's house.

Eriri's house is located in Setagaya Ward, which is a bit far from Shibuya Ward, where Li Wei lives, but not too far. Although there are a lot of problems in Japan, the transportation is still passable.

When Li Wei arrived at Eriri's house, a maid came out to greet him before he even entered. Li Wei observed his surroundings and thought to himself, "As expected of a member of an old-fashioned capitalist family, being able to completely replicate a sizable retro English manor in Japan requires considerable financial resources."

Upon entering the gate and walking through the garden path, Li Wei saw Eriri waiting for him at the entrance.

Today, Eriri is wearing a well-fitting warm orange tulle dress, and her smooth blonde hair, which could be used in a shampoo commercial, is draped down. She is wearing a uniquely styled gold leaf hair accessory, and she really does have the air of a young lady.

"Honestly, you've kept me waiting so long." Eriri grabbed Li Wei's hand and led him into the house.

Chapter 93. Eriri's Worries

Li Wei was pulled by Eriri to her bedroom.

Eriri's bedroom is very large, even larger than the living room of an average person. Her desk is a professional workbench, equipped with various drawing tools. If she hadn't received her cheat code, this pile of tools would have been enough to make Levi drool with envy.

Besides the large bed near the window, the room also had several huge bookshelves filled with various comics and light novels, as well as game discs, and several unpowered game consoles in front of the huge television.

Aside from the lack of posters on the walls, this room definitely has a strong otaku vibe.

"Eri, your room doesn't really feel like a girl's room," Li Wei remarked.

"You're so fussy. You need to pretend in front of strangers, but it's a bit pathetic to have to wear a mask even when you're alone. When you're alone, you should just do whatever makes you comfortable." Eriri led Li Wei to sit down at the low table.

The low tables that are popular in Japan are long gone in Japan, but they remain quite popular in Japan even today.

"I'll go get some snacks and drinks, darling, please wait here for me." Eriri left the room.

Li Wei thought Eriri was a very interesting person. It should be said that the contrast between her appearance and her inner self was too great, giving people who knew her a kind of cute contrast.

In front of outsiders, Eriri always maintains her image as a young lady, and her every word and action gives people a very comfortable feeling. However, in private, she is a sloppy homebody who likes to wear sweatshirts, loves cola and potato chips, and enjoys manga and light novels. She can be described as a rather high-class "dried fish girl".

In some ways, Eriri and Umaru have certain similarities.

Moreover, Eriri, despite being a young lady, doesn't act like one at all. She even shows considerable respect to the maids in her household. For example, she could easily order a maid to fetch drinks and snacks, but she prefers to go herself.

Through numerous details, Li Wei has gained a considerable understanding of Eriri's personality. This kind of tsundere girl requires a deeper understanding of her meaning when listening to her. Once you can understand the underlying meaning in her words, getting along with her becomes quite simple.

A short while later, Eriri returned with snacks and drinks. The snacks were all kinds of Western pastries, and the drink was a large two-liter bottle of cola. In choosing the flavor of the drink, Eriri did not have the air of a pampered young lady at all.

"Eri, you haven't been doing well these past few days. Did something happen?" Li Wei is very sensitive to emotions, and he noticed that Eriri's mood had changed a bit these past two days, so he came over to find out what was going on since it was Friday.

“It’s not that I personally encountered any trouble, but the Spencer family has recently run into quite a bit of trouble. Right now, the entire family is on edge. I don’t know the specifics of the situation, but my parents have advised me that it’s best not to go out for a while, and even if I do go out, I should bring bodyguards.” Eriri looked somewhat troubled. She didn’t like the feeling of being followed, and the thought of going out would be so troublesome gave her a headache.

"What exactly happened that's so serious that you need bodyguards when you go out?" Li Wei asked.

Eriri's parents would never betray their own daughter, so the Spencer family must have encountered some intractable trouble, which is why the family members are being so cautious.

Eriri said, "I overheard my parents talking about something. It seems that our family has been in conflict with a conglomerate in the United States recently. The conflict between the two sides is completely irreconcilable. Although the Spencer family is not very careful about safety in Europe."

Li Wei poured himself and Eriri each a glass of cola: "When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer. As a member of the Spencer family, although we can have everything that ordinary people can hardly imagine, we also face risks that ordinary people cannot cope with."

Eriri sighed and said, "That's how the world of capital is. Everyone usually acts all friendly and makes money together, but once there's a sharp conflict of interest that can't be reconciled, they'll resort to all sorts of underhanded tactics. I heard from my mom that two important family members of the Ying family were assassinated at their headquarters. The other side seems determined not to let the family off the hook. The situation is going to get quite chaotic."

Li Wei crossed his arms, unfazed by such things. The American conglomerates that made their fortunes in arms liked to eliminate their opponents physically when they encountered problems. They would either send their opponents on a plane or feed them bullets. It was not surprising what they were capable of.

However, Japan is considered part of the "Far East" by Western financial groups and is not usually taken seriously. Even if war breaks out, it won't reach here for a while.

“Your uncle and aunt will probably restrict your outings for a while, Eriri. They won’t feel comfortable letting you out until the alert is lifted,” Li Wei said.

Just as risk and opportunity are inseparable, so too are wealth and danger. Those powerful financial groups possess enormous wealth that is unimaginable to ordinary people, but because of their wealth, they face various dangers that make ordinary people worry.

For those above ordinary people, it's nothing but a joke.

“I know how serious the problem is, so I haven’t dared to go out much lately. I’m also afraid of implicating you and Shiyu, because those ruthless guys, who knows what they might do.” Eriri’s face was filled with worry.

"Don't worry, your man is no ordinary person. If they dare to extend their claws, I have a way to cut them off," Li Wei said confidently.

Li Wei certainly has the confidence to say such things now. Although capitalist conglomerates have power and influence, they do not yet have the ability to directly drop tactical nuclear weapons on Japan. Japan is, after all, a dog of the bald eagle, and it also has face to save.

As long as he doesn't encounter tactical nuclear weapons or monsters with even greater yields, Levi is invincible. After all, he now has the ability to fly and can use his mobility to evade nuclear attacks.

Therefore, he is naturally not afraid of the assassination methods of those capitalist tycoons. They cannot use nuclear weapons or various heavy vehicles. If you provoke him, you must be prepared to be subjected to his bloody revenge.

In that case, the one who should be afraid won't be Li Wei.

Chapter 94. Sawamura Sayuri, who can't be contacted.

Eriri downed her iced cola in one gulp and said, "I'm afraid of dragging the people around me into this. After all, ordinary people are really powerless when facing those behemoths." Although Eriri usually acts like a homebody, she hasn't missed out on any of the education that a young lady should have. So, in addition to her homebody side, she also has a much broader knowledge base than the average girl.

For an ordinary Japanese high school girl, the things she cares about every day are who likes whom, who has a romantic relationship with whom, or going to karaoke after school, or hanging out with friends.

While Eriri enjoys a privileged environment, she inevitably has to learn various kinds of knowledge that ordinary people cannot access, which is her duty as a member of a conglomerate family.

“I can handle this kind of problem,” Li Wei said with a smile.

"This kind of thing can't be solved by just talking. Reality isn't like anime. Those lackeys of the chaebols are really capable of killing people!" Eriri was getting a little anxious as she looked at Li Wei, who remained calm.

"Eri, you should at least trust your man. Although I don't have the strength to fight the whole world by myself, protecting you shouldn't be a problem." Li Wei tapped the low table lightly with his index finger, and everything on the table floated into the air.

"Magic?" Eriri asked curiously.

“You can’t do magic like this without preparation,” Li Wei said with a smile.

"Could it be superpowers? Like in 'A Certain Magical Index'?" Eriri's eyes lit up. As an otaku, she had imagined herself having all sorts of extraordinary abilities, but such things were just wishful thinking. This world had neither superpowered individuals, nor monsters or Ultraman.

However, this kind of ordinariness is the most friendly to ordinary people.

"While I wasn't quite right, it wasn't far off. Right now, while I might struggle against a fully equipped modern army, I'm perfectly capable of defending against assassinations and actively pursuing targets," Li Wei said confidently.

Li Wei originally wanted to say that he could fight against modern armies, but after thinking about how terrifying modern high-tech armies were, he decisively swallowed the words that were about to come out.

For the sake of entertainment, various games, movies, and anime tend to weaken modern armies by default. In reality, anyone with a certain understanding of modern technological development knows how terrifying an army armed to the teeth with modern technology can be.

If Li Wei were placed in those traditional urban fantasy novels, he could kill indiscriminately most of the time. However, when facing a fully armed regular army, he would have to avoid their sharp edge and could only use assassination tactics to gradually whittle them down, rather than stubbornly confronting the modern army head-on.

To be honest, in the real world, the fear of insufficient firepower in China has resulted in weapon destructive power that is unimaginable to ordinary people. This has forced other traditional powers to continuously develop weapons technology. The technological path that humanity has taken in warfare has long exceeded the limits of ordinary people's cognition.

How about a tank gun with a penetration depth of over 900 mm? It has a firing error of less than 0.15 meters when moving more than three kilometers away, hitting exactly where you point it, making it a truly "reliable comrade".

Encountering just this kind of tank cannon would be enough to give Li Wei a run for his money, let alone other "big bombs." Before Li Wei has sufficient strength, he doesn't intend to clash with the regular armies of any major power, for a simple reason: he might not be able to win.

Every time Li Wei watched documentaries showcasing the firepower of the Chinese military online, he wanted to complain: "Is this firepower density meant for fighting the Zentradi?" He figured those weak aliens in Hollywood blockbusters might not even be a match for the Chinese and American militaries.

"I never thought there really were superpowered people in the world. But if that's the case, then maybe the other side also has superpowered assassins!" Eriri's voice unconsciously rose.

"Your imagination is truly remarkable, but that's a common problem for creators, isn't it?" Li Wei laughed.

“I’m not kidding. Isn’t that how it’s always portrayed in the movies? Area 51 has alien secrets, and they’re developing superpowers, just like Academy City does,” Eriri said.

“Even if there really is a superpowered assassin, with me here, you don’t need to worry,” Li Wei said.

So far, he has not found a single trace of extraordinary power in this world, so the possibility of extraordinary power existing is extremely slim. However, Li Wei is certain that various major powers possess all sorts of "black technologies".

But do the conglomerates on the other side have the capability to mobilize such power? Even in a country like the United States, such national treasures are not something that any conglomerate can use at will. Anyone with a brain wouldn't commit such a taboo.

Therefore, Eriri's worries are simply that she is overthinking things.

"But speaking of which, I didn't see Uncle and Auntie," Li Wei asked.

“My father went back to Yingguo. It seems he had something important to do and left in a hurry. As for my mother, she went to the Sawamura family’s old house to clean up the mess. All the main members of the Sawamura family are now missing. My mother is the most senior member, and if she doesn’t step in, the Sawamura family will fall apart completely,” Eriri said with a worried expression.

“Returning to Japan at such a dangerous time suggests that the matter is quite important. But what’s going on with Auntie? All the key members of the Sawamura family have disappeared. With such a major incident, don’t the other families in Japan feel any sense of crisis?” Li Wei questioned.

Eriri said, "The Sawamura family is a middle-class family that is neither the best nor the worst. Because of their alliance with the Spencer family, they were seen as 'Europeans' by other families. They were too happy to be in trouble, so they didn't have any sense of crisis."

Listening to Eriri's words, Li Wei wanted to complain in his heart. Ever since the Meiji Restoration, the upper class of Japan has always had a mentality of leaving Asia and joining Europe. It is normal for the Sawamura family, which has latched onto the Spencer family as a golden thigh, to be envied and envied by other families.

Japan is a country with many remnants of feudalism, and the Kazoku system to which the Sawamura family belongs is the second level in Japan's power structure.

Many people only know that the Kingdom of White Elephant has a caste system, from top to bottom: Brahmins who control religion, Kshatriyas who control military and politics, Vaishyas who engage in commerce, Shudras who engage in various crafts, and Dalits who have no rights as human beings.

In fact, Japan also has its own local version of the "caste system". From top to bottom, the castes are: the royal family and its branches, the nobles who hold relatively high political power, the local powerful clans, the fourth level is all kinds of ordinary people, and below that are the "Eta" and "Hijin" who are not considered human at all. In modern times, Eta and Hijin mostly refer to unemployed people and vagrants.

“The disappearance of key members of the Sawamura family is likely related to the actions of rival conglomerates. It would be very dangerous for Auntie to return to the Sawamura family at this time. If the hostile forces want to harm her, Auntie could be in danger at any moment,” Li Wei said.

Eriri's face turned pale, and she quickly said, "What should we do? Mom has been gone for two hours. She should have arrived at the old house by now, but she hasn't let me know she's safe!"

Eriri tensed up, took out her phone, and dialed her mother Sawamura Sayuri's number, but there was only a busy signal on the other end of the line, and no one answered.

The atmosphere was tense, and neither Eriri nor Levi looked too pleased.

Chapter 95. Swift Rescue

"Don't panic, call again. She probably didn't answer the phone earlier because she was busy. Call a few more times, she'll eventually call back," Li Wei said.

Somewhat flustered, Eriri regained her composure and dialed her mother's number again. However, to her disappointment, several calls went unanswered, like throwing a stone into the sea. Eriri panicked.

“Don’t worry, isn’t the Sawamura family’s old house quite remote? Could it be that there’s no cell phone signal?” Li Wei said. Telecommunications infrastructure in Japan isn’t very good, so it’s not unusual for remote areas to have no cell phone signal. Eriri shook her head and said, “The Sawamura family’s old house is in the heart of Gunma Prefecture, practically within the city limits. There’s no way there wouldn’t be a signal. Could it be…” Eriri didn’t dare think any further.

"Eri, are you familiar with the location of the Sawamura family's old house?" Li Wei asked with a serious expression.

“I go back several times every year, and I know the route back to the old house very well, but now I can’t make it back in time!” Eriri covered her head with her hands, her face filled with horror.

"Trust me! We'll go up in the sky. At my current speed, we can reach Gunma Prefecture in ten minutes at most." Li Wei grabbed Eriri's wrist, and the two of them floated up as if they had escaped gravity. Li Wei opened the window, and the two of them floated out of the window.

“Eri, you give us directions. We’ll take the air route back to the old house,” Li Wei said.