Tokyo Soft Rice King.

The hemp rope is cut at the delicate point, and bad luck finds the poor.

“Once, when I went to the factory to inspect a new product, I encountered an accident and was splashed in the face with a highly concentrated, undiluted chemical… I was not only disfigured, but also blinded.”

She tried to keep a nonchalant tone as she recounted her tragedy.

"In the end, the company compensated me with 500,000 yuan."

“I have lost my sight, my face as a woman, and my right to live as an ordinary person.”

"And all of these together are only worth half a million... Ha..."

Kuroba Akira didn't know how to comfort her, and felt that he shouldn't offer casual words of comfort, because no one could understand her pain.

This is the most authentic example reflecting the capriciousness of fate.

"But no matter what, people still have to rely on their own abilities to live, so I returned to my hometown and used the compensation money to open a massage parlor, and started learning massage techniques from scratch."

So that's how massage proficiency comes about.

Furthermore, her proficiency at level 4 in Gundam demonstrates that she truly makes a living from this skill; it's her lifelong profession.

"The name 'Blind Massage' is quite well-known. People are more willing to trust my skills when they see that I am truly blind. Moreover, in small cities, many elderly people with back pain and mobility issues come to my shop, so business is quite good and enough to support myself."

Kuroba Akira had seen many massage parlors that used the name of blind massage to deceive people, so whether the masseuse was really blind had become a sign of whether blind massage was authentic.

"You're really amazing, Ms. Tashiro..."

Kuroba Akira began to admire Ms. Tashiro from the bottom of his heart.

Despite the tragic accident, she didn't complain or blame others. Instead, she rallied and, through her own efforts, learned another skill to make a living.

Greatness in the ordinary refers to people like her.

Chapter 81 Completely Different Lives

"Hehe, don't just admire me, we're about to get to the point."

"Oh?"

"As for why I said you don't need to worry about repeating the same mistake in this life, it's because I'm past the age when I injured my eyes, but I haven't encountered the same accident and become blind."

"Did they avoid an accident?"

"No, the 'disagreement' started much earlier; she lived a life completely different from mine."

Tashiro Kurenai touched her eyes, feeling grateful that she hadn't lost her sight in this world.

“From the very beginning, I chose a different path in this world. She didn’t choose to work for a cosmetics company, but instead chose a more niche profession… Have you ever heard of the profession of mortician?”

"Oh, I know, you mean a funeral director, the one who does makeup for the dead."

Akira Kuroba once watched a Japanese drama called "The Dead Makeup Artist," which was about this profession. Their main job is to use makeup techniques to make the face of the deceased look like when they were alive, so as to comfort the bereaved family, remember them one last time, and ensure that the funeral can proceed smoothly.

"Yes, some people died in extremely gruesome ways, and their families wanted to give them a grand funeral, so they hoped to have their faces and bodies repaired and restored..."

This is why the makeup proficiency level is as high as lv4.

Ms. Tashiro already possessed relevant skills, and given her unique profession, her proficiency naturally increased.

Applying makeup to the dead is much more difficult than applying makeup to the living; it can be considered a field of special effects makeup.

"However, there are very few people in this line of work, but the demand is extremely high. It often requires going to the hospital at night to do cadaver makeup, so it accumulates a lot of mental stress..."

"I understand, but Ms. Tashiro, you should try to drink less in the future."

"Don't worry, I won't let myself drink that much again. I can't expect to be carried back by a kind person like you, Ah Ming, next time, haha."

Ms. Tashiro affectionately ruffled Kuroba Akira's hair again, as if she really treated him like her younger brother.

"Speaking of which, just looking at our upbringing, we in this world would definitely lead different lives, right? After all, we both lived in a country across the sea in our previous lives..."

At this point, Akira Kuroba suddenly noticed a very important detail.

Judging from Ms. Tashiro's account, she seems to have accepted her transmigrated self as her original self.

If it were a case of soul transmigrating into someone else's body, it would be impossible to so naturally immerse oneself in the new identity after transmigration.

"Wait a minute, does that mean, Ms. Tashiro, you're also in a situation where you 're still yourself after time travel'?"

"Will I still be myself after time travel?"

"It's like discovering that I haven't become someone else; I still have my original body, just younger!"

"That's right, I've indeed returned to my youth, but my name has changed a little. In my previous life, my name was 'Tian Hongxiang'..."

"Ah! Me too! My name in my past life was Bai Yuming!"

Kuroba Akira stood up excitedly.

My situation is exactly the same!

We've finally found the common ground between time travelers!

In other words, is Hijikata-san the same case?

Everyone has traveled through time and become 'themselves in another world,' not become other people they don't know!

"No wonder Grandma Kobayashi sometimes calls you Shiroko. I was wondering where that nickname came from... Hehe, how about I call you Shiroko from now on?"

"Let's skip that. So, Ms. Tashiro, how old were you in your past life?"

Asking a lady's age is very impolite.

"Uh, I'm sorry, but this matter is really important. I want to know if there are any clues to time travel... So please stop treating me like a child. In my previous life, I was at least thirty years old."

"Only thirty years old? Isn't that still very young?"

"..."

Is thirty years old still considered young...?

In other words, Ms. Tashiro's age in her previous life was indeed...

Ms. Tashiro noticed Kuroba Akira's narrowed gaze, and, both amused and annoyed, reached out and pinched his nose.

"Don't look at me like that. Even in my past life, I was just an 18-year-old, 250-month-old unmarried girl."

"..."

That translates to almost thirty-nine years old...

Ms. Tashiro is now twenty-four years old, which is fifteen years younger.

In other words, the age change after time travel is also consistent!

These are all major discoveries. If there are indeed patterns to time travel, perhaps we will be able to figure out how time travel actually happens in the future.

Looking at the excited Kuroba Akira, Tashiro Kurenai hugged her knees and said.

"Speaking of which, I thought you, Amin, would be a very cold person..."

"Huh? Why would you think that? I'm not at all like the adjective 'indifferent,' am I?"

Kuroba Akira felt a little confused. Had he deliberately put on a cold and aloof persona?

Indeed, he didn't say a word during his first semester of high school, which made his classmates mistakenly think he was an oddball who was hard to get along with. However, Kuroba Akira was quite normal when he was at Kobayashi's house.

"Because you don't usually talk to us much, right? This seems to be the first time we've talked to you this much."

"Uh……"

Kuroba Akira could no longer use 'language barrier' as an excuse for his two fellow transmigrators in his family.

Because they can understand Chinese.

Kuroba Akira's previous interactions with them were indeed superficial.

Well... actually, at first, Kuroba Akira only regarded them as something like 'colleagues'.

I know them, but we're not close.

"I bet you still haven't gotten used to your 'new identity' yet, and in your past life you must have been the kind of person who didn't want to rely on others and didn't want to get too involved with other people."

"..."

That's right, she was absolutely right.

"Because I'm a reclusive and independent person like you, I can tell you're one of my kind, especially after my eye injury, I became even more withdrawn... But I bet you're quite popular with the girls at school, Armin."

"Absolutely not."

"Really not? Don't lie to me, sister."

"Really... I mean, why do you think someone like me would be popular?"

"Because sensitive young girls can immediately sense your uniqueness and will be attracted by your mature yet mysterious aura. Young girls of this age are most fond of mysterious and melancholic men like you."

"Whoa..."

Is that why the class president and Murasaki have such high initial affection levels?

So, does that mean I have some charm as a mature man?

"Ugh... Oh no... Ah Ming..."

"Uh?"

"I suddenly feel... a little uncomfortable... like... I'm about to burst... ugh!"

Ms. Tashiro covered her mouth, her face turning pale.

After a hangover, you're bound to feel nauseous and want to vomit the next day; she's starting to feel nauseous.

"Wait, wait! Hang in there a little longer! Ms. Tashiro! I'll help you to the restroom right away!"

Finally, just before Ms. Tashiro vomited, we managed to get her to the toilet and pat her back to induce vomiting.

In short, I obtained a lot of useful information from this conversation with Ms. Tashiro.

The fact that he was still himself after transmigrating made him realize that he might not have 'taken away Kuroba Akira's life'.

The self in this world is still the same self, only living a completely different life.

Chapter 82 Morning Grumpy or Jealousy?

The commotion in the toilet attracted the attention of the rest of the Kobayashi family. Grandma Kobayashi came to the toilet door with her hands behind her back, saw Miss Tashiro vomiting profusely, and sighed.

"Seriously, no matter how young and able to drink, you still have to drink in moderation... It must be really uncomfortable. I'll make some hangover soup later."