It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

Hiraga Gengai stopped and turned to ask the boss: "Oh? Are you going to pay for that guy? But my price is not cheap."

"Give me a number, just name it."

"Why do you have to pay for Yin?"

“I’m rich!”

"Haha, really?" Hiraga Gengai thought for a moment and replied, "Okay, I want 1 ton of gold!"

"I'll give you two tons! But the requirement is that I go with you and you fix the time thief overnight, how about that?"

"Haha, there is such a good thing? But..."

"Trust him, old man!" Gintoki told Hiraga Gengai while drinking, "All those gold and alien weapons you helped to deal with were obtained from the boss!"

0359 Cheap, cheap, or really cheap

To be honest, Boss Cheng can't empathize much with the people in this world.

Note that it is empathy, not resonance.

The reason why the boss couldn't empathize was simple. He had seen worse things, and even more cruel things. Moreover, in the boss's view, once the past was reversed back to the right track, all the sufferings suffered by the people in this timeline would no longer exist, and even the entire timeline would be erased.

Don't always talk about parallel worlds and multiverses. If parallel worlds were so easy to create, the time dimension would have collapsed long ago. "Time is not a line, but a net" is indeed true, but you must understand that it is impossible to weave a net with just one line!

As long as you can find a knot on the net where a line was originally tied, untie the knot and pull the entire line out of the net, then the line will naturally no longer exist in the net, and it will no longer have any nodes or intersections with the net. In other words, the pulled line has nothing to do with the net.

As for the Avengers Universe...

That doesn't count. That thing has not been a network since its birth, but a mess.

If it weren't for the chaos, how could He bring together thousands of different Spider-Men?

So in the boss's opinion, as long as the first knot of this line is found, the whole thing is not a big deal. Besides, the humans in this world are so weak that the main controller has not sent any guardians, which means that the humans in this universe are not only not in danger, but also have no connection with the competitive world.

The reason why they can jump back and forth between the time nodes of the past and the future is that they have not been rejected or erased by the will of the world. To put it simply, it is the will or controller of this world that allows the bosses to run around between the past and the future. It is even possible that they hope that the bosses will solve some things or people that they don't like or don't want to see during their running around.

Otherwise, how did Boss Makoto get kicked out of the world of Crayon Shin-chan? And how did the main controller get tricked by Alaya or Gaia?

Therefore, even though Boss Makoto and Gintoki had guessed not long ago that Shinpachi's sister Shimura Tae was likely infected with the White Curse, and Gintoki went to the hospital to visit Shimura Tae after learning the exact news, the boss was very unkind and went to the "Scrap Collection Station" outside Hiraga Gengai to watch him repair the Time Thief.

"But what you did, boss, seems a bit inhumane."

"Inhumane? Maybe so." The boss smiled and said to Yuanwai, "But in my opinion, it is the greatest favor to kill the nano-mechanical virus at the source as soon as possible. The longer it is delayed, the greater the variables and the more troubles there will be. Now, as long as we can catch that nightmare and force him to tell us his origins, we will have a chance to completely eradicate the nano-mechanical virus."

"Hehe, you're the boss, you're responsible for paying, so whatever you say is right. But..." Hiraga Gengai suddenly asked, "If the source of the virus is completely eliminated, does that mean that the suffering we've experienced will also disappear along with the virus?"

"It must be."

Yuanwai asked again: "Won't this trigger the grandmother paradox?"

"If I wasn't there, I wouldn't be sure. But because I'm here, I can witness the timeline collapse as an observer."

"Erase the old world and open up a new timeline!"

"Yes, opening up new timelines and new worlds."

"But the new world and the new us..." Yuanwai hesitated and did not dare to continue.

The boss knew that the other party already knew the answer.

But people are the product of time and environment. Unless they are completely desperate about life, they will cherish their current life no matter how difficult it is. They usually try to improve their lives and even their living environment, instead of erasing their history, erasing their present selves, and creating another self.

No one dares to be sure whether the other self is still the current self.

So the boss said nothing, but left Hiraga Gengai alone to make his own decision. The boss took this opportunity to stroll around Gengai's "scrap collection station".

But the "scrap collection station" advertised to the public is actually as big as a medium-sized chemical plant. Some of the things inside look like rags, while some look like they were just stolen from the assembly line, so new that they haven't even been tested before leaving the factory.

There are also some things that don't look like civilian use, such as the Chitauri aircraft that once appeared in New York, and a dark red giant robot made of ultra-high-tensile steel, about 17.5 meters high, weighing 56.2 tons, with an engine power of 976 kilowatts and a thruster thrust of 48.5 tons.

"This is not an ordinary robot, but the Principality of Zeon's Mobiusu!" Hiraga Gengai walked over to Boss Makoto and explained to him, "And this is a special machine for ace fighters! The acceleration capability is 1.3 times that of ordinary machines. The ace piloting this machine is also called the Red Comet."

Boss Cheng held his forehead and asked the old man: "Why do you have an MS-06 here? It looks like an S-type Zaku!" (The Musai-class light cruiser of the Internal Affairs Investigation Department appeared in the previous article.)

"Why not!" Gengai explained to Boss Cheng, "Although I don't know why you, as a person from another world, know about the Zaku, the Principality of Zeon is also an alien force that cannot be underestimated. And this Zaku S-Type was personally given to me by the ace pilot Shayamasa for repair. However, due to the outbreak of the White Curse on Earth, this machine has been abandoned here for more than 4 years. It was originally agreed that it would be paid for by the Principality of Zeon, but the Principality has completely cut off all contact with Earth."

"Then sell it to me!" Boss Cheng patted the iron giant. "Even if it's not used, it will be a great exhibit in the base."

Yuanwai agreed very readily and even took the initiative to recommend various treasures in his "scrap collection station" to Boss Cheng. For example, the simple but very reliable spacecraft thrusters and supporting control systems. Another example is the simple gravity control system that can make scrap copper and iron float in a gravity environment. And the kitchen automation robot that can make chefs unemployed.

"duang!"

The kitchen automation robot was smashed by the boss, who readily said that he would definitely compensate for the loss.

"But I don't need you to compensate me." Yuanwai said to the boss: "I hope you can give the money you spent on shopping to another me after the world restarts."

"You don't want it yourself?"

"What's the point of me wanting it or not? Once you reshape our timeline, even if I have mountains of gold and silver now, this world is destined to be erased."

"So you've figured it out?" the boss asked.

"Yeah, I've figured it out." Hiraga Gengai sighed, "The world now has no meaning to exist. No matter how hard we try, those who remain on Earth will eventually face their end. In order for those unlucky souls who died in vain to live a good life, those of us who are lucky enough to have survived for another four or five years should learn to be content."

Boss Cheng nodded and affirmed: "Great answer, great realization."

"Really?" Yuanwai scratched his almost bald head first, then asked the boss seriously: "It will definitely succeed, right?"

"Yes, as long as you find it right, it will be done in one try. If you can't find it right, try a few more times."

"it is good!"

Pinghe Yuanwai told Boss Cheng to take whatever he liked, but as for the price, he just let Boss Cheng decide.

Boss Cheng told him not to worry about money, after all, the boss had no shortage of hard currency at this stage. However, the things that the boss liked might not be able to be packed up and taken away immediately, after all, the main control had not found him yet. However, if we count from the noon when the boss first came here, it has been more than 12 hours.

"It shouldn't take long. At most one day, they should be able to find me. By the way, do you have the design or manufacturing drawings of the things I like?"

Yuan Wai boasted: "Of course I have them. Not to mention the blueprints of these things, I even have a complete set of blueprints for spacecraft! But according to Ah Yin, our spacecraft may be slightly behind yours."

However, to Hiraga Gengai's surprise, Boss Makoto waved his hand and said, "Being behind is good. The more behind, the better I like it! If you can build a spaceship with just nails and hammers, it would be my dream!"

"Hey! You are not making fun of me, are you?"

"Sarcasm? How could that be possible!" Suddenly, Boss Cheng opened his watery eyes and said sincerely, "You have to believe me!"

Hiraga Gengai believed it, and then left Boss Makoto alone to tinker with his "junk pile" while he returned to the maintenance bench and continued to repair the slightly damaged Time Thief.

"By the way, your time thief was modified by Xiaoyu, right?"

The sudden explosion of Boss Cheng's voice startled Yuan Wai. He patted his chest, which was over fifty years old and had sagging skin, and then put down the time thief who had been repaired almost, and asked the boss: "How did you know?"

"Because Tama from the izakaya used to come to my store every now and then to buy lunch boxes for Touse and Catherine. But this time when I went there, I saw that Tama in the store had changed from a maid robot to an RX-75 Guntank."

"so what?"

The boss shrugged and said, "So I'm just taking a wild guess."

"Oh, you guessed it right. Do you have any opinion on this?"

"I don't have any ideas." The boss said boredly, "I suddenly remembered that I have a group of crazy scientists under me. The synthetic humans they developed are basically indistinguishable from real people. Do you think it is possible to transfer the data in Xiaoyu's memory to these bionic synthetic humans? In this way, will Xiaoyu become a real person?"

"Haha, you are really a filthy guy. You have been eyeing the robot maid!"

0360 108 different dishes

After Gintoki went to the hospital, he seemed to have reconciled with this era and its people. The next morning, Kagura tied her hair into a bun again and changed into the same Chinese-style jacket she wore five years ago. Shinpachi also cut his unruly long hair short and changed back to the traditional Japanese hakama.

The two, along with Gintoki, who they had never recognized but knew, and all the survivors of Kabukicho, began to search for traces of the Nightmare in the entire Edo area, especially in the city center near the central airport, which was the focus of everyone's investigation.

But the boss did not follow the group, not because he was lazy, but because he had not been out of Kabukicho in recent years. After all, although Oedo occasionally had some strange things happen in the past few years, it has been smooth sailing overall. It is no exaggeration to say that this is a prosperous, stable and livable city.

So, the boss stayed in Kabukicho Street and was busy doing what he liked best and what he was best at - not robbing bank safes, but preparing lunch boxes for people who went out to search for nightmares.

"A box lunch is just a box lunch. Why does it have to be called Ben'ete?" Boss Cheng muttered as he shook a large pot with a diameter of about one meter.

However, just as Boss Makoto had finished preparing lunch and was packing it with the help of Catherine and Orochimaru (Tousei), the boss's communicator suddenly started to buzz.

Followed by.

【Countdown begins! 】

【3】

【2】

【1】

【Start teleportation! 】

And at the moment the transmission began, Boss Cheng, who always cherished food no matter how much he spent, placed the half-full lunch box steadily on the table at the moment his hands disappeared.

Deng Shi and Catherine on the side continued to work leisurely on serving rice and dishes, regardless of whether their boss had suddenly disappeared.

"Hey, hey! The bald restaurant owner is gone. Is that really okay?"

After packing a box of food, Tousei took out a Zhongnanhai cigarette from her cigarette box. She took two puffs of the thin cigarette, which was not very easy to smoke, but was still exquisite, and asked Catherine: "If there was no white curse, no one would get sick, and no one would die, and Kabukicho would still be the lively Kabukicho, would you like it, Catherine?"

"Of course I like it!" Catherine, the ugliest cat-eared girl in history, stroked the beard at the corner of her mouth, "I dream of going back to my old life."

"What if everything we are experiencing now is just a dream?" Deng Shi asked again.

"Then I won't wash the dishes or clean the house today!"

Turn your attention back to the Box Food Restaurant.

Today is not the weekend, but outside the Heya Restaurant there is a sign saying "The owner is missing and closed today". In the underground base in the backyard of the restaurant, various detection and scanning equipment are placed all over the ground, occupying an area of ​​more than 200 square meters.

After 15 hours of all-round dimensionality reduction scanning, all the technical staff involved in the search were hungry and tired. However, hard work pays off, and they finally found the boss's trace at an important time point five years after his disappearance.

At this time, the boss was standing stupidly on the transmission platform, staring at the 500 people in the base.

"How long have I been missing?"

"16 and a half hours." A team leader of the technical department in charge of the search mission replied.

"I've been there for more than 24 hours," said the boss.

"It's normal. After the two worlds are untied, time will return to the state before synchronization without relative reference. So it's possible that there is any difference in the speed of time flow between the two worlds. Even if only 5 minutes have passed there, while 5 years have passed here, it's normal. Sometimes it's faster, sometimes it's slower, who can tell for sure!"

After that, the team leader asked the boss again: "Are you still planning to reconnect the two worlds? I mean, connect the world five years later that you were just teleported back to."

"Don't recover yet, but I need you to take me back again."

After that, Boss Cheng took out the super shotgun and 60 rounds of explosive bullets. He also took out the big sword and the magic crucible from the battle warehouse, put the magic crucible on his back, and threw the big sword to the sweet cheese who looked eager to try.

"Please send me back. Remember to keep in touch. I bought some groceries. Once I'm sure it's safe over there, please send someone to help me move the things back!"

Sweet Cheese also reminded Crossbones: "Remember to help me feed the kittens, or I will break your third leg!"

As the transmission device was activated, Boss Cheng and Sweet Cheese disappeared. Near the Tose Izakaya, Boss Cheng and Sweet Cheese suddenly appeared in the air and fell to the ground with a "slap".

"What a lousy positioning system."

However, compared to "20 minutes ago", the sunlight over Kabukicho Street has dimmed a lot. Boss Makoto and Sweet Cheese came to the small izakaya in Tose. Without waiting for the boss to say anything, Sweet Cheese rushed to Tama who had transformed into a steel tank, crying and wailing about how his little sister had turned from a slim girl into a tank!

"Wow, wow, I like the old Xiaoyu, not the RX-75!"

Boss Cheng ignored Sweet Cheese who was crying like he lost a close friend. He came to the bar alone and asked Tousei about the time. Only then did he realize that once the two stopped syncing, time would be so messed up.

"Oh my, the big shot is finally back." Deng Shi, who had his heart back in his stomach, laughed and joked, "I thought he had abandoned us poor people and would never come back."

Boss Cheng explained himself: "This is also the first time I've experienced this kind of strange time difference. I definitely didn't stay there for more than 15 minutes, but you just told me that more than 4 hours have passed here. It was clearly noon 15 minutes ago, but after these 15 minutes, the time has already rushed to 5 o'clock!"

"It doesn't matter if it's a few hours late. Ah Yin and the others have worked for nothing all day anyway." Deng Shi poured a glass of cold water for Boss Cheng and continued to comfort the boss with a smile: "As long as you can come back, it doesn't matter if you come back a few hours earlier or later. Your coming back is enough to make Ah Yin happy for the whole night."

"They searched the entire day, and there's no news at all?"

"At least they all said no, but whether there is or not, perhaps only they themselves know. However..."