For Jiu Ming, today had been a day filled with all kinds of helplessness. But for the other Jiu Ming... well, hehe!
"...How did it feel?"
"So-so. Tch, I never expected you to be so unlikeable as a kid." After leaving the hospital, Haruhi wore a disappointed look. As for how they had found this place, that was thanks to Jiu Ming's memories—they only needed to follow his experiences and look up the hospitals he had visited before his death. "Did you see this coming all along?"
Haruhi eyed Jiu Ming suspiciously.
"Ahaha~ How could that be?" Jiu Ming drew his gaze back from elsewhere and gave a vague laugh in reply. Following his line of sight, Haruhi saw only the backs of two people entering the hospital.
"Who are they? They actually caught your attention."
"Mm... They're the parents of the 'me' in this world. Haven't seen them in a long time." Jiu Ming shook his head. In truth, he had known the outcome from the moment he came here. How should he put it? His younger self had truly been unlikeable to outsiders, and things had only improved after he turned ten.
A bratty kid?
The living Jiu Ming had never had the capital to be a brat. He could not even raise a fuss, so how could he have been a brat?
"Is that so? Aren't you going to talk to them? They shouldn't recognize you, right?" Haruhi looked at Jiu Ming thoughtfully.
"Are you kidding?" Jiu Ming tapped Haruhi on the head. "Not recognizing me now doesn't mean they won't recognize me later. What happens once the me of this world grows up?"
"Tch, just turn into Ninth Sister and go see them." Haruhi slapped away Jiu Ming's dark hand and curled her lip.
"...Do I