Omnibus Anime: My Five Senses Are Linked with the Top Daughters of Ten Thousand Worlds

No wonder he couldn't find anyone; the person wasn't even in this world anymore.

"What kind of crossing?" Jiang Lianqiu continued to press. "Did they go to another timeline? Or did they just run off to another world?"

"Both are possible; further analysis is needed."

Von Noymiau didn't immediately provide an answer.

Jiang Lianqiu became curious. "If someone could truly go back to the past and change history, what would happen to us?"

"Would we disappear because history changed?"

Von Noymiau shook her head.

"In fact, Commander, technology related to time is a very complex and vast system," Von Noymiau paused, then explained, "But one thing is certain: to the cold universe, 'time' is a meaningless concept."

Jiang Lianqiu could understand. Let alone the technological prowess reaching the level of combat mecha servants, even humans in the 21st century had vaguely sensed that humanity's perception of time had too many seemingly untenable aspects compared to the cold laws of the universe.

This seemed to correspond to a certain understanding of the memory Star God system in the Honkai: Star Rail universe?

It seemed that in Fuli's eyes, memory was the essence of everything, not time.

Because life and the world exist with memories, time gains meaning.

Jiang Lianqiu abandoned these troublesome metaphysical questions after a brief thought, focusing his attention on the present.

"About how long will it take to get results? If it's confirmed that Dio went to another timeline instead of another world, do we have the ability to track him further?"

Jiang Lianqiu frowned.

If Dio ran off to another world, he wouldn't bother, but if he went to the 'past' of this world, he couldn't let him mess around.

"I'm afraid we can't... uh..."

Von Noymiau, who had just denied Jiang Lianqiu's question, suddenly froze.

A moment later, she looked at Jiang Lianqiu with an incredibly wondrous and amazed expression, full of conflict: "...Yes, Commander, we can!"

"What happened?" Jiang Lianqiu felt that Von Noymiau was looking at him as if he were her research subject.

Before Von Noymiau could answer, a stream of data flashed in Belfast's eyes. Then, she opened her mouth, walked to Jiang Lianqiu's side, and whispered:

"Master, do you remember the information that erupted in the Tokyo district that we all discovered simultaneously after you sensed the anomaly here earlier?"

"I remember. Didn't we already send people to investigate?"

"Yes." Belfast nodded. "Our people have already made contact with the target—that Jotaro Kujo. Incredibly, upon meeting, he stated that he was prepared to return something 'we gave him in the past' to his maternal grandfather, Joseph Joestar."

"—The scales of the Time Bug..."

Jiang Lianqiu: "..."

After a full minute of silence, Jiang Lianqiu rubbed his temples and let out a low groan.

"My head is a bit messy, let me sort this out. We gave the Time Bug scales to Joseph in the past? Where did we get Time Bug scales?"

Time Bugs, they were legendary high-dimensional creatures that parasitized time, possibly even the consciousness materialized (doubtful) monster of time itself. The scales that fell from it were undoubtedly rare treasures. Jiang Lianqiu felt that if he had such a thing, would he give it to Joseph? He would definitely put it in the starport for thorough research.

"Perhaps it was precisely because of our actions this time that we obtained the Time Bug scales?"

Belfast's eyes lit up.

"Then... would I really give this thing away?" Jiang Lianqiu asked himself if he was the kind of person who could be so generous.

Unless...

He used the scales he was about to obtain from Jotaro Kujo to return to the past, and then obtained a second set of Time Bug scales.

With two sets in hand, he might give the extra one to Joseph to ensure he definitely got at least one set in the future, allowing Joseph to pass it to Jotaro Kujo, who would then give it to him in the future, completing the historical loop.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lianqiu had a flash of inspiration and a bold idea: "You know, is it possible that I am the 'grandfather' the senior mentioned?"

"Huh?" Belfast was stunned.

"No, I mean, could the reason the senior's grandfather was so formidable in his lifetime be related to me?"

"And Kars, that ultimate lifeform, we couldn't find him in space. Maybe we blasted him to smithereens by going back to the past?"

Jiang Lianqiu's thoughts began to wander