The Trial Begins!

"I thought little Focalors was super cute." Wu Wanghai stomped his feet excitedly in the defendant's stand and slapped the platform in front of him hard, speaking with utmost righteousness and conviction.

"So you're a lolicon after all. Hehe, caught you, didn't I? Under Fontaine law, that's at least five years." The girl at the plaintiff's stand put her left hand on her hip, stretched out her right hand, and tilted her head back. The enormous white ahoge atop her head twitched.

"Huh?" Wu Wanghai hurriedly retorted, "I'm not a lolicon. Don't slander me out of thin air. I just happen to like cute little girls."

The crowd below fell silent. What a sight to see. Someone actually dared to admit it. He was truly shameless and perverted.

"Good grief, there are people like you? Then shouldn't it be the death penalty right away? Death penalty! Death penalty! Mr. Neuvillette, Chief Justice, hurry up and declare the verdict!"

The spectators erupted into commotion again. Everyone thought the girl's judgment was utterly unreasonable, while even more people began enjoying the show.

"Click, click." A certain girl in the corner of the audience kept recording the scene.

"Silence, silence!" After Neuvillette brought the scene under control as usual, his gaze turned toward the girl who had impatiently proposed such an absurd sentence.

Without changing expression, Neuvillette rejected the girl's accusation. "Plaintiff Miss Furina's accusation is unfounded. Defendant, continue."

"Fine, fine~ I get it." Furina crossed her arms, then puffed out her cheeks as if sulking and glared at Wu Wanghai with her mismatched eyes.

Yet inwardly, she kept lightly pounding her chest. Boring, boring. I almost really gave that guy the death penalty.

Although Fontaine had not actually carried out an execution in a very, very long time, even if she truly sentenced him to death, Furina still would not have felt satisfied. She would have been very unhappy!

"Then, it was just as you investigated. I'm someone from beyond this world, having traveled through countless worlds to get here." Wu Wanghai spread his hands helplessly.

I was seriously screwed over. Where's that power I was promised? Why haven't I gotten it yet?

"And then this happened, then that happened, and so on and so forth..." Wu Wanghai began recounting his story of traveling between worlds to everyone. Once he got into it, he even began making things up, talking about heroes, emperors, and other things they did not understand.

After all, he had been an avid webnovel reader for years. Coming up with a few settings like this was easy. The important thing was making his lie about traveling through countless worlds hold together.

In short, Wu Wanghai wanted to make his identity seem lofty and mysterious in everyone's eyes.

After finishing, Wu Wanghai had to take several deep breaths. It was exhausting. He should not have made things so complicated.

Wu Wanghai also crossed his arms, raised his head slightly, and looked down at the packed crowd below. There were even many people who could not find seats and had to stand shoulder-to-shoulder to watch the trial.

Tremble. I'm an incredibly powerful person.

Wu Wanghai kept nodding inwardly to encourage himself. When had he ever faced such a scene before? If he did not put on a bold front, his legs would probably go weak and he would not be able to say a word.

But in reality, not a single person present dared believe him, even though most of what Wu Wanghai said was true.

"Huh?" Furina stared wide-eyed at the young man across from her who claimed to be from beyond this world. His account of his origins was just too ridiculous.

Neuvillette fell silent for a moment and could not help expressing his doubts. However, that was not the main issue right now. "Very well, I understand. Let us stop your introduction here for now. Next, explain why you were beneath the Statue of The Seven, holding a loudspeaker and saying..."

Neuvillette paused, then recited the line expressionlessly. "Focalors is my wife. I'm Focalors's dog!"

Even as he said it, Neuvillette sounded completely deadpan.

"Yes, yes, that's it! Even if you say you're from beyond this world, you... you still can't say something like that!" Furina could not help stamping her feet in embarrassment and anger. The dignity of a god was nearly gone at that moment.

It was simply too embarrassing! It was Furina's first time being publicly confessed to.

If this person had quietly said a few words in private, that would have been one thing. The great Hydro Archon Furina could have forgiven him upon hearing it.

But he had actually dared make his voice ring throughout Fontaine. Before long, the entire world would probably know that someone had confessed to a god.

Furina's face kept flushing slightly. She was both embarrassed and angry.

As for that matter, Wu Wanghai felt they had to go back a little further.

The time returned to over an hour earlier, on Blue Star.

"I have freedom!!" Wu Wanghai had shouted that in an empty plaza at the time.

That was right. Wu Wanghai had also been swept away by the tides of the era—in other words, replaced by newcomers. His heartless boss did not want to keep old employees who required higher pay, so he began hiring cheap new workers instead.

New employees were great. Low wages, lots of work, hardworking and obedient. Unlike old employees, every one of whom had maxed out their slacking skills.

"Sigh, living is hard." Wu Wanghai, whose life was difficult, had no choice but to go out and buy some food to stock up on that day. Yet he never expected to experience something that would change his life.

Not change his life. I straight-up died in the Blue Star world, okay? How could a mall suddenly explode?!

This was what happened. While Wu Wanghai had been shopping at the mall, he came across a beautiful mother wearing an Alice the Great Witch cosplay outfit, holding the hand of an adorable little girl.

That cute little girl was not wearing Klee's little witch outfit. Instead, she wore a miniature version of Hydro Archon Focalors's outfit.

Then, before he could even take a second look... Boom, crack! An explosion rang out right beside Wu Wanghai's ears.

That huge blast had even scared his phone out of his hand! Then Wu Wanghai personally saw the little girl's mother nearby get struck by glass shards sent flying by the explosion and immediately enter "baby-like sleep."

Later, for some reason, he also ended up lying down with her.

I hate this. The Hydro Archon hadn't even come out yet, and I hadn't even gotten to play her!! Damn it.

As Wu Wanghai lay on the ground, already at death's door, countless thoughts passed through his mind. The strongest of them was unexpectedly his regret at no longer being able to play Genshin Impact.

That was right. What did Genshin Impact ever do to you? I play Genshin Impact! A loyal miHoYo fan who had spent tens of thousands!

The world was very quiet...

Was it because the explosion had deafened me...

Not far away lay that beautiful mother with a great figure. A large patch of ground beneath her had long been dyed red.

What a pity. If I had known I would die today, I might as well have... Haha, forget it. I wouldn't have dared. I'd be afraid of getting sick.

So in the end, another regret had suddenly appeared in this world. And he was still a virgin...

Wait, where was little Focalors beside her mother? Wu Wanghai's eyes, which had nearly closed, opened wide again in unwillingness. He tried to move his head and search around, but death had locked his gaze in place.

His brain kept sending commands, but Wu Wanghai's entire body remained unable to move. The fact that he still had a little consciousness was already fortunate.

The image within his field of view did not show the little girl either. Even as his vision slowly faded away, he never found her.

That was it! Damn it, there had been a second explosion!!! Wu Wanghai suddenly sat up. He remembered. He remembered everything.

At the time, Wu Wanghai had run over to the mother to check on her and was about to call the hospital when another blast erupted.

At that moment, Wu Wanghai instinctively shielded the little girl, who had been pushed away by her mother and was standing there frozen, pulling her beneath him to protect her!

So the girl had been under me. My view was blocked, so I could not see her at the end. I hope she survived.

It would be best if she survived, but her mother...

"Ugh..." Wu Wanghai clutched his chest and began worrying about her situation. She couldn't be dead too, right?!

???

After feeling terrible for a while, Wu Wanghai seemed to notice something was wrong.

H-How was I sitting up already? At the very least, I should have woken up in a hospital, right??

"Hm?" Wu Wanghai even pushed himself up with both hands, and his whole body rose to its feet.

A miracle???

Wu Wanghai was completely stunned.

After standing, Wu Wanghai looked around. Green brick houses? No skyscrapers?

Was he in some street corner? There was even a trash can beside him, and it looked a lot like one from a certain game!

Suppressing the urge to rummage through it, Wu Wanghai grew even more confused. "Did I... black out from drinking? No, that can't be right. I don't even drink!"

He looked at the obviously unfamiliar surroundings, then at his own hands. Mm, they were fair, slender, and quite beautiful.

What?!

"Ah?" These were definitely not his hands!

I get it. I'm dreaming. A dream within a dream.

"That scared me. So I never went to the mall and never encountered an explosion." Wu Wanghai placed his right hand over his chest and let out a breath. That had scared him to death. Good, good.

Still, that Lady Alice cosplay in the dream had been incredible, and little Furina had been super adorable too.

"What a shame it was a dream." Wu Wanghai angrily swung down his left hand, only to hit the wall.

For some reason, Wu Wanghai let out a soft laugh. His body even trembled slightly. It was from excitement.

Wu Wanghai looked at his hands, at those tender, fair hands that definitely did not belong to him...

Question: if I can feel pain and suddenly have unfamiliar hands, what does that equal?

Has it finally come to me! I, Wu Ma Lei Yi La!

Wu Wanghai excitedly jogged forward, but he rushed too fast, and so...

Splash. In broad daylight, Wu Wanghai ended up taking a cold bath. Fortunately, he liked swimming, so after struggling for a moment, he swam to a safe platform.

"What rotten luck! What is this? Why is there even...??" Thoroughly calmed by the cold water, Wu Wanghai looked around, growing even more confused.

A long waterway stretched ahead of him. Looking down further... holy crap! It was at least ten meters above the ground!!!

No wonder there were no railings here. There was a waterway below, forcing him to take a cold bath.

"Why does this feel a little familiar? But it definitely isn't terrain I know." Wu Wanghai steadied himself and cautiously walked along the edge of the high water bridge.

By chance, Wu Wanghai glanced at the now-calm water beside him. The crystal-clear surface reflected his current appearance, making him freeze in place.

At first glance, the most eye-catching thing was his anime-style eyes.

To describe them in detail, his eyes were a deep, profound dark blue. Upon closer inspection, the pupils were still normally round, only now they were dark blue.

The outer rings were a gradient of blue tones, seemingly dotted with little bits of white, like stars within them. For a moment, it was as though he saw a simple miniature universe.

With a high nose bridge and thin lips, his entire face looked full of vitality.

His appearance was mostly still that of his previous life, only enhanced with beauty filters and given an anime style. It seemed he had physically crossed over and been beautified by this world.

Overall, he had become incredibly handsome, though he felt he could still be optimized further. Maybe he should exercise and make himself look more mature? He looked so young right now...

Wu Wanghai nodded. Only his casually tousled black short hair resting against his head affected his overall looks. Perhaps he should find a way to get a proper hairstyle first?

"Overall, it's obvious." Wu Wanghai withdrew his gaze and stood there in thought. "I really crossed over. This isn't some parallel world. It's... an anime world!!!"

Wu Wanghai had not yet confirmed exactly what world it was. In any case, first...

"Yes!" Wu Wanghai sprang up with both legs and lunged forward. He actually jumped back into the water. His body was already wet anyway. He began swimming forward along the waterway because he could see a platform ahead where he could get out.