Ohma Zi-O

In front of the Dai Bao J Barbershop on Chicken Island.

"Wu Liuqi."

"This bowl of beef noodles of yours doesn't taste bad."

"Have you thought about expanding and going big?"

"I'll put up 100,000 yuan, and you open three more similar stalls."

Lin Hai, wearing a grey short-sleeved T-shirt and brown jeans, took a bite of the delicacy in his bowl, looking as if he were enjoying a world-class gourmet meal. His attitude of endless praise seemed to suggest that business here was booming. But the entire morning had passed, and Wu Liuqi had only him as a customer. Based on this foot traffic, wanting to "go big" was surely a joke.

......

Lin Hai was not of this world. To be more precise, in his past life, he wasn't from this world. He clearly remembered the final end of his previous life—falling off a cliff. He thought everything would end there, but to his surprise, when he opened his eyes, he found he had reincarnated.

He became a person of this world and inherited the power of Ohma Zi-O. Following the memories in his head, he quickly advanced through the main Rider timeline, resolving the Time Jackers and achieving a grand happy ending. When the Demon King appears, who dares to compete?

After everything concluded, Lin Hai returned to his starting point—the alley with the 9-to-5 routine. A year later, he decided to go elsewhere to open a few branches. Thus, he stepped beyond the borders of the Demon King's world.

He discovered that this piece of space-time was actually a crossover anime/manga world. Flying into the sky, he circled the entire globe once. This world was not only incredibly vast but also divided into countless regions. Everywhere was filled with mysterious forces, magic, supernatural abilities, technology, and divine miracles; all sorts of bizarre phenomena were too numerous to count.

Garden, Ghoul, Seireitei, the Sword of Damocles, the Witches of Destruction—all sorts of powerful organizations, both in the light and the shadows, were countless. There were even many unusually familiar characters: Saitama-sensei, Tu Shan Honghong, Shinomiya Kaguya, Yukinoshita Yukino, Sakurajima Mai. These characters, who shouldn't have appeared together, all appeared simultaneously in this world. So many characters, along with the background forces behind them, formed this intensely competitive crossover world.

To these different factions, the outside world was full of danger and fear. But to Lin Hai, even if the entire world attacked him together, he wouldn't even blink. As long as he was happy, he could create or destroy the world at will.

Having inadvertently arrived at Chicken Island, he opened a watch shop here and befriended Wu Liuqi. Mentioning the 100,000 yuan was actually something he knew in his heart would have no return. However, he liked Wu Liuqi’s personality; this money was just to help him and Dai Bao improve their lives. One must know that on this remote Chicken Island, 100,000 yuan was a massive sum. Even local tycoons couldn't directly produce that much cash. To the people here, it was a fortune, but to him, it wasn't even a hair off nine oxen. Giving it to the other party was no problem at all.

"Eh? 100,000 yuan!" Wu Liuqi, who was making beef noodles with a pair of scissors hovering in his hand, sat down at the opposite table, not believing Lin Hai's words.

"What?"

"I think I heard someone talking about money, and 100,000 yuan at that!" Blue Dai Bao jumped down from the second floor to the ground, looking anxious as it sat between the two. It was truly desperate for money. Lately, business at the barbershop had been too poor, otherwise, they wouldn't be selling beef noodles. As for assassin work, they hadn't completed a single mission; the three of them were about to starve.

But when Dai Bao realized this offer came from Lin Hai's mouth, wanting to invest in them, Dai Bao showed a look of disbelief. Based on what it knew, Lin Hai's watch shop was doing even worse than their own place. Where would he get such a large sum of money? Calling it an investment... it was probably just a tease.

"It's just paper money. I only need to take one order, and it's absolutely no problem." Wu Liuqi patted his chest in assurance. An outsider who couldn't see his "professional" expression would truly think he was a top-tier assassin.

"Bang!" Dai Bao suddenly jumped up and gave Wu Liuqi a hard smack on the head.

"It's better if you don't mention missions! I go through so much trouble to get you missions, and which one have you ever finished?"

Wu Liuqi dodged Dai Bao's second attack, and the two began circling Lin Hai's table.

"Wait!"

"I thought of a way to make money."

"Lately, there are more and more assassins on the island. I believe everyone's sense of security will get lower and lower. I can go be a bodyguard for those people. Not only can I make money, but after defeating the attacking assassins, my ranking will also go up."

Dai Bao calmed down. It stroked its chin and carefully considered Wu Liuqi’s words, suddenly feeling it was doable. The two said nothing, exchanged a glance, and reached a mutual understanding.

"So, respected watch shop owner, would you consider hiring our assassin ranked 17,369?"

Lin Hai shook his head, declining the offer. In this world, anyone might need a bodyguard, but he was the one who needed one the least. Wu Liuqi and Dai Bao blocked Lin Hai from front and back; they were convinced he needed protection.

"Do you really not need one? Think about it again."

In their eyes, Lin Hai not only appeared extremely weak, but his personality was also quite mild; he wouldn't argue with anyone no matter what happened. On Chicken Island, where almost no one was simple, Lin Hai's combat power was absolutely at the bottom. The two of them considered themselves to have some strength. Although facing unknown enemies might be a bit taxing, protecting Lin Hai would be no problem at all.

Lin Hai had originally spoken out of kindness. Since they didn't believe him, he had no reason to bring it up again. Just as he stood up to leave, suddenly, the TV in a shop opposite the Dai Bao J Barbershop emitted a strange sound.

"Bzzz... bzzz..."

The shrill, piercing sound could be heard even a kilometer away. It wasn't just this TV; every device with a screen within sight, whether turned on or not, flashed and displayed a forum interface. At this moment, this phenomenon appeared beside everyone. Unless you completely destroyed the device in front of you, there was no way to stop the forum image from appearing.

Not long after, a series of text appeared on the pitch-black screen.