Chapter 319

Chapter Fifty: Eddie’s Background Overview

“Do you really think he won’t see through me? If getting caught because of this kind of thing, I’d rather just leave him there.”

“When you’re not wearing a mask, I’ll neutralize all your reactions, so don’t underestimate my ability.”

“Haha, I knew I could always trust you, aibo~”

“There might be someone who wants to flush their most trusted aibo down the drain… as long as you’re happy.”

After a silent exchange between them confirmed that the guy in front of him wouldn’t out him on the spot, Ash snapped his fingers crisply to wake up Eddie.

Seeing Mister Exhibitionist awake, Lei instinctively wanted to hide behind someone, but seeing everyone ready to face whatever came their way, she mustered her courage, held the jar containing Qijiera, and with鼓舞小花在罐子里挥拳的样子鼓励下，鼓起勇气站到了大家的一起。

“Manager, we don’t need to call the police, do we?”

Bland-faced Lily had no fondness for Eddie, who was carried in by Ash and naked. It was only thanks to Ash giving him a flower-patterned pants that her face wasn’t even more unpleasant.

“Don’t say it like that, Lily. We should believe these kids’ judgment.”

Ash shrugged. He would move this guy over to his cafe under another identity naturally due to a request from Erika and the others.

Of course, he also had his own considerations. After all, this guy seemed both reckless and foolish. It was precisely because of this that he could extract some information about this so-called SCSO from this guy.

Concerning Erika, she didn’t look too happy either at the moment. At least this much could be determined, she didn’t send him over simply due to subjective reasons.

“Hmph! If Cifrey and the girls hadn’t said there was different energy inside your toys, we would have handed you over to the police ages ago!”

Crossing her arms, Erika still seemed to be in a sulk.

“Wrong!”

Once again trying to stand, Eddie was pulled back by the shackles. Completely naked except for a pair of flower-patterned pants gifted by Ash, he faced the situation helplessly.

“Why am I being bound?”

“You’re now a well-known wanted criminal in the Flower Market,” Ash said, showing him the wanted poster where everything except his face was pixelated. “Who let it go that nothing this bad ever happened in this town unless during the occasional battles of Pretty Cure and Desert Apostle?”

“You really scared the naive citizens.”

“I’m not an exhibitionist!” Eddie desperately tried to defend himself, looking at the pixelated image on the wanted poster in utter frustration. “It was just an accident! I didn’t intend to—”

“So you admit it.” Ash picked up coffee that others avoided, sipping it elegantly. “For preventing you from acting on your animal instincts against my lovely staff, such restrictions are necessary.”

“Who acts on their animal instincts?!” Eddie kicked in protest hearing Ash’s accusation. “Who attacks girls? I have a girlfriend! Don’t slander me!”

And besides you, aren’t all the rest girls in the shop? You’ve completely exposed yourself! How can you accuse me?

“In any case, I am not an exhibitionist—I’m a good person, please believe me!”

“All criminals claim to be good people before they get exposed.” Ash nodded with a knowing air. “So I don’t believe it. Lily, do you?”

“I don’t trust suspicious individuals walking around outside in the broad daylight, only covered by a ragged blanket.”

“I wouldn’t put it that way… Maybe there’s a misunderstanding here?”

“Ahhh, Lei, you’re too kind-hearted. That’s why you’re easiest to be fooled by bad guys pretending to be good!”

As Ash subtly touched his nose upon hearing Erika’s words.

“If you don’t tell the truth, no one will believe you.”

Upon hearing Ash’s words, Eddie seemed to make up his mind and raised his head resolutely.

“You… could you get in touch with those seemingly called [Precure] heroes in this world? This matter must be conveyed to them!”

The girls’ mouths twitched uncontrollably; where were these Pretty Cure people he mentioned? They were all present and correct in the café.

“Of course, I assure you they’ll receive every detail of this.”

Ash assured them because they themselves were already here, word for word.

“Alright, if that’s how you say it!” To verify the credibility of what Ash said, Eddie’s delicate face turned serious.

“My name is Eddie, and Earth has been targeted!”

“…*x4”

Everyone blinked and exchanged glances.

“Was what I said unclear?”

Someone was still clueless when several people were almost spitting out their saliva out of frustration at Eddie’s riddles.

“Nobody understands these riddles!”

Due to the confusion one of these individuals themselves caused, it took an extended back-and-forth interaction to eventually clarify the conversation.

“I belong to a huge organization specifically responsible for coordinating and handling relations between worlds, known as the Special Cross-World Investigation Agency abbreviated as SCSO. Specifically, I am a member of the first team of SCSO, a [Crosser]!”

Without the concerns other crossers had over protecting their most covert identities, he could be considered as being frank about it.

“—!”

Pressing on his temples with his hands, Erika, overwhelmed by a string of professional jargon, identified key words and asked.

“It doesn’t make sense… anyway, you’re like those people from sci-fi movies who travel parallel universes, sort of like time cops?”

Erika nodded in agreement with her speculation. After all, it explained where the equipment he had came from.

“Just assume that… ” Eddie closed his mouth, not bothering to explain the differences between parallel worlds and other multiverses.

[Ash, have you understood?]

‘I understand.’

Not only does he have this living example, but Ash had encountered crossers before, like a certain purple photographer or someone hanging around the universe streets, but they seemed to jump across universes as part of those universes themselves.

If what this guy was saying is true, he comes from an even farther, even larger world.

Looks like I’ve gotten involved in something significant…

Thinking about this, Ash couldn’t help feeling excited and trembling.

He was never afraid of things happening, he was only afraid that they weren’t big enough.