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Chapter 54: Uncle Returns to the Original World
Chapter 54: Uncle Returns to the Original World
2034, Tokyo, Japan.
In a hospital bed, Shima Yousuke, who had been in a coma for seventeen years due to a car accident, finally woke up.
For these seventeen years, Shima Yousuke's family and the hospital staff all believed that he had become a vegetative state patient due to the accident. However, what they didn't know was that during these seventeen years, Shima Yousuke had been active in a world called "Gran Bahamal," an otherworld.
It wasn't until recently that Shima Yousuke, after wandering in "Gran Bahamal" for seventeen years, finally found a way back to this world with the help of a good friend, thus ending his journey in the otherworld.
When Shima Yousuke woke up in the hospital, a young man with chestnut hair and glasses, looking rather unwilling, also arrived at the hospital and entered Shima Yousuke's ward.
His name was Gaoqiujingwen, and he was Shima Yousuke's nephew. Since his school was near the hospital, he had come to pick up his uncle as per the family meeting's decision.
To be honest, Gaoqiujingwen had no real memory of his uncle, and there were no shared past experiences between them. Therefore, he felt little emotional connection to his suddenly awakened uncle.
This wasn't strange. The car accident happened in 2017, and it had been seventeen years since then.
How old was Gaoqiujingwen back then? For the so-called "uncle," there was no emotional foundation, only a vague memory.
The decision of the family meeting was to have him bring his uncle home and take care of him for a while. To Gaoqiujingwen, this was undoubtedly adding another burden to his already difficult life.
The uncle, who had just woken up, was reportedly in good health and could move freely.
However, being out of society for seventeen years meant that his uncle was clearly out of touch with the modern era, akin to a country bumpkin.
Given his uncle's condition, finding a job to make ends meet in the city would be extremely difficult. Therefore, Gaoqiujingwen would likely have to bear the cost of his uncle's meals.
These weren't major issues, as the family only wanted him to take care of his uncle temporarily.
Although it would be tough, he was still family, and this was the family meeting's decision, so Gaoqiujingwen wouldn't refuse.
However, when Gaoqiujingwen visited the hospital and had a brief conversation with his uncle, the uncle claimed that during his seventeen-year coma, he had traveled to another otherworld and learned magic.
Talking about swords and magic in modern society... naturally, Gaoqiujingwen considered his uncle a lunatic!
"Didn't the doctor say that after a thorough examination, my uncle had no other health issues?
Is this considered no other health issues? Or did they miss his head during the scans!
This is a society governed by law. If my uncle is a lunatic, and something happens, as his guardian, I would bear some responsibility!"
Already finding the task of caring for his uncle quite challenging and troublesome, Gaoqiujingwen stood up and prepared to go outside the ward to call his family, explaining that this task was too difficult for him to handle.
However, just as Gaoqiujingwen was about to leave the ward, he saw his uncle, who had been randomly gesturing and muttering "magic" on the table, suddenly surrounded by a strong wind. Then, the water cup on the table floated into the air, much to Gaoqiujingwen's shock!
"I see, to use magic in this world, the incantations can't be in the language of the otherworld but must be in Japanese?
As Shima Yousuke pushed up his glasses and calmly controlled the water glass to land, then his body floated up without any wind, Gao Qiu Jingwen was instantly dumbfounded.
If the water glass could be barely explained as an optical illusion or magic trick, then the man now floating in the air truly dropped his jaw.
"Hey, hey, hey, Jingwen, did you see your uncle? Did you call to tell me something?"
"Was it really too much to ask for a newly working child to take care of your uncle? Maybe…"
The voice of his family on the phone finally woke up Gao Qiu Jingwen, who was still in a state of shock.
Realizing that everything his uncle had said was true, and that he had indeed gone to another world and learned magic, Gao Qiu Jingwen felt his blood boil with excitement.
This was real magic, and he was the only one who knew this secret!
Gao Qiu Jingwen was also a light novel enthusiast, and seeing this scene in front of him, how could he not be excited? Moreover, having an uncle who could use magic quickly made him see business opportunities.
With such an uncle leading the way, how could he possibly worry about a difficult life? This was not just a freeloader, but a boss who could make him a winner in life.
"Uncle, I've already seen you. I called to let you know that I'm planning to live with you in Tokyo.
Since he's my uncle, I will take good care of him. You can rest assured."
Gao Qiu Jingwen, who had previously treated Shima Yousuke as a freeloader and a lunatic, immediately turned into a little fanboy and enthusiastically began to pack up his uncle's things after confirming that his uncle really could use magic.
Seventeen years in a world where technology was rapidly developing was enough to make Shima Yousuke, who had been in a coma for many years, completely out of touch with the modern world.
So after bringing his uncle home, Gao Qiu Jingwen first took out a computer to help his uncle catch up on the new things and common knowledge of the past seventeen years.
Fortunately, by 2017, computers were already quite common, so Shima Yousuke was not completely unfamiliar with them.
Although he hadn't touched a computer keyboard for seventeen years, as a former otaku, the moment his fingers touched the keyboard, the dormant memories in his body instantly woke up.
Watching his uncle operate the computer with a speed that he could not match, the bored Gao Qiu Jingwen began to ask about the other world.
Since his uncle, who was focused on studying modern knowledge, did not want to be disturbed, he used elf magic to directly show Gao Qiu Jingwen a small movie from the other world.
"The people who appear in this, the girl is an elf, her name is… it's too long, I forgot, but we call her Cui.
As for the other white-haired man, he is also a person from another world who crossed over to Gran Bahamal, and he is my best friend in that world.
Without his help, I probably would have died many times, and even this time, I was able to return because of his help."
(End of Chapter)
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