"Mmm..." Matt's words stung a bit because it was true: he'd almost destroyed Japan's entire governmental structure in a month, and here he had just wasted two nights on really inconsequential things. "It's a little harder here, I think, to get things done. Less time. But you're right."

And then Niikura's heart skipped a beat. 2010? It was 2006 where he was...that meant that this man might know what happened - if Akumetsu had actually worked! And there was no way that the entire world hadn't heard about it..."I'm assumin' you're from this world, right? Have you ever heard of Akumetsu? Did it work?"

The cool, laid-back persona was fading. Now he just seemed like a hyperactive teenager.