After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

"click".

The second sound is the sound of the door closing.

The sound of footsteps followed, and the visitor was approaching the room they were in step by step.

Osamu Dazai withdrew his gaze and curled his lips in displeasure.

He suddenly grabbed Ueno Hikaru's arm and led him backwards.

"I don't want that little——he sees you." He muttered something, paused halfway, and changed his words.

Hikaru Ueno was stunned for a moment, but he didn't react, and was pulled by him.

Next to the bed is the window.

While leading him there, Osamu Dazai hooked the window back with his other hand.

The wind came in from the window and rolled up the open curtains.

Osamu Dazai fell back and fell out of the window with Hikari Ueno.

The moment he disappeared by the window, Hikaru Ueno vaguely heard the sound of the door opening.

Just one second later, the two of them would be discovered by Nakaya who came back.

But now, Hikaru Ueno has no time to care about that second.

After all, the two of them are now falling at an accelerated rate due to a certain teenager's operation without considering the consequences at all.

Hikaru Ueno pulled Dazai Osamu's wrist with his backhand, and pulled him into his arms.

As soon as this action was over, Hikari Ueno felt himself hit the ground hard.

Mr. Death God has never felt such an impact. Although it won't cause any substantial damage to him, the pain at that moment is still real.

He pressed Dazai Osamu's head in his arms, and involuntarily lowered his voice and let out a muffled groan.

Fortunately, the ground here is fairly flat, and it didn't cause any secondary damage to him.

Osamu Dazai pushed his hand away, poked his head out from his embrace, with apology hidden in his wet eyes: "Brother Guang, are you alright?"

As he asked, he stood up quickly, bent down and took Ueno Hikaru's hand.

Hikaru Ueno lay on the ground, stared at him for two seconds, held his hand, and stood up with the boy's strength.

He just said "It's okay", the strength in the boy's hand suddenly increased.

In a daze, Ueno Hikaru was dragged to the corner of this building by Osamu Dazai.

He looked up following the young man's gaze, and happened to see the young man sticking his head out and looking around.

It was followed by a gnashing of teeth "Tai, Zai!".

Ueno Hikaru looked helplessly at the boy beside him.

Osamu Dazai turned his head to look at him, showing a slightly sly smile.

"My brother is here to accompany me this time, so you can't go to him."

Hikaru Ueno nodded without hesitation.

He hadn't even thought of going to the other two children.

After all, the time when I came to the world this time was all prepared for Xiuzhi's little friend.

Well, Osamu Dazai.

Hikaru Ueno hesitated for a moment, then looked at Osamu Dazai.

Osamu Dazai seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Brother, you can just call me Xiuzhi like before."

He blinked: "Now this is the exclusive title of brother~"

Hikaru Ueno smiled helplessly and rubbed the child's head.

At this moment, this child finally has a little bit of the appearance of the past.

The mist that had been wrapping around him seemed to have dissipated a little.

"Let's go." Osamu Dazai tugged at his sleeve and stuck out his tongue, "Otherwise Chu should have chased him."

Hikaru Ueno was led by him and got into a car parked nearby.

The car seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. The driver was not at all surprised by the appearance of the two of them. He even turned his body halfway and respectfully called "Mr. Dazai" before starting the car.

Osamu Dazai lowered the car window and waved to Nakaya who just arrived.

Then I got a second "too-zai-" from gnashing of teeth.

"Wow," Osamu Dazai retracted his head, with a look of lingering fear.

He shook his head and complained to Ueno Hikaru: "Look, Chuya has become so irritable now."

Ueno Hikaru did not accept his backstab: "It's because you have been messing with him."

Osamu Dazai laughed and did not refute.

The car carried two people forward, Ueno Hikaru looked at the strange scenery outside the window, and then remembered that he had no idea of ​​the destination of the car.

And in just a few years, the city of Yokohama has become something he can't recognize.

Osamu Dazai leaned over, pointed to the scenery outside the car window, and introduced them to him one by one.

This shopping mall is the small restaurant where he ate with Ranpo back then.

This street is where Luanbu and Xiuzhi insisted on dragging him to play hide-and-seek when they were young.

The building under construction is where they first met.

The car that was speeding all the way finally stopped slowly in front of a magnificent hotel.

Osamu Dazai got out of the car with Hikaru Ueno, led him into the hotel familiarly, and went directly to the room on the highest floor.

Hikaru Ueno looked at the place and looked at Osamu Dazai.

"I've been living here recently." Osamu Dazai turned on the light and explained to him, "It's a room prepared for me by my employer during this time."

Hikaru Ueno nodded and said sincerely, "It's pretty good."

Osamu Dazai laughed, took him to the window, and pointed at the ant-like pedestrians and traffic below.

He drew a circle on the almost transparent glass and said, "Look, this is Yokohama."

Hikaru Ueno followed his gaze.

Yokohama in the twilight has a different taste.

Osamu Dazai's circle just encloses the mountains and seas around Yokohama, as well as the tallest black buildings.

In that small circle, there is the light and prosperity of the city, as well as the darkness and loneliness of the city.

Hikari Ueno looked at the boy's expression hidden in the twilight, and suddenly thought of something, and drew a circle around Osamu Dazai, encircling him.

Then, under Dazai Osamu's puzzled gaze, he said, "This is my younger brother."

Dazai was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Follow his example and draw a circle around him.

"This is my brother."

He paused, pointed to the non-existent circle around him, and said with a smile: "Brother, if you say that, your other two younger brothers will be unhappy."

Hikaru Ueno stared at his fingertips, thought carefully, and drew a bigger circle.

Osamu Dazai asked cooperatively, "What is this for you?"

"world."

Dazai was stunned.

Ueno Hikaru carefully watched the boy who melted into the sunset, and repeated word by word: "My world."

Osamu Dazai smiled and remained silent for a long time, then suddenly went around behind Hikaru Ueno and pushed his back, then abruptly changed the subject: "Let's go, let's go eat something."

"Come back and rest early."

He explained to Hikaru Ueno's puzzled eyes: "There are a lot of things to do tomorrow."

"Hmm..." Osamu Dazai dragged his voice, "I want to take you to a place."

"Then--"

"Then?" Ueno Hikaru was aroused by him.

"I can tell, my brother is very curious about my work." Osamu Dazai poked his head out from behind him and looked up at him.

"Tomorrow night, take my brother to experience my work."

"What job?"

"Of course it's a secret~"

Osamu Dazai smiled and took him to the restaurant of the hotel.

As the boy ate his meal, he felt Hikaru Ueno's "thirsty for knowledge" gaze, and a little smugness flashed in his eyes.

"Let me tell you a little bit."

"It's a commission from a nobleman, asking me to guard something important for him."

"You?"

"I'm very good."

……

"Dong dong dong".

At dusk, there was a sudden knock on the door of a certain office.

This firm is called "Armed Detective Agency", which has recently become famous and is responsible for solving all kinds of criminal cases that even the police are helpless.

But at the moment, there is only a 15- or 6-year-old boy in a detective suit in the office.

The teenager sat on the table with his hands behind his back, a lollipop in his mouth, and looked up at the sunset outside the window.

When he heard the knock on the door, he didn't look back, but just yelled vaguely: "It's already rest~"

But the guests outside the door pushed the door open as if they didn't hear this sentence.

The boy froze for a moment when he heard the sound of the door opening, then raised his head back and looked backwards at the person coming.

Standing at the door was an orange-haired boy who looked a few years younger than him, wearing a black motorcycle suit with a gray hat and hoodie inside.

"Eh--"

The teenager bit the lollipop into pieces and laughed,

"Isn't this the famous 'King of Sheep' Chuya Zhongyuan? Why are you here?"

Zhong also looked at him and raised his eyebrows: "You know why I came here, chaotic steps."

Ranbu nodded, and jumped off the table.

"I knew that if he did this, he would definitely recruit my brother."

Zhong also looked at him suspiciously: "Are you sure you can find them?"

Luanbu opened his eyes wide: "Of course, I'm a detective!"

"Oh yes, remember to go to that playground tomorrow."

Chuya frowned: "Playground? What are you going to do?"

Luanbu: "Of course I'm robbing my brother."