After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

It took Hikari Ueno a lot of time from walking into the building to finally seeing the leader.

After all, the people in this place seem to be a little strange.

It doesn't make sense to them.

Sometimes they tried to throw him out without even waiting for him to speak.

This is the second time Ueno has met the leader of this terrible organization.

He has almost no memory of the last meeting.

The vague memory that still remained told him that the leader at that time was not what he is now...

decadent.

He looked like he was about to end his life, leaning limply on the large boss chair, making him look even more haggard.

Only those eyes that stared at him fiercely could still barely see a little bit of the leader's former glory.

Hikaru Ueno has seen many such people.

He looked at the dying leader calmly, expressionless.

There are less than two years left.

The god of death saw many people who were dying, so he naturally formed his own unique judgment method based on experience.

When Ueno Hikaru nodded towards the person, he already had a rough judgment in his heart.

The leader coughed a few times and asked in a hoarse voice, "What are you going to do?"

Hikaru Ueno briefly explained his purpose of coming.

He has little interest in the organization.

Of course, I have no interest in money and power.

He just needs to port mafia away from Nakaya and the three of them.

Hikaru Ueno doesn't want their future to have too much to do with this place.

But obviously the leader didn't believe it: "You only want these?"

He must have heard about the incident that happened on Radium Bowl Street not long ago, and now facing the "instigator" of this incident, he probably wanted to swallow him alive.

Hikaru Ueno nodded calmly.

The leader sneered and coughed violently.

"Exchange, exchange your life."

Ueno frowned.

The leader of this organization is probably a lunatic.

It doesn't make sense at all.

He was considering whether to go to the Eye of the Underworld to apply for an early harvest of this soul.

The Eye of the Underworld will be happy to harvest such souls in advance.

It knows the pros and cons.

Harvesting this soul will ease the work of the underworld for a period of time in the future.

After all, if this soul continues to exist, not to mention this organization and Radium Bowl Street, the whole of Yokohama may be messed up by him, and people will be devastated.

The leader grinned grimly: "I don't want to...you don't want to, do you?"

"Then I can only—"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door. After knocking on the door, the person outside the door opened the door without waiting for a response.

The man had black hair pulled up, was wearing a simple white coat, and was holding a small porcelain plate in his hand.

There was a pile of small discs on a china plate.

The man walked to the table with downcast eyes, leaned slightly and handed the plate up, and said respectfully, "Boss, it's time to take your medicine."

The leader squinted at him, snorted, grabbed the porcelain plate, and poured all the pills into his mouth.

Half a minute later, the leader fell asleep directly.

Hikaru Ueno watched this scene in silence.

The man didn't look at him from the beginning to the end, until this time, he slowly picked up the plate, turned to look at him, and smiled: "Hello, we meet again."

Hikaru Ueno: "... hello."

The man seemed to see what he was thinking, and smiled helplessly: "I am a doctor after all."

The implication is that he doesn't want to care about this old thing.

Ueno Hikaru didn't speak.

The man showed a gentle smile: "The leader will probably rest for a long time, if you have anything else to tell him, I can pass it on for you."

Hikaru Ueno still didn't speak, stared at him for a while, then suddenly asked, "Do you want to kill him?"

The man was stunned for a moment, his gentle expression faded in an instant, and a cold killing intent flashed in his eyes.

Hikaru Ueno seemed unaware of his sudden change, and continued to say calmly, "I agree."

The doctor was stunned: "?"

Hikaru Ueno thought he didn't hear the words clearly, and repeated: "I agree."

Doctors:"……?"

The doctor hesitated for a moment, and tried: "Do you want to help me?"

Hikaru Ueno thought for a while, and felt that what he said was right, so he nodded.

The doctor's gaze became scrutinizing, and he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Hikaru Ueno: "I have my own way." Anyway, I can't explain it clearly to you.

Ueno Hikaru continued: "You just have to kill him." I promise you will die as soon as you kill him.

The doctor looked at him hesitantly, and the scalpel had slipped into his palm.

Hikaru Ueno stood where he was, calmly accepting the man's scrutiny.

After a long while of silence, the man chuckled abruptly, and the scalpel slipped into his sleeve again.

He didn't ask any more questions, but just stretched out his hand and said, "It's a pleasant cooperation."

……

When the two walked out of the building together, the man who introduced himself as "Mori Ogai" smiled helplessly and complained to Hikari Ueno.

"I meant to wait a while before killing him."

He touched his head in distress: "If you do it now, the subsequent processing will become more troublesome."

Hikaru Ueno nodded in understanding and said, "It's okay."

The man looked at him, hiding the dark look in his eyes.

"You just do it when you think it's best for you."

Mori Ogai laughed and said, "That's easy to handle", and then he introduced himself: "You can't stay here all the time, why don't you let me take care of your baby while you're away?" Brothers?"

Hikaru Ueno was slightly startled, and looked at him with some surprise.

Mori Ogai spread his hands innocently: "Your brothers just told me that you often run around because of work, and it takes a long time to come back."

"So I wondered, is there anything I can do to help."

He smiled and continued: "After all, I really like children."

Ueno Hikaru hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Then I will trouble you."

He paused.

"They don't need to take care of it...I hope you can help me pay attention so that they don't get too close here."

"Here? Port mafia?"

Ueno nodded.

Mori Ogai readily agreed: "Don't worry."

"I'll help you keep an eye on them."

Hikaru Ueno nodded and thanked him.

From his point of view, this matter is very reasonable.

He and Mori Ogai have an ordinary relationship of mutual benefit and mutual assistance.

Mori Ogai helped him look after his three younger brothers, and he helped Mori Ogai change the lifespan of the leader.

After all, if the established lifespan is not changed at the Eye of the Underworld, in a sense, this leader cannot be killed.

If he doesn't change the lifespan, Mori Ogai is likely to experience several failures before the leader's lifespan reaches the end.

……

Although Mori Ogai's clinic is small and a bit run-down, it looks good inside.

Clean and tidy, well equipped.

Three boys and a little girl sat on an empty hospital bed and played cards.

Ueno Hikaru stood by and watched, and waited for them to finish another sentence before saying, "Let's go."

It is this time when Hikaru Ueno spoke...

He didn't know how many rounds these people played in total, but the colorful sticky notes all over Zhong Ye's face were still very conspicuous.

The little girl named Alice also posted a lot, but the little girl can get special treatment, and all the colorful sticky notes were pasted on her skirt.

The child's face still looks clean and cute.

On the way home for the four of them, Osamu Dazai was noisily insisting on posting the last note for Chuya.

In a fit of anger, he grabbed the sticky note and stuck it on his mouth.

Ranpo watched from the side, and when Chuya laughed at Osamu Dazai, he pasted a pink sticky note on his face.

Hikaru Ueno watched the three of them quarreling, and suddenly felt a strange emotion.

He compared it with the descriptions in the books he had read, and felt that this kind of emotion was probably called "happiness".

……

At noon, the four of them had a lunch together.

It was also made by children in Zhongye.

Although Ueno Hikari couldn't taste the taste, he still praised him severely.

Of course, although it is said to be "ruthless", it has actually changed from "great" to "very good".

Hikaru Ueno held his chopsticks, feeling deeply troubled for the first time by his poor vocabulary.

In the afternoon, Luanbu returned to the detective agency, where there was a commission that had not been processed.

Zhong also said that he would go to Rabo Street again to retrieve the things he put in the "sheep" base.

Although it has been destroyed in sevens and eighties, it should be possible to find some complete Zhongye things.

Osamu Dazai said that he has not had a job recently, and he and Mitsuno Ueno are reluctant to go out at home.

Lying on the bed, squinting and playing with Ueno Hikaru's long hair, he gestured up and down, and suddenly called him: "Brother Guang."

"Ok?"

"Your hair, the whiteness here, has it become more?"

"Really?" Hikaru Ueno looked down at himself and shook his head, "I never noticed."

"Hmm..." Osamu Dazai replied vaguely, and continued to play with his hair.

After a while, he suddenly called out "Brother Guang" again.

Hikaru Ueno looked down at him.

Osamu Dazai let go of his hair, stood up and looked at him.

Ueno asked, "What's wrong?"

"I heard it all last night." The boy said casually, as if he was just chatting with him about an ordinary matter.

Hikaru Ueno froze.

Osamu Dazai omitted the most crucial piece of information and asked him, "Brother is leaving?"

Hikaru Ueno pursed his lips and responded.

Osamu Dazai sighed: "It's clearly agreed to help me find something I'm interested in."

Hikaru Ueno looked at him seriously and asked, "Didn't you find it?"

Osamu Dazai tilted his head: "?"

"Chuya, Ranpo," Ueno Hikaru paused, with a little more hesitation in his tone, "and me."

Osamu Dazai stared at him blankly for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed, supported Hikaru Ueno's shoulder, looked up at him, and replied with a smile: "Yes."

Hikaru Ueno held the boy's slender wrist, rubbed it lightly twice, and asked tentatively, "So, don't you want to die anymore?"

"Yeah." Osamu Dazai leaned on his shoulder and responded briskly, then stopped suddenly.

He was silent for a while, no longer answering so casually as before, sounding heartless.

"I'll do my best," he said softly.

Hikaru Ueno bent his eyes and responded softly, "Okay."

He paused, and the smile in his eyes disappeared in an instant.

"and also."

Osamu Dazai: "Huh?"

"Eat more in the future."

Osamu Dazai blinked blankly: "Huh?"

Hikaru Ueno raised his wrist and pulled it to his own eyes.

"Too thin."

"Pfft." Osamu Dazai couldn't help laughing, nodded with trembling shoulders, and agreed, "Okay, sure~"

After a while, the two looked up at the window at the same time.

1126 was floating outside, and just raised his hand to knock on the window.

The young Reaper and the two of them met their gazes, rubbed their heads in embarrassment and laughed twice.

"I'll take you back."

Hikari Ueno looked at Osamu Dazai.

The teenager smiled and waved to him, as if this was just a common, simple, and short farewell.

Hikaru Ueno bent down and hugged Osamu Dazai gently before leaving.

He whispered softly to the boy: "See you next time, Xiuzhi."

"Goodbye, brother~"

Osamu Dazai waved his hand again, watching the two disappear.

Then the next second, the smile on his face disappeared suddenly.

The boy stared out of the empty window for a while, then took out a note from his pocket.

That was last night, before the young Shinigami really left, he sneaked it into Ueno Hikaru's hand while he was looking at the moon.

There are only four words on the note.

——The Eye of the Underworld.

He lay on the bed, looking at the plain note over and over again.

After a long time, he sat up abruptly.

……

When Chuya Nakahara received a call from Osamu Dazai, he had just left the "Sheep" base.

Opposite him stood the members of the former "sheep" who were waiting for him.

Shirase's sentence "Chuya, I want to talk to you again", accompanied by the boy's sticky "Hello, Chuya~ I want to commit suicide." rang at the same time.

"Huh?" Chuya Nakahara ignored Shirase, and impatiently asked Osamu Dazai on the other end of the phone, "What does that have to do with me?"

"Because my brother will be angry if he finds out." Osamu Dazai laughed twice, "You don't want your brother to be angry, do you?"

Zhong Ye frowned: "What are you doing?"

"I want to commit suicide~" Osamu Dazai paused, "But I can't die."

Before Zhongye could speak, the boy on the other end of the phone continued to talk to himself; "So, Zhongye, come and save me!"

Chuya: "???"

Osamu Dazai reported his home address to him, and finally told him, "Be sure to come here as soon as possible!", and then hung up the phone with a "snap".

Zhong Yuanzhong also held the phone with a busy signal.

Gritting his teeth, he roared "Tai-Zai-Zhi-" and rushed home in a posture of seeking revenge.

"Bastard!"

Shirase watched in bewilderment as the figure of the angry boy disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye, and opened his mouth dully.

At home, Osamu Dazai, who had just been lying in the bathtub, sneezed and poked the head of the little yellow duck floating beside him.

"Thank you in advance, brother, for running back to wake me up."

"Brother is so cute~"

The little yellow duck was poked by him and rolled in the water.