After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

That night, 1126 arrived as scheduled.

Juvenile Reaper is about to grow into a youth in stature, and his growth rate is much faster than these real teenagers.

The window had just been knocked, and Osamu Dazai, who had been waiting for a long time, had already opened the window.

1126 froze for a moment, and cast a blank look at Hikari Ueno.

Hikaru Ueno sat on a chair, expressionlessly, and made a very human gesture of spreading his hands towards him.

1126 was startled, and stared at him carefully, almost rushing over to pinch his face to confirm his real identity.

It was only then that Ueno Hikaru realized how strange his actions just now were to 1126, he put down his hands, and raised his chin calmly towards the person.

1126 carefully sat on the chair opposite Hikari Ueno under the gaze of Osamu Dazai and Ranpo.

Zhong wasn't here either, he was in charge of keeping an eye on a certain Kyoya kid who might start sleepwalking and run around the room at any moment.

"Drink water?" Osamu Dazai asked 1126.

Then before he could open his mouth, he asked himself and answered: "Oh yes, your god of death does not eat fireworks in the world."

1126:"……"

He actually wanted to say something, I eat.

Not all Reapers are tasteless.

In other words, there are actually very few gods of death who have no sense of taste.

Those gods of death who have no sense of taste lost their sense of taste because they were punished.

For example, No. 077, that is, Hikari Ueno.

He has been punished in various ways because he has not listened to Huang Quanjie's words.

1126 tried to check.

But not finished.

Yes, not finished.

In other words, some punishments are too old, and the specific information has been automatically deleted by the system.

In short, to be honest, there is probably no god of death in the underworld who understands punishment better than him.

But since Ueno Hikari's gaze was so existential, he could only shake his head silently, and smiled at Osamu Dazai.

Osamu Dazai also gave him a gentle and polite smile.

1126 observed the three children who were very close to Hikari Ueno.

In some respects, he understands the nature of the boy in front of him better than Hikaru Ueno.

Just, pretty scary.

He shivered subconsciously, and looked away with a dry smile.

Hikaru Ueno asked, "What are you looking for me for?"

1126 withdrew his mind, looked at Shang Yeguang, scratched his face, and said hesitantly, "That's right, I'm here to persuade you to go back early."

Hikaru Ueno tilted his head.

"..." 1126 glanced at the two people who had been staring at him who shouldn't be here.

Hikaru Ueno instantly understood what he meant, and said calmly, "They can listen."

1126 was not surprised. He just glanced at the two people again, cleared his throat, and said truthfully: "Anyway, punishment is inevitable. If you go back earlier, it may be lessened."

Hikaru Ueno laughed, which attracted 1126's surprised gaze.

"I'm going to accept the punishment, do you still care about the reduction or not?"

1126 frowned and fell silent again.He seemed to want to say something, but it was difficult for him to speak for a while.

Osamu Dazai narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "If you don't want to say it, let's do it first."

1126 subconsciously asked: "What?"

Osamu Dazai calmly said, "We have a plan, oh-oh-!"

Just as he was talking, he was suddenly gagged by Hikaru Ueno.

Picking up the words at a random pace, the speed of speech was obviously faster: "We can help him avoid punishment, but we need a huh huh—!"

But still didn't have time to finish.

Looking at this scene, 1126 was speechless, but also inexplicably felt a little happy.

He looked at Hikaru Ueno's awkward expression with one hand covering the other, and he couldn't help laughing.

When we first met, 1126 would never have imagined that the Grim Reaper, who had been indifferent all his life and seemed to have no emotion, would behave like a human being, even childish, as he does now.

Hikaru Ueno froze, and calmly said amidst his laughter: "Don't listen." It seemed that he was not affected at all.

1126 laughed awkwardly, scratched his face, and said, "Oh, I see."

Osamu Dazai saw Mr. Shinigami's slightly red ear tips through his hair, even though he didn't say what he wanted to say at all, he still rolled his eyes happily.

Luanbu next to him secretly poked his waist.

Osamu Dazai looked at him and blinked.

So Luanbu also laughed.

The news that I want to convey to this god of death has been accurately conveyed in place, and the rest is to wait for the other party to come to the door not long after.

Seeing that they were no longer struggling, Ueno tried to let go.

The two teenagers showed him a sweet smile at the same time.

Hikaru Ueno nodded, patted their shoulders, and lifted the two boys from their chairs.

Osamu Dazai and Ranpo's smiles disappeared, and there were question marks all over their heads.

Hikaru Ueno patted them again: "You can go out now."

He raised his chin toward 1126: "For the rest, the two of us need to talk alone."

Osamu Dazai: "But we—"

"You want to see him," Ueno Hikaru's eyes suddenly showed rare cunning, "now you have seen him."

Luanbu grabbed his sleeve and opened his eyes wide: "But we still want to hear what you will say!"

Hikaru Ueno pretended to be thinking seriously, pondered for two seconds, nodded, and said mercilessly in the staring eyes of the two children: "Next time."

"Next time", what a wonderful word, just like "someday when I'm free".

It actually means "no more".

Receiving the gazes from the two teenagers, 1126 straightened his back and blinked innocently.

Nothing to do with him.

He really came this time just to persuade him to come back and see if the flower peacock did any harm to Ueno Hikari last time.

As for the "remaining words" that Ueno Hikaru said, that should be what he wanted to tell himself.

1126 turned his attention to Mr. Death who was pushing the two teenagers out.

He can't guess what he wants to say now.

But intuition tells 1126.

What Ueno Hikaru wanted to tell him was very likely to be a very important thing that might even subvert the world of Huangquan.

After all, while losing his "anger" and "desire", this god of death's "hatred" towards the world of the underworld also rose two levels.

Seeing Ueno Hikaru almost half-embracing the two of them out the door, he couldn't help but smiled again.

——It’s really changed a lot, Mr. unreasonable Shinigami.

Hikaru Ueno closed the door and looked at 1126 again.The young Grim Reaper promptly suppressed his smile and put on a very serious look.

Instead, Ueno Hikaru looked at him and smiled.

1126 was stunned, and his expression became more and more bewildered.

Hikaru Ueno: "It's nothing important, don't be so nervous."

1126 responded blankly: "Oh."

But if it's really not important, he shouldn't deliberately avoid those two children.

Hikaru Ueno glanced at us, and said, "It's not suitable here, let's talk about it in another place."

1126: "?" Just like that, how can this be "not an important thing"? ? ?

Squatting outside and waiting to hear Ranpo and Osamu Dazai in the corner: "..."

They now have exactly the same idea as 1126.

Is it important to avoid them so much? ? ?

……

Hikari Ueno took 1126 to a mountain near Bingsheng.

No one, absolutely secretive.

1126 was so tense, he looked around vigilantly, then swallowed his saliva, and asked cautiously, "What... are you trying to say?"

Hikaru Ueno looked down at him, and cut straight to the point: "Where are my two souls?"

1126 was dumbfounded on the spot.

He had thought that Hikaru Ueno would probably be able to guess in the end that the two souls that were removed by the Eye of the Underworld were not completely destroyed, and even his two souls were not completely removed, and a little bit remained.

But he didn't expect it to be so fast.

He originally thought that he could wait a little longer.

1126 was silent for a while, then said truthfully: "I... hid."

Hikaru Ueno: "Can't you say?"

1126 nodded with a wry smile.

Hikaru Ueno raised his eyebrows and didn't ask again.

It cannot be said, but if it is said, it will face a great risk of exposure.

After all, 1126 is the God of Death born in the Eye of the Underworld, and the Eye of the Underworld has the power to monitor his movements at any time.

He doesn't care where those two things are at the moment, as long as he can be sure that his guess is correct.

Hikaru Ueno nodded, took a step forward, approached 1126, and said, "Then, I have an idea."

1126: "Huh?"

Hikaru Ueno raised his hand, pointing the tip of his index finger between his brows.

A faint dark purple light lighted up quietly, and fell silent after a while.

Since the speech may be monitored by the eye of the underworld, it is enough to simply transmit it through thought.

1126 can't do this, it doesn't mean Hikaru Ueno can't,

After a while, 1126's originally confused eyes suddenly widened, filled with shock.

He opened his mouth, hesitated for a long time, pointed at himself for the last time, and asked loudly: "Me?!"

Hikari Ueno's reaction was completely opposite to his. He nodded calmly and said, "You know that you are the most suitable."

1126 fell silent, maintaining the movement of backhand pointing at himself.

Hikaru Ueno waited for a while before asking, "Is that okay?"

1126's lips moved, but no sound came out.

Hikaru Ueno: "All the consequences will be borne by me."

1126 raised his eyes and looked at him, his eyes were full of complex emotions. He remained silent for a long time this time, but in the end, he nodded heavily.

"Okay." He heard himself say, his voice a little hoarse.

Hikaru Ueno nodded and said to him, "See you next time."

As if this was just an ordinary farewell between friends that goes through every day.

The 1126 head went down halfway with difficulty, and suddenly remembered something, and suddenly raised its head: "That's right!"

Hikaru Ueno: "?"

"I, I will come again when the time limit comes."

Hikaru Ueno raised his eyebrows.

"This time the punishment, the Eye of the Underworld intends to implement it in the world."

Hikaru Ueno frowned and asked, "Human world?"

1126 nodded, hesitated and said, "In order...to teach some ignorant children a lesson."

Therefore, the extraction of one of the seven souls and...

"It said that this time there will be an additional penalty of caning."

Ueno's eyes froze.

The wounds on the back that had faded seemed to be accompanied by a faint burning sensation.

He said softly: "...I see."

The voice is hidden in the wind in the dense forest.

1126 silently glanced at him, hesitated to speak several times.

"Go back." Hikari Ueno turned around and passed him.

Teleporting back to the living room, Ueno Hikaru originally wanted to take a look at the situation of the four children, but as soon as he landed, he unexpectedly found that the four children he was thinking about were huddled together on the sofa.

Probably Kyouya sleepwalked again in the middle of the night.

then……

Everyone subdued him together?

Hikaru Ueno thought for a moment, couldn't hold back, and chuckled lightly.

The result was this sound, which woke up a young boy who was in a light sleep.

Dazai looked up blankly.

Before he could fully open his eyes, they were suddenly covered by a hand.

Osamu Dazai was slightly startled, and then he heard a familiar voice whispering in his ear.

"good night."