After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

On the fifth day after Hua Peacock Death left, the "punishment" of the Eye of the Underworld came as promised.

The Eye of the Underworld seems to be quite afraid of Hikaru Ueno. Unlike before, when 1126 appeared in front of several people this time, more than a dozen gods of death followed behind him.

Among other things, at least it is colorful and colorful, full of momentum.

1126 standing at the front holds a small yellow fountain model in his hand, which is the incarnation of the eye of the underworld.

The little fountain was glowing, very conspicuous in the night.

Sensing their movement, Ueno Hikaru pushed the door out and came to the yard, followed by four little tails.

When the group of death gods came, they were still eating supper.

After all, according to the "promise", today is the last day, and the four of them refused to go to sleep, insisting on staying until 1126 to pick up Yeguang back.

It was already late at night, and some children who didn't stay up late were so sleepy that they kept nodding and rubbing their eyes, and were secretly pinched by the inexplicable Osamu Dazai from time to time.

Hikaru Ueno persuaded him several times to no avail, so he had to make some food with them to refresh himself.

As a result, not long after the supper was served, these gods of death arrived.

Hikari Ueno and 1126 looked at each other with a little regret.

He thought he could have his last meal with his brothers.

"It's time to go." 1126 said softly.

When his voice fell, the fountain model in his hand seemed to be brighter.

Hikaru Ueno nodded and took a step forward.

As a result, he just took this step in an ordinary way, and the group of death gods behind 1126 raised their weapons at the same time, looking like they were facing a big enemy.

Hikaru Ueno paused in his footsteps, froze for a moment, and couldn't help chuckling.

Their reaction was as if he was some heinous and terrifying prisoner who could wipe out all these gods of death with a wave of his hand.

Satire.

"You, what are you laughing at?" A god of death behind asked in a trembling voice.

Hikaru Ueno tilted his head, looking over 1126 at the speaking god of death, as if he heard something interesting, he asked him with a smile: "Are you... afraid of me?"

"Who's afraid of you? Are you going back with us or not?" The death god on the other end shouted at him, "If you don't leave, we will do it!"

"467." 1126 scolded softly, frowning indistinctly, the hair falling on his forehead blocked his expression.

The voice of the god of death called 467 fell, but he was still muttering something dissatisfied.

Ueno Hikaru suddenly commented: "It seems that the vision of the eye of the underworld is getting worse."

The group of gods of death began to stir again.

Is this saying that the Eye of the Underworld has poor vision?

This is obviously mocking them.

Immediately, the god of death wanted to jump again, but before he had time, he was directly suppressed by 1126.

Hikaru Ueno raised his eyebrows in surprise.

1126 now has such a great prestige in the Underworld.

He could guess that 1126 might receive some special treatment in the death circle due to his special status.

But being able to be so special was indeed beyond his expectation.

Just one sentence can make this group of reckless gods of death obedient. Except for the Eye of the Underworld, 1126 is probably the only one in the Underworld.

Ranpo and Osamu Dazai, who were watching under the eaves, also showed meaningful expressions at the same time.

There was a little knowing smile on the corner of his mouth.

The two boys made this movement at the same time, Chuya turned his head to look at them, and silently pushed Kyouya to the side.

A rule he summed up from years of experience, when these two people are like this at the same time, someone must be in big trouble.

This time it is estimated that the object is not a human being.

1126 also cast a glance at the two teenagers, but then took it back, looking like it was just a casual glance.

Zhong also glanced to the side.

It turns out that the person who was glanced at is now smiling brighter.

He silently lowered his head and rubbed his arms.

"It's not because of poor eyesight." 1126 suddenly said, looking down at the model of the fountain held in his palm, and said coldly, "It's just that it feels like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer."

This "it" naturally refers to the "Eye of the Underworld".

One sentence completely offended the people in front of and behind him, but he still looked calm and calm, completely different from the boy Shinigami in Hikari Ueno's memory.

He couldn't even tell which one was the fake 1126 and the 1126 in his memory.

Chuya and Kyouya frowned unhappily, and many of the gods of death behind 1126 also cast unhappy glances at him.

But no one expressed it directly.

Ueno Hikaru laughed, accepted 1126's ridicule, and said, "Indeed."

He raised his legs and walked step by step towards the God of Death who represented the Eye of the Underworld.

The god of death behind 1126 became highly alert again, but this time he didn't make any noise.

Until Hikari Ueno stopped only five steps away from him.

1126 glanced at the distance between the two with downcast eyes, and asked in a half-joking tone: "Shouldn't you get any closer?"

Hikaru Ueno glanced at the distance between the two, and asked, "Isn't it enough?"

1126 looked him up and down, nodded, and said without emotion: "It's really enough."

He raised his hand, and the fountain model floated into the air by itself, and the light yellow light that fell completely enveloped Hikari Ueno.

"Reaper 077, since you have repeatedly violated the regulations of the underworld, I have decided to punish you in this world." 1126 glanced indifferently at the young man standing not far behind him, his mouth hooked, and he paused every word , "to serve as an example to others."

"The content of this punishment: first, randomly select one of the seven souls; second, [-] lashes; third, confinement for three years."

As the voice of 1126 fell, the yellow light projected by the fountain model suddenly became stronger, and those beams became viscous little by little, forming a semicircle, as if wrapping Ueno Hikari in it.

But the viscous light has a translucent texture, enough for everyone outside the circle to see the situation inside the circle clearly.

A red and black whip floated behind Hikaru Ueno.

Although the whip was slender, it was covered with dense dark black barbs, and the tip of each thorn had a cold glow, as if it could turn people into a bloody mess in an instant and directly take their lives.

The whip vibrated lightly, as if excited about what was to come.

Hikaru Ueno turned his head to look at it, slightly hooked the corner of his mouth, and let out a sneer.

The previous punishment was not so fancy, and I don't know who it was for.

He withdrew his gaze indifferently, straightened his back, and stared at 1126 not far ahead, as if everything that happened next had nothing to do with him.

The four teenagers standing behind him opened their eyes wide at the same time, their pupils shrunk.

1126 also frowned a little bit.

He looked away, as if he was a little bit impatient.

"Swish-slap!" The sharp sound of wind and the loud sound of hitting sounded almost simultaneously.

The long barbed whip slammed on Ueno Hikaru, and the young man staggered forward uncontrollably, pursing his lips and grunting.

Luanbu opened his mouth, but said nothing.

Osamu Dazai's eyes sank, as if he would fall into hell just by looking at it.

Chuya clenched his fists to look away, and was forced by Osamu Dazai to hold his head and turned back.

Kyoumi stared blankly at the whip that was raised and lowered, and the arm hidden in his sleeve trembled from excessive force.

Followed by the second, the third...

The clothes on Hikari Ueno's back had been torn into pieces long ago, and the fine old marks and hideous new wounds on his white skin were intertwined, which was shocking.

The blood stained the whole body little by little, and the young man who was tortured closed his eyes and stood straight on the spot, motionless.

It is like the only silent tree standing upright in the chaos after a typhoon.

Thirty lashes followed one another, leaving no room for breathing.

After the whipping was over, before the blood-stained and discolored whip disappeared completely, a huge pure black scythe appeared right in front of Ueno Hikaru.

The sickle swung twice, determined the direction, and cut straight down.

The young man's body was split in two in an instant, and twisted together in the next moment.

Five clusters of faint dark purple light condensed in front of him.

Those five lumps kept shaking, as if they were terrified to the extreme.

But Ueno Hikaru himself still looks like he doesn't care.

Those five groups were the remaining five of his seven souls. With a flick of the sickle, they looked like five newly born cubs, shivering and huddling together, seeking shelter from each other.

But no one can shelter them.

The pitch-black sickle cut down mercilessly.

The five groups of little things that had just gathered together fell apart in an instant.

One of the scythes lifted up into the air with a dangling sound, broke into purple particles with a "pop", and scattered in all directions, occupying the entire space.

Hikaru Ueno shook his body, as if he was about to fall to the ground in the next second, but he stood up again with force.

He looked at 1126 with a hazy gaze.

The young Grim Reaper who was being watched lowered his eyes, and quietly clenched his hands tucked into his wide sleeves.

A cluster of small purple lightning flashed across the fingertips.

Hikaru Ueno lowered his head, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and his consciousness gradually dissipated.

The barely supported body instantly fell straight forward.

The expressions of the four teenagers behind him became tense, and before they had time to move, the fallen youth was caught by a figure that suddenly appeared in the circle.

The yellow semicircle dissipated from the top, 1126 supported Hikaru Ueno's body, and looked at the four boys.

The model of the fountain that no one cared about fell to the ground with a clang.

The four teenagers approached Hikaru Ueno almost at the same time when the semicircle disappeared, watched the young man's face nervously, raised their hands cautiously, and lowered their hands as if not daring to touch them.

Even after fainting, Hikaru Ueno's brows were tightly furrowed, as if those severe pains were endless, and had been imprinted deep in his soul.

"The punishment is over." 1126 said softly, reminding them, "I will take him back and accept confinement."

"We—" Luanbu opened his mouth, and fell into silence again.

1126 watched them quietly.

Zhong Ye cautiously stretched out his hand, and lightly touched the young man's fingertips through two pairs of black gloves.

The scalding heat passed over, burning his fingertips like a raging fire, and spreading to his whole body in an instant.

Nakahara Chuya shivered from the heat.

He raised his eyes, then froze suddenly.

Hikaru Ueno's eyelashes, which should have fallen into a deep coma, trembled twice, struggling to open a weak gap.

It seemed that the touch at that moment turned on some switch in the young soul.

He still retains the last trace of consciousness for them.

The young man's voice was as cold as usual, but it was weak and hoarse. His voice was extremely soft, as if a gust of wind could blow away all of them.

"No..." He opened his mouth and managed to squeeze out two words.

The dense and long eyelashes fluttered twice, like the dying struggle of a butterfly after being bound by a spider web.

Hibari Kyouya pursed his lips tightly, his black eyes filled with distress and anger, he looked away, and suddenly turned and walked to the other side.

Hikaru Ueno seemed to have noticed, and the look in his eyes darkened a little.

His good-looking eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and he coughed weakly twice, his voice a little louder: "Don't go..."

Osamu Dazai lowered his eyes and didn't look at him, suddenly stretched out his index finger to cover his mouth, and let out a soft "shh".

The young man looked up at him, his brows and eyes were slightly bent, overflowing with gentle and light colors.

He leaned forward and leaned close to the young man's ear, whispering softly: "Brother, don't worry."

The teenager looked into his eyes and promised him: "We will never go there until we are adults."

Hikaru Ueno's eyelashes trembled again, and then even the faint light in his eyes disappeared.

It seemed as if he had finally let go and lost all consciousness.

The sound of "铛" sounded the moment he closed his eyes, and the sound seemed to carry the aftermath, passing round and round.

Scattered in the sudden falling snow.

1126 was startled, and immediately turned his head to look.

Hibari Kyouya held the duckweed crutches and looked up at him coldly.

In front of the boy was a dimly lit model of a fountain that was almost split in two.

If the model is damaged, the body of the Eye of the Underworld will also be more or less affected.

A flash of astonishment flashed in 1126's eyes.

He immediately looked away to avoid meeting the boy's gaze.

It can almost penetrate the "model" of the Eye of the Underworld with one blow...

His gaze moved down and landed on the young man's right hand with his mouth open.

The blood dripped along the silvery duckweed turns, and melted with the snow that had just landed, staining the entire ground red.

The fine snow turned into heavy snow in the blink of an eye, and it fell one after another, covering the mottled blood on the ground by Hikaru Ueno in an instant.

The blood-stained white hair of the young man was covered with snow again, and snow particles fell on his eyelashes.

His whole body almost melted with the snow.

Luanbu raised his hand, his fingertips trembling lightly to wipe the snow off the young man's eyelashes.

1126 withdrew his gaze and looked at him.

Luanbu raised his eyes.

"I'm coming back to find you."

The young Grim Reaper left such a sentence and disappeared with Hikari Ueno.

The fountain model shook on the ground, crushed through a snowpack, and crumbled into powder.

This heavy and urgent winter snow almost crushed the tree in front of the door.

The yard became empty again.

The four teenagers stood in the house, silently looking at the snow outside.

The meals on the table are like exquisite offerings.

Hibari Kyouya raised his hand and slowly closed the door.

……

After Ueno Hikaru was brought back to the Underworld by 1126, he did not fall into a coma for a long time before waking up with his almost fragmented soul.

1126 was watching him beside him, and when he saw the young man opened his eyes, he was taken aback for a moment, his pupils clearly showing disbelief.

"you're awake?!"

Hikaru Ueno looked at him and nodded.

The young man's hair was completely white, as if it had been dyed by the heavy snow.

He kept frowning, as if the intense pain had never eased in the slightest.

"No... no more cultivation..."

"No need." Ueno Hikaru interrupted him.

1126 opened his mouth and closed it again.

Can not persuade.

They really are running out of time.

"Thanks to that little brother of yours, the Eye of the Underworld has suffered a little damage, now is the best time."

Hikaru Ueno's eyes widened slightly, he was surprised for a moment, then nodded calmly.

He got out of bed, flipped his wrist, and the sickle quietly emerged.

Ueno Hikaru's plan is actually quite simple and crude.

He destroyed the core of the Eye of the Underworld, allowing 1126 to take the opportunity to counterattack and control the Eye of the Underworld.

1126 was originally born in the Eye of the Underworld, and it is its most successful product so far, so it naturally has the ability to control him in turn.

As for the other gods of death...

They don't care what the "Eye of the Underworld" is.

As long as they can live a more comfortable life than before, they don't care about anything else.

1126 wants to get rid of the control of the underworld and have a complete soul.

Ueno Hikaru, like him, also wanted to escape the control of the underworld.

It's just that the final realization forms of the two people are different, but this does not affect their cooperation at this moment.

Before starting to act, 1126 asked worriedly: "Can you?"

Hikaru Ueno glanced at him, nodded, and said, "Remember to attach conditions."

1126 was stunned for a moment, smiled bitterly, and nodded: "Don't worry, I won't do anything to those people. Before you woke up, I had already removed them secretly, even if it wanted to take revenge, it couldn't find them. "

"But." He paused.

Ueno looked at him.

"...I'm not sure if it went crazy in the process."

That process refers to the process of him completely countering the Eye of the Underworld.

It can be as short as a few months, as long as several years, or even decades.

In this process, it is difficult to guarantee whether the Eye of Huangquan will go crazy and order the god of death to kill other children who have contact with Hikari Ueno.

such as……

Hikaru Ueno waited until he wanted to say something, and said directly: "I know, I will go and look at that child."

1126 fell silent, and looked at him worriedly.

Ueno Hikaru noticed his gaze, pulled the corner of his mouth reluctantly, and said, "Let's go."

……

1126 The third day of taking Ueno Hikari away.

Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo waited for him.

When 1126 came, two teenagers were sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Nothing was done.

The young Grim Reaper suddenly appeared in front of them, with a serious expression on his face.

He looked a bit embarrassed, and his condition was much worse than when we met last time.

"Are you here?" Osamu Dazai raised his eyes lazily, and asked casually, as if greeting a familiar old friend.

1126: "...um."

Osamu Dazai straightened up, looked at him, and said, "You know what we want to do."

1126 calmly said under the young man's gaze: "I know, I am here today to take you to the Underworld."

Ranbu suddenly asked: "How is brother now?"

"He's fine for the time being, but just fell into a coma again." 1126 explained, "The core of the Eye of the Underworld has not been completely destroyed. I need the assistance of the four of you."

After all, Hikaru Ueno is in the serious injury mode. To be able to break through its two layers of protection, and then cause damage to the core, is already trying his best.

but.

1126 knows.

Osamu Dazai and Ranpo had also been expected.

With the power of Hikaru Ueno alone, it is impossible to severely damage the core of the Eye of the Underworld.

This is the tacit "cooperation" they have reached long ago.

The door of the room was suddenly pushed open.

1126 was startled, turned his head to look, and met the two teenagers who walked in from the outside.

The two of them seemed to have had another fight just now, and they both looked a little bit embarrassed.

Zhongyuan Zhong also raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you here?"

1126 nodded, "Let's go." He paused, and asked, "Do you still need to prepare?"

Hibari Kyoumi nodded and said, "Wait for me."

He turned and walked into his bedroom, and replaced the spare duckweed cane.

There was a crumpled letter on the bedside table in his room.

It was as if being raped severely by someone, and then carefully flattened.

Hibari Kyouya stood by the table, stared at the letter for a while, then suddenly opened the drawer and threw the letter into the deepest part.

He felt that some things were quite strange.

There are some people who obviously haven't been together for a long time, but seem to have experienced a whole life with him, unconsciously imprinting the appearance of that person deeply in their memory.

In his previous life, Hibari Kyouya had never been so intimate with someone for such a long time.

This is already very special to him.

He was silent for a while, then opened the drawer irritably, and put the letter into a book in the drawer.

Then the boy closed the drawer, turned and left.

1126 didn't stay in the human world for too long, and took the four teenagers directly to the Underworld.

He first took them to the cave where Hikari Ueno lived before, and gave each of the four a set of black clothes of the same style as Hikari Ueno.

"Cover it to prevent accidents."

These four teenagers are so unique, if they show their faces, they may be remembered by a god of death at a certain inadvertent moment.

Osamu Dazai put on the hood, then pulled it down suddenly.

1126 stopped and turned to look at him.

"Anyway, we probably won't have a chance to communicate after destroying that thing, so I'll just ask you here."

"what?"

"When will we meet next time?"

1126 was silent for a while, and said, "I don't know."

"It could be a few months, it could be many years, it could be... never see you again."

Luanbu asked, "Hmm... Where's the note?"

"If you want, keep it as a souvenir." He paused, laughed at himself, and said, "The words on it should not change again."

"That's right." 1126 remembered something, and suddenly laughed from the bottom of his heart.

At that moment, he seemed to be the boy Shinigami that Ueno Hikaru was familiar with again.

The four teenagers looked at him at the same time.

1126 half-jokingly said: "If you have a chance to meet again in the future, don't tell him, or I will be killed by him."

He was talking about breaking the promise of Ueno Hikaru this time and bringing four people to the Underworld.

"Rest assured, at least on this point, our position is the same."

Osamu Dazai lowered his head and put on his hood.

Ranbu suddenly thought of something, looked at him, and asked seemingly unintentionally: "Ah, by the way, your lifespan should be very limited."

1126 was taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, Osamu Dazai's voice came from under the hood: "If you need anything in the future, you can come to us~"

"Happy cooperation." The two teenagers said in unison, passed him, and walked out of the cave first.

……

When Ueno Hikaru woke up again, everything had come to an end.

He moved his body and checked his soul.

He is still very weak now, still in a state of barely holding on, and the strength that belongs to the god of death has become very meager.

But the three souls that were pulled out have returned to the body, but there are still some damage.

Hikaru Ueno hesitated for a moment, before going to the world, he went to the Eye of the Underworld.

The Eye of the Underworld turned into a lifeless ruin.

It looked like it had been bombed from hell.

1126 built a small house next to it, and was struggling with the little energy left in the Eye of the Underworld.

He took the time to give Ueno Hikaru a look, and immediately threw himself back.

Ueno Hikaru looked at his anxious look, fell silent for a while, and finally didn't ask the doubts in his heart.

With the strength he had left at that time, it was impossible to disassemble the Eye of the Underworld in this way.

and so……

who did it?

It seems that there is some deep hatred with this place, and I can't wait to raze this place directly.

He looked down at the broken scars on the ground, frowning slightly.

There are some traces, not like confrontation, but more like...

Catharsis.

Hikaru Ueno hesitated for a moment, then looked at 1126 again.

This time the young god of death ignored him.

He looked back a little helplessly.

These things, just wait until everything is really over before asking him.

Now, he has other things to do.

There is also a young man who has had contact with him in the world, and it is very likely that he will be targeted by the remaining power of the mad Eye of the Underworld.

Although the Eye of the Underworld is already very weak, it is still possible to command the God of Death.

Before 1126 completes the countermeasure, he must guard the child to prevent him from being attacked by other gods of death.

He still remembered the boy's name, "Kaito".

"Kaito"'s full name is Kuroba Kaito, and now he lives alone in Ekota.

Both father and mother are away from home for long periods of time.

Obtaining this information is a breeze for Death.

Hikaru Ueno browsed briefly and threw the paper into the river.

The thin paper was soaked by the river water in an instant, and then disappeared into the river little by little, as if being ignited.

Hikaru Ueno took a step forward, and his figure disappeared in place.

He didn't expect that he would come by such a coincidence.

When Ueno Hikaru appeared in front of Kuroba Kaito, the ten-year-old child was circling around the park in the evening, avoiding the Grim Reaper who was chasing him behind.

Then with a "bang", the boy who had been looking back directly bumped into Hikaru Ueno.

Hikaru Ueno grunted when he hit him, took a step back, and hit a nearby tree with his back.

The wound behind him that had not fully healed suddenly felt a fine pain.

Hikaru Ueno's breath was tight for a moment, and he pressed the boy who had bumped into his arms into his arms again.

With a wave of his hand, he raised his sickle and pointed at the god of death who had just chased him.

This god of death is relatively weak, and with the current ability of the eye of the underworld, it probably won't be able to dispatch any powerful god of death.

Although Hikaru Ueno is still in a very weak state, it is still no problem to scare away the god of death in front of him just by his aura.

The god of death felt his oppression from afar, and immediately didn't even get close, turned around and ran back to the underworld.

Hikaru Ueno relaxed, and a sharp pain spread all over his body again.

The boy held in his arms was still humming and struggling.

Offering a sickle almost exhausted all the strength of the current Ueno Hikaru.

Kuroba Kaito in his arms suddenly became ruthless and slammed into his chest.

Hikaru Ueno snorted, lost consciousness again and slipped to the ground.

Kuroba Kaito struggled to stand up, squatted on the ground and looked at the fainted youth.

You obviously had so much strength when you were holding him down, and you looked so imposing, why did you faint when you were hit by him?

Kuroba Kaito frowned, and pulled out the hand that was under the young man's body.

stunned.

His hands were sticky, and it was not difficult to see through the faint moonlight that there were large patches of blood.

He stared blankly at his bloody palm for two seconds, lowered his head, and stared at the face of the seriously injured man for another two seconds.

stunned.