After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

The white-haired young man stood in the shallow water, tilted his head when he heard the movement, and looked at the four uninvited guests who appeared here.

Those gentle purple eyes reflected the light blue sky and white clouds, and under the left eye was a purple inverted crown imprint.

The youth was wearing a clean white shirt and trousers, and his wrists and ankles were shackled.

He raised his legs and walked towards several people. The iron chains collided with each other and made a crisp sound, which echoed in the semi-enclosed space.

From a distance, this young man named "Bryn Jesso" has a gentle and clean demeanor, completely unreminiscent of the legendary "demon" that destroyed countless parallel worlds.

Hikari Ueno stopped on the shore, and looked at the young man in black beside him with some doubts.

"is it him?"

Bai Lan took another step forward, the handcuffs and shackles clattered, small waves suddenly rose from his feet, rolled to the shore layer by layer, and wet the toes of several people's shoes.

The young man in black suddenly took a big step back, looked very frightened, mumbled "Yes, it's him.", and immediately ran away.

"Hmm...he looks like a very scary person." Osamu Dazai touched his chin, and his eyes fell on Bai Lan.

His voice was neither loud nor small, and spread throughout the space, just enough for everyone here to hear.

Bai Lan laughed, raised her wrist and shook it.

"I'm just an ordinary person with some special features." The blue sky and white clouds in the purple eyes fluttered gently, as if falling in a cold mirror, "Even this place is inseparable, how can we talk about 'terrible' .”

He blinked and turned his wrist, pointing the other way.

Hikaru Ueno looked in the direction he pointed, a huge beige parasol, under the umbrella was a white round table and five chairs that were being placed on the beach.

Bai Lan's voice sounded at the right time: "I heard that there are rare guests today, but I made preparations early."

There are five glasses of lemonade in the center of the table, long straws with lemon slices hanging out of the glasses, and a heart around the top.

"You live here very comfortably." Edogawa said in disorder, leaned over to the table, grabbed a glass of lemonade and took two sips without hesitation.

Then wrinkled his nose and said, "It's so sour——"

"The fresh lemons just delivered this morning have a strong flavor." Bai Lan sat down at the table, resting her hands on the edge of the table, looking up at Edogawa Ranpo: "It's very comfortable, do you want to come with me?" ?”

He thought for a while and continued, "There are a lot of marshmallows in my room, I can share some with you."

"I don't want it." Edogawa took a step back and pouted at him, "This place is boring. How could a detective stay in such a place."

"Really?" Bai Lan echoed, with a long tail, "It's really boring here——"

"Usually no one comes, I stay here alone..." He suddenly laughed, and the floating clouds in his purple eyes stopped suddenly, "If you don't have some fun by yourself, you can't live on."

"How is it?" He suddenly moved forward, staring at Chuya Nakahara curiously, and asked, "Is it fun?"

Zhongyuan Zhong was also taken aback, and his face sank immediately. He clenched his fists, sneered, and repeated Bai Lan's question word by word: "OK, play?"

Bai Lan didn't seem to notice his anger at all, she nodded happily and said, "Yes. Don't you think it's very interesting?"

Before everyone could react, Zhongyuan kicked the table in front of him.

After a loud bang, the glass shattered and the lemonade spilled all over the floor.

Bai Lan looked at the mess on the floor with regret, shrugged, and said in a flat tone: "It's a pity."

But then he put on that frivolous smile again, tapped the broken glass on the ground with his fingertips, and suddenly asked, "Do you think it looks like Yokohama?"

"What?" Zhong Yuan was also taken aback.

The shards of glass reflected the sunlight, Bai Lan squinted her eyes, hooked the corners of her mouth, and explained gently: "Look, Yokohama is like these cups, full of things, it looks peaceful, but it tastes sour. And ...Just give it a little force...'snap'—"

Bai Lan snapped her fingers suddenly, her smile became wanton: "It's over."

He paused, glanced at the four of them, tilted his head and asked, "Don't you think it's interesting?"

Nakahara snorted coldly, and suddenly glanced at Osamu Dazai.

Osamu Dazai blinked lightly, turned half of his outstretched hand in an instant, held Hikaru Ueno's wrist, and led the person back a few steps.

He shrugged and said innocently, "I didn't intend to stop Zhongye."

This sentence is like a signal.

In the next second, Zhong Yuan Zhong also flashed his figure and disappeared in place with Bailan Jesso.

Two figures appeared again, already directly above the sea.

The sound of tinkling iron chains was continuous and spread throughout the space.

Osamu Dazai stood where he was, neither surprised nor anxious, as if watching the excitement was no big deal, he poked at Luanbu next to him: "It's a fight."

Hikaru Ueno frowned and looked at the two entangled figures, glanced at the two beside him, and just opened his mouth to say something, suddenly there was a loud noise on the sea.

"Crash" sounded.

A figure was pushed into the sea water.

The iron chain slammed heavily, and everything fell silent.

A moment later, Zhong Yuan Zhong also returned to the shore with Bai Lan, who was soaked all over his body.

Bailan Jesso shook his hair very handsomely, turned his head to look at Nakahara Chuya, and teased "so fierce".

He just looked a little embarrassed, as if he wasn't really hurt.

Hikaru Ueno's eyes fell on Nakahara Chuya.

Except for the wetness of his sleeves, there was no change in him.

Zhong Yuanzhong also ignored his teasing, and asked directly: "Where is the thing?"

"Hmm...let me think about it." Bai Lan pondered for a moment, but did not evade, "Are you asking about that piece of paper?"

Central Plains also raised eyebrows.

"That's really embarrassing." Bai Lan laughed arrogantly, showing no embarrassment at all, "I lost it."

Zhong Yuanzhong also pursed his lips, took half a step forward, and the oppressive feeling poured out instantly.

This time, Osamu Dazai's outstretched hand did not turn halfway, but stood firmly in front of him, then raised his index finger and shook it.

"The effect of the threat has been achieved. Don't be too anxious, Chuya. If you really kill Mr. Bai Lan, we will never find that thing again."

Zhong Yuanzhong also stared at him without saying a word.

Osamu Dazai opened his eyes innocently.

"It's okay." Edogawa patted Bai Lan's shoulder in a familiar way, comforting him, "It's normal to have a hard time forgetting things in your head, so don't be embarrassed."

Bai Lan smiled: "...well, yes."

"Then..." He looked at Edogawa Ranpo curiously, "What are you going to do?"

"Of course I found it." Edogawa Ranpo smiled, "You should be able to send us there, right?"

"That parallel world."

Bai Lan blinked, shook her head, and said decisively, "That's not okay."

"It's rare to meet a few guests to relieve boredom. If I send you all away..." He touched his chin, "That would be too boring~"

"How about this." He turned his right hand and pointed at Hikaru Ueno, "I'll send you to find that thing..."

Swipe your index finger, pointing at the other three people one by one: "You guys stay here and have some new fun with me?"

Two responses sounded at the same time.

"it is good."

"No."

It was Ueno Hikaru who said "yes", and Nakahara Chuya who said "no".

Hikaru Ueno asked, "Is it not possible?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also frowned: "How could it be possible for you to go alone."

It is rare for Osamu Dazai to unite with him: "That's right, that's right, Chuya should go alone. Even if there is a trap, even though Chuuya has a bad mind, he can still crack it by brute force."

"It's good that brother stays here with us."

"Ah, that's not acceptable." Bai Lan laughed and looked at him, "If you want that thing, you can only let him get it."

He shrugged, turned around and sat on the chair, leaning back comfortably against the back of the chair.

"Anyway, I'm tired of playing this, there's no need to lie to you."

The white-haired young man raised his head, and the smile in his slightly narrowed eyes didn't reach the bottom of his eyes.

"I threw that piece of paper into another parallel world, and no one can find it except him."

"Then now comes the question—"

The imprint of the inverted crown under his eyes revealed a bit of a strange feeling, Bailan Jesso looked at them playfully, and asked, "Are you trying to prevent the destruction of Yokohama, or are you trying to prevent me from finding new fun?"

"A famous detective never needs to choose." Edogawa stooped in disorder, picked up a piece of broken glass and held it under the sunlight.

Colorful lines were reflected on the shattered glass, and his eyes slowly moved down, looking at Bai Lan's distorted face through the glass.

"He will only deliver the most perfect results."

Bai Lan: "Oh? Then what's your result?"

Edogawa turned his head in disorder, looked at Dazai Osamu, and then both of them laughed at the same time.

"Brother, please go."

Hikaru Ueno nodded in agreement.

He was already ready.

Even a little bit of anticipation.

Parallel worlds will show different individuals.

Hikaru Ueno wants to see...

Possibility of brothers.

He was curious.

Bai Lan laughed and shook his handcuffs happily: "Then please call them in and help me untie this."

"Locked by this thing, I can't send him away."

"Don't worry." Osamu Dazai raised his left hand towards him, the black bracelet was emitting a faint light, "It's been ready for a long time."

A moment later, the frightened young man in black came to the scene.

When he first heard that the handcuffs were to be released, he strongly refused.

But the boss asked him to listen to these people.

If he doesn't listen, let's not talk about what will happen to the boss, just these people... may beat him to death.

The young man swallowed his saliva, silently moved away from the murderous man, and unfastened Bai Lan's handcuffs tremblingly.

"I, out, you..."

Edogawa Ranbu interrupted his hesitation: "There is no accident in the dictionary of a famous detective."

The young man was stunned for a moment: "Uh...then..."

Chuya Nakahara: "You can go."

The young man whimpered in fright, and immediately ran away.

Zhong Yuanzhong also looked back, and muttered in a low voice: "How could he find such a person as a guard."

Hikaru Ueno was confused: "What?"

"No..." Zhong Yuanzhong also paused for a moment, "After you go there, be careful. If there is any accident..."

Hikaru Ueno: "Looking for you in that world?"

Edogawa Ranpo: "No."

Hikaru Ueno: "?"

Osamu Dazai glanced at Bailan, curled his lips in displeasure, and took Ranpo's words: "Don't go to us, no matter what happens, don't go to us, and don't trust us."

Hikaru Ueno: "??"

"That?"

Edogawa sat on the chair in random steps, shaking his legs unhappily: "Let's go find Kaito."

"He will definitely help you."

Unless in the outrageous parallel world that Bailan Jesso found, even Kuroba Kaito became a black person.

"Ah yes, there are more." Osamu Dazai added with a smile, "After all, there is a 'parallel time and space', which is completely different from this side. No matter what happens, brother doesn't have to take it too seriously."

"We'll be here waiting for you to come back."

Ueno Hikaru nodded, silently wrote down their words, and turned to Bai Lan.

Bai Lan raised her hand and pressed it on his shoulder.

The world around me is a little bit blurred and faded.

Brandon Jesso suddenly leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "Remember—"

"Parallel worlds are not false, they are possibilities."

"You'll have your own identity there, too."

"Also... Only worlds with similarities can achieve intercommunication."

Before Hikaru Ueno could respond, all the images in front of him had disappeared.

He was stunned for a few seconds, and was forced to close his eyes under the intense light stimulation.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in another place.

Hikaru Ueno moved his body, tore off the black cloth that was covering his eyes, and was stunned.

He was locked in a small dark room.

It was cramped, and there were no windows in the room, only a closed iron door.

A dying candle hung on the wall directly in front of it, emitting a faint gleam.

This is... a parallel world?

Hikaru Ueno looked at the empty room in confusion, went around twice here, but found nothing.

So...his identity is...an imprisoned person?

He looked down at his fingers, and his black eyes widened slightly.

In this parallel world, the power is still there, but those "restrictions" and "out of control" from the underworld seem to have disappeared without a trace.

So, that is to say, for him now, escaping from this place is easy.

Then... do you want to escape?

Hikaru Ueno touched the wall, thinking.

After escaping, there is no clue for the time being.

Prynne says he has his own identity here.

Then stay here, maybe you can collect some useful information?

While Ueno Hikaru was hesitating, there was a light "click" from the iron door at the other end of the room.

A familiar young man appeared at the door.

It's just different from what he remembered, this young man's detective suits are all pure black.

From the small leather boots to the cloak to the hat, the black looks like another Chuya in the Central Plains.

"Random?"

Hikaru Ueno tentatively opened his mouth.

The young man looked at him, tilted his head and smiled, and bit the lollipop in his mouth.

"No matter how intimate you are, it's useless."

His right hand slid down, and he seemed to inadvertently fiddle with the gun pinned to his waist.

"Today is the last day, the boss will be back soon."

He paused, then walked briskly into the room suddenly, and stopped in front of the candle.

"If you don't say anything...you will die~" The young man's ending sound slightly raised, with a bit of careless joy mixed with the coldness.

Edogawa stood on tiptoe in disorder and blew out the candles, dispelling the only light in the room.

Hikaru Ueno squinted his eyes in the darkness, his fingertips tucked into his palm.

Parallel worlds represent...another possibility?