After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

This tone sounds... Amuro Toru seems to dislike him very much.

Hikaru Ueno hesitated for a moment, then turned his gaze to the person beside him.

Kudo Shinichi's expression at this time was also a bit indescribable, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied with him.

Hikaru Ueno thought about it, but decided not to ask anything for the time being, and talk about everything after seeing Kaito.

He nodded, thanked the two people politely, and walked into the nursing home with them.

Not long after they left the gate, someone went to repair the iron gate.

Of course, it is not a conventional method.

It seems that there are quite a few people in this world who have special abilities. Osamu Dazai and Ranpo Edogawa belong to the organization, and Kyoya Hibari belongs to the organization. Now it seems that the place where he and Kaito are also have.

The petite girl bounced to the side of the iron gate, lifted it up easily, and centered on her palm, a soft white light shone in the night, gradually covering the entire gate.

After the white light faded, the iron gate remained intact.

Ueno Hikari opened his eyes wide in surprise, and looked at the girl in admiration.

Although Reaper also has all kinds of weird abilities, but when this ability appears on human beings, it is particularly eye-catching.

Amuro Toru, who was walking not far in front of him, stopped, turned his head to look at him, and urged impatiently: "What are you looking at? After staying outside for a long time, even this kind of thing is strange? Then come back and do it." Well?"

His tone was very aggressive, and there was a little anger hidden in addition to impatience.

Hikaru Ueno didn't speak, Momo looked away and followed behind him.

Kudo Shinichi turned his head to look at him, hesitated for a moment, then quickened his pace to catch up with Amuro Toru, and whispered something to him.

Even though the voice had been suppressed very low, Hikari Ueno could still hear what they were talking about.However, even if he couldn't hear it, he could roughly guess what the two men would say.

It's nothing more than one person's words to persuade another person not to be angry.

He lowered his head, quietly kicked away a small stone on the side of the road, and looked up at the brightly lit white building in front of him.

As soon as the footsteps slowed down, there was a distance between the person in front of him.

When he followed up again, the others had already climbed the steps and walked into the gate of the building one after another.

Toru Amuro and Shinichi Kudo stood by the door, as if waiting for him.

Hikaru Ueno quickened his pace to keep up, watching Toru Amuro use his own card to open the door for him with a displeased face.

Kudo Shinichi was still explaining next to him: "The security system here has been updated several times while you were away, and now there is no record of your identity here. You just make it up, and I will take you to register during the day tomorrow."

Hikaru Ueno nodded obediently and didn't ask extra questions.

"Do you still need to register?" Toru Amuro glanced at him, "Anyway, some people will disappear again in a few days."

Hikaru Ueno avoided his sight and said nothing.

This situation cannot be explained.

Kudo Shin glanced at him, said vaguely, "Let's talk about it later", and then changed the topic: "I'll take you to see Kaito first."

Hikaru Ueno nodded obediently.

Kaito Kuroba's ward was arranged at the end of the top floor.

Toru Amuro did not come with Hikari Ueno. He was called away by others when he got out of the elevator, probably because of some emergency.

Hikaru Ueno glanced and saw that the silver-haired man was following behind the boy who had come looking for him.

...Probably something about Osamu Dazai.

He lowered his eyes to avoid the boy's curious gaze, and twirled his fingertips.

After Toru Amuro left, Shinichi Kudo looked over with a smile, and asked half-jokingly, "How does it feel to fight with him?"

Ueno Hikari walked along the corridor and responded, "I don't feel anything."

Kudo Shinichi was taken aback for a moment, then laughed: "It is indeed the answer you would give."

Hikaru Ueno tilted his head to look at him, a little puzzled.

"It's nothing," Kudo Shinichi waved his hand and explained, "Actually, I don't get along with him... Well, in many ways. But, after all, we still have to work together occasionally, so I can bear it if I can. I don't Like you, with such a high force value, you can fight if you say you want to fight, and you can win every time."

At the end of his speech, he paused for a while, and suddenly suppressed his smile.

Ueno Hikaru also noticed the change in his mood, and couldn't help but slow down with the other party, watching him quietly, waiting for his next words.

Kudo Shinichi led him forward slowly. After a long silence, he hesitated to speak: "...a lot of things happened during your absence, so everyone will inevitably have some bad guesses."

Ueno Hikari could hear the comforting elements in his words, and knew that he was explaining to Amuro Toru.

It didn't take long for a corridor to reach the end. When Kudo Shinichi's voice fell, they were standing at the door of the ward at the end.

Hikaru Ueno raised his eyes and glanced at the door of the ward.

There was a small sign with Kuroba Kaito's name on it.

Kudo Shinichi did not intend to give him a chance to ask further questions.

Almost instantly, Ueno Hikari understood the reason for his previous silence.

Because I'm not sure whether I should speak up, and I don't want to explain too much about those "misunderstandings".

The Kudo Shinichi of this world is just like the boy he knew, a smart and gentle boy.

He rubbed the boy's hair and pressed the doorknob.

"that……"

The moment before stepping through the door, Kudo Shinichi called him again.

Hikaru Ueno stopped and turned his head.

Kudo Shinichi looked away, struggled for a while, and said, "It's been a very hard time for him, you..."

Hikaru Ueno nodded: "Don't worry, I will take good care of him."

Although he is not the Kaito he knew, he is still a younger brother in another world, not to mention that they have a "childish" relationship in this world, so he will definitely do his best.

"Uh..." Kudo Shinichi seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated for a moment, and finally just nodded, "Okay."

Hikaru Ueno stepped across the threshold and closed the door.

With a "click", the inside and outside of the door are separated into two worlds.

Probably all the wards in the world are exactly the same, clean and tidy, and all white.

White walls, white curtains, a white table, and a white bed by the window.

Lying on the bed was a boy he knew very well.

Maybe it can't be called "juvenile".

Kuroba Kaito, who was lying on the bed, was much more mature than he remembered.The edges and corners of the face became more distinct, and there was a slanted scar on the left brow bone.

The Kuroba Kaito in this world seemed to be much more mature and fragile than the Kaito he knew.

Kuroba Kaito did not wake up, his breathing was slow and steady, and the instrument that was working next to him made a very soft sound.

Hikaru Ueno stood on the edge of the hospital bed and looked at him, unconsciously breathing lightly.

The young man's skin is very fair, even the pure color is very light, and he does not have the enthusiastic youthfulness of Kaito at all, but looks like a fragile porcelain doll.

Ueno Hikaru told himself that they were not alone, but that their faces looked alike, and there happened to be some other similarities in addition to that.

But even so, when he saw Kuroba Kaito like this, his heart still inevitably shrank violently, and the sour feeling spread up.

He unconsciously began to panic a little, whether one day, his Kaito would be lying on the hospital bed like this, looking lifeless.

But...how could it be?

Kuroba Kaito was forced to confront other forces, had to face the danger of losing his life at any time, and had to take risks again and again.

But Kaito is just an ordinary high school student.If there's anything unusual about him, it's just amazing magic skills and an above-average IQ.

Other than that, there will be no more.Kaito doesn't need to fight against a bad organization, and doesn't need to use life as a bargaining chip to make big bets one after another.

Therefore, he does not have to suffer these tortures like Kuroba Kaito in this world, but will spend the rest of his life peacefully and happily.

He will.

Hikaru Ueno stretched out his hand, and carefully brushed away the bangs that grew on Kaito Kuroba's forehead.

The young man's forehead was exposed, and only then did he realize that there was also a striking scar there.

Here is a malevolent, scarred teenager who is forced to face the world's malice.

He sighed softly.

Kuroba Kaito's forehead temperature was very high, he was not only unconscious, but also had a fever.

His ears were also a little red from the steaming temperature.

He bent his fingers and touched the young man's ears and neck.

It was really hot too.

Hikaru Ueno hesitated for a moment, then reached out to press the bell hanging above the bed.

The moment before his fingertips touched it, the hand that had been thrusting across stopped his movement.

Those hands were white and slender, with well-defined joints and very hot.

Hikaru Ueno's movements froze, his fingertips stuck to the back of this hand, and he looked down at the person on the bed in astonishment.

Kuroba Kaito didn't know when he woke up, and was looking at him with his eyes open. The moment they looked at each other, the young man pulled the corner of his mouth and forced a smile at him.

"Are you awake?" Hikaru Ueno put down his hand, looked around, grabbed the empty glass on the table, poured some water, and handed it to him, "Do you want it?"

He looked a little reserved.

Hei Yu quickly woke up and was caught off guard, and he had never dealt with such a situation before.

Hikaru Ueno has no experience in taking care of the wounded. Even if the younger brothers are injured, they will heal themselves quickly, and they have never suffered such a serious injury.

Kuroba Kaito lowered his eyes to the glass in front of his eyes, and laughed hoarsely.

He propped himself up and sat up, leaning against the head of the bed, leaning his head obediently, biting the rim of the cup.

The glass was tilted slightly, and the warm water flowed into the mouth little by little.

Kuroba Kaito's Adam's apple rolled up and down a few times, and his dry lips felt a little more moist.

He let go of the cup, raised his head, looked at Hikari Ueno, and smiled.

Ueno Hikari still maintained the movement of holding the cup, and looked at him a little unclearly.

Kaito Kuroba licked his lips, and spoke in a low voice, his voice was still a little hoarse, and his voice sounded a little different from Kaito: "I told them before that you will definitely be back when I wake up, and they still don't believe it... ..."

He laughed, and there was a bit of youthful publicity in his eyes: "Look, they believe it now."

Hikaru Ueno: "They don't know you're awake yet."

Kaito Kuroba raised his index finger to his lips, and blinked at him, "Then don't tell them yet."

"We haven't seen each other for so long, we must have some time to be alone together, right?"

Hikaru Ueno looked at him, nodded, but said nothing.

He didn't know how long it had been since the two people in this world hadn't seen each other.

But I think it should be a long time.

He thought for a while and asked, "Is there anything you want to hear?"

Kaito Kuroba still kept his index finger on his lips. He pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up, and just about to say something, the door was suddenly pushed open.

"Sorry, no."

Toru Amuro walked in with no expression on his face, followed by Shinichi Kudo who was a bit embarrassed.

Kuroba Kaito suddenly opened his eyes wide, and with a long voice, let out a disappointed "Ah--".

"'Ah' what." Toru Amuro walked to the bed, and tapped the signature pen in his hand on his forehead, "do a physical examination first."

After all, he and Kudo Shinichi turned sideways at the same time and looked out the door.

A tea-haired woman in a white coat pushed the door open and entered.

She looked about the same age as Kuroba Kaito, with curly hair and a cold expression.

After entering, she only glanced at Hikari Ueno calmly, and her attention has been on Kaito Kuroba since then.

It seemed that this sudden appearance did not arouse her interest at all.

Hikaru Ueno stood by and watched her play with those instruments. At a certain moment, he suddenly felt that this person looked familiar.

In the next second, an image fit together with her.

Certainly not a perfect fit.

It's just that he suddenly felt that the girl named "Hui Yuan Ai" probably looked like this when she grew up.

Hikaru Ueno looked at Toru Amuro, Shinichi Kudo, and then the doctor, and vaguely understood something.

——About the composition of these forces in this world.

Although he didn't know why Kaito Kuroba was included in this organization, the three organizations in this world seemed to correspond to some relationships in another world.

For example, Osamu Dazai and the three of them were all taken care of by Mori Ogai when they were young, so in this world, they belonged to the organization led by Mori Ogai.

So perhaps, the leader of Hibari Kyoya's organization...is Sawada Tsunayoshi.

Kudo Shinichi suddenly said: "What are you thinking?"

Hikaru Ueno came back to his senses and shook his head.

"That's Miyano Shiho." Kudo Shinichi smiled, stopped asking, and introduced him instead, "She was transferred from the research group to the medical group after you left, so you probably don't know her."

Hikaru Ueno nodded.

Miyano Shiho's movements were proficient and smooth, and a complete set of inspection procedures ended in a short time.

While looking down at the data on the display screen, she raised her hand and took away the signature pen held by Toru Amuro without looking at it.

Kudo Shinichi handed over the folder he was holding in his arms at the right time.

While turning the page, Miyano Shiho wrote a few sets of numbers on it, and signed his name smartly at the end, then turned around, the folder stood up, and hit Kaito Kuroba precisely on the head.

Heiyu Kaito shrank his neck, let out a very cooperative "ow", covered his head pitifully and called "pain".

"You still know the pain?" Miyano Shiho squinted at him and sneered, "It's your luck to wake up this time."

"Come again, I don't guarantee that you will wake up again."

Kaito Kuroba pressed his head and smiled, assuring her: "There will be no next time, no next time."

Miyano Shiho obviously didn't believe it, he snapped the folder into Kudo Shinichi's hand, looked down at Kaito Kuroba, and sneered, "You better be."

Kuroba Kaito suppressed his smile, and nodded obediently.

It's just too well-behaved, and it seems somewhat insincere.

Miyano Shiho was too lazy to talk to him, so he turned and walked out, slipping the pen into Amuro Toru's breast pocket.

"It's not a big problem, but I still can't do strenuous activities during this time..." She paused, then turned around suddenly, staring at Kaito Kuroba, "No."

Kuroba Kaito: "?"

"For you, it's better not to move during this period of time." Miyanoshi reserved a ruthless warning, opened the door, and walked away gracefully.

Kuroba Kaito stared at the door for a long time, staring at the door for a long time, and asked Kudo Shinichi angrily: "Is she avenging her private revenge?! Isn't she?!"

Kudo Shinichi flipped through the data left by Miyano Shiho just now, and perfunctoryly said without raising his head: "I think, at least not this time."

Kuroba Kaito: "??"

"You and her united front?"

Kudo Shinichi closed the folder, looked at him, raised his eyebrows, imitated what Miyano Shiho did just now, and tapped him on the head a second time.

"No," he said, "I just thought he had a good point."

Hei Yu Kuai Dou looked up at him angrily, his expression changed a few times, and finally he replied with a noble and glamorous "huh".

He lay back on the bed, lifted the quilt to cover himself, and said sullenly: "The sick patient who can't move is going to rest, and the idlers are waiting, please leave—"

Kudo Shinichi watched him playful, helplessly poking him with a folder across the quilt.

He thought for a while, then turned his gaze to Hikaru Ueno, his eyes lit up.

Kudo Shinichi leaned forward, hooked Ueno Hikaru's shoulder very familiarly, smiled and said to the quilt: "Then I will take your partner away, you should rest well~"

The quilt suddenly opened a hole, and Kaito Kuroba glared at him fiercely with his messy hair on his head.

"Borrow it." Kudo Shin walked out with Hikaru Ueno in his arms without looking back, raised the folder high, waved it, and left arrogantly.

Kuroba Kaito watched helplessly as the two of them went out side by side, pinning their last hope on Toru Amuro who kept silent.

Toru Amuro looked at him for a while, then took a step forward, and stroked his hair like a puppy.

"have a good rest."

Kuroba Kaito: "..."

He watched angrily as the last person also closed the door and left, stared at the door for a while, and suddenly smiled.

—

Kudo Shin brought Ueno Hikaru to a room similar to an independent office.

He poured Ueno Hikaru a glass of water, pulled a chair, and sat behind the desk with him.

Kudo Shinichi's desk was very clean. There was a laptop computer that wasn't turned on, a black pen holder full of pens, a neat notebook placed in the center of the desk, and a photo frame in the corner.

In the frame is a group photo.

In addition to the four people he had just met in the photo, there were also a few people he hadn't seen before.

Seeing that he had been staring at the group photo, Kudo Shin simply took the photo frame over, pointed to the person on it and gave him a brief introduction.

Hikaru Ueno listened and gradually fell silent.

When Kudo Shinichi saw that he was silent, he asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Hikaru Ueno thought for a while, and asked, "Do you already know... I'm missing part of my memory."

Kudo Shinichi smiled, with a confident light in his eyes, "It's obvious, right?"

Hikaru Ueno stared at him silently.

"Don't worry, I'll probably tell you about it." Kudo Shinichi patted him, "Besides, you have experienced those things yourself, and you can definitely find them back."

Hikaru Ueno hesitated for a moment, and nodded in response without explaining too much.

So Kudo Shinichi put down the photo frame and began to introduce him to the current situation.

His introduction was very detailed and frank, which made Hikaru Ueno feel a little embarrassed.

From the extreme comparison of the current major organizations to the detailed introduction of their organization, Kudo Shinichi spent most of the day and gave him a thorough introduction.

It was already afternoon when he finished his introduction, Kudo Shinichi sat up straight and stretched himself.

"Let's go, I'll take you to enter your identity information first."

Ueno Hikaru stood up with him, but just stood there, and did not walk towards the door with him.

Kudo Shinichi took a few steps, turned around suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Hikaru Ueno looked at him, thought for a moment, and then said: "I still have something to tell you. As for whether to enter information, let's talk about it after you finish listening."

Kudo Shinichi smiled and teased: "What is so serious?"

Ueno Hikari pursed his lips and motioned for him to sit down.

So the two returned to the previous state again, but this time, the person who wanted to tell the story became Ueno Hikaru.

Kudo Shinichi refilled the two cups with water, pushed one of them in front of him, and relaxed his posture, "What do you want to say to me?"

"You know that I have memory loss." Hikaru Ueno held the cup, his cold fingertips were warmed by the water in the cup, "But in fact, it's not just that."

Kudo Shin is honest with him, and he shouldn't hide anything from him.

There are many incredible places in this world, so his things are not incomprehensible.

What's more, the audience is Kudo Shinichi, so it is impossible not to be understood.

Hikari Ueno put down his cup, let out a long breath, and said slowly, "I'm actually not the Hikari Ueno you know. I come from another world. The purpose of my coming here is to find something..."