After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

Perhaps it was because it took longer to go to that world than others, and Hikari Ueno woke up a little later than them all.

When he opened his eyes, the other four younger brothers were sitting on the bed next to him playing cards.

The four of them formed a circle, and each of them had some gaudy things on their faces.

Hikaru Ueno lay there without moving, looking around the room.

This was the room that Tsunayoshi Sawada had prepared before they went to meet Bailan Jesso.

It was clean and tidy, like a hotel room, with a bottle of blooming roses on the window sill.

In the whole room, the only mess was the bed where the four big friends were sitting.

The bed sheet was wrinkled, and the clothes of the four people on it were intertwined with each other, and some other gadgets were scattered in the middle.

A bent playing card, a whiteboard covered with content, a box of popular board games...

It looks like they've been here for a while.

Ueno Hikaru moved his limbs and propped up his body.

This also means that after returning from that parallel world, he was still in a coma for a long time.

During this period, they have been staying here to guard themselves.

As soon as Ueno Hikaru made any movement, Kaito Kuroba, who was sitting facing him, immediately noticed it, and looked up at him.

The thick stack of playing cards in his hand was scattered all over the bed the moment the two people's eyes met.

When the other three just reacted, Kaito Kuroba deftly passed them and threw himself into Hikari Ueno's arms.

The newly painted black triangle on the tip of his nose hadn't dried completely, and he rubbed it on the side of Ueno Hikari's neck as the boy rubbed back and forth.

A piece of black fell on the fair skin, which looked particularly abrupt.

Hikaru Ueno held Kuroba Kaito with one hand, touched the back of his head helplessly, and asked, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Kuroba Kaito nodded vigorously, raised his face to look at him, gestured with his fingers, and said half-truthfully, "I've been waiting for a long time."

"Really?" Hikaru Ueno nodded, as if he really believed it, and asked with a smile, "It's been so long?"

Heiyu Kaito just nodded halfway, when he heard the voice above his head with a smile, he asked again: "What about the school?"

Kuroba Kaito: "..."

"Of course I was ordered to drop out of school." Osamu Dazai approached with a smile to speak, and "instructed" Nakahara Nakaya to carry away a young girl who was lying in his brother's arms and did not move.

"?" Kaito Kuroba pressed Nakahara Chuya's hat with his backhand, and reached for Osamu Dazai through him, "Brother, don't listen to their nonsense, it's only three days, and I've already asked for leave!"

While hiding back, Osamu Dazai complained with an exaggerated expression: "Look, brother! He's going to hit me!"

Nakahara was also blocked by his hat, and Kaito Kuroba on his shoulders dangled around him as a fulcrum, and Osamu Dazai behind him grabbed his clothes and dodged back and forth.

He couldn't hold it back for a few moments, turned around directly, and threw Kuroba Kaito on Dazai Osamu.

The two of them bumped into each other and let out an "ow" in unison.

Edogawa squatted at the side to watch the fun, and patted the heads of the two poor brothers pitifully.

Zhongyuan Zhong also grabbed his hat, stared at the two Jenga players on the ground who needed to be hugged by his brother, snorted coldly, picked them up one by one with each hand, and raised his eyebrows, "Come on, brother, brother, hug. "

Kuroba Kaito: "..."

Dazai Osamu: "..."

"No!" The two were silent for three seconds, and at the same time refused in horror, "Don't want this brother!"

When Tsunayoshi Sawada opened the door, he saw such a scene.

Edogawa took a step back in Luanpo, separated himself from the two dramatists, went around silently to the other side, sat on Ueno Hikaru's bed, quietly grabbed his brother's hair, and greeted him calmly.

It was as if the room was quiet and peaceful at this moment.

Tsunayoshi Sawada was dazed for a while before he came back to his senses. He pushed it out with some embarrassment, and knocked on the door again.

When he knocked on the door, he was still remembering the last time he saw such a scene.

—Probably many years have passed.

At that time, they were all just thirteen or fourteen-year-old junior high school students.

After a while, the word "Please come in" came out from inside the door.

Tsunayoshi Sawada pushed the door open again, and a clean, tidy and undisturbed room came into view.

The five people in the room sat on two beds and looked at him at the same time.

You can't see the messy and chaotic appearance half a minute ago.

Only the lock of hair wrapped around Edogawa Ranpo's fingers can confirm to him that the previous time was not his hallucination.

Hikaru Ueno held his restless hand and asked him, "What's the matter?"

"Ah, um." Tsunayoshi Sawada turned serious, "You just woke up too."

"I just want to ask, when are you planning to return to China? The return flight needs time to prepare. After you return, there should be other things to deal with, right?"

Hikaru Ueno nodded and did not respond directly, but looked at the other people and asked when they planned to go back.

Osamu Dazai thought for a while: "Tomorrow morning?"

In this way, they can spend almost a whole day in this room together.

Sawada Tsunayoshi readily agreed: "Yes."

With Pengo Lie's ability, as long as he doesn't leave immediately, he can guarantee to send these people back to China on time.

"Then I'll arrange it for you, so I won't call—" disturbed.

Before he could finish his sentence, he was suddenly interrupted by Hikaru Ueno: "Wait a minute."

Tsunayoshi Sawada paused when he opened the door with his backhand, "What's wrong?"

Ueno Hikaru hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Where's Kyouya?"

Tsunayoshi Sawada came to his senses and explained to him with a smile: "He is staring at Bai Lan."

He glanced at some of the people sitting there unnaturally, maintained a smile on the corner of his mouth, and explained in a gentle voice: "Because of the previous incident, Bailan's condition has been a little unstable these two days, and she needs to be watched all the time. It just so happens that Kyouya has nothing to do recently, so I'll leave it to him for now."

He noticed the change of Ueno Hikari's expression, and he spoke immediately after a pause; "But don't worry, he can go back with you. The tasks of the others have also been completed in the past two days, and they can take care of the rest Take over."

Hikaru Ueno nodded and said "Thank you".

Tsunayoshi Sawada stood at the door without moving, and the door behind him had opened most of it automatically.

He could feel that Hikaru Ueno still had a question to ask, but for some reason, he was hesitating whether to ask or not.

The empathetic Sawada Tsunayoshi gave him some time to think before asking, "Is there anything else?"

Ueno looked at him and nodded hesitantly.

He put his hand into his pocket, was silent for a moment, then took it out again, his palm was empty.

Zetian Tsunayoshi looked at his actions, a little puzzled.

Hikaru Ueno thought for a while, and said, "Likudaoku."

He pronounced the name in a strange tone, as if he was not sure if the other party's name was pronounced like this.

"Is he on a mission now?"

Sawada Tsunakichi was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, smiled helplessly, and responded truthfully: "No."

He can probably guess why Ueno Hikaru wanted to find Liu Dao Mu.

After returning from the parallel world this time, Ueno Hikaru will inevitably have some doubts about the identities of these younger brothers.

After all, these people live together every day, and there are many things carved into the bones, no matter how hidden they are, it is difficult not to be discovered.

Sooner or later Ueno Hikaru will notice their strangeness.

It was just this trip to a parallel world that catalyzed the process.

He thought about it, and felt that many things are worse than short-term pain than long-term pain.

Let Hibari Kyoya and the others "expose their nature" in front of their elder brother earlier, which will be more conducive to their subsequent relationship.

After all, in many cases, the later you confess, the more out of control you will become.

He took out his mobile phone, typed a series of numbers, and at the same time said to Ye Guang: "I have his contact information here, do you need it?"

He remembers every friend's phone number.

Because as the boss of Vengley, he can't leave any opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of.

So many things, he relies entirely on memory.

Sometimes Sawada Tsunayoshi himself feels amazing.

Obviously when I was a child, I was a good-for-nothing who couldn't do anything, but now it seems that everything has become easy.

Whether it is intrigue with other forces, or memorizing the daily details of life.

These things seem to have become his instinct, the kind engraved in his bones.

Hikaru Ueno walked up to him, thanked him softly, and wrote down the string of numbers.

Tsunayoshi Sawada hesitated for a moment, and before the other party turned around, he added: "Many things cannot be judged from the surface alone."

Hikaru Ueno froze for a moment, paused, and looked at him in surprise.

Sawada Tsunayoshi shook his phone and smiled at him.

“It’s more important to trust your gut judgment.”

"Thank you." Ueno Hikaru nodded, "I just have something to ask him."

After Sawada Tsunayoshi left, several other people immediately came up and surrounded Ueno Hikaru.

Apparently, they were all curious why brother suddenly wanted to find such a person who had nothing to do with them.

Curious, but also more or less have their own guesses.

Kaito Kuroba stared at the string of numbers for a moment, and asked, "Have you seen this person before?"

Chuya Nakahara's question followed closely: "Is that the time when Skylark brought you out?"

Hikaru Ueno nodded, not intending to hide anything, and told them about what happened that day.

The focus is on the Rokudo Mukuro who claims to be Hibari Kyouya's old friend.

After he finished speaking, he thought of something, looked at Chuya Zhongyuan, and asked, "Do you know?"

According to Liu Dao Mu himself, he and Hibari Kyouya met in middle school.

Well, as these few people who have been in touch with Hibari Kyouya over the years, they should have heard more or less about this Liudao Mu.

But the three of them looked at each other, exchanged glances, and shook their heads together.

"It's just that Skylark mentioned it once in a while." Zhong Yuanzhong also thought about it, and said vaguely, "They should...not be very good friends."

In fact, it can be said that the relationship is very bad.

But these specific things, it is better for Hibari Kyoya to explain to his brother.

Because once the "poor relationship" is to be explained, it is necessary to mention the ups and downs that Hibari Kyoya experienced in those years.

Hikari Ueno would not have liked those experiences.

They were already very sure, but after leaving the parallel world, they became even more sure.

"And that person's words are not very reliable." Dazai Osamu added, revealing a little more information, "So you can just listen to what Liudaomu said, brother."

"If there is anything you really want to know..." He paused, pointed to himself, and drew a circle around the other people, "You can ask us directly."

"If brother asked directly, we would definitely not hide anything."

Hikaru Ueno nodded, not delving into the slightly unnatural tone when he said this, and looked down at the string of numbers.

No matter what the relationship between Liu Dao Mu and Gong Ya is, and no matter whether he is trustworthy or not, he still wants to meet with him first.

The call was made, and the connection was quickly connected there. He was not surprised when he heard that it was him, and even vaguely revealed a feeling of "waiting for a long time".

Liu Dao Mu not only seemed to have been waiting for his call, but he had even expected the purpose of his call.

The conversation between the two was very quick and concise, and the call ended in less than a minute.

Ueno Hikaru and Rokudoku agreed on a time and place, explained to his younger brothers, and left the hotel.