"Are these all the survivors?" Kunikida counted the number of children alone, his brows furrowed more and more as he looked at them. "Where are the teachers and the director of the orphanage?"

"In order to protect us, they have already..." one of the children said this in fear, "In the orphanage, the director and teachers have set up many terrible rules. Everyone is afraid of them. After this incident, those crazy brothers and sisters have been targeting the teachers."

After the child spoke, Dazai noticed that Nakajima Atsushi, who was standing next to him, lowered his head instantly. He clenched his hands tightly, and his expression was a little timid.

It seems that this may be a child who is often punished, so he would subconsciously feel nervous when he heard the names of teachers and dean.

"Are all these caused by despair?" Dazai Osamu said this rather childish-sounding term.

"That's right." Hinata Hajime nodded, and motioned for Nakajima Atsushi to take the child to rest nearby. "Despair syndrome will arouse despair in people's hearts and directly crush humans. In the face of great despair, they will do the most stressful things."

"It's normal for humans to do anything when they are desperate."

Not to mention the teachers and deans who used to beat and scold them.

"It's more like a psychic ability than a plague ability." Kunikida Doppo wrote down the despair disease in his notebook. "Then Hinata-kun, are you also a child of this orphanage? Are you their leader?"

Hinata Hajime smiled and shook his head, "Not really."

"I was passing by here by accident and heard some noise so I came to check it out. I didn't expect to see a fratricide, so I stayed to look after them for the time being."

Dazai Osamu raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled brightly, "Wow, Hinata-kun is such a good person."

"I'm often told that." Hinata Hajime remained expressionless.

Dazai Osamu smiled, his iris-colored eyes seemed to see through something, but also seemed to be just joking, "I understand, Kunikida-kun, let's discuss how to get these children out."

There are more than a dozen children here, some of whom are only four or five years old, and there are only two of them. The orphanage is located in a very inconvenient location in the suburbs. Even if Hinata Hajime and Nakajima Atsushi are added, there is no way to transfer more than a dozen children at once.

This is probably the reason why Hinata Hajime stayed here all this time, just to pass on the message.

Looking at Dazai Osamu and Kunikida Doppo who had started a discussion, Hinata Hajime's right green eye flashed slightly.

[He is very suspicious.] Hinata Hajime spoke in his heart.

After a while, a voice that only Hinata Hajime could hear rang in his mind. This voice was exactly the same as Hinata Hajime's voice, but it was filled with indifference and coldness. If heard by other people, they would not think it was the same person even if the tone was the same.

【As a detective, it is normal to be suspicious. 】

[Of course I know this. What I mean is that his suspicion is not like that of a simple detective.] Hinata Sou retracted his gaze, smiled at Dazai Osamu in a friendly manner, and then continued in his heart: [We are not orphans from an orphanage. Even if we are not the instigator, we will be suspected.]

Kamukura Izuru was silent for a few seconds, then he said as usual, "Boring."

[…Imperial Throne, please be a little worried.]

【There is absolutely no need for that.】

It turns out that he is still the same character.

Hinata Hajime sighed helplessly in his heart.

In fact, Hinata Hajime is not from this world, he came to this world for a purpose.

His world was now in the midst of war, a war of hope and despair that lasted for several years.

Private Hope's Peak Academy is an academy that gathers geniuses from all over the world. It is rumored that as long as you graduate from this school, your life will be half successful. Such a school certainly has special rules. All students in the school are recruited by teachers and are given the title of super high school level.

Unfortunately, the super high school-level sisters of despair hid in Hope's Peak Academy, which eventually triggered the largest and worst despair incident in history and spread across the world, with wars and chaos continuing to break out.

After the internal purge of the Future Agency was completed, Hinata Hajime returned to Jabberwock Island with Tsuteru, and Naegi Makoto reopened Hope's Peak Academy. It seemed that everything was getting better, but no one expected that the remaining desperate remnants would fight back, and the virus left by Enoshima Junko continued to infect other people, and a new melee broke out again.

Hinata Hajime and Naegi Makoto have been working hard to fight against despair, but the Despair Remnants are a group of lunatics who completely disregard their own lives. Of course, normal people can't beat lunatics.

At this moment, Hinata Hajime heard the voice of world consciousness.

The world consciousness told him that the fragments of hope that originally existed in the world were contaminated, and the hope that had turned into fragments of despair shattered and scattered in other worlds. Only if Hinata Hajime collected the fragments of hope could their world be saved.

[Although I knew about collecting fragments of hope, I didn't expect it to be so difficult, and it would cause despair in other worlds.]

[Despair is despair, no matter which world it is in.]

Just when Hinata Hajime wanted to say something, he felt the corner of his clothes being pulled. Hinata Hajime lowered his head and saw a young man standing there looking at him, his dark eyes fixed on him.

Hinata Hajime squatted down so they were eye level.

"Sato? What's wrong with you?"

"Hinata-san, are we leaving the orphanage?" Sato asked, his black eyes questioning, "Are we going to the police station? Are we going to have our background investigated, and then be adopted by someone else?"

Hinata nodded, confirming Sato's words, and then he added comfortingly: "Don't worry, everyone will leave here safely."

"I don't want it!" Sato suddenly raised his voice.

Everyone in the room was paying attention to Sato, but the boy was oblivious. He kept saying strange words in a quick and sharp voice, and his black pupils gradually became empty and hopeless.

"If I go to the police, they'll know that I stole money when I was out, and that I rummaged through trash cans to survive. No one will want a kid like me!"

"No one will adopt me, and the police won't sympathize with me. Even if I go to a new orphanage, I will be bullied."

"I don't want this, I don't want this!"

Hinata Hajime grabbed Sato's arm to prevent him from running away. While the boy was struggling, Hinata Hajime touched his forehead. His forehead was very hot.

Fever is the only symptom of despair, and his despair broke out.

At that moment, Sato's right hand stretched out from his sleeve, and the reflection of the metal could be seen under the candlelight.

Dodging Sato's knife, Hinata Hajime pressed his hand to the ground. The boy let out a sharp howl, his voice filled with despair.

"What the hell is going on?!" Kunikida Doppo used his special ability to conjure a rope, ran to Hinata Hajime, and together they tied up the desperate boy.

Hinata Hajime sighed after everything was over, "This is despair."

"It makes a person become unlike himself, and fall into endless despair without any reason." Hinata Hajime reached out and touched Sato's forehead. The scalding heat made him frown constantly. "Dun, do you have any fever-reducing medicine?"

"It's all used up." Nakajima Atsushi shook his head. "The orphanage didn't have much medicine to begin with, and more than half of it was destroyed in the previous chaos."

Kunikida Doppo knelt down on one knee to take care of Sato's fever, and then asked, "Is there no cure for this despair disease?"

"have."

"What is it?"

"Eradicate the source." Hinata Hajime looked at Kunikida Doppo, "The spread of despair has a cause. We just need to find the source and eliminate the despair at the source."

Kunikida Doppo, who had no idea what Hinata Hajime was talking about, just blinked.

"He said that this plague is spread by someone. As long as we find the psychic who spread the plague and eliminate his psychic power, this despair disease incident will end." Dazai Osamu sighed, and he temporarily explained to Kunikida Dopo as a translator, "After all, it's still a psychic incident."

Unfortunately, this is not a supernatural power.

However, Hinata Hajime did not explain it. After all, superpowers are normal in this world, so he just called the Fragments of Despair superpower crystals.

This is very convenient and does not require much explanation.

"I'll take you to see the source tomorrow."

"You know?" Dazai Osamu turned his head and looked at Hinata Hajime subtly, "It's really surprising that a person who came to the orphanage unexpectedly knows this place better than the orphans in the orphanage."

"That's because Mr. Hinata visited the orphanage several times during the week to find out the reason for the outbreak of this incident." Nakajima Atsushi defended Hinata Hajime, "Mr. Hinata is really a good person."

Dazai Osamu smiled and said, "It was just a joke."

"I know that I am indeed suspicious. After all, I was an outsider from the beginning. However, if I was the culprit, why did I protect these children until now and even pass on the news?" Hinata Sou sighed, "Now I just want this to end quickly and let the children leave here immediately."

Dazai Osamu looked at Hinata Hajime, and finally nodded and said with a smile: "Of course, me too."

[He still has doubts.]

[Because you are suspicious enough. ]

[…You’re right. Let’s have Hinata Hajime come tomorrow. He has a friendly personality and is easy to trust.]

Even though Hinata Hajime and Kamizuru Izuru are the same person, they have different personalities. Hinata Hajime is naturally sincere in his emotions, and even though he once fell into a quagmire in his talents, it did not damage his sincerity as a human being. Kamizuru Izuru is a person who has nothing but talent. When Hinata Hajime borrowed Kamizuru Izuru's talents, he had to be influenced by Kamizuru Izuru.

Both in attitude and character.

Once the influence of Kamuzuru Izuru is removed, he will no longer possess his talent, but this Hinata Hajime is indeed his original self.

Hinata Hajime took care of things and let the orphans go to bed. After thanking Kunikida Dopo, he sat against the wall, closed his eyes and dozed off.

No one saw that in the darkness, Hinata Hajime's blood-red left eye slowly faded into a light green.