Chapter 105, Chapter 19: It's about time to go back.
Karin Okiyuki knew that Satoru Gojo was holding back a lot of desire, wanting her to call him "Dad," but she refused.
Of course, we have to keep the guy in suspense a bit, since he's such a jerk.
However, apart from Gojo Satoru, many people are actually very eager for Oriyuki Karin to return at any time.
This naturally refers to those old guys who were humiliated by the director's office just a few days ago, and their families.
The Five-Eyes faction is already quite powerful; if another Six-Eyes faction were to emerge, it would truly be a cause for despair.
Not to mention that Gojo Tsukihime seems to have even higher talent than Gojo Satoru, at least Gojo Satoru hasn't learned this skill at his age.
So everyone has been looking forward to it lately, thinking that it's about time for Little Six-Eyed to go back.
It would be best to go back as soon as possible so that they can feel at ease sooner.
The only ones who weren't expecting anything were the Gojo family. They were even more eager than Gojo Satoru because, up until now, they still hadn't learned a single thing about the future from Oriyuki Karin, especially what they wanted to know most—how exactly did the Gojo family in the parallel world create the second Six-Eyed One!
Despite the fact that Yuki Ayaka used the pretense of telling them about the future to get them to do a lot of things for her, including but not limited to arranging for her to go abroad behind Gojo Satoru's back.
But in reality, she never kept her promise; she just played the Gojo family for a fool.
But what can they do? At most, they can only ask indirectly; who would dare to rush up and question them?
Putting everything else aside, if Six-Eyed were to tell Gojo Satoru directly about the matter, then they could expect to be dealt with by Gojo Satoru.
This is the kid they raised themselves; they know his character all too well. Gojo Satoru has always hated their research; if he found out, he'd probably turn the house upside down.
Seeing that Xiao Liuyan might have to go back at any time, the Gojo family has been trying to contact Oriyuki Karin openly and secretly these days, hoping that she can come back to the main family for a visit.
When those people called, Gojo Satoru happened to hear it.
He snatched the phone from Yuki Ayaka's hand and yelled, "Go where?! What's fun at home? I'm not going!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Karin Origami just watched him quietly, her little brows furrowed.
Gojo Satoru casually shoved the phone back into her hand and started lecturing her: "Ignore them, they're always talking nonsense. Come on, Tsukihime, let's go to Osaka, I'll take you to Universal Studios."
Instead of responding, Yuki Ayakari sternly lectured, "Father, that's very impolite."
Gojo Satoru knew his precious daughter was full of道理 (reasoning/logic), so he was too lazy to argue with her and nodded perfunctorily: "Yes, yes, that was impolite. I'll definitely remember to say goodbye before hanging up next time. I promise next time, okay? So, do you want to go to Universal Studios?"
This wasn't the first time the child had been fooled by him these past few days, and of course, he knew he was just fooling him.
But she couldn't do anything about him, after all, Gojo Satoru was a master of deception for many years.
Unable to persuade him otherwise, Xiao Liuyan decided to give up arguing with Wujiao Wuji about the matter. However, regarding Universal Studios, Zhiyuki Ayakari shook her head and refused: "I want to go back to the main family."
Gojo Satoru didn't want to take her back, but Oriyuki Karin really wanted to go.
This is a rare opportunity to experience what it's like to be the heir of a large family. She came here purely for fun, so of course she wanted to go and see for herself.
She nodded, and Gojo Satoru looked a little annoyed: "Huh? Little Tsukihime, what's fun about the main house? You're probably stuck at home all the time, right? It's rare for you to come out and play, let's go out and play together~"
In fact, Gojo Satoru had known for a long time that the old men in his family were in contact with his precious daughter, but he knew that they hadn't gotten anything useful from the child, so he couldn't be bothered to care.
He also knew why the Gojo family wanted her to go home; wasn't it because they thought that once she was home, they could find a way to avoid contact between him and the girl?
That's why he never thought of taking Yukiko Karin back with him. What's the point of going back?
But Oriyuki Ayaka found a very good reason—
"I want to see what my home used to look like."
At first, Gojo Satoru couldn't understand: "Of course nothing will change. You know what kind of people those old men in the family are. Changing the house would be like taking their lives."
Gojo Satoru knows this all too well. Every time he blew up his house when he was a kid, the building that was rebuilt on the same site was basically the exact same as the original house. It's been like this for decades, so incredibly boring.
The child insisted, "It's different."
"What's different?" Gojo Satoru asked, then realized, "Oh, you're young and haven't seen much of this, so you don't know. Let me tell you, there's nothing different. Anyway, I feel like the current head family looks exactly like I did when I was five or six. They can even find a tree that looks similar to a dead tree by taking a picture of it. They're like they're obsessed."
"You know that tree outside the library, right? When I was in college, a strong wind broke off one of its main branches. They insisted that it ruined the original beauty, and in the end, they spent more than half a month finding a tree of the same type from overseas that was not much different in height and branches to replace it."
Zhixue Yahuali:......
Is this what it means to be a wealthy person?
She thought she had experienced the life of the rich these days, but it turns out her vision was still too narrow.
Her attention wandered, and Gojo Satoru, thinking she had listened, started planning how to get to Universal Studios and what to do.
"How about I get you a wizard's robe? You know Harry Potter, right? If you haven't seen it, we can rent out a movie theater today and then go to [another location], okay?"
"Oh right, and the Minions too. You know the Minions, right? If not, you can check them out later."
"And there's Detective Conan! Have you heard of that? It's about a high school detective who gets drugged and turns into a tiny kid the same size as you, then uses all sorts of advanced technology to solve cases."
Coming to her senses, Oriyuki Karin: "..."
Of course she knew all of this, but she was currently kept in seclusion and had to pretend not to know, and even had to feign curiosity.
It can't be the kind of curiosity that's overt; it has to be the kind of curiosity that's present but suppressed and not shown.
Fortunately, she acted quite well, because she saw Gojo Satoru's smug smile as he deliberately lured her, saying, "How about it? Do you want to go see it? How about this, Little Tsukihime, if you call me 'Dad,' I'll take you there, okay?"
Zhixue Yahuali: "..."
You look like a creepy old man trying to kidnap a child.
She pretended to hesitate for a moment, but finally decided: "I still want to go back to my family home first."
Gojo Satoru slumped his shoulders again: "Why? Didn't I already say that there's nothing fun at the main family's place? It's pretty much the same as yours."
Karin lowered her eyes slightly, seemingly stubbornly saying, "It's different."
She decided to cheer Gojo Satoru up.
Gojo Satoru did indeed ask, "How is it different?"
The child pursed his lips and said nothing.
Gojo Satoru scooped her up, lifting her slightly higher than himself, forcing eye contact with her, and asked again, "Hmm? Why isn't Tsukihime saying anything? What's different?"
Once again, both feet were lifted off the ground, and Gojou Tsukihime frowned as if she were still unaccustomed to it.
She frowned, about to ask Gojo Satoru to put her down, when Gojo Satoru interrupted her directly: "I'll put you down if you answer me. Or you can call me 'Dad,' and I'll put you down."
Gojo Tsukihime closed her mouth, her brows furrowing even more deeply.
After thinking for a while, the child seemed to have finally made a decision.
She opened her mouth, only managing to utter a faint sound: "ba..."
"Wait!" Gojo Satoru interrupted again.
He had only casually added the second half of the sentence, because he had said it many times recently, but his beloved daughter had chosen this option once. However, when he realized that this time his child seemed genuinely going to choose to call him "Dad," he immediately sensed something was wrong.
What was he trying to hide that made Tsukihime, who had always refused to call him "Dad," suddenly give in?
Gojo Satoru: This is bad. He suddenly felt more interested in the first one.
No, no, no, that's not right, but he also really wants to hear Xiaoyueji call him dad!
But... but he was also very curious about the previous one!
Gojo Satoru hesitated for a moment, then finally tried to play dumb: "How about you call me 'Dad' and answer my question, then I'll put you down?"
Gojo Tsukihime: "..."
She hesitated, looking at the adult before her, before finally spouting a string of platitudes: "Father, this is going back on your word. It is unbecoming of a head of the family, and it also disgraces Six Eyes."
Gojo Satoru didn't need this: "Who cares? Do I need this to maintain my face and demeanor?"
Origami Karin: Yes, you have absolutely no dignity or style, so of course you don't need that.
She opened her mouth, ready to begin her long-winded lecture.
Seeing this, Gojo Satoru immediately nodded knowingly: "Okay, okay, I understand. You have to keep your word, a gentleman's word is as good as his bond, right? Okay, I know. But that's for outsiders. Right now it's just the two of us, father and daughter, so there's no need to worry about that, right?"
Gojo Tsukihime paused for a moment, then stopped worrying about it, but her brows furrowed even more.
Clearly, she didn't really want to follow Gojo Satoru's demand that he have both options.
She opened her mouth again, intending to retort.
Gojo Satoru immediately replied, "Alright, alright, then let's not have an either/or situation. Little Tsukihime, just tell me why you want to go back to the main family, okay?"
The child was frustrated by his repeated interruptions, especially when Gojo Satoru insisted that she choose another option even after she had already made her choice.
Her small eyebrows furrowed tightly as she began to think of other ways to break the deadlock, such as... running away.
Gojo Satoru seemed to read her mind and said directly, "Don't even think about running away~ Little Tsukihime is indeed very strong now, but do you think it's possible for her to run away from her father?"
He laughed arrogantly, blatantly showing off.
Gojo Tsukihime: "..."
She stubbornly insisted, "I didn't intend to run away."
Gojo Satoru smiled and nodded: "Okay, you don't."
Gojo Tsukihime: "..."
The child is very upset.
She started thinking of another way to break the deadlock, like... stalling?
Gojo Satoru snorted, "How about we go to Universal Studios instead? There's nothing fun at the main house."
As he spoke, he lifted Gojo Tsukihime into his arms and held her in front of him, preparing to set off.
Clearly, he didn't intend to let the child go to her family home unless she told him.
Although it was somewhat unfair to the child, he really wanted to know why his precious daughter insisted on going to her ancestral home.
It started as a casual question, but the child's evasive attitude and refusal to answer made him want to know more.
Gojo Tsukihime wasn't stupid; she understood his obvious meaning and felt somewhat annoyed.
She stubbornly argued with Gojou: "Father, you said I have six eyes and can do whatever I want."
Clearly, the child was getting impatient, so much so that he changed his address for Gojo Satoru from the full "Father" to just "Father".
Good, very good, you've made great progress.
Of course, Gojo Satoru wouldn't expose him. Faced with his beloved daughter's questioning, he nodded without hesitation: "Yes, you have six eyes, so you can do whatever you want. But I also have six eyes, and I'm still your dad. You can't beat me, right?"
Gojo Tsukihime: "..."
It seems to make sense, but it's completely illogical.
Seeing that the two had already walked out the door, Gojo Satoru urged her, "Well? Have you made up your mind? Do you want to go back to the main family or go to Universal Studios?"
The child bit his lower lip, unusually abandoning his usual strict and proper demeanor. After hesitating for a while, he finally answered, "I... want to see what the main family under Father's management is like. Perhaps I can learn something from it."
Gojo Satoru tilted his head: "What's so interesting about that? You've been here for so many days, have you ever seen me manage any family affairs? It's all handled by those old men in the family, nothing different."
Moreover, he couldn't understand, and looked suspiciously at the child in his arms: "Is this all you wanted to say?"
There's no need to hide this, is there?
Gojo Tsukihime pursed her lips and nodded.
Gojo Satoru was puzzled: "No, what's there to hide about this? You've been holding it in for so long, I thought—"
He paused abruptly, then his eyes lit up: "Ah~ I understand."
Under the slightly nervous gaze of Gojo Tsukihime, he suddenly smiled so wide his eyes narrowed, and said with a hint of smugness, "What? You want to see what the main family I manage is like? Tsukihime, you just want to see what the Gojo family is like with me around, right?"
Princess Gojo retorted swiftly: "No, that's not true."
Gojo Satoru's smile grew even more sly: "No need to be so quick to refute~"
Gojo Tsukihime: "..."
She remained silent for a moment, then slowly opened her mouth, wanting to refute again. But then she felt that doing so seemed like an attempt to cover up the truth.
After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke with apparent composure: "If Father prefers this explanation, then please feel free to do so."
Gojo Satoru grinned like a fox who had just gotten away with something: "Alright, alright~ I know that's not what Princess Tsuki meant."
Gojo Tsukihime: "..."
Feeling that the explanation was no longer working, the child looked slightly distressed.
This made Gojo Satoru even happier.
What made him even happier was that he decided to take the children back to his ancestral home.
Seeing his smug expression, Shiki Ayaka couldn't help but snort inwardly.
Oh well, let him have some fun.
After all, she had indeed been planning to go back soon.
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