Chapter 62, Chapter 11: Grandpa Haibara, Uncle Yuuhito
That day, as usual, Karin Origami got up and went to find Yuta Otsuko, because Otsuko-nii had to go on a mission today.
However, after meeting with Yuta Otsukoku, she discovered that he was all alone.
"Is Dad going on a mission alone today?" she asked, tilting her head in confusion.
Yuta shook his head: "No, they said that when we get there, a senior will be with me."
"I see..."
On the way, Karin kept wondering who it could be. Could it be Nana Akira?
Upon arrival, a young man with dark hair waved energetically at them from the roadside: "Over here, over here—"
Ah, this looks familiar.
This is...
Upon seeing the energetic smile, the newcomer extended a hand to Yuta Etokoku: "Nice to meet you. My name is Yuu Haibara, a first-class sorcerer."
That's right, it's Haibara Yu.
After Yuta Otsuki and the other person finished introducing themselves and shaking hands, Yuu Haibara smiled and turned his gaze to Karin Oriyuki. He bent down, pulled out a lollipop from somewhere, and handed it to Karin Oriyuki.
"Kukana Risa, is that you? Hello there, would you like some candy?"
Karin Origami never expected it to be Yu Haibara.
Or rather, because Haibara Yu was already dead at this point in the original storyline, she didn't initially even consider the possibility of him being involved. It wasn't until Haibara Yu stood before her that she felt a true sense of reality—
Yes, the past has changed.
She took the candy from Haibara Yu's hand, a smile spreading across her face: "Thank you, Grandpa Haibara."
Haibara Yu scratched his face with one finger and said, "Huh—it's really strange to be called grandpa all of a sudden."
Hearing this, the child immediately became flustered and quickly explained, "I'm sorry, it's just..."
Before she could finish her explanation, a large hand patted her head, and in front of her was Haibara Yu's smiling face.
"No need to apologize. Natsuyu-senpai did mention something about Kuka Ri to me. I know that if I don't call her that, the seniority will be messed up. It's just that it's the first time in my life that someone has called me grandpa, so I'm a little not used to it. It's my fault, Kuka Ri doesn't need to feel sorry."
"Yes, yes..." Kiryuki Ayaka looked at him with her lips pursed, blinked, and her eyes sparkled.
Surprise! So this is what Haibara Yu is like as an adult.
It's grown from a small sun into a big sun!
That's great, Ayaka Shiki felt inexplicably satisfied.
It was she who brought about the changes.
Although she doesn't seem to have done anything substantial, both the past and the future have improved because of her arrival.
This feels so good.
Karin Okiyuki happily munched on her lollipop, a blissful smile on her face.
Karin Oriyuki didn't know how Yu Haibara had survived. Although she had mentioned it to them before, the information she provided was very vague because the original work didn't describe the time and place in detail.
But no matter what, it's good that people are alive.
In fact, ever since Xia Youjie and his group learned of Haibara Yu's impending death from Zhi Xueya and Karin, and since they couldn't guarantee that the information from the window wouldn't be wrong, they chose to use another method to prevent it—
Xia Youjie directly entrusted Honglong to Haiyuan Xiong and Nanami Jianren, and Honglong followed them wherever they went.
Although Rainbow Dragon can only unleash its original power without Xia Youjie's direct control, its level is such that even if Haibara and his companion encountered a Special-grade cursed spirit, the two of them plus Rainbow Dragon could easily defeat it.
While it did frighten many assistant supervisors, that was beyond the scope of Gojo Satoru's consideration.
As for Xia Youjie himself, with his strength, it doesn't make much difference whether or not he has Rainbow Dragon when he goes on missions. At most, he'll just be one less ally when fighting Gojo Satoru.
This long-term protection lasted until both of them successfully became first-level sorcerers, during which time Haibara Yu received a lot of care from his seniors.
Of course, the care here doesn't just refer to being considerate and attentive; Spartan-style training was also given without reservation.
However, Haibara Yu, who avoided the original ending of death and grew up quickly, had no complaints and was very grateful to his seniors.
It's just... it would be even better if Gojo-senpai could tease them less during training qwq...
——
After the mission was completed, it was lunchtime, so Haibara invited them to eat together.
With a bite of food in her mouth, Ayaka asked Rika, who was stuck under the table, "Does Mom like this?"
Rika didn't say anything and just ate it.
Does Rika like it? The answer is no. But her daughter fed it to her, how could she let her daughter down?
So Rika's answer was: "I like it."
Even if her daughter asked her to chew on the wall plaster, she would say she liked it.
Ayaka Shiki was somewhat surprised: ?
You really like it?
Somewhat surprised, Ayaka Arakawa put a few more pieces on her plate.
Yuta Otsukoshi, standing to the side, watched the interaction between the mother and daughter, hesitant to speak.
No, Rika... do you really like her?
He finally couldn't stand it anymore and said to Karin Origami, "Kurukari, if you don't like ginger, you can pick it out and throw it in the trash."
There's really no need to feed it to Rika...
Yes, that's right. What Yuki Akako fed Rika was Megumin's favorite thing—ginger slices.
Hearing his words, Ayaka looked at him in surprise: "But... Mom said she likes to eat this."
Although she was also surprised that the cursed spirit would like to eat ginger slices.
Yi Gu You Tai: "..."
No, that's probably not what Rika likes.
He remembered that Rika also didn't eat ginger.
But in front of his daughter, Yuuta couldn't very well say that it was because she fed her that her mother said she liked it. Otherwise, given Kuka's personality, she would definitely feel extremely guilty.
Oriyuki Akarin: Actually, no. The one blaming is Otokoku Kukari, what does it have to do with me, Oriyuki Akarin?
With no other options and unable to bear watching Yuki Ayaka continue feeding Rika ginger slices, Yuta Otsuko had no choice but to ask for some himself.
However, Ayaka Kirin pointed to what was in his bowl with surprise: "Didn't Daddy have some too?"
The unspoken message: Why are you still trying to take mine?
Yi Gu You Tai: "..."
I'm sorry, Rika. I tried my best...
Haibara Yu smiled and said to Otsuko Yuta, "It's alright. Since Rika likes it, let her eat it."
As he spoke, he winked at Yiguyoutai, signaling him to look behind him.
Yi Gu You Tai: ?
He looked back in confusion and saw Rika throwing ginger slices into the trash can on the table behind him.
Noticing Yuta's gaze, the hand paused for a moment, like a child caught doing something wrong, and then guiltily withdrew its hand.
Yigu Youtai: Pfft...
Rika...
He was immediately at a loss for words, pretending he hadn't seen anything, and turned around. When he met Haibara Yu's gaze, they both couldn't help but smile.
Seeing that he wasn't looking at it anymore, Rika didn't say anything, hesitated for a moment, and then continued to throw away the ginger slices.
It's worth mentioning that Haibara Yu eats a lot.
A great many.
He can eat even more than he did during his college years, which surprised Yi Gu You Tai.
In comparison, Yuta looked at the two stacks of empty bowls opposite her, then at the single bowl in front of her, and felt like a girl pretending that she couldn't eat much when eating with a man.
Haibara Yu noticed his shocked look, scratched his head sheepishly and smiled, "Sorry, I have a big appetite."
Yigu Yuta shook his head: "No, it's nothing, I'm just a little surprised."
On the other hand, Ayaka Kaori, who was standing to the side, had the perspective of a loving mother watching her child eat, thinking: "Eat more, it's good for you to grow up."
After finishing his meal, Haibara Yu got up to pay the bill. Looking at how much taller he had become since high school, Karin felt that all the food he had eaten hadn't been wasted.
Seeing that she was staring at Haibara Yu's back, and remembering how happy the child had been all day, Otsuko Yuta smiled and asked her, "Does Kuka Ri really like Haibara-senpai?"
"Hmm?" Karin Oriyuki tilted her head to look at him in confusion.
Yuta Otsuko pointed at her face: "It seems like Kuuka Ri has been very happy all day."
Karin Origami smiled shyly and nodded: "Yes, Grandpa Haibara is very nice."
Seeing someone who should have died alive and well, even eating heartily, naturally puts you in a good mood.
Speaking of which, if Haibara Yu were alive and well, their relationship would probably be very good when Tiger enters school.
Thinking of Tiger, Oriyuki Karin suddenly stopped.
Wait, can we get Tiger over here first?
Just then, Haibara Yu returned after paying the bill, so Orishita Karin simply followed up on the previous conversation and steered the topic to Itadori Yuujin.
"Grandpa Haibara is a very nice person, just like Uncle Hisahito. Uncle Hisahito always brings candy for Kuukari when he comes, and his smile is just like Grandpa Haibara's, which makes people feel happy just by looking at him."
As expected, Yuta Otsuko noticed this Uncle Hisahito whom he had never heard of before: "Uncle Hisahito?"
Karin Oriyuki nodded: "Yes, he's Dad's junior and also Grandpa Satoru's student. It's said that he inherited... Sukuna's techniques? Anyway, he's very powerful, just like Uncle Fushiguro's father, incredibly strong, very powerful!"
"Oh, I see." Yuta Otsuko didn't pay much attention to what she said, only vaguely noting that he might have such a junior in the future.
After all, he had no idea what Su Nuo was.
But it doesn't matter, since Yuki Akahara wasn't going to tell him anyway.
Haibara Yu, who had just returned, blinked and asked, "What? I think I heard you guys talking about Sukuna?"
Zhi Xueya Huali: Yes, I told you this specifically.
She shook her head: "It's not Sukuna, it's Uncle Yujin. I heard that he was once fleshed by Sukuna, so Sukuna's magic is still in his body. It's very powerful. But I don't really know what Sukuna is. My dad said that he was a very powerful cursed spirit in the past, but he's already dead."
Haibara Yu realized something was wrong.
He himself survived his near-death experience thanks to the information revealed by Ieiri Hiri, so he naturally understood better than Otsuko Yuuta how much a casual remark from these children from the future could change them.
He immediately squatted down and asked Karin Origami, "Has Kūka Riki talked to Gojō-senpai or Natsuyu-senpai about Uncle Yūjin?"
A hint of confusion appeared on Yuki Ayaka's face, as if she didn't quite understand why he would ask that question.
"No, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I was just curious. I haven't heard Gojo-senpai or the others mention it. Oh, it's because Kuka-ri didn't tell them. Kuka-ri, could you tell me about this Uncle Yu-jin? He sounds really impressive."
Hearing his coaxing tone, Ayaka Shiki fell silent for a moment.
To be honest, Haibara, did you learn this from Jaeger? You look so alike.
However, she still nodded cooperatively: "Sure."
The two men, one intentionally revealing information and the other intentionally trying to extract information, smoothly completed this intelligence exchange.
As a child from the future, Karin Oriyuki didn't say much. In the end, all Yuu Haibara got was Yuuji Itadori's full name, simple interpersonal relationships—he was close to Megumi Fushiguro and a female sorcerer named Nobara Kugizaki, and that she had been fleshed by Ryoumen Sukuna.
He wrote everything down and decided to tell Senior Xia You and the others about it later.
Otsuku Yuta wasn't stupid; he vaguely realized that Haibara Yu seemed to be intentionally trying to get information from Oriyuki Karin. So, he avoided Oriyuki Karin and asked Haibara Yuta, "Haibara-senpai, is there something wrong with the person that Kuka Ri just mentioned?"
Haibara Yu smiled at him: "There's nothing wrong with it, but if we can use the information we get from Kuka Ri to intervene in some things beforehand, we can avoid some bad things from happening."
Although Yuta Etsuko didn't know the specifics, he roughly understood and nodded, "Is there anything else you need me to ask?"
His thinking was simple: it would obviously be easier for him, as the father, to ask than for anyone else.
Haibara Yu shook his head: "There's nothing else to ask for now, but if you hear Kuka Ri mention anything else later, you can tell Natsuyu-senpai and the others. I'll talk to Natsuyu-senpai about what happened today."
Yi Gu You Tai nodded: "Okay, I understand."
On the other end, Yuki Ayaka: Have you two finished communicating? It's not easy for me to pretend I don't know anything, okay?
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