The Daily Life of Saiki Kusuo in Zoldyck

That's a strange child; he probably isn't lost.

Anya shook her head frantically.

"Ah! Anya's dad is in the bathroom~ Anya is waiting for her dad—"

Oh, I see. Saiki Kusuo turned and left.

Is it just my imagination? I've encountered so many strange people today. Is it because I haven't been going out enough all this time that these are the normal people I'm used to seeing? Is this kind of bizarre clothing everywhere the norm?

Kusuo Saiki returned to the screening room.

Definitely not. Look, everyone in the theater except the Zoldycks is a normal person. What happened just now was a coincidence, an accident. The theater is a peaceful place for ordinary people. Mine...

Kusuo Saiki noticed that the lights in the screening room were on.

Before he could even climb the steps, someone had already spotted him.

"Hey! Who are you! This place is now sealed off!"

[I just went out for a moment during the movie, what happened?]

"Someone who left halfway through? Wait, we must stop him!"

At the top of the steps, a little boy wearing glasses appeared, with a strange tuft of hair sticking up on one side. Despite being a primary school student, he was dressed in a well-fitting suit. This was the kind of child who started talking incessantly and giving orders to everyone.

Now, the young man in the suit pointed at Kusuo Saiki.

"Based on my reasoning, I've already ruled out 60% of the people. The movie has only been going on for about twenty minutes. Generally, people would arrive before the movie starts and have already used the restroom. Excuse me, sir, why did you just get back? What did you do during the brief opening of the movie?"

"Hmph, don't you know what happened! The prime suspect!" Another child appeared beside him, pointing directly at Saiki Kusuo.

"Ms. Lian, who is in seat 13 of row B, has just been poisoned and fallen unconscious!"

"At the same time, in seat 13 of row C is the eldest son of the Snowry family... what's his name again? Anyway, you know it!"

I don't recognize them, I don't know them, I've never heard of them. Who are these people? And what happened to the eldest son? Is the eldest son dead? If they all have seat number 13, the Phantom Troupe is a bit suspicious. How about we arrest them? They have exactly 13 members.

Facing the suspicious gazes, Kusuo Saiki calmly looked up. Out of the corner of his eye, Illumi waved to him, attracting his attention, and then made a gesture.

It's true that assassin families have a lot of code words.

People always have a thought before they send a code, so Kusuo Saiki never really learned how to do it properly.

What did Ilmini convey? Does the assassination family have any clues about how to resolve the matter of being wrongly identified as the murderer?

After the incident in the screening room, everyone was delayed for too long, and many people were already agitated, causing the crowd to begin to stir.

"But I refuse!" a voice suddenly came from the audience. "Why should we listen to a primary school student's advice? If you want to search someone, have the police show you the relevant documents. No citizen should..."

"Ah!! That voice... it's... Kishibe Rohan!"

The steak head has appeared.

"What?! You're here too! I knew today was going so badly! You guys were behind this, weren't you?!"

"What did you say! This has nothing to do with me!"

The chaos was not limited to one place; the commotion in the arena grew louder and louder.

Kusuo Saiki was still the center of suspicion, feeling a bit of a headache. Finally, he grabbed his new glasses.

The solution and understanding of the current situation is actually quite simple: just switch back to the old glasses. He doesn't have his old glasses anymore, but everyone has a pair of 3D glasses.

Kusuo Saiki closed his eyes and took off his germanium metal glasses.

The long-lost inner voice returned in an instant, and the amount of information was so noisy and explosive that it was not difficult for a superpowered person to process it.

So that's how it is. Those muscular men were just tourists, including the newly arrived Rohan Kishibe.

So that's how it is. The superpowered person we met in the restroom was named Shigeo Kageyama.

So that's how it is. The person you bumped into when you came out of the restroom was Huanghun, who was working as a spy. Was he the one who committed the murder? He's already escaped, hasn't he?

So that's how it is. That kid named Anya really can read minds...?! The Hunter world is truly amazing.

So that's how it is. Anya's mother was an assassin, and she was the one who killed that person?

So that's how it is! Gokotai, who was accompanied by five tigers, was a tsukumogami, and he and the Saniwa came from another time...?!

So that's how it is. This group of people in front of us is the Junior Detective League... Wow, they're much more ordinary than the people before them.

So, which of them is the criminal?

And the loudest voice in the arena was actually that little boy named Gojo Satoru. Is his head okay? How could that six-eyed eye transmit so much information to his brain? It's practically telepathy!

It's not easy for anyone to live.

Wearing 3D glasses, sweeping away the silence, you become a superpowered being again.

Listen carefully to his inner thoughts; it's impossible for a murderer not to think about it.

"You're the one." Kusuo Saiki looked up, raised his hand, and used his telekinesis to trip the man, causing the murder weapon to fall from the man's pocket into front of the Junior Detective League.

“These are…” The bespectacled elementary school detective began to think, and Kusuo Saiki directly used telepathy to transmit the possibilities to him.

"I understand! There's only one truth! The person who fell and dropped his tools is the real murderer!"

The sound of the door closing rang out.

Wait, why is there a door closing sound?

The sound of the door opening rang out again.

"Ambulance! The ambulance has arrived! Get all the victims away first!"

The scene descended into chaos once more. Kusuo Saiki sighed, adjusted his glasses, and stepped aside.

Wow, this is truly an extraordinary day.

Is this day going to continue? The Zoldyck family's tour isn't over yet, is it?

"Brother!" Milluki ran down, deliberately making his voice clear. "Dad said the afternoon's schedule is temporarily canceled. He's going to talk business with the Gojo family."

There's such a good thing.

"Only Dad and the others went. We still have a few days of vacation left! Killua has already run away!"

He runs really fast; no wonder I didn't see him earlier.

"Let's go back and catch up on our sleep, I'm exhausted!"

Huh? Superpowered people can go for days without sleeping and still not feel tired.

"Don't try to be brave, bro! You're in really bad shape today. Everyone at home can tell. If someone approaches from behind, you'll be startled, and you might even fall victim to their abilities. Normally, you're the most alert person in the family, and even Dad can't easily scare you."

...Let me make an excuse.

"Dad said you need to stay with me at Youkexin until the auction ends, and he also wants me to report my sleep schedule on time. Brother, you really shouldn't stay up late anymore."

Kusuo Saiki: ...

Back at the hotel, Kusuo Saiki took out his toy glasses and put them back on.

Side Story: Infectious Disease Disaster (Part 1)

This was on a day when Kusuo Saiki was 12 years old.

A highly contagious disease has emerged in the world, called [infectious disease].

Symptoms of infectious diseases include cough, runny nose, fever, diarrhea, etc., which vary from person to person.

An ordinary person with rich life experience might see this and say, "Oh, isn't this just a cold?"

You are so wrong!

If it were just a common cold, how could it have spread to the Zoldycks' house? Most of the Zoldycks are strong and healthy Nen users!

Even Kusuo Saiki can get infected by viruses. The solution is simple: just raise your body temperature to 70 degrees Celsius and all viruses will be killed.

However, this "infectious disease" is different. It was reported on television that it was so contagious that even Sky Arena required participants to wear masks.

According to some rumors obtained from Zoldyck, it seems to have been enhanced by an evil ritual by a highly obsessed religion, and may possess a terrifying will such as afterlife Nen, which is to some extent targeting Nen users. It is spreading rapidly through ordinary people, combined with the virus's extremely strong infectivity.

So, how powerful are infectious diseases?

"Cough, cough cough cough! Brother Nanxiong, Brother Nanxiong!" Milluki called out from the bathroom.

"I'm dying! I...I have something to tell you!"

Go tell others the same things you'd say about your final affairs; I'll only give you the chance to recover and live.

Kusuo Saiki walked to the bathroom with one hand in his pocket. As for why Milluki didn't call for the butler, it's because all the butlers were gone.

The Zoldyck family's personnel structure has only expanded in recent years. In the past, they followed the path of having an absolute elite of butlers. This generation has too many children, and the family has trained countless butlers compared to the past.

The resulting structural change is that the number of trainee butlers far exceeds that of elite butlers; in another decade or so, they will likely become a force to be reckoned with, but for now…

The entire group of butlers who could basically all use Nen were infected, and ordinary Nen users quickly became seriously ill. The butlers were too busy taking care of themselves, and the people who came to take care of the Zoldyck family would also become sources of infection, so they were all sent to the back mountain for quarantine.

The only current treatment is rest, just like with a common cold.

Hiddenness is a technique used by Nen users to control their own energy. A good use of hiddenness can help with recovery. In any situation such as illness or bleeding, Nen users will instinctively use hiddenness to protect themselves.

Elite stewards like Ziponian did not fall, and now they take on the responsibility of looking after other stewards.

Therefore, the Zoldyck family currently only has people with the surname Zoldyck.

That makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Nobody can't live without a housekeeper.

"Kusuo-nii..." Milluki stretched out a trembling hand from the bathroom, and Saiki Kusuo handed him a piece of paper.

One of the reasons why Kusuo Saiki chose to take care of Milluki was that Milluki was less guarded and could be easily fooled, which helped him get away with his weak physical condition.

Milluki grabbed Saiki Kusuo's arm.

"No, Brother Nanxiong! I need to tell you something..."

Saiki Kusuo answered immediately.

He knew from the child's heart what Milluki was thinking. Why did this kid think he was going to die at the Zoldyck family's house? It was just a cold. Besides, didn't everyone grow up eating poison? Even though it hadn't been for many years, Kalmod wasn't as miserable as you.

"I have my treasured figurines and game consoles in my bedside table. Killua has been eyeing them for ages, so I have to change their location every week!"

If you die, your game console will be your keepsake. I don't think Killua would go that far.

"Then there was a hidden compartment under the bed, where I kept a few of the few literary appreciation books I had managed to plunder!"