The Daily Life of Saiki Kusuo in Zoldyck

"Beep beep. Welcome home, Dr. Sosuke, Mom and Dad, and Corpse-kun."

What kind of robot appeared?

Also, who is the corpse?

Sosuke laughed heartily: "Hahaha! Sorry, sorry, I forgot to change the program. After all, it would be impolite for the robot not to address the parents if they came back with their funeral portraits."

Which one is more impolite?

Looking around this "countryside," apart from its remote location, it didn't resemble a rural area at all. Robots of all sizes were everywhere on the roads, and every house had a roof covered in solar panels. Through X-ray vision, some houses appeared to be dilapidated brick structures on the outside, but inside were complex mechanical installations. The farmland in the distance was also entirely mechanized. Two rows of small drones had already been parked around them, greeting them.

He should have realized how normal it would be for the countryside to be full of technology after Saiki Kusuke's leisurely and dedicated renovations.

Following the drone's guidance, they returned to their hometown, which was completely different from what they remembered. After meeting the old man, Saiki Kusuke took him to see his bedroom.

On the surface, the room appears to be a normal tatami room. However, when Kusuo Saiki looked down, his X-ray vision penetrated through a steel plate nearly 10 centimeters thick, and he quickly saw the secret base below.

This secret base wasn't just built under his room, but over a large area below, roughly encompassing their entire, now much larger, home.

So, aren't you going to tell me what's below?

"Ah, are you pointing to the base down there? Want to see my invention? It's nothing special," Saiki Kusuke laughed. "It's nothing compared to Kusuo's superpowers."

Kusuke Saiki reached out and pressed his hand against the wooden wall.

"Fingerprint recognition successful. Now open the secret passage entrance..."

The wall was divided into several wooden planks to reveal the iron wall underneath. The iron wall then transformed, unfolding into a small teleportation elevator that could only accommodate two people.

That alone is already pretty impressive.

Upon arriving at the base, its true power became apparent. Besides the base's construction, the sheer number of machines displayed inside was astounding.

"This is an electric fan," Saiki Kusuo said, leading Saiki Kusuo to a spot.

Surprisingly, there were some ordinary things among them.

"Blowing a maximum of 120 volts of electricity in one direction based on the principle of electric charge is not very practical, but it can achieve the superficial effect of millions of volts."

It has absolutely nothing to do with the electric fan as we know it.

“This is the air conditioner,” Saiki Kousuke pointed to the other side.

It is much bigger in appearance.

"Air conditioner! At maximum power, it can integrate the air in two 20-square-meter rooms within 10 minutes. You can freely adjust it to either a vacuum or send all the oxygen to one side."

Seriously, stop playing word games.

"Does it seem boring? Yes, why did I have these inventions?"

When Kusuo Saiki looked behind him, he saw a huge machine over there, and his intuition told him that that should be the key point.

Chapter 144 Wapu

"That's a time-travel machine. I've thought about many possibilities for Kusuo's disappearance. There was no body, and even after I asked Toritsuka to come and check, we couldn't find your soul in any of your former residences that were closely connected to you. So where did my dear brother go? A year later, I thought of this. Maybe he traveled through time. If it was just time travel, he would have returned by himself with his superpowers a year ago. You wouldn't let Mom and Dad worry for nothing. What can't Kusuo's superpowers do? Time travel? Another world? That's where I started."

The person who made this must be a superhuman. Is this even usable?

"You're asking me if I can use it? -- Oh, of course not! The project is quite difficult. When I was preparing for the project, I thought that it would probably take an ordinary person like me ten years to complete this machine. By then, you'd be back before it was finished, right? Ah, just as I expected."

Is it really enough for an ordinary person to only take ten years? To be precise, it took me 19 years. If it weren't for the time difference, you probably would have found me first.

"If the time is the same, it's fine; the older brother and younger brother grow up together. But if there's a time difference, the older brother might become an uncle by then, right? Ah, it's with this in mind that I invented a real anti-aging machine and its matching exercise methods!"

This guy conveniently accomplished what so many people aspire to do their whole lives.

Kusuo Saiki used his X-ray vision to examine the machine's structure. He was no longer the Kusuo Saiki who knew nothing about science before he transmigrated. Zoldyck had provided him with the best teachers and teaching materials, and he already had a very solid foundation.

Although the things that Kousuke uses are closely related to biology, he is no longer the person who could only see the structure but did not understand how it worked.

Kusuke noticed Kusuo's thoughtful expression and felt a mix of unease and excitement.

Because Kusuo Saiki is wearing a telepathic shield, he can't hear what Kusuo Saiki is saying.

"Nanxiong, you can't be..."

"Isn't the bottom loop in the middle too cumbersome? Optimizing it could improve performance by at least 10%," said Kusuo Saiki.

This seemingly ordinary sentence proclaims so much: scientific invention is no longer the exclusive domain of Kusuo Saiki. Today, Kusuo Saiki no longer views science as "inferior to superpowers." If he wants to learn, with Kusuo's help, he can quickly understand the principles of this machine.

"Want to learn, Kusuo?" Kousuke asked, a rare glint in his eyes. He didn't feel that his younger brother's new skills were taking away his own; he was only excited, hoping to beat Kusuo on this new track. The possibility of failure? That was also expected, after all, he had already failed 4256 times.

Well, I'll learn a little something, I suppose. Kusuo Saiki looked away, avoiding Kusuke Saiki's excited gaze.

"I can't hear you. If it's about teaching, you can't just guess what's on your mind. Speak properly, okay?"

I'm going to build a machine to help me translate.

"How much do you dislike talking! Actually, I've made a translation machine for Nanxiong. Although Nanxiong has gone through so many years of rebirth and might need some adjustments, it should be better than making a completely new one?"

How bored must you have been for the past 6 years?

In short, perhaps to pass the time, or perhaps to distract himself from the persistent unease deep within his heart, Kusuo Saiki decided to conduct research with Kousuke.

Kousuke looked thoughtfully at his younger brother, who had actually picked up the documents and was now immersed in the otherworldly time machine. He raised his arm and pressed a few buttons on his watch, and a virtual screen appeared.

A hidden compartment in the wall next to him opened, and a mechanical arm emerged, picking up two boxes and handing them to Saiki Kousuke.

"My dear brother has really changed a lot in that world. Does he still need an ordinary life now?"

"So you came to become a scientist?"

"That won't do. I'll definitely write 'Assistant Robot Omega' next to it! I've been doing this for a long time now, and everyone knows about Omega's existence."

"So, I successfully created the Superpower Suppressor 2.0 a year after you left, do I still need it?"

"Haha, version 1.0 broke a long time ago. Version 2.0's purpose is to make you lose your superpowers forever. If you want to become a normal person again, you can use the new one."

“Hmm, isn’t this Kusuo’s dream all along? Something he’s always been thinking about. Even though Kusuo is gone, I still want to fulfill it. But what about you, Kusuo? Why didn’t you just agree? You were so determined until the day you left.” Kusuke Saiki pondered, clutching the two boxes behind his back.

Kusuo Saiki looked at Kusuke Saiki. He believed his brother was absolutely not lying, but there was something that could make superpowers disappear forever...

Rather, one might ask, do I even wish for superpowers to disappear?

In the past, I certainly wouldn't have hesitated, but... it's a bit...

Seeing that Kusuo Saiki remained silent for a long time, Kusuke Saiki sighed: "Don't be shy about this kind of thing. It's okay if your will has changed because of your experiences. Here's what we'll do: I'll keep 2.0 for now. You can come to me anytime you need it."

Kusuke Saiki switched the square box in his left hand and knelt on one knee before Kusuo Saiki: "How about you accept this?"

The gesture and the box look like a marriage proposal.

Kusuo Saiki used his X-ray vision to see what was inside, and it was indeed a ring.

"This is a germanium ring! Kusuo just left the world of comics where he had lived for more than ten years. He's probably looking to kill time, right? He needs something to grab his attention. It's been six years since he came back. There are plenty of movies and novels waiting for you to watch."

Kusuo Saiki suddenly realized, "So that's what happened." Wearing the germanium ring prevented him from hearing his own thoughts, and no one could spoil anything for him; he could watch all the popular movies and read all the novels from recent years.

"I'll make you another superpower suppressor. Six years have passed, and my dear brother has matured a lot. The old lollipop shape is no longer suitable, is it?"

You probably already know that the appearance doesn't matter, right?

"If we really want to do something new, we should do it to the best of our ability. A lot of testing is still needed."

Wow, things have suddenly become much busier, even for superpowered individuals, there's something to keep them busy for a while now.

The 3:1 ratio of time passed quietly amidst the busyness...

As summer's birthday was drawing to a close, the time-traveling machine that Kusuo Saiki and Kusuke Saiki had been researching together was finally successfully launched and entered the market, ushering in a new era of brain-interface time travel...

When Sosuke proposed to release the information to the public, Kusuo Saiki firmly rejected the idea.

"Hey, so what exactly are we going to do with this invention? Does Nanxiong want to take his brother on a trip?"

Kusuo Saiki: ...

At first, I was just telling myself to find something extremely difficult to do.

Under the watchful gaze of Kusuo Saiki, who seemed to read his mind almost perfectly, Kusuo Saiki sighed.

"What! Kusuo wants to go back to that world!!" the father shouted from inside the room.

"How do we get back? Should we build a time-travel machine over there? It took Xiaonan and Kongzhu half a year to build it..." This is Mom.

Kusuo Saiki could hear his parents' concerns and knew how worried they were about him.

"That's traveling to another world! Will we really be able to come back like this?!"

While Kusuo Saiki was talking to his elders, Kousuke was deep in thought.

"It also needs to have sentimental value. Xiaonan is going back to see her family over there, right? Dad, do you have any good things at home?" After learning that Qi Mu Kusuo was able to come back on his own, the mother chose to support him.

No, commemorative significance doesn't matter. If I really need it, I can just pick up a stone from the Dark Continent.

Dad sighed deeply: "Sigh! My child is such a worry. Let me think about it... No, everything here in the countryside has been replaced within the last six years! Let's go back to the old house and knock off the leg of that table that's been used for ten years."

"What about the glass shards? Xiao Kong said that the glass used in his house was a batch he ordered several years ago..."

Kousuke interjected, "Yes, this year marks the 15th year of their service life. It's very durable glass, capable of withstanding two restorations."

Mom: "Even expensive glass won't be damaged after it's restored."

“Sigh, Nanxiong is such a wicked guy, and people have taken care of him for 19 years. It’s only right that he goes back to fulfill his filial duty,” Qi Muguochun said.

Qi Mu Kuniharu sighed, "You're so picky, Kusuo! How about this, since it's a rare opportunity, let them meet us too? For about eight years now, my mother has been giving me a life-size doll as a birthday present every year. Kusuo, why don't you take one with you?"

"Well, I actually have another candidate in mind. How about Wap?" Saiki Kusuke said.

WAP? That Doraemon?

"Yes, this machine has been around for a long time. In fact, it was still connected to my cat tank until two years ago. It was manufactured nine years ago. If you use the restore function, they will just go back to being connected."

“No, Nanxiong. You didn’t understand what I meant. You can only stay in that world for two years at most, otherwise you won’t be able to use your convenient superpowers to come back. Two years there is only about half a year here. Suddenly disappearing for 6 years has actually caused everyone a lot of worry and trouble. This vacation is only for a maximum of half a year. You must come back within half a year. That’s my requirement for you. If you don’t come back after half a year, I will use the time machine to find you.”

Kusuo Saiki looked strange.

Wapu jumped out of his father's arms and went straight to Kusuo Saiki.

"Wap's body is made of many advanced precision materials, so it is generally unharmed. It is much better than the tables and chairs, and it will automatically follow you."

Wapu climbed onto Saiki Kusuo.

"Knock knock knock, your things have arrived." A robot knocks on the door and announces when you can collect them.

"Open the door and come in," Saiki Kusuke commanded.