The Daily Life of Saiki Kusuo in Zoldyck

Chapter 181 The Ward

Kusuo Saiki instinctively covered his ears. Wait, what's the use of a psychic's telepathy covering their ears? That's a perk only ordinary people have… Wait, is that all?

Kusuo Saiki let go of her hand and realized that he really couldn't hear her thoughts.

Was what I just saw an illusion? My hair was gradually brushed aside by a hand, and I could see a person directly in front of me.

There was no X-ray vision or petrification.

Has his superpower returned after all?

Saiki Kusuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Illumi put Saiki Kusuo down, and only then did Saiki Kusuo see.

Illumi had a red ribbon on his arm with the words "Student Council President" written in large letters.

Long time no see, Illumi has become such a powerful figure.

"Wow, a wig! That was so cool! Did you practice those moves on your own?"

Two people chased after him, dressed similarly to Illumi. The most recognizable features were their curly hair and glasses... no, it should be the red ribbons they wore on their shoulders.

Both of them are student council members!

Well... Gintoki and Shinpachi! Hey, Shinpachi is one thing, but it's really weird for a curly-haired old man like Gintoki, whose age is unknown, to appear at school.

“It’s not a wig, it’s the student council president,” Illumi calmly corrected.

What famous quotes were said by whom?

"A good wig."

"No problem, Mr. Wig."

Illumi looked puzzled. He'd clearly denied it, so why was he still being called a wig? Was his hair fake?

Oh dear, I'm being treated like a completely different person.

Illumi didn't pay much attention to it; his younger brother was more important right now.

"Why not use teleportation? Xiao Nan. Hmm, your body temperature..."

I know, it's only 38.2 degrees Celsius. When there's no serious infectious disease, I maintain a constant temperature of 70 degrees Celsius.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be... at least 42 degrees Celsius?" Illumi frowned, not sure even though it didn't exceed the general human limit for temperature.

How could it be so high?

"Yoshi wig, the all-powerful Gintoki has arrived at a time like this! This is the one you wanted to insert into your butt to take your temperature..."

How can I kick the silver-haired guy from the neighboring film crew out of school? Uncle, don't come here to be a student council member.

"It's still that mercury thermometer you hold in your mouth—"

This is enough.

"It's still the very convenient digital thermometer of modern society! It takes your temperature in 60 seconds with a digital display. If you're in a hurry, you can take it out in 30 seconds without any problem!"

Why didn't you bring this out sooner?!

However, my body temperature isn't something I need to worry about too much...

"Beep! Beep!" The thermometer showed a red reading of 50 degrees Celsius.

"50 degrees! This isn't just a fever, it's practically a fire!" the boy with glasses exclaimed.

Kusuo Saiki: ...Wait, what?

Illumi and Gintoki, unusually in sync, lifted Saiki Kusuo one after the other and rushed towards the school clinic.

The boy with glasses caught up and shouted, "Hang in there! Don't faint! Everyone make way! This person needs to go to the infirmary!"

Gintoki shouted, "Don't let illness defeat you, bro!!!"

I've gotten used to being around calm and rational people; the people in the film crew next door are terrifying.

Despite being forced to lie down with ice on his head, Kusuo Saiki's body temperature was still measured at 50 degrees Celsius.

"It's alright. It seems the thermometer is broken. We'll use physical methods to lower his temperature and save his life."

There was a mysterious blond-haired, white-coated new doctor in the clinic.

"After patrolling the high school, the student council members will also be conducting stricter inspections at the university level, right? It's dangerous there, and the student council's organizational discipline is urgently needed."

"Of course Kusuo Saiki is very healthy. He's still breathing, and he's in such a healthy state that he could even get up and do a hula dance without any problem."

The mental state of someone dancing the hula in public is quite worrying.

"You can visit anytime; the infirmary door is never closed—"

After a long while, Saiki Kusuke finally managed to send everyone away.

Kusuo Saiki did a sit-up and moved to the edge of the bed, intending to get out.

"I put up a 'Resting' sign on your door, but I can't guarantee anyone will come to visit," Saiki Kusuke said, sitting on the other side of the bed, leaning to look at his younger brother's back. "Wouldn't it be better for you to rest on the bed for a bit?"

“Just now, my superpowers returned, and I heard it through telepathy,” Saiki Kusuo said.

"Hmm, how long did it last?"

"5 seconds 32."

"That was so short-lived. It seems that regaining superpowers isn't so easy. Nanxiong, do you really want to regain them?"

"Is it 'Nan Ke Tong Xue' or 'An Invitation to Anthropology'?"

Why is there an option for the second book?

"But for now, these are all the books I have. Some were prepared for you by your clone, and some were books I wanted to read before."

As for books, there are as many as you want; Nanmao would just conjure them up.

"You say you don't need to rely on superpowers, but you're using them all the time," Kusuke Saiki teased. "No way, I've already removed Nanami Neko's superpowers."

Hmm? You're being overly cautious.

"Various concerns, one more superhuman without abilities can also provide a control group."

What kind of scientific experiment is this? What will happen to the Dark Continent if Nanmao's superpowers disappear? Everyone will be in danger.

"Are you worried about those people? Why? Coming to a place like the Dark Continent was their own choice, so the possibility of them dying certainly exists. Besides, if Nanxiong is worried, why not just regain his superpowers?"

That's easy for you to say...

"I can only rest for now. I need to go to class first. The dark creatures seem to be behaving strangely as well."

What's wrong? Are the dark creatures going to rebel too? Hey, wait a minute...

Saiki Kousuke closed the door.

They just left without a word; they're such a dedicated teacher.

Kusuo Saiki looked at the stack of books on the bedside table.

Oh dear, is rest the only option?

The next day, Kusuo Saiki sat up in bed, somewhat speechless.

The reason is that there are too many things in the room, and they keep increasing.

No one came all afternoon yesterday. After dinner, he suddenly felt more tired than ever before, so he went to bed early.

When I woke up, there were many more things around me, such as flower baskets and fruit baskets.

The room was filled with a variety of items, all in a rich color scheme; the only thing missing was his name written in large letters above his bed.

All of this left Kusuo Saiki deeply puzzled.

"Routine check-up complete, student in bed A—"

There was only one hospital bed in the entire room.

Kusuke Saiki walked in, and unlike yesterday, today he was accompanied by a small black creature.

It has two black, pointed ears and an arrow-shaped tail.

For a moment, he resembled Kuromi, but he was definitely not Kuromi.

So what is this?

"Hey, are you wondering about this thing next to me? Those people who came to give you gifts must have the same purpose, right? Don't you recognize it?"

I woke up to find all these things, and I had no idea who sent them to me.

Kusuo Saiki glanced down at the fruit beside him and suddenly noticed that each basket contained a note from the person who gave the gift.

Illumi gave me this, Alluka gave me this, Milluki gave me this, Killua gave me this... So the person who buried me alive with these things was my family? What's going on?

Were they all gifts from them?

Kusuo Saiki grabbed some things at the foot of the bed to reconfirm.

Hisoka is worried about Little Pink. (/heart)

He'd caught something dirty. Kusuo Saiki stuffed the note back in.

However, these names seem to have been deliberately preserved.

"Haha, I eliminated Nanmao's superpowers, didn't I? The world didn't collapse immediately, but the most important points ranking system in this field was successfully paralyzed! The dark creatures spontaneously came up with a solution, which was to create this creature with the word 'count' written on its head, and follow everyone around to keep score."

The spot where a pig's nose was originally on the forehead has been replaced by the character "计" (ji), meaning calculation.

It's so troublesome, which is why we shouldn't casually erase the superpowers of those with superpowers.

"Do you remember what the Ant King said at yesterday's meeting?"

I didn't hear that.

"Becoming an outstanding person is the ultimate goal in this field. We don't know how many rankings there are in this field, or where the rankings are located. But with this statistic, we know what can add points and what can deduct points. All of this is told by this little Kuromi who keeps track of the scores."

Hey, you just mentioned Kuromi, right? You shouldn't have said that.

With a stethoscope hanging from his shoulder, Kusuo Saiki sat down next to Kusuo Saiki and placed the round end of the stethoscope against Kusuo Saiki's chest.

Through the fabric of his ordinary school uniform, the two objects at the other end of the stethoscope were not inserted into his own ears.