Nowadays, Byakuya not only had to find ti to look after the three young girls from the underground world, but also needed to care for the half-human children from the Sunlit Garden.
Fortunately, they didn't all have to live at his house—otherwise, with this many people, even his place wouldn't have enough room...
The Dead-Fish-Eyes Sisters stayed overnight at the coffee shop. Since :re had been significantly expanded compared to the original Anteiku, a separate room had been built on the second floor.
Originally intended as a break room for naps, it was now perfect for housing the three sisters.
As for the half-human children from the Sunlit Garden—after the Sunlit Garden had been breached and the V Organization mbers who had guarded it were completely annihilated, the place was no longer safe. The Washuu Clan had no choice but to temporarily place the children under the care of the CCG's Ghoul Counterasures Institute.
After all, if even these half-human children were killed by "Madara" and Aogiri Tree, the Washuu Clan's talent pool would be set back by at least a generation.
However, these half-human children obviously couldn't attend classes or live alongside regular human children.
Considering this, the Washuu Clan had specifically assigned Squad Zero to handle the education of these half-human children.
"Today, I'll be teaching you Quinque usage techniques. You should still recognize , right? I'm Amaha Byakuya, also a mber of Squad Zero."
In the Quinque training session, Byakuya addressed the several dozen half-human children before him.
These children had all been assigned to the sa class, almost completely separated from the other human trainees.
They were only temporarily placed at the Ghoul Counterasures Institute. Their curriculum was also different from regular human trainees, since their physical abilities and other basic capabilities far exceeded those of ordinary people.
That's why they started with advanced courses like Quinque usage techniques right away.
Hearing Byakuya's self-introduction, the group of boys and girls all nodded.
This wasn't their first ti eting Byakuya.
"Now let's begin class. There are many types of Quinque prepared for this lesson—just choose whichever you're best with."
Byakuya told the young trainees.
Among these half-human children, the youngest were probably not even ten years old, while the oldest were only in their teens.
Consider that Shio Ihei had left the Sunlit Garden and been with the CCG for quite so ti, yet he was still only twelve years old...
But these young children could all already use Quinque.
All the Quinque prepared were B-rated. Each boy and girl selected the weapon type they were most skilled with or most interested in.
Then they practiced individually, with sparring sessions as well.
Byakuya watched from the side, pointing out each person's weaknesses in technique and detail.
Each class had about a ten-minute break.
During this rest period, the boys and girls started chatting with Byakuya.
"I heard Amaha-san is going to date Hairu-neesan. Is that true?"
"It should be true, right? Hairu-neesan was being so straightforward about it last ti."
"How was that straightforward? Didn't she say she needed to think about it carefully before giving Amaha-san an answer?"
"You idiot—you could basically tell just from Hairu-neesan's expression at the ti."
"..."
For so reason, everyone suddenly started gossiping about Byakuya and Hairu, getting more and more animated.
Sitting to the side, Byakuya felt rather awkward.
Hearing so many children enthusiastically discussing his situation with Hairu—especially since these children were all his students—how could he not feel embarrassed?
"Byakuya-oniichan, do you like Hairu-neesan?"
Just then, one little girl directly confronted Byakuya point-blank.
The other children all started chiming in as well.
Of course, a few quieter children like Hsiao weren't joining in the commotion—they just sat there resting peacefully.
"You're all still too young. This isn't appropriate..."
Byakuya smiled and deflected.
"How are we too young? Hairu-neesan isn't that much older than us."
"Yeah, please don't treat us like children, Amaha-san."
"..."
The boys and girls were naturally unsatisfied with Byakuya's dismissive response.
If they weren't forbidden from revealing their half-human identities, they would have loved to explain to Amaha-san that half-humans couldn't be compared to normal humans when it ca to age.
In terms of physical deterioration, a ten-year-old half-human was already equivalent to at least a twenty-year-old human. Half-humans around twenty were practically at the tail end of their peak physical condition—from that point on, aging accelerated rapidly, and by their mid-thirties, their lifespan was nearly at its end.
Kaiko was the sole exception—both an old friend of Yoshimura's and Arima's master—yet even through the original story's later stages, he hadn't shown signs of aging or approaching death. In fact, the Dragon toxin released by the Dragon had solved the half-human lifespan issue, granting him a normal human lifespan. Unfortunately, he was still killed in the end.
Just as Byakuya was at a loss for how to handle them, break ti conveniently ended.
Byakuya imdiately stood up to interrupt them. "Alright, alright, break ti is over. Everyone get up and continue training—put aside anything unrelated to training for now."
Many of the children showed reluctant expressions, but they had no choice but to obey.
Fun was fun, gas were gas, but orders from superiors and seniors had to be followed.
After all, they had all been raised by the V Organization at the Sunlit Garden. If they couldn't even follow basic orders, they wouldn't be qualified combat machines.
...
Another half hour passed, and the Quinque class ca to an end.
[Ding! The host has completed a class as instructor for the half-human children. Reward: 20 Fusion Points!]
At that mont, Hairu arrived.
"Byakuya-senpai, I'm here to take over."
Hairu waved at Byakuya with a smile.
Clearly, she was responsible for the next class.
"..."
Byakuya imdiately felt exasperated.
Of all tis for Hairu to show up—it just had to be now.
Behind him, the boys and girls' gossiping hearts reignited.
"Hairu-neesan, didn't you say you were going to give Byakuya-oniichan an answer? Have you thought it through yet?"
"Byakuya-oniichan just wouldn't answer any of our questions earlier."
"When are Hairu-neesan and Byakuya-oniichan getting married? I want wedding candy and chocolate!"
"..."
They imdiately crowded around Hairu with their questions.
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