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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4

(1982, Japan)

Somewhere within the bustling city of Tokyo, a villa that spans widely within a certain area exists. And in one of the rooms there, probably the second largest room, a crib can be seen.

Inside that crib...

"mwaaaah!"

A certain rowdy baby lays.

That baby is currently being attended to by a young-looking woman who seems to be the maid of the baby, judging by the clothes she wears.

"But I really don't know what you... Hmm?" She is currently in the middle of feeding that same rowdy baby, with great effort for sure... but as she was doing that, she suddenly noticed something.

*sigh*

"Turns out your diaper is full Hiroyuki sama."

Surprisingly enough, the Baby, who's constantly making noises since the very beginning of their feeding session, immediately became quiet after this.

He even snorted, as if to express that the main reason why he was that noisy all this time was due to the fact that he was feeling some discomfort down there and that she took too long to notice it.

"It must have been a bother. I am sorry for not noticing it much earlier." The maid quickly apologizes to the baby as she realizes her wrongdoing, and then hurriedly goes outside, to the next room, probably to get the baby's sh*t cleaning stuff.

*thud!*

It didn't take the maid that long as she immediately came back with a bunch of baby supplies after a few moments of being gone. After putting down the supplies and making a quick preparation to clean the baby, she then proceeded to do the deed.

"There, all done!" Having done this kind of work countless times now, even though the situation of the Diaper is already pretty 'chaotic' due to it being left like that for a considerable amount of time, she still made quick work of it.

"Alright, now let's finish this off." After that diaper situation, she then raised the bowl containing the baby food again, probably to continue their little feeding session.

But she noticed the weird expression on the baby's face.

A type of expression that clearly states that after what just happened, he's not in the mood to eat anymore. 

"It can't be helped I guess." The maid sighs 

Recognizing what the Baby wanted to say, she obliged and decided to not continue their little feeding session anymore.

That's why after making sure that the entire room is as spotless as it can be, she finally bids the baby goodbye and then goes outside the room again to tend to other Maid-related stuff.

This is very weird.

If an outsider saw how their interaction went, they would surely say such a thing. But for the maids and basically every person inside this whole house, such a thing is as normal as it can be. 

But to see what just happened as something that is very peculiar is pretty understandable. In the first place, 'normal' isn't really a fitting word to describe the house where the Baby is in.

To give more context to the situation, this very baby, who wears an expression very unfitting for his age, is Hiroyuki, as the maid states earlier.

And to make the long story short, as if the name doesn't give it away already, baby Hiroyuki here is obviously, Yuki in his past life. The same Yuki that was once reincarnated in the OPM world, died and woke up again in another world after that.

In the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, that is.

Or at least, that's the only thing he knows.

Apart from his memory of his past two lives, he doesn't know anything. Actually, even the fact that he was now in the JJK world is a piece of information that he managed to acquire after combining all the tiny bits of information he had gathered.

It wasn't an easy task but thankfully, after listening to the people near him almost every day, he was made aware of such a fact.

Well, It's not like he has a choice.

It has only been a year since he was reincarnated into this world. He literally had his birthday just a couple of days ago. And since then up until now, apart from sleeping, eating, and sh*tting, he does absolutely nothing. Not to mention that half of it, he can't even open his eyes.

That's why gathering information is the one he's focusing on at the moment since it's the only thing he can do, whether he likes it or not.

"I'm bored." Hiroyuki thought to himself while staring at the setting sun outside the window.

Well, at the very least, as he gathered pieces of information from different kinds of people, he also managed to get various useful information about some important stuff. Like about him, the place around him, the people that are surrounding him, etc. 

To start it all, there's one regarding his name.

A pretty funny fact given that his name in his past two lives is Hiro, in his original world, and then Yuki, in OPM. Now here, it was combined for some reason and became Hiroyuki, despite him being uninvolved personally in the matter.

But apart from that fun fact, there is also his catchy surname. Which, undeniably made his ear perked up the moment he heard it for the first time. 

Gojo. 

That's right, in this life, he is Hiroyuki Gojo. The young master and most probably the soon-to-be head of the Gojo clan. One of the three great clans that stood above the rest in the modern Jujutsu society.

Now given such fact, one would surely understand why the reaction of the maid earlier is like that. It's because here, Hiroyuki is an important figure. An important status that was heightened even more by the past incident that happened within the clan.

And by that means, the assassination of the supposed young master and the original soon-to-be head of the Gojo Clan. A fact that was to be entertained in another time.

Once Hiroyuki gathered enough information about it.

In any case, the status that Hiroyuki has right now is something that he himself cannot get used to even after a year of being treated as such. Not yet at least.

Well, for sure, he was treated as an important figure back then in his past life due to his title, but still, the treatment is vastly different, whether it is on the negative or positive side.

Plus, back then, he earned his position by himself, therefore gaining respect from those aware of it. Meanwhile, here, it was handed to him by birth, all while being treated like some sort of fragile glass that needed care twenty-four-seven.

As weird as it is, even though he keeps getting assassination attempts every now and then, he likes how is treated back then. At least, people know that he is someone that can be relied on. 

Well, right now he is still a baby and can only do so much, so such treatment is impossible at the moment.

But judging from the atmosphere of the house he's in, he can already see how the future will play out if he lets everything go as it is.

And that future is looking mighty grim.

Fortunately, such a thing wouldn't happen given his case of being a reincarnated person.

So this entire thing would surely stir to a different path. But just the mere idea of an ordinary child, growing up in a place like this, a place that he likes to describe as that of a wolf's den, sends a chill down on his spine. 

"It seems that I gotta work hard, again." Hiroyuki thought as he stressfully suck his thumb.

Well, as much as he hated the idea of it, it seemed that he needed to work twice as hard as he normally planned to do.

Normally, the most desirable first step for this kind of situation is to quickly develop some plans based on his knowledge of future events. Just like what he had done and taken advantage of back then when he was still in the OPM world.

That move could guarantee some very fruitful results and such a surefire way to get ahead of everyone...

But that's the thing.

As unfortunate as it is, Hiroyuki would not be able to do that this time.

At the very least, it seems that he has no way of doing it.

It's all due to the fact that... as embarrassing as it is, he didn't have much knowledge about this world. In short, as much as he likes to proclaim himself as a massive weeb back then in his original world...

He hadn't watched JJK before he died.