At night, Seiwa pushed open the old iron door of the apartment and saw Shiba Haiyan sitting cross-legged in the living room.

When he heard the sound, he opened his eyes, and an inquiring look appeared on his face: "How is today's practice?" ”

"Many, many... Please help me move my things. ”

Swish!

Looking at Kiyozu's pale face, Shiba Haiyan appeared in time... When the Grim Reaper is running out of spiritual power, he falls into an unusually weak state: he looks like a human with a cold and fever.

"It's a big exaggeration, you can only enter through the window..."

Looking at the brown wooden box under the stairs, Zhibo Haiyan casually threw the magic bottle to Qinghe and came downstairs.

Looking at the light blue liquid in the bottle, Qinghe subconsciously held the magic bottle tightly... He, the eldest brother, always likes to express his concern for himself with actions: although his strength is only one-fifth of the usual because of the limited mark, the total amount of spiritual power in his body will not be reduced.

Probably the next few days... Shiba Haiyan spends most of his time replenishing spiritual power in the bottle.

Kiss... Open the Purity of the Magic Bottle, quickly restore your spiritual power to the point where you can operate normally, and then close it.

"Hey..."

Carrying a large box into the house, Shiba Haiyan turned his eyes to the house... I had to stack the boxes in the corner of the wall in front of the Qinghe door.

"Qinghe, is this the cultivation book that Mr. Shuling gave you? That's an exaggeration, isn't it? ”

"Big brother... This is the crystallization of the wisdom of Mr. Shuling and the elders of the Great Ghost Dao of the past generations. ”

Qinghe's words made Shiba Haiyan dumbfounded: "You... You mean, the day after the apprenticeship, he passed everything on to you?! ”

Qinghe, who nodded, stimulated Zhibo Haiyan: "Mr. Grip Ling's strength is really admirable." ”

"Look, this is..."

Looking down at the "swastika" necklace hanging around his neck, Qinghe wanted to take it out for him to see... The entire brown chest was filled with an uncountable number of Sealed Ghost Paths.

If you don't have this key, anyone other than Ryottsusai... There's no way to get anything inside: forcibly opening it, or missolving any of the seals, will result in an annihilating impact inside the chest.

"Kiyowa, this is something that Mr. Shoryo passed on to you... You don't need to show it to me, and you don't need to let a third person other than the two of you know. ”

Zhibo Haiyan, who appeared in front of Qinghe, held his hand like this, interrupting the action of holding the key.

"Big brother... Is it necessary to be so serious? Take a look..."

Qinghe's words were stopped by Shiba Haiyan's serious face in the middle of speaking.

"It is necessary. Qinghe, you have to remember... I'm your big brother, but I want you to have your own secrets. ”

"Is it a secret... Big brother, thank you. ”

Syllable... A thank you was exchanged for a slap, and Zhibo Haiyan, who was crooked and glaring, returned to the state of being a little "ruffian" when she was angry on weekdays: "You are not allowed to say thank you to me in the future." ”

"Yes, big brother."

"Let's go and rest... The magic bottle can't make up for your mental exhaustion, and there is still one day left tomorrow, so seize every opportunity to learn from Mr. Sholing. ”

"The righteous remains are ready... It's rare for the manager of Urahara to do his best once, and he didn't collect money... This is what the teacher said. ”

For Urahara's "money fans", Shiba Haiyan has a deep experience... In the past, when he came to his home, he would always complain about the lack of funds for experiments.

"That's good... From tomorrow onwards, the void that appears will be handed over to you. The Exterminator, who is eager to fight side by side with the Grim Reaper, is probably the first in the history of the Exterminator. ”

What kind of changes will the meeting of the two produce? Zhibo Haiyan didn't know, but he was also happy to see this kind of thing: the god of death should be affectionate and righteous. It's not the kind of puppet who only follows the spiritual law, rigid and stubborn.

"Big brother, where are you going?"

"Go somewhere else... Those things back then are no longer the ones I remember. ”

"Then I hope that the eldest brother can get rid of the constraints of the past... Look up and move forward. ”

"Stinky boy, you know too much!"

Facing Zhibo Haiyan, who was about to do it again, Qinghe returned to his room as soon as possible and muttered to himself: "Big brother, only by breaking through the nightmare... can be recognized by his own slashing knife. ”

The current Shiba Haiyan already has the attribute of captain level... The difference is only the "swastika" of the last step.

But his heart, no doubt... There are also some people who live in the "past" of the Shiba family, and they are trapped in it and can't break free.

This kind of thing, Qinghe knows... Only when he himself is relieved will it work.

He can do it, but just by giving some reminders... And care.

Outside the door, Zhibo Haiyan seemed to hear Qinghe's self-talk, and walked aside with a wry smile: "My eldest brother has really failed, and he needs his younger brother to care." ”

"Flowers... Let's let the willfulness be this last time. ”

Stroking the blade of the sword, Shiba Haiyan's eyes flashed with the color of memory: his relatives, friends, superiors, subordinates... are waiting for the day when he breaks through the quagmire and sees the light again.

…

In the early morning, the sky was still a little dim outside the window, and when he woke up, Shiba Haiyan did not see Kiyowa's figure.

"It's not easy... Are you tired even now? Qinghe. ”

Shiba Haiyan, who took out the herald artifact from his arms, stared at it for a few seconds, and then gently placed it on the table.

Whew... The tip of the pen shook quickly on the white paper.

"See you in 27 days... Qinghe. ”

Shiba Haiyan, who entered the righteous remains, put on a white shirt and a black suit, and lifted the briefcase... Just like an ordinary office worker, he went out quietly.

When the first rays of sunlight came to Qinghe's face through the gap in the curtains, he woke up with his somewhat heavy head... At the end of yesterday, he enjoyed a "cramming" education.

Picking up the herald magic machine placed next to the pillow, Qinghe looked through it, only to find that the void was also rarely quiet.

"Big brother... What kind of consciousness was it to say that kind of thing yesterday? ”

Bang bang bang... slapped his face three times in a row, and Qinghe, who had been drowsy, ran out of the house.

On the small round table not far from the TV, there was only a herald belonging to Shiba Haiyan and a line of black letters.

"Big brother... Are you on a walk-and-go trip? ”

Qinghe, who picked up the note, looked at the words on it, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly... Because it says: Qinghe, I'm going to give myself a long vacation, so... See you in 27 days.

"Big brother, you should have been so willful a long time ago."

Over the years, the Shiba petrel that Kiyowa has seen... is always so heroic and hearty, and there doesn't seem to be anything worth being sad or embarrassed about.

Ke Qinghe knows... There are some things that maybe even Sister Du doesn't know too well.

As he said... Everyone should have their own secrets.