Chapter Twenty-Six: A Letter!

The third day after the Battle of the Hill of Twin Deaths.

Rukia and Hibanya, who were sent to the fourth team, woke up one after another. However, the situation of the two who woke up was very wrong.

"Guardian...... Righteous ......" Hibanya, who was covered in bandages, slowly opened his ice-blue eyes, full of confusion, sadness, and guilt...... Gradually, all emotions disappeared from the ice-blue pupils, and all that remained, only, indifference! Empty indifference! "What justice...... What guards...... He was almost swallowed up by the darkness...... I'm so weak!! Hibanya's face was distorted and gradually became hideous, and a trace of violence appeared in the depths of his pupils: "Become stronger!" I'm going to get stronger! Sen, I, absolutely not, let this happen again!! His fists clenched, his nails digging deep into the flesh, and the blood oozed silently, staining a small patch of white sheet that covered his body red......

"Go, go! The little monster is here again! "When I was a child, because the hair color and eye color of Rifangu were far from abnormal, he was rejected by the children in the same village, and the adults of Wandering Soul Street also deeply tabooed this "outlier", Xiao Rifangu has always been a lonely person, which also developed his lonely and somewhat extreme character. Xiao Ri Fangu can't control the huge ice spiritual pressure in his body, and the spiritual pressure overflows when he dreams at night, and his grandmother, who depends on him, can't bear the cold, so he has been weak and sickly, and the unaware Rifan Valley has been troubled by the ice dragon in his dream, and his personality has become more and more withdrawn. Until one day, Ranju discovered this child with great potential.

Subsequently, Hibanya entered the Silent Soul Court and became a god of death and a "genius" praised by people! Finally, one day, Hibanya's elderly grandmother passed away. Kneeling down in front of his grandmother's grave, Hibanya, who was experiencing the benefits of power and status at that time, experienced a feeling for the first time - powerless!

"No, I don't want to experience that feeling again!" Hibanya looked firm, "Strength, I want more power!" A touch of frenzy appeared on Hibanya's little face.

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"Whew...... Am I still alive? Opening her eyes, Rukia looked at the ceiling silently. One minute, two minutes, half an hour......

Finally, the first rays of color appeared in Rukia's cold pupils. "Why, I'm still alive...... "Rukia's brown eyes mocked herself, "Perhaps, that's a better place for me!" ”

"Elder brother...... Am I so low in your heart? Rukia's eyelids were pressed down, half-covering her big beautiful eyes, and her expression darkened: "In that case, why did you let me enter the Kuchiki family in the first place...... Maybe, maybe, I'm just a little Grim Reaper now, with a humble status, and I can only look up to your back, but, at least, maybe, I'm still able to live freely and humbly......"

"Although I won't meet Ichigo, I will meet Inoue, Ishida, Chadu...... That's right! Ichigo! Rukia's expression perked up: "Ichigo, where are you now!" However, if they trespass into the Corpse Soul Realm, they won't be caught......" Thinking of this, Rukia's expression darkened again: "Sure enough, can I still only cause trouble to people......" For some reason, Rukia, who has always been strong, has gradually melted a lot since she threw herself into Ichigo's arms last time on the Twin Death Hills and suffered a lot!

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Somewhere in the Corpse Soul Realm, on a mound, there were a few humble graves. The wind was whistling, and the grass was almost touching the ground, whistling softly in response to the wind. "Woo~~" This world is full of desolation and loneliness.

Next to the graves, Kashiwamura and Hinosaki Shubei (Tosen's lieutenant) stood one after the other, and the wind blew their clothes and hunted.

"When I asked the man why he wanted to be the Grim Reaper, he said it was for justice." Kashiwamura seemed to be talking to himself.

Xiu Bing looked into the distance, his eyes were blank, but after all, it was difficult to hide the incomprehension and sadness.

"He told me that he wanted to maintain the justice of the world that protected the woman's heart—the justice of the world that the woman believed in before she died." Kashiwamura smiled faintly, "Actually, at that time, I knew that this man still had a grudge against this world. He was talking about 'her world', not 'my world'. From the beginning to the end, his heart was never inspired by justice, all he thought about was revenge, only secondary. ”

After hearing this, Xiu Bing was still silent. However, for some reason, my mood suddenly improved a little. Squatting down and carefully pulling out a few mischievous grasses from the grave, a smile appeared on the cultivator's face. Raising his head and looking at the blurred mountain marks in the distance, the cultivators silently blessed Dongxian: "Captain, you have to live well!" Also, don't be swallowed up by the hatred in your heart! ”

"Perhaps, this will be the best place for him......"

One old and one young, one man and one beast (——! Just stood quietly, blowing the wind, looking into the distance, feeling the peace in my heart......

Knowing that Rukia had woken up, Ichigo hurriedly went to visit, but received the message that Rukia needed to recuperate and did not want to see anyone, and several people looked at each other.

"It seems that Miss Rukia is in a bad mood and doesn't want people to see her at the moment!" The thoughtful Yulong lifted the glasses on the bridge of his nose and deduced, "Let's go back first!" It will be fine after a while. ”

"Well, it looks like that's all there is to it." Orihime couldn't help but be a little frustrated.

Ichigo frowned, and suddenly shouted inside, "Rukia, let's go back to the present world first!" You have to get better quickly! That, well, soul guy misses you so much! As soon as he yelled, Ichigo suddenly felt a little inexplicably weak, and reflexively beckoned everyone to leave.

"Ichigo, are you alright? That's great! Rukia, who was pale, smiled knowingly, her nose suddenly felt a little sour, her eyes moist, and the fluid flowed. Bastard ......" Rukia suddenly covered her head with a sheet and cursed in a low voice, and soon a few wet marks appeared on the sheet......

"Mr. Kurosaki, please stay!" Just as Ichigo and the others were about to enter the gate to the present world, Ukitake's voice rang out.

"Huh?" The cautious Yulong frowned and secretly became vigilant.

"Mr. Ukitake, is there anything going on?" Ichigo asked, looking back.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just here to deliver something!" Seeing Yulong's vigilance, Ukitake hurriedly waved his hand to prove his innocence and dispel everyone's misunderstanding.

"Sending something? What?"

"Oh, this!" Ukitake escapes with a wooden sign. A "cute" version of the skull is carved on each side, with two large eye holes. "Death escrow identity token!"

"Death in custody? What is that? Ichigo asked, taking the wooden card, playing with it slightly.

"Since Mr. Kurosaki also possesses the power of death, and as a human being, the Silent Court has decided to grant Mr. Kurosaki the status of Death Trustee! In this way, Mr. Kurosaki has an official position in the Corpse Soul Realm, and it is also convenient for Mr. Kurosaki to carry out the responsibility of destroying the Void of the Present World by using the Grim Reaper! Ukitake made an official tone.

"It doesn't seem to be any real good for Kurosaki!" Yulong thought about it for a while and found the problem.

"Cough~" The embarrassed floating bamboo coughed lightly and explained: "In fact, this escrow token also has a warning function, when there is a void in this world, the token will prompt." After a pause, Ukizhu's tone was slightly lowered, and he said, "That, the Corpse Soul Realm can't let the characters with huge destructive power fall out of their control......

"......" Ichigo was slightly silent and said, "I see." ”

After the turmoil, the Corpse Soul Realm seemed to have returned to its former calm, at least, on the surface.

The fifth day after the Battle of the Twin Deadhills.

"Shadow Wolf, your letter." In the research room of the 12th team, a researcher in a white robe held a letter in his hand, waving it and shouting at Inaba Shadow Wolf.

"Oh, here we are." Shadow Wolf Zo, who was checking the situation of the break, put down his business, walked over to the team member, and took the letter. "I'm sorry for you." Shadow Wolf smiled and thanked him. "Strange, who sent me the letter?"

Walking to the side, the shadow wolf opened the envelope neatly, unfolded a piece of white letterhead, and suddenly felt like being hit by a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and his body suddenly stiffened!

His eyes were wide open, his pupils were constricted, and Shadow Wolf Zuo's whole body trembled slightly, and his whole body was soaked in cold sweat!

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead with trembling hands, Shadow Wolf Zo looked around in horror, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been relieved, and hurriedly stuffed the letter into his underwear, pretending to be calm and returning to work.

"Shadow Wolf Zo, why is your face so ugly?" A team member who usually has a good relationship asked strangely.

"It's nothing, it's just a little uncomfortable. It'll be fine in a while. Shadow Wolf sneered, pulling out a dry grin.

"Oh." The man didn't think much of it, and went on with his work.

Shadow Wolf Zuo's face suddenly darkened, and he observed absentmindedly, his mind wandering. It seems that Shadow Wolf Zuo is destined to be unable to sleep tonight!

There were only four words written on that piece of paper: Yu Ou Xu!!