Chapter XVI: Interrogation

「…… Rukia, can you tell us what kind of person that Aizen is?"

Ichigo Kurosaki, who was walking on the road, suddenly said to Rukia Kuchiki, who was silent behind him:

"I'm curious what kind of person that man is, and if so, can you tell me?"

"Captain Aizen? Hmph, that's not someone like me who can be judged at will, but you should understand it just by looking at my reaction, right?"

After leaving Aizen Souke's area, Rukia's state seemed to quickly switch to the Rukia that Kurosaki Ichigo was familiar with, and she was very arrogant and shook her fingers with her chest up, as if that kind of great person had something to do with her.

"Aizen Yusuke, the captain of the fifth team of the thirteenth team of the Lingting Court, can be said to be the most prestigious captain in the past. Whether it is for the team members or their own cultivation, they will never give up on anyone or any opportunity. His five-fan team can be said to be the best-treated of all the thirteenth teams, and the most popular place in the Mao Spiritual Academy right now is the five-way team."

"That is, is that guy actually a good guy?"

"It's not just a matter of being a good man, he's also the most famous calligrapher in the entire Celestial Court, and he's also recognized as the strongest clerical worker. Even the other teams have to admit it."

Rukia Kuchigi held her head high and said a series of topics about Aizen Sosuke like a few family treasures.

Although the worldview is not consistent, no matter who you are, you will recognize what Aizen Sosuke has done in the corpse soul world over the years. In particular, Rukia Kuchigi is indeed a little Grim Reaper to a certain extent, with no energy, and the suggestions put forward by Aizen are also admired by the Little Grim Reaper.

For example, raising the salary of the Grim Reaper Squad Members, carrying out improvement classes and literacy classes for the Grim Reaper Squad members, advocating the optimization of quality and the improvement of their own entertainment literacy, and trying to get the Squad Guards to form their own suggestion channels to use against the authority of Room 46 and the Captain. Although the last things were dismissed as fantasy or some kind of joke, the other things are gradually being promoted.

And the indigo-dyed Goban team is an excellent example of it. The reason why everyone wants to enter the Goban team for internship is because the Goban team has a high salary, few things, and is close to each other, with a variety of benefits that other teams can't imagine. And most importantly, Aizen Yusuke is not like the captain of other teams, and sometimes he doesn't treat the players as human beings. The name is Gengmu Kenpachi and Nirvana, these two people will not be so bad as they do something anthropomorphic.

So no matter how you look at it, Aizen Sosuke is a very good person on Rukia's side. The only problem is that his relationship with the nobles is really not very good, and they seem to have some deep hatred for each other.

This is a difficult thing for Rukia Kuchigi, who has already received the education of the Lingting, to accept. If it were herself, she would rather accept the punishment than accept such a thing.

After all, the great nobles are a necessary condition for maintaining the operation of the entire Lingling Court, and rebelling against the great nobles is essentially not much different from opposing oneself.

What's more, the operation of this world is like this, and Rukia, who has long been plasticized by the three views, naturally expressed such an opinion.

"Although a lot of people think that Captain Aizen shouldn't do something dangerous. Even though he was the captain, it was still a bit unacceptable to do anything for the sake of the soldiers and nobles, and many times the statement of the captain of Aizen was a bit exaggerated. A lot of his ideas are unrealistic."

"For example?"

"Well, the simplest, he felt that all people from Soul Street should be given a certain level of welfare and treatment, which was actually impossible. The planning of the first district to the eightieth district of Liusoul Street has been in place since the establishment of the Lingling Court. And there are many people like me who have climbed up from the bottom of Soul Street, so this should be a point that makes us work harder, and if everyone is the same, then who will try?"

Rukia Kuchiki walked in front of Ichigo Kurosaki, who had his head bowed

face, turned to look at Ichigo Kurosaki, and showed a pure, hard-working smile.

"It is precisely because I have lived a poor life that I can draw strength from suffering to go further. Captain Aizen is a good guy, but he is sometimes a little too good and will always make people lose their enterprising spirit. This kind of thing, even Captain Ukitake has often told me about these things."

"Yes. I see."

Ukitake Shisaro.

This man, Ichigo Kurosaki, also knows.

He also knew that this man looked extremely weak, but he was essentially one of the incarnations of the Spirit King.

And it was he who formulated the Acting Death Certificate, in a sense, he and another Tsunayo Tokitan forced his previous Death Agent Kunzhiro Kugo.

However, for the current Kurosaki Ichigo, such a thing has never happened at all. As for the Kansa organization and Kugo Ginjo, Kurosaki Ichigo is still ignorant at the moment. But for Rukia to say so naturally, Kurosaki Ichigo already had a somewhat disgusting feeling.

He didn't even know why he had been able to talk so much about these people who were completely inconsistent with his three views before. Maybe it's just because he hasn't been exposed, and he just wants to protect his family. Hoping that his sister will not be injured, and that there will be no problems with his family, this is Kurosaki Ichigo's truest thoughts from beginning to end. He just wants to protect the people he wants to protect.

However, his father hid a lot of things.

Lan Zhan said that it was because his father really loved him, and he also said that he hoped that he would not blame a lot of Death and the current Reaper, because these are things that are necessary for the great cause, and if you want to blame, you should blame him for harboring evil thoughts.

But one thing Kurosaki Ichigo has to admit is that he realizes that he doesn't actually blame Aizen Sosuke much. This person, who doesn't look like some bad guy, is not so blameworthy and worthy of complaining in the eyes of Kurosaki Ichigo. Even to some extent, Kurosaki Ichigo hates more than the Dorage Court that drives a group of people crazy to this extent.

Lan Zhan is hateful, but those nobles of the Ling Court, as well as those attitudes expressed afterwards, and the aggregate of those conspiracies, are even more hateful and hateful. Especially when Kurosaki Ichigo knew about those Death Agent Certificates, as well as the final outcome of the previous Death Agents, he felt a little chilled. If the future self is not too capable of fighting, if the future self is not really just for protection, will it be like those proxy deaths, and will one day be cleaned up?

Maybe it's the person you trust the most. After all, for the Corpse Soul Realm, maintaining their rule is the most important thing that really matters. Well, maybe that's why my father didn't say anything.

It is precisely because he is the former captain that he clearly understands what the Corpse Soul Realm is like. That's why I pretended not to know anything, and vaguely said that I should not go to dangerous places.

As if to make up for something, Rukia Kuchigi then said a lot of things about the Corpse Soul Realm and the captains, all of which were familiar to Kurosaki Ichigo.

Fifteen-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki doesn't know what his mood is right now. Obviously, the girl in front of her lives in her cupboard, and she looks smaller than herself, but in fact, her life is dozens of times that of herself, and she has her own life trajectory and ideas. Her own cognition is completely different from her cognition, and this reality is enough to make Kurosaki Ichigo a little sad.

Originally, he thought that Rukia's appearance was a ray of light that illuminated his life, but he was brutally revealed by Aizen Sosuke. It wasn't Rukia's light that really illuminated him. That light was the light that Aizen Sosuke who was holding a flashlight and deliberately showed the light to Kurosaki Ichigo after he pressed the switch.

I hope to guide him and take him step by step to the top and to an artificial light source on an equal footing with himself.

It's just that Aizen Sosuke finally woke up from his dream and confessed all this to him with apologies and guilt, but for Kurosaki Ichigo, how can this kind of thing be easily accepted?

My own life is followed

Truman in Truman's world is the same, monitored and guarded by everyone, in a sense, everyone respects his ideas and his choices, but binds him to the world of ignorance with the prison of love, making him constantly exhausted by the problems that can be solved a long time ago.

Even, many people see it in their eyes and hope that Ichigo Kurosaki will one day have a real big problem and be completely strangled and grinded. What made Kurosaki Ichigo feel the coldness in his heart the most was actually the final ending of the story told by Aizen. When he decided to sacrifice everything for the sake of the Soul Realm, those people were still planning to sacrifice Ichigo Kurosaki as a spirit king if he failed.

And among these people, there is no shortage of people who know that they think are good people and friends. It's as if my whole life has been living in deception and pain. Of course, what is even more scary is that he did not say what his father did at the time.

Among the people who decided to let Kurosaki Ichigo rush into the Spirit King Palace at that time, there was Kurosaki Ichishin.

And does his father know these things?

Kurosaki Ichigo didn't dare to think too much, so he just took Rukia Kuchiki with him and finally returned to his home in Kurosaki Hospital.

He wanted to talk to his father about the corpse soul world and about himself. He wanted to really figure out what his existence was all about.

It's just that when he came to Kurosaki Hospital, he was surprised to find that his father didn't seem to be in the hospital. And it seems that only his two younger sisters are eating dessert in the Kurosaki family.

Without saying anything to her two younger sisters, Rukia Kuchigi flew directly to the second floor, ready to start writing a report. This is one of the duties of Rukia Kuchigi, the god of death. And Kurosaki Ichigo looked at his two sisters and asked a little strangely:

"What are you two eating? Where did my father go?"

"Huh? He said he was going to have dinner with an old friend, and then he left. That's what that man brought to us."

"Old friends?"

"Well, it's called indigo dyeing or something. It seemed to be his father's former classmate, and he was also surprised. The souvenir seems to be a dessert from a well-known Japanese confectionery shop in Tokyo, so it tastes great, right? Would you like to taste it, brother?"

I already came in advance, did you bring a gift? That person.

Seeing his two cute younger sisters eating sweet skins, a little reluctant to look, Kurosaki Ichigo naturally wouldn't grab something to eat with his sister. Instead, he smiled and waved his hand, signaling the two girls to eat it directly.

Although it was clear that Aizen was there to reach them out for a purpose, he was too open-minded. And he said a lot of things, many things, the logic is very clear and clear, neither taking off his own influence, nor falsely thinking that he is to blame for everything.

This instead gave fifteen-year-old Ichigo Kurosaki a very rare sense of respect that is hard to get at this age. Even Rukia's friendship didn't give him such subtle feelings. Because of her appearance and personality, Rukia Kuchiki is more like a good friend to Kurosaki Ichigo, a ray of light that has led him to this fantasy and magnificent world.

And Aizen Yusuke is the man who really put his feet on the ground and told him the truth of the world.

Neither its ugliness nor its horror is exaggerated, everything and everything, the cycle of life and death, is like a circle of closure, a predetermined destiny. As long as it exists in this world, it is impossible to escape the reincarnation that the Spirit King has arranged from the beginning.

Sitting on a chair in the hall, he watched his two younger sisters finish their dessert and walk up the stairs. Kurosaki Ichigo didn't do anything, just stared blankly at the dial of the clock constantly turning, watching the sun gradually set in the sky, and everything around him was already dyed with moonlight until the number on the dial reached nine o'clock, and there was a muffled sound when he stepped on the door.

"I'm back......

「…… Father."

"Huh? Ichigo, why are you here? Don't you turn on the lights?"

「……」

"yes, there's a reason why you don't want to turn on the lights."

Kurosaki Isshin, who was wearing a suit, walked in from the door and looked at Kurosaki Ichigo who was sitting on the sofa with some strange eyes.

The man, who on the surface looked like he had just returned from drinking and eating meat with his good friend, looked at Ichigo Kurosaki, who was silent with his head down, and immediately realized something.

Based on his parenting experience and habits over the years, Kurosaki felt that he was probably depressed when something happened to him. And at this time, it should be his father's turn to be reasonable.

"So, let's have a serious conversation between father and son that hasn't been seen in a long time?"

Walked to the refrigerator and took out a cold tea bottle, Kurosaki poured two cups of herbal tea and put them in front of Ichigo and himself, and sat there like a father.

"After all, Ichigo, you've always been very sensible, but I'm a father who seems to be messing around. But it looks like you're finally getting to the point where you're going to have to ask your father...... Well! No matter what you ask, Dad will work hard to answer your question! So don't hesitate to tell Dad all your questions!"

「…… Can I really trust my father?"

"What bastard you kid is talking about."

Kurosaki took a sip of herbal tea and looked at his son in front of him with a strange expression.

"I'm your father, why can't I trust it? Everything I do must be wishing you and your two daughters a better life. In that case, Misaki will definitely be happy, right?"

「…… That, Father."

Ichigo Kurosaki, who was sitting on the sofa, buried his body deep in the sofa.

It was as if some kind of pain was gradually eroding his heart, so that he had to use this posture to face his familiar and strange father.

After a long time, Kurosaki Ichigo slowly calmed down, and looked up at his mature and seemingly cynical father.

Kurosaki Isshin, or rather, the head of the Shiba family, Shiba Isshin.

"Mother, is it really just an ordinary housewife?"

"Needless to say? Your mother is the most beautiful, gentle, and lovely woman in the world, and she is certainly not an ordinary housewife! What's more, she may be our Creator!"

"Father, you should know what I'm talking about."

「…… What do you know?"

Looking at Ichigo Kurosaki, who had a melancholy and painful face in front of him, the fancy expressions on the middle-aged man's face gradually disappeared, leaving only a serious one.

"What did that guy tell you? Or did some of the void or extinction masters tell you something that you have and don't? Don't overthink it, Ichigo. Your mother does love you, and you just need to realize that."

"Aizen Sosuke, he told me everything."

「……」

"Not only about my mother, but also about my father, about the corpse and soul realm, and everything that happened to me, he told me."

"That bastard......

"So, I'm here primarily to ask you, father."

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who was cursing in a low voice and cursing Aizen Yusuke, Kurosaki Ichigo looked at his father in front of him and asked in a low voice:

"Do you really watch me act for my family as if you know everything, and pretend not to know? It's like looking at a clown?"

「……」

"Smack!"

A crisp applause rang out in the room.

Kurosaki Ichigo covered his face and looked at his father with a gloomy face, just looking at him quietly and not saying anything.