The next morning, it started with Ichigo Kurosaki shouting.
Why!? Why~!?
"What are you yelling about, you brat?!" Isshin caring for Karin and Yuzu who had been woken up, Mi, holding Maya who was wailing Maya, kicked open Ichigo's door with a dark expression. Rukia completely bewildered. What was going on with this family?
"What are you yelling about?! You woke up your sister and brother, don't you know that?!"
"Mom~!" Ichigo finally found his family, crying out, "Mom~, my superpowers are gone!! I can't use them anymore!!"
Ichigo Kurosaki shouted and performed, kicking, punching, doing sit-ups, push-ups, drawing his sword, using the Ultra Beam, PPAP, and the Pure Land technique—he did everything he could, but he couldn't separate his soul from his body and couldn't use the power of Soul Reaper.
The action made the younger brother laugh, and he actually grabbed Ichigo's ear and dragged him downstairs.
Maya saw Rukia on the way and cried out loud. Rukia looked at the baby and smiled, which made Maya smile even more.
Maya Kurosaki, the fourth child in the Kurosaki Family, is a boy, one year old, born in the early morning of August 22nd last year, exactly at midnight, hence the name Maya.
Mi handed Maya to Rukia, saying, "Hehe, this child really likes you."
"Uh," Rukia, only realizing after taking the child that he could see her too. She then asked Ichigo beside her, "What's going on in your family? Can everyone see spirits?"
"Ah~", Ichigo finally yawned, replying listlessly, "Yeah, didn't I tell you? I've been able to see you guys since I was born."
"Look, there's an old man over there. He died near our house last month, but we're comfortable here, so he came over."
Meanwhile, Rukia saw the Dead Souls, handed Maya to Ichigo, drew her sword, and smashed it on the old ghost's head with the hilt, shattering him.
"Wow! What did you do!? You killed that old man!?"
Rukia, sheathing her sword, said irritably, "What do you mean by 'killed'? That was Soul Burial. That's our job Soul Reaper —to send Dead Souls to Soul Society through Soul Burial. Soul Society is where Dead Souls be; there, they won't become Hollows. It's the best place."
"Oh~ that Soul Society is where you Soul Reaper live, right?"
"Yes"
"Hmm, is it really as good as you say?"
"Certainly!"
"Then why did my dad come and marry my mom in the first place? Clearly, there aren't any good women in your Soul Society ~ Hahahaha"
Ichigo was just talking nonsense when Rukia nudged him to the ground with her arm. Rukia took Maya from Maya and said irritably, "Yeah! There aren't any good women around!"
Ichigo crouched on the ground, looking at Rukia with obvious pain, his mind a jumble of thoughts.
Breakfast at the Kurosaki Family's house started quickly, but Rukia couldn't eat the food from the World of the Living, so she could only watch. But watching wasn't good either, Rukia got up.
"Thank you for taking me in, but I should be going now."
"Where are you going?" Mi asked, showing great concern for Rukia.
"My mission is complete; I should return to Soul Society."
At this moment, Isshin asked, "Are you just going back like this? Don't you feel there's something wrong with your Spiritual Power?"
"Huh?" Rukia sensed herself and suddenly turned pale. "Why is my Spiritual Power so much less?!"
"Of course it will be less," Isshin chuckled. "It's inside my son's body. I did the same thing back then. Using this method to activate Spiritual Power will halve your Spiritual Pool. Of course, the impact isn't that serious, since only the Spiritual Pool is reduced."
Rukia shook her head in horror, "No! No, my other attributes have decreased too! I don't know how much, but they've definitely decreased!"
"Ha?"
"What should I do?!" Rukia panicked. Her strength had been reduced by more than half! She was originally in the twenties, and if she went back like this, wouldn't she drop to the seventies or eighties?
"How about I take you to see Mingmo?"
"Mingmo? Is that the girl from last night?"
Isshin looked at Ichigo, "You guys saw Mingmo last night?"
"Yeah, Mingmo handled the aftermath. Last night, she and that Hollow wrecked an entire park," Ichigo, gesturing to his family. "They fought really fiercely. If Mingmo hadn't stepped in and sorted things out, they would definitely be on the news this morning."
"That makes things much easier. Let's go see her."
The father and son chatted and eventually settled on what to do later, but Rukia was completely bewildered. Who was this Mingmo? Why was he so powerful? Wasn't the World of the Living supposed to be low-level? When did this amazing person suddenly appear?
Rukia asked, the Kurosaki Family knew nothing. The key was that they couldn't say. Who knew what Jun was planning in Soul Society? With such a powerful force, if their plans were ruined and they retaliated, they couldn't afford the consequences.
Rukia simply couldn't accept an unknown force investigating her. "No way! I won't go. I can't hand over the secrets of Soul Society to others. How can Soul Reaper allow humans to study them?"
Isshin didn't know what to say. He couldn't very well admit that he'd been thoroughly figured out, especially since the boss was one of the higher-ups in Soul Society, could he? After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then I'll take you to find Urahara later. You know Kisuke Urahara, right?"
"Captain Urahara of the Twelfth Division?"
Yes~
That's great!
Rukia finally agreed, so after dinner, Ichigo went to school by himself, while Shirley and Yuzu were taken to elementary school by Mi. Isshin took his youngest son and Rukia to Urahara Shop; there was no other way, Maya was too young, and they couldn't leave a child at home alone.
The three arrived at Urahara Shop, where the Shopkeeper was already waiting. Upon seeing Rukia, he smiled, "Is that Kuchiki? Were you the one fighting in the park last night?"
Hi~, Urahara- san, hello~
"Kuchiki?" Isshin the child, completely bewildered, "Isn't it Kiyohara?"
"Now it's Kuchiki. Her older sister is Byakuya's wife. Byakuya became the head of the Kuchiki Clan a few years ago, so she's now a member of the Kuchiki Clan too."
"Oh, Byakuya," Isshin exclaimed, suddenly realizing, "That's a man! Kuchiki isn't like my Shiba, who's the head of one of the Four Great Noble Clans, yet Byakuya dared to marry a Rukumon so openly. This is your brother-in-law!"
Rukia Isshin a thumbs-up and laughed, "I didn't understand any of this before, but Sōjun all these years Mino teaching me, I also think Byakuya is amazing!"
"Well, there's plenty of time after we catch up," the Shopkeeper said, opening his fan. "What brings you all here?"
Finally, we've arrived at the key point. Although Urahara was also convicted of defection, he's still one of Soul Society's own people, Rukia was more open and quickly explained the situation from yesterday and today.
"Oh~, this," the Shopkeeper looked Rukia, "Well~ come in with me first."
Upon entering the store, Rukia discovered a hidden world inside. First, there was a cubicle with a scanning machine; the Shopkeeper had her lie down on it, and after a scan, the Shopkeeper received the report.
"Your Reishi core is resonating with something else, which is clearly the Reishi core of Ichigo Kurosaki that you mentioned. This is the root of your problem. The thing to do is to stop this resonance."
Rukia, feeling she had an idea, hurriedly asked, "How do we do that?"
Urahara smiled. "Your report alone isn't enough, Isshin. Here's the report. Take it to Mingmo and, together with your son's test results, get this over with as soon as possible."
"Got it~, do you want to go over there?"
"Hmm~ I'll come over tonight too."
"Huh~?" Rukia completely bewildered. What was going on? Why did everyone have to go find that Miss Mingmo? Why were the people of Soul Society considered less important than some unknown outsiders?
At this moment, the Shopkeeper seemed to remember something and took out a Gigai from inside the house. "Kuchiki, you don't have Gigai, right? Here, you can use this. I estimate you'll be staying in the World of the Living for a while."
"Oh, oh~", Rukia really couldn't accept this reality, but seemed to be helpless.
Isshin Rukia's condition, he asked with concern, "Kuchiki, have you thought about how you're going to live in the World of the Living?"
"Eh? Uh, sorry~"
Don't be fooled by Rukia's cool and collected Ichigo in the original work, which left Ichigo completely bewildered. That's because Urahara found her, gave her Gigai and a place to live, helped her transfer schools, and even rented an apartment for her—though the apartment was never used.
Just like when Isshin came to the World of the Living, Urahara basically helped prepare and arrange everything. Even the Kurosaki Clinic that the Kurosaki couple owned was funded by Urahara.
However, now someone is competing with Urahara for business, but he Urahara, " Take what you want from this lousy job; I have plenty of time to do other things."
Rukia had no choice, so Isshin taking out her phone. Rukia put on her Gigai, Rukia Isshin Maya to her to hold, and the call went through.
"Mingmo?"
"Hi~ Isshin -san~, what's up?"
"There is something wrong. My son, Ichigo, suddenly gained the power of a Soul Reaper, but the Soul Reaper gave him that power is malfunctioning. We've already received a report from Urahara about her condition. I'll bring Ichigo to your place tonight for a checkup."
"Oh, that? You're welcome anytime!"
"There's another matter here. Urahara said this problem might take some time to resolve, so he gave this girl a Gigai, but she has nowhere to live in the World of the Living right now. Could you provide her with housing?"
"Hmm~?" Mingmo hesitated for a moment before asking, "That female Soul Reaper, is she the Ichigo Soul Reaper carried away last night?"
"Eh~"
"So, where did she stay last night?"
"My home~"
"In that case," Mingmo laughed, "Why not let her stay at the Kurosaki Family? She's already stayed one night anyway."
"Huh!? Isn't this inappropriate?"
"Well~ Isshin -san~", Mingmo chuckled, "Your family's problems aren't your responsibility in this regard, are they? Why don't you ask Mrs. Zhen? What do you say? Well, that's all for now, see you tonight~ Isshin -san"
He hung up the phone, his Isshin fixed on Rukia, who was equally bewildered. "Ahem, wait for me a moment."
He quickly called Mei, but the two barely exchanged ten words in the entire call. Then, with Isshin serious expression, he said to Rukia, "That Kuchiki ~, you see, our house is quite nice, cough cough, why don't you stay with us some more?"
"Huh~?"