Ulquiorra's Life in the World of the Living

No living person can match the patience of Arrancar; a single moment in Arrancar's life is longer than an entire human's life.

So Ulquiorra wasn't in a hurry. He waited at the door, ringing the doorbell precisely every ten minutes, and then waited silently. He didn't even show any impatience for several tens of minutes.

This left Ichigo and his companions Silence. "This guy is way too calm."

Do you really think we can get away with this by pretending no one's around?

Ichigo and Uryū exchanged a glance, then shook their heads together. Rukia simply opened the door, "We should at least let them in, they've come all this way."

"Hey~", even shouting couldn't stop Rukia, so Ichigo thought for Ichigo and followed Rukia out.

The villa's main gate wasn't far from the villa itself; once one gate was open, the other side would be visible, especially since Ulquiorra's eyesight far exceeded that of ordinary people.

"Sorry to keep you waiting~ haha," Ichigo, scratching his head somewhat awkwardly.

But that wasn't the most awkward part. Ulquiorra, being a practical guy, asked, "Are you guys discussing whether or not to open the door for me?"

How are you supposed to answer that question? It'll only make things more awkward. Ichigo and Rukia were speechless, only able to manage a forced smile. Ulquiorra, however, wouldn't let them off the hook.

So, can I go in or not?

How was he supposed to answer that? Ichigo could only grin awkwardly and say, "Please come in, please come in~"

"Thank you," Ulquiorra nodded, truly a practical kid, and went inside, leaving Ichigo and Rukia speechless.

The two exchanged a glance. Rukia Ichigo even more helpless. They could only follow Ulquiorra into the villa.

The practical-minded Ulquiorra observed everything about the villa, and his final conclusion was quite shocking. "What a shabby place!"

"???" None of the five people present, except for Ulquiorra, thought the villa was shabby, but considering the size of Las Noches, well, this place was indeed very shabby.

Uryū remains the most reliable member of the group of five. "Excuse me, Ulquiorra -san~, why did you come to the World of the Living?"

"It was my father's order."

"Father? Is it Shimizu-san?"

"Yes"

The group exchanged bewildered glances. "What are your orders, Shimizu-san?"

"My father brought me into this World of the Living to live with you, and gave me no other instructions."

The others were completely baffled, utterly unable to comprehend Ulquiorra's way of thinking. However, Ulquiorra's thinking was remarkably simple: if you discard all the unnecessary details and engage in thought and communication with the purest, simplest, and most unreserved perspective, you can perfectly understand Ulquiorra.

Ulquiorra has no heart; he is completely devoid of guile. He speaks only the most basic things, saying what he understands. This can be described as childlike innocence, truly without guile, a genuine and honest person.

But because he's so honest, just as Jun once said, no one can communicate with others without wearing Hollowfication Mask; everyone has to conceal their inner self. But Ulquiorra is different. As Arrancar, although he wears Hollowfication Mask on his face, he faces others without any Hollowfication Mask at all.

So if Ulquiorra has any problem, it's only how he communicates with others, how he lets those wearing Hollowfication Masks know that he's someone who doesn't wear Hollowfication Mask.

It's difficult for people to understand different people, especially those who wear Hollowfication Masks, and even more difficult to understand those Hollowfication Mask don't. That's the problem.

Ulquiorra's way of thinking is completely different from others. Without a truly unique understanding of Ulquiorra, it's impossible to adapt to his way of thinking. Fortunately, I do understand him; otherwise, the problems would be far greater.

In this respect, Jun and Aizen are still somewhat different. Jun needs to be understood from the original work, while Aizen is someone you can truly see through.

The group of five was completely bewildered. "What exactly does he mean?"

According to him, he came here to live in the World of the Living.

"I know what he meant, but didn't he mean something else? Why come to live in the World of the Living at all!?"

"How would I know?" Uryū also completely bewildered. The more you think about something in the face of a childlike heart, the more you suffer, because human imagination is Endless, and the more you imagine, the further you stray from the truth. "Could it be that Shimizu-san doesn't trust us, so she sent him to monitor us?"

"Maybe that's really the case."

Are we really that unreliable?

"I think with Uryū around, everything should be fine, right?"

"Give me a break, don't flatter me."

The group exchanged glances, but their gazes finally settled on Uryū. Uryū was truly pathetic; out of the five of them, only one had a brain. It was really unfair of him.

"Ulquiorra"

"Is something the matter?"

Ulquiorra didn't consider himself an outsider. After arriving, he observed the villa's structure, then sat on the sofa and started reading the newspaper to stay informed about World of the Living events. Ulquiorra was a practitioner of information supremacy; he valued intelligence above all else.

Did Shimizu-san give any specific details? For example, his views on our work?

"Your father has no opinion on your work, and whether you do it well or not has nothing to do with him."

Ulquiorra's words really stung Uryū, causing a rare increase in blood flow to Uryū forehead veins. "Then why did you come here? If you didn't distrust us, there seems to be no need to send you."

"I don't know. My father said I'm a bit special now, and I do feel that I am a bit special myself, which is why I came," Ulquiorra said very seriously.

Uryū's mind raced, but the more he thought about it, the more confused he became. "What special situation?"

"This involves some secrets of the Arrancar, and I cannot disclose them."

"The secret of the Arrancar? Excuse me," Uryū ran over to Ichigo, "Hey~ what's the secret of the Arrancar?"

"What Arrancar's secret?" Ichigo was completely bewildered, unable to understand anything.

"He said he came to the World of the Living because of the secret of the Arrancar, so you're the only one among us who has fought Arrancar. If you don't understand, why should we?"

"I," Ichigo scratched his head, "I really don't know!"

"Ugh!!" Uryū helplessly, "I have absolutely no information right now. Please, give me some help, otherwise I really won't be able to get anything out of you."

Ichigo knew his importance, but he still didn't know the secrets of the Arrancars. After all, he had only fought Ulquiorra, and he assumed every Arrancar could use Segunda Etapa. Ulquiorra, in this timeline, never mentioned that Segunda Etapa was his unique ability, so it's understandable that Ichigo was unaware of Ichigo.

So even though Ichigo his brains, he couldn't figure out the truth. Uryū sighed, "Sigh, never mind, it seems you don't know either. Then we have no reason to object to this person living here."

"I'm sorry! I really didn't know the secret of the Arrancar!" Ichigo was also frustrated; he realized he was truly useless.

With a final effort, Uryū approached Ulquiorra and asked, "What are Shimizu-san's plans for you? Are you to lead us, or to integrate into our group?"

"To integrate with you, I don't need to do too much. My father told me to go with the flow and follow my heart."

"I see, alright then. Come and tell me about our life and work."

"Unable to obtain what one desires"

Uryū thus introduced Ulquiorra to many aspects of the World of the Living. Ulquiorra completely submitted to everything, prioritizing integrating into the lives of the five, which greatly uncomfortable Uryū had always considered Arrancar to be arrogant and domineering.

Uryū naturally harbored doubts about everything, but he couldn't voice them. The other four couldn't possibly trust Ulquiorra so easily either, which was understandable. Nothing more was said that night, and the next morning, the five went to school.

"Nice to meet you all. I'm a transfer student from Romania named Ulquiorra Cifer. I'll be in this class with you all from now on. Thank you."

In Orihime's class, during the self-study period before the first class in the morning, the homeroom teacher brought in a transfer student who suddenly appeared, Orihime completely bewildered.

Orihime and Tatsuki Arisawa in the same class. The other four students aren't in Orihime's class, so they naturally don't know about this. And, to make matters worse, Orihime is sitting in the second-to-last row this week, and according to the seating arrangement, the new transfer student Ulquiorra will be sitting behind Orihime.

Orihime immediately filled with anxiety, but after one class, Ulquiorra was a perfect student. He was incredibly eager for knowledge, listened attentively, and never uttered a word. Even when some infatuated girls passed him notes, he did something outrageous: he tore up the notes.

This made many students in the class who idolized certain girls quite unhappy with Ulquiorra. Since their idols were unhappy, they naturally went to cause trouble for Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra frowned at these students, and in the face of their provocation, he calmly said...

Let's find a place to duel.

"Huh!?" The group of students were completely dumbfounded.

"I said! Let's find a place to solve this problem; that's how we solve problems in my hometown."

Orihime was completely bewildered. The silk-clad figures, relying on their superior numbers, dragged Ulquiorra to the rooftop. Worried Orihime followed, and sure enough, she was brutally beaten. Even in his Gigai with only a human physique, Ulquiorra was no match for a group of humans.

"Stop! If you keep hitting him, you'll kill him!"

"Killing is not allowed, isn't that right?"

"Of course," Orihime truly didn't know what she was saying. Wasn't this common sense?

Ulquiorra released his grip on the student, who collapsed to the ground, unconscious. "So? Can I go back to class now? It seems the second period has already started."

Orihime looked completely bewildered. "You still want to go to class? What on earth are you thinking?!"

"You don't want me to go to class?"

What else could Orihime say besides "I"? "I need to heal these people!"

"But you can't reveal your abilities in front of others, can you?"

"Of course."

"Understood," Ulquiorra nodded seriously, then went back and knocked them all unconscious with a single chop, making Orihime's forehead veins throb. Ulquiorra remained calm. "They're all unconscious. Begin your treatment."

Orihime was speechless, and faced with the earnest Ulquiorra, she was even more speechless. She seemed to understand Ulquiorra's character; he was completely unpretentious and lacked any social finesse—everything he did was serious.

"Sigh," Orihime could only sigh helplessly, "I'll heal them."

"Okay, I'll cover you."

"Cover up?" Orihime was completely bewildered, but there was nothing she could do. "Fine, whatever."