"Team leader!"
"I'm no longer the captain, hide well."
"But!"
"Shut up!"
Rangiku watched as Tōshirō vanished Shunpo a Shunpo, and could only helplessly hide, for she was now pregnant.
After Tōshirō Shunpo, he revealed his Reiatsu, and the searching Soul Reaper team immediately turned to him. Tetsuzaemon Iba, leading the team, waved his hand, and several Soul Reaper from the team went out to search.
"Captain Hitsugaya, where is Matsumoto?"
"Iba! I didn't expect you to be this kind of person too? And I'm not the captain anymore."
Iba scratched his head, "Please don't portray me as so sinful. I had no choice, my mom..."
"Stop talking nonsense! If you want to fight, then fight!"
Tetsuzaemon Iba also drew his sword, "Very well, I don't want to catch a pregnant woman every day. Come on!"
The Ice Dragon flapped its wings, sweeping away everything in its path. However, Tōshirō felt something was off about his sword, but there was no time to dwell on it. Taking down his opponent was the priority, or rather, just injuring both of them would suffice.
Today, Iba with unusual intensity and managed to slash Tōshirō. Tōshirō didn't pay much attention to it. After returning to the place where he and Rangiku were hiding, not long after, there was a knock on the door.
Tōshirō and Rangiku exchanged a glance, and Tōshirō drew his sword. "Who?"
"I"
"Iba?"
"Let me in, I won't be out for long."
The two exchanged a glance, Rangiku nodded, and Tōshirō opened the door. Sure enough, only Iba was outside. Iba, concealing his Spiritual Power with Cloak, quickly entered the house.
Tōshirō stepped in front of Rangiku, while Iba smile and knelt down at the doorway, bowing deeply.
I'm so sorry!
"Explain how you found this place first!"
"My sword, Dōgimaru, though named after Morality, is actually a tracking sword. As long as I cut anyone, I can find that person."
Tōshirō looked at his healed arm in surprise, Iba smiled slightly, "Don't worry, you can only find it once if you're cut."
"Hmph! Tell me what you're here for first!"
"I didn't do anything, just looked at Rangiku. Oh, how did things come to this between us?!"
Upon Tetsuzaemon Iba's words, a hint of sadness appeared on the faces of the three. Iba looked at Rangiku's belly and said, "It's been more than half a year, and your belly has grown big. That's good."
"Thank you~", Rangiku, gently patting her stomach with a loving expression.
The Iba nodded, stood up, and said, "Take good care of yourself. My team won't be coming in this direction again. However, I suggest we move outwards a bit more."
Let's take another look.
"Yeah, that's good," Iba, saying with a heavy heart, "Kaien is just like you guys now. The Soul Society these days only catches healers like you. It's only been two months, and wow~ I don't even know what to say. Maybe soon we'll be on the same path."
How so?
"Some people in the Second Division have gone mad. They're the only ones in Soul Society still trying to find you. They're insane!"
Tōshirō and Rangiku exchanged a glance, speechless. Iba up and said, "If you run into us, a little show is fine, but if you run into the Punishment Force or the Second Division's Special Agents, don't hold back! Oh, by the way~"
The Iba's tone was extremely grave. "Captain Soi Fon is in jail!"
"What!?"
"Her problem with her Zanpakuto has been exposed. She has two Zanpakuto, two Shikai and two Shikai, which was arranged for her by Jun Shimizu. I don't know the specifics. However, during the Karakura Town battle, we all knew that Captain Soi Fon's strength was indeed not to be underestimated. Sigh~ It's said that without Jun Shimizu's help, she wouldn't have this kind of strength."
After finishing Iba, Izayoi nodded, put on his Cloak, said "I'm leaving," opened the door, and vanished in a Shunpo. Tōshirō went up to look outside, released a little Spiritual Power to probe, and then closed the door.
"Nobody's here, Iba range~", Tōshirō sighed deeply.
Rangiku said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Captain, it's all my fault."
"Why bother saying all this? The Soul Society is in the wrong, not you! I know right from wrong!"
"But Yin Ta"
"Stop talking! Wasn't Gin Ichimaru's goal to assassinate Aizen? I..." Tōshirō's eyes reddened as he spoke, quickly gripping his sword. But the suppression he had been holding back didn't materialize. Tōshirō gritted his teeth and rested for a moment, "... My anger... even Hyōrinmaru can't do anything about it?"
"Captain~"
"I'm no longer the captain. Just call me Tōshirō."
"Hmm~", Rangiku came to Tōshirō's side, wrapped her arms around him and pulled Tōshirō into her embrace. Tōshirō instinctively wanted to resist, but he remembered that Rangiku was pregnant, so he immediately stopped moving.
"Since you're no longer the captain, I'm older, so I'll be your older sister."
"Sister! I..." Tōshirō clenched his fists tightly, remaining silent for a long while, only tears slowly streaming down his face.
"I'm sorry, Gin also bears responsibility for Momo's death."
"No, it's not his fault. In the end, the one I can't forgive is myself, sob~"
Men don't easily shed tears, but Tōshirō is a man, yet he's still just a child. He deeply regrets not being able to express himself as the captain, and now that he's no longer the captain, with only Rangiku, his new older sister who's like family, around him, he can finally let his tears flow.
However, as he cried, Tōshirō felt an emptiness in his heart. He placed his hand on his sword, and after releasing some of his anger and resentment, he realized the problem with his sword.
"This isn't my knife!"
"Huh?" Rangiku was taken aback for a moment. "That's Hyōrinmaru."
"Yes, this is Hyōrinmaru, but..." Tōshirō held the sword in front of him, drawing his long blade. Every detail of this sword was exactly the same as Hyōrinmaru. The Little Lion gritted his teeth. "Jun Shimizu! It must be you! What do you want me to do!? Why did you replace my sword! You bastard!"
Jun, who was gazing at the sea from the Endless Sea, suddenly sneezed violently, waking Isuzu, who was dozing on Jun's lap. "What's wrong?"
Chun rubbed her nose. "It's nothing, someone's probably yelling at me. Are you awake?"
"Hmm~"
"Then keep me company while I'm bored for a little while longer."
"OK"
The couple nestled together, gazing at the Endless sea.
"Captain~ Captain Soi Fon ~"
Soi Fon, who was lying on the wooden bed facing the wall with her eyes closed, heard a small sound. She turned around and, unsurprisingly, saw a huge, fat man.
Soi Fon chuckled, stood up, and walked to the railing, looking at the trembling Marechiyo Ōmaeda. "What brings you here?"
"Captain!" The fat otaku from the day before yesterday tried to grab Soi Fon's hand, but Soi Fon kicked him in the groin, making him kneel down.
"I'm no longer the captain; I'm a convict now. Speak your mind, don't resort to violence."
"Oh, right," the fat man painfully raised his head, pulling the handle of a short knife from his pocket. "Captain~, you'll always be my captain. Take this knife and run!"
Soi Fon recognized her Suzumebachi, narrowed her eyes, grabbed Ōmaeda by the Marechiyo Ōmaeda and lifted the fat man up. The two were now separated by the railing. Soi Fon asked fiercely, "Are you out of your mind?!"
"Captain, you'd better run! Soul Society is doomed!"
However, before he could finish speaking, Soi Fon down, drew her short sword, and with a few clanging sounds of weapons clashing and a blade piercing flesh, his body collapsed beside Marechiyo Ōmaeda.
"You piece of trash!" Soi Fon's tone was a mixture of disgust and relief as she slashed open the railing with her sword. "Stay close! If you fall behind, I won't have a chance to save you!"
"Hey! Of course I'll keep up with the captain!" Marechiyo Ōmaeda could finish speaking, Soi Fon vanished in Shunpo, and the guy quickly followed.
The fact that one person has discovered it means that countless others have discovered it. With a Shunpo use of Soi Fon, several people fell to the ground, and she killed over a dozen people along the way—equivalent to the number of three squads.
The two made their way to the guard room, where, as expected, the other knife was there. Soi Fon, being the captain of the Second Division, knew the place well. After taking her own knife, she found a decent set of clothes to change into, and then threw a knife into the door frame.
"Team leader, I didn't see anything!"
"If you see this, this knife will be stuck in your head."
"Yes, yes! I really didn't see it, I didn't see it."
After Soi Fon changed her clothes, and with no one coming back for so long, Soi Fon couldn't help but wonder, "Is this still the Stealth Force?"
"Captain, those people from the Yunshui Family are in charge now. They've gone mad, sending everyone out to arrest people. There aren't many people left in the team."
"Arresting people? Rangiku Matsumoto?" Soi Fon was fine until she stopped sending people out to arrest someone, which is why she was arrested for disobeying orders.
Marechiyo Ōmaeda exclaimed, "That's not all! The siblings outside the Shiba Clan who helped Ichigo Kurosaki have also been caught. Kaien Shiba, the Vice-Captain of the Thirteenth Division, said a few words and was put on the wanted list. His wife, Shiba Miyako, was forced to flee with their baby, who was less than two months old!"
Soi Fon's fingers were almost breaking from squeezing so hard. "Yunshui Gongping has really gone too far! How could he do such a thing!?"
"They've all gone mad! Captain, let's not cause any trouble. We're too busy trying to save ourselves to not run. After all, they have the Captain-Commander backing them!"
Upon hearing the words "Captain-Commander," Soi Fon sighed, grabbed Marechiyo Ōmaeda, and Marechiyo Ōmaeda back. Ōmaeda, confused, followed them to the cell where Soi Fon had been previously imprisoned. They pressed a spot on the ground, and a section of the floor suddenly appeared on the other side.
"This is"
"Enough talk, get in!"
"Oh, oh, oh," Marechiyo Ōmaeda's plump body struggled as he descended the Secret Passage. Soi Fon jumped down after him, pressed against the wall, and then struck the wall with her special Kidō. Everything vanished without a trace.
"Captain? What's this?"
"Yoruichi told me about the secret Secret Passage. The Second Division has many secrets, and I haven't inherited much of them. Alright, enough talk, let's go!"
"Oh oh"
Marechiyo Ōmaeda, not daring to walk fast, reached a Soi Fon in the road and immediately left Marechiyo Ōmaeda behind, speeding forward. Marechiyo Ōmaeda, crying and shouting, followed behind. The two hurried up, winding and turning through the Secret Passages, finally arriving outside.
"Is this Rukongai?"
"Enough talk, keep going. You find somewhere to hide, I'll go gather some information."
"Captain! Ugh!"
Soi Fon punched the fat man in the stomach. "Stop talking nonsense! Do as I say! Or do you want to come with me?"
"Forget it, goodbye Captain, but you have to come back for me!"
Soi Fon clutched her forehead and vanished in Shunpo. This time she didn't hold back; Marechiyo Ōmaeda had no idea where Soi Fon went. He sighed, then nimbly disappeared down the street, dragging his plump body. This guy's got some skills, too.