"Ichigo, you're back. Come eat."
Uchiha Hiko beckoned to Ichigo, signaling for him to come over.
But when Ichigo reached the dining room, he discovered there was an extra person.
"Father, who is this?"
Ichigo Kurosaki looked at Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who sat cross-legged in the seat of honor, confusion written across his face.
"Oh, you haven't introduced this guest to me yet."
The moment Isshin Kurosaki saw Kuchiki Rukia arrive, his head began to ache. Why did she have to come at a time like this?
Though he was secretly relieved that his son finally seemed to have gotten a clue and found himself a girlfriend, this was clearly not the right time!
"Oh, this is my classmate, Kuchiki Rukia. She just transferred here from somewhere else, so I invited her over for dinner."
Ichigo Kurosaki casually pulled Kuchiki Rukia out from behind him, completely unaware that the atmosphere was a little off.
"Greetings, elders! I'm Kuchiki Rukia!"
Rukia's heart pounded like a startled deer as she bowed deeply to Uchiha Hiko and Isshin Kurosaki. She had been so nervous and shy since entering that she had not dared raise her head, so naturally, she had not noticed Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto sitting nearby.
"Your surname is Kuchiki, right? Hello, Miss Kuchiki. I'm the father of that brat Ichigo. My name is Isshin Kurosaki."
Isshin Kurosaki smiled at Rukia, pulled out a chair, and had her sit down.
As one of the former captains of the Thirteenth Division, he understood better than anyone what kind of crime it was to use one's own Soul Reaper powers to create a Soul Reaper.
Not to mention that she had been caught by Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto. If it had been someone else, there might have been a sliver of hope, but she had