It Was Only a Dream

I imagined what it would be like to become a doctor and live together with Miss Masaki.

Isshin Shiba's face flushed suspiciously red, and he occasionally let out a chuckle.

Everyone: "..."

"How should I put it..." Yoruichi narrowed her eyes. "You look like an easy one to read."

Yuko said in surprise, "Huh? I didn't expect you to be so worldly, Yoruichi."

"Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've at least seen pigs run, right?" Yoruichi yawned, her words dripping with mockery. "Those men all have the same thing on their minds."

Kisuke Urahara hid his face behind his fan. "That's a misunderstanding. Not every man is as perverted as Mr. Shiba."

"Huh? Were you calling me?"

Hearing someone call his name, Isshin Shiba hurriedly snapped out of his fantasy.

Yuko said flatly, "No. No one was."

"Er..." Why was everyone looking at him as if he were trash? He had a strange feeling that something had happened.

After standing there in a daze for a moment, Isshin Shiba recalled the truth behind this incident, as well as the defection a hundred years ago. He seemed to have arrived at a certain guess.

"Right, I wanted to ask—what exactly was the origin of that Hollow?" Isshin Shiba asked directly. "And a hundred years ago, you..."

When Isshin Shiba reached this point, Kisuke Urahara suddenly made a shushing gesture.

Isshin Shiba instinctively closed his mouth. Just as he thought the other man was unwilling to tell him, a voice came from outside the room.

"Um, is anyone here?"

"It's Miss Masaki!"

Isshin Shiba reacted at once and hurriedly opened the door.

"Miss Masaki, are you feeling better now?"

Masaki Kurosaki looked at him in surprise. "Huh? You're the one from my dream... Ah, no, you're that Soul Reaper?!"

She seemed