Standard Plot

Yuko strolled leisurely along the road to high school, savoring the taste of the sandwich Masaki had made herself.

She had to admit, Masaki's cooking was pretty good—only a tiny bit worse than hers.

Yuko's thoughts gradually drifted back to last night, and she couldn't help muttering to herself.

Kuchiki Rukia... Even if she was only from a branch family, nobles rarely joined a division like the 13th Division, which was stationed in the Human World, right?

Moreover, judging by that girl's spiritual pressure, even if she lacked the combat ability of a Seated Officer, she wasn't far off. Yet when fighting the Hollow, she had actually been distracted by an outsider and suffered serious injuries without even releasing her Shikai...

That certainly fit the profile of those sheltered noble masters who had never seen blood.

Yeah, it seemed she had been overthinking things.

Still, in the state she had been in last night, with nearly all her spiritual power drained by Ichigo, how was she supposed to return to Soul Society?

Was she going to find a colleague in another city?

After all, according to the 13th Division's regulations, only one Soul Reaper was stationed in each city.

Compared with that girl, Ichigo was what interested her more.

Without Isshin's suppression, that child's spiritual power would probably be even stronger than it was now. That girl's spiritual power had acted as a key, opening the floodgates to his power. Combined with Ichigo's instinctive reaction, it had resulted in all of the girl's spiritual power being drained away.

"So this is the protagonist's proper awakening," Yuko murmured.

Since her class was third period today, Yuko wasn't worried about being late. She made her way to school at a leisurely pace.

After greeting the teacher stationed at the school gate to