"What did you say!?"
A deafening roar came from the second floor of the Yorozuya.
Duan Mu lay sprawled across the sofa in the Yorozuya's reception room, swinging his legs as he picked at his ear. "Don't make such a fuss. It's only your grandson coming to Soul Society. Is there really any need to get so excited?"
"...What makes you think I'm excited?"
Ishida Sōgen's old face had flushed crimson with agitation, but that agitation wasn't caused by excitement. It was because...
Uryū is only fifteen years old!
"How could my grandson have died? How did Ryuken raise him? How could Uryū have come to Soul Society?"
The more Ishida Sōgen spoke, the more agitated he became. He asked anxiously, "Boss Duan Mu, Uryū, he's..."
Duan Mu sat up from the sofa and looked at Ishida Sōgen through narrowed eyes. Was this old man really hoping his own grandson was dead?
He had only said that his grandson had arrived in Rukongai.
Why had he immediately assumed that his grandson was dead?
Hmm...
That was true.
The corner of Duan Mu's mouth twitched. Living humans generally couldn't come to Soul Society either.
"Sorry, I didn't make myself clear."
Realizing this, Duan Mu immediately corrected the flaw in his wording. "Your grandson came to Soul Society with his companions. He didn't..."
"Huh? Did something happen at his school in the Human World? Food poisoning? A terrorist attack? Did a Hollow attack the school?"
Before Duan Mu could finish, Ishida Sōgen interrupted him and asked urgently, "No, that isn't important. What matters is where Uryū and the others are right now. I'll go bring Uryū to District 38. I've saved up some money over the past two years, so I can buy him a house here. It'll make visiting easier in