March, the Peach Month.
After late spring, the temperature gradually warmed, and the streets filled with many middle school students who had just entered junior high and were dressed in bright new clothes.
Ichigo Kurosaki turned slightly and slipped past several middle school students running around the street. After taking a careful look, he muttered, "The uniforms look about the same as the ones Yuzu was wearing this morning. Are they from the same school?"
Only then did he suddenly realize...
Without him noticing, Yuzu had already started middle school.
Thinking of this, Ichigo smiled faintly and prepared to look away.
"Oops~~"
But just then, the little girls who had been running around on the sidewalk seemed to have bumped into someone.
When Ichigo looked toward the sound, the person hit by the girls was already crouching on the ground. Through the gaps between the girls, he could vaguely see that the other person was dressed in black and seemed to be lecturing them.
Ichigo shook his head at the sight. Being lectured in the middle of the street would only make the children resent the person scolding them. They would not think that person was doing it for their own good.
However, contrary to his expectations...
Before long, the little girls began laughing happily, shouting things like "Big brother!"
The person blocked by them slowly rose to his feet, reached out and ruffled the children's hair, then rummaged through his pockets and took out several things that looked like candy before handing them to the girls.
The sight made Ichigo frown.
But in the next moment, his pupils shrank. The distance made it impossible to see clearly, but that black work uniform looked extremely familiar.
I must have mistaken him, right?
That person should not appear here. More importantly...