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Practicing shifting gears.

"Do you know where Rukia is?"

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at the Shinigami before him, his tone filled with surprise.

Led by this Shinigami named Yamada Hanataro, they had seized the opportunity to slip into the underground sewer to evade the pursuit of numerous Shinigami.

But having just heard their conversation, this timid and soft-spoken Shinigami actually claimed to know where Rukia was and offered to lead them there.

"You're lying, right? You aren't trying to lead us into a dense cluster of Shinigami to wipe us all out in one go, are you?" Ganju looked at him with a face full of disbelief.

This was hardly his fault; given their current situation, the decision made by this fellow named Hanataro could be considered a capital offense. Unless someone was a fool, no one would choose to help these Ryoka.

"It's true. This sewer leads directly to the vicinity of the Senzaikyu. I also want to save Miss Rukia."

Ichigo and Ganju remained silent upon hearing this, their faces etched with hesitation. Their current predicament was extremely dire; according to this kid in front of them, captain-level figures had already begun taking action.

If they were surrounded again and discovered by someone of captain level, it would be nearly impossible for them to escape as easily as before. After all, the squads hunting them earlier hadn't even included a single lieutenant!

"Then lead the way!" Wu Biao, who had been standing to the side without interjecting, grinned at Hanataro.

"But..." Ganju still wanted to say something, but Ichigo patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "It's alright, Ganju. I also feel that Hanataro can be trusted."

Ganju curled his lip in secret, feeling in his heart that these two were far too trusting of others, but he didn't continue to dissuade them.

"But can you tell us?" Ichigo looked up at Hanataro and asked, "We are enemies, after all. Why would you choose to help us?"

Ganju's mouth twitched slightly. This guy had just finished saying he trusted him, only to immediately ask the very question he had been thinking...

A look of sorrow appeared on Hanataro's face. After a long moment, he recounted, "I was doing odd jobs in the 6th Division not long ago. I often chatted with Miss Rukia back then. I've heard her talk about you, Brother Kurosaki Ichigo!"

The three were stunned, and then Wu Biao excitedly leaned in, "What about me? Do you know me? Did Ichigo's mating partner mention me?"

"..." Yamada Hanataro was speechless for a long moment before looking at Wu Biao with hesitation and trying to ask, "Mr. Battle Idiot?"

"Pfft... Hahaha!" Ichigo burst out laughing, pointing at Wu Biao, "That's right, that definitely sounds like something Rukia would say, hahahaha!"

Bang—

"Wuu wuu, why did you hit me?" Hanataro covered his head, lying on the ground with tears streaming down his face as he looked at Wu Biao.

Wu Biao glared at him fiercely, "I don't know, I just felt like hitting you!"

"How could you..."

Ichigo's laughter stopped abruptly. He looked up toward the top of the sewer, sighing with a look of comfort, "The wind is truly boisterous today!"

After the group had finished their commotion, Hanataro stood up and recounted how he had come to know Rukia.

"Miss Rukia is gentler than I imagined. She often told me about things from the outside world, many, many interesting stories. Although they were all sorts of stories, most of them were about one person!"

At this point, Hanataro looked up at Kurosaki Ichigo standing beside him.

Ichigo naturally knew that 'one person' referred to himself. His expression couldn't help but dim; if he had been stronger back then, strong enough to break through the laws of the Seireitei.

Perhaps Rukia wouldn't have encountered this situation now.

Next, Hanataro told Ichigo every little detail of his time with Rukia, especially one sentence that made Ichigo wish he could rush to Rukia's side immediately.

Although I only spent less than two months with Ichigo, it's incredible; he's someone you can completely trust! But even so, because of me, his fate was changed and he was severely injured. No matter what I do, I can never compensate him.

Ichigo's expression turned cold.

Trust?

Am I, someone so weak, worthy of such trust from Rukia?

And isn't all of this my fault?

Wu Biao rubbed his shiny bald head, muttering with dissatisfaction, "That onion-head didn't even mention me a few times!" But then he grinned foolishly, stood up, and patted Ichigo on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's go save Rukia!"

Wu Biao had a habit: he disliked remembering people's names and would often address them by nicknames he had made up himself. Even when referring to Rukia, he had always called her 'Ichigo's mating partner' or 'onion-head'.

But once Wu Biao remembered someone's name and addressed them by it in casual conversation, that person... was a friend!

"Yeah!" Ichigo nodded firmly.

"Mr. Kurosaki, Mr. Ganju, Battle... er, Mr. Wu Biao, please follow me. The other squads won't search the underground sewers. As long as we follow the sewer, we can avoid the patrols of the other divisions and arrive directly in front of the Senzaikyu."

The journey was silent. Led by Hanataro, who often cleaned the sewers, the group walked straight for about half an hour before finally stopping under a sewer grate.

"This is the exit closest to the Senzaikyu!"

Ichigo and Ganju nodded upon hearing this, but Wu Biao, standing to the side, tilted his head with a thoughtful look on his face.

"What's wrong? Brother Biao." Ichigo noticed Wu Biao's anomaly and asked with some confusion.

Wu Biao sniffed his nose and muttered to himself with a puzzled look, "This scent... it feels like I've smelled it somewhere before!"

The other two exchanged a confused look.

Ichigo was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Brother Biao, are you saying there's someone outside?"

Wu Biao nodded, then clapped his hands and said happily, "I remember now! It's that redhead who appeared with the sissy!" Having said that, Brother Biao ignored the other two and dashed out in a flash.

If the redhead is here, he must know where the sissy is.

Thinking of this, Wu Biao was filled with excitement. After all, that was the man who had handed him his first defeat. Anyone else didn't matter, but that... that sissy had to be defeated by him!

Ichigo pondered for a long moment upon hearing this, a strange glint flashing through his eyes before he slowly spoke a name: "Renji Abarai?" Having said that, he followed closely behind Wu Biao, rushing toward the exit.

He also had a significant debt to settle with Renji Abarai, and he couldn't just let this opponent be taken by Brother Biao.

Renji and Hanataro exchanged a glance, both looking somewhat bewildered, while Hanataro was not only confused but also rather terrified: "Renji Abarai? Could it be that Brother Ichigo is talking about the lieutenant of the 6th Division?"

"Lieutenant?"

Ganju was startled upon hearing this. One had to know that starting from the lieutenant level, one could say they belonged to an entirely different tier compared to other Shinigami. If one were to use numbers to represent it, where the third seat of each division is a one (excluding exceptions like Madarame Ikkaku and the like), then a lieutenant would be a ten.

Their spiritual pressure could be said to be on an entirely different level!

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