Soul Society, Seireitei, Four Great Noble Families's Shihōin family mansion.
"Lady Yoruichi! Lady Yoruichi!"
The door banged loudly, and Soi Fon shouted with worry; "Lady Yoruichi, do you hear that! Open the door and come out to have something to eat! Lady Yoruichi······"
"Disappear, what else did you say, if you think about it carefully..." It seems that she did not hear Soi Fon's shout outside the door. Yoruichi Shihōin was lying on the bed, with her hands behind her head, her brows furrowed, trying to recall the scene at that time. She had this feeling. Although the voice was so small that she could hardly hear it, she must have heard it.
"Lady Yoruichi!"
Outside the door, Soi Fon, who had been knocking for a long time, finally gave up, gritted his teeth, turned around and ran away.
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"Haha! It tastes really great, Luoshan!"
Devouring the meatballs in his hands, Anko Mitarashi showed an extremely satisfied look on his beautiful face, not caring that his mouth was already stained with oil.
"Really! If it tastes good, Anko-sama, please eat more, there are still a lot of meatballs!"
Holding her chin with her hand, Shadow turned her head and looked at Anko Mitarashi. After hearing this, she smiled and spoke. Her dark eyes with a little bit of strange red light were full of doting. What she liked most was to look at Anko Mitarashi's satisfied and silly smiling face.
"Mom!" Swallowing the ball in his mouth, Naruto Uzumaki played with the bamboo stick in his hand and curled his lips and said, "Can you please pay more attention to your image, in front of so many people! I will be very embarrassed..."
Before he could finish his dissatisfied words, Anko Mitarashi slapped him over, pushed Naruto Uzumaki's head directly into the plate, and shouted loudly, "Boy, how can you talk to your mother like this!"
"Stop being so verbose, old woman!" Naruto Uzumaki was instantly furious.
"What did you say..."
"You are said to be a nagging old woman!"
"Damn it, you bastard, stop!"
"I won't listen to you!"
"······"
"Haha!"
Leaning back on the chair, Shadow looked at the rioting scene in front of him with a smile on his face, without any surprise or intention to stop it. You know, in the past, this scene was staged by Tenten, and eventually it got to the point where you would feel like something was missing if you didn't have a fight every day while eating.
However, it was fortunate that Shihōin Shanqing went out to see Ginrei Kuchiki who had been living in seclusion for a long time instead of Shihōin. Otherwise, seeing this scene, he would probably be furious! Thinking of Shihōin Shanqing, a guy with a not so good temper, Shadow turned to look at the empty chair next to him and sighed.
"Lady Yoruichi Why hasn't it come yet? Soi Fon didn't go call someone! It's almost dark, but Lady Yoruichi hasn't eaten anything all day..."
Thinking about it, the door was pushed open with a bang, and Soi Fon ran in quickly; "Sir Shadow, please go and take a look! Lady Yoruichi, no matter how hard I try to persuade you, it won't work!"
"Okay, I get it!"
In response, Shadow immediately stood up and was about to go out, but...
"Stop!"
"Anko-sama······"
Hearing the serious voice of Anko Mitarashi coming from behind, Shadow was suddenly startled and turned around in disbelief.
"Sit down!"
"Why... Why, Master Anko, how could you..."
"I told you to sit down!" Anko Mitarashi looked at the man in front of him and shouted sternly; "Don't forget, that man just wanted to kill me. If it weren't for you, who would live in here!"
"Asshole, then leave immediately. If you dare to say Lady Yoruichi again, I will definitely..."
"Soi Fon, shut up!" Shadow shouted; "Who told you to talk like this to Mr. Anko!"
"But Master Shadow..."
"Shut up!" He interrupted Soi Fon's unfinished words. Shadow turned to look at Anko Mitarashi and said, "Lady Yoruichi didn't mean to do this. She has never seen you. Lord Anko, why do you need..."
"I don't want to hear these words!" Anko Mitarashi shook his head and said; "I don't blame her or you for this!"
"Then, why..."
"Because I don't like you calling her "sir". As you said, this is a name only for me!"
"I said that, yes!" Shadow gritted his teeth and said; "But Lord Anko, there is a reason for this!"
"I don't want to hear the reason!" Anko Mitarashi said; "You should still be Mitarai Luoshan!"
"Ah!" Shadow nodded vigorously; "This is the name you gave me, Master Anko!"
"I still remember!" Anko Mitarashi raised his head; "Then, tell me, what happened to Luoshan and Shadow!"
"I..." I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.
"There's only one name, right!" Anko Mitarashi tilted his head and looked at the ugly man in front of him, "Think about it! Who are you?"
"Must... choose one?"
"What do you think!" Anko Mitarashi sighed, paused, and said, "Don't you know that too? It's only a matter of time. Of these two names, you can only admit one!"
"······"
"Tell me!" Anko Mitarashi leaned back in the chair and smiled; "It doesn't matter even if you choose her, after all, you spend much more time with her than I do!"
"Master Anko, what are you talking about?"
"It's okay with me!" Anko Mitarashi continued; "Anyway, Shinobi World is already in peace and there is no danger. Even if you are not with me, things like the previous one will not happen. Speaking of which..."
"There's no such thing. How could I possibly do that? How could I possibly do that! Ah!!!"
His whole body was trembling, and the man's face was full of regret. That incident was Anko Mitarashi's most painful past, and it was also the past that he regretted most. He remembered the scenes and every word Shikamaru Nara said before...
"I am...Mitarai Luoshan, I..."
"Huh!" His face turned ugly for a moment, Soi Fon snorted coldly, turned around and ran out.
"Soi Fon!"
Looking back at Soi Fon who had already lost Shade, veins popped up on his clenched fists. Shadow gritted his teeth and suddenly laughed out loud.
"Luoshan!"
Anko Mitarashi was stunned, and even Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka and others around her who had not spoken yet were also stunned and confused.
Why are you laughing!
"Yes, I am Mitarai Luoshan, but I... am Shadow!"
The man turned around and stared at the silent Anko Mitarashi with his strange red eyes in the dark, and said softly, "I have lived in Soul Society for a hundred years, and in Lady Yoruichi has been protecting her for hundreds of years, but this is not a reason, because I deeply love Mr. Anko. No matter where I am, my heart has never let go or been relieved..."
"I'm really happy to see you all, and I'm even more ecstatic to see Master Anko. However, this is no reason either. I didn't expect it to be like this, and I'm subconsciously avoiding this choice!"
"Both sides are my concerns that I can't let go of. It's hard to let go of one, really hard!" The man said in a low voice, word by word; "I didn't make the choice because of the length of time. There is only one reason. Mitarai Luoshan is already dead!"
"I told Eroding Wolf before that I am Mitarai Luoshan, but at the same time I am also Shadow. I am basically the same person. But seriously, if you have to choose one!"
"Mitarai Luoshan is Shadow, but Shadow is not just Mitarai Luoshan!"
After looking at Anko Mitarashi who lowered his head and said nothing, Shadow bent over and ran out quickly.
"······"
Listening to the gradually disappearing footsteps, Anko Mitarashi did not raise his head, playing with the bamboo stick in his hand. The corners of his mouth raised an inexplicable arc, and he opened and closed his mouth, not knowing what he was saying!