Rukia's Journey to the Underworld Bureaucracy

The moment Ichigo and the others entered the Gates of Hell, they felt the surrounding space rapidly contract. Their bodies swayed, and they appeared on a stretch of black earth.

A crimson full moon hung overhead, while dense crowds of figures packed the area around them.

"We came straight to the Yellow Springs Road!"

Ichigo looked around at the somewhat familiar scene in confusion. They had left this place only a week ago, yet a week later, they had returned.

But he realized that the Yellow Springs Road was even more crowded now. The last time they came, there had only been a single long queue stretching across it.

But now... the entire Yellow Springs Road was crammed with souls. Even the spot where they stood was unbearably crowded.

Rukia and Renji also curiously surveyed their surroundings.

Feeling the crush of the crowd around them,

they could not understand why so many people were packed onto this road! Didn't the souls in the Underworld Bureaucracy have work to do?!

Just as they stood there in a daze, an impatient voice rang out.

"Are you people moving or not? If you're not, get to the back and stop holding up this old man's reincarnation!

"When I was alive, I did plenty of good deeds. According to the Underworld Bureaucracy's rules, I should at least be reincarnated into a wealthy family this time.

"If you aren't in a hurry to reincarnate, move aside!"

Ichigo and the others looked toward the voice and saw an old man leaning on a cane standing behind them.

Their group was blocking the old man's path, and the densely packed souls behind him were glaring at them furiously.

Cutting in line was bad enough, but they were standing there without moving. Couldn't they see that the entire