After arriving in the World of the Living, Luo Jia had stayed hidden on the outskirts of Karakura Town.
Her body had not fully recovered, and her Reiatsu was so faint it was almost undetectable. Transparent threads spread from her fingertips, absorbing only a small amount of Reishi each day to slowly repair her internal injuries.
For precisely that reason, the monitoring devices Kisuke Urahara had installed throughout Karakura Town had not detected her.
She avoided crowds, hiding in an abandoned warehouse during the day and only venturing out at night to find places with higher concentrations of Reishi.
Along the way, she had neither encountered any Soul Reapers nor been attacked by Hollows.
The World of the Living was far safer than Hueco Mundo.
Yet Luo Jia still did not know what she should do.
There were no orders and no data she needed to record. Even if her injuries healed completely, she could find no reason to keep living.
That evening, Luo Jia curled up behind a slide in an abandoned park.
Her long white dress was torn, and the mask on her right side had cracked. A few threads extended from her wrist, connecting to the sparse Reishi nearby.
"Found you!"
A booming voice suddenly rang out.
Luo Jia shuddered, and all her threads instantly retracted.
A man wearing a top hat and a magnificent cape stepped out from behind a tree. Holding a metal cane, he crossed his arms over his chest and struck an exaggerated pose.
"Lost soul wandering in the darkness, you need fear no longer!"
"For Karakura Town's superhero, Don Kanonji, has arrived at your side!"
"BOHAHAHA!"
Luo Jia stared at him blankly.
This human possessed faint spiritual power, yet carried no weapon.
Stranger still, although he had clearly noticed her presence, he